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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Makch 9, 1911.. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editob and Mamageb. ^ 



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SnbBcription price, 11.00 a year. To Canada. $2.00. 

 To Europe. $2JS0. 



AdTertialnsr rates qaoted upon request. Only 

 ■trictly f>^e adyerttslng accepted. 



AdvertlBements must reach us by 5 p. m. Tuesday, 

 to Insure Insertion In the Issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3. 1897. 

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

 March 3. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 98. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 7 



— Automobile Delivery Cars 7 



— The Record to Date (illus. ) 7 



— The Kosery (illus. ) 8 



To Grow with Carnations 8 



Cyclameu Culture (illus. ) 8 



Cottage and Darwin Tulips 10 



Fuchsias for Window Box 10 



Southern Bulb Fields (illus.) 10 



Tliree Crops a Year 10 



Society of American Florists H 



Water Lilies 11 



A Forest City Place (illus.) 11 



Hardy Double Pyrethrums 11 



Seasonable Suggestions — Jerusalem Cherries.. 12 



— Genistas 12 



— Fancy Caladiums 12 



— Dahlias 12 



— Flowering Shrubs for Easter 12 



— Rambler Roses 12 



— Dutch Bulbous Stock 12 



— Spiraeas 12 



Sweet Peas — Outdoor Sweet Peas 12 



Roses — New Roses Worth Growing 13 



S. W. Crowell (portrait) 13 



Shading 14 



Asters 14 



Violets — Growing Violets In Texas 14 



— To Give Violets More Color 14 



Dreer's New Establishment (illus.) 14 



The Stock that Pays 14 



Smilax from Seed 15 



Some New Things 16 



Charles J. Maloy (portrait) 16 



A Corn Decoration (Illus. ) 17 



Growing Asparagus for Seed 17 



Gas Lime 17 



Cincinnati 17 



Obituary 18 



National Flower Show 18 



Chicago 18 



New York 24 



Philadelphia 26 



Cleveland 28 



Boston 28 



St. Louis 30 



Dayton, 32 



Merlden, Conn 36 



Jollet, 111 36 



Bedding Plants 38 



Tulips for Forcing 38 



Westerly, R. 1 40 



Providence 40 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Seed Trade News 46 



— Ferrv's Canadian Branch 46 



— Weights in Nebraska 46 



— In the Pea Country 47 



— Imports 48 



— National Seed Legislation 48 



— The Davis Seed Co 54 



— Seed Notes from Holland 55 



Pacific Coast— Portland, Ore 60 



— San Francisco, Cal 60 



— Outdoor Mums in Oregon 61 



Buffalo 01 



Des Plftlnes, 111 61 



Nursery News — Filberts 62 



— Albaugb Nursery Affairs 62 



American Peony Society 6a 



Oranges in Pots (J3 



Vegetable Forcing — Vegetable Markets 64 



— Aphis on Lettuce 64 



Toronto 68 



Goshen, Ind 70 



Tarrytown, N. Y 70 



Do Ferns Need Protection ? 72 



Pittsburg 74 



Rochester, N. Y 76 



Greenhouse Heating 88 



— When Boiler is Too Large 88 



— Boiler Probably Too Small 8h 



— A Three-Section House 89 



New Bedford, Mass 92 



ConnersviUe, Ind 92 



Wichita, Kan. . .• 94 



Zanesville, Ohio 94 



Milwaukee 96 



Southington, Conn 96 



80CIITT OF AIEBICAN riOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, '01. 



Officers for 1911: President, George Asmns, 

 Chicago; vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr., White 

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

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



Special convention and National Flower Show, 

 Boeton, Mass., March 26 to April 1, 1911. 



Annual convention, Baltimore, Md., Aognat 16 

 to 18, 1911. 



BESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 

 "We both have them. 



Time to be making your preparations 

 for Easter. 



The twenty-second assessment of the 

 Florists' Hail Association will be levied 

 April 1, 1911. 



The price of linseed oil still is climb- 

 ing, and with it the cost of glazing 

 materials is going up. 



If there is one part of the country in 

 which the florists' business is expanding 

 faster than in other parts of the country, 

 that fastest growing part is the Pacific 

 northwest. 



The year 1911 will see an increase 

 in greenhouse area considerably greater 

 than the building record of any previous 

 season. The new glass will run into 

 millions of feet. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

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

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Although Lent has cut little figure in 

 the cut flower business the last year or 

 two, this season the week following Ash 

 Wednesday has been dull in almost 

 every big city market, which is the 

 strongest of evidence of quiet times in 

 the country at large. 



GOOD MEASUBE. 



