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The Florists' Review 



Apeil 10. litis. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



> O. L. GRANT. Editor and Manaokr. 



PUBUSHED BVEBT THCB8DAT B7 



The Florists* Publishino Co 



680-560 Caxton BntldinK. 

 608 Sonth Dearborn St., Chicago. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. 



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New York Office: 



1310 Forty-Ninth St Brooklyn, N. TT. 



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 J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



Snbflcriptlon price, fl.OO a year To Canada. t2.00 

 To Europe, t2JX). 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertlBlng accepted. 



^dvertisemente 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 poet-ofBce at Chicago. 111., under the act of 

 March 3. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the ClUcago Trade 

 Press Association. 



CONTENTS 



The National Flower Show (illiis.) 13 



— Exhibition Without I'anillel 13 



— C. H. Totty (portrait) 13 



— Some Special Features 14 



— The Trade Kxhlblts 15 



— Novelties at New Vork 20 



— The Roses 21 



— The Carnations 22 



— Flowering Plants 23 



— Bulbous Plants 23 



— Ferns and Selaginellns 23 



— Orchid Plants 24 



— Palms and Foliage I'lauts 24 



— Miscellaneous Plants 24 



— Gardeners' Ferns 24 



— W. N. Rudd (portrait) 24 



— Gardeners' Bulbous Plants 25 



— Gardeners' Orchids 25 



— Miscellaneous Cut Flowers 25 



— New Plants 25 



— Cut Orchids 25 



— Gardeners' Cut Roses 25 



— Rose Plants 25 



— Gardeners' Plant Classes 25 



— John Young (portrait) 25 



— Special Awards 26 



— National Show Managers 26 



— Telegraph Delivery 26 



— George Asmus (portrait) 26 



— American Rose Society 27 



— Mr. Farenwald's Address 27 



— Thomas F. Roland (portrait) 27 



— American Carnation Society 28 



— Secretary Banr's Report 28 



— Frank H. Traendly (portrait) 28 



— Harry A. Bunyard (portrait) 29 



— Judging and Jurors 30 



— NatiODal Gardeners' .Meet 30 



— American Gladiolus Society 30 



— Joseph A. Manda (portrait) 30 



— Wm. H. Duckham (portrait) 81 



— W. H. Waite (portrait) 32 



— William H. Siebrecht (portrait) 38 



Big Losses at Dayton 31 



Chicago Show Has Extra Day .32 



New York 33 



The Retail Florist 84 



Boston ,35 



Cincinnati 85 



Obituary— Hugh P. Campbell ." 85 



— W. B. Sands 35 



Chicago 36 



Springfield, Mass 42 



Toledo. 43 



Pittsburgh 44 



Philadelphia 46 



Washington. D. C 48 



St. Louis. Mo 64 



Seed Trade News 62 



— Why Onion Sells Slowly 62 



— Carrot In California 64 



Louisville. Ky 72 



New Haven. Conn 72 



Vegetable Forcing 74 



— Sweet Potato Plants 74 



— Outdoor Vegetables 74 



Pacific Coast Department 76 



— Los Angeles. Cal 76 



— San Francisco, Cal ." 78 



— Seattle. Wash 78 



— Portland, Ore 79 



Business Embarrassments M 



News of the Nursery Trade 86 



— Harassments 86 



— R. H. Wilson's New Activities 86 



— Time to Trim Privet Hedges 86 



— Pr<H)osed Change in Tariff 86 



— An Experience Meeting 86 



The New Tariff Rates 90 



Kansas City. Mo 94 



The Nicotine Supply 96 



Begonia Manicata 98 



Bowline 100 



— At Chicago 100 



Rochester. N. Y 120 



Greenhouse Heating 122 



— The New Coal Year 122 



— Where the Dollars Go 122 



— Smoking Chimneys 123 



Cleveland. 126 



Providence 128 



S00IET7 OF AMEBIOAN FLOBISTB. 

 Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



OfBcers for 1918: President, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Boston, Mass.; Tice-preaident, Theo- 

 dore Wirtb, Minneapolis; secretary, John Tonng, 

 64 W. 28th St., New York City; treasurer. W. F. 

 Easting, BntTaio. 



Third National Flower Show, New York, April 

 S to 12, 1918. 



Twenty-ninth annual convention, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., Augost 19 to 22, 1918. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 130 



The great quinquennial exhibition at 

 Ghent opens April 26. 



An English firm has developed a cy- 

 clamen that has large, bright rosy sal- 

 mon flowers and foliage that is broadly 

 banded with silver, a distinct break. The 

 name is St. George. 



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. 



Prepared magnolia leaves are not be- 

 ing used any less freely this season than 

 last — rather the contrary — but the pro- 

 duction has been increased to the point 

 where an oversupply is threatened. 



The decorators have been unable to 

 get hold of wild smilax for about a 

 month, but it is expected shipments 

 from the south will soon be resumed, as 

 the worst of their floods were before 

 Easter. 



Shippers would appreciate directiona 

 with the order when the buyer has a pref- 

 erence as to which express company shall 

 handle a shipment, rather than a com- 

 plaint after the shipment has arrived that 

 the wrong company was used. 



It develops that two retail florists are 

 each spending about $15,000 per year in 

 advertising, principally in the daily news- 

 papers of their cities, and that each is 

 so well satisfied with the results obtained 

 this season that the expenditures will be 

 increased for the season that opens in the 

 autumn. 



