The Florists' Review 



December 12, 1912. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 75 



OONTBNTS. 



Christmas 29 



— Novelties In Greens (lUuB. ) 29 



— Holiday Plant Arrangements (lllus.) 30 



— Care of Christmas Plants 31 



Cut Polnsettlas Wilting 34 



Dahlias In the South 34 



The Western Association 35 



Seasonable Suggestions 36 



— Winter Protection 36 



— Herbaceous Perennials 36 



— Dutch Bulbs 36 



— Pansles 36 



— Hardy Roses 36 



— Rhododendrons 36 



— Various Evergreens 36 



Sweet Alyssum Not Rooting 36 



Building Solid Beds 37 



Carnations 38 



— Plowing Old Plants Under 38 



— Rooting Carnation Cuttings 38 



— Stigmonose 38 



— Dry Rot of Carnations 38 



— Syringing and Feeding 39 



— Carnations In Frames 40 



— Carnations In Germany 40 



Christmas Advertising (lUus. ) 40 



A Good Cemetery Wreath (lUus.) 41 



The Ohio Boiler Law 41 



Lilies (or Easter 41 



Chrysanthemums 42 



— Mums for the South \ 42 



— Too Much Shade 42 



— A Big Show Plant (tllus. ) 42 



— The Best New White Mums (ill us.) 42 



Scale on Laurels and Palms 43 



A Visit to Kokomo, Ind 43 



Spiraea Gladstone in Pots 43 



The Retail Florist 44 



— Boston's Biggest Decoration 44 



— The Biggest Florist's Way 44 



— Cards on Designs 44 



— An Oshkosh Decoration (illus.) 44 



Sweet Peas 45 



— Sweet Peas Under Glass (illus.) 45 



Floriculture at San Diego (illus.) 47 



Far Northwest (Illus. ) 47 



New York Florists' Club 47 



Cincinnati 48 



Funeral Work in Texas (illus.) .' . 48 



WasblBgton 48 



Providence 49 



Guy W. French (portrait) 49 



Obituary 50 



— Francois Gruaz 50 



— Maurice Doyle 80 



— Anna M. Schultz 60 



— John Martin 50 



— Patrick McDonnell 50 



— Mrs. George Bauman 50 



— Francis Fillmore 60 



Indianapolis 50 



News, Notes and Comments 51 



Chicago 52 



Philadelphia 60 



New York 64 



Boston fl7 



Parcel Post Requirements 74 



Various Bulbs 78 



St. Louis 80 



Yonkers. N. Y 83 



Milwaukee 84 



Steamer Sailings 86 



Seed Trade News 88 



— Vetch for Seed In Oregon 88 



— Valley Pips 92 



— Seed Advertising 92 



Vegetable Forcing 98 



— Snails In Lettuce House 98 



Pacific Coast Department 104 



— Los Angeles. Cal 104 



— Portland, Ore 106 



— Seattle 107 



— Victoria, B. C 107 



— San Francisco 108 



— Loomis. Cal 108 



Deutzla Gracilis 109 



Berberis Darwlni from Seed 109 



Nursery News 110 



— The Gypsy Moth Conditions 110 



Springfield. O Ill 



Kansas City 112 



Fvansvllle, Ind 114 



•Southampton, N. Y 116 



News Notes 118 



Bowling 120 



— At New York 120 



— At Milwaukee 120 



— At Chicago 120 



Detroit. Mich 122 



Baltimore 124 



Manhelm, Pa 126 



National Flower Show 136 



Greenhouse Heating 138 



— What's the Use 138 



— Underground .Steam Conduit 1SH 



— Capacity of Boiler 140 



— In Washington State 140 



— Feed Pump and Receiver. •■ 142 



RufTalo 144 



Houston. Texas 144 



New Orleans 1 46 



Mooalc. Pa 148 



Rochester, N. Y 1.^0 



Montreal, Que IHO 



Champaign, HI. — Announcement is 

 made of the death, November 12, of 

 •Tosephine Kramer, wife of F. R. 

 Kramer. 



