MABCH 21, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Later Visitors. 



Trade visitors in addition to the list 

 of those who had put in an appearance 

 up to March 13, published last week, 

 included: 



Amerpobl, Edward, JanesviUe, Wis. 

 Anderson, Arvld, Moline, 111. 

 Anderson, W. H., Urbana, 111. 

 Bertermann, John, Indianapolis. 

 Boulter, E., WInnetka, 111. 

 Brandt, Mrs. A. W., Indianapolis. 

 Dorner, H. B., Urbana, 111. 

 Forbes, F. A., Plymouth, Ind. 

 Glaser, A. L., Dubuque, la. 

 Hill, Mrs. Edith, Geneseo, 111. 

 HUl, H. L., Geneseo, 111. 

 Hlnchliffe, Mrs. J., Racine, Wis. 

 Illenberger, H. W., Lake Genera, Wis. 

 Jennings, G. H., Princeton, 111. 

 Jones, J. E., Richmond, Ind. 

 Johnson, J. L. and wife, De Kalb, 111. 

 Johnson, W. A., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Kemble, R. H., Oskaloosa, la. 

 Kennedy, W. A., Milwaukee. 

 Kuehne, F. R., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Le Borious, J. J., Duluth, Minn. 

 Longland, W. P., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Loveridge, the Misses, Peoria, 111. 

 Manke, W. C. and wife, North Milwaukee, 

 Wis. 

 Martlne, A., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Meredith, Miss Dora F., Springfield, 111. 

 Mollath, John, Denver. 

 Morgan, Victor, Rutherford, N. J. 

 Pearson, P. Q., Moline, 111. 

 Pollworth, C. C. and wife, Milwaukee. 

 RuBch, Gust, Milwaukee. 

 Smith, A. J., Lake Geneva, Wis. 

 Smith, Henry, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Smythe, R. A., Benton Harbor, Mich. 

 Sunderbruch, Albert, Cincinnati. 

 Symonds, W. T., Decorah, la. 

 Thorn, Mrs. J. C, Memphis, Tenn. 

 Trimble, W. E., Princeton, 111. 

 Van Aken, B., Coldwater, Mich. 

 Vesey, W. J., Jr., Fort Wayne, Ind. 

 Vogel, Miss Ida, Springfield, 111. 

 Wilcox, J. F., Council Bluffs, la. 

 Wltterstaetter, R., Cincinnati. 



Club Banquet. 



At its meeting March 7, the Chicago 

 Florists ' Club authorized a committee 

 consisting of E. F. Winterson, D. A. 

 Robertson and H. N. Bruns to offer 

 the club's hospitalities to the S. A. F. 

 board of directors, who were in session 

 at Chicago last week and who acted 

 as judges of the flower show. The com- 

 mittee broadened the invitation to in- 

 clude all the trade visitors, giving a 

 banquet at the La Salle on the evening 

 of March 14. The notice was so short 

 that a large attendance was impossible, 

 but seventy-four were present and the 

 affair was one that was thoroughly 

 enjoyed. P. J. Foley, president of the 

 club, acted as toastmaster. He first 

 called on Bichard Vincent, Jr., president 

 of the S. A. F., followed by Vice-Pres- 

 ident Poehlmann, Secretary Young, 

 Robert Craig, E. Allan Peirce, J. A. 

 Evans, George Asmus, W. N. Budd, C. 



C. Pollworth, Joe HiU, W. W. Coles, H. 

 A. Bunyard, Harry Balsley, E. F. Win- 

 terson and others. Robert Craig and 



D. A. Robertson sang Scottish songs 

 and, indoors, there was not the slightest 

 indication of the blizzard raging out- 

 side. 



OYKTOMIUM FAI.CATUM. 



Enclosed please find a fern leaf. I 

 wish you would tell me what it is called, 

 and also do you know where I can get 

 some young plants? A. D. 



The fern in question is Cyrtomium 

 faleatum, an excellent species for table 

 ferneries when grown in short and 

 stocky plants, and may be purchased 

 from any of the large dealers in flo- 

 rists' ferns who advertise in The Re- 

 view. W, H. T. 



Joplin, Mo. — The Troutman Floral 

 Co. is reported to have secured the con- 

 tract at $3,000 for the landscape work 

 and planting about the new union sta- 

 tion. 





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Piimtila Malacoides. 



GLASS BLOWERS GET RAISE. 



Five thousand hand window glass 

 workmen employed throughout Kansas, 

 Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West 

 Virginia, March 13 received notice 

 that beginning March 15 their wages 

 would be increased an average of 

 thirty-five per cent, all branches of the 

 industry being affected. This decision 

 was reached at a conference between 

 the wage committee of the National 

 Window Glass Workers' and a commit- 

 tee representing the manufacturers, 

 held in Cleveland, March 6 and 7. It 

 will remain in effect until May 29, when 

 another adjustment is expected. 



THE PRICE OF GLASS. 



The new price of window glass has 

 been announced. The independent fac- 

 tories made known their new discounts 

 Wednesday, March 13, and the Ameri- 

 can Window Glass Co., which controls 

 the machine method of blowing, made 

 its announcement next day. The ad- 

 vance was greater than had been antici- 

 pated, amounting to 50 cents a box on 

 greenhouse sizes, or rather more than 

 twenty-five per cent. This is the ad- 

 vance the jobbers are required to pay 

 to the factories and of course they are 



passing the advance on to the con- 

 sumer, for the jobber's margin, except 

 when he has made a lucky speculation, 

 never is more than a few pennies per 

 box. 



Greenhouse glass under $2 per box 

 was too cheap for anyone's good. It 

 caused the depreciation of every green- 

 house property the country over, and it 

 caused production of greenhouse stock 

 to increase faster than the demand, 

 thus depreciating the value of the out- 

 put of every growing establishment. 

 The new prices are not too high, but 

 what is wanted is stability; the wide 

 fluctuations of the glass market are a 

 menace to the florists' trade. 



PRIMULA MALACOIDES. 



One of the newer plants that has 

 gained immediate popularity is Primula 

 malacoides, a native of the mountains 

 of China that is commonly known as 

 the giant baby primrose. It is a pro- 

 fuse bloomer and is excellent for sale 

 in pots or to use in the now largely sold 

 made-up baskets of mixed plants. The 

 specimen illustrated is in a 4-inch pot. 

 It was photographed at the establish- 

 ment of Henry Schmidt, Union Hill, 

 N. J., where primulas are a leading 

 specialty. 



