OCTOBEB 16, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



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gardeners' society, to be held at the 

 same time, is expected to attract many 

 visitors. 



The Henry M. Eobinson Co. is com- 

 fortably established in its new ground 

 floor store in the Coogan building and 

 Manager Glass is much pleased with 

 the change. 



Chrysolora is the mum that Wm. 

 Kesslef says attracts the most atten- 

 tion in his exhibition window. 



M. C. Ford comments on the high 

 average quality of the stock now com- 

 ing to market, asserting that the grow- 

 ers still are making progress. 



George C. Siebrecht draws atten- 

 tion to the popularity of the single vio- 

 lets, which are excellent for so early 

 in the season. 



Thomas F. Galvin, of Boston, opened 

 his new store on Fifth avenue, New 

 York, Monday, October 6. The roof 

 conservatory is a long way up from 

 the street and is a decided jiftvelty. 



W. W. Burnham sailed f<y^a two 

 months ' business trip in Europe last , 

 week, t On his return he will have 

 charge of the flower department of 

 Lord & Taylor's new store on Fifth 

 avenue and Thirty-eighth street. Mr. 

 Burnham was manager of the flower de- 

 partment of Bloomingdale Bros, for 

 years, and later was with Abraham & 

 Strauss, of Brooklyn. 



Mrs. Thomas Barson, of Johnstown, 

 N. Y., was in the city October 6, a 

 guest of the Kervan Co. 



The Walter Siebrecht Co. is erecting 

 a greenhouse at the back of its new 

 store at 114 West Twenty-eighth street. 



Everybody seems to be growing 

 Unaka mums this year and the flowers 

 have been disappointing. Hundreds of 

 them are unsalable and thousands were 

 going, early in the week, at 25 cents 

 per dozen. 



A; T, Boddington returned October 

 13 from North Carolina. 



W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, 

 was in the city this week. 



R. J. Irwin and Wallace Pierson are 

 back from their hunting trip. Mr, Irwin 

 will have his moose head mounted and 

 will decorate his new oflBce with this 

 and other trophies of the hunt. 



The Rose Society 's monthly executive 

 committee meeting was held in Traend- 

 ly & Schenck 's office October 13. There 

 were present Messrs. Wallace Pierson, 

 B. Hammond, H. O. May, James Simp- 

 son, F. H. Traendly, Robert Pyle and 

 S. S. Pennock. A general set of rules 

 governing the relation of the Rose 

 Society to the testing gardens at Min- 

 neapolis, Cornell, Washington and New 

 Jersey was the subject under consid- 

 eration. 



The fall visit of the N. Y. & N. J. 

 Plant Growers' Association to their 

 brethren on Long Island takes place 

 October 28. A sight-seeing auto has 

 been secured, and the inner man, as 

 usual, will not be forgotten. The start 

 ■will be made at 9 a. m., from the office 

 of W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., in Long Island 

 City. November 4 the society will re- 

 peat over in Jersey. 



Will A. McDonald, of Yonkers, was 

 married October 11 to Marguerite Marie 

 Eggers. They are enjoying their honey- 

 moon in Canada. 



Charles Logan, formerly with John 

 Young and J. K. Allen, is now with 

 the Growers' Cut Flower Co. 



The Growers' Cut Flower Co. is in- 

 stalling a steam heating system in its 

 new store on West Twenty-eighth 

 street. J. Austin Shaw. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



Business conditions continue to im- 

 prove and during the last week the 

 volume of trade has been quite satis- 

 factory. Stock of all kinds has shown 

 wonderful improvement. Killarney and 

 Radiance roses are fine and find ready 

 sale. Dahlias are offered in quantity 

 and the choice ones find quick sale. 



Various Notes. 



J. E. Marret, Jacob Schulz and E. G. 

 Reimers are busy getting in their trop- 

 ical plants. 



Louis Kirch is bringing in some nice 

 dahlias, which he disposes of readily. 



It is reported that the rose houses at 

 the country place of the Wm. Walker 

 Co. are in splendid shape, and a big 

 cut is in prospect. 



F. L. Schulz and Karl Robe, of the 

 Schulz retail store staff, are at Bed- 

 ford, Ind., this week, putting up the 

 church and home decorations for the 

 Thornton-McDougall wedding. 



G. E. S. 



GREENWICH, CONN. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society was held in Doran's hall Octo- 

 ber 10, with President Robert William- 

 son in the chair. The report of the fall 

 show committee shows everything ar- 

 ranged for the coming show, which 

 is to be held in the Armory at Stam- 

 ford, Conn., November 7 and 8. It is 

 hoped to make this the best show ever 

 held by the society. An attractive 

 schedule has been got together, with 

 classes for all. 



The prizes for dahlias offered by 

 Thos. Head, of Bergenfield, N. .T., 

 brought out some extensive exhibits 

 of wonderful size and color, notably 

 that staged by P. W. Popp, whose ex- 

 hibit was a show in itself. The prizes 

 were awarded as follows: 



Cactus dahlias — P. W. Popp, first, with sixty- 

 two varieties; A. Whltelaw, second. 



