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HORTICULTURE 



November 23, ISOT' 



TWIN CITY FLORISTS ORGANIZE. 



Last week about forty florists, seeds- 

 men and nurserymen in the Twin 

 Cities visited tlie new parlt green- 

 houses on invitation of Superintendent 

 Wirth. The greenhouses, potting 

 shed, boiler room and root cellar were 

 thoroughly inspected. The root cel- 

 lar served as refreshment room and 

 was highly appreciated. All were 

 glad to see the progress the park de- 

 partment is making. There are at 

 present only two propagating houses; 

 three more of them and a large show 

 house are to follow as the demand 

 for floral display increases. 



After some informal discussions the 

 party settled down to business. Mr. 

 John Munson. acting as chairman, 

 called upon Mr. Wirth, who stated 

 briefly his object in getting the florists 

 together; to show them what the park 

 board intends to do for the promotion 

 of floriculture. He expressed surprise 

 that there was no florist club in the 

 Twin Cities and thought the time op- 

 portune to get one started. In case 

 his suggestion should be taken up 



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LOCAL AND FLORISTS' SHOWS. 



The annual e.xhibition at Washing- 

 ton Park, Albany, N. Y., opened on 

 the 9th inst. 



November 3 was chrysanthemum day 

 with the Lake Newell Floral Co., E. 

 Liverpool, O., Edwin Simpson, mana- 

 ger. 



Henry Rieman, Indianapolis, opsned 

 his greenhouses to the public last week 

 with a display of cut flowers and 

 plants. 



A band concert added to the attrac- 

 tiveness of the flower show at the 

 store of M. S. Hall, Osage, la., No- 

 vember 12-14. 



The attendance during the first week 

 of the chrysanthemum show at the 



Pakk Greenhouses, Minneapolis. 



favorably he would be glad to have 

 them make use of the potting shed 

 as a meeting room. Messrs. E. Nagel, 

 the veteran florist, O. A. Will, the 

 junior flo' iKt, and A. W. Hobert, su- 

 perintendent of Lakewood Cemetery, 

 supported Mr. Wirth's proposition. 

 The motion was made by Mr. Hobert 

 and carried to extend to Mr. Wirth 

 a hearty vote of thanks for the inter- 

 est he is taking in the promotion of 

 floi-iculture and for the entertainment 

 furnished Twenty-six signatures were 

 obtained tor membership in the pro- 

 posed club, and Messrs. Theo. Wirth, 

 E. P. Holm of St. Paul and A. S. 

 Smith of Lakewood Cemetery were 

 appointed a committee to draft by- 

 laws and report at a later meeting 

 for orgaiiiKation. 



Mr. Ed. Levin, from the Twin City 

 Pottery, reported that his firm is look- 

 ing lor financial aid to carry on the 

 bushfES As he expects to find a 

 ready market for his products in the 

 Twin Cities he wants the florists to 

 help him by securing shares and form- 

 ing a stock company. On motion 

 Messrs. Hans Rosacker and R. Wes- 

 sling of Minneapolis, Frank Gustav- 

 son N. C. Hansen and C. Lawritson 

 of St. Paul were appointed a com- 

 mittee to investigate fully and report 

 at next meeting. 



C. N. RUEDLINGER. 



Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, 

 averaged 5,000 daily. 



The chrysanthemum display at Eden 

 Park, Cincinnati, O., has been a fea- 

 ture of the past week and brought 

 out an attendance that must certainly 

 be gratifying to Superintendent Rodg- 

 ers and his assistants. 



November 13 and 14 at the green- 

 houses of Irwin Bertermann, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., there was an attractive 

 display of chrysanthemums, etc. The 

 new rose, Mrs. Jardine, was also in- 

 cluded in the exhibit. 



Wm. L. Rock Flower Co., Kansas 

 City. Mo., gave their eleventh annual 

 exhibition for three days last week. 

 The chrysanthemum predominated anc. 

 gorgeous blooms were displayed rival- 

 ling anything heretofore brought -out 

 by this up-to-date establishment. 



The exhibit of the Baur Floral Co., 

 Erie, Pa., during the past week has 

 been urouounced the best of the year 

 in that city, and the interested pub- 

 lic have been eager attendanis thereon. 

 Orchids were used for the window dec- 

 oration, and the chrysanthemums and 

 general stock were in superb condi- 

 tion. 



.Jnhn Breitmeyer's Sons beautiful De- 

 troit store was the niecca of society 

 last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 

 this being their annual chrysanthe- 



mum shov.-. Saturday was a great day 

 for yellow chr> santhemums, the an- 

 nual football game in Ann Arbor be- 

 ing played there. Some florists' win- 

 dows were prettily decorated for this, 

 occasion in pale blue and yellow. 



BUSINESS CHANGES. 



J. J. Martin succeeds H. White at 

 No. Manchester, Ind. 



Ordonez Bros, have taken the store of 

 K. E. Kaulbach, Madison, N. J. 



Whittle & Riggs have leased the 

 greenhouses of John Vogel, Albanv, 

 N. Y. 



Harry Hoffman has purchased his 

 partner's share of the business at 

 Jacksonville, 111. 



A. L. Wheeler of Mason City, la.. 

 has disposed of his business to I. O. 

 Kemble of Marshalltown. 



Charles E. Morton, Chicago, has dis- 

 posed of his flower store, 3626 Cottage 

 Giove avenue, to Philipp & Opitz. 



F. Burfitt and Walter Mott have 

 given up their business in Sharon, Pa., 

 and returned to Springfield, Mass. 



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