The Weekly Florists' Review. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



State Florists Meet. 



Ai the 11 iiiiv meeting of the State 



oi I adiana Florists tin n 

 ti ndance and plentj i E interest. 

 I'. Sidney Smith, who had just returned 

 iiniii Texas, brought some i otton weai ils. 

 » inch are plaj Lng havoc with the cotton 

 don ii there this * <':i r. 1 1 e gai e quite a 

 talk "ii tin' 'lillVi'.'ii.'i- between a life 

 down there and the life one lives up here. 

 It ii isn't a drought down there, it is a 

 tlnod or a hailstorm, or some insect pest 

 like the one which is ruining the cotton. 

 Be reports that the state of Texas is of- 

 fering $50,000 to the mini who invents 

 something that will effectually destroy 

 the weavil. 



Show Prep i ration. 



I. Bertermann reports preparations 

 tor the fall sli.ni progressing favorably; 

 more premiums than ever before and 

 more interest among the people. Low 

 rates are offered by the railways through- 

 out the state. There is a liberal pre- 

 mium offered for a new rose not yet in 

 commerce, nor even named, and we hope 

 to see an interesting competition for this 

 prize. Another feature of this show 

 will be the inspection committee. Each 

 exhibitor, after setting up his exhibit, 

 reports to this committee, which will in- 

 spect his exhibit to see that it conforms 

 with the requirements of the class it is 

 entered in. This relieves the judge of 

 much labor .in counting, etc., besides re- 

 moving from his shoulders the respon- 

 sibility of ruling out an exhibit that 

 does not conform with the requirements. 

 It has often happened that a visitor broke 

 a bloom in a vase of several and when 

 the judge found the vase one short he 

 was obliged to rule it out. This will not 

 happen now, as the committee will know 

 that the required number were put into 

 the vase by the exhibitor and the judge 

 will pass judgement on what i 

 The committee consists of H. W. Rie- 

 man, H. Junge, E. A. Nelson and A. F. 

 J. Baur. There will be a banquet given 

 by the society to its members, and all 

 those of the craft from out of the state, 

 so don't forget to make arrangements 

 before you leave home to stay over 

 Thursday night. 



Notes. 



This city is again threatened by the 

 fakir pest, but all the down-town store- 

 men have risen in arms against them and 

 they will be driven out and kept out if 

 such a thing is possible. None of the 

 local growers* will sell to them, but they 

 ship in their stock from Chicago and 

 other large flower centers. The local 

 election has just taken place ami when 

 the new mayor takes his scat the florists 

 will renew their efforts against the 

 fakir. 



All kinds of stock is improving. Car- 

 nations are getting better right along 

 and steady firing i- tilling on the roses. 

 'Mums are coming in in better quan- 

 tity and quality, and some good blooms 

 are now to be had. Trade is picking up 

 nicely and all good stock is used up right 

 along. A. B. 



We are in receipt of the fourteenth 



annual report of tin- Missouri Botanical 



Garden, a handsome volume of which 206 



accompanied by twenty plates, are 



devoted to a " Synopsis of the Genus 



bj Ufred Rehder. 



Yokk City. Pa. — Charles Shaffer is 

 building two carnation houses, 30x150 

 feet. 



West End, N. J. — Jas. Ambacher lias 

 moved his business here from Long 

 Branch. 



Norway, Me.— Fred H. Cummings & 

 Bros, have built a new greenhouse on the 

 site of the old one. 



Cortland, N. Y — Adolph Frost is 

 building two new houses, 25x55 and re- 

 building another 75x75. 



Burlington, Wis. — A fifty-five foot 

 smokestack has just been completed by 

 the Burlington Floral Co. 



Hazelton, Pa. — Conrad Ackerman, 

 the blind florist, is building a green- 

 house on East Chestnut street. 



Galesburg, III.— Gesler & Drury have 

 housed about 12,000 carnation plants. 

 They report a great deal of stem-rot in 

 the field. 



Wichita, Kan,— A. T. Buckeridge 

 has just completed a new greenhouse 

 16x65. He is making a specialty of 

 outdoor roses. 



Fairmount, W. Va. — H. Glenn Flem- 

 ing has just finished installing Lord & 

 Burnham boilers to heat his four new 

 houses, 30x75. 



