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Mat 13. 1915. 



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new compost, which should contain 

 one'third to one-fcrtirth manure, prefer- 

 ably cattle manureM' Add about 200 

 pounds of the bonir to 1,000 square 

 feet of bench. As bone meal decays 

 slowly, it will be several months be- 

 fore the plants will begin to receive 

 any material benefit from it. The best 

 way to apply this is to sprinkle it on 

 the soil and work it in by hand be- 

 fore planting. W. J. K. 



FEBTIUZEBS AND FLOBISTS. 



^ A matter of interest to florists is the 

 Erection of the fertilizer plant shown 

 in the accompanying illustration, which 

 previously has been referred to in The 

 Eeview. It is that of the Chicago 

 Feed & Fertilizer Co., the principal 

 ofiice of which is at the Union Stock 

 Yards. The plant is at Osborn, Ind., 

 on the Belt Line railroad. The factory 

 is 60x200 feet, with part of the struc- 

 ture three stories high, for elevator 

 and storage purposes. 



The company was organized about a 

 year ago by John P. Bowles and asso- 

 ciates, Mr. Bowles holding the presi- 

 dency. The other officers then elected 

 were: Vice-president, F. S. Markey; 

 secretary, W. R. Love; treasurer, Chas. 

 Goepper; manager, F. E. Moore. F. S. 

 Markey had formerly been identi^d 

 with the Farmers' & Florists' Tankage 

 Fertilizer Co. John Tiplady, well 

 known as gardener to A. B. Dick at 

 Lake Forest, was secured as one of the 

 department sales managers and later 

 J. E. Pollworth, also well known to 

 florists, joined the staff. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Mothers' day was an immense suc- 

 cess in this city as far as sales are con- 

 cerned. While all the growers and 

 wholesalers had made provision for an 

 extra heavy demand, the supply was no- 

 where near equal to the call. Carna- 

 tions were the flower of the day and 

 every last bloom was sold, and when the 

 supply of white carnations was ex- 

 hausted Sunday morning they would 

 have brought the price of gardenias. 

 Thousands of carnations were sold in 

 assorted colors, by the dozen or two 

 dozen, to people who at other times 

 would not consider carnations at any 

 price. The call also was heavy for all 

 other stock, as hundreds of orders were 

 for assorted flowers, and everything 

 was cleaned up slick as a whistle. 



No doubt the growers reaped a nice 

 profit from Mothers' day, and the re- 

 tail man also made some money, but 

 much o| the stock was of an inferior 

 quality and here is where the retailer 

 suffers directly through his flowers not 

 giving satisfaction. Another year spe- 

 cial stress should be put on the fact 

 that other flowers or plants are .just as 

 appropriate as carnations and then such 

 a fabulous price for inferior carnations 

 will not be necessary, as the demand 

 will be more evenly divided. 



Various Notes. 



J. F. Sullivan had his window appro- 

 priately decorated for Mothers' day. In 

 one corner sat a motherly-looking lady 

 in black with an opened box of flowers 

 on h6r lap. 



The growers of bedding plants are 

 making extensive preparations for a 

 heavy demand in a few weeks. Beard 



New Factory of Chicago Feed & Fertilizer Cct Oslx>ra, Ind. 



Bros, are filling baskets by the hun- 

 dreds, to be ready when the season 

 opens. 



Carey the Flowerman recently had 

 both his delivery cars repainted, so that 

 they look trim. 



Every store had some suggestion of 

 Mothers' day in the window and a co- 

 operative ad was run in all the news- 

 papers, with good results. 



S. S. Skidelsky was a recent visitor, 

 as was Martin Beukauf. H. S. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



Preparations for Fall Show. 



At the last monthly meeting of the 

 Minneapolis Florists' Club it was 

 voted to hold a show in the fall at the 

 West hotel. The flower show commit- 

 tee, composed of Chairmaai C. F. Eice, 

 W. D. Desmond, Walter Pier, R. A. 

 Latham and Theo. Wirth, was author- 

 ized to go ahead and make full ar- 

 rangements. It was decided to increase 

 the committee to seven and the chair- 

 man was instructed to appoint the 

 other two members. He appointed 

 Hugh S. Will and C. N. Ruedlinger. 

 President J. G. Taylor will act as the 

 eighth member, ex officio. 



At the first meeting of the flower 

 show committee, held at Rice Bros.', 

 the following chairmen of commit- 

 tees were appointed and each chairman 

 was given the privilege of selecting his 

 own members: Finance committee, 

 Walter Pier; premium committee, Hugh 

 S. Will, W. D. Desmond and R. A. 

 Latham; exhibition and hall, Theo. 

 Wirth; trade exhibits, W. D. Desmond; 

 decoration, R. A. Latham; admission, 

 C. N. Ruedlinger; publicity, J. G. Tay- 

 lor; entertainment, C. F. Rice. Mr. 

 Wirth will cooperate with the premium 

 committee in planning the exhibits. 



Minneapolis to San Francisco. 



A special train for the S. A. F. con- 

 vention at San Francisco will leave 

 Chicago from the new passenger ter- 

 minal, at Canal and Madison streets, 

 about 10 p. m., Thursday, August 12. 

 The route lies over the Chicago & 

 North Western to Omaha, Union Pa- 

 cific to Denver, Denver & Rio Grande 

 to Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City 

 and Ogden, and Southern Pacific to 

 San Francisco. 



The schedule is most conveniently 

 arranged. Many interesting scenic and 

 historic places will be passed in the 



daytime and the arrival at San Fran- 

 cisco will be in the evening of August 

 16, affording ample time to secure hotel 

 accommodations before the opening of 

 the convention on the next day. Plans 

 are already under way for stop-overa 

 and special entertainment en route. 



A low round-trip fare of $62.50 from 

 Chicago is in effect daily until Novem- 

 ber 30, with a return limit of three 

 months from date of sale, but not to 

 exceed December 31, 1915. Choice of 

 routes returning is offered. 



Varioiis Notes. 



Cal Rice and O. H. Carlson came 

 back from a trout trip with forty-five 

 trout. They distributed all those they 

 did not catch and all the florists 

 thanked them for their offer and en- 

 joyed them greatly. 



W. D. Desmond made a recent trip 

 to Chicago to get supplies for the 

 greenhouse and flower departments of 

 L. S. Donaldson Co. 



The Farmer Seed & Nursery Co., of 

 Faribault, has opened a store at the 

 corner of Seventh street and Hennepin 

 avenue and is doing a good business. 

 The stock includes a fine lot of spring 

 bedding plants. C. B. L. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Mothers' day, decreased shipments 

 and favorable weather combined to 

 make last week's close encouraging, al- 

 though no notable advance in prices, 

 apart from white carnations, can be 

 recorded. White carnations of course 

 were sold out early; many were shipped 

 to adjoining towns. The education of 

 the general public to use other flowers 

 must continue, before the celebration 

 of Mothers ' day becomes what it should 

 be, one of the best days for florists 

 in all the year. Retail florists gen- 

 erally made special efforts in window 

 decoratioM. ^ 



Shipments of the leading cut flowers 

 are much less than a week ago. All 

 roses are steady and cleaning up fairly 

 well without sacrifice. Not so many 

 carnations are arriving and iquality gen- 

 erally is deteriorating, owing to the hot 

 spell of a week ago. The orchid supply 

 continues sufficient to meet all demands 

 and prices are steady. A few of the 

 selected flowers have touched 50 cents, 

 but the average top wAs 35 cepts and 

 the bottom figures, fortunately, were 



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