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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 16, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT. Editor and Managbe. 



PUBLISHED BVKBT THUBSDAT BY 



THE FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



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

 I'D Europe, $2.50. 



Advertisiner rates quoted upon request. Only 

 itrictl/ ^•^lde advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by 6 p. m. Tuesday, 

 to insure insertion in the Issue of that week. 



Entered as second claas matter December 3. 1897, 

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

 MarchS. 1H79. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Prnfis AHSociation. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEKS, PAGE 94. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 9 



— The Rose Bouqtiet (lUus.) i> 



— Polor Sense '■' 



— A Cood Front (llliis. ) 10 



— Riillets vs. Blrdshot (lUus.) H» 



— Breitineyer's Chat 10 



— Decoration In a Clinrch (lUus.) 11 



PlumostiR Turning Yellow 11 



The Kritish Visitors 11 



Seasonable Snpgestions 12 



— Easter Lilies 12 



— Bulbous Plants for Easter 12 



— Hydrangeas 12 



' — Marguerites 12 



• — ^Transplanting Seedlings 12 



Geraniums 12 



— '■ Seasonable Culture 12 



Roses I'l 



— New Roses Worth Growing 13 



Carnations 13 



— Diseased Beacon and Victory 13 



— Thrips and Leaf -spot 13 



,A Brooklyn Banquet (illus.) 14 



New York 14 



Columbus. O l-T 



Rlvervlew's Visitors (illus.) l'> 



Boston 16 



St. Lonis 16 



Springfield, , 17 



Obituary 1" 



— J. F. Beyer 1 < 



— John Senger 17 



— Mrs. James Wolfe 17 



— J. W. Adams 17 



— John J. Harrington 17 



— William Webster 17 



— Heman Glass 17 



Denver 17 



T»w Fares to Boston 18 



Society of .\merlean Florists 18 



American Carnation Society 18 



American Rose Society 18 



Pittsburg '. 18 



Program for the Boston Meetings 19 



Ohleago to Boston 20 



Chicago 20 



Philadelphia 26 



Cleveland 30 



Albany. N. Y 30 



Dayton, Ohio 32 



Kansas City 30 



Providence 38 



Steamer Sailings 40 



Seed Trade News 42 



— Page Has Trouble 42 



— The German Seed Trade 44 



— The Anglo-American Trade 46 



Toronto 48 



Vegetable Forcing 49 



— Vegetable Markets 49 



— Profits from Vegetables 49 



— Young Lettuce Rotting 49 



Yonkers. N. Y «W 



Pacific Coast 54 



— Spokane. Wash n4 



— San Francisco f>4 



— Portland, Ore RS 



— lu Kain-soaked California fOi 



Nursery News 56 



— New Massachusetts Law 56 



— Dut V on Rosa Rugosa 58 



Olen Cove. NC Y. . . .-. 60 



Mollne. Ill 62 



Rochester 62 



Lenox, Mass 64 



Baltimore 6fl 



Indlananolls 68 



Bvansville, Tnd 81 



Greenhouse Heating ». 82 



— Gas as Fuel 88 



— Heating with Exhaust Steam 82 



— To Improve the Circulation 82 



— Boiler on tlie Ground Level 82 



— One Ohio House 84 



Detroit 86 



New Bedford, Mass 86 



Milwaukee 88 



Louisville. Ky 90 



Olnclnnati, 90 



Buffalo 92 



SOCIBTT OF AllEBICAM FL0BIST8. 



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



Otflcers for 1911: President, George Aamus, 

 Chicago; vlce'presldent, U. Vincent, Jr., White 

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

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



Special convention and National Flower Show, 

 Boston, Mass., March 2S to April 1, 1911. 



Annual convention, Baltimore, Md., August 15 

 to 18, 1911. 



Results bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



The second week in Lent showed a 

 much better record of business than did 

 the first seven days following Ash 

 Wednesday. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 has begun the annual spring press serv- 

 ice, distributing articles entitled ' ' Spring 

 Work Among Shrubs," "Preparing for 

 the FiowcY Garden," and "Hotbed 

 Hints. ' ' 



CHICAGO TO BOSTON. 



For the National Flower Show and 

 convention of the Society of American 

 Florists, the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, the American Eose Society, the 

 Sweet Pea Society of America, and the 

 American Gladiolus Society, at Boston, 

 Mass., March 25 to April 1, 1911: 



For the above occasion the transporta- 

 tion committee of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club has decided to use the Lake Shore 

 & Michigan Southern railway, and ar- 

 ranged with that company for a special 

 section of the Lake Shore Limited to 

 leave Chicago 5:30 p. m., Thursday, 

 March 23, due in Boston the following 

 evening at 8:30, provided a suflBcier*t 

 number of requests for reservations are 

 received to warrant a special section; 

 otherwise the party will be accommo- 

 dated in special sleepers attached to the 

 regular Lake Shore Limited, leaving 

 and arriving at the same hours as above 

 quoted. 



