September 17 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



675 



lunch Bp< lies were made by those who 



attended the convention, and nothing but 

 good words and praise were heard for 

 i lie .Milwaukee and Chicago florists for 

 our entertainment. The hour was grow- 

 ing late, and, drinking the health of .Mr. 

 Ainmnnn and his family, tin- members 

 started for home, voting this one of the 

 best meetings held by the chili this year. 

 On the way home the members had lots 

 of fun at the expense of Frank Fill- 

 more, the joker of the club. 



The next meeting of the elub will be 

 held on' October 8, at 2 o 'clock, in Odd 

 Fellows ' building, and the entire mem- 

 bership is requested to be present, as 

 convention matters will come up which 

 will be of interest to every member of 

 the club. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Ammann, who is known among 

 the craft as the ' ' Perle King, ' ' distrib- 

 uted a fine lot of well grown Perles to 

 those win. attended the elub meeting 

 last Thursday, which was much appre- 

 ciated by numbers. 



Mr. Felter, on Lexington avenue, will 

 have a fine lot of pot chrysanthemums 

 for the fall trade. 



At Berning 's all hands are busy mak- 

 ing preparations to move to their new 

 location at 1402 Pine street. 



The St. Clair Floral Co., of Belle- 

 ville, 111., is building five Dietsch houses, 

 16x100, for roses. These, so Dr. Hal- 

 stedt, who is the head of the company, 

 says, will be finished by November 1. 



A. L. Vaughan, the representative of 

 E. H. Hunt, of Chicago, is a visitor this 

 week. The boys are all glad to see 

 Lloyd and no traveling man has more 

 friends here than Mr. Vaughan. 



Bowline. 



The wives of the florist bowlers are 

 arranging a bowling club, of which no 

 one can become a member unless con- 

 nected with the trade. They will have 

 their weekly bowling, the same as the 

 men, only they will have it in the after- 

 noons. Anyone wishing to join will 

 please send her name to Mrs. F. C. 

 Weber, 4326 Olive street, at once. Mrs. 

 Theo. Miller and Mrs. F. M. Ellis are 

 fast becoming expert bowlers. The ob- 

 ject of the ladies' club is to be in trim 

 for next year's convention. 



The two florists teams bowled Mon- 

 day night at the Blue Ribbon alleys. 

 The night was cool and pleasant, an. I 

 the rolling fair. The score follows: 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d. Total 



Kn.hu iss l.-,r, 177 :.L''i 



Beyer 157 135 159 45i 



Meinhardt 102 108 149 359 



Pitcher 103 123 139 305 



« eb. i St 139 139 142 12'i 



Total 689 661) 766 



Player. 1st. 2.1. 3d. Total. 



Beneke 14" 185 136 16] 



Mill. . 169 190 141 500 



Ellis 141 120 150 417 



Weber, Jr 112 134 lis :;.-,, 



Young 130 136 142 4os 



Total 692 701 687 214n 



J. J. B. 

 BUFFALO. 



Current Comment. 



We are at present sweltering amidst a 



torrid humid spell, hard for : rtherncr 



to bear. Business is gradually awaken- 

 ing from its torpid, midsummer, condi- 

 tion. I don't know how the retailers 

 get rid of all the asters and gladioli. bin 

 I do know from personal observation 

 taken but a few hours ago, that our very 



energetic commission man, Mr. Kasting, 

 seemed to me to have enough to supply 

 western New York. 



I have not heard of any considerable 

 addition to our florist establishments 

 this summer, except the entire rebuild- 

 ing of Louis H. Neubeck 's place, corner 

 of Main and High streets. As this is 

 within a block or two of the very best 

 residence district, and, of course, with- 

 in the fire limits, aothing but I lie -' 



substantial of material, stone, brick, 

 iron and glass, will go into it. It will 

 be one of the best equipped places in 

 the country, too small to reckon much 

 as a producing place, but fine as a show 

 and business place, and Louis knows hew 

 to nn. it. 



A Visit to Toronto. 



I was again honored with an invita- 

 tion to judge the cut flowers and de- 

 signs at Canada's great fair and prompt 

 ly accepted and tried to fulfil the po- 

 sition last week. It would have been 



very pleasant to have been in C nto 



the week before, for then the Canadian 

 Horticultural Society met. It was very 

 pleasant to know that the newly elected 

 president is our very old friend, Edward 

 I. Mepsted. The "Toronto fair is the 

 greatest annual exhibition on the con- 

 tinent, by long odds. Wliile the New 

 York State Fair had 30,000, with Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt as a star attraction, To- 

 ronto had days of 70,000, 80,000, 90,000, 

 and on Monday, November 7, 110,000. 

 While ornamental horticulture is but a 

 small feature, it is most creditable. I 

 can remember when, some fifteen years 

 ago, I thought the Toronto florists be- 

 hind the times, especially in designs.. No 

 longer can that be said, for many of the 

 baskets, etc., were as rich, elaborate, 

 and withal, as artistic, as I see any- 

 where. I wish, Mr. Editor, that all your 

 readers could have seen ' ' The Vacant 

 Chair." It was truly a work of art. 

