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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



August 24, 1905. 



"Wm. Ddeer. President Detroit Florists' Qub. 



and play grounds, and every convenience 

 for the comfort and health of all whose 

 lives are so interwoven with his own. His 

 is a responsibility that may well give 

 cause for serious thought, but if he be 

 ideal, with clean life and clear conscience, 

 as the fountains of his ambition and ac- 

 complishments, who can estimate the 

 glory of his achievements and the value 

 of such a life to humanity? 



number of the delegates by the Garden- 

 ers ' Club of Baltimore, has this to say of 

 the wonderful progress that has been 

 made in floriculture: 



* ' Though commercial floriculture in the 

 United States is nearly a century old, 

 yet its development was very slow until 

 the latter years of the nineteenth century. 



In 1825 there was scarcely any capital 

 invested in greenhouses and gardens, ex- 

 cept for the pleasure of the owners; in 

 1900 there were about 9,000 commercial 

 florists' establishments, having an aver- 

 age of 2,500 square feet of glass each, or 

 a total of 22,500,000 square feet. The 

 estimated value of these establishments 

 was 50 cents a square foot, or a total 

 of $11,250,000. The value of the output 

 was about $22,500,000. The retail value 

 of cut flowers was estimated at $12,500,- 

 000, apportioned as follows: Boses, $6,- 

 000,000; carnations,, $4,000,000; violets, 

 $750,000; chrysanthemums, $500,000; lil- 

 ies and miscellaneous flowers, $1,250,000. 

 The retail value of plants sold was $10,- 

 000,000. These large figures are for five 

 years ago, and a fair estimate of the 

 valuation of the commercial fioral output 

 for the curernt year would be not less 

 than $30,000,000. 



* ' Not only have American florists 

 made their business successful and profit- 

 able, but they have encouraged a more 

 widespread love for flowers among all 

 classes of people. They have shown what 

 possibilities exist for original work in 

 this great field for the development of 

 new varieties and for the enhancement of 

 the beauty of the old. By frequent exhi- 

 bitions given in all the larger American 

 cities they have shown not only what 

 they have done, but what others can do, 

 by the exercise of the same intelligent 

 skill and patient care. The country owes 

 to these men no small debt, for through 

 their business they have been able to add 

 to the beauty of nature 's products and to 

 bring the people to a better appreciation 

 of that beauty." 



Kinsman, Ohio.— Albert Mathews is 

 making extensive additions to his green 

 houses. 



Carthage, Mo. — Stephen Hyde, Jr., is 

 adding two houses each 34x200 feet to 

 his present plant, and also is putting in 

 another boiler. Four of the houses will 

 be planted to lettuce for the St. Louis 

 and Kansas City markets. 



bETROIT. 



Wm. Dilger, president-elect of the De- 

 troit Florists' Club, was born in San- 

 dusky, O., of German parentage. His 

 father and mother dying when he was 

 very young, he was adopted by a French 

 uncle who had large interests in floricul- 

 ture and vineyards. He was then twelve 

 years of age and at the age of sixteen 

 served one year at Parsons Sons Co., 

 Flushing, and one year at Waltz's, Cum- 

 minsville, now Cincinnati. In the fall 

 of 1876 he began business in Indian- ! 

 apolis, only to burn out in two months 

 with no insurance. In 1878 he returned 

 to Sandusky, where he built five green- 

 houses and added landscape work, which 

 he followed for seventeen years. He 

 then went to Detroit to build, or finish, 

 the palm and orchid houses of Jos. 

 Berry, of Grosse Pointe. In 1901 he was 

 engaged as manager of the Michigan 

 Cut Flower Exchange by Mr, Breit- 

 meyer. Mr. Dilger is a regular attend- 

 ant of the club and takes a great inter- 

 est in its success. Rag. 



WONDERFUL GROWTH. 



The Baltimore American, speaking of 

 the meeting of the S. A. F. in Washing- 

 ton and the entertainment of a large 



Nephrolepis Scottii, Shown at Washins^on by John Scott, Brooklyn. 

 (O'Quiun & Co. '8 new ABpara^us In the foreground; A. N. Plerson's exhibit In the rear.) 



