Dkcbmbeb 20, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



347 



Leonard Kill. Philip C. Schupp. c E. C. Amllngr. 



Three of the Officers of the Chicago Florists' Club, Elected at the Meeting December 13. 



N. H., establishment December 13. Mad- 

 bury is sixty-five miles from Boston. 

 The visitors were loud in their praises 

 of the "roses seen, the Richmonds espe- 

 cially exciting their admiration. Boston 

 was reached on the return trip about 7 

 o 'clock after a most pleasant outing. 



William Nicholson spent a tew days in 

 New York last week, looking up some 

 of the leading carnation establishments. 

 At Cottage Gardens, Alma Ward, Bea- 

 con, Victory and other sorts were found 

 in grand condition. Dailledouze Bros, 

 also had a splendid stock of carnations. 



W. E. Doyle is showing a lot of beau- 

 tifully flowered white Lorraine begonias 

 in his Boylston street store. 



The landscape gardening classes of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 started December 14 with an excellent 

 attendance. Some sixty members are 

 now enrolled. 



Houghton & Clark are displaying some 

 excellent Ficus pandurata at their store. 

 Some good Lsella autumnalis were also 

 noted. 



H. M. Eobinson & Co.'s salesrooms at 

 15 Province street are a busy hive of in- 

 dustry at present. Immense quantities 

 of wreathing and greenery of all sorts 

 are being disposed of and much over- 

 time is necessary to cop« with the in- 

 creasing volume of business. Their cut 

 flower trade shows a steady increase, 

 shipments going to some of the most 

 distant points in New England. 



Horrigan, of East Foxboro, is hand- 

 ling large quantities of cut yellow mar- 

 guerites of fine quality, in the culture 

 of which he is a specialist. William 

 Nicholson is also a successful cultivator 

 of these. 



H. H. Barrows & Son are having great 

 sales for their Nephrolepis Whitmani 

 and a heavy demand for the other va- 

 rieties of nephrolepis they grow. 



A successful and interesting children's 

 garden conference was held at Horticul- 

 tural hall December 15. There were ad- 

 dresses by the Hon. George H. Martin 

 on "The Educational Value of School 

 Gardens ; " " Horticultural Education for 

 School Teachers," by Prof. P. A. 

 Waugh; "The School Garden in Nor- 

 mal Schools," by W. A. Baldwin, and 

 "Children's Gardens and the Public," 



by Frank M. Marsh. There were inter- 

 esting discussions on these papers. Pho- 

 tographs showing children's garden 

 work, etc., were on exhibition and the 

 prize list for 1907 was announced. 



December has proven the coldest with 

 two exceptions we have had for thirty- 

 three years, but as we had a consider- 

 able excess of mean temperature up to 

 December 1 we can stand slightly more 

 frigid conditions. 



The latest standing of the teams in 



the Seed Trade League is as follows: 



Total 



Team — Won. Lost, plnfalls. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co 19 8 11,259 



Schlegel & Fottler Co 19 8 11,137 



Park Street Flower Market... 15 12 9.798 



H. E. Flske Co 11 13 9,483 



T. W. Emerson Co 8 19 10,485 



Joseph Brack & Sous 6 18 9,378 



W. N. Craig. 



CHICAGO CLUB OFFICERS. 



Last year the retailers had their inning 

 in the management of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club, the president and the finan- 

 cial secretary being both retailers. This 

 year the president, H. N. Bruns, is 

 grower and retailer, but the other offi- 

 cers, aside from treasurer, are the whole- 

 salers, whose portraits are presented 

 herewith. 



The. vice-president of the club is Leon- 

 ard Kill, who is known far and wide as 

 the representative of Peter Eeinberg in 

 the selling end of his business. Mr. Kill 

 is young in years but old in experience, 

 having started in Mr. Eeinberg 's whole- 

 sale house before it was nearly as much 

 of a factor in the market as it has since 

 become. He is thoroughly conversant 

 with all features of the trade and his 

 personal popularity makes him an excel- 

 lent officer for the club. 



The recording secretary is Philip C. 

 Schupp, who is the manager of the sell- 

 ing end of the business of the J. A. Bud- 

 long Estate. As was the case with Mr. 

 Kill, Mr. Schupp married into the trade. 

 ^Trs. Kill and Mrs. Peter Eeinberg are 

 sisters. Mrs. Schupp is the daughter of 

 J. A. Budlong. Mr. Schupp 's training 

 was in the mercantile line, and when he 

 assumed the management of Mr. Bud- 

 long's wholesale store he brought to it 

 a knowledge of business methods that 

 has been invaluable in the development 



of the business, for too often florists suf- 

 fer through lack of system. No better 

 selection could be made for the secretary- 

 ship of the club, for Mr. Schupp may be 

 relied upon as sure to have the details 

 well in hand, with a place for everything 

 and everything in its place. 



The newly elected financial secretary 

 is E. C. Amling, who is regularly called 

 upon to handle the funds whenever any 

 community undertaking is in hand. He 

 is the only commission man represented 

 in the club's official roster. He began 

 as a grower, being for some time in 

 partnership with his brother, A. F. Am- 

 ling, at Maywood, but has now been 

 eleven years in the wholesale cut flower 

 business, developing from a very small 

 start to a business which is a consider- 

 able factor in this market, through the 

 application of conservative methods. He 

 has a reputation as a good collector, 

 which will be of value to the club. 



The treasurer is Edgar Sanders, who 

 has held the office these many years, the 

 last several of them in spite of his pro- 

 tests that he is ready to relinquish the 

 office in favor of some younger man. 



The Eeview published the portrait of 

 President Bruns and a brief sketch of 

 his career in the Annual Autumn Num- 

 ber. Under Mr. Bruns' leadership the 

 club promises to take a new lease of 

 life. At the inauguration last meeting 

 night Mr. Bruns sCt forth some of the 

 things he purposes to do. Possibly most 

 important of all, he declares that he will 

 call the meeting to order at 8 p. m. 

 sharp so long as that is the hour .speci- 

 fied in the by-laws. If there is no 

 quorum present by 8:15 he declares there 

 shall be no further waiting. 



Fort Edward, N. Y. — Walter L. Mead 

 has just completed a greenhouse 20x100 

 feet. Leroy Fleming, formerly of Glens 

 Falls, N. Y., is manager. 



Danville, III. — During the heavy rain 

 December 5 the boiler pits at the Smith 

 greenhouses on North Vermilion street, 

 in Eoselawn, filled with water, putting 

 out the fires at midnight. Pumps were 

 put into operation, but fires could not 

 be started until noon, and for a time it 

 looked as though there would be serious 

 damage. 