Decorative dahlias — P. W. Popp. first, with 

 forty varieties; Alex. .Marshall, second. 



Collarette dahlias — P. W. Popp. first, with 

 fourteen varieties. 



Other exhibits staged received the 

 following awards: 



Dehn & Bertolf, honorable mention for collec- 

 tion of ornamental trees, shrubs and grasses. 



P. W. Popp, honorable mention for chrysanthe- 

 mum. White Gloria. 



Thos. Head. BerKenfiold. N. .T.. honorable men 

 tlon for fine display of dahlia novelties for 1914 

 Introduction. 



Dehn & Bertolf, honorable mention for ever- 

 bearing raspberry, St. Regis. 



J. B. Roy. honorable mention for Nephrolepls 

 exaltata Whitmani. 



C. H. Tott.v, Madison, N. .T.. honorable mention 

 for collection of hardy chrysanthemums. 



J. Guermonsfrey, highly commended for col- 

 lection of cactus dahlias. 



Thos. Regan, vote of thanks for carnation, 

 California Giant. 



J. B. Andrews, vote of thanks for Arctotls 

 grandis. 



A. Breschkl. vote of thanks for new French 

 hydrangeas. 



A. Whltelaw priies for apples — James Trov. 

 first, with plate of Wolf River; Geo. Wright, 

 second, with plate of King. 



Frizes are offered for the next meet- 

 ing for eighteen carnations, three each 

 of six varieties. 



Owen A. Hunwick. 



New Britain, Conn. — Mrs. Elisabeth 

 K. Eggert has sold her greenhouse busi- 

 ness to R. B. Viets. 



Kansas City, Mo. — John Stevens, for- 

 merly manager of the Sawvel Floral Co., 

 is now a member of the firm of Stevens 

 dc Hepting, at Fifty-eighth street and 

 Bennington avenue. 



OBITUARY, 



Alfred Bingham. 



Alfred Bingham, of Glen Rock, Pat* 

 ersou, N. J., committed suicide October 

 8 by shooting himself in the head with 

 a revolver. The members of the family 

 were at breakfast when they heard the 

 shot overhead and, rushing to the young 

 man's room, they found him stretched 

 upon his bed. Dr. Oxford, of Glen 

 Rock, was summoned and pronounced 

 death instantaneous. Mr. Bingham 

 was 29 years old. There is no reason 

 which can be given for his act, ex- 

 cept, possibly, despondency over the 

 decline of the florists' business since 

 the death of his father a few years 

 ago. When Mr. Bingham retired the 

 night before his death, he seemed to 

 be in good spirits. He is survived by 

 his mother and a brother, Thomas Bing- 

 ham, who lived with him, and a sister, 

 Mrs. Joseph Thornton, who resides 

 next door. 



Max Schustermann. 



Max Schustermann, of 127 Second 

 avenue, died quite suddenly October 

 12 from hemorrhage. He was 40 years 

 old and had been twelve years in 

 business at this address. He was a gen- 

 eral favorite in the trade and highly 

 esteemed. 



WiUlam H. Grimes. 



William H. Grimes, of Denver, Colo., 

 died October 4 of abscess of the brain, 

 after a few hours ' illness. He was born 

 in Polk City, la., forty-nine years ago 

 and moved to Denver when a child. His 

 father was a pioneer florist and nurs- 

 eryman of Denver, and after the lat- 

 ter 's death Mr. Grimes took over his 

 father's business and ran it under the 

 name of D. S. Grimes' Son. Mr. Grimes 

 served two terms as alderman in the 

 city council, from 1906 to 1908 and 

 from 1910 to 1912. His wife, a son and 

 a daughter are left to mourn their loss. 

 Mr. Grimes was a member of Masonic 

 orders and of the Knights of Pythias. 

 L. 



DISEASED CYCLAMEN FOLIAGE. 



Enclosed you will find some cyclamen 

 leaves. Please tell me what the trouble 

 is, and the remedy. J. F. C. 



The blotches on the cyclamen leaves 

 soon disfigure the plants. This is a 

 fungoid disease and is due to unsuitable 

 atmospheric conditions. It is also less 

 liable to attack strong plants than com- 

 paratively weak ones. I would advise 

 giving the plants a dry atmosphere. Use 

 a little fire heat and ventilate freely. 

 If you are using much shade on your 

 plants, remove it. " If it is heavy, do 

 not remove it too suddenly. Cyclamens 

 should not need any shade for the next 

 three months or more. Plants affected 

 will be benefited by a spraying of Bor- 

 deaux mixture. Keep the surface soil 

 in the pots stirred, and make the con- 

 ditions as sweet and wholesome as pos- 

 sible. A house kept at 50 degrees at 

 night would now suit your cyclamens, if 

 wanted for Christmas. For spring flow- 

 ering they will be better in coldframes 

 for some time yet. A top-dressing of 

 Clay's fertilizer, onoe in ten davs, will 

 benefit all plants which are wellrooted 

 C. W. 



Spencer, Ind.— John C. Hammond has 

 moved to Winona Lake, Ind. 



