Apbil 2, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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is makinfj a great show of fine Easter 

 plants. Mrs. Ayers reports that busi- 

 ness is good. My call was to congratu- 

 late Mr. Will Adds on his big boy, but 

 Will left earl}', as he was needed at 

 home. 



George Waldbart's place on Grand 

 avenue is also one of attraction, with 

 his fine display of blooming plants and 

 cut flowers. At this place they are al- 

 ways busy. 



The Grand avenue store of the late 

 firm of Ellison & Tesson, under the 

 Odean, is offered for sale. 



Carl Beyer and Fred Weber, .Jr., vis- 

 ited Belleville Sunday, the former a 

 guest of E. W. Guy, and the latter a 

 guest of Mayor Halstedt. 



C. A. Kuehn has added ribbons to his 

 supply department, he being the sole 

 agent for this city for the Conqueror 

 brand, manufactured by Lion & Wert- 

 heimer. New York. 



Club Meeting. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club should not be overlooked by the 

 members. This will be our annual rose 

 meeting and will take place at Belleville 

 in the Commercial Club rooms. Mr. J. 

 P. Ammann, of Edwardsville, will read 

 an essay on "Experience with Short- 

 Span Greenhouses," and Emil Schraj', 

 our secretary, will read one on "Forcing 

 Hydrangeas for Easter." The roses 

 which have been promised for exhibition, 

 and the pleasant trip will, no doubt, 

 bring out a large attendance. The date 

 is Thursday afternoon, April Ifi. at '2 

 o'clock. J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



I took that promi-scd automobile ride 

 and visited several of our plant growing 

 establishments. J. H. Eebstock has a 

 fine lot of lilies, azaleas. Rambler roses 

 and a good assortment of other Easter 

 stock. W. Belsey has a very neat lot' of 

 lilies and azaleas, and has not been 

 troubled with his lilies keeping so dwarf 

 as many of those to be seen. 



Mr. C. F. Christensen has been cut- 

 ting Bermuda lilies since tlie first of 

 last December and made no special ef- 

 fort to keep any quantity for Easter, 

 although he has a few hundred looking 

 just right. He has a number of fine pots 

 of Boston fern that I am sure there will 

 be a, scramble for. A well grown lot 

 of cinerarias is another of his special- 

 ties. While walking through his place, 

 besides his well managed carnations, his 

 house of mignonette strikes you as one 

 of the most profitable things on the place 

 — thousands of spikes for Easter — and 

 he has been cutting this .since last Oc- 

 tober. 



L. H. Neubeck is'growing most of his 

 Easter stock at Corfu, except a nice lot 

 of azaleas and spiraeas. I don't remem- 

 ber ever seeing freesia growing and 

 sending up such a mass of bloom as 

 Louis has at Corfu. It was planted 

 on the bcnclies in 5 inches of soil. His 

 place has been headquarters for sweet 

 peas. He has picked about 200 dozen 

 a week since November last, grown on 

 benches. The first crop was sown end 

 of July. And then it was dark and 

 Dennis was afraid of an accident, so I 

 could see no more, but there are lots 

 more of Easter stuff, and in addition to 

 what is grown here, our commission man, 

 Kasting, will be filling up some vacant 

 warehouse. Mr. O'Connell's specialtv 

 is hybrid perpetual roses in 5 and 6- 



inch pots and Bougainvillea Sanderiana. 



That hot week of two weeks ago 

 played havoc with the violet crop, par- 

 ticularly the singles, and unless there 

 are a lot of people who know better how 

 to prevent them running all to leaf 

 than we do, violets will be scarce. 



The annual election of ofticers of the 

 Bufl'alo Florists' Club occurred last 

 Thursday. The three excellent working 

 officers, Wm. Legg, secretary ; Emile 

 Booker, financial secretary, and Chas. 

 H. Keitscli, were all re-elected without 

 opposition. Chas. Hewsou was elected 

 vice-president, and for president they 

 couhl find no better timber than the 

 old man (W. S. ). Plenty of young^'r 

 and better material exists, and the 

 younger element must come forward. It 

 is the age of young men in all enter- 

 prises and organizations, and florists' 

 clubs need be no exception. Let the 

 yomig men rise up in their strength 

 and brightness and show us old fellows 

 how to run things. 



Now, Mr. E<iitor, my notes are al- 

 ready lengthy and little space is left for 

 the banquet which followed. The com- 

 mittee of arrangements did noblv bv 

 taking us to the Ellicott Club. Nothing 

 is too good for us once a year. We 

 did not have the mayor or cnm]itroller 

 or any eloquent political lawyer, or 

 anybody whose powers of speech over- 

 shadowed the plain florist. Thirty- 

 eight sat down and every one was an 

 active florist. As a good time and a 

 jolly time it far surpassed any gather- 

 ing our club has ever attempted. Mr. 

