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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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' How much ? ' says de guy. ' Eight cents, ' 

 says Bill, 'just w'at (ley cost me.' 'All 

 right, ' says de guy ; * charge 'em to me. ' 

 'All right,' f^ays Bill, as he wraps up his 

 bundles an' hikes fer a rattler. 



* * Dis wuz about ten in de morn in ' w 'en 

 dis happens. Bill gets home wit his stuff 

 an ' starts in fillin ' his orders, workin ' 

 his head off to make up de time lost wit 

 de guy an' his red canacks. About four 

 bells in de afternoon in comes a guy wit 

 a bundle and lays it down on de counter. 

 'Wat's dis?' says Bill. '0! Doso is de 



twent '-five red canacks ctat got f rum 



yer dis mornin ' ; he said he would get 

 along wit w 'at he had. ' 



' ' Now, wouldn 't dat freeze yer 

 pipes?" MuGSY. 



ALOIS P. FREY. 



The head gardener at Lincoln park, 

 Chicago, is Alois P. Frey, one of the 

 youngest men holding so responsible a 

 position in this country and probably 

 younger than any man in Europe at the 

 head of gardening affairs of so great 

 magnitude. Mr. Frey was born in 

 Switzerland in 1875. His father was in 

 the commercial line, doing all kincis of 

 landscape work as well as growing pot 

 plants and conducting a seed business. 

 The son left home when 16 years of age, 

 spending several years in completing his 

 horticultural education at such widely 

 known establishments as those of Wil- 

 helm Pfitzer, at Stuttgart, Germany; 

 Schmidt, at Lyon, France, and Edmund 

 Rochford, Cheshunt, England. He went 

 home for a visit in 1896 and the follow- 

 ing year came to America, finding his 

 first employment on a private place at 

 Portchester, N. i., where the head gard- 

 ener was G. X. Amrhyn, now superin- 

 tendent of parks at New Haven, Conn. 

 Mr. Frey soon went to spend four years 

 in the department of floriculture of the 

 parks superintended by Theodore Wirth 

 at Hartford, Conn. 



Having an ambition to go into busi- 

 ness for himself, Mr. Frey engaged capi- 

 tal to build the Hueblein Conservatories 

 at Hartford. The place cost $20,000 and 

 was one of the prettiest florist estab- 

 lishments in the country. But it was 

 foredoomed to failure. For some reason 

 never satisfactorily explained plant life 

 could not exist in the beautiful conserva- 

 tories and, after much experimenting to 

 polve the riddle, the place had to be 

 abandoned. It is now a laundry. 



Mr. Frey came to Chicago in July, 

 1903, at the request of R. H. Warder, 

 the new superintendent of Lincoln i)ark, 

 who was familiar with the young man 's 

 work at Hartford. Mr. Frey was con- 

 sidering an ofter to liecome the American 

 representative of Vilmorin-Andrieux et 

 Cie., the Paris seedsmen, when he re- 

 ceived Mr. Warder's offer to become as- 

 sistant head gardener. He became iiea<l 

 gardener on the retirement of C. J. 

 Stronibach in August of tills year. 



Mr. Frey is a member of tlie S. A. F., 

 the American Carnation Society and the 

 Chicago Florists' "Club and has a deep 

 interest in all that pertains to the trade. 



Alois P. Frey, Head Gardener at Lincoln Park, Chicago. 



BOSTON CLUB MEETING. 



The meeting of the Boston Oardonrrs' 

 and Florists' Club on December 20 was 

 undoubtedly the best the club has yet 

 held. About sixty, members were present 

 and but for the near approach of Christ- 

 mas the number would have been larger. 

 The exhibits were numerous and of ex- 

 ceptionally high quality and the meeting 



would seem to presage an era of greater 

 prosperity and added usefulness to the 

 club. 



President Pettigrew read a communica- 

 tion from the American Vilmorin memo- 

 rial committee and asked for contribu- 

 tions in small sums from any of the 

 memlwrs. A large number gave their 

 quota. Ten new members were elected. 

 J. W. Duncan gave a report on the field 

 day at Franiingham on Df cembi r 17. It 

 was voted to award certificates to merito- 

 rious exiiibits, commencing with tiie j)res- 

 ent meeting. W. \. Craig stated that 

 Mr. Hartshorne had forwarded Fiancee 

 and Cardinal carnations for the meeting, 

 but unfortunately they ha<l not arrived in 

 time. The ))resident having introduced 

 David Lumsden. tliat gentleman gave iiis 

 excellent essay on ferns, wliich was list- 

 ened to with close attention. In the dis- 

 cussion following tlie reading, Kenneth 

 Finlayson, Robert Cameron and others 

 took part. A vote of thanks to the es- 

 sayist was carried amid apjdause. 



The president ai>pointed the following 

 conimittfe to judge the exhibits: .Tames 

 Wheeler. Alexander Montgomery, Peter 

 Fisher, Robert Cameron and W. X. Craig. 

 The exhibits included tho following: 



(^arnation Winsor. a seedling from 

 Lawson, warin flesh color, from Peti r 

 Murray. Fairhaven. M:iss.. awarded hon- 

 orable mention. 



S. .T.tJoddard «ent a vase of his seeil- 

 ling. Helen (Joddard. previouf^lv rt ferred 

 to in the Review. It received a certifi- 

 cate of merit. His seedling No. 19. a 

 cross between Clarion Buxton and Helen 

 Goddard. received honorable mention. 

 Tiiis took the eyes of the members. It 

 is of a salmon nink shade, fine form, 

 stiff stem, and will be heard from again. 



Peter Fisher received a certificate of 

 merit for his seedling white. No. 411. a 



cut of which appeared in the Review for 

 November 10. This is a fine, full, pure 

 white flower, more double than Wolcott. 

 He also received honorable mention for 

 seedling No. 173, a shade deeper in color 

 than Enchantress. Mr. Fisher also 

 showed Nelson Fisher and other varie- 

 ties. 



M. A. Patten received a certificate of 

 nu'iit for The .Mikado, very similar to 

 Prosperity, but said by Mr. Patten to be 

 fiv? times as prolific. Other interesting 

 seedlings came from the same exhibitor, 

 inehiilinfT Tammany Hall, named on ac- 

 count of its resemblance to a tiger, also 

 vases of Pink Patten and .1. H. Manley. 



Rockland Greenhouses and H. A. Stev- 

 en.s Co. each scored a certlcate of 

 merit for Variegated Lawson. That 

 from the latter exhibitor is much heavier 

 strined and quite distinct from Mr. Ar- 

 nold's snort. Stevens Co. showed a dish 

 of ^Miind mushrooms grown from pure 

 culture spawn, very solid and of extra 

 size. They were awarded a cultural 

 certificate. 



William Nicholson, in addition to some 

 fine carnations. showe<l a vase of splendid 

 mignonette of the Dailledouze strain, 

 which received honorable mention. 



Bobert Cameron had a large vase of 

 lu'autiful si)rays of Euphorbia .lacqui- 

 nia-tlora grown from .Tuly cuttings, kept 

 in pots outdoors until Septeml:)er and 

 tii( 11 grown in a rose house. 



.fames Wheeler had a fine lot of poin- 

 settias, both in pots ami cut. He stated 

 that for food he uses a 6-inch pot each 

 of bone dust and soot, mixed, in fifty 

 gallons of water, which toned up the 

 plants finely. 



AlexRnder Ogg had a beautiful speci- 

 men of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, which 

 m< rited the cultural certificate awarded. 



W. \. Craig showed La-lia anceps and 



