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The Florists^ Review 



15 



II. TolH. M;iilisni], X, .r.. sciii-cil 11^ I'dlldws: 

 icpliir. .':■;; rdirii. IS; .siibstaiicc, 17; slciii juiil I'd 

 'i.il;i'. IS: |n|;ll. Mi. 



< lias. AV. Johnson, 8oc'y. 



STEBERL'S FIRST CUT. 



W'licn on(» cuts his initinl croii it is 

 .111 event tiiat is usually nttiMided by 

 •I eertain amount of pride. .lust so with 

 Steve Steberl, who is cuttinfjj his first 

 ilowers from the houses he purchased 

 last April from A. C. Kojahn and lo- 

 •ated on Yuba street, Forest Park, 111. 

 The jdant comiirises some 20,000 s((uare 

 Teet of f,'lass, devoted to chrysantlie- 

 iiuiins, carnations, freesia. and stevia. 

 The jiictiire shown was taUen with the 

 first cut of munis and Charleys Stelierl 

 is standin^r in fho walk holding the 

 Idooms, while his brother, Stov(> Ste- 

 iieil, is standing on the benches to the 

 iij:lit and on the left is Peter Hainiud- 

 -on, a grower. This venture is the 

 lirst for Steve Steberl in the flower 

 liiisiness. although his brotlit>r, who 

 !ias charge of the growing for him, 

 was for a number of years connected 

 with 11. X. Hruns, the riiicago valley 

 grower. So far Mr. Steberl is well 

 -atisfieil with his newly adopted biisi 

 iicss and s;iys he has ac(|uire(l a real 

 l(i\(' for flow(Ms. His stoci< is sold in 

 tlie Chicago market, tlie pliotograidi 

 irom \\hi(di the illustration was ])r<^- 

 |iaicd liaxing acc()ni|ianied a slii|iiii('iit 

 1(1 /ei-li \ Mann. 



MARTIN WAX IN EUROPE. 



Martin Wax, ^vho, with Mrs. \Vax, 

 locently ictiirned from Europe after- a 

 honeymoon trip, and Aviiose jdiotograjdi 

 Mjipeared on page 9 of The Ifeview of 

 <>('t(>lier P), let't Koston fur i.ixcrpool 



\ngust ." on the S. S. Fraiiconia. lie 

 -pent a we(d\ in London seeing some 

 III till' leading sights, particularly ol' 

 liort ii-iilt ma! interest, calling at the 

 lai'je llowcr ^toll's on b'cgt'iit street and 

 'Ui-w jicic. He noticed many haiiilsonii" 

 lia-kefs. ;illlioi|dh lloweis at that sea- 

 -:iii were not shown :i\\\ better than 

 iiile. In Paris, where ;i week Was 

 -I'l'lit, li;iskets (i\e to si\ t'eet hidh. 



I'litaiiiiiig a I'oot or sd ol' damp moss. 

 \\cre filled with long steninied jiiiik 



■ISIS siniil.ai' to Mine. (Jabriel i,ui/et. 



\1 the hi^li elass stores these b.askets 

 wrv,' niindi in \ogue, and roses were said 

 'o keep in them t'resh lor two or tlirei' 

 ■ lavs. 



Alioiit ten days were sjient ;it i'aiis 



Plage. ;( summer lesoit on the I'Inglish 



hanmd, three hours distant from T'aris, 



Mid lieie Mr. \V;i\ entert.ained his sis- 



I' IS .-(nil a iie]diew, who ;ire |ii'oiniiient 



II inusii-al ciii les. One day w;is sjient 



I <'(dogne on the KMiiiie, and ten i|a\s 



<i Perliii and snrrminding cities. The 



''loiisands of window boxes in all the 



ibiirban sections greatly impressed 



in. and the gardens seen were far 



iperior to those seen .about the saim^ 



pe ot' i(^sideiices in America. Ther(> 



ere sonie tine tlower stores in l'>erlin. 



■hniidt's, on tlii" I'nfer den Linden, 



as the l.aigesf and linest he had ever 



I'll. lie l)(die\('s there is nothing 



"II in New ^'ork to appro.ach it. 



W Iiile in Peiliii he entertained a niece 



I nephew who train syni|ihony and 



I'la pert'ormers. |-'iom I'erlin he wtMit 



' P'leinen I'or ;i I'ew days. The iirounds 



the siiinnier homes there were beaii- 



iilly planted with Mowers. Passage 



'- taken honi" on the Kaiser W'ilhelm 



.\l'te!' arriving in New ^'o|■k. a 



\\ i|;i\s were sjient \isiting the iiroini- 



I't retailers there. The triii iiioved an 



The Steberl Brothers and their First Cut of Chrysanthemums. 



enjoyable one, and many new ideas for 

 store iinproN cments were gained. C. 



GARDENERS' CONVENTION. 



