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APRIL 22. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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bills of such large denominations be- 

 fore. He is a great booster for pub- 

 licity. ^ W. M. 



VOLZ'S D0X7BLE CINERABIAS. 



Visitors at the greenhouses of Frank 

 A, Volz, on Dina avenue, Cheviot, Cin- 

 eiunati, O., remark to the proprietor of 

 late: "You've got cinerarias all over 

 the farm, haven't you?" And he can- 

 didly admits he has and for good rea- 

 son. Mr. Volz is on the trail of a good 

 strain of double cinerarias. Perhaps 

 "on the trail" is not the precise ex- 

 pression to use, for he has about 300 

 plants of them this season. 



The reason he goes in so strong for 

 this plant is that he is quite enthusias- 

 tic about its possibilities. He believes 

 it will go toward replacing the azalea, 

 for which a substitute is much needed. 

 Several of the leading Cincinnati re- 

 tailers agree with him. He hopes to 

 obtain further opinion, particularly 

 from other growers of pot plants, to 

 confirm his own belief. 



Two years ago a double bloom ap- 

 peared on one of his cinerarias. He 

 crossed it with one of his best specimens 

 of single cineraria, believing thereby he 

 would obtain a sturdier plant. From 

 this cross he obtained fifteen plants 

 with double blooms. This year he had 

 9,000 seeds. No wonder he has ciner- 

 arias "all over the farm"! From those 

 he planted he now has about 300 plants 

 with double blooms. A large number 

 come single and about as many come 

 semi-double as double. Mr. Volz thinks 

 that twenty-five per cent is about the 

 proportion which comes double from the 

 plants produced. 



On many plants the terminal bloom 

 is double, and the others semi-double, 

 as can be seen in the illustration on 

 this page. Others are all double, as 

 some appear in the illustration. Some 

 are as tight and round as a baby pom- 

 pon. Mr. Volz, who uses practically all 

 the stock he grows for his retail trade, 

 has made use of the cut blooms in 

 funeral work and found they met high 

 favor, though he had to answer many 

 questions as to what the flowers were. 

 The semi-double cinerarias have sold 

 well as pot plants, but he has offered 

 none of the doubles. 



The plants grow easily and thrive in 

 all sorts of conditions, Mr. Volz says. 

 He ^ has one sash house full of them. 

 It is by no means watertight and in 

 cold weather the temperature has not 

 been much above freezing at times, yet 

 the plants do well there. 



Mr, Volz is now saving seed by colors 

 and, if his strain proves good in the 

 opinion of expert plant growers, he will 

 carry his work much farther. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Tbe Market. 



The market was in a glutted condition 

 ■iist week, with carnations in the lead. 

 Koses were not so abundant, but other 

 iiowers were plentiful. The supply of 

 carnations is lessening somewhat this 

 week and indications point to a shortage 

 tor Mothers' day. Prices have been 

 ranging from $3 to $6 per hundred in 

 f^mall quantities, but large quantities 

 ;'an be had much lower. Eoses have 

 "een equal to the demand. 



Snapdragons are fairly plentiful and 

 are of good quality. Sweet peas are in 

 pood supply, but are not overabundant. 

 i5uibo;i8 stock is not so plentiful, being 



on the decline. A few good Darwin 

 tulips are on display. Lilies are plenti- 

 ful, both the callas and Easter varieties. 

 Calendulas are available. Daisies also 

 are in the market and are popular for 

 bouquets. 



Business continues quiet. It is the 

 lull between Easter and Mothers' day 

 that occurs every year, so one can 

 hardly complain. Cool weather has pre- 

 vented planting out and has held back 

 the sale of bedding stock. 



Green goods are still scarce. Fern 

 leaves are arriving slowly. Potted 

 plants are scarce, but are in little de- 

 mand. 



Club Meeting. 



The April meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association was held 

 Tuesday, April 13, at the store of the 

 Smith & Young Co. In the absence of 

 the officers, E. E. Temperley presided. 



