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-The Weekly Florists' Review* 



155 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOBISTS. 



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Prize Eiaayt. 



PreBident W. F. Hasting offers three 

 prizes, $20, $15 and $10, for first, 

 second and third best essays on "The 

 Beet Method of Marketing the Product 

 of the Wholesale Plant and Flower 

 Growers." The competition is open to, 

 all and essays must not exceed 1,500 

 words each. Those wishing to compete 

 are requested to send their completed 

 manuscript to the secretary not later 

 than July 15. The manuscript should be 

 unsigned, but the full address of the 

 writer should in all cases accompany 

 same. The awards will be made by a 

 competent committee and the names 

 withheld until after a decision has been 

 reached. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



CINONNATL 



The Market 



Since the rush of Decoration day, 

 trade has been quiet; still it could be 

 much worse and there is little cause to 

 complain. The regular crop of June 

 weddings and commencements is begin- 

 ning, with a corresponding increase in 

 demand. The coming week wiU be the 

 banner week of the month, and business 

 will be fine, without a doubt. Already 

 there havo been enough orders booked to 

 make this an assured fact. With this 

 prospect in view the entire craft is in 

 good humor. 



The supply of roses has been fair and 

 the quality, if anything, is somewhat 

 better, owing to cooler weather. Beauties 

 are arriving in much larger quantities 

 and there is a good demand for them. 

 Carnations are slacking up a little and 

 there are none too many on the market. 

 The price holds up well and may go 

 higher with the increased demand. Sweet 

 peas soil fairly. Other items of stock 

 are selling out well. 



Various Notes. 



The local investigating committee took 

 out subpoenas for Julius Baer, E. G. 

 Gillett, Joseph Glins, C. J. Jones, David 

 Knott and William Turner. They were 

 before the grand jury May 31 to tell 

 what they know of municipal affairs. 



The annual election of the Florists' 

 Society will be held in the club rooms 

 Saturday, June 9. It is expected that 

 this will be an unusually large meeting, 

 owing to the many subjects of special in- 

 terest that will be brought up. 



W. K. Partridge has purchased fifty 

 acres of land adjoining his present 

 place. He will use this farm to obtain 

 soil for his benches. 



Mr. Trinz, of Lubliner & Trinz, Chi- 

 cago, was a caller, as was Mrs. Wm. 

 Dittmann, of New Castle, Ind. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, 



The weather conditions for May were 

 of extremes, cold the fore part of the 

 month, we were treated to July heat 

 for about ten days, having a very de- 

 moralizing effect on roses; the carna- 

 tions stood it better. A rainy week 

 helped produce a bad dose of mildew. 



Flowers were scarce for Memorial day 

 particularly with those who have a ship- 

 ping trade, and of shipping orders not 

 more than forty per cent were filled. 

 All plants in bloom sold well, nothing 

 salable in bedding stock being left. All 



are rushed with the work of getting bed- 

 ding done. The quantity of hanging 

 baskets and window or porch boxes used 

 is considerable, as they are all the rage. 



Salvias are extensively used and are 

 becoming more popular each year, 3-inch 

 pots bring 75 cents per dozen; 4-inch $1. 

 They are easily grown and more profit- 

 able than geraniums. 



The weather has been ideal for carna- 

 tion planting, a -rain having occurred 

 just about when needed. G. F. C. 



DETROIT. 



TIm Market 



Good business and the scarcity of stock 

 have kept every one on the jump the last 

 few days. A number of commencement 

 exercises, receptions and confirmations 

 have livened business considerably. The 

 scarcity of wedding decorations, or at 

 least inquiries in regards to prices, has 

 been very noticeable. 



While roses have been quite plentiful, 

 carnations have been unusually scarce, 

 but the shipments are larger today, so 

 it is hoped that the .ghortage was only of 

 a few days' duratioit Sweet peas are 

 plentiful but the demand is equal to the 



I intend to do some heavier 

 advertising next season^ for I find 

 it pays. 



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has given better results than any 

 other advertising I have done. 



J. W. DUNFORD. 



Clayton, Mo. 

