The Florists' Review 



Jdnb S, 1918. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



Founded, 1897. by G. L. GRANT. 



PUBLISHED KVKRY THUKSDAY BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

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

 March 3, 1879. 



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CONTENTS 



The Retail Florist 9 



— A Negative Proposition 9 



— The Italian Wreath (lllus.) 9 



— An Interesting Law Suit 9 



— Galax To Be a Short Crop ? 9 



— Now the Shower Bouquets (lllus.) 9 



— Attractive Funeral Spray (lllus.) 10 



Business Embarrassmeuts 10 



Summer Care of Hydrangeas 10 



Geraniums 10 



— Trouble With Geraniums 10 



— The Work of Caterpillar? 10 



For a Beginner 10 



Seasonable Suggestions 12 



— Bedding Out 12 



— Bouvardias 12 



— Poinsettlas 12 



— Primulas 12 



— Propagating Flcus Elastica 12 



Peonies 12 



— Some Seasonable Notes 12 



— American Peony Society 13 



— Peonies for Landscaping 1,3 



Harrison's Success (lllus.) 13 



Where Some of Us Stumble 14 



— The Square Deal 14 



S. S. Skldelskv (portrait) l.") 



Sweet Pea Exhibition l.-) 



Carnations 16 



— For the New York Market 16 



— Wells Passes Judgment (portrait) 16 



The Convention Exhibition 17 



American Rose Society 18 



New York 18 



Sedalia, Mo 18 



Providence 19 



Obituary 19 



— Thomas J. O'Hara 19 



— Frederick W. Thlelmann 19 



— David R. Nugent 19 



— John E. Harrison 19 



Appreciation 10 



That's Why So Many Do It 20 



Society of American Florists 20 



Review Worth $1 Per Copy 20 



Chicago 20 



Kansas City 24 



Dayton. 20 



Philadelphia 2S 



Washington 31 



Boston 32 



Exterminating Red Ants 36 



St. Louis 40 



Pittsburgh 43 



Steamer Sailings 46 



Seed Trade News 48 



— The Seed Season 49 



Pacific Ckiast Department 54 



— Portland, Ore 54 



— Los Angeles. Cal 54 



— San Francisco 56 



Nursery News 62 



— The White Pine Quarantine 62 



— New Rules for Quarantine 62 



Milwaukee 72 



Cincinnati 74 



Springfield, Mass 76 



Greenhouse Heating 92 



— The Fuel Market 02 



— Waving the Red Flag 92 



— Expansion of Pipe 9."? 



— Radiating Snrfare of Pipe 94 



— Amount of Radiation 94 



— When Piping Is Not In Use 9." 



Indianapolis 96 



Nashville, Tenn 9S 



BnfTalo 100 



Erie, Pa 100 



Baspeburg, Md. — .John G. Kilian has 

 material oft the ground and painted for 

 another house 32x100, which will be put 

 up as quickly as possible, making the 

 fourth in his range. This will give him 

 over an acre covered by greenhouses 

 and coldframes. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLORISTS, 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1001. 



Officers for 1913: President, J. K. M. L. 

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

 dore Wirtb, Minneapolis; secretary, John Young, 

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

 Kasting, Buffalo. 



Twenty-ninth annual convention, Minneapolia, 

 Minn., August 19 to 22, 1918. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 102 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



Wesley Greene, of Davenport, has 

 issued a monograph entitled "A Prelim- 

 inary List of Hardy Herbaceous Plants 

 for the Gardens of Iowa." 



The Federal Horticultural Board has 

 issued revised regulations for the en- 

 forcement of the plant quarantine act. 

 They are printed on page 62 of this 

 issue of The Eeview. 



This is the month in which the florist, 

 and especially the retail florist, should 

 look after his collections. Next mouth 

 the real vacation season begins and bills 

 not collected in June are likely to go 

 unpaid till September. 



It was a splendid Memorial day, 

 without a doubt the best yet. At the 

 recent rate of increase Memorial day, 

 from a cut-flower point of view, soon 

 will be as important as Easter and not 

 far behind Christmas. 



While it is late, those who have sur- 

 plus bedding stock no doubt can move it 

 if ofliered in the classified columns of 

 The Eeview. The season is by no means 

 over in all the odd corners of the coun- 

 try to which The Eeview penetrates. 



Our good friend, Peter Bisset, is no 

 longer a member of the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board. The board now con- 

 sists of C. L. Marlatt, chairman; W. A. 