The rate authorized for this occasion 

 is one and three-fifths fare from Chi- 

 cago, on the certificate plan, which 

 means .$22 going, and three-fifths of 

 that, or $13.20, returning; making a 

 total for the round trip of $35.20. 

 (Don't fail to ask for certificate at 

 time of purchasing ticket.) Selling 

 dates: March 22 to 27, inclusive; final 

 return selling date, April 5. Passengers 

 coming from points west should pur- 

 chase to Chicago only, and repurchase 

 here, as no special rates are authorized 

 west of Chicago. Pullman rates: Double 

 upper berth, $4,40; double lower berth, 

 $5.50; section, $9.90; compartment, 

 $15.50; drawing room, $20. 



Sleeping car reservations should be 

 made at the earliest possible moment, 

 and your committee respectfully re- 

 quests that you write or phone (Har. 

 7600) G. K. Thompson, General Agent 

 Passenger Department, Lake Shore & 

 Michigan Southern railway, 180 South 

 Clark street, Chicago, HI., who will book 

 your berths. 



Yours very truly, 



Philip J. Foley, 

 E. F. Winterson, 

 H. B. Howard, 



Committee. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The retailers do hot complain of dull 

 business; indeed, most of the stores say 

 trade is excellent, considering the lenten 

 season, but the wholesale houses find 



nothing in the situation to warrant brag- 

 ging. The supplies of stock do not seem 

 to be exceptionally heavy for the middle 

 of March, but there is an abundance of 

 practically everything. There is a fair 

 volume of business, perhaps, but prices 

 have weakened to the point where a 

 good many of the wholesalers find their 

 total sales for the first full week in 

 March did not aggregate as much money 

 as for the same week last year, with no 

 better prospect for the present week. It 

 is to be considered, however, that we 

 were three weeks nearer Easter at this 

 date last year. 



The one item that is on the short side 

 is the American Beauty. A few growers 

 are cutting fair quantities of shorter 

 stems, but the daily receipts of long 

 Beauties are extremely light. Were there 

 any special demand for these it would 

 be impossible to do anything with the 

 orders. The supply of long fancy Kil- 

 larney. White Killarney, Richmond, 

 Maryland and .Tardiiie is so great that 

 prices have declined possibly twenty per 

 cent. Rose stock is not only adequate in 

 supply, but extremely reasonable in 

 price, quality considered. 



Carnations are in heavy supply and 

 do not clean up, except for Saturday's 

 special sales. Early in the present week 

 there was a shortage here and there of 

 white carnations, which were being held 

 in anticipation of the extra demand for 

 St. Patrick's day. Probably more were 

 dyed this year than ever before, but the 

 effort at accumulation prevented iiny 

 shortage or extravagant prices. 



Bulbous stock continues in oversupply, 

 the outdoor southern crop having arrived. 

 Violets have not improved in salability 

 and there are too many low grade sweet 

 peas. Easter lilies and callas have ac- 

 cumulated badly; these are not flowers 

 on which it is easy to force sales. Last 

 week there was big shipping March 10, 

 Friday, for Saturday's special sales and 

 Saturday morning city trade was active, 

 prices being made sufficiently attractive 

 to clean out the accumulated surplus. 

 March 13 found everyone well stocked up 

 again and indications at the middle of 

 the week were that no clean-up would be 

 made until Saturday. Prices for the 

 moment are in the buyer's favor. Even 

 cattleyas are seeking buyers. 



Chicago to Boston. 



It now looks as though the Chicago 

 party to-Boston, leaving at 5:30 p. m. 

 March 23 on the Lake Shore, will fill at 

 least two cars. One car Was already 

 filled March 14, at which time the fol- 

 lowing reservations had been made: 



Valentine. J. A.. Denver. 

 Glauber, Emil, Denver. 

 Phllpott, Harry A., Winnipeg. 

 Koenlg, Otto, St. Louis. 

 Critchell, C. E., and wife, Cincinnati. 

 Hartshorne, Wm.. Jollet. 



Kemble, I. O., Marshalltown, la., two rescrva 

 tions. 

 Asmus. George. 

 Partridge, Lester L. 

 Jnrgens, August. 

 Washburn, C. L. 

 Smyth, Wm. J. 

 Foley. Philip J. 

 Rudd, Willis N. 

 Howard, H. B. 



Quite a few others have declared their 

 intention of making the trip, but have 

 procrastinated in the matter of reserv- 

 ing berths. Address E. F. Winterson, 

 45 Wabash avenue, or G. K. Thompson, 

 180 Clark street. 



Various Notes. 



The Chicago Flower Growers' Asso- 

 ciation has been incorporated with $10,- 

 000 authorized capital stock, to deal in 

 flowers and florists' supplies. The in- 



