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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NOTEMBBB 2, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



O. L. GRANT, Editob and Mamagib. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THUB8DAT BT 



The FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 ^' 530-B60 Caxton BnUdlng, 



508 South Dearborn St., Chlcaso. 

 I Tki^phone, Habbison 6429. 



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New York Okfice: 



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BabBcrlptloD price, $1.00 a year. To Canada, 12.00 

 To Europe. $2.60. 



Adyertlsingr rates quoted npon reqneflt. Only 

 •trictly trade advei-tlslug: accepted. 

 ' Advertisemente must reach us by 6 p. m Tuesday, 

 to Insure Insertion lo the Issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

 at the poet-office at Chicago, 111., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ASVEETISEAS, PAGE M. 



CONTENTS. 



Geraniums 11 



— Seasonable Notes 11 



The Uetail Florists ,.., 12 



— "Bred In Old KtattkAy," (lllSAlR' 12 



— Tlie New Bemb Car (lUus.) 12 



— A Good Wedding Decoration (illuti.). 12 



Leading Dahlias n-w &■ ■ ^^ 



The Autumn Exhibitions '.":?.. 14 



— Madison, N. J -J.'«x!9.1l4Ql M-'^ 



— Yonkers, N. Y ^«i3:/aiX. 4* 



— Lenox, Mass '.-.'. 18 



— Manchester, Mass 15 



Thirty Years a Seedsman 15 



Carroll S. Elliott (portrait) 15 



Azaleas For Easter 15 



Chrysanthemums 16 



^ White Ants in Mum Soli 16 



— Reason For Poor Growth 16 



Chrysanthemum Society 16 



Carnations Ifi 



— Bud Rot of Carnations 16 



— Carnation Rust 17 



— High Night Temperature 17 



— Mulch and Liquid Fertilizer 17 



A Novel Picture (lllus.) 17 



The Gardeners Meet 18 



The Gardeners* Part 18 



Orchids 18 



— Seasonable Orchid Notes 18 



Dahlias For Middle West 18 



Boston's Horticultural Club 19 



Will's Bag (lllus.) 19 



Minneapolis 19 



I'ond du lac. Wis 20 



Indianapolis 20 



Cleveland 20 



Obituary 21 



— . George Woodward 21 



— Patrick Kelly 21 



— Benjamin K. Wilson 21 



— Charles Pflomm 21 



Providence, R. I 21 



Business and Other Notes 21 



The Coming Joint Show 22 



To Destroy a Stump 22 



Chicago 22 



PltUbtirgh 27 



Cincinnati 28 



Philadelphia 30 



Boston 34 



Rochester 37 



St. Louis 38 



That Old Turtle 40 



Pacific Coast 42 



— San Francisco 42 



— San Francisco Flower Show 42 



— Portland, Ore 44 



^ Vegetable Forcing 44 



— Radishes Run to Tops 44 



New York 45 



Buffalo 49 



Steamer Sailings 60 



Seed Trade News 52 



— Holland Bulbs 64 



— Chr. Daehnfeldt (portrait) 64 



— The World's Seed Crops 65 



— Imports of Seeds 66 



— Cataloxues Received 68 



Nursery News 64 



— Misslsslppians Organize 64 



— Imports of Nursery Stock 65 



, — lall-Bearlng Strawberries 66 



Montgomery, Ala 68 



Washington, D. C 70 



Newburg, N. Y 72 



Detroit ■ 74 



Washington, N. J 76 



Greenhouse Heating 88 



— Oil as Fuel 88 



— Area of Radiating Surface 88 



— Piping in Rhode Island 88 



i— Heat For Violet Frame 90 



Zanesville. O. . : 90 



New Bedford, Mass 91 



Denver 92 



Baltimore 94 



Dayton, 86 



SOCIETY OF AXESICAK FLOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: President, George Asmus, 

 Chicago; Tlce-presldent, R. Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md.; secretary, H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 

 111.; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1912: President, R. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md.; vice-president, August Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111. ; secretary, John Young, 

 Bedford HUls, M. Y.; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Annual convention, Chicago, 111., August 20 to 

 23. 1912. 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 

 We both have them. 



Shouu) a man who usually orders 

 plants of the cheapest seller be surprised 

 that he does not always get the best 

 packing f 



If a. B. C, Kirkwood, Mo., will send 

 his full name a prompt reply to his in- 

 quiry will be returned. Anonymous in- 

 quiries never are answered. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Review $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Save money by using a printed letter- 

 head. Even small buyers will profit by 

 using stationery that tells who and what 

 they are, though there are thousands who 

 haven't yet awakened to the fact. 



In the advertisement of Charle? D. 

 Ball, page 68 of the issue for October 

 26, Dracaena terminalis was priced with 

 obvious inaccuracy at $1.25 per doz.; 

 $1.50 per 100. jOf course it should have- 

 been $1.25 an^-1|l.50 each. 



