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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 17, 1904. 



HORTICULTURAL COUNCIL. 



Pursuant to a call sent out by (Jhief 

 1\ W. Taylor, of the Department of Hor- 

 ticulture, some thirty gentlemen n?.et at 

 that gentleman's office at the St. Louis 

 World 's Fair on Thursday afternoon, No- 

 vember 10, for the purpose of consider- 

 ing what may be done for the advance- 

 ment of horticulture, employing that term 

 in its most comprehensive meaning. The 

 meeting was opened by Chief Taylor with 

 a statement of the need of an organiza- 

 tion which should be recognized as h.'iving 

 authority to speak . for all branches of 

 horticulture and which should be so alive 

 to the interests of horticulture that it 

 would come forward whenever any of 

 those interests could be furthered. He 

 outlined what good organization anrl en- 

 ergetic action had done for other indus- 

 tries at the World's Fair and expressed 

 the opinion that, had horticulture spoken 

 in time, equal results might have been 

 accomplished. He pointed to the success 

 of the World 's Fair Flower Show and the 

 presence of representative men engaged 

 in many branches of horticulture as mak- 

 ing the time propitious for action. He 

 spoke of the many separate societies and 

 the tendency to division, each to care for 

 the needs in its own particular field, as 

 inadequate to the needs on great occa- 

 sione and urged, unification. He intro- 

 duced Prof. Wm. Trelease, of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, to preside. Prof, 

 li. R. Taft was appointed secretary. 



Prof. Trelease said that he was in full 

 sympathy with the project on foot but 

 would confine his efforts to drawing the 

 thoughts of others rather than expres- 

 sing his own. Papers had been received 

 from several gentlemen, setting forth 

 their ideas of the direction in which lie 

 the interests of horticulture. Those of 

 Luther Burbank, Wm. Falconer, Wilhelm 

 Miller and G. C. Watson were read. These 

 led up to the question of ways and means, 

 the discussion being participated in by F. 

 B. Pierson, H. C. Irish, J. C. Vaughan, 

 H. G. Selfridge, Philip Breitmeyer and 

 others. On motion the chairman was in- 

 structed to appoint a committee of seven 

 with power to prepare a plan for the or- 

 ganization of a National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture and call a meeting for perma- 

 nent organization to which all horticul- 

 tural bodies shall be invited to send dele- 

 gates. The committee will be announced 

 after the acceptances of the appointees 

 have been received. 



A few minutes after the adjournment 

 of the St. Louis meeting a paper was re- 

 ceived from Prof. C. S. Sargent, of Arn- 

 old Arboretum, setting forth his thoughts 

 on the subject of national horticulture. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The market conditions have perceptibly 

 improved, with prospects of further im- 

 provement before the week ends. The 

 mid-season varieties of chrysanthemums 

 are practically over and from now on 

 there is certain to be a good demand for 

 all nice blooms. The foot ball games last 

 Saturday caused a lively rush for yellow 

 chrysanthemums, violets and red roses. 

 Our Dear Friend proved a winner on this 

 occasion. The wintry weather with which 

 the week opened curtailed the production 

 of roses and carnations. Prices are firm- 

 er, but there is little probability of an 

 advance before next week, except per- 

 haps on fancy stock. 



Bowling. 



A match of five games was played at 

 the terminal alleys last week between 

 three-men teams representing Samuel S. 

 Pcnnock, and J. J. Habermehl's Sons. 

 The former team consisted of 0. J. Wat- 

 son, E. G. Sheigley and Charles Gray, the 

 latter of John Wilson, James Haley and 

 John Nesbit. The wholesale team was 

 victorious, winning four games out of 

 five. A return match is planned for 

 Thursday of this week, to be played on 

 alleys up-town. 



Germantown Horticultural Society. 



The November meeting of the Ger- 

 mantown Horticultural Society was fairly 

 well attended and proved very interest- 

 ing. Robert Kift read an interesting 

 paper on "Horticultural Societies and 

 Their Mission" which was heartily ap- 

 plauded. S. M. Meehan gave a talk on 

 "Hazelnut Culture" which brought out 

 a debate. A general discussion followed. 

 There was a very pretty exhibition of 

 chrysanthemums. In the regular classes 

 John F. Gibson took the blue ribbons and 

 Albert Woltemate in red. 



Various Notes. 



M. Rice & Co. have just purchased a 

 property at 1220 Race street, where they 

 will erect a modern fireproof six-story 

 building f6r their florists' supply busi- 

 ness. The building will contain nearly 

 12,000 square feet of space and is ex- 

 pected to be ready by July 1, 1905. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons expect to open 

 their new store in the Bellevue-Stratford 

 as the Review goes to press this week. 



Joseph G. Champion, of New Haven, 

 was in town a few days ago looking up 

 violets for the Yale-Harvard foot ball 

 game this Saturday. 



