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3VhY 15, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



MB. WELLS' ILLNESS. 



Word came last week of the serious 

 illness of W. Wells, of Merstham, Eng- 

 land, who has many business connec- 

 tions in this country and who is known 

 personally to quite a few members of 

 the trade here through the exchange of 

 visits. Mr. Wells underwent a serious . 

 operation June 23 and for a time there 

 were slight hopes of his recovery, his 

 advanced age being against him. But 

 later advices indicate that his rdbust 

 constitution will give him a good chance 

 for recovery. 



CHIOAOO'S FLOEAL FESTIVAL. 



The Chicago fall flower show execu- 

 tive committee met at the city offices of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., July 12, there 

 being present A. Henderson, August 

 Poehlmann, Arnold Eingier, George 

 Asmus, E. A. Kanst, Edward Golden- 

 stein, C. W. Johnson, W. J. Keimel, 

 N. P. Miller, H. H. Wilkerson and M. 

 Barker. The report of J. C. Vaughan 

 on poster was presented and full power 

 was given this committee to proceed as 

 may seem best, in the matter of secur- 

 ing a suitable design. Plans covering 

 the trade space to be sold in the Coli- 

 seum and annex were discussed at 

 length and arrangements made to issue 

 a diagram and regulations. Appropria- 

 tions aggregating approximately $1,000 

 were made in the gardeners' classes and 

 the preliminary premium list was or- 

 dered printed. Chicago Grand Floral 

 Festival was settled upon as the official 

 name of the exhibition. 



WE HOPE IT MAY BE TBUE. 



May 14, 1914, The Eeview printed 

 an article with regard to the efforts 

 of a florist at Marion, Kan., to perfect 

 a process for extracting hydrogen 

 from water and employing it for heat 

 and power. The florist is Fred Gowen, 

 of the Marion Plant & Flower Co., and 

 part of the description of his process 

 was in his own words. Now comes a 

 report from Marion that Mr. Gowen 

 has sold his rights so far as they con- 

 cern automobiles to a syndicate of nine 

 manufacturers for $250,000 cash and 

 a royalty of one per cent on the retail 

 value of all the cars to be manufac- 

 tured with the hydrogen motor, esti- 

 mated at $100,000,000 per year. The 

 rights for greenhouse heating have not 

 yet been sold. Our informant adds 

 that "this achievement, of course, 

 means the ultimate destruction of the 

 coal, gas and oil business, but in their 

 place a greater industry will develop." 

 It sounds like a pipe dream, but we 

 hope it may prove true. 



PESTS ON PANSIES. 



Enclosed you will find a sample of 

 what seems to be a variety of powder 

 bugs, which appear suddenly in great 

 numbers on my pansies in the spring. 

 Are they likely to do much aamage, 

 and, if so, is there any remedy? I 

 grow about half an acre of pansies, so 

 I am anxious to know. 



C. A. P.— Me. 



I could not find in the package the 

 "powder bug" referred to. I do not 

 know of any leaf -eating insect by this 

 name. If it is such, I would suggest 

 giving the plants a spraying with arse- 

 nate of lead at the rate of one pound 

 to fifteen gallon« of water. This will 



slightly whiten the foliage, but will not 

 damage it in the least. C. W. 



FBOPAOATINa VINOAS. 



I should like to know how to handle 

 vinca vines to make them inerease.'^^ I 

 have some 3-inch stock on hand, with 

 runners about eighteen inches long. 

 Can I do anything with themt I have 

 about fifty plants in - all. How many 

 3-inch and 4-inch plants can I get from 

 these by spring! E. T. — 111. 



Plant your vincas outdoors in good 

 soil. Cut back the long shoots. They 

 will develop much better outdoors than 

 in pots. Lift and pot them early in 

 October. The present is not a good 

 time to propagate vincas. Wait until 

 fall; then the young, soft growths will 

 root readily in the propagating bench. 

 Or, you can cut up the older and harder 

 wood into short lengths and propagate 

 in the same way. The latter method 

 is the slower one. From fifty plants, 

 if they are properly treated, you Ottn 

 easily get 500 or 1,000 plants by next 

 May, in 3-inch or 4-ineh pots. C. W. 



TOLEDO, O. 



The Market. 