It is a pleasure to feel that one is 

 giving full measure and that the fact 

 is appreciated: 



Please discontinue our ad of Vlnca varlegata, 

 as we are sold out. The classified department 

 of The Review is a great seller; It always tries 

 to sell more than a fellow has for sale. — Ragan 

 Bros., Springfield, O., March 6, 1911. 



You have done your share of the work so well 

 it will not be necessary for me to use any more 

 display ads this spring. I am about cleaned up 

 on dahlias; gladioli sold out. — W. K. Fletcher, 

 Des Moines, la., March 6, 1911. 



OBITUARY. 



Patrick Fogarty. 



There passed away at Toronto, Ont., 

 Sunday, March 5, one of the oldest 

 florists in that district, Patrick Fogar- 

 ty. Mr. Fogarty was 70 years of age 

 and had been in the florists' business 

 since he was 13 years old. He was born 

 at what is now known as the corner of 

 Scott and Wellington streets, in Toronto, 

 in what is now the busiest section of 

 the citj'. He soon moved to the east 

 end and lived there continuously up to 

 the time of his death. For many years 

 he found a ready market for his plants 

 in the old St. Lawrence market, before 

 there were anj flower stores on Yonge 

 street. Mr. Fogarty had been ailing 

 for the last four years, but up till then 

 had been actively engaged in the busi- 

 ness. During the course of his career 

 he had built up an enviable reputation 

 as a pansy grower, his stock being 

 known all over the province. He is 

 survived by three sons, all of whom are 

 engaged in the florists' business. 



NATIONAL FLOWEB SHOW. 



The National Flower Show commit- 

 tee announces the following additional 

 prizes to the schedule: 



KING CONSTRUCTION CO. SPECIAL PRIZES: 



No. 446. Vase of 30 blooms of any rose intro- 

 duced since January 1, 1900, silver cup. 



No. 447. Display of cut lilac blooms, first 

 prize, $15; second prize, flO. 



No. 448. Display of cut blooms of lily of the 

 valley, first prize, $15; second prize, $10. 



No. 449. Display of cut blooms of amaryllls, 

 first prize, $15; second prize, $10. 



No. 450. Display of blooms of marguerites, 

 first prize, $10; second prize, $5. 



All to be staged Saturday, March 25; Judging 

 at 3 p. m. 



No. 461. Ladles' Auxiliary Society prize, for 

 the best table decoration, a silver cup. To be 

 staged Friday, March 31; judging at 3 p. m. 



No. 452. Boston Flower Exchange special 

 prize, for the best floral design, originality to 

 count twenty-five points, first prize, $50; second 

 prize, $30; third prize, $20. 



The National Society of Gardeners 

 will also offer about thirty silver cups 

 and numerous medals for prizes to be 

 competed for at the National Flower 

 Show, schedule of which will be issued 

 in a few days. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Lent has made practically no 

 difference in the flower business 

 in Chicago in the last year or two, but 

 it-will take a great deal of argument to 

 convince the wholesalers that it is not 

 affecting the trade this season. Ash 

 Wednesday and the following day busi- 

 ness was exceedingly dull. Friday a 

 number of large shipping orders for 

 special sales purposes cleaned up the 

 market in fair shape, though, of course, 

 at low prices, and Saturday, March 4, 

 local demand by the special sales con- 

 tingent was fair. The present week 

 opened with light demand and no pros- 

 pect of a clean-up in the market until 

 the latter part of the week, when prices 

 doubtless will be made cheap enough to 

 move the accumulation, whatever it is. 



Keceipts at the beginning of this 

 week were not heavy, which is the only 

 salvation for the market, as prices 

 steadily are weakening. Roses hold 

 their own much better than other 

 flowers, and better than was expected. 

 Beauties are in light supply and should 

 there be active demand trouble would 

 be met with in filling orders. Of other 

 roses there are enough to meet all re- 

 quirements. It is again possible to pro- 

 cure short roses at moderate prices. The 

 bulk of the stock continues to be of the 

 better grades and it is on these that 

 the sale is slowest. There are calls for 

 thousands of the medium lengths where 

 the orders require hundreds of the extra 

 long stems. The quality of the roses 

 leaves nothing to be desired. 



Carnations continue to come in heav- 

 ily, but erratically; some days all the 

 growers seem to take a vacation, and it 

 is necessary to call in supplies if orders 

 are to be filled. Wholesalers comment 

 on the fact that the call is for the me- 

 dium grade of roses, but that nothing 

 but the best of carnations will do. 

 Consequently there is a wide range 

 between the values of the best stock 

 and the medium and lower grades. The 

 accumulation of last week was jobbed 

 off March 3 and 4 at the lowest prices 

 thus far quoted this season. 



Not all the wholesale houses handle 

 violets in large quantity, but those who 

 do the bulk of this business had 

 trouble last week, and it still is with 

 them. Locally grown Princess of Wales 