Charles E, Smith, of York, Pa., was 

 a visitor at the show last week. 



Wm- J. Muth, of the Cut Flower Co., 

 noticed that business improved on the 

 day after election. This improvement 

 has continued since. 



J. A. Smith, of the H. F. Miehell Co., 

 reports that their spiraea and valley ar- 

 rived in good shape. Philip Freud' was 

 much complimented on his arrangement 

 of the mushroom exhibit of the Henry F. 

 Miehell Co. at the show. The mirrors at 

 each side made the bed appear like an 

 unending field. 



Paul Bender, who was assisting Secre- 

 tary Rust last week, started work on 

 Monday for D. E. Gorman, of Williams- 

 port, Pa., as foreman. 



Harry Weiss has resumed charge of his 

 brother's rose-growing plant at Hatboro. 



James Heacock staged his father's 

 blue ribbon vase of American Beauties 

 at the show. 



S. S. Pennock is the fortunate aistrib- 

 utor of the fancy Liberties ^own by 

 Edward Towill. 



The William H. Moon Co. 's group of 

 conifers was much admired at the show. 



J. Wm. Colflesh, who was one of the 

 judges on plants at the show, ig expected 

 to address the December meeting of the 

 Florists' Club on "Blooming Plants for 

 the Holidays." 



William E. Fowler, of Silverside, Del., 

 was an interested spectator at the Bride 

 and Maid table at the show. 



William Swayne, of Kennett, predicts 

 a bright future for Ward's new carna- 

 tion, Robert Craig. 



The Chester Hill Horticultural Society 

 held its fall show on Tuesday and 

 Wednesday in the society's hall. 



Berger Bros, are getting some fine val- 

 ley. 



William J. Baker is getting Romans 

 and Paper WMtes. 



In the note ' * There is Room at the 

 Top" last week the words, Harry Fenn^ 

 crimson, were omitted. It is this variety 

 that is considered by Mr. Stroud as his 

 most prolific sort. 



The Hightstown violet grower is Tracy 

 H. Norton, not Percy Norton, as printed 

 last week. The quotation he made should 

 be: The warm weather is responsible for 

 the warm weatjier. Phil. 



KANSAS QTY. 



Various Jottings. 



Trade has been fine the past week, a 

 few weddings, plenty of dinners, card 

 parties and receptions. Mums are the 

 ruling flower just now, with a good de- 

 mand. Prices are fair, ranging from 

 $1.50 to $4 per dozen, poor demand for 

 carnations and roses. 



One of the features of the week was 

 the opening reception of the Progress 

 Club. The decorations were mums, palms 

 and southern smilax furnished and ar- 

 ranged by the W. H. Humfeld Floral 

 Co. 



A. F. Barbe has added quite an im- 

 provement to his range near Elmwood 

 cemetery, with a flne office and green- 

 house. He is up-to-date in everythii.r 



Several new stores have been opened 

 in Kansas City in the past few weeks, 

 but as yet they do not seem to have any 

 effect with the growers. 



W. H. Humfeld has just completed 

 two carnation houses and one for coleus 

 on his home place at Tenth and High- 

 land. 



Arthur Thornhill is contemplating 

 moving his greenhouses from Rusedale 

 to Westport. 



One thing I would like to see and 

 that is all the florists in Kansas City 

 better friends with one another. Boys, 

 we of the busiest and best city in the 

 west can't afford to lock horns. Let 

 us revive our club and get into the S. 

 A. F. 



Ed Ellsworth, manager for Kellogg, 

 on Grand avenue, reports a good trade. 

 He is a hustler and is stocking his 

 store with everything pertaining to the 

 profession, up-to-date in every particu- 

 lar. 



W. L. Rock, of our city, took first 

 prize at the Fair on table decorations. 



Nelson Jarrett, out on the rock road, 

 stays close to home these cold nights, 

 but in spring when the birds begin to 

 sing Nelson will emerge and then the 

 market will boom. 



Will Bridgeland, foreman for R. S. 

 Brown, claims he has the finest lOatons 

 in the state and reports good business 

 in all lines. 



A. Blankenfeld, whose place is in 

 Westport, is busy stowing away cannas, 

 of which he makes a specialty. \n ad- 

 dition he is going into the chicken biisi 

 ness and is raising Black Leghorns for 

 the retail market. Narcissus. 



Winona, Minn. — The Winona FJoral 

 Co. hired a hall and gave a flower show 

 November 10 to 12. They charged a 

 small admission fee and did right well. 

 These young men are hustlers. 



Pittsburg, Pa. — Among the parties 

 exhibiting mums at the last club meet- 

 ing were the Valley Greenhouse Co. They 

 are located at Sewickley and have beei> 

 turning out very good stock all fall. 



The Review is all right, the best 

 paper. — C. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn. 