Bowling Green, Ky. — The Burdell 

 Floral Co. has been incorporated with 

 $2,500 capital stock by B. W., C. J. and 

 Florence Burdell. 



Need ham, Mass. — Denys Zirngiebel 

 says it has been a good season on pansy 

 seed and he is about sold out, with a 

 brisk sale also of plants. 



Hartford, Mich. — W. H. Blashfield, a 

 successful private grower, is building a 

 greenhouse 15x40 and will engage in 

 plant growing as a business. 



Nashville, Tenn. — The Nashville, 

 Chattanooga & St. Louis railway is 

 building another greenhouse, 57x100, at 

 its yards in West Nashville. 



Defiance, O. — Carl Scharffenberger 

 has been awarded the contract for the 

 bedding at Riverside cemetery in 1904. 

 It will be the third year he has done 

 this work. 



Louisville, Ky. — H. Nanz has taken 

 charge of the work of seeing that this 

 state has an adequate representation in 

 F. W. Taylor's department at the St. 

 Louis fair. 



Toledo, O. — Fred Rinker has been 

 givi ii a patent on a new style of iron- 

 frame greenhouse on concrete founda- 

 tion. He is putting up three houses for 

 the Cranes. 



Trenton, N. J. — G. C. Boebling, H. 

 T. Clinkaberry, gardener, recently do- 

 nated to the building fund of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society of Great Britain 

 a splendid plant of Zygopetalum Roeb- 

 lingianum, which after being on exhibi- 

 tion was sold at auction for $250. 



Warren, O. — Adgate & Son are out 

 with a handsome new delivery wagon. 



Tf.yyksbury, Mass. — It is M. A. Pat- 

 ten's son, Wilbur, who is to be congrat- 

 ulated on the new daughter. 



Mayville, Wis. — Miss Ella Naber .is 

 starting in the florist business, her green- 

 house being nearly completed. 



North Wales, Pa. — Charles Krenkel 

 is adding to his glass and will grow car- 

 nations more extensively than before. 



Chatham, N. Y. — R. E. Shuphelt has 

 been rebuilding and enlarging some of 

 his houses and still has a new boiler to 

 set. 



Canandaigua, N. Y. — The Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Association is planning 

 to hold its first annual flower show in 

 November. 



Elizabeth, N. J. — Hitchings & Co. 

 have built a house 36x100 as an addi- 

 tion to the establishment of Mrs. C. M. 

 Hutchinson. 



Montreal, Que. — The Montreal Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club will hold its 

 fourteenth annual fall show November 

 11 and 12. 



Barre, Mass. — Geo. R. Simonds says 

 that the quick sale of surplus stock indi- 

 cates that Queen Louise carnation is a 

 popular sort and that the plants are 

 scarce. 



Sand Hill, Mich. — A. J. Stahlein has 

 his new greenhouse nearly completed and 

 is putting in a new hot water boiler from 

 the Superior Machine and Boiler Works. 

 Chicago. 



South Natick, Mass. — John Barr, 

 who has been for some years gardener 

 for Mrs. B. P. Cheney, is leaving to 

 devote his entire time to the Little South 

 Floral Co., in which he has been inter- 

 ested since its organization. 



San Mateo, Cal.— Fick & Faber have 

 added a new rose house. Mr. Hardy has 

 built a new carnation house and the stock 

 is in good condition. He has five 

 houses and makes a specialty of adian- 

 tuiu. Mr. O'Hearne's place is mainly in 

 carnations and the plants are in good 

 shape. 



Columbus, O. — The Livingston Seed 

 Co. is using the Hippard Duplex gutter 

 in its three new houses, 16x100. It is 

 their intention to build all future 

 houses with iron gutters and flat tile 

 tables. They are growing 10,000 'mums 

 for their retail trade. They have just 

 cut out a fine table of Estelle and are 

 now cutting good Bassett and Robinson. 



Overveen, Holland. — At the dahlia 

 show of the Dutch Horticultural So- 

 ciety, October 5, many certificates were 

 granted to meritorious sorts. H. Horns- 

 veld, of Baarn, exhibited a new race of 

 single cactus dahlias of immense size 

 and the varieties Baron de Graney, Glory 

 of Baarn, Queen Wilhelmina and Prince 

 Henry were especially commended. 



