October 2, 1919, 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



overseas. Mr. Frega spent nine months 

 in France with the Twenty-sixth Divi- 

 sion and is glad to be back among the 

 Columbias and Killarneys, the two va- 

 rieties with which the place is stocked. 

 There are many excellent Columbias in 

 Maywood, but none better than these, 

 possibly none quite so good. 



Herbert Amling, another son, is in 

 charge of the W. H. Amling home 

 place, which is all in chrysanthemums 

 except for a couple of benches of 

 Freesia Purity. The cutting of Golden 

 Glow began last week, the shipments 

 being divided between the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, Zech & 

 Mann and the Joseph Foerster Co., Chi- 

 cago commission houses. The Glows 

 are fine and there will be a heavy cut 

 for a fortnight, after which there will 

 be quite a hiatus before the later va- 

 rieties and the pompons are ready. 

 Sweet peas will follow the mums. 



Ernst C. Amling. 



Ernst C. Amling, who is the oldest 

 son of Albert F. Amling, still has only 

 Eussell and Ophelia in his Maywood 

 range. For him these two varieties 

 turn in the money with the steadiness 

 of an automatic machine. Ernst Am- 

 ling was one of the first of "the May- 

 wood bunch" to appreciate that the 

 title of trade affairs had turned, so it 

 was early last winter that he began 

 planning expansion. Concluding that 

 it was better to buy than to build, with 

 his brother, Paul, he purchased the 

 Hoerber Bros. Co., thereby getting a 

 range of twenty-one well maintained 

 and fully stocked houses at Des Plaines. 

 Two of these houses are in miscellane- 

 ous crops, all the rest in roses. Paul 

 Amling is the resident manager there, 

 but Ernst has bought a Ford sedan, im- 

 pervious to weather, and makes an al- 

 most daily trip across country from 

 Maywood to Des Plaines. 



Sweet Teas in September! 



Did you ever see sweet peas bloom- 

 ing under glass in September? You 

 have if you visited the establishment 

 of Henry Wehrman in the closing days 

 of the month. The pick will not be 

 important in a selling way until about 

 October 15, but there will be no part 

 of this season that violets will be with- 

 out competition from sweet peas in the 

 Chicago market. Mr. Wehrman has his 

 two newest and largest houses planted 

 to peas just coming into bloom, with 

 the promise of a fine winter crop if 

 weather conditions are such that he 

 can keep the buds from falling. All 

 the rest of his 30,000 feet of glass is in 

 chrysanthemums, to be followed by 

 ])eas. He has a promising young right- 

 hand man in Arnold J. Wieck. 



There are several smaller places in 

 Maywood, but unless one starts early 

 in the day he will be able to see noth- 

 ing of them except the glint of their 

 roofs in the sun. 



into good condition, following much loss 

 of stock last spring when the city 

 pumped mineral water into the mains. 

 It now has its own supply, using a large 

 cistern and pressure tank with an elec- 

 tric pump. A bed of scabiosa in vari- 

 ous colors outside was furnishing good 

 flowers when stock was scarce. Young 

 Mr. Estill is glad to be back at work 

 again after seeing active service in 

 France. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. Thieman, Moberly, 

 Mo., who have been growing lettuce for 

 several years, are anxious to get into 

 flowers. Their son, Eobert, is getting 

 experience in the Chicago district, ex- 

 pecting to return prepared to carry on 

 the growing. 



At Mexico, Mo., C. C. Wonneman's 

 greenhouses are well located, a few 

 blocks from the square. In front are 

 his home and a small park, beautifully 

 planted and well kept. Roses and car- 

 nations were in good shape. A number 

 of excellent Boston ferns in 10-inch pots 

 were noted. Mr. Wonneman has many 

 years of successful business to his 

 credit, and his two sons are likely to 

 carry on the family tradition. 



Mrs. Susie Foreman, at Louisiana, 

 Mo., has worked hard for many years 

 conducting the business since the un- 

 fortunate death of her husband. A 

 nephew is becoming of some assistance 

 and it is hoped that he will learn the 

 trade and take care of the growing. 



At Hannibal, Mo., Miss Nettie League 

 is administratrix of the estate of her 

 brother, W. T. League. She is endeav- 

 pringjto sell the business and settle the 



Griffen's Flower Shop, Hannibal, 

 Mo., has made rapid progress since its 

 establishment four years ago. For 

 many years previous to that time its 

 present proprietors had been growers 

 of greenhouse vegetables. They now 

 have two large storerooms in use in the 

 middle of the downtown business dis- 

 trict. In one is an up-to-date store for 

 retail selling and in the other is the 

 well equipped designing department. 

