JUNB 10, 1015. 



The Florists' Review 



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The Market. 



Peonies are late in this locality. P. 

 festiva maxima is just coming into 

 color and a few early pink varieties 

 are being cut. In quality and quan- 

 tity, the crop is away ahead of any 

 recent years. Carnations, roses and 

 sweet peas were in extra demand last 

 week, owing to the shortage of peonies. 

 Business is normal. The bedding plant 

 men are away behind in their work be- 

 cause of the cold, wet weather of the 

 last few weeks. 



Various Notes. 



Joseph Marks, of the A. A. Arnold 

 Paper Box Co., called on the trade last 

 week. It was his first visit here for 

 some years. Mr. Marks has many good 

 friends here and was kept busy renew- 

 ing old acquaintances. 



Knoble Bros, have charge of the mar- 

 keting of Seither's large peony crop. 

 The fields are located on Bosworth road, 

 a few miles southwest of the city. An 

 inspection last week found everything 

 in excellent shape for harvesting the 

 largest crop in their history. The stock 

 has all been disbudded in the field. 

 Clumps are planted 4x6 feet and are as 

 strong and vigorous as any ever seen 

 by the writer. They plan to place 

 about 50,000 in cold storage during the 

 next ten days. 



A sporting event of special interest 

 has been scheduled for Cleveland dur- 

 ing the progress of our fall flower and 

 trade show, November 10 toi 14. A 

 bowling match has been arranged by 

 the local Florists' Club, between the 

 florists' bowling teams of Buffalo and 

 Rochester. Always keen rivals for first 

 honors, these two teams will bowl on 

 neutral alleys here for a $50 silver cup, 

 donated by the Cleveland Florists' Club. 



F. A. F. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



We are now at the height of the spring 

 rush and more attention is being given 

 to outdoor work than to cut flowers, al- 

 though there is the usual June business 

 in this line as well. No ^reat amount of 

 planting was done before Memorial day, 

 due to the cool weather and wet ground. 

 In the last few days the public has been 

 ordering largely and in many cases the 

 greenhouse establishments already are 

 sold out. Business appears to be better 

 than usual. 



Good ferns are quite scarce and other 

 plants are being used in their place in 

 the window boxes. 



Several nurserymen are sold out of 

 many varieties of shrubs. The hard 

 winter killed much stock in the resi- 

 dence districts, forcing replanting. This, 

 of course, helps business, although many 

 of the nurserymen lost quite a bit of 

 stock themselves. 



Club Meeting. 



_ At the June club meeting it was de- 

 cided to abandon for this year the flower 

 show planned to be held at the West ho- 

 tel. On behalf of the committee C. F. 

 Eice reported that the facilities were 

 not adequate and asked that judgment 

 of the committee be concurred in, which 

 action followed after some discussion. 



C. G. Anderson, the new manager of 

 the Minneapolis Floral Co., formerly 



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 TRADE- 



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WILLIAM W. GAMMAGE. 



If you have heard W. W. Gammage spout on the glories of Canada — and if you 

 * haven't it means you do not attend trade conventions the way you should — 

 you may be surprised to learn that the patriotic expounder of the duties, destinies 

 and delights of the Dominion is a native of Connecticut — he was born in the little 

 town of Towland just fifty-two years ago May 31. But he was only o years of 

 age when the family removed to London, where in the course of time "our 

 hero," as the lady novelists say, became the sole proprietor of the largest florists' 

 business in western Ontario. Mr. Gammage has for many years been active in 

 the trade societies and a regular attendant at conventions, where his ringing ora- 

 tory ever has lieralded the progress of his adopted land. 



with Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton 

 Grove, 111., made application for mem- 

 bership. Mr. Anderson was present and 

 spoke of his liking for Minneapolis, and 

 of the beautiful surroundings of the 

 city, especially the park system. 



It was announced that the club 's base- 

 ball team is in good working order, hav- 

 ing already played two games, and is 

 open for engagements. Address John 

 Eovick, care of Rice Bros. 



H. Rosacker extended an invitation 

 to visit his new greenhouses in August 

 and have a picnic there. Mr. Rosacker 

 has built four large houses, 28x260 f^et, 

 two for carnations and two for roses; 

 also two narrow houses 260 feet long 

 for potted plants, in addition to his 

 present houses. These are the modern 

 type of greenhouses and are well worth 

 seeing. Mr. Rosacker is noted in Minne- 



apolis for the flowers he grows, always 

 having good stock. We all expect some 

 extra fine roses from him, although he 

 has never grown roses before. 



The first Tuesday in September the 

 club will have its regular meeting, at 

 the greenhouses of the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co. July and August regular 

 meetings will be dispensed with. 



Various Notes. 



L. S. Donaldson Co. will tear down 

 the greenhouses on Portland avenue in 

 the near future, to make room for the 

 street that is to go through the block. 

 The large rose houses and also one of 

 the large pot plant houses will be torn 

 down in the process. 



The Wessling Greenhouse reports that 

 business has exceeded previous records. 



Thomas Hall was forced to double his 



