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The Florists^ Review 



DacxHBXB 19, 1012. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manageb. 



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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 Art of Flower Arrangement 11 



— Double Interest Designs (Ulus. ) 11 



Business Embarrassments 12 



Ampelopsis Veltcliil (Ulus.) 12 



The Parcel Post 13 



Seasonable Suggestions — Lilies for Easter 14 



— Dutch Bulbs 14 



— Polnsettias 14 



— Cyclamens 14 



Sweet Peas— Sweet Peas In Alabama 14 



Buffalo 15 



Minneapolis, Minn 15 



Morgen and His Mums (illus.) 15 



Glen Cove, N. Y 15 



Columbus, 15 



St. Louis 16 



Bedding at Brookllne (Ulus.) 17 



Newport, R. 1 17 



Pittsburgh 17 



Straws 18 



Boston 18 



William J. Kennedy (portrait) 18 



William H. Slebrecht (portrait) 19 



Glass Advances Again 10 



Providence, R. 1 20 



Dayton, 20 



Mobile, Ala 20 



Amling's Auto Truck (illus.) 21 



Obituary — Mrs. F. E. Blair 21 



— P. F. Williams 21 



— Lee H. Bradley 21 



— Charles Noelke 21 



S. A. F. Hospitalities 22 



Chicago 22 



Philadelphia 28 



Springfield, Mass 30 



Cincinnati 32 



New York 38 



Nashville. Tenn 42 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Seed Trade News 46 



Washington 50 



Vegetable Forcing .52 



— Cyanide in Vegetable House 152 



Pacific Coast Department .54 



— Inspector Destroys Galax 54 



— lx>s Angeles. Cal .54 



— Portland, Ore 56 



— Tacoma, Wash 56 



— Seattle, Wash 57 



— San Francisco 58 



Nursery News 64 



— Western Nurserymen Meet 66 



Milwaukee 68 



Toronto, Ont 70 



Greenwich. Conn 72 



Kansas City 74 



Hartford, Conn 83 



Greenhouse Heating 84 



— A Massachusetts House 84 



— Two Pennsylvania Houses 84 



State College, Pa 86 



Bowling — .\t Milwaukee 88 



Cairo, Neb. — Hans Broderson has 

 completed the erection of his green- 

 houses here and has his stock of flowers 

 and vegetables in fine condition. While 

 the ieating system was being installed, 

 he maintained a safe temperature by 

 means of oil stoves. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — James P. Hill 

 has opened a flower store in the Cohen 

 building. He has had twenty years' 

 experience as a florist and for a time 

 was associated with Mills the Florist, 

 in this city. Mr. Hill is also negotiat- 

 ing for the acquisition of some subur- 

 ban property suitable for the growing 

 of stock. 



800ZET7 OF AHEKIOAir FL0BI8IB. 

 Incorporated by Act of Onigreu. March 4, 1001. 

 Officers for 1012: Preiident. B. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marah, Md.; Tlce-presldent, Angnst Po«hl- 

 mann, Morton Grore, 111 : aecretary, John Yoong, 

 S4 W. 28th St., New York Cltj; treunrer. W. F. 

 Kastlng, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1918: President, J. K. M. U 

 Farqahar, Boston, Mass.; rice-presldeht, Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis: secretary, John xoons, 64 

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

 Kastlnf, Buffalo. 



nilrd Natl<mal Flower Show, New York, April 

 S to 12, 1913. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 94 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



The ways and means committee of the 

 lower house of Congress has given notice 

 that a hearing will be held January 20 

 on the agricultural schedule of the tariff 

 law, paragraph 263 of which covers the 

 duties on plants, bulbs, etc. 



For those wishing information regard- 

 ing the course in floriculture rt the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois a neat pamphlet has 

 been issued, giving full details and de- 

 scription of the equipment. Copies may 

 be had by addressing the registrar, at 

 Urbana, 111. 



The Department of Agriculture, of the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, at the 

 College of Agriculture, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, Ithaca, N. Y., at which are the 

 trial grounds of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society, has just published part three 

 of "Sweet Pea Studies," by Alvin C. 

 Beal. This is devoted to a history of the 

 sweet pea and a record of the results of 

 experiments in growing the sweet pea in 

 the open ground. 



