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The Florists^ Review 



May 8, 1918. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



V G. L. GRANT, Editor and Mamaokb. 



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 strictly trade adTertlslng accepted. 



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

 to Insure insertion in the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3. 1897. 

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

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



CONTENTS 



The Retail Florist 11 



— Mothers' Day 11 



— The Old Oaken Bucket (llHis. ) 11 



— What Is the Wisest Course? 11 



— To Enforce Responsibility 11 



— Must Not Use Own Name 12 



Razing and Rebuilding 12 



With Near-Boston Growers 12 



Dainty Table Decoration (illus.) 13 



Orchids — Scale on Cattley as 14 



— J. A. Newsbam's Orchids (illua.) 14 



Brookllne Private Places 14 



Congress Corrects Tariff Mistakes 15 



Seasonable Suggestions — Canterbury Bells 16 



— Snapdragon 16 



— Lorraine and Cincinnati Begonias 16 



— Rambler Roses 16 



— Polnsettlas 16 



— Primula Obconlca 16 



Chloride of Lime in Water 17 



Herman H. Bartscb (portrait) 17 



Our National Society 17 



Roses — Steamed Manure for Roses 18 



— Roses for Christmas 18 



— Thrlps on Beauty Buds 18 



"What Happened to Mary" (Illus.) 18 



Planting Asters for Seed (Illus.) 19 



Coleman's Outfit (Illus.) 19 



Science and Horticulture 19 



News From the Convention City 20 



— Society of American Florists 20 



Nematodes in Soil 20 



White Fly on Fuchsias 20 



Obituary — Ernest Fischer 21 



— Christopher J. Hess 21 



— Chas. P. Baender 21 



— John S. Haynes 21 



Business and Other Notes 21 



More Trouble Brewing 22 



Chicago 22 



New York 27 



Boston 29 



Moths In Greenhouse 31 



Philadelphia 82 



Publications Received 38 



St. Louis 46 



EvansvlUe, Ind 60 



Steamer Sailings 62 



Pacific Coast Department 64 



— Los Angeles, Cal 64 



— San Francisco, Cal 66 



— Portland. Ore 66 



— Santa Barbara, Cal 67 



Seed Trade News 60 



— Growth of Seed Production 61 



— Bulb Decision Affirmed 63 



— Sweet Peas at Lompoc 63 



— Seed Testing In Zurich 64 



Springfield. Mass 66 



Nursery News 72 



— U. S. Nursery Statistics 72 



Saginaw and Bay City 72 



New Orleans, La 78 



Indianapolis 80 



News Notes 82 



Kansas City 84 



Pittsburgh 86 



Greenhouse Heating 104 



— Steam for One House 104 



— From Hot Water to Steam 104 



Providence 106 



Milwaukee 108 



Washington 110 



Cincinnati 112 



Geneva, N. Y.— John P. Welch will 

 build another greenhouse this summer, 

 and he says he will heat it with hot 

 water, for a change. ., 



Newton Falls, O,— The Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co. will'bufld a new range here, 

 the greenhouses to be 60x400 feet each. 

 Guy Bate is here to establish the plant. 



SOCIETT OF AMEBICAN FLORISTS, 

 Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1013: President, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Boston, Mass.; vice-president, Theo- 

 dore Wlrth, Minneapolis; secretary, John Young, 

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

 Kastlng, Buffalo. 



Twenty-ninth annual convention, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., August 10 to 22, 1918. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 114 



EESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



"An empty ice-box never sold any- 

 thing; keep it filled up," says W. E. 

 ^ynch. 



No florist can consider himself on safe 

 ground until he is able to discharge all 

 his current obligations regularly each 

 month. 



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 ^per. 



It is well to remember that it is not 

 wholly the size of the business that de- 

 termines one's standing in the trade: the 

 methods by which the volume is obtained 

 have an important bearing. 



In the big qity markets there has been 

 a wonderful increase this season in the 

 quantities of sweet peas handled. They 

 have sold well, although at prices averag- 

 ing considerably below those returned to 

 the growers in other years. 



Where it isn't known as Mrs. Taft 

 the rose almost always is called "Bul- 

 garia," perhaps because of the popular 

 color fad and perhaps because it is easier 

 than Bulgarie to pronounce. Anyway, it 

 scarcely ever is called Antoine Eivoire. 



The way the retailers have taken up 

 the Mothers' day suggestions in The Re- 

 view of April 24 insures another big ad- 

 vance for the day this year. Write The 

 Review May 12 telling what you did to 

 boost Mothers' day and how it affected 

 sales. 



It is unfortunate that in the minds of 

 some men the question of the quality of 

 certain lots of stock depends on whether 

 they are buying or selling. Too many 

 think stock they would not buy is good 

 enough to sell, not pausing to consider 

 the damage done their standing. The 

 advertiser who sends out stock he would 

 not buy cannot hope for a repeat order. 

