NOVEMBEB 15, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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emashed up the wagon, but no one was 

 injured. 



E. F. Winterson sold over 6,000 whole- 

 sale tickets for the flower show. He is 

 known as the quiet committeeman. 



Sinner Bros, are cutting a good quan- 

 tity of fine callas. 



At E. H. Hunt's W. E. Lynch says 

 the cut flower department is fairly act- 

 ive, and any visitor can see that the sup- 

 ply department already is in the holiday 

 rush. The new catalogue is not yet out, 

 and will add perceptibly to the activity 

 when it is mailed. 



Frederick Sperry, of Vaughan & 

 Sperry, says he is more than pleased with 

 the quality of the Hudson river violets 

 now being received. This has come to 

 be a leading specialty with this firm. 



Bassett & Washburn say they had a 

 first-class shipping trade all last week 

 and that Monday of this week was one 

 of the best of the season. 



N. J. Wietor was busy with his note- 

 book at the flower show last week, re- 

 cording names and descriptions of the 

 new sorts of chrysanthemums he wants 

 for their stock next year. Wietor Bros, 

 already have probably the largest list of 

 varieties of any western grower, and they 

 will add all the good new ones of the 

 present season. Besides the cut flower 

 business, they do an enormous trade in 

 cuttings of chrysanthemums. 



A. L. Eandall Co. has changed its 

 'phone number for incoming calls to the 

 cut flower department to Central 1496. 

 The office 'phone remains 1497 and the 

 supply department 'phone 5614. 



Lubliner & Trinz are making so much 

 money in the flower business that they 

 are investing in outside ventures, a string 

 of 5-cent theaters. 



Joe J:oerster, of George Reinberg's, 

 flays he finds supply and demand better 

 balanced this year than usual. 



Weiland & Risch say they have been 

 fortunate in cutting lightly during the 

 past ten days of slack demand and large 

 flupply of mums. 



Bert Budlong and Phil Schupp, of 

 J. A. Budlong 's, had their heads together 

 over some of the novelties in carnations 

 and mums at last weeks' show and will 

 add several new things to their list. 

 They find the newer mums to be doing 

 well and selling well this year. 



M. Becker, wno grows carnations and 

 lettuce, is a iDusy man every working day 

 in the year. His range is well looked 

 after, and Mr. Becker, after thirty years 

 in the business, is as active as ever. 



L. BecKcr is confined to his room with 

 a stubborn malarial fever, which has 

 kept him from his usual duties for three 

 weeks. 



Winandy Bros., the greenhouse build- 

 ers, have had an unusually busy season, 

 and anticipate a heavier one in 1907. 



E. E. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 flays he is looking for a fine Thanksgiv- 

 ing demand, with good supplies of stock 

 to meet it. 



John Zech, of Zech & Mann, says bulb- 

 ous stock will be along presently, prob- 

 ably all that any one will want for 

 Thanksgiving, especially in Paper 

 Whites. 



The Benthey-Coatsworth Co. reports 

 that its exhibit of Killarney at the show 

 baa greatly stimulated the call. Few had 

 seen it with such long stems. 



Fred Weber, 3700 North Robey street, 

 has a fine showing of lettuce in his 

 range of 100,000 feet of glass. He also 

 grows cucumbers, and is said to be the 

 first to introduce the wire trellis in this 

 section. 



J. B. Deamud Co. reports some large 

 orders for mums when they were most 

 welcome. 



Kruchten & Johnson say their business 

 is increasing right along. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Notwithstanding that business was 

 brisk last week, there was a glut of 

 mums. White chrysanthemums keep well 

 on the move, pink fairly well, but yellow 

 are being lost in considerable quantities. 

 As is usual, there are altogether too 

 many yellow mums grown and hardly 

 enough white. The grades bringing from 

 $2.50 to $3 per dozen, retail, sell best. 



Beauties sell readily and tea roses 

 keep well cleaned up at prices ranging 

 from $3 to $8 per hundred. 



Carnations are still scarce, the best 

 easily bringing $3. Some fine cosmos 

 and single violets are daily arrivals. 



Anaual Outing. 



A carload of the members of the De- 

 troit Florists' Club participated in the 

 annual outing to Mount Clemens Novem- 

 ber 9. A special car was provided, mak- 

 ing its first stop at the Sullivan green- 

 houses, where all was found in good 

 condition. The chrysanthemums are ex- 

 ceptionally fine. 



The first stop at the Bath City was at 

 Breitmeyers ', where everything was in 

 tip-top shape, and a house in La Detroit, 

 in the new section, spoke for itself. At 

 Robert Klagge's, just across the way 

 from Breitmeyers', the crowd received 

 a warm reception. Here a fine house of 

 Richmond and La Detroit loomed up 

 above all others. 