 Harry Bunyard was present just to give 

 it a metropolitan flavor, and Herman 

 C. Baartman. of Holland, put a Euro- 

 pean coloring on part of the programme. 

 As every soul made a more or less 

 lengthy talk, it is impossible to speak 

 of tlicm all. Capt. Braik led oil finel.v, 

 as he always does. Dan Long I never 

 listened to with so much pleasure be- 

 foie. His theme \\as "Giiarding the Re- 

 finement of Our Business" — not to han- 

 dle and talk of flowers as if they were 

 bars of soap, but speak of them and 

 treat them with the sentiment that they 

 arc one of nature's greatest blessings, 

 the accompaniment of joy and hope, and 

 wherever used appeal to the best that 

 is in us. 



Mr. Legg provoked much merriment 

 by telling us what essays would be read 

 before the club for the coming year. 

 Capt. Braik is to tell us "How it feels 

 to have your buggs' smashed by a trolley 

 car." Mr. Kasting "How to combine 

 politics with the commission business." 

 W. Scott on "Butted glass when it 

 butts," and so on. Mr. Keitsch, M,r. 

 Brooker and many others were in good 

 form, and last but not least, there was 

 one young man present whom we all 

 were glad to see. and we do hope that 

 now he is started he will take a lively 

 interest in the affairs of the club. This 

 was our most excellent business nuin 

 and prominent florist. Wm. .J. Tahucr. 

 A dozen more should have been present, 

 and they missed a most pleasant even- 

 ing. 



Last November the H. A. Mcldrum 

 Co. department store of our city held a 

 chrysanthemum show, giving away some 

 .$400 in cash premiums. It was such a 

 success, drawing thousands of people to 

 their store, that the company has an- 

 nounced to our club that it would in- 

 crease the premiums next November to 

 $1,000, and left it to the B. F. C. to ap- 

 point a manager and get up a premium 



list. 0. H. Keitsch was quickly se- 

 lected as manager, and the premium list 

 will now soon be completed. My object 

 in speaking of this now is to let the 

 local growers and those in the vicinity 

 know what this enterprising firm is 

 doing, so that they can prepare to par; 

 ticipate. Tlie classes will be few, but 

 the prizes will be worth winning. 



W. S. 



Seed Trade News. 



Rochester, N. Y. — The Cleveland 

 Seed Co. says: "The jobbing trade has 

 been quite brisk up to the present time, 

 notwithstanding the prevailing high 

 prices, and stocks will be pretty well 

 ch).scd out. The indications are that 

 cabbage and onion will be planted very 

 sparingly throughout New York state 

 tills spring, owing to the sad experiences 

 of the past season. Canners have ab- 

 sorbed the sweet corn very generally, 

 leaving the retailer very light stocks to 

 deal out to the consumer. Dwarf wrin- 

 kled peas and wax beans are in light 

 supply, while late peas and green pod 

 beans are plentiful, although we believe 

 no ■very large stocks are being carried. 

 The early opening of spring has started 

 seeding quite generally, but we believe 

 blankets will be needed to protect such 

 before we get settled weather." 



Crook City, S. D.— W. H. Williams 

 says: "The seed trade of the Black 

 Hills has wonderfully changed. In early 

 days 100 lbs. of onion seed would hardly 

 hold out for the retail trade, but now 

 100 lbs. would supply the whole of the 

 Hills. The cause of the falling off is 

 the advent of railroads, wliich bring in 

 the products of Iowa and Nebraska at 

 very low rates. Then in early days 

 every rancher had his truck patch, wliich 

 supplied him with ready money early in 

 the season and long before his main 

 crops were producing, but these people 

 turned the cash into a cow or two and 

 now are well to do cattlemen. But the 

 seed trade is more diversified than in 

 early days. The wants now take in about 

 the whole li.st. but in limited quantities, 

 with far lietter selections. The outlook 

 for the coming season is good." 



The .seed firm of George Carter & Co., 

 of Charlottetown. V. E. I., is in diffi- 

 culty. Since 18S(5, this company has 

 carried on a very successful business, 

 but owing to speculation in stocks on 

 the part of George Carter, trouble has 

 come; he has left the province, and 

 there is an execution against him for 

 $15,000. 



Gexesee. Idaho. — Mayor Hermann 

 has leased 100 acres of fine land upon 

 which he will grow seeds, to meet the 

 demand for seeds grown under the cli- 

 matic conditions that prevail here. 



Grand Rapids, Mien. — The A. J. 

 Brown Co. rejiorts that trade is improv- 

 ing and that it looks like an early spring. 



Is j'our time of any value? If so you 

 can save a good deal of it by looking up 

 any stock you may want in our classi- 

 fied advs. It is the quickest, shortest 

 and most economical way. 



We would not be without the Review 

 at anv cost. — Whittaker Bros., Corn- 

 wall, 'Ont. 



