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TheWeekiy Florists' Review^ 



MiECH 10, 1904. 



the retailer. Of stedlings there aro 

 thousands and of course some very fine 

 ones. Of Kclip.se there is a whole bench 

 and if it keeps up it is to go out next 

 year, I understand. A. F. J. Bavk. 



CONVENTION JOTTINGS. 



The trip to Mt. Clemens was one of 

 the pleasautest features of the conven- 

 tion. The Breitmeyer 's Sons provided a 

 special train for tiie party, which num- 

 bered about 200. Carriages were at the 

 station to take the ladies to the green- 

 houses, and it was only a pleasant walk 

 for the men, sharpening appetites for 

 the buffet lunch which was ready, in- 

 cluding the famous Breitmeyer home- 

 made wine. After the refreshments had 

 been partaken of the party broke up 

 into squads for a tour of the green- 

 houses. Everything was in tine shape 

 but of course the principal interest was 

 in the new rose, La Detroit. The condi- 

 tion of the stock plants and of the young 

 stock shortly to be distributed was fa- 

 vorably commented on. Practically every 

 grower who visited Detroit will try the 

 rose next year. On the end greenhouse 

 was a line of C. W. Skinner 's pipe for 

 field irrigation. Mr. Skinner was on 

 hand to. show it working and all the 

 growers were much interested. Eeturn- 

 ing to the city, the party was in season 

 for the afternoon trains. President 

 Breitmeyer and the S. A. F. executive 

 committee going to St. Louis and most 

 of the others to their homes. 



Among the seedlings of more or less 

 distinctiveness and merit staged at De- 

 troit of which there was no mention in 

 the judge's report, were the following: 



A good yellow. No. 14, from H. Weber 

 & Sons, Oakland, Md. ; No. 12, a good 

 white from Frank Holznagle, Detroit; 

 J. E. Smith, a red, from Baur & Smith, 

 Indianapolis; a fine white in which was 

 a card of F. B. Stroup, New Philadel- 

 phia, Pa.; four varieties from John 

 Hart jc, Indianapolis ; the good ' yellow, 

 Star of Bethlehem and others by J. E. 

 Haines, which had a rough journey; Hel- 

 en Bosler, a promising yellow variegat- 

 ed from Geo. Guignet, Carlisle, Pa. ; 

 Glendale and Gen. Wayne, from W. J. 

 & M. S. Vesey, Fort M'ayne, Ind. 



As once was said, "fools rush in where 

 angels fear to tread." Certainly there 

 was some surprise at the way the sparks 

 flew when one or two venturesome or, 

 more likely, thoughtless ones crossed 

 sworJs with E. N. Peirce, of Waltham. 

 "Farmer" Peirce (pronounced Purse), 

 they call him down Waltham way. In 

 many respects he is the typical Yankee, 

 and a keener wit has not enlivened a 

 convention in many a da^'. ' ' I am not 

 a speech-maker, ' ' was his usual way of 

 concluding his remarks. "I know what 

 I wanted to say; I don't know whether 

 I 've said it or not. ' ' Opinion was usual- 

 ly unanimous that he had. 



On the train from Detroit to Mt. Clem- 

 ens last Friday morning C. W. Ward 

 announced that he had sold a half in- 

 terest in his unnamed brilliant vermil- 

 ion scarlet, No. 303, to the J. D. Thomp- 

 son Carnation Co. for $10,000. It will 

 be distributed jointly in 1906 and it is 

 stated that in the meantime no plants 

 will be sent out for trial. It is from 

 Lawson crossed with a pedigreed scarlet 

 from a line of Maceo seedlings. It has 

 the Lawson habit, the flower a little 

 larger than that • variety. It scored 92 



Dailledoure Bros'.IMammoth White, No. J44. 



points for a preliminary certificate at 

 Detroit. 



The Thompson Carnation Co. brought 

 about 4,000 blooms to the exhibition. 

 They were in fine shape when unpacked 

 but many varieties went to sleep before 

 they could be staged and others before 

 judging. Mr. Thompson asks that at- 

 tention be called to the hard luck whicli 

 overtook his stock in explanation of his 

 failing to take any first premiums. 

 Rudd's Phyllis also went t,Q sleep, and 

 it has a reputation as a keeper. The 

 grower says it waa because -it recently 

 got too heavy a dose of wood ashes. 



C. W. Ward is much interested in 

 Carnation Glacier. It originated on his 

 place but did not do well and was only 

 sent out because Arthur Herrington 

 urged it, after trying it at Florham 

 Farms. It has done finely in Canada and 

 in several other sections and is now work- 

 ing its way back into the neighborhood 

 from which it was disseminated. There 

 was a fine bench of it at Breitmeyer 's 

 and several growers decided on the spot 

 to drop a bench of Flora Hill and put in 

 Glacier for another trial. 



The Detroit Florists' Club did itself 

 proud at the banquet Thursday evening. 

 It was a fitting finale for a most effi- 

 ciently managed convention. Messrs. 

 Kackham, Flowerday and Sullivan, as 

 leaders in the work, have every reason 

 to feel satisfied with success which 

 crowned their efforts, and they were well 

 backed up by their club members, every 

 one of whom put a shoulder to the 

 wheel. 



Many comments were made on the 

 sleepiness of the stock, some contending 

 that there was something wrong with 

 the atmosphere in the hall. Fred Dorner 

 said he laid the sleepiness to the long 

 continued cold weather which has made 

 ventilation both difficult and expensive 

 all winter. Others pointed out that it 

 was the fiowers of those notorious for 

 high feeding which were sleepiest. 



E. G. Hill prefaced his toast at the 

 banquet with the statement that it is 

 not on record that a gardener ever made 

 a speech. Twenty minutes later it was 

 the unanimous opinion that now, at 

 least, a gardener had made a speech of 

 which any orator might be proud. It 

 was the gem of the evening. 



The statement that J. A. Valentine, 

 E. G. Hill and Eugene DaiUedouze were 

 appointed a committee on "affiliation" 

 with the Rose Society hardly covers the 

 ground. The idea is to get the Rose So- 

 ciety to hold its meeting and exhibition 

 at Chicago on the same dates as the 

 carnation meeting. 



Wm. Swayne, of Kennett Square, says 

 that as soon as he began to use young, 

 soft cuttings he had no trouble rooting 

 Adonis. C. W. Ward and E. G. Hill 

 lioth agreed with this and said they had 

 not lost one per cent of their Adonis 

 cuttings this year. 



W. j. Smyth, the well known Chicago 

 retailer, put up the prize winning vase 

 of 200 Adonis for E. G. HUl. It was a 

 credit to his skill and there are those who 

 said it simplified the work of the judges. 



Fiancee is a great keeper. Mr. Hart- 

 shorne says that he began picking blooms 

 February 15 to 20 for his exhibit that 

 won the gold medal March 2. Kancee 

 has no pollen. 



Many were the admirers of a bench of 

 the old rosejMme. Hosts, found at Breit- 

 meyer 's. Phil Breitmeyer says that it 

 has been about the most profitable bench 

 on the place this season. 



The show was proof of a general im- 