 Orton, Geo. B. Sudworth, W. D. Hunter, 

 and A. V. Stubenrauch, with E. C. Alt- 

 house as secretary. 



The directors of the Coliseum Co., St. 

 Louis, are considering the feasibility of 

 holding a flower show during the first 

 week in November, on the same scale and 

 plan as the successful show held in 

 Kansas City in 1901. Frank M. Eobin- 

 son is the manager of the Coliseum Co. 



The New York Florists' Club and the 

 Horticultural Society of New York have 

 signed a contract with the Grand Cen- 

 tral Palace for a flower show March 21 

 to 28, 1914, and will undertake to re- 

 peat the artistic and financial success 

 achieved there by the Third National 

 Flower Show. 



THAT'S WHY SO MANY DO IT, 



The reason why each issue of The 

 Eeview carries upwards of 600 display 

 advertisements, and why recent issues 

 have carried over 1,000 separate classi- 

 fied ads, is shown by the following 

 letter: 



You may discontinue our advertisement of 

 geraniums, as we are sold out. It pays to ad- 

 vertise in The Review. — C. W. Espy & Son. 

 Brookvllle. Pa., May 26, 1913. 



From the publisher's standpoint 

 there is only one trouble with the classi- 

 fied ads — it is impossible to solicit them 

 directly. Nobody knows who has the 

 surplus to oflfer, so that these ads must 

 all come practically unsolicited, from 

 those who have the stock and have 

 learned that this is the way to sell it. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Please note the following corrections 

 in the preliminary program of the twen- 

 ty-ninth annual convention, to be held 

 in the National Guards ' Armory, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., August 19 to 22, 1913: 



FOURTH DAY, FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 



9 A. M. — Meeting of the Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation. 



10:30 A. M. — Meeting of the American Chrys- 

 anthemum Society. 



Afternoon. 



3 P. M.— Session of the S. A. F. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



REVIEW WORTH $1 PER COPY. 



The Eeview is constantly in receipt 

 of commendatory letters setting forth 

 its worth to the writers, and it is al- 

 ways gratifying to know just how much 

 of a help it is to the trade, but prob- 

 ably two of the strongest testimonials 

 of its actual cash value came in one 

 mail from sources that show just how 

 far-reaching is its influence. 



One letter is from the manager of a 

 large establishment in Washington 

 state, growers of cut flowers, fruit and 

 ornamental trees, plants, seeds, small 

 fruits and hothouse vegetables, and 

 the other comes from an employee of a 

 leading grower and nurseryman in 

 West Virginia. One places a cash 

 value in excess of $1 a copy on his col- 

 lection of eight years, while the other 

 says he would have to have it if the 

 subscription price was $4 a year. 



Following are the two letters: 



Find enclosed my renewal of subscription for 

 another year, and let me say that I would almost 

 rather do without my meals than miss getting 

 The Review. I have every copy for the last 

 seven or eight years, and would not take |1 for 

 any of them. Yours, with best wishes. — Colvllle 

 Nursery and Greenhouses, br H. C. Smith, Man- 

 ager, Colvllle, Wash., May %, 1913. 



Please find enclosed $1 for The Review for 

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 Dleckmann &. Co., Elm Grove, W. Va., May 10. 

 1913. 



CHICAGO. 



The Qreat Central Market. 



Memorial day trade in this market 

 was probably the best the local whole- 

 sale houses have experienced, and 

 almost without exception the whole- 

 salers report it as considerably ahead 

 of last year. Not only was the demand 

 heavier than in previous years, but the 

 stock, with few exceptions, was of bet- 

 ter quality than usual for this holiday;, 

 also, supply and demand were unusually 

 well balanced, so that all good stock 

 brought satisfactory prices and cleaned 

 up ill good shape. 



The principal interest no doubt cen- 

 tered in carnations, of which a pro- 

 nounced shortage was predicted a few 

 days before the holiday. Bright, warm 

 weather arrived May 27, and no doubt 

 did considerable to increase the supply; 

 at any rate, the shortage did not prove 

 to be nearly so great as had been antici- 

 pated. Some houses were able to fill 

 their orders practically in full, though 

 a considerable number of orders going 

 out May 27 and 28 had to be cut. After 

 the shipping orders were out there was 

 an abundant supply for local demands, 

 and prices declined from twenty to 

 thirty per cent. The unfavorable 

 weather in the week preceding Me- 

 morial day resulted in considerable of 

 the stock being soft, and this week 

 the wholesalers have had to adjust 

 more or less complaints of carnations 

 being asleep on arrival. 



Next to the carnation the peony was- 