Complaints continue to reach The 

 Review about the packing done by this, 

 that or the other plant shipper. Some 

 of the shippers do not seem to realize 

 that their packing is bad and that it 

 hurts their trade, playing into the hands 

 of the ones who pack weU. 



The general complaint of wholesale 

 florists, and of those in the allied trades 

 who sell to retail florists, is that collec- 

 tions are slow — slower than usual at this 

 time of year. The reason is not appar- 

 ent, except that retailers, the majority 

 of whom have no established collection 

 system, find their own funds coming in 

 less promptly than usual. , > 



WABNINai 



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Don't Pay Money to Strangers. 



The Review has received several com- 

 plaints that "a smooth-talking young 

 fellow" has been falsely representing 

 himself as working for The Review and 

 soliciting new subscriptions or renewals 

 in its name, frequently at a cut rate 

 or with the promise of a premium, 

 which in itself should be enough to 

 arouse suspicion. ■ If a receipt is given 

 it never is on printed blanks, some- 

 times bears no name or address, but in 

 one case was signed "H. Hunter," and 

 in the latest instance was signed "A. H. 

 Kellogg." 



Never pay money to strangers for 

 The Review. Our representatives all 

 are well known men^rs of the trade 

 in their respective loMllities. 



THE COMINO JOINT SHOW. * 



The supporters of the American Rose 

 Society are responding finely to the 

 reque^ for a guarantee fund to enable 

 the society to offer a first-class prize 

 list for the coming exhibition at De- 

 troit, January 10 to 12. Several ama- 



teurs have come forward, including 

 Samuel Thorne, Millbrook, N. Y., and 

 Mrs. E. M. Sharpe, of Wilkes-Barre. 

 Ex-president W. H. Elliott writes: "Put 

 me down for $100," but we only asked 

 for $25 each. August Poehlmann says: 

 ' ' Put me down $25 and $50 if needed. ' ' 

 "A Friend" writes: "I think these 

 shows, when popularly conducted, do 

 much good. I am not flush just now, 

 but if you are short at the last, call 

 on me for $25. ' ' President Farenwald 

 has called a meeting to prepare the 

 prize list and it will be sent out with- 

 out delay. Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



: TO DESTEOY A STUMP. 



In The Review of October 26 H. B. 

 asks how to destroy a stump by peace- 

 ful means. We were bothered by a 

 large locust stump under somewhat sim- 

 ilar conditions. We bored three 1-inch 

 holes deep into the hearfa'afltfthe stump, 

 filled them with coal oil Hj^d plugged 

 them up. We had no more^ouble with 

 the stump. Try it. Dille Floral Co. 



In answer to >H. B. on getting rid of 



a stump close to his greenhouses, I have 



uUed a good many with two screw 



cks, a railroad tie and a log chain, 

 et the chain around one of the large 

 roots and jat^r the tie. Fasten it. Put 

 a jack under one end of the tie and 

 get busy. I have found two jacks 

 needed only in particularly stubborn 

 cases. Put a block or thick board 

 under each jack. W. H. Buttle. 



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. CHICAGO. <l^ - 



The Great Central Market. 



Business increased steadily all 

 through last week and October 29 was 

 undoubtedly the busiest Sunday this 

 market has had since the last time 

 holiday shipments had to go out on a 

 Sabbath. The demand from the south 

 was heavier than for several years. It 

 appeared that the southern crops of 

 chrysanthemums had turned out poorly 

 and at the last moment recourse was 

 had to this market. The shipping be- 

 gan October 26 and continued to Oc- 

 tober 30, but the heaviest orders went 

 out Sunday and many of the wholesale 

 houses were compelled to work all day, 

 trips to the greenhouses being neces- 

 sary in many instances, where telephone 

 calls were unavailing, to bring in the 

 stock. The last two or three years the 

 All Saints' day demand has been dis- 

 appointing, so that no great rush had 

 been ''anticipated this year, and no 

 preparations made. There were some 

 advance orders, but most of them came 

 late. It was so diflScult to get the 

 stock needed at prices that were accept- 

 able that quite a few orders were de- 

 clined, though probably none of those 

 from buyers of approved credit or who 

 sent cash. Most of the calls were for 

 chrysanthemums, but roses also were 

 in request. 



With the passing of the All Saints' 

 day demand, the market has eased, but 

 business continues good and there is no 

 oversupply of stock of any kind unless 

 it be the undesirable quality of chrys- 

 anthemums. Poor mums are seen on 

 every hand, although the supply of 

 strictly first-class stock is limited. 

 White has been scar e for several days. 

 The arrival of Bdnnaffon in /quantity 

 marks the mid-season for mums. These 

 have come earlier this year than usual. 



Short roses, particularly white, are 



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