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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



September 28, 1003. 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Qub Meetrns. 



Our last club meeting, on September 

 20, was a ' ' corker. ' ' After the regular 

 business had been attended to our presi- 

 dent, George Bayer, read a letter from 

 Mr. Sullivan, of the Detroit Club, send- 

 ing congratulations and then Gladiolus 

 Cushman, of Sylvania, our vice-presi- 

 dent, gave us an informal talk on dah- 

 lias. Mr. Cushman brought a lot of cut 

 flowers to illustrate his address, includ- 

 ing single, pompon, cactus and show 

 dahlias. A vase of his Sylvia was a 

 sight worth looking at. Among others 

 a lot of Countess of Lonsdale found 

 many admirers. In fact, there was not 

 a flower in the entire lot but would 

 satisfy anybody. Mr. Cushman is a 

 Tery interesting speaker and I know of 

 ■one man who lit his cigar four times 

 -during the hour and a half Mr. Cushman 

 ■spoke and then had quite a cigar left. 

 >Qu«stions were answered by Mr. Cush- 

 man at the conclusion of his speech. 

 Ceorge Bayer brought down a few asters 

 with 30-inch stems that found a great 

 many admirers. 



Nearly all the members were present 

 but T. Magee, of Scottwood, who had to 

 hustle to get a big wedding decoration 



also hustling along a new 100-foot 

 house. 



E. Kuhnke started last week on a 

 house 22x100, Moninger material, with 

 side ventilation with pipe posts set in 

 concrete and 18-inch glass, like those he 

 has in all the older houses. He expects 

 to finish up in about two weeks. 



Crane Bros., lettuce growers, have 

 only added one house 42x150 feet this 

 season to their seven acres of glass. 



G. W. Haebich, florist in charge at the 

 Insane Asylum, has everything in good 

 shape, but has been troubled very much 

 with cut worms and grub worms in the 

 flower beds. A. Davis, the landscape 

 man, had the same trouble. The lawn 

 would die off in small spots and in tak- 

 ing up a handful of the dried grass one 

 would uncover perhaps a half dozen fat 

 grubs. The asylum is worth a visit from 

 anybody.' It is built in the shape of a 

 village, with each of the cottages con- 

 taining about forty inmates. There are 

 about eighty acres of lawns, ponds and 

 flower beds, all kept in tip-top shape. 

 The mild insane inmates do all the work 

 at the institution under the supervision 

 of experienced men. E. A. K. 



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A WISCONSIN EXHIBIT. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the exhibit of J. Sylvester, Oconto, Wis., 

 at the county fair held September 5 to 

 9. He had one of the most attractive 

 displays at the fair. The four plants 

 in the front of the exhibit are Adian- 

 tum Croweanum, which he says grows 

 finely in a house of mixed plants. He 

 says he had poor success with adiantums 

 until this one was tried. 



BOUVAEDIAS. 



A short time previous to lifting bou- 

 vardias a spade should be put round 

 the plants to cut the roots, and thus 

 minimize the check the plants will re- 

 ceive when they are lifted. It is not 

 advisable to leave them out after this 

 date, without they have been planted 

 out in a box frame. If they are very 

 large, a neat stake to which to secure a 

 few of the shoots and keep the plant 

 in position will be necessary. They 

 may be returned to the frame in which 

 they have been growing, or be put in 

 another pit. Shade from the sun. Sy- 

 ringe nightly, and give but little air for 

 a few days, especially if strong winds 

 prevail. Others that have been grow- 

 ing in pots, which is far the best 

 method, may be taken under glass; and, 

 if early bloom is required, they may at 

 once be given a warmer temperature, 

 and supplied with liquid manure. For 

 small vases and for button-holes these 

 are very useful;— Gardeners ' Magazine. 



Lincoln, Neb.— Chapin Bros, lost 

 about 5,000 lights of glass by hail on 

 September 15. The hail belt was not 

 over 200 yards wide and the storm was 

 of very brief duration, but. it hit them 

 hard. 



New York. — Whenever the price of 

 American window glass reaches a cer- 

 tain figure there is at once an increase 

 in the importations of Belgian window 

 glass. The last boat from Antwerp had 

 on board 146,538 boxes of window glass, 

 and as the window glass industry there is 

 only beginning to recover from the de- 

 pression of recent years, it may be said 

 that all the requirements of American 

 greenhouse owners can be met at reason- 

 able prices next spring, if not by the 

 American manufacturers, then by the 

 jobbers in Belgian glass. 



done in time. But the club will get 

 even with him, as he is elected to give 

 a lecture in the near future on how to 

 raise greenhouse cats. 



Various Notes. 



J. H. Siegrist is beginning to feel a 

 little easier on that lame foot, which he 

 got by being thrown from his wagon 

 about six weeks ago, and he comes to 

 every meeting anyway. 



John Gratopp put in a gasoline engine 

 to pump water in case the mill gives 

 trouble. He is starting to cut a great 

 many carnations of good quality, but as 

 yet with short stems. 



John Barrow has finished two new 

 houses eighty feet long for carnations. 

 In company with Mrs. Barrow, he made 

 a trip to New York last week on some 

 Odd Fellow "doings." 



Krueger Bros, have finished their new 

 houses and are ready for the winter. 



Armin Suder is putting in another 

 eighty-five horse-power steam boiler and 



Exhibit of J. Sylvester, Oconto, Wis., at G>unty Fair, September 5 to 9. 