 June 3, 1906. 



supply, except for pink, which are com- 

 mencing to pile up. Peonies are just 

 appearing. 



Various Notes. 



Taepke is cutting from 2,000 to 3,000 

 carnations daily at the new range of 

 glass. This has gone a long way toward 

 eliminating the scarcity of this popular 

 flower in this market. 



Breitmeyers have been exceedingly busy 

 with several wedding decorations. A 

 large stock of outdoor stuff from their 

 place at Mount Clemens adds consider- 

 able variety to their sales. 



Charles Warncke is suffering from an 

 attack of rheumatism. 



The last three weeks have been very 

 busy ones for B. Schroeter and his staff. 

 Being located near Elmwood cemetery 

 for over thirty years, he does most of 

 the bedding, besides having numerous 

 jobs about town and in the suburbs. 



The Bemb Floral Co. makes a spe- 

 cialty of Japanese decorating. Cork 

 bark is also used extensively by this en- 

 terprising firm, one of their best selling 



novelties being ferneries and plant-boxes 

 covered by this useful materiaL 



Confirmation wreaths excited consid- 

 erable interest among many of the re- 

 tailers, everything available, from bridal 

 wreath to valley, being used. Customers 

 in 1907 will &id the price of these 

 wreaths advanced considerably, as the 

 florists have come to the conclusion that 

 there is no money in them under $2, 

 while one containing three dozen valley 

 should bring $3 at least. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, 

 reports a very good month. Mr. Dilger 

 being busy in the parks, has thrown the 

 detail of this concern on Eobert 

 Rahaley's shoulders. He has shown him- 

 self more than capable. 



The Detroit Cut Flower Supply House 

 also reports a very good month. This 

 concern is handling some very fine roses 

 from Pierce, at Pontiac. 



Bernard Koeberle, for many years 

 with B, Schroeter, has accepted a posi- 

 tion at Breitmeyers'. 



Wm. Hielscher's wire works is adding! 

 to its list of employees. Besides doing 

 all the floral design work for Detroit 

 and vicinity, they do lots of special 

 work. 



Visitors: Martin Eeukauf, Philadel- 

 phia; Arnold Bingier, Chicago; James 

 F. Smith, Philadelphia; Mr. Mellstrom, 

 with Sander & Son, of England. 



H. S. 



WORMS IN SOIL. 



Will you please tell us what to do 

 to be rid of the little worm that eats 

 our radishes, cabbages and cauliflower? 

 It is so bad we cannot raise any early 

 crop. The ground is full of them. What 

 is the cause and remedy? J. D. 



The trouble you describe is a very 

 common one; in fact, very few Old gar- 

 dens, or soils that have been used for 

 garden purposes, are free from it, espe- 

 cially if it has been receiving liberal 

 dressings of barnyard manure, as this 

 material seems to attract the flies which 

 deposit eggs in it; and also seems to 

 be an ideal hatchery for the young 

 larvae. In soils of a light, sandy nature 

 or in soils that have been lying in grass 

 for several years, they seldom prove 

 troublesome. 



A liberal dressing of air-slaked lime 

 in the spring, in place of manure, will 

 be found advantageous, but in the mean- 

 time to help stop the immediate ravages 

 of the insects, give the plants, soon after 

 they are up, a good watering with Ume 

 water. This may be prepared by soak- 

 ing over night about a peck of hot lime 

 in a barrel of water, draining off and 

 usine..the clear water next day. This 

 should be applied about twice a week, 



A solution of nitrate of soda at the 

 rate of two ounces to ten quarts of 

 water has also proved destructive to this 

 pest, but as with the Ume water, it must 

 be started in the early stages of growth 

 and kept up to be effective, 



A good deal may be accomplished 

 toward the checking of the trouble by 

 judicious rotation of crops. In ground 

 that has been occupied by such crops 

 as com, on which the insects cannot 

 work, the previous season, the soil has a 

 good chance of being pretty well clear, 

 but some chemical manure, such as super- 

 phosphate of lime, should be applied to 

 the soil instead of the barnyard article. 

 The superphosphate is used at the rate 

 of from 200 to 300 pounds to the acre. 



W. S. Croydon. 