S. A. F. HOSPITALITIES. 



Under a Minneapolis head in this 

 issue it is reported that the florists 

 there have organized and started prep- 

 arations for the entertainment of the 

 S. A. F. next August. It is a diflScult 

 task to decline the hospitalities of 

 friends, but it seems to be the duty of 

 the directors of the national organiza- 

 tion to show the fine fellows in the next 

 convention city, in all friendliness, that 

 the society does not wish to be "enter- 

 tained." The conventions have become 

 so large that entertainment along for- 

 mer lines has become too expensive and 

 too difficult — the society's good de- 

 mands a change. Each city has out- 

 done its predecessor in "hospitalities" 

 until the task has become one not lightly 

 undertaken; in fact, no city invited the 

 convention of 1913; the decision to go 

 to Minneapolis was made without con- 

 sulting the florists of that city and 

 after a full discussion of the situation 

 had put emphasis on the desirability 

 of again leading the simple life. It 

 was made quite clear that the society 

 should go where it can do the most good 

 to the trade at large rather than to 

 go where, perchance, it may be invited. 

 Now these open-handed Minnesotans 

 want to do "the right thing." Of 

 course! Nobody likes to let friends 

 come to town, even though unbidden, 

 and not do something for them. It is 

 up to the directors of the national or- 

 ganization. 



There is another interest that de- 

 serves attention in this connection. The 

 trade's display is the backbone of the 

 convention; but entertainments have so 

 multiplied that nowadays an exhibitor 



has to catch his customer on the fly, 

 on the way from a luncheon to an ex- 

 cursion, or else keep the buyer away 

 from the business sessions of the so- 

 ciety, which is easier. The exhibitor 

 has to steal most of his time — there is 

 scarcely any lie can call his very own. 

 The program says the convention is 

 four days long. But it isn't; it is only 

 three, for the exhibitors. The fourth 

 day is given to a junket that takes all 

 the buyers away from the hall. The 

 trade exhibitors pay for that fourth 

 day. It is theirs. Give it to them. It 

 wiU, at the same time, solve the hos- 

 pitalities problem. 



CHIOAOO. 



The Great Central Market. 



No great change has taken place 

 since the last report, but it is interest- 

 ing to note that, with the demand in- 

 creasing faster than the supply, prices 

 asked and obtained are above the aver- 

 age for this time of the year. Carna- 

 tions remain on the short side and not 

 enough can be had to fill orders. High 

 prices naturally are being secured and 

 in some cases the higher grade reds 

 have brought returns equal to the 

 Christmas price lists. Practically every 

 order contains a call for more or less 

 carnations and, with the supply hardly 

 equal to that of the previous week, 

 the wholesalers are put to no end of 

 trouble in meeting the demands. The 

 question of the supply for the coming 

 Christmas shipping trade is one that 

 gives the wholesalers considerable con- 

 cern and various opinions are being of- 

 fered as to the extent of the probable 

 supply. Growers report little change 

 in conditions and do not give much 

 encouragement for big cuts, but there 

 are those who believe that the supply 

 will be large enough to fill all orders 

 except for red and dark pink. Few, 

 however, are willing to take chances 

 of overbooking on advance orders, at 

 even the best prices, until it is known 

 just how large crops will really be cut. 



Boses have shown decided improve- 

 ment for the last week. While the sup- 

 ply has increased to a good extent, the 

 shortage of carnations has made it pos- 

 sible to bring about an advance in the 

 price of roses. Killarneys especially 

 have improved in both quality and 

 quantity and show much better color, 

 size of bud and length of stems. Kil- 

 larney probably is cut in larger num- 

 bers than White Killarney, but there 

 has been little trouble in clearing the 

 tables of the whites. Bichmond showed 

 excellent quality, but has not been 

 shipped in so freely as Killarney, prob- 

 ably due to the fact that the growers 

 are counting on better returns during 

 Christmas week. Beauties are excel- 

 lent, too, and while there has been 

 hardly any unusual demand during the 

 week, they were moved at fairly con- 

 sistent prices but without any mate- 

 rial advance up until December 16, 

 when the calls for the long-stemmed 

 grade began to increase. Ward, Sun- 

 burst and Melody were in big demand 

 and on the short side. 



Of the other flowers, violets appeared 

 to have the call and although there 

 were but few home-groWn shipments 

 there were plenty of eastern arrivals. 

 Poinsettias are abundant but not yet 

 selling well. Paper Whites are more 

 plentiful and Bomans are coming 

 stronger. Sweet peas are dropping buds 

 since the dark days returned and are 



