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The Florists^ Review 



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Adodst 3, 1916. 



SBWICKLEY, PA. 



A well attended meeting of gardeners 

 and florists was held Monday evening, 

 July 17, at G. Wessenauer's Flower 

 Shop, Broad street, Sewickley, to dis- 

 cuss the organization of a new society 

 for this district. G. Wessenauer was 

 temporary chairman and all present 

 stated their intention of becoming mem- 

 bers of the new organization. It was 



For an otherwise slow week William 

 Pierce had a generous share of funeral 

 work, sending two large set pieces to 

 Providence, R. I. W. M. P. 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 



The Market. 



Last week found the market in a 

 precarious condition, as stock of all 



liabilities are $5,744.54 and assets 

 placed at $200, the latter being exempt. 

 Mr.. Boardmau for a number of years 

 conducted the greenhouses and about 

 four years ago operated a store in the 

 Hotel St. Paul, later mo^g the store 

 to East Sixth street, near Apbert street. 

 This store was closed abo 

 J. O. Eamaley, the ol 

 St. Paul, recently left the 

 pital and now is at his s 

 Lake Minnetonka. Mr 

 condition is somewhat better. The 

 Eamaley Floral Exchange has not been 

 operated since Mr. Eamaley 's " removal 

 to the hospital about six weeks ago. 



C. E. F. 



a year ago. 



it florist of 



Paul hos- 



's home, at 



Eamaley 's 



Lancaster Florists and Friends at B. F. Barr's Place, July 20, J9I6. 



decided to name the body the Sewickley 

 Horticultural Society. It was agreed 

 that the membership be open to ama- 

 teurs and anyone interested in horticul- 

 ture. 



The following officers were elected: 

 President, G. Wessenauer; vice-presi- 

 dent, E. Boxel; treasurer, William 

 Thomson, Jr.; secretary, M. Curran; ex- 

 ecutive committee, A. Davidson, J. Car- 

 man, J. Barnett, William Thomson, Sr., 

 and Charles Patton. The president 

 named the following committee on by- 

 laws: William Thomson, Jr., C. Patton 

 and J, Barnett. 



The society agreed to meet the second 

 Monday of each month. That brings 

 the next meeting on August 14, which 

 will be held at Wessenauer's Flower 

 Shop, at 8 p. m. All gardeners in the 

 district are invited to attend and to 

 bring their friends, thus helping to 

 make the society a grand success from 

 the beginning. M. Curran, Sec'y- 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Unusually wet weather has made good 

 outdoor flowers scarce. There are no 

 sweet peas to be had at all. Asters are 

 coming into the market, but they are 

 not large and few pink ones are to be 

 had as yet. Gladioli still are high- 

 priced, bringing $6 per hundred at 

 wholesale. 



Various Notes. 



S. E. Sliaw is sending in some good 

 asters in lavender and white. He re- 

 ports business as being extremely dull. 

 Mr. Shaw's right hand, which has been 

 in a bad condition from blood-poisoning, 

 is slowly recovering. 



Edward M. Pierce has had the roof 

 of his potting shed recovered. It has 

 been a slow job, there bei«g so much 

 rain. Mr. Pierce has a house of fine as- 

 ters coming into bloom. 



Business has been quiet with Ernest 

 Chamberlain. His designer, Harry 

 Kranzler, has gone on a two weeks' 

 vacation. 



Julius, the Florist, reports a dull 

 week. A little funeral work is all that 

 has kept business going. 



kinds was extremely scarce. The roses 

 and carnations are of inferior quality 

 and the supply is limited. The contin- 

 ual drought and hot weather have put 

 a damper on all good outdoor stock. 

 Asters, gladioli, sweet peas and the 

 perennials blooming at present are rap- 

 idly drying up. 



Various Notes. 



Henry A. Boardman, proprietor of the 

 Eiverside Greenhouse Co., has filed a 

 voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The 



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BEMEDY FOR ASTER BE|}1?LES. 



What is the best way to/^eep aster 

 beetles awayf There are tVo kinds that 

 give us trouble. /±i. B. — Pa. 



I do not know hoy^ you can keep 

 away the aster beetle^. The coal-black 

 one is quite commob and/ probably 

 causes you the greatest trotible. You, 

 no doubt could get rid of Ahese easil^ 

 by spraying with arsenate jOf lead. This 

 is an adhesive poison, hujn, unfortunate- 

 ly, it discolors both flowers and foliage 

 so much that its use is practically out 

 of the question. I have found that if 

 the aster plants are sprayed with Paris 

 green as soon as the beetles make their 

 appearance, using the Paris green at 

 the rate of one ounce to twelve and one- 

 half gallons of water, the pests will be 

 cleaned out without burning the plants. 

 If any coloring at all shows on white 

 flowers it is easily removed by dipping 

 the flowers in clear water. C. W. 



Haverhill, Mass, — Announcement has 

 been made of the engagement of Morris 

 Yaflfe, of Yaflfe Bros,, to Miss G, Jose- 

 fur, of Charlestown, The marriage will 

 take place the latter part of this month. 



Hartford, Conn. — During the dog 

 days, or, to be precise, during August, 

 the florists of Hartford will close shop 

 Saturdays at 1 p, m. Six o'clock is 

 the closing hour on the other days of 

 the week and Sundays none of the 

 places will be open, 



Bridgeport, Conn, — Carl C. Reck, of 

 J. Eeck & Son, has returned from a 

 pleasure trip west, which included a 

 sail on Lake Superior, Mr. Reck stopped 

 off at Sault Ste, Marie, Mich., and par- 

 ticipated in some of the usual stunts 

 there, such as shooting the rapids in a 

 canoe. 



Worcester, Mass.— Hollis E. Pease is 

 a defendant in two actions of tort en- 

 tered in the Superior court. A woman 

 has brought suit for $5,000, alleging 

 that, while walking in front of Mr, 

 Pease's store, an awning fell and struck 

 her, injuring her severely. The woman 's 

 husband sues for $1,000 to cover med- 

 ical expenses. The suits are returnable 

 the first Monday in August. 



Hartford, Conn. — Last month John W. 

 Scott joined the ranks of the benedicts. 

 The bride was Miss Ella Myers. Fol- 

 lowing the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Scott left for a wedding trip to Canada 

 and points in the west, 



Somerville, Mass, — ^The reports of 

 man-eating sharks in the waters off New 

 Jersey's bathing beaches have recalled 

 to J, W, Howard the hard 2-hour battle 

 which he and his son, S, P, Howard, 

 fought with a 300-pound shark in Cape 

 Cod bay, off Manomet beach, on the 

 morning of September 1, 1911. When 

 the shark was sighted by the Howards, 

 who had set out in a motor boat in 

 search of it, a lobster hook baited with 

 a hake and piece of porgy was dropped 

 astern, at the end of sixty feet of strong 

 clothesline. After some hesitation the 

 man-eater swallowed the hook and bait. 

 Thereafter the Howards were given an 

 odd joy ride. The shark headed for 

 the open sea "full steam" ahead, but 

 at a distance of flve miles from the 

 shore it tired. Then followed one and a 

 half hours of strenuous work in "play- 

 ing" the monster. The big fish finally 

 was killed with a knife and later taken 

 to Somerville, where it was exhibited 

 at the Howard residence. 



