The Weekly Florists' Review* 



717 



Ibut as it was they found no takers at 

 ■$1. It was an apt illustration of how 

 values are reduced by the sliglitest im- 

 ferfeetion. 



Local demand has been hardly up to 

 the standard for the season, though a 

 fair run of funeral work has helped ma- 

 terially of late on white stock. It is 

 ■expected that the horse show and the 

 flower show, both being held this week, 

 will inaugurate the social season. 



Various Items. 



A report of the annual exhibition will 

 be found elsewhere in this issue. 



The annual banquet of the Florists' 

 •Club will be held this Thursdaj' evening 

 (7th inst.) at the Victoria Hotel, Mich- 

 igan avenue and Van Buren street, at 8 

 ■o'clock. Edgar Sanders will be toast- 

 master. There will be a large number 

 ■of visitors. President Winterson has 

 told the management of the hotel what 

 to expect if the dinner is not worth twice 

 the price. Walter Kreitling is in charge 

 of the decorations and it promises to be 

 a great event. 



At the club meeting last Friday even- 

 ing the new ollieers were duly installed 

 and sixteen new members were elected, 

 all the applications having been brought 

 in by President Winterson. Treasurer- 

 Sanders' report showed a balance of 

 -$230.98 in the treasury. Retiring Pres- 

 ident McAdams was given a hearty vote 

 of thanks for his earnest labors during 

 the past year. Steps were taken look- 

 ing to the securing of a larger meeting 

 room and arrangements were made for 

 ■one for the second and fourth Thursdays 

 of the month. Later, though, it was 

 found that this room has been taken by 

 other parties. Therefore the next meet- 

 ing will be held in the old hall the even- 

 ing of Friday, November 15. 



On Tuesday a telegram was received 

 by Assistant Secretary Kanst, from In- 

 ■dianapolis, signed by six prominent Indi- 

 ana florists saying that they had a mag- 

 nificent show, entries full and the finest 

 decorated hall ever attempted in the 

 United States. Score one for Indianapo- 

 lis. 



Among visitors at the exhibition were 

 Elmer D. Smith, Adrian Mieh.; Fred 

 Lemon, Richmond, Ind. ; Ewald Suder, 

 Toledo, Ohio; M. Luetschg, Lake Geneva, 

 Wis.; C. W. Johnson, Rockford, 111.; 

 James Hartshorne, Jos. Labo and J. D. 

 Thompson, Joliet, 111.; F. Bahr. High- 

 land Park, 111., and Uncle John Thorpe, 

 •of course. 



Among visitors that arrived on 

 Wednesday were Samuel Murray and C. 

 C. Ripley, Kansas City; C. C. Polhvorth, 

 William Edlefsen, Milwaukee. 



Bo'wliDg. 



There was 

 and Chicago t 

 nesda.v). The match was 



best two games 



Stide 



;great shape. Hf ih a whuie i/liih in liimg 

 Following are the seureB of the Iwu Uecic 



CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE. 



Jos. Foer9ter....22l 195 C. C. PoUworth. .I(i3 



G.Stollery IBS 152 W. A. Kennedy.. iw; 



•C.BallufE I4U 114 Wm. Edlefsen ..r-'l 



P. Stollery 15U 154 O.Sylvester 14T 



P. J. Ha 



E. Wlut 

 Geo. As 



.2U7 1()U H. Hn 



■Ifel. 



After the games the Milwaukeeans were the 

 guests of the Chicagoans at the Illinois restau- 

 rant, where several things happened, and it was 

 a late hour before adjournment. 



In the three regular games rolled last Tues- 

 day night the Wholesalers -won two from the 

 Growers and the Retailers two from the Mis- 

 cellaneous. Following are the scores; 

 WHOLESALERS. 



E. Winterson 137 ISl 190 



W. S. Heftron 132 138 127 



C.Hughes 136 125 126 



Jno. Sterrett 119 176 139 



Jos. Foerster 1ST 163 164 



731 783 746 

 GROWERS. 



F. Stollery 163 129 151 



N. Sohmitz 174 166 150 



J. P. Sinner 164 154 126 



H. Metz 97 142 115 



G. Stollery 16S 171 157 



766 762 699 

 RETAILERS 



P. J. Hauswirth 167 120 207 



J. Huebner 122 115 142 



B. Endera 125 134 160 



Geo. Asmus 159 134 186 



673 503 695 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



C. Balluff 137 201 117 



C. Pruner 114 159 149 



F. Ewert 141 113 95 



M. Foerster 106 98 124 



498 571 485 

 Results to date: Won. Lost. 



Growers ■. 10 8 



Retailers 10 8 



Wholesalers 9 9 



Miscellaneous 7 11 



AN EMPLOYES' ASSOCIATION. 



