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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOUEli a, 1001. 



Various Items. 



Walter Kctzer & Co. decorated the 

 North Side Turner Hall for a reception 

 last Saturday evening, and made quite 

 a new departure. The material was 

 nearly all obtained from the woods, and 

 the effect was largely that of a forest. 

 Palms, etc., w^ere used on the stairs lead- 

 ing to the hall. 



Among the floral designs sent to Presi- 

 dent McKinley's funeral from this city 

 was a very handsome wreath of cattleyas 

 and valley from the Greek colony. It 

 was arranged by John Mangel. 



Edward Blameuser, of Niles Center, 

 is to be married next Tuesday. 



Mr. E. H. Hitchcock, Glenwood, Mich., 

 the dealer in hardy ferns, was a recent 

 visitor. 



Mr. George A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111., was a 

 visitor on Wednesday. 



Bowling. 



The series of league games was started last 

 Tuesday night at Worden's alieys, with much 

 eclat and noise. Four teams were made up 

 and there was material to spare. The Grow- 

 ers won three games from the Retailers and 

 the Miscellaneous took three from the Whole- 

 salers. Following are the scores: 

 GROWERS. 



G. StoUery 134 167 178 



F. Matti .• 205 146 151 



U Schater 145 167 147 



N. A. Schmitz .177 126 142 



F. Stollery 140 163 163 



S02 769 764 

 RETAILERS. 



P. J. Hauswirth 135 148 145 



Jno. Sterrett .186 



O. Kreitling 125 122 



W. Kreitling .'.'.'.'.'.'.]'.'.['.'.'.['.'.'.'.'.'. 120 109 86 



Geo. Asmus 134 116 155 



704 635 622 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



C. Ballutt 152 168 143 



C. Pruner 114 119 114 



J. Degnan 199 128 170 



M. Foerster 128 145 166 



G. L. Grant 141 147 131 



731 707 724 

 WHOLESALERS. 



Jos. Foerster 150 1S8 179 



E. Ben they 164 140 149 



C. Hughes 127 123 129 



W. S. Heffron 103 124 100 



E. Winterson 172 121 157 



PIPING, 



I have a greenhouse 14x33, front wall 

 3 ft., side lights U ft., rear wall 4J ft., 

 one end wall 3 ft., the rest glass. Walls 

 double boarded with tar paper between. 

 Shed on either end 10x12, with cellar 

 below for boiler. Front bench 3 ft. wide 

 and 3 ft. from ground. Middle bed solid. 

 Rear bench 2* ft. wide and 3 ft. from 

 ground. On the rear or north side I 

 have hotbed sash from gutter to ground 

 for violets. 



I Wish to pipe this house as econom- 

 ically as possible to maintain a night 

 temperature of 56 to 60 degrees when 

 outside temperature is 15 to 20 degrees 

 belciw zero, and wish to keep the vio- 

 lets at 40 degrees. I have a Wilks hot 

 water boiler 42x42, with 3-inch open- 

 ings. Would you advise the use of 3- 

 inoh boiler tubes instead of pipes, in 

 view of their being much cheaper? 



Mich. C. C. W. 



Assuming that he decides to use 3-inch 

 boiler tubes, which are both efficient and 

 cheap, I would suggest a plan of piping 

 arranged about as shown by the ac- 

 companying drawing. 



For the greenhouse, the arrangement 

 of pipes being a coil of four (two flows 

 and two returns) under each side and 



one end bench, these pipes reducing to 

 two at the farthest end of the coil from 

 Ihe boiler and connccUng to an open 

 expansion tank. These coils should 

 grade upward all the way from the 

 boiler to the tank. 



For the lean-to house, three pipes will 

 be required, one (flow) being run along 

 the high side and two (returns) on the 

 low side of the house as shown, with an 

 air vent placed at tlie end of the coil 

 farthest Iioin the boiler. These pipes 

 all grade upwards from the boiler to the 

 air vent connection. A valve may be 

 placed en the flow into the lean-to house 

 if it is desired to have an independent 

 control of the circulation in this house. 

 Henry W. Gibbons. 



Xew York. 



ONCINNATL 



The Fall Festival. 



Our great fall festival with its flower 

 parade, its trades' parade, its flower 

 design show, and its trades' show is a 

 thing of the past and was a grand suc- 

 cess. 



The day for the exhibition of floral de- 

 signs was Thursday, September 20th. 

 There were two classes, each having first, 

 second and third prizes. 



Class 1 called for lodge emblems, not 

 less than five or more than seven pieces, 

 and the first prize was captured by 

 Hardesty & Co. with six finely gotten 

 up designs. George & Allan won second 

 prize in this class with their exhibit of 

 si.K pieces. 



Class 2 called for best single lodge 

 emblem, and the first prize went to 

 Hardesty & Co.; second prize to H. D. 