 If it is done habitually, sooner or later 

 he will find himself out of business 

 through the diflSculty of finding any 

 further customers. 



The editor of The Review has received 

 an invitation to become a life member 

 (fee $151) of the Luther Burbank So- 

 ciety, chartered by the state of Califor- 

 nia. Membership privileges include, 

 among other things, the right to receive 

 one complete twelve-volume set of the 

 works of Luther Burbank^3,840 pages — 

 and a card of admission to the Luther 

 Burbank experiment farms at Santa Rosa, 

 entitling the member to the freedom of 

 the grounds and a full explanation of 

 the experiments being carried on. It does 

 not appear that the application blank 

 enclosed is non-transferable and, since 

 the editor cannot accept, he will gladly 

 forward it to P. O'Mara, if that gentle- 

 man's invitation has failed to reach him. 



MOBE TROUBLE BBEWING. 



A bill was introduced in the House of 

 Representatives, at Washington, April 

 28, which, if it becomes a law, will 

 make all kinds of trouble, especially for 

 such houses as those at Springfield, 0., 

 and West Grove, Pa., that do an enor 

 mous business in mailing plants. The 

 present law calls for the use of the 

 inspection certificate in connection with 

 all mail shipments of nursery stock, and 

 that would seem to be enough. The 

 proposed measure is as follows: 



A BILL 



To provide for the inspection of any parcel sent 

 by mall which contains fruit, plants, trees, 

 shrubs, nursery stock, grafts, scions, peach, 

 plum, almond, or the pits of other fruits, 

 cotton seed or vegetables at point of dellver.v 

 in any post office of the United States that 

 requests such inspection and where the requi- 

 site inspectors are provided by the states to 

 perform such service. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 

 Representatives of the United States of America 

 in Congress assembled. That it shall be unlawful 

 for any postmaster or postal clerk to receive any 

 parcel containing fruit, plants, trees, shrubs, 

 nursery stock, grafts, scions, peach, plum, 

 almond, or the pits of other fruits, cotton seed 

 or vegetables to be sent by mall except that 

 the same be plainly labeled, which label shall not 

 only give the character of the parcel, but also the 

 name of the person who produced it and place 

 where grown, if possible; also the name of the 

 sender. It shall also be unlawful for any post- 

 master or postal clerk to deliver at any post 

 office In any state any parcel containing fruit, 

 plants, trees, shrubs, nursery stock, grafts, scions, 

 peach, plum, almond, or the pits of other fruits, 

 cotton seed or vegetables until the same has been 

 inspected by a regularly appointed fruit inspector 

 provided by the state, and it shall be the duty 

 of the postal officers to apprise said fruit in- 

 spectors of the presence of such parcels. It shall 

 also be unlawful for any postmaster or postal 

 clerk to deliver such parcel until it is released 

 by such regularly appointed fruit Inspector, who 

 certifies that it is free from injurious Insects and 

 injurious fungi. In case any state desires in- 

 spection at destination. It shall be divided Into a 

 reasonable number of inspection districts, to be 

 determined by the joint action of the Agricultural 

 Department and the state authorities, and that in 

 each of such inspection districts there shall be 

 designated a point of inspection, and that all 

 nursery stock coming through the malls shall be 

 routed through such inspection point and there 

 subject to inspection prior to reshlpment to 

 destination, and in this case. Immediately after 

 inspection, the parcel shall be carefully re- 

 wrapped and remailed to the consignee in case 

 it is free from pests, and otherwise treated and 

 destroyed as the state officials shall direct. 



The bill was referred to the commit- 

 tee on agriculture. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The local market is much easier than 

 it has been for the last three weeks 

 and prices have fallen all along the 

 line. Roses are in extremely large 

 supply and fine stock can be had in 

 quantity at moderate prices. The de- 

 mand has been fairly strong for the 

 season, but clean-up sales have been 

 possible only at buyer's offer. Cooler 

 weather and the approach of Mothers' 

 day, it is hoped, will strengthen the 

 rose market. 



Carnations have been good property, 

 but at the close of last week and the 

 opening of the present one prices were 

 distinctly easier. May 2 one house 

 shipped 28,000 on a department store 

 order. A stiff market for white is as- 

 sured for the close of the week, and 

 a fair market for colors, as Mothers' 

 day orders are heavy. The supply of 

 white is practically booked up to the 

 anticipated cut. The quality of the 

 stock has been impaired by unseason- 

 ably warm weather. Enchantress espe- 

 cially seems to be soft. 



Bright weather has prevailed and 

 Beauties have been cut more freely in 

 the last week than for the ten days 

 previous. The quality in some cases 

 is not so good as the ones that were 



