Decbmbek 13, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



255 



Bench of Winter-flowering Geraniums Grown by W. N. G-ai£. 



from the eave up into the truss and then 

 across, and so holds the roof that it can 

 neither go up nor down. The truss rods 

 are strong enough to carry much more 

 than the weight of the roof. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Current G>niment. 



Business during the last week has been 

 good. All stock has been kept cleaned 

 up, and now that mums are out of the 

 way the demand has increased for rosea 

 and carnations. Several decorations and 

 funerals kept the retailers busy. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Society it was decided to hold a show 

 in connection with the annual meeting 

 in January, at which time the society 

 will award certificates to anything of 

 merit. Those having anything of this 

 kind are requested to make an exhibit. 

 The meeting will be held at the Commer- 

 cial club on January 8 at 2:30 p. m., 

 after which a supper will be served. All 

 state members are invited, also any from 

 other states who can attend. 



Ernest Hukriede, aged seventy-one, 

 died suddenly December 5. Heart fail- 

 ure was the cause. He was born in 

 Germany and came to this city in 1868. 

 He is survived by a brother and his son 

 Fred. The news of his death came as a 

 shock to his many friends. The business 

 will be carried on by his son. 



Herman Schilling is confined to the 

 house, the result of an operation. His 

 many friends wish Mm a speedy recov- 

 ery. 



Frank Harritt will move at once to 

 his new place, Willowmere, southeast of 

 the city. S. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



J. M. Ward & Co., of Peabody, Mass., 

 have remodeled and enlarged their store. 



It is finished in Carolina pine, giving a 

 pleasing effect. Two houses have been 

 added for flowering plants. Poinsettias 

 are much in evidence for Christmas. 



At Salem, Mass., McGee, Geary & Co. 

 had a close call when the opera house 

 adjoining their plant burned recently. 

 By good luck and careful watching the 

 plant escaped with a scorching. Busi- 

 ness has been good, the run of funeral 

 orders unusually heavy. 



Owing to the value of the land for 

 building purposes M. Miller & Sons ex- 

 pect to tear down their houses at Lynn, 

 Mass., and build a showhouse with oflBce 

 on the site. It is rumored that James 

 Miller expects to install a side partner 

 in one of his new dwelling houses. He 

 was one of the regulars at Dayton and 

 says he never yet attended a national 

 convention without getting some good. 

 He is city forester and is preparing to 

 make war on the gypsy moth. 



The William Bock place, at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., was sold at auction last 

 week by N. F. McCarthy. The houses 

 went to W. C. Stickle & Co. and John 

 McKenzie. Mr. McKenzie already has 

 two places and is running them success- 

 fully, growing both for the wholesale 

 and retail trade. 



Fred C. Becker, of Cambridge, Mass., 

 says prospects for a big holiday trade 

 were never brighter and has made prep- 

 arations accordingly. 



Dan Murphy, W. E. Doyle's lieutenant 

 at Cambridge, Mass., is justly elated over 

 the largest batch of orders on record for 

 the holidays. Flowering and highly-col- 

 ored foliage plants will be in good de- 

 mand. Mr. Doyle thinks we are even yet 

 in the primary stage of the business. 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, Lynn, 

 Mass., has a fine batch of single-flowered 

 zonal geraniums that will be a novelty 

 and doubtless will prove good sellers. 

 Mr. Roland is to the front with a supply 

 of Gloire de Lorraine and ardisias. I 



learn that the supply of this stock, also 

 oranges, is practically taken up. 



M. B. Bunker, of Boston, Mass., who 

 was the first to introduce boxwood in 

 design work in the bean city, through S. 

 S. Pennock, fears the supply will soon 

 be exhausted. I noted a handsome wreath 

 being shipped out of town. One-half 

 was composed of Richmond roses, the 

 other lily of the valley on a groundwork 

 of galax. 



T. F. Galvin, of Boston, is one of the 

 few who keep up a window display of 

 orchids correctly labeled. I noticed in 

 the crowd with what interest the labels 

 were read and commented upon. 



F. E. Palmer, of Brookline, Mass., 

 says that since his essay was published 

 he has harder work than ever to live up 

 to the standard set therein and says it 

 acts as a stimulus to go one better. His 

 automobile is a dandy. 



Jas. E. Quinn, the veteran craftsman 

 of Brookline, has handed the active part 

 of his snug business over to his son, 

 Stephen, who has been interested many 

 years. 



Quinn Bros., of Brookline, have two 

 stores, finding another location desirable 

 in addition to the old stand. They speak 

 highly of the new hybrid tea rose, Jules 

 Grolez, described as a pink Kaiserin, a 

 valuable addition to our list of summer 

 roses, being superior to Maman Cochet. 



Mrs. C. E. Mansfield reports business 

 good at Fitchburg, Mass. During eight 

 years of close attention there has been 

 an increasing demand for choice stock, 

 part of which is grown at her own 

 greenhouses. W. M. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



Chicago, December 1 — Mile. Jeanne 

 Rosette, pink, exhibited by the E. Q. 

 Hill Co., scored ninety-one points com- 

 mercial scale. David Fraser, Sec'y. 



