January 22, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



329 



Partial View of Mr. John F. Rupp's Greenhouses and Residence, Shiremanstown, Pa. 



fire, but there were no losses by those 

 in the trade, except possibly by the odor 

 of burnt wood that pervaded the build- 

 inw. 



N. G. Axtel, of Evanston, the sweet 

 pea grower, died a week ago Sunday. 



Paul Dailledouze, Flatbush, N. Y., and 

 Fred Holton. Milwaukee, were recent vis- 

 itors. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



State Society Meeting. 



The Indiana State Florists' Association 

 held its annual meeting at the Com- 

 mercial Club rooms on Monday, Jan. 12, 

 and in sjiite of the severe cold weather 

 there was a very fair attendance. The 

 most notable absentees were the out-of- 

 town members, of which only a few 

 were present. 



The election of officers resulted in 

 the selection of the following: Presi- 

 dent, F. Dorner, Jr., of Lafayette; First 

 Vice-President, E. A. Nelson; Second 

 Vice-President, William Billingsby, and 

 the re-election of H. Junge for Secretary 

 and .J. Heidenreich for Treasurer, the 

 latter four Ix'ing from this cit\'. J. 

 Hartje. H. Heller, A. F. J. Baur,'E. G. 

 Hill and .J. D. Stuart were elected an 

 executive committee. 



A very animated discussion was in- 

 dulged in regarding the holding of a 

 fall show next November, Init nothing 

 quite satisfactory was brought forward, 

 so it is to be the special order of the 

 next meeting. A committee was also 

 appointed to direct a movement against 

 the exorbitant express rates charged by 

 the express companies to work with the 

 national movement along this line. 



Between the afternoon and evening ses- 

 sions there was an elegant supper served 

 to the members present, and after all 

 had appeased their hunger Pres. Haugh 

 called on several members for a few re- 

 marks, and some very enjoyable shoit 

 talks were made by J. S. Stuart, H. 

 Junge, H. W. Rieman, A. F. J. Baur, 

 J. llartje, E. A. Nelson, I. Bertermann, 

 E. A. McKeand. F. Harriett, J. Heiden- 

 rich, F. Huckriede and others. These 

 after-dinner speeches are very enjoyable 

 and they are good for our younger mem- 

 bers, who can through them I>ecome ac- 



customed to hearing their own voices in 

 public; good training, I might say. 



There was a very nice display of 'cut 

 Ihjwers, but the severe weather kept 

 away a good many blooms and especially 

 pot plants, of which there is usually a 

 good display at these annual meetings. 

 The S. A. F. silver medal was awarded 

 by mistake to the new rose, Franz Dee- 

 gen. This rose being an importation 

 makes it ineligible to compete for these 

 medals. The blooms were fine and were 

 shown by the S. Park Fl. Co., New 

 Castle, Ind. The bronze medal went to 

 J. Hartje for a white carnation of fine 

 size anil quality all 'round. Baur & 

 Smith's pink carnation Indianapolis was 

 awarded a certificate of merit, as was 

 also a pink shown by F. Harriett. Baur 

 & Smith's new red carnation "The News'' 

 was a center of attraction on account of 

 its large size and fine stem, and they 

 were awarded honorable mention. Stu- 

 art & Haugh brought down some fine 

 roses and carnations, several varieties of 

 each. The Golden Gate are certainly 

 fine, and they swear by Avondale for a 

 money-making pink carnation. Gene- 

 vieve Lord does splendidly with them, 

 and their Lawsons are fine. Tliey were 

 awarded honorable mention for their 

 display. 



We missed some of the veterans who 

 are always on hand at this meeting. 

 E. G. Hiil, F. Dorner and J. A. Evans 

 failed to make good this time, a rare 

 otcurrenee. The former two no doubt had 

 to stay home to watch their coal piles 

 dwindle away, but the latter, how we 

 envy him. His ventilator machinery 

 won't freeze, and he can sit back and 

 smile while we poor growers worry our 

 brains about where our next car of coal 

 is to come from. 



Items. 



Here, as at other cities, there has 

 been a great shortage of coal, and a few 

 places have had narrow escapes, but no 

 one has been frozen out. Some are run- 

 ning in a from-hand-to-mouth manner, 

 however, and if all get through the win- 

 ter safely it will be a wonder. Those 

 who made contracts last summer are 

 being taken care of, and the Island Coal 

 Company, which supplies all the larger 

 growers about here, assures iis that we 



sliall have plenty, and is doing the right 

 thing, in some cases sending it in wag- 

 ons a distance of five miles when they 

 can spare no car. A rather discour- 

 aging aspect of the situation is that we 

 are in danger of having another shortage 

 next season and that it may not be 

 possible for the growers to lay in a full 

 winter supply next summer even if they 

 want to. Tlie contract between the min- 

 ers and operators in this section of the 

 country runs out in April, and unless 

 they can come ta satisfactory terms 

 there may be a shutdown of the mines 

 for a time. The miners meet in con- 

 vention in this city beginning Jan. 13, 

 and it is known that they intend to ask 

 for a large increase in wages, and un- 

 less the operators are willing to eon- 

 cede their demands there may be trou- 

 ble. 



We were honored one day the past 

 week with a visit from one of the crack 

 carnation growers from the east in the 

 person of Mr. P. Dailledouze, of Flat- 

 bush, L. I. We had kno\vn this gen- 

 tleman by reputation for a long time, 

 but had never had the pleasure of shak- 

 ing his hand. If there is anything you 

 want to know about carnations just ask 

 him. He was on a trip through the 

 middle west. A. B. 



BUFFALO. 



We have had lots of weather the past 

 week. Zero and snow to burn, or rather 

 to melt. All this is seasonable and if 

 things were normal we should say "let 

 her come." As conditions are we pray 

 for and are in a joyous mood when the 

 wind is in the south and the sun is shin- 

 ing. Charles L. Dole reports that he 

 saw a robin sitting on an apple tree in 

 Lockport last week, and a neighbor of 

 his saw the same species of bird in the 

 same locality and they were of opposite 

 sexes. Both of these good people must 

 be ornithologists of advanced knowledge 

 to distinguish the difference, but that's 

 of little consequence so long as it was 

 "Robin Red Breast" for surely, although 

 this joyful spring songster (and after- 

 wards nuisance) is frequently a few 

 weeks too early in his migration north, 

 his appearance here so soon after the 

 shortest day must give us hope of an 

 early spring. 



Perhaps the lonely bird was mistaken 

 in his course and intending to make a 

 flight from southern Texas to Louisiana 

 had been carried north just as drum- 

 mers take sudden and peculiar flights, 

 and that reminds me that there are sev- 

 eral in town, but luckily I have inter- 

 viewed only one, and he a very old ac- 

 quaintance. Times were when the fa- 

 mous house, or firm, or establishment of 

 Pitcher & Manda appeared in the heav- 

 ens and on the earth and its brilliancy 

 and splendor, like our sun, made all 

 else but planets and satellites. Tlie cen- 

 tral sun has vanished and the minor bod- 

 ies still exist. During the most resplend- 

 ent period of this terrestrial semi-celes- 

 tial body, it sent out an army of more 

 or less able young men to proclaim that 

 they were the light of the world and had 

 the" goods. It was a horticultural de- 

 partment house. Among these young 

 men was Harry Bunyard and he traveled 

 north, and if all the drummers for that 

 firm had done as well as he it may 

 have helped some. And so after seven 

 or eight years of absence he appears 

 again as bright and chipper as ever. 

 Harry is not" one of those Englishmen 