Statement of the Ownership, Management, 

 Circulation, Etc., 



Of The Florists' Review, published weekly, at Chi- 

 cago, 111., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 



Not«.— This statement is to be made In duplicate, 

 both copies to be delivered by the publisher to the 

 postmaster, who will send one copy to the Third 

 Assistant Postmaster Oeneral (Division of Classifi- 

 cation), Wastiington, D. C, and retain the other in 

 the files of the poet office. 



MAMX or — POST-OFFIOX ADDRKSS. 



Editor, G. L. Grant, 606 So. Dearborn St., Chica- 

 go, 111. 



Managing Editor, H. B. Howard, 606 So. Dearborn 

 St., Chicago. 111. 



Business Manager, G. L. Grant. 508 So. Do8rl)orn 

 St , Chicago. III. 



Publisher, The Florists' Publishing Company, 608 

 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. 111. 



Owners: (If a corporation, give names and ad- 

 dresses of stockholders holding 1 per cent or more 

 of total amount of stock.) 



G. L. Grant, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. 



A. H. Post, Chula Vista, Cal. 



E. Wienhoeber. 22 Elm St., Chicago. HI. 



W. J. Smyth, 101 31st St.. Chicago, 111. 



C. A. Samuelson, 2132 Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. 



W. Atlee Burpee, 476 No. 6th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



W. C. r>gan, Hlgliland Park, 111. 



C. F. Scott, Executrix, Main and Balcom St».. 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



H. B. Howard. 60S So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. 



Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other se- 

 curity holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total 

 amount of Imnds, mortgages, or other securities: 



There ure no bonds, mortgages or other securities 

 outstanding against The Florists' Publishing Com- 

 pany. 



TH« FIX)BMT8' Pububhino Oomfant. 

 by Walter 8. MiUer, Sec'y and Treas. 



Sworn to and sul)scribed before me this 29th day 

 of March, 191S. 



WlLUAM A. Babhks, Notary Public. 



[SBAI..] 



(My commission expires November 29, 1913.) 



HAND IN HAND. 



Wherever you find a newspaper that 

 has a strong standing with its readers, 

 there you find a publication that brings 

 excellent returns to its advertisers. 

 Here are extracts from letters that 

 show how it works: 



1 herewith hand you the dollar for the renewal 

 of my subscription; would rather miss two or 

 three square meals than one issue of The Review.. 

 —J. W. Myer, Gridley, Cal., March 26, 1913. 



The Review Is to the florist what water is to a 

 fish; I will take great pleasure in recommending 

 The Review to anyone who is in doubt or who Is 

 looking for the most interesting and up-to-date 

 paper in the florists' world.- Wm. Robertson, 

 Saginaw, Mich., April 2, 1913. 



Please discontinue my advertisement; the few 

 Insertions have brought me orders from all over 

 the United States and It has paid me well. — Max 

 Schelnuk, New Orleans, La., March 24, 1913. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Kelway & Son, Langport, England, 

 special list of vegetable and farm 

 seeds; V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy, 

 France, seeds, bulbs and plants; Ealph 

 M. Ward & Co., New York, N. Y., 

 "Horseshoe Brand" bulbs; McHutchi- 

 son & Co., New York, N. Y., agents for 

 Arthur De Meyer, Ghent, Belgium, 

 palms, bay trees, araucarias, azaleas 

 and other plants; Stevens Gladioli Co., 

 Saginaw, Mich., trade list. 



INDIANA FLORISTS. 



A joint meeting of the Indiana State 

 Florists' Association and the Northern 

 Indiana Florists' Association will be 

 held at the establishment of W. Frank 

 & Sons, Portland, Ind., April 16. 

 Everyone connected with the trade is 

 cordially invited to come and bring his 

 wife or friend. 



W. Frank & Sons. 



THE TITLE PAGE. 



It will interest many readers to know 

 that the young woman who adorns the 

 title page to this issue of The Eeview 

 is Miss Ann Swinburne, who is a mem- 

 ber of Klaw & Erlanger's company in 

 "The Count of Luxembourg." 



CHICAGO. 



Tlie Great Central Market. 



With more stock on hand than could 

 ordinarily be handled on this market 

 under normal conditions, business for 

 the last week has almost lapsed into 

 a state of coma through the inability 

 of the wholesalers to make shipments 

 to points east and south. The local 

 wholesalers have been completely baf- 

 fled in their attempts to combat the 

 situation, for while the floods appear 

 to have receded, the damage done to 

 railroads throughout Ohio, Indiana and 

 southern Illinois, to say nothing of the 

 various southern states located on the 

 Ohio and Mississippi rivers, has made 

 it impossible for the express companies 

 to operate with the usual dispatch. 

 Shipments that are consigned to the 

 affected territories are accepted by the 

 express companies subject to delay and 

 at the risk of the shipper. In many 

 cases where the wholesaler has at- 

 tempted to get shipments through, the 

 delays have amounted to from five 

 hours to two days, while in some in- 

 stances the deliveries to southern 

 states could not be made at all and 

 were returned. 



The situation has not been improved 

 by the warm, sunny weather of the 

 last week and stock of all kinds is 

 greatly in oversupply. Thus, with al- 

 most two-thirds of the shipping terri- 

 tory cut off and with the great in- 



