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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Mat 11, 1011. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT. Editor and Manager. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

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 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

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INDEX TO ASVEBTIBEBS, FAOE 94. 



CONTENTS 



The Retail Florist 9 



— Write The Review 9 



— Pansy Studies (iUus.) 9 



— Nlerembergla for Baskets 9 



— Point Out the Faults (lllus. ) 



— Wedding Bunches (lllus.) 9 



Propagation of Azaleas 10 



Impressions of America 10 



<3old8boro Bride's Bouquet (iUus.) 11 



Sweet Peas 12 



— Peas In the Open 12 



— Sweet Peas Not Flowering 12 



Bulbs In Schenley Park 12 



Leftover Azaleas 12 



Violets— Field Culture 12 



Planting Mikado Aster Seed 13 



Lily Bulb Growing (lllus.) 13 



The HarrlsU of Today 18 



Window Boxes 14 



Chrysanthemums — Seasonable Suggestions.... 15 



The Compost Pile 15 



A House of Hilda (lllus.) 16 



Carnations— Carnation Growing 16 



A Rochester Retailer (portrait) 17 



Seasonable Suggestions — Ericas 17 



— Bouvardias 17 



St. I»uls 17 



New York 18 



Obituary 19 



Business and Other Notes 19 



National Sweet Pea Society 20 



Bowling at Baltimore 20 



Chicago 20 



Philadelphia 26 



Boston 28 



New Orleans 36 



Steamer Sailings 40 



Index to Retailers' Towns 41 



Seed Trade News 42 



Clark's Calm View 44 



BrecK Credits Smith 44 



Duty on Zephyrantbes 45 



Breck Has Salesman's Club 46 



Imports ■ 46 



Commerce in Seeds 46 



Paclflc Coast Department 54 



— San Francisco 54 



— Portland, Ore 55 



Nursery News 56 



— Simmons Bill in Again 56 



— Orcharding Northwest 56 



Pittsburg 60 



Baltimore 62 



Indianapolis 64 



Westerly. R. 1 66 



Providence, R. 1 68 



Greenhouse Heating 82 



— Oil for Fuel 82 



— Steam for Small House 82 



— Traction Engine Boiler 82 



— A Cnrnatlon House 82 



Milwaukee 8a 



New' Bedford, Mass 86 



Tarrytown, N. Y 86 



Merlden, Conn 88 



Kvansvllle. Ind 90 



Yonkers, N. Y 90 



iFarmington, Utah 92 



XTtica, N. T. — The greenhouses of W. 

 J. Braim, on Saratoga street, were 

 slightly damaged recently by fire. 



Ansonla, Conn. — Two baby alligators 

 were recently on exhibition in the win- 

 dow of the Ansonia Floral Co. and at- 

 tracted much attention. They were re- 

 ceived by the proprietor, T. J. Mooney, 

 from a friend who had just returned 

 from the south. 



BOOniTT OF AHSBIGAM riiOBISTB. 



Incorporator pr Act of Coacreia, Mardi 4, '01. 



Officers for 1911: Prealdant, Ocorae Aamiu, 

 Ghleago; TlceivMldrat, E. Vincent, jr.. White 

 Manb, Md.; ••cratarj, H. B. Domer, Urbana, 

 111.; traaanrar, W. F. Easting, BaffaOo, N. Y. 



Annual convantion, Baltimore, Md., Anauat 18 

 to IS, 1»11. 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



Write to The Review about Mothers' 

 day, especially about what you did to 

 work up trade, and how it resulted. 



It is a lady florist, and one who is 

 prospering in a country town, who says: 

 * * Our carnations are being planted in the 

 fields today; every plant is 'perfection,' 

 regardless of variety, for on a small 

 place one cannot afford to grow any 

 other kind." Nor on a large place, 

 either. 



Letters still coming to hand indicate 

 that flower store men would better not 

 take up perfumery as a side line, at 

 least until they have read every word 

 in the printed contract and compared it 

 with what the gentlemanly agent has 

 said. Warning was given in The Review 

 for April 13, page 10. 



NATIONAIi SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



At an executive meeting held in New 

 York Friday, May 5, President Burpee 

 presiding, the following additional spe- 

 cial prizes were received, also the ex- 

 ecutive committee appropriated $170 for 

 prizes to be known as the National 

 Sweet Pea Society's prizes. 



Owing to the extremely late season, 

 it was considered advisable to change 

 the date from a week to two weeks 

 later than that previously published, 

 that is, June 23 and 24, but the matter 

 will be finally decided early in June 

 and an exact date set at that time. 



The following judges were appointed 

 for the exhibition: Samuel L. Hamil- 

 ton, Huntingdon, Pa.; William Duck- 

 ham, Madison, N. J.; Walter Angus, 

 Chapinville, Conn.; William Sim, Clif- 

 tondale, Mass.; Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, 

 Mass. 



Class 11, The Henry A. Dreer prize for the 

 best vase of Queen Alexandra Spencer sweet peas; 

 first prize, |5; second prize, $3. 



