Sbptbmbbr 18, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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planting fand remodeling and fal] busi- 

 ness has opened up well with them. 

 Chrysanthemums look promising. 



John Irvine & Sons are getting in 

 readiness for a big rooted cutting busi- 

 ness this winter. 



Martin Keit is housing his carnations, 

 which look the best in years, and the 

 aew Mrs. Keit will probably turn the 

 flowers into money this winter, which 

 she is quite capable of doing, as she 

 had been in Mr. Keit 's employ a number 

 of years prior to their marriage. 



Marsh & Eeuther are cutting some 

 nice carnations and find ready sale for 

 them. 



Julius Schultz has remodeled his 

 whole place and carnation planting is 

 in full swing. 



Daniel Shepherd has given his houses 

 a coat of white paint — quite an im- 

 provement. 



Saginaw Notes. 



Charles Frueh & Sons have the first 

 mums to show in their new store at 

 514 Genesee avenue, which were a big 

 attraction on opening day. 



J, B. Goetz Sons are installing an ad- 

 ditional boiler to take care of the new 

 glass. 



Grohmann the Florist has his winter's 

 supply of coal in. "I should worry," 

 he says. 



The .Wm. Koethke Floral Co. has 

 added another lot of cement benches, 

 which are being planted with carna- 

 tions. 



■ Desner & Fisher have built a new 

 salesroom at their greenhouses. The 

 old structure was too small. 



The Stevens Gladioli Co. is having 

 great success in marketing gladiolus 

 spikes in the south and west. 



Zorn & Gaertner are leaders on as- 

 ters. They ship from 4,000 to 5,000 

 daily to the southern markets. 



J. E. Rolker, of New York, was a 

 visitor last week. Gee. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Indiana State Fair. 



The flower exhibition at the State 

 Fair had a large number of entries this 

 year, and as a whole the exhibition was 

 good. W. J. Vesey, Jr., of Ft. Wayne, 

 acted as judge. The awards were as 

 follows: 



General collection of plants — Pahud Floral Co., 

 first: Reinken Floral Co., second; H. W. Rleman, 

 third. 



Collection of ten ferns — Pahud Floral Co.. first; 

 Eelnken Floral Co.. second; H. W. Rleman. third. 



Collection of coleus — Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 Baur & Stnlnkamp, second: H. W. Rleman. third. 



Collection of geraniums — Ernest Rleman, first; 

 Reinken Floral Co.. second. 



Collection of begonias — n. W. Rleman, first; 

 Baur ft Steinkamp. st cond. 



Collection of variegated leaved plants — H. W. 

 Rleman, first: Pahud Floral Co., second; Reinken 

 Floral Co.. third. 



S|ieclnien Latania Borbonlca — Ernest Rleman, 

 irst; H. W. Rleman, second; Pahud Floral Co., 

 third. . 



Specimen kentia — H. W. Rleman. first: Reinken 

 Floral Co.. second: Pahud Floral Co.. third. 



8l»eclmen araucarla — Ernest Rloman. first; 

 Reinken Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., 

 third. 



8i)eclmen Asparagus Sprengeri — Reinken Flo- 

 ral Co., first; Pahud Floral Co., second. 



Specimen Boston fern — Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 Baur & Steinkamp, second; Reinken Floral Co.. 

 third. 



Specimen crested form fern — Pahud Floral Co., 

 first: Reinken Floral Co., second; Ernest Rleman, 

 third. 



Specimen Adiantnm cuneatum — Pnhud Floral 

 Co.. first: Reinken Floral Co., second; Ernest 

 Rleman. third. 



Specimen Adiantnm FVirleyense — Rankin Floral 

 Co.. flist: Pahud Floral Co., second. 



Specimen Pandanus Veitchll — Reinken Floral 

 Oo., first; Pahud Floral Co., second; Ernest Rle- 

 man. third. 



Specimen new and rare plant — Reinken Floral 

 Co., first: Pahud Floral Co., sicond. 



Best floral arrangement — Reinken Floral Co., 

 iirst, with a cradle; Pahud Floral Co., aecond, 



with a gondola; B. P. Hensley, third, v^ith a 

 ship. 



Bride's bouquet — Rankin Floral Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co.. second; B. F. Hensley, third. 



Basket of flowers — Pahud Floral Co., first; E. 

 Rieman. second; Reinken Floral Co., third. 



Vase of flowers — Rankin Floral Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co.. second; E. Rleman, third. 



Display of cut flowers — E. Rieman, first; Rein- 

 ken Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Display of gladioli— Rankin Floral Co., first: 

 B. Rleman, second: Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Display of asters — Pahud , Floral Co. first; 

 Reinken Floral Co., second; E. Rieman, third. 



Display of canuas — Pahud Floral Co., first; E. 

 Rleman, second. 



Twenty-five American Beauties — Reinken Flo- 

 ral Co., first; Pahud Floral Co., second; B. Rle- 

 man, third. 



Twenty-five red roses — Reinken Floral Co., 

 first: B. Rleman, second; Pahud Floral Co., 

 third. 



Twenty-five white roses — Reinken Floral Co., 

 first: Pnhud Floral Co.. second: E. Rleman, third. 



Twenty-five pink roses — Reinken Floral Co., 

 first; Pahud Floral Co., second; E. Rleman. third. 



Fifty white carnations — B. F. Hensley. first; 

 E. Rleman. second: Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Fifty pink carnations — B. F. Hensley, first; 

 E. Rieman. second: Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Fifty light pink carnations — B. F. Henslev. 

 first: Reinken Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Fifty scarlet carnations — Baur & Steinkamp, 

 first; B. F. Hensley, second; E. Rieman. third. 