Stock is good in certain lines, but in 

 a general way most stock is scarce. The 

 predominant flowers are gladioli, roses 

 and daisies. There are some good car- 

 nations to be had, but the cut is not 

 large. Boses are plentiful and florists 

 throughout the city are having week- 

 end sales on these. There have been 

 a few dahlias on the market this week, 

 but there is no demand for them as 

 yet. There is little funeral work at 

 this time. 



At the July meeting of the Florists' 

 Club a movement was launched to close 

 all flower stores at noon on Sundays. 

 The idea met with favor with the more 

 broad-minded florists, but as usual there 

 are a few who will not close. 



Annual Outing. 

 The third annual outing under the 



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auspices of the Florists' Club, held 

 July 7, and which had been looked for- 

 ward to for some time by the florists 

 and their employees, was not as great 

 a success as had been expected. The 

 final arrangements had been carefully 

 made by committees that had spent 

 much time in perfecting the details and 

 a grand auto parade had been planned. 

 Early in the day black clouds hung 

 over the city, but at 10 a. m, the pa- 

 rade formed with about forty machines 

 in line, all decorated with flowers and 

 the national colors. As the marshal 

 gave the signal to start, down came the 

 rain. Undaunted, the florists rode 

 through every important business street 

 of the town. When the park was 

 reached a carefully prepared dinner 

 was served under a large tent, the 

 guests numbering close to 250. In the 

 latter part of the day the rain was less 

 steady and numerous games and races 

 were enjoyed. Max Spanner, president 

 ot the club, had charge of all amuse- 

 ments at the park. Speeches were made 

 by Pres. Spanner, Harry Heinl, S. N. 

 Peck and Paul Timm. 



Various Notes. 



John Koelker, of Chas. Koelker & 

 Sons, is spending two weeks in New 

 York. 



R. H. Blaque, of the Freeman store, 

 is spending two weeks in northern 

 Michigan. 



George Bayer has several thousand 

 Bonnaffon chrysanthemum plants in the 

 field. They look fine and Mr. Bayer is 

 well pleased with his experiment. 



Wm. Krueger is riding around in a 

 new Overland touring car. Mr. Krue- 

 ger says he believes in patronizing 

 home industry. 



Miss Patten has returned from a 

 ten days' trip in the east. 



Harry Turvey, of West Toledo, has 

 left to spend several weeks touring in 

 his ear through Indiana and Illinois. 



Schramm Bros, are actively engaged 

 in remodeling and rebuilding their range 

 of houses. G. B. S. 



Lawrence, Mass. — Workmen are busy 

 on the greenhouses being erected for 

 A. J. Wagland, on Broadway. They 

 will be of iron-frame construction on 

 a concrete foundation. 



Lewiston, Me. — Work is progressing 

 well on the greenhouse, 32x425 feet, 

 which will replace one of the old ones 

 at the Main street property of Ernest 

 Saunders. It will be finished in August. 



Butland, Vt. — Negotiations are under 

 way for the sale of a half interest in 

 the Baker greenhouse business by Sid- 

 ney A. Baker to George H. Baker. The 

 latter has been for many years in the 

 employ of the former. 



Bockland, Mass. — Lyle I. Lothrop re- 

 cently leased the greenhouses hereto- 

 fore conducted by W. T. Wilson and 

 feels that this puts him in a position 

 to handle his steadily increasing trade 

 in a, satisfactory manner. 



Lancaster, Mass. — J. E. Farnsworth 

 has recently begun to grow asters and 

 gladioli for the wholesale market. 



Newbuiyportv M ass .C— WaUa c e 

 Bashaw, 6 Low street, who is entering 

 business for himself here, was married 

 to Miss Mary E. Kline, at Lynn, 

 June 27. 



Cootoocook, N. H. — Clarence V. 

 Thompson, who recently started in the 

 greenhouse business with a small house, 

 12x24 feet, is planning to add one, 

 20x50 feet, this summer. 



New Haven, Conn. — At the annual 

 exhibition of roses under the auspices 

 of the New Haven County Horticul- 

 tural Society, the exhibit of A. N. 

 Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, was most 

 prominent. Walter Koella, of the local 

 park department, had a good display. 

 J. H. Slocombe, of New Haven, and 

 H. P. Brooks, of West Haven, were also 

 well represented. 