Class 12, The Henry A. Dreer prize for the best 

 vase of Ruby Spencer sweet pieas; first prize, 

 $3;- second prize, $2. 



Class 13, The Henry A. Dreer prize for the 

 best vase of Mrs. Routzahn Spencer sweet peas; 

 first prize, |3; second prize, |2. 



Class 14, The Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. prize 

 for the best vase of White Spencer sweet peas; 

 first prize, $5; second prize, $3; third prize, |2. 



Class 15. The Anton C. Zvolanek prize for the 

 best vase of fifty Orange Spencer or Unwln sweet 

 peas; first prise, f3; second prize, f2; third 

 prize, $1. 



Class 16, The Anton C. Zvolanek prize for the 

 best vase of fifty pink or rose sweet peas, 

 Spencer or Unwln type; first prize, $3; second 

 prise, |2; third prize, $1. 



Class 17, The William Sim prize for the best 

 five vases of sweet peas, commercial varieties; 

 first prize, |10; second prize, |5; third prize, f3. 



Class 18, The Philadelphia North American 

 prize, a silver cup for the best vase of sweet 

 peas never before exhibited. 



Spencer or Unwln 

 Best Vase. Varieties. 1st 2nd 3rd 



aass 19— White $5.00 $3.00 $2.00 



Class 20— Light Pink 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 21- Deep Pink 6.00 3.00 2.00 



nass 22— Lavender 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 23 — Salmon or Orange 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 24 — Crimson or Scarlet... 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 25— Primrose 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 26— Picotee Edged 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 27— Bicolor 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 28— Striped or Mottled 6.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 29— Any other color 5.00 8.00 2.00 



Best Vase. Qrandiflora Varieties. 1st 2nd 3rd 



Class 30— W*lte $5-00 $3.00 $2.00 



L^ass 31— Pink 5.00 3.00 2.00 



aas3 32— Lavender or Blue 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 33— Scarlet or Crimson... 5.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 34 — Striped or Bicolor 6.00 3.00 2.00 



Class 85— Any other color 6.00 3.00 2.00 



H. A. Bunyard, Sec'y. 



BOWUNG AT BALTIMOBE. 



The Baltimore Florists' Club is mak- 

 ing preparations for a convention bowl- 

 ing tournament that shall restore the 

 sport to its old-time popularity, Balti- 

 more i« a city of bowlers, and the 

 arrangements tor the convention con- 

 test will be the best ever known at an 

 S. A. P. convention. The alleys en- 

 gaged are those built specially for the 

 National Bowling Congress held in Bal- i 

 timore a couple of years ago. There are V— 

 thirty-six alleys side by side, the great- 

 est number to be found anywhere in 

 the United States. The alleys are to be 

 redressed and used thereafter for the 

 first time for the S. A. F. This gives 

 practically new alleys, as fine as they 

 can be built. The Baltimore florists al- 

 ready have secured a largo number of 

 special prizes, for the convention tourn- 

 ament and they expect to have repre- 

 sented a greater number of cities than 

 ever before have sent teams to the S. A. 

 P. convention. 



CHICAQO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Trade improved steadily through last 

 week and the first half of the present 

 week finds business good, though noth- 

 ing exceptional. The usual outcome has 

 been obtained as the result of large 

 supplies. There are one or two lines, 

 like Easter lilies and callas, that it is 

 almost impossible to move at any 

 figure, but the majority of stock on 

 wnich moderate prices can be made is 

 moving out well. The buyers, knowing 

 that they can get good material at 

 moderate prices, are pushing for busi- 

 ness and the orders coming in are not 

 only numerous but of good size. Still 

 the market never is cleaned* up, though 

 conditions are such that some houses 

 find themselves short of certain items, 

 which they either must buy in the mar- 

 ket or turn down orders. 



The arrival of weather unseasonably 

 warm has caused much stock to deteri- 

 orate. May 8 the greater part of the 

 roses were open and other flowers were 

 soft, but supplies still are so large that 

 it is possible to pick out good stock for 

 the orders. The necessity for sorting, 

 however, naturally means that some- 

 what better prices are asked. 



One or two growers still are cutting 

 extremely heavy crops of Beauties, but 

 in general the supply has diminished. 

 Roses, too, have passed the height of 

 the crop and are not now so overabun- 

 dant as they were. So™6 of the best 

 stock is of superlative quality, though 

 a good part of the receipts are below 

 the shipping standard. 



At the opening of the week it ap- 

 peared that most of the growers were 

 holding back their white carnations in 

 anticipation of Mothers' day and good 

 stock, both white and colors, was com- 

 manding prices which should be consid- 

 ered thoroughly satisfactory. An im- 

 mense amount of business has been 

 booked for Mothers' day, especially for 

 white carnations, and most of the 

 wholesalers are refusing to take fur- 

 ther orders for white, unless accom- 

 panied by orders for a larger quantity 

 of Enchantress and colored varieties. 

 The one factor endangering the success 

 of the day is the uncertainty about the 

 held-back stock; nothing but fresh 

 flowers will stand shipment in such 

 weather as now prevails. 



The sweet pea continues to sell rather 