Twelve yellow chrysanthemums, cut — E. Rle- 

 man, first; Pahud Floral Co.. second. 



Twelve white chrysanthemums, cut — Reinken 

 Floral Co., first; E. Rieman, second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Collection of dahlias — Reinken Floral Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co., second; E. Rieman, third. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meeting of the State Flo- 

 rists ' Association was held at Smith & 

 Young's last Thursday night, with a 

 good attendance. A number of out-of- 

 town members were present. The main 

 business before the meeting was the 

 amendments of the by-laws, which were 

 in a committee's hands. After much 

 discussion they were adopted. F. B. 

 Alley was voted an honorary member- 

 ship. After the meeting the members 

 sat down to a Dutch lunch. 



Claude Morrison, formerly with the 

 Indianapolis Flower & Plant Co., has 

 taken a position with the A. Wiegand's 

 Sons Co. 



Walter Bertermann has returned from 

 a trip in the east. 



Homer Wiegand has been oa the sick 

 list. H. L. W. 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The middle of September marks the 

 awakening of fall business. Engage- 

 ment parties, weddings and social af- 

 fairs in general are creating a demand 

 for flowers. At every social function 

 the floral decorations form an impor- 

 tant feature, and the florist with in- 

 genious ideas and ways of displaying 

 his flowers to fit the occasion is much 

 in demand. The fall stock is improv- 

 ing in quality. Roses are the leading 

 flowers at present, while gladioli play 

 a prominent part in the trade. Hydran- 

 geas are used extensively, and some 

 good snapdragons are on the market. 

 Carnations are making their appear- 

 ance, but as yet they are only from the 

 young plants and have attained no sub- 

 stantial size. The first chrysanthemums 

 of the season are in and are heartily 

 welcomed as harbingers of autumn, cool 

 days and brisk trade. 



State Florists' Association. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr., reports the attend- 

 ance at the last meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association, which was 

 held in Indianapolis Thursday evening, 

 September 11, as exceedingly good. In 

 July the Northern Indiana Florists' 

 Club and the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion were affiliated, and the meeting 

 September 11 was for the purpose of 



revising the constitution and by-laws 

 of the association. In this affiliation 

 of the different societies in the state, 

 Indiana is one of the leading states to 

 recognize the advantages to be gained 

 by thus uniting the florists' clubs from 

 different parts of the state and unify- 

 ing their interests. 



Various Notes. 



W. J. Vesey, Jr., was the only judge 

 from this part of the state on the 

 flower committee at the Indiana Stat^ 

 Fair, at Indianapolis. 



Miss C. B. Flick, of the Flick Floral 

 Co., returned from the convention via 

 the Great Lakes, going through the 

 Sault Ste. Marie. 



Miss Marjory Bradley, landscape 

 architect, a graduate of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College, will remain in 

 Fort Wayne this season, as this locality 

 offers a good field for her work. Miss 

 Bradley has now a large deal on hand 

 which will probably engage most of 

 her time this fall. 



A pretty novelty, seen in the Brad- ' 

 ley Flower Shop, was a flat of Colchicum 

 autumnale, from Dutch bulbs. They 

 are known as fall-blooming crocuses 

 and are of a delicate lavender shade. 

 The plants bear as many as eighteen 

 blossoms each when fully developed. 



David Vesey, who was recently 

 graduated in the law school at the 

 University of Michigan, has taken up 

 law practice in the office of his father, 

 W. J. Vesey. Miss Catherine Vesey 

 has returned to Ohio Western College, 

 at Oxford, O. 



Mrs. L. E. Auger, of the Auger Flower 

 Co., has as a gutst her daughter, Mrs. 

 Herbert Coverdale, of Indianapolis. 



Miss Ruth R. Flick, of the C. B. 

 Flick Floral Co., has returned from 

 Walloon Lake, Mich., where she spent 

 the summer. The Flick Floral Co. has 

 a number of prominent weddings 

 booked for September and October. 



Visitors to the trade last week were 

 W. E. F. Weber, from Sault Ste. 

 Marie, Mich.; A. W. Herre, of the A. L. 

 Randall Co., Chicago; A. F. Longren, of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, and Mr. 

 Nelson, of the Burlington Willow Ware 

 Shops, Burlington, la. R. R. ¥. 



OBITUAEY. 



Constant Ponnet. 



Constant Ponnet, who for twenty 

 years was engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness in Alexandria, Va., died suddenly 

 September 12 at his home, 2012 Duke 

 street. Heart trouble was the cause of 

 his death. Mr. Ponnet was a native of 

 France, 66 years of age, and came to 

 this country in his early youth. Last 

 year he returned to his old home in 

 France with a view to improving his 

 health. He is survived by his wife and 

 the following children: Herman and 

 Paul Ponnet, of Alexandria; Mrs. E. J. 

 Schroth, Washington; Mrs. Charles 

 Kaufman, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. James 

 Power, and the Misses Rose and Con- 

 stant Ponnet, all of Alexandria. Mr. 

 Ponnet was a member of Fitzgerald 

 Council, No. 459, Knights of Columbus. 

 He conducted a florists' establishment 

 on Duke street, extended, in Alexan- 

 dria, and a stand in the Center Market, 

 Washington, D. C, where he was an old 

 and familiar figure. The news of his 

 sudden death seemed to cast a pall over 

 the market, for Mr. Ponnet was quite a 

 favorite there. C. L. L. 