 The greenhouses are well located on a 

 railroad just outside the city. Every- 

 thing needed is grown except roses, 

 which come from Chicago. A large line 

 of pot plants is grown f6r the retail 

 trade. One new house, 36x100, is being 

 built. A trial of growing young stock 

 for the wholesale trade was so success- 

 ful as to lead to preparations for great- 

 er business along this line. V. G. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI. 



The Columbia Floral Co., Columbia, 

 Mo., is a comparatively new establish- 

 ment, but they already have a large 

 range. Plenty of good soil and expert 

 management of the greenhouses under 

 J. W. Bernard are helping toward suc- 

 cess. This firm has a large trade in 

 cut flowers. The Missouri State Uni- 

 versity draws- a large number of flower 

 buyers into town. 



.At Moberly, Mo., the Estill Floral Co. 

 is getting its stock and equipment back 



Hamilton Association Formed. 



A large number motored from this 

 city to Hamilton to assist in the forma- 

 tion of a gardeners' and florists' asso- 

 ciation there. Thoy were joined by a 

 largo number from Oakville and, with 

 the large contingents from Hamilton, 

 Dundas, Stony Creek andl Burlington, 

 there was a splendid gathering in the 

 hall. 



The chair was occupied by H. G. 

 Dillemuth, president of the Toronto 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association 

 and of the Toronto Retail Florists' 

 Club. With him on the platform were 

 George Douglas, past president of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Association; 

 George M. Geraghty, president of the 

 Canadian Retail Florists' Association, 

 and Alexander Simpson, secretary of 

 the Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Association. 



The visitors were welcomed to Ham- 

 ilton by W. E. Groves, who in a few 

 well chosen words thanked the men who 

 by their presence gave the Hamilton 

 florists sucli encouragement and the 

 ladies who worked so hard to make the 

 first meeting a big success. 



The chairman then gave an address 

 on the value of organizqJ;ion, after 

 which it was decided to organize under 

 the name of the Hamilton and District 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Association. 

 A constitution was adopted and the fee 

 fixed at $1. 



F. H. Rutherford was elected presi- 

 dent unanimously, but at the date of 

 the meeting he was absent at a conven- 

 tion in Cincinnati. On his return the 

 florists will wait upon him and tender 

 him the presidency. The further re- 

 sults of the election, were as follows: 

 First vice-president, W. H. Gray, Dun- 

 das; second vice-president, Clarence 

 Price, Hamilton; secretary, J. F. Bruce, 

 of the seed firm of Bruce & Sons, Ham- 

 ilton; treasurer. Miss Dart, of the John 

 Connon Co., Hamilton; executive com- 

 mittee, the above and Mrs. George, 

 Miss McMeekin, Frank B, Smith, H. E. 

 Groves and F. R. Brotherton. 



Addresses were made by the gentle- 

 men on the platform. Mr. Geraghty 

 said much would be attained by the 

 gardeners and florists getting together 

 and sticking together. He also urged 

 the retail florists to join the Canadian 

 Retail Florists' Association, where their 

 particular problems of the business 

 would be solved. 



Alexander Simpson indicated the 

 proper procedure for getting the govern- 

 ment grant. All financial and other re- 

 ports must be ready by November. 

 These are to be sent to the Toronto as- 

 sociation, which will see that they 

 reach the deputy-minister of agricul- 

 ture along with the Toronto associa- 

 tion's report. He had taken the mat- 

 ter up with the department, which is 

 anxious to assist in any possible way. 



Vice-president Gray was called to the 

 chair. After he had thanked the assem- 

 bly for electing him to this ofl[ice, he 

 adjourned the meeting until the call of 

 the executive committee. At the next 

 meeting the permanent date will be 

 set. 



A musical program was rendered by 

 the Misses Palmer and Hanlan Robin- 

 son. A social hour with an abundance 

 of refreshments was then enjoyed. The 

 meeting closed with cheers for the Ham- 

 ilton florists and the visitors. 



Retail Florists' Association. 



The Canadian Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation has started its organization 

 work. The executive committee met in 

 Toronto September 24 and another 

 meeting will be called in about ten 

 days, when it is hoped all the members 

 of the executive will be in attendance. 



The membership fee was set at $5. 

 The lists of members in good standing 

 will be published. 



The circular letter to be sent out ask- 

 ing florists to join will contain the ob- 

 jects of the association. Among these 

 are that they will strive for standard 

 flowers and for the removal of duty on 

 palms and cut flowers. 



Committees on membership and pub- 

 licity were provided for; the chairman 

 of each must be a member of the execu- 

 tive committee. The members of the 

 committees will be chosen to represent 

 the different provinces. J. J. H. 