 Edwards, of Newport, Ky.; third prize 

 to George & Allan. 



Trade and Other Notes. 



Business during the past week has 

 been the best in histoiy for this time 

 of the year. Everything seems to be 

 working together to put life into trade. 

 Even the weather, which is generally the 

 most obstinate thing the florist has to 

 deal with, has been all that could be de- 

 sired, moderately warm days and cool 

 nights putting life into stock, and flow- 

 ers of all kinds are increasing in quan- 



The mother of J. W. Eodgers died last 

 week and was buried at Madison, Ind. 



Miss Bertha Strieker, of this city, 

 and Charlie Lodder, of Hamilton, Ohio, 



were inarriod iin Wednesday last. 



Visilnis Ihr |Kist week were: Mr. H. 

 llcllii. Nrw ( :i-lli', Ind.; Henry Weber, 

 Oakl:Hi,l. M.I , 1.1,1 Mr. and Mrs. E. T. 

 Gra\'r. l.'idiiiinTiil, hid. C. J. OlIMEB. 



FALL EXHIBITIONS. 



Ort. 21-27— New Youk — New York Plorlsla' 

 Club. Wm. Plumb. Mgr., 51 W. 28th street. 



Oct. 88-31— Bdfpalo — Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion. Wm. Scott. Supt. 



Nov. 5-6— Madison. N. J.— Morris County Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Society. C. H. Atkins, 

 Secy, Madison. N. J. 



Nov. 5-7— Newpout, R. I.— Newport Hort. So- 

 ciety. A. Melkle. Sec'y. 



Nov. 5-8— Boston.— Mass. Hort. Society. Kob't 

 Manning. Sec'y, HonlcuUurul Hall. 



Nov. 5-9— Chicago — Hort. Society of Chicago. 

 W. N. Rudd, Sec'y, R. 11X12. 185 Dearborn street. 



Nov. 5-9— Indianapolis- Indiana Floral Festi- 

 val. W. Bertermann. See'y,241 Massachusetts 



Chestnut Hill 



Hort. Society. John Marsden. Sec'y. 

 Nov. 8— Lawrexce. N. Y — Lawrence-Cedar- 



hurst Hort. Society. Alex. McKenzie, Sec'y. 

 Nov. 12- Orange. N. J— New Jersey Ploricul- 



tural Society. Geo. Smith, Sec'y, Orange, N.J. 

 Nov. 12-16 — PHiLAnEi.puiA — Pennsylvania 



Hort. Society. David Bust, Sec'y. Hort. Hall. 



Nov. 12-16— Waco. Tex. — Texas State Floral 



Society. J. W. Baruett. Sec'y. Waco. Tex. 

 Nov. 1 3-1 4— HouSTON.TEX.— Faith Home Assn. 



Mrs. M. E. Bryan, Sec'y. 

 Nov. 13-15— St. Loris— St. Louis Florists' Club. 



E. Schray, Sec'y. 1101 Pennsylvania avenue. 

 Nov. 13-16— Detroit. Mich —Detroit Florists' 



Club. J. P. Sullivan, Sec'y, 211 Woodward 



Nov. 16-16— Providence, R. I.— Rhode Island 

 Hort. Socif ty. C. W. Smith, Sec'y, 61 West- 

 minster sti-eet. 



Nov. New Ori,eans— New Orleans Hort. 



Society. D. Newsham, Sec'y. 



Nov. UTICA, N. Y.— Utica Florists' Club. 



Nov. Elmira. N. Y.— Elmira Hort. So- 

 ciety. H. N. HofEman, Sec'y. 



> notify us of any needed 

 changes.] 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



With the advent of cooler weather, 

 trade has shown a tendency to gaze sky- 

 ward. Two frosts last week helped mat- 

 ters along nicely in the way of dispos- 

 ing of cut flowers, especially those grown 

 under glass. The assassination of Presi- 



tity and quality. Asters are now about 

 done. Those that are on the market are 

 from the north, and, all things consid- 

 ered, are first class. Price, from $1 to 

 $1.50 per 100. 



Bride and Beauty roses and all kinds 

 of carnations are still scarce. But with 

 favorable weather the supply of these 

 staple flowers should increase greatly. 

 Prices on stock remain about the same, 

 but a little cold snap coming during this 

 week will make prices jump in a hurry. 



dent McKinley at Buffalo caused a se- 

 vere depression in business during last 

 week, casting a gloom over everybody. 

 But this week opens more lively and 

 prospects seem brighter for a good trade. 



Florists in this vicinity are now get- 

 ting outside stock housed in anticipa- 

 tion of cold weather and killing frosts. 

 But today it seems like early spring, 

 the temperature being 52 degrees out- 

 side at 5 o'clock this morning. 



Roses and carnations have taken on 



