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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 8. 1900. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



For scvei-al weeks the supply was 

 very short and prices were up almost 

 to holiday figures. The marl<et has 

 now eased a trifle, though roses still 

 remain scarce, especially Beauties, 

 which are practically not obtainable. 

 Carnations are in fair supply and vio- 

 lets are plentiful, as are Romans, daf- 

 fodils and freesias. Adiantum is scarce 

 and smilax plentiful. 



Notes. 



W. A. Kennedy is cutting some fine 

 carnations in the newer varieties and 

 also some fancy Golden Gate roses. 



Nic. Zweifel also has a fine crop of 

 carnations coming in and his violets 

 average with the best in the market. 



C. C. Pollworth Co. have a fine lot of 

 azaleas coming in for Easter. 



Charles Zipnick is cutting some fine 

 mignonette and also has a bench of 

 pansies, which bring good returns. 



John Dunlop and Archie Middlemass 

 were on the sick list for some time, but 

 are now both around again. 



On invitation of O. Sylvester the 

 florist bowlers visited Oconomowoc, 

 where Mr. Sylvester arranged to pit 

 the florists against a local team. The 

 visiting florists were met at the depot, 

 where a tally-ho awaited them, and 

 were driven to the grounds of P. D. 

 Armour, where Otto Speidel, the gard- 

 ener in charge, showed the visitors 

 about the place. Mr. Speidel has a 65- 

 foot house of Lady Campbell violets 

 which are one mass of fiowers. His 

 cut out of this house last season was 

 136,000. Although Mr. Speidel was busy 

 looking after the icemen, he said that 

 would cut no ice, and that he would be 

 on deck to bowl with the fiorists. 



From Armour's the party drove to 

 Aug. Schueneman's, whose range of 

 houses, mostly in carnations and vio- 

 lets, were found in excellent shape. 



Mr. Sylvester then directed the foot- 

 man to inform the driver to proceed to 

 his place, where, under his guidance, 

 the party was shown through his 

 houses. Mr. Sylvester grows a fine lot 

 of carnations, violets and a large va- 

 riety of bedding stock. Violets were 

 discussed here, as Mr. Sylvester was a 

 recognized king for several seasons 

 with this flower. 



The party was then conducted to his 

 residence, where Mrs. Sylvester had 

 prepared a sumptuous dinner, and the 

 crowd was hungry enough to eat al- 

 most anything. One of Mr. Sylvester's 

 largest turkeys disappeared like a 

 bunch of American Beauties at Xmas. 



After dinner the party proceeded to 

 the bowling alleys, where, after a little 

 preliminary practice, the game began. 

 Mr. Sylvester was elected captain and 

 Mr. Speidel pinch, and the regulars 

 were made up as follows: C. C. Poll- 

 worth. Wm. Edlefsen. Nic Zweifel, 'W. 

 A. Kennedy, A. Klokner. The florists 

 lost the first game, but this was laid to 

 the big dinner. 'Jhe next we won, l)ut 

 lost the third by 7 pins. Mr. Speidel's 

 attempt to win out this game was 



about as su(ie.--srul as the British in 

 holding Spion Kop. Sylvester, Poll- 

 worth and Edlefsen rolled 19S, 1S.5, 166, 

 respectively, but the other fellows 

 went us a few better. Mr. Sylvester 

 now thinks the town has grown small- 

 er and that the whole population are 

 bowlers. A return game will be given 

 in the near future. 



Bowling. 



There is a movement on toot to 

 resurrect the Florists' Club. At a re- 

 cent session the following scores were 

 made: 



12 3 4 5 av. 

 C. r. Polhvonh....l«t; 171 214 160 1S7 1S2 



H. Hunkel 142 168 196 189 166 172 



F. Holton 187 163 158 181 148 168 



\Y. Kdlef.'ien 163 145 1.19 157 171 15.'i 



N. Zweifel 140 141 138 155 160 147 



A. Klokner 147 140 133 129 138 135 



W. A. Kennedy.... 131 123 152 121 148 135 



On Thursday, February 1, the boys 

 tried it again, with results as follows: 



12 3 4 5 



Pollworth 142 148 154 177 181 



Holton 129 117 162 124 173 



Zweifel 149 168 149 123 133 



Kennedy 133 116 lOS 128 137 



Hunkel 181 145 171 150 172 



Kdelfsen 100 143 152 123 129 



Klokner 126 113 126 102 126 



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