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800IZTT OF AIGBBIOAV FLOBIBTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 

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

 Wblte Marsh, Md.; Tice-presldent, Angnst PoehU 

 mann. Morton Grove, 111.; aecretary. John Yonng, 

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

 Kaatlng, Bnffaio, N. Y. 



Offlcert for 1913: President, J. K. M. I^. 

 Fannihar, Boston, Maaa. ; vice-president, Theodore 

 Wlrth, Minneapolis; secretary, John Ton]M[^, 64 

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

 Kaating, Bnffaio. 



Third National Flower Show, New York, April 

 5 to 12. 1918. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



This Christmas will be even redder 

 than its predecessors. 



Gabnations are off crop almost every- 

 where and have been selling exceptionally 

 weU since the chrysanthemums took the 

 back track for the season. 



Five double-page spreads in The Re- 

 view again this week. These big, im- 

 pressive ads are, as the saying goes, be- 

 coming "deservedly popular." 



Early Christmas business in the de- 

 partment stores through the country is 

 said to have been disappointing. But 

 there is every indication that a record 

 cut flower and plant trade will be done — 

 in three days, as usual. 



Within seven days The Review re- 

 ceived over 100 photographs with re- 

 quests for prompt publication. The im- 

 possibility of using all is apparent and 

 that preference be given to those sup- 

 posed to be exclusive is no more than 

 natural. 



Get your Christmas orders off without 

 further delay. Review advertisers are 

 working nights to fill orders and the rush 

 is increasing as we near the holiday. 

 The old rule of ' ' first come, first served ' ' 

 must be applied at all times and those 

 who delay run a chance of being dis- 

 appointed. 



There is a common fallacy among pub- 

 lishers; they strive to print matter as 

 nearly like as possible to what is printed 

 by the leader in the field. It is a mis- 

 take. With two papers more or less alike, 

 few people care to subscribe to more than 

 one of them; whereas, with two papers 

 quite distinct, everybody will want to 

 read both. Nothing so much gives the 

 appearance of similarity as duplicated 

 illustrations. 



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Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

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

 March 3. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Clilcago Trade 

 Press Association. 



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. 



Last week the postoffice returned sev- 

 eral copies of The Review that had met 

 with an accident, being so mutilated that 

 the addresses were undecipherable. Any 

 reader who failed to receive his copy 

 will confer a favor by dropping the pub- 

 lishers a card, upon receipt of which the 

 missing paper will be msuled. 



The trade is awaiting with much in- 

 terest the publication of the regulations 

 for the parcel post, which becomes oper- 

 ative January 1. Without full details as 

 to the method of administering the law, 

 many in the trade believe that the results 

 will prove to 'V "tisfactory. 



Many letter jje» -ve reached 



The Revie' , 1 .-ucion of which has 

 been withheld because the Postmaster- 

 General has not yet issued the working 

 rules, a knowledge of which will be neces- 

 sary before there can be understanding 

 and intelligent discussion of the plan. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



With the exception of roses, the mar- 

 ket is facing an anusual shortage of 

 flowers. For the last week the whole- 

 salers have found it hard to keep pace 

 with the demands for carnations. The 

 general prediction ..ow is that carna- 

 tions will not be anywhere near so 

 plentiful as was expected, for grow- 

 ers as a rule report that their crops 

 are making slow progress and only a 

 few will be able to make cuts of any 

 quantity by Christmas. Since the month 

 opened the cuts have been light and 

 many are at a loss to show a reason 

 for the shortage. A change in weathei 

 has given rise to the hope that th« 

 carnations will make growth mor 

 rapidly. Cold, clear weather succeede 

 a stretch of warm, rainy days that wei 

 anything but ideal from the view ox 

 the growers. While the brisk atmos- 

 phere is toning up the stock, the sun- 

 shine will improve the color. Killarney 

 especially has suffered in color during 

 the spell of dark, cloudy skies. 



Killarneys as well as Beauties are 

 being cut in good quantities, but hardly 

 more than enough to go around. The 

 lack of carnations has made it neces- 

 sary for the retailers to use roses, and 



