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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 10, 1013. 



aim other wholesale florists, was killed 

 by a West Shore railroad train July 5. 



John Stone, bookkeeper for the Ker- 

 van Co., left last week, with his fam- 

 ily^ for a holiday in Connecticut. 



Miss M. McCabe, bookkeeper for the 

 Growers' Cvt Flower Co., leaves July 12 

 for a two weeks' vacation at Sharon 

 Springs, N. Y. 



In the storm of July 5 three of James 

 Weir's employees, Messrs. Hains, Yon- 

 kers and Sullivan, were struck by light- 

 ning while attending to their duties in 

 Greenwood cemetery. Charles Hains 

 was killed and the others rendered un- 

 conscious, but they revived at the Nor- 

 wegian hospital. 



Gerard Dreyer is receiving the usual 

 congratulations on the advent of an 

 heir. 



The Sunday closing movement seems 

 to be an almost success. The "few who 

 opened July 6 did so merely to care for 

 early Sunday shipments, and not to 

 offer anything for sale. 



The wholesale district is delighted to 

 see C. C. Trepel on the street again 

 after his two weeks' illness. He is 

 looked upon as the good angel of surplus 

 time and many a truck load he has 

 saved from the debris during the trying 

 weeks since Easter. 



Miss M. E. Conklin will spend her 

 month's holiday at Monticello, N. Y. 

 The young lady is bookkeeper for H. E. 

 Froinent. Phil W. Ditzenberger, of the 

 same wholesale house, leaves with his 

 family next week for a two weeks' stay 

 in the mountains. 



The seedsmen are taking it easy after 

 the best all-round season in their his- 

 tory. Catalogue work is about all that 

 is left to do. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. has a busy two 

 months ahead before the new store will 

 be ready for occupancy. When altera- 

 tions are completed there will be noth- 

 ing better in the trade in this country. 



Max Schling's partner. A. M. 

 Schieder, with Mrs. Schieder, is enjoy- 

 ing a western holiday trip which will 

 continue uj^til August 1. 



Arthur Hunt, formerly with A. H. 

 Langjahr, who has been ill and away 

 from the city for over a year, has re- 

 turned in good health. 



Max Schling had a big and unique 

 dinner decoration July 7, at which the 

 table was made to represent the deck 

 of a ship, with masts and funnels, and 

 all in flowers. Mr. Schling closes his 

 store at 5 p. m. during July and August. 



Wednesday, July 9, the annual out- 

 ing of the Greek-American Florists' So- 

 ciety took place at Wetzel's Grove, Col- 

 lege Point, L. I. This society is am- 

 bitious to excel and the attendance, as 

 usual, was well above 500. The athletic 

 contests wjre reminiscent of ancient 

 Greece. National hymns and dances 

 added to the enjoyment of the day. 

 Messrs. Nicholas and Fellouris, with 

 their faithful committees, were every- 

 where in evidence. The wholesalers at- 

 tended in even larger numbers than 

 heretofore. 



A. L. Miller, of Jamaica, L. I,, has 

 given Lord & Burnham Co. a contract 

 for a greenhouse 28x200. Mr. Miller 

 will build two others himself, using 

 Lord & fiurnham plans and materials. 



Frank R. Verona, C. C. Trepel's con- 

 fidential man, is rejoicing because of 

 the stork 's visit last month with a 

 10-pound daughter. .J, Austin Shaw. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York held an exhibition at the botanical 



Store Force of the Windier Wholesale Fioral Co , St. Louis. 



gar/den July 5 and 6. The exhibitors 

 were Adam Paterson, gardener to Miss 

 M. T. Cockcroft, Saugatuck, Conn.; 

 George Wittlinger, gardener to Miss B. 

 Potter, Ossining; Thomas Ryan, gar- 

 dener to John I. Downey, Portchester, 

 N. Y.; .Tames Stuart, gardener to Mrs. 

 F. A. Constable, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; 

 James Linane, gardener to G. D. Bar- 

 ron, Rye, N. Y.; A. Lahodny, gardener 

 to T. A. Havemeyer, Glen Head. N. Y., 

 and Max Schling, who was given a 

 diploma on a basket of flowers. 



MORE ST. LOUIS WORKERS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the working force of the Windier 

 Wholesale Floral Co., the junior firm 

 among the wholesalers of St. Louis. The 

 photograph was taken by Oscar Kuehn 

 just as the Windier staff was about to 

 leave Sunday noon, July 6, for an auto- 

 mobile trip. The force as it stands con- 

 sists of Frank A. Windier, A. W. Gumz, 

 Albert J. Windier, Arthur Queenson and 

 Oscar Killes. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



Club Meeting. 



The July meeting of the Minneapolis 

 Florists' Club was held Tuesday eve- 

 ning, July 1, at the store of Rice Bros., 

 218 North Fifth street. The attendance 

 was large and showed the interest the 

 boys here are taking in their organiza- 

 tion. Five new members were voted in. 



Theodore Wirth, chairman of the con- 

 vention association, reported that all 

 the committees were making exceed- 

 ingly good headway on their work for 

 the convention and that everything was 

 practically completed. John Rovik, 

 chairman of the baseball committee for 

 the S. A. F., reported that suits had 

 been prepared for his team bearing the 

 inscription, "Minneapolis Florists' 

 Club," and that the boys were practic- 

 ing every Thursday evening and would 

 be in readiness to give the "all star" 

 team a taste of real baseball. 



A letter from Wm. F. Gude, chairman 

 of the Wm. R. Smith Memorial commit- 

 tee, was read by the secretary, and a 



subscription was voted and immediately 

 forwarded to Mr. Gude. William Des- 

 mond, president of the club, left on a 

 two weeks' vacation to International 

 Falls, Minn., immediately after the 

 meeting and the members gave him a 

 rousing send-off. C. F. R. 



TO DESTROY ROOT MAGGOTS. 



I should like to know what can be 

 done to destroy root maggots which at- 

 tack cabbages and radishes. My cab- 

 bages were nearly all destroyed in the 

 field this spring and my radishes arc 

 mostly wormy. Would plowing the 

 ground late in the fall and applying 

 lime do any good! How does the mag- 

 got get into the soilf Does it come 

 from the egg of a small flyf J. K. 



Try Vermine for the root maggots. 

 I have used this and found it effective 

 against root maggots, cutworms, earth- 

 worms, ants and other ground pests. 

 This is a liquid and should be applied 

 in the proportion of one gallon of Ver- 

 mine to 320 gallons of water, or, in 

 small quantities, two tablespoonfuls to 

 a 12-quart can. It is most penetrating 

 and telling in its effects if applied wheE 

 the ground is tolerably moist. When 

 the soil is dry, a great deal more liquid 

 must be used to accomplish the sam^ 

 results. 



Plow your land over in the fall. Leave 

 it rough, and lime freely; then harro* 

 it over. Gas lime, where procurable, ij 

 excellent for applying to the soil to aid 

 in clearing out pests of various kiads; 

 .500 pounds per acre of this would suf- 

 fice, but ground or air-slaked lime cat 

 be applied at the rate of one or ''vei[ 

 two tons per acre to really wormy land. 



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OBITUARY. 



Oustave C. Woellmann. 



Gustave C. Woellmann, a resprcte"! 

 resident of Sea Cliff, L. T., for morM 

 than a score of j'ears, died suddenl5| 

 July 4, of heart failure. He was bof'l 

 in Konigsberg, Germany, and was fl 

 years old. As a young man he servciJ '"I 