.\il arrangements have been com- 

 pleted for the annual convention of 

 th(> National Association of 'iardencrs, 

 which, as the guest of the Iforticultural 

 Society (>{' New A'oik, ^vill liobl its 

 liusiness session and election of filli- 

 cers for the ensuing year at the Amer- 

 ican Museiini of .Natural History, New 

 York lity. Moiobiy afternoon. Noveni- 

 lier :;. at ■_' o'lloik. The annual ban- 

 "plet at Ihe Hotel llndicott will follow 

 iiniiiediat(dy alter the liUsiness nieet- 

 iiig. Mntries of meritorious exhibits 

 or novelties i'(ir the a ssoe in t ion '- 

 awaiil. a reititicale of iiie!il, wliirh 

 .-ire to he exllil'ile.l at the llnwer slmw 

 ol' ihe I 1 ol t nil It lir.-ll SorietV ol' New 

 ^olk, W hirh orrUls ill the Mllsenili 

 duii wii t he i-oli\ eiil ion, iiiUsl III' IiIimI 

 with the serlelarv ol' Ihe N:itioii;il \- 

 soii;itioli of < i,-| rdeiieis not later thai, 

 November I. 



Maiiv oiit-ol town iiieniliei's h.-ive al- 

 readv sidiiii'ed llieii intention of :ir 

 1 e 11 d i n u' both the r i . n V e n 1 1 o n : i n d the 

 liaiHjiiet. M . < . Lliid. Secretarv . 



People are so much in the habit, 

 howexer, of ]ea\'ing all planting until 

 s]iring that they rarely think of doing 

 any now. Possible exceptions to the 

 success of fall planting might be due 

 to too dry a condition of the soil at 

 planting time and the freezing up of 

 the ground wliile the roots were inade- 

 • piattdy sup])lied with moisture. Arti- 

 ficial watering would be necessary in 

 siiih c;ises as these. 



PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Nearly .all trees and shiulis of a di' 

 ciduous n.atnre can be just ;is widl, or 

 better, planted in fall than in s]«rin,:;. 

 .\t this season the nurseries ;ire not 

 o\i'icrowded with orders and th(> stock 

 will be freshly dug and not taken from 

 storage shells where it has been jiackeil 

 in sjiiid tor sevi'i'al months. The 

 ground is usuallv more moist at this 

 season than in sjiring, and flien> is more 

 time to do planting properly. The 

 roots, ;ilso. ;ire far less lik(dv to get 

 diieil u|( now than in s|iriiig. There 

 are some shrubs, smdi ;is wcidelas, \' i 

 Illinium plicatiim and \'. tomentosum. 

 buddleias and ligustruiiis. which do bet 

 ter if spring planted. Practically all 

 others, including loniceras. spir.-eas, 

 philaibdidius, syringas. most of the \i 

 liiirniims, et'-.. do iniirh better if I'.all 

 |daiiteil. bruit trees, except peaches, 

 lasplieriies ;ind bliu k licri'ies. .|,i better 

 when f.all planted: so do nios| of the 

 • leridiioiis sh;|i|e t li'es. 



THE NEW DUTIES. 



Ill a circular letter sent out Last 

 week. acconi|ia 11 V i ng a c.ard showini,;' 

 the new taritV rates. .\1 c 11 iitidi ison \ 

 I'll, point oiii si,nie of ihe (diaiiges, ns 

 I oilow s: 



• ' The new I a ri l1' id inii nates ;i || ex 

 ' ept two of ihe jokers in the horticiil 

 tiii;il sili,.,|iil,.s ni' I'oiinei' t.arill's: bidlig 

 ' (ilHlse ;iild eXpiii-il, il liiav take siinie 



Lino. I Inisini. — ;iw;iv from the lawyers. 

 Iiiil this means snnie s;i\Jn^ to import- 

 ing nnrserv ineii. ijorists ;in,| seedsmen. 



No Items have I n raise, |. Pnl there 



.lie siniie sill ,st:i lit ia I rediietions. 



• ■ ^ oil will see Ih.at bay trees, araii- 

 i-arias and many other ^reenlKUise 

 plants h.avc been reduced t'rom twenty- 

 li'. e per eent to tifteen per cent ad 

 '. aloieni. .\pple, pear and ipiinc(> stocks 

 are reduced t'loni 'SL' to ^\ per fhoii- 

 s.iiid. .Miscellaneous nursery stoidx. 

 sill h as boxwood, rhododendrons, shrubs. 

 \ iiies, ell-., are reduced from twenty 

 live |.el- rent to lifteen per rent ;id 

 V aloieni. 



The w riti'r ov el looked 1 1 ne in 



rre.ase: the dnty on hv.acinth bulbs is 

 adv;ini-ei| ."ino !<{■}■ (■eni. from ."id cents 

 per thousand to s;l.'.."i(i jm'I' thousand, and 

 must affect the juice of bulbs to the 

 consumer next senson, something none 

 of the lediiclioiis in diitv .are likidv to 

 do. 



Davenport, la. The .1. W. Davis ( O. 

 is liiiildiiig an addilion to its green 

 houses uist east 111' Pet t endorl'. 



Des Moines, la. .1. S. Wilson is n 



member of the executive collliniltee of 

 .1 liowliiig lea;^ue just ol'Li.aii i /.ei I here 

 III which the employees i,\' the Wilson 

 blor.al < 'o. have eiitei'ed ;i team cap 

 laiiied bv .1. S. Wilson. .1 r. 



