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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 23, 1006. 



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DETROIT. 



Tlie Market 



There has been no noticeable change 

 in either business or stock the last week. 

 Carnations are a little better, but being 

 mostly from outdoor plants, they are 

 of short stem. Gladioli move slowly, 

 ■with the exception of America, which 

 is bringing good prices. 



Various Notes. 



■ When the Detroit delegation for Day- 

 ton lined up at the Union Depot, with 

 their large str.iw hats and "Uncle 

 Pike" dusters, a farmer passing by rc- 

 Inarked, "Gosh darn my boot -jack, if 

 them beant h crop of rubes from Spin- 

 nagpville, " but closer scrutiny proved 

 them to be a bunch of Detroit boys off 

 • for a good time; an*l' they are ^?rtainly 

 having it. 



Robert Floworday and wife have been 

 spending the uarm days in a cottage 

 at the St. Clair Flats. 



No, Breitmeyer's and Sclirocter's have 

 not moved their places of business — the 

 name of the well-known Miami avenue 

 has been clianged to Broadway. The 

 exorbitant rent asked on Woodward 

 avenue is having a tendency to drive 

 many firms to side streets, with the 

 odds in favor of Broadway. In time 

 thjp will make a fine business street, 

 as it is 100 feet wide, and within a 

 stone's throw of Woodward avenue. 



Club Meeting. 



Although no special feature was 

 booked for the evening, the regular 

 meeting of the Detroit Florists' Club, 



held August 15, was well attended. The 

 minutes of the last, the annual meeting, 

 as read by , Secretary Sullivan, were 

 adopted. 



Robert Rahaley was unanimously 

 elected a member of the club. Mr. Ea- 

 haley is assistant manager as well as 

 bookkeeper at the Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange, and is popular with all in 

 the trade. The name of J. D. Car- 

 wright, of Grosse Pointe, was entered 

 as a candidate for membership. 



In a previous meeting it was resolved 

 that the secretary draft a petition to 

 the S. A. F. in behalf of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, asking their aid in fight- 

 ing: the aster disease. This petition was 

 rea^, and approved by the members 

 present. Quite an interesting discussion 

 followed, the essence of which was that 

 all the growers were experiencing some 

 troubia, but each man 'srlronbles seemed 

 to be of a different nature, Mr. Unger, 

 head gardener at Bell Isle Park, spoke 

 of an insect similar in appearance to 

 the greenfly, but with a long bill or 

 trunk, boring into the roots about one 

 inch below the ground. Some claim the 

 trouble to be common stem-rot. Some 

 attribute it to the soil, to overfeeding, 

 to the tap roots not being trained 

 straight downward^ to too much sun, to 

 warm nights, and sO on. 



Mr. Unger thought it would be ad- 

 visable to interest the state agricultural 

 society, also Dr. L. O. Howard, the 

 United States entomologist, at Washing- 

 ton, D. C. No matter where the trou- 

 ble lies, there must be some remedy and 

 it is the purpose of the Detroit club to 

 find it. 



W, W. Tracy, formerly with D. M. 

 Ferry, but now in the employ of the 

 United States government, was spoken 

 of as being one of the best posted, keen- 

 est, and most thorough men in the agri- 

 cultural department. 



The main feature assigned to the even- 

 ing of the next meeting, September 5, 

 will be observations of the convention. 



H. S. 



Cleveland, O. — The Euclid Avenue 

 Gardeners' Club held its first annual 

 gladiolus show, August 15 to 19, and the 

 affair was a great success. Prizes for^ 

 the various exhibits were awarded Au- 

 gust 16. The judges of the show were: 

 E. A. Eeeves, of this city; W. C. Werner, 

 of Painesville; Prof. Edwards and Mrs. 

 Robert Maxwell, both of this city. The 

 show was held in a building in Euclid 

 Beach park'. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



CUCUMBER HOUSE. 



It is my purpose to build two short- 

 roof houses, about 20x100 feet. Do I 

 need as high a house for vegetables as 

 is required for flowers? My specialty is 

 cucumbers. I want the best possible con- 

 struction. W. W. 



A house for cucumbers need not be so 

 high as some plant houses, but should 

 be at least four feet high at the sides, 



