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The Horists' Review 



July 25, 1012. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



O. L. GRANT, Editor amd IIanaoib. 



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 To Snrope, $2.60. 



AdverUslnf rates qaoted apon request. Only 

 ■Irlctly trade advertlBinff accepted. 



AdTertlsementa most reach as by 6 p. m. Taesday, 

 to Inrare insertion in the Issue of that week. 



entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

 at tke post-ofBce at Ohlcaco, lU.. under the act of 

 March 8. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Ohlcaco Tiada 

 Press Association. 



OONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 5 



— Art In Design Work B 



— A Los Angeles Wreath (Ulus.) B 



— A Correction B 



— Undertaker's Commissions 6 



— The Casket Shower Spray 6 



— The Modern Store Front (Ulus. ) 6 



— Clarke's Elks' Window (Ulus. ) 7 



The Western Association 7 



Giant Maximum Daisies (Ulus.) 7 



Seasonable Suggestions 8 



— The Perennial Garden 8 



Roses 8 



— A Start in Roses 8 



— Roses in Carnation House 8 



— English Rose Society 9 



They Do It Here Now (Ulus.) 9 



Sweet Peas 10 



— Diseases of Sweet Peas 10 



— London Sweet Pea Show 11 



Americans Abroad 11 



At Salt Lake City (Ulus.) 11 



The Triumvirate (portraits) 12 



Chicago Hotel Rates 12 



Washington, D. C 12 



Society of American Florists 13 



— Program for Twenty -eighth Annual Conven- 



tion at Chicago 13 



Obituary 14 



— Julius M. Lown 14 



— A. Le Moult 14 



— F. A. Bailer (portrait) 14 



— W. J. Hudson 14 



— Mrs. Barbara Rieman 14 



Baltimore 14 



Use of Nitrate of Soda 14 



News Notes and Comments 18 



American Carnation Society 16 



Chicago 16 



Columbus, 21 



Nashville, Tenn 21 



Northern Indlanlans Meet 22 



Kansas City 22 



Pittsburgh, Pa 23 



Louisville, Ky 23 



Philadelphia 24 



New York 25 



Boston 28 



. Grand Rapids, Mich 32 



St. Louis 33 



Pacific Coast Department 40 



— Portland. Ore 40 



— San Francisco ., 40 



— Progress on Panama-Pacific .' 40 



— Los Angeles , <. 41 



Seed Trade News 44 



— Denounced Bourne Bill 44 



— Still CoUectlng Samples 44 



— HarrlsII Bulbs 46 



• — The Parcels Post 46 



— California Seed Crops 47 



Nurserv News 56 



— Business Embarrassments 56 



— New Quarantine BUI 56 



— The Portland Meeting 56 



— Texans to Forgather 57 



— Idaho Nurserymen 67 



Indianapolis 58 



Minneapolis, Minn 58 



Dayton, 60 



Cleveland 62 



Milwaukee, Wis 64 



Buffalo itf • • ■ • «• I • • • • ^ 



Greenhouse Heating '.'... 78 



— Size of Stack 78 



— Fuel Supplies 78 



— An Indiana Range 78 



— Hot Water 79 



Cincinnati 80 



Rochester 82 



Dickinson, Tex 84 



St. Paul ». », ... 86 



l^lbany, N. Y '.}.... 86 



I rrovldenfle ,-, v^ ,., 88 



BloomsUnrg, Pa 88 



Thx Bbview sends Scott's Florista' 

 Manual postpaid for $5. 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAir FL0HXST8. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 

 oncers for 1912: President, B. Vincent, Jr., 

 Whits Marsh, Md.; Tice-prssldent, Angnst Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111.: secretary, John Yonng, 

 54 W. 28th St., New York Olty; treaaorfr, W. F. 

 Easting, BafTalo, N. Y. 



Annual convention, Coliseam, Chicago, 111., 

 August 20 to 28, 1012. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 90 



RESULTS. 



"We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



Now is the time to advertise your sur- 

 plus of field-grown carnation plants. 

 Don't wait until everyone is all planted 

 up. 



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. 



The S. a. F. membership badge for 

 1912, sent out last week by Secretary 

 Young to all who have paid their dues, 

 although it is a departure from the time- 

 honored roseleaf pin, is quite the neatest 

 insignia the society ever has had. 



The postoflBce ruling requiring that 

 mail shipments of plants, whether those 

 commonly known as florists' stock or 

 nursery stock, carry an inspection cer- 

 tificate, is not new. The attention 

 of the trade was called and the regulation 

 was printed in The Review of May 2, 

 1912. 



In its investigation of the express busi- 

 ness the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion found that fifty-one per cent of the 

 shipments handled by the express com- 

 panies are under nineteen pounds in 

 weight. Evidently the florists are better 

 customers than we realized. 



L. Merton Gage, Groton, Mass., sec- 

 retary of the American Gladiolus Society, 

 has prepared a preliminary schedule for 

 the gladiolus section of the National 

 Flower Show, New York, April, 1913. 

 There are many valuable special prizes 

 as well as the society's prizes. 



AMEBICAN CASNATION SOCIETY. 



Meeting at Chicago. 



