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The Florists' Review 



NOVBMBIB 4, 1915. 



to be featured strongly at the April 

 show, and those who are able to com- 

 pete for the $250 and $150 prizes of- 

 fered would do well to get busy with 

 their exhibits. 



The charts showing the space avail- 

 able for trade exhibits are already well 

 marked with reservations and proposed 

 reservations of exhibitors, and any 

 firms desirous of securing choice loca- 

 tions should lose no time in communi- 

 ■ eating with the secretary. 



The committee is a little embarrassed 

 just now over the problem of housing 

 all the large exhi^ts promised, and it 

 seems quite probsSle that three floors 

 of the big Grand Central Palace may 

 have to be utilized for the exhibition 

 instead of the two, as heretofore. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



formed club. After the meeting there 

 was a fine spread of many good things. 

 Those who joined the club were: 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



Last week business was satisfactory, 

 but it would have been better if all 

 outdoor stock had been dead. Killing 

 frosts are late in arriving this year. 

 There still are many dahlias, cosmos, 

 etc., to be had. Boses and carnations 

 are improving in quality each week. 

 Mums are good and plentiful. 



The Birth of the Florists' Club. 



The call meeting of October 27, held 

 for the purpose of organizing a florists' 

 club, was attended by nearly all the 

 florists of Evansville. The meeting 

 was held at the greenhouses of Nied- 

 nagel & Sons, and was a big success in 

 every way. 



After an inspection of the Niednagel 

 stock by electric light, there being 

 electric bulbs in every house, the meet- 

 ing was called to order by Emil Nied- 

 nagel. He gave a stirring talk, which 

 was followed by short talks by every- 

 one present. Each speaker thought 

 that a club would be a good thing, 

 socially and educationally. Th6 elec- 

 tion of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, "William Halbrooks; vice- 



E resident, Karl Zeidler; secretary, E. 

 I. Fenton; treasurer, Emil Niednagel. 

 Emil Niednagel, Carl Elspermann 

 and John Tait were appointed a com- 

 mittee by the president to draw the 

 rules and regulations of the newly 



Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Els- 

 permann, 

 Miss Mary Elspermann, 

 Carl Elspermann, 

 Tbeo. Elspermann, 

 John Talt, 

 Henry Seymour, 

 H. O. Halbrooks, 

 Miss Pauline Frltseb, 

 Louis Fritsch, 

 Ludwig Wels. 



William Halbrooks, 

 C. L. Niednagel, 

 Julius Niednagel, 

 Emil Niednagel, 

 Waldemar Niednagel, 

 Edgar L. Fenton, 

 Oliver Marker, 

 FVed A. Chapman, ' 

 Tbeo. D. Kuebler, 

 Arthur A. Kuebler. 



, Various Notes. , 



The William Blackman Floral Co. is 

 cutting first-class roses, carnations, 

 mums, snapdragons and lilies. This 

 company pays special attention to its 

 window displays. Frank Woelz, rose 

 grower, has severed his connection with 

 this concern. John Tait now has charge 

 of the roses and carnations. The stock 

 is in splendid condition. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons are receiving 

 a large number of decorative orders. 

 Large loads of decorative plants are 

 often seen on the way to some decora- 

 tion. They are having nice cuts of 

 roses and carnations. 



J. C. Elspermann and his force have 

 been on the jump filling orders for 

 decorations. His mums are good and 

 the carnations are in excellent shape. 

 Last week Mr. Elspermann received 

 his shipment of azaleas. 



Karl Zeidler is cutting a large num- 

 ber of mums, for which the demand is 

 heavy. In a week or two Mr. Zeidler 

 will again visit Mississippi as chief 

 guide of a hunting party which makes 

 the trip every year. 



Louis Fritsch says that business is 

 increasing. He anticipates a big sea- 

 son in all lines. 



Miss Nellie Goodge is cutting high- 

 grfide mums. She is recovering from 

 severe bruises sustained in a bad fall 

 some time ago. 



Mrs. A. J. Wallace has been shipping 

 smilaz to George Angermueller, of St. 

 Louis. 



Henry Seymour is well satisfied with 

 present business conditions and looks 

 for a steady increase in sales as soon 

 as killing frosts arrive. 



Boyston & Fenton are cutting good 

 roses and mums. The demand for 

 them is excellent. They have a special 

 lot of coleus and geranium cuttings for 

 the wholesale trade. 



Theodore Kuebler is bringing in a 

 la'ge quantity of mums. He looks for 

 a big demand for cut stock this season. 

 • E. L. F. 



DETSOIT. 



The Market. 



The market has loosened up consid- 

 erably since last week's report. Moms 

 are arriving in much larger quantities 

 and this has eased up on other stock. 

 The demand for yellow mums has been 

 heavier than the supply, this being due 

 to the many yellow blooms used for the 

 games at Ann Arbor and their popa> 

 larity for all purposes. A large wed- 

 ding October 30 cleaned up every yel- 

 low bloom on the market. 



Boses are of fine quality and selling 

 readily, among the best sellers being 

 varieties in salmon and yellow shades. 

 Ophelia is popular with the flower buy- 

 ers and promises to be one of the 

 leaders this season. Carnations are 

 about the same as last reported. The 

 weather has been rather mild and car- 

 nations are nothing extra so far. 



Southern smilax and prepared oak 

 were used in immense quantities last 

 week for decorating. 



Various Notes. 



Breitmeyer's had the decorations for 

 the Dodge-Gray wedding October 30. 

 It was a church affair and one of the 

 season's most talked-of functions. The 

 whole decorative scheme was carried 

 out in autumn colors, even to the dresses 

 of the bridal party. Yellow mums were 

 used in immense quantities. The back- 

 ground was a mass of cibotiums, autnmn 

 foliage and mums. Wreaths of bitter- 

 sweet were carried by the bridesmaids. 



In the beginning automobiles were 

 sold in any place that afforded a win- 

 dow on the main street. Then came 

 the specially built showrooms, and now 

 no salesroom, in this city at least, is 

 complete unless there are numerous 

 palms, ferns, etc., to complete the in- 

 terior decorations, with Bostons in 

 nicely painted boxes. Recently there 

 have been several openings of new , 

 salesrooms and in every instance flo- 

 rists received large orders for baskets 

 of flowers and plants. To the Bemb 

 Floral Co. should be given credit for 

 the extensive use of flowers, plants and 

 other decorative material/ as no effort 

 has been spared to get in a wedge 

 wherever possible. H, S. 



OAUOHT BY KUEHN. 



The other day Oscar Kuehn, the well 

 known St. Louis florist-photographer, 

 poked the nose of his camera into the 

 new office of the Windier Wholesale 

 Floral Co., in his town. Then he 

 pressed the button. It remained for 

 The Beview to do the rest. The picture 

 shows Frank Windier in the foreground, 

 looking over the mail, and Frederick 

 Back, the young stenographer, taking 

 dictation from Vice-president Qumz. 



J. J. B. 



What OKsr Kuehn Caught with His Camera at Wlndler% St. Louli. 



Salem, O. — Announcement has been 

 made by William Mundy that he has 

 sold his greenhouses, two dwellings, 

 business and property to Harry E. 

 Cooper, of West Grove, Pa., who will 

 move to his new home about Novem- 

 ber 15. Mr. Cooper will conduct the 

 business, specializing in vegetables. 