The chief business of the meeting con- 

 sisted in the reading of reports of the 

 various committees that were appointed 

 for the fall show. This show will be 

 given at the time and for the occasion 

 of the F. T, D. convention in Indian- 

 apolis. Elaborate plans are being made 

 so that this may be the most successful 

 convention yet held. A. F. J. Baur, 

 chairman of the show committee, re- 

 ported that the exhibition would not be 

 open to the public, but would be con- 

 fined to members of the trade. It is de- 

 sired to have as many novelties and to 

 have the exhibition as unusual and at- 

 tractive as possible. 



In the absence of Joseph Hill, Len 

 Elder reported for the finance commit- 

 tee and gave a brief summary of the 

 plans and approximate expenses. O. E. 

 Steinkamp, as chairman of the hotel 

 committee, stated that the assembly 

 room of the Claypool hotel had been 



Entertainment committee: B. B. Temperley, 

 chairman; Oscar Carlstedt, Charles Fahud and 

 Bdwln Mourner. 



Hotel committee: O. B. Steinkamp, chairman; 

 Irwin Bertermann and Morris Marer. 



Show window committee: Arno Nehrllng, 

 chairman; Albert Pochelon, of Detroit, and Irwin 

 Bertermann. 



Publicity committee: Herman Junge, chair- 

 man; Blla Grant Wilson, Clarence Greene, George 

 Wlegand, John Rieman, Bert Hetz, Harry Pa- 

 hud, Frank Bleman, Fred H. Lemon and Harry 

 Bookedis. 



Decoration committee: Homnr Wlegand, chair- 

 man; Otto Larenz and B. A. Nelson. 



Reception committee: B. G. Hill, Nixon Gano, 

 Henry Bleman, Glen B. Moore, Frank Morris, 

 Anders Rasmussen, John Grande, Sr., George 

 Gause, Frank J. Keuckt and Charles Barnaby. 



Mention was made of the death of 

 Mrs. Arno H. Nehrling and the secre- 

 tary was instructed to write amote of 

 condolence to the bereaved husband. 



In order to make the time pass more 

 quickly and pleasantly for W. W. Coles, 

 who is confined to his home with a 

 broken leg, the secretary was instructed 

 to send a cheery letter and a box of 

 cigars. 



Following the meeting, the associa- 

 tion was addressed by Harry Dietz, as- 

 sistant to the state entomologist, who 

 gave an interesting and helpful lecture 

 on the subject of plant disease and its 

 control. Mr. Dietz is compiling a book 

 on this subject, which he will later sub- 

 mit to the association. 



Edwin Mourner, of Shelbyville, Ind., 

 displayed an interesting exhibit of 

 original posters, which were made in 

 the art classes of the Shelbyville high 

 school. He offered prizes for the best 

 original posters featuring ' ' Say It with 

 Flowers," and the results were wonder- 

 fully pleasing. 



The meeting was followed by a social 

 hour and refreshments were served by 

 the hosts. 



Various Notes. 



Clarence R. Greene has been the first 

 florist in Indianapolis to adopt the Sun- 



Some of Frank A. Volz's Double Cinerarias. 



secured for October 12 and 13, for the 

 exhibition. E. E. Temperley, chairman 

 of the entertainment committee, gave a 

 brief outline of his novel plans of enter- 

 tainment. 



The committees that are working on 

 this project are as follows: 



Irwin Bertermann, Tice-president of the F. T. 

 D., grand chairman. 



Show committee: A. F. J. Baur, chairman; 

 Fred Domer, John Bartje and Thomas Hepler. 



Finance committee: Joseph Hill, chairman; 

 Len Blder, George Blackman, W. W. Coles, Fred 

 Kiel and Oscar Carlstedt. 



day closing plan, which will be put into 

 effect June 6. 



Baur & Steinkamp are cutting some 

 splendid snapdragons, which were 

 grown from seed. They are also cutting 

 larkspur and delphinium. Numerous 

 calls have been received by them for 

 chrysanthemums in their four new pink 

 varieties, Harbinger, Pandora, Tokio 

 and Progress. 



Several days of heavy rainfall have 

 caused fear of a flood here. E. E. T. 



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