There will be a meeting of the board 

 Of directors of the American Carna- 

 tion Society at Chicago at 9:30 a. m., 

 Thursday, August 22. Members who 

 are in attendance at the convention are 

 invited to meet with the board. The 

 schedule of premiums for carnations at 

 the National Flower Show in April, 

 1913, will be made up at this meeting. 

 Anyone wishing to offer a special pre- 

 mium for carnations at this show will 

 kindly advise the undersigned. The 

 following specials have already been 

 pledged : 



tw^rQwchell Bros. Co., Chicago, gold medal, 

 vrtueT^S. for largest twelve carnation blooms. 



S. M. Merwarth & Bro., Easton, Pa., $50 in 

 three prizes for 100 blooms of Carnation Comfort. 



Thos. W. Lawson, Boston, silver cup, value 

 $50, class not yet named. 



HItcblngs & Co., New York, sliver cup, value 

 130, sweepstakes in Section A. 



Depaitment of Begistr&tion. 



Th* following carnations rec^tly 

 have been registered by t^e society': 



By Richard Dlener & Co., Mountain View, 

 Cal. — California Giant, Prosperity x Enchant- 

 ress; white with lemon tint in center; occa- 



sional faint markings of red, as in Prosperity 

 size 5 to 6 inches; upright, vigorous habit; stiff 

 stem 3 feet in length; produces 15 blooms per 

 plant; strong clove scent; papaver-shaped calyx 



By Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. — Gorgeous] 

 parentage not given; color Persian red; size i 

 inches and over; plant extremely robust and 

 healthy; exceptloqtUjr long stems, and stiff- 

 tmtd petals' of bloom broad and well arranged 

 center high and not too full; free for a strictly 

 fancy sort. 



By Thos. F. Brown, Greenfield, Mich.— Mag- 

 nificence, Winona x Beacon; true pink; size 3y, 

 Inches; habit extra good; early and productive"; 

 calyx does not split; good stem and well formed 

 flower. 



By Cottage Gardens Co., Queens, N. Y.— 

 Matchless, White Perfection x Alma Ward; 

 color pure white; size 3% to 4 inches; vigorous 

 habit with long, wiry stem; very prolific; flow- 

 ers possess extraordinary substance. 



By R. Wltterstaetter, Cincinnati, 0.— Pres. 

 J. A. Valentine, Aristocrat x Enchantress; 

 bright shell pink; size 3^ inches; strong habit, 

 wltn heavy, leathery foliage; stems strong and 

 stiff, curving slightly; moderately free. 



By Traendly & Schenck, New York — Salmon 

 Beauty, salmon-colored sport from Enchantress; 

 stronger and more vigorous than the original 

 Enchantress. 



By E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.— The 

 Commodore, Victory x Seedling; color velvety 

 deep scarlet; Just over 3 Inches; bluish grass of 

 medium size; healthy and very free In growth; 

 free In flower; stiff stem throughout the season; 

 never splits. 



Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, 111. — The Herald, 

 seedling cross; color scarlet; size 3 to 3^ inches; 

 robust, upright growth, with very stiff stems; 

 free bloomer and good habit. 



By Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y. — Wm. 

 Eccles, Beacon x Victory; scarlet; size 3% 

 Inches; partakes of Victory in habit; stems 2% 

 to 3 feet and hold flower rigid; non-bursting 

 calyx; sweet perfume. 



A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y. 



SELLS THE GOODS. 



The best measure of the usefulness 

 of a publication is its ability to sell 

 the merchandise advertised in its col- 

 umns: 



We have found The Review all 0. K. — have 

 sold a lot of stock through our ads in it this 

 season.— F. E. Selkregg, North East, Pa. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Cool weather helped clear up the 

 market to some extent during the last 

 week, but with a return of the warm 

 days the outlook for brisk buying is 

 not exactly encouraging to the local 

 dealers, who still have more stock on 

 hand than is really necessary. While 

 the cool weather lasted, the demand was 

 stronger than before and, as it also cut 

 down the supply, the wholesale men 

 were relieved and entertained the hope 

 that the crops could be brought under 

 control. Roses were not cut so freely 

 as the previous week or two and, after 

 two or three days of the drop, the stock 

 came in much better condition, the 

 buds being much tighter and of greater 

 length. There were plenty, however; 

 to go all the way around and still 

 effect no change in prices. Beauties, 

 which had been coming in so freely, 

 shortened up in some houses, although 

 in others the supply continued fully 

 equal to the demand, both in the frhort 

 and long stemmed grades. The call for 

 these has hardly shown any material 

 increase, but there is a lively sale for 

 medium lengths, which are not in large 

 supply. Richmond, Killarney, White 

 Killarney and My Maryland were in 

 good supply and, with the cool spell, 

 took on new life. Stems are getting 

 longer on the young stock and good 

 lengths were to be had in all of these^ 

 while the supply of Mrs. Taft, Sun- 

 burst and Mrs. Aaron Ward continued 

 to improve throughout the week,, 

 together with the scattering cuts of 

 Lafly Hillingdon,' ]IBdiancef)f ^Ardine, 

 Reid, etc. At the opening of the pres- 

 ent week rose receipts were lighter and 

 better average prices were obtainable. 