 There were in competition with it sev- 

 eral most costly and beautiful pieces, 

 costing much more to build and fine in 

 every respect, yet the chair had the per- 

 fection of shading and taste of arrange- 

 ment. The roses exhibited by John H. 

 Dunlop were wonderful for this season, 

 about as perfect as you expect to see in 

 February. 



not call on everybody, 



Sorry I c 

 but that was 

 pany of th; 

 men, Dr. Ei 



most ardent 

 nations his 



tie tv.etltV-f 



is always w 

 They are jl 

 000 "feet of 



do! possible, so in the com- 

 t most companionable of 

 » lands, of TJtica, who is a 

 lb. rist on the side, with car- 

 pecialty, I ran up that lit- 

 iut miles to the mammoth 

 at Brampton. This place 

 rth a long jourin 

 3t adding a trifle of 120.- 

 •arnation houses, which will 

 be rather late in planting, but as they 

 have an acre or two of summer-grown- 

 under-glass, looking very fine, they wall 

 likely not run short. Of all things in 

 this twelve acres of modern gl. 

 most remarkable are a number of 300- 

 fooi b.ds on tile, of Bride, Bridesmaid. 

 Perle and Canadian Queen planted in 

 the middle of last April, just now cut- 

 ting th.ir second crop. It would be idle 

 to talk of thousands of flowers. I can 

 only compare it to a fine crop of carna- 

 tions in the month of April, standing up 

 four feet from the ground. It is too 

 large a place to see in two hours and 

 too much to describe in these pages. 



Davenport, Ia. — The Allison Littig 

 Company is putting up a large green- 

 house in addition to the Allison plant. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



During the past week, notwithstanding 

 the very hot weather, our market did qo1 

 show any decline. Business is still very- 

 good, and n le about this citj h 



cause to complain. Funeral work still 



trade are rapidly picking up, as the sum- 

 met' vacationists return home. Though 



I line is still a good supply of stock, with 

 the exception of carnations, it is not 

 quite so heavy as a week ago. The fancv 

 asters sell on sight. Roses are »b-"+ 

 the same as hist week, both as to sup- 

 ply and price. The hot weather litis been 

 prettj hard on Beauty. There is a brisk 

 demand for them, though, and the price 

 obtained is held well up to quotations. 



were appointed to plan entertainment for 

 the next meeting. A lunch will be served 

 and all members are requested to make a 

 special effort to be present, as business 

 of importance will be discussed. S. S. 

 Skidelsky was present at the meeting. 



Flower Show. 



The first flower show given at the fall 

 festival under the direction of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Society was held Sep- 

 tember 10 and without doubt it was the 

 best exhibition of cut flowers and pla- 4 ^ 

 ever held at this time of year. The ar- 

 rangement of the tables, general ef- 

 fect and the quality of the stock ex- 

 hibited could scarcely have been im- 

 proved upon. Theo. Bock, of Hamilton, 

 O., was the judge and did good work. 



The prizes were auar.l.'d as follows: Best 

 general display, \Y. K I' I'lMg.--. L. ..'bland. O.. 

 first priz.-. Si;..., ■_, ,\ \i.oi. n.l priz.-. 



$100; I. W. Rodgers third prize, $75, 



i li - M.'Crae. I'..: ' V". ■ I'.. -• .1,-1. 1..V rnsos, 



George ,v All, n, first; I - M I second. 



l:. • , ; . . .. i-i-.-t : ■■ - .1 W Kodg.-rs, first : 



Cli.'i >1 ■ '■ I! A '■•■<'■■ third. F.ost 



display gladioli ' . ,!.,,li,.lus Co.. Syl- 



The city greenhouses made a display 

 ,,i crotons occupying the center of the 

 hall. They were arranged in a pyramid 

 and the colors and effect were beauti- 

 ful. E. G. Gillett deserves great credit 

 for his work on this exhibition, for had 

 he 'it given so much of his time it 

 would never have reached the success 

 that it did. 



Various Notes. 



J. W. Kodgers has just returned from 

 a shorl vacation spent at Madison, Ind. 



Max Rudolph has been cutting some 

 of the finest asters seen hereabouts. They 

 were grown indoors and were about as 

 good as you ever see them. 



There were a good many visiting flor- 

 ists this week. Among them were: J. 

 T. Herdegen, Aurora, Ind. ; H. Behans, 

 Mid, II, town. O. ; Theo. Bock and John 

 Lodder. Hamilton, O. ; Chas. and Frank 

 Dieterich, Maysville, Ky. ; S. M. Harbi- 

 son and brother. Danville. Ky. ; Chas. 

 Weltz. Wilmington, O., and S. S. Skidel- 

 skv. Philadelphia. C. J. Ohmer. 