Stevens' plant is in fine condition. 

 Some of the best stock on the market is 

 shipped by this firm. James Taylor is 

 still busy steam-fitting, having changed 

 from steam to the hot water with a 

 forced circulation. The stock looks well. 

 Anthony Ottes' was next visited. His 

 houses are mostly devoted to a fine crop 

 of lettuce. James Carey has a fine as- 

 sortment of stock and served an appe- 

 tizing lunch. August Von Boeselager's 

 place is neat as a pin. His carnations 

 are looking fine. 



All told, stock in Mt. Clemens looks 

 exceptionally good, the only noticeable 

 feature being the few violets seen. 



Qub Meeting* 



Vice-President E. A. Scribner occupied 

 tlie president 's chair the evening of the 

 Detroit Florists' Club's last meeting. 

 Secretary Sullivan being also away, this 

 vacancy was filled by Robert Rahaley. 

 About twenty-five per cent of the mem- 

 bers were present. 



John Hall was unanimously elected to 

 membership. The name of Hubert 

 Pearce, of the Detroit Cut Flower Sup- 

 ply House, was proposed. 



The opening of the question-box 

 brought forth many interesting discus- 

 sions. A question as to whether bulbs 

 planted outdoors should be mulched now 

 or left until cold weather sets in, was 

 answered as follows: If planted now, 

 then mulch at once, but if planted some 

 time ago do not mulch until cold weath- 

 er. In answer to the question, * ' Are 

 Darwin tulips all right for forcing?" it 

 was decided that they are not of much 

 use. It was also decided that Narcis- 

 sus poeticus ornatus should be grown 

 only in limited quantities. 



Angleworms had the floor for some 



time. Some of the members favor weak 

 lime water for destroying them, while 

 others thought soot and water better. 

 Though not as quick to act, there is no 

 risk in its use. It is a good fertilizer. 

 In order to dissolve soot in water, place 

 the soot into a bag to which a weight 

 is tied, then put same in water for 

 about three days, or dissolve in boiling 

 water. 



The question of fertilizers was dwelt 

 upon. Cow manure is thought still the 

 best. In using wood-ashes for carna- 

 tions, it was deemed best just to sow 

 them on top of the soil, say twice in the 

 season, the first application along about 

 January. 



A committee consisting of John Dunn, 

 Jerome K. Stock and Hugo Schroeter 

 was appointed to look into the matter of 

 a pictorial album for the retail trade. 



A chrysanthemum show is to be held 

 the next meeting night, November 21. 

 The secretary was instructed to interest 

 as many outsiders in the show as possi- 

 ble. Any grower having anything new, 

 not only in chrysanthemums, but any 

 other flower, will confer a favor by 

 sending some blooms so that they will 

 arrive at the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change for the Detroit Florists' Club, 

 Wednesday, November 21. 



Various Notei. 



Mr. Lewis, of Pontiac, received a vote 

 of thanks for some well grown mums 

 exhibited at the club's last meeting. 

 Among them were some fine White Boii-; 

 naffon and exceptionally fine Liger. 



Breitmeyers' beautiful store looked 

 like a fairyland last week, with its count- 

 less varieties of chrysanthemums, the 

 occasion being their annual fall mum 

 exhibit. Besides mums, some fine 

 orchids, roses, carnations, etc., were 

 shown. 



As is usual at this season all the flor- 

 ists are making a special effort at deco- 

 rating the interiors of their stores and 

 windows. 



B. Schroeter has had some fine orchids 

 on exhibition, also a vase of Rose-pink 

 Enchantress, besides many other flowers. 



H. S. 



Highland, III. — Maurice F. Widmer, 

 who has recently assumed charge of his 

 father's business, and Miss Caroline M. 

 Speckart, of St. Louis, were married 

 October 24. 



Lisbon, O. — John W. Scott has in- 

 stalled a seventy horse-power steam 

 boiler to heat his plant, also built a- 

 large boiler-house and added one green- 

 house 12x60 for bulb forcing. 



New Haven, Conn. — The Schroto 

 greenhouses on Springside avenue at 

 Austin street were damaged $800 by fire 

 that started in the boiler-room November 

 4. The place formerly was conducted by 

 a Mr. Rosein. 



Calla, O. — Amanda Mellinger and 

 Ralph Slagle were treated to a kitchen 

 shower recently, the inciting cause being 

 the fact that the two will soon unit6 

 their fortunes in a matrimonial venture, 

 in which they have the best wishes of the 

 entire community. 



Franklin, Pa. — The following notice 

 appeared in a recent issue of the Eve- 

 ning News of this place: "A son whom 

 they had never seen arrived yesterday 

 to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 

 Bell, at Niles." John Bell is a member 

 of the firm of W. T. Bell & Sons. 