Replying to F. F. R. we are perfectly 

 willing to give space to further com- 

 munications on the subject providing 

 they suggest something practical and 

 are signed by the full name and ad- 

 dress of the writers. F. F. R. and 

 others should bear in mind that a pa- 

 per cannot print communications from 

 unknown correspondents. We must 

 know who we are dealing with. 



We see no necessity for "the boys to 

 chip in" until it is made manifest that 

 there is a sufficient number of em- 

 ployes that really desire to belong to 

 such an association; and we question 

 whether a circular would bring any 

 more responses than a communication 

 in the trade press. 



If F. F. R.'s statement that he and 

 his partner are on duty regularly from 

 4:30 a. m., to 8 and 9 p. m. is correct 

 then he is certainly being pushed some 

 as to hours. Haven't you stretched it 

 a few, or taken one or two exceptional 

 days as an example? 



We are perfectly willing to "give the 

 employes a lift" if we can do it and 

 they really want it. If F. F. R. will 

 formulate his ideas as to how an as- 

 sociation could accomplish some real 

 good, write it out and send to us with 

 his full name and address attached. We 

 will print it. His name and address 

 need not be printed, but we must know 

 who the matter comes from. 



POBMSETTIAS. 



After trying several plans I find that 

 good results are obtained by benching 

 the old plants on a sunny bench in May 

 or June in good soil, not over three 

 inches deep, the plants a fair distance 

 apart. Cuttings of good texture ' and 

 firmness can then be taken off, but not 

 so as to rob the plant too much at one 

 time and unduly weaken its vitality. 



Cut below the joint, take off only 

 the immediate bottom foliage, and root 

 in the full sun in clean sand in a water- 

 tight bench, and keep well sprinkled. If 

 the plants are intended for five-inch pot 

 plants, pot along into three-inch until 



August I, then take the tops off these 

 and also the old plants and make one 

 final propagation. Afterward pot up 

 your old plants and the cut back three- 

 inch plants and grow along for second 

 grade stuff. 



To induce dwarfness, pot firmly, 

 grow in full sun and place plants close to 

 the glass in a well ventilated house or 

 frame without shade. Never allow the 

 temperature to fall below 60 degrees, 

 and do not repot after the early part of 

 October. Feed when the plants are pot 

 bound after the last shift. -J. 0. E. 



PANDANUS VEITCHII. 



Having a great many of these in 

 spring that were apparently in too large 

 pots and nearly or quite green, it was 

 perplodng what to do as this stock is 

 with us salable only in medium sized 

 pots and when well' colored. The plan 

 wc tirally adopted was a complete suc- 

 cess. 



Having prepared a light, moderately 

 rich soil, the plants were shaken 'out of 

 the old soil, with as little damage to the 

 roots as possible, and then repotted into 

 as small pots as possible. They were 

 watered sparingly and kept warm and 

 clo.^e. When they had become well es- 

 tablished in these small pots they were 

 shifted on, using a good rich soil with a 

 fair proportion of horn shavings mixed 

 in. 



The manner in which they colored and 

 came along was surprising, and from 

 unsalable plants they became fine salable 

 ones. • J- 0. E. 



THE ELM LEAF BEETLE. 



Superintendent Pettigrew, of the Bos- 

 ton Parks, says the damage done by 

 the elm leaf beetle is decidedly serious. 

 He says that the proper time to attack 

 the pests is in the spring as the leaves 

 unfold, by spraying with one of the 

 arsenical solutions. In this way many 

 can be poisoned before breeding time. 

 A second spraying should be given when 

 the egg clusters are found on the under 

 side of the leaves. 



THE WINNING RHYME. 



Following are the verses that won the 

 prize offered by the Kansas City World 

 for the best rhyme for chrysanthemum. 



The vocalist who lives next door 

 Sings "Holy City" o'er and o'er. 

 And gives me for "chrysanthemum" 

 Only the rhyme "Jerusalum." 



Oh, would that "mum's the word" were writ 

 Upon his heart, and that he'd quit. 

 I'd give a big chrysanthemum 

 Could I but make his anthem mum. 



Trenton, N. J. — The state entomolo- 

 gist has issued a warning that there will 

 be a plague of the 17-year locust next 

 year in this section. It is the brood 

 which made its last appearance in 1885 

 and which did much damage at that time. 



Thomas Rochford, the famous Eng- 

 lish florist and nurseryman, died re- 

 cently at the age of 52 years. The Roch- 

 ford greenhouses cover an immense sur- 

 face. 



CoLDWATER, MiCH. — Van Aken Bros, 

 have just finished building a fine retail 

 store on Monroe street. They are cut- 

 ting some fine mums. 



Rend advs. at once for our Thanksgiv- 

 ing number, to be issued next week. 



