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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 17, 1007. 



one. Those are the things that are 

 jotted down in the note books and made 

 use of in the future when orders are 

 placed. 



There are many styles of packing, and 

 each prominent grower has his own 

 ideas along that line. But two things 

 I want to say: Don't use ice, but scat- 

 ter wet sphagnum between the stems and 

 cleat them so they cannot move around. 



A. F. J. Baub. 



INDIANA FLORISTS' OFFICERS. 



Herman Jungle. 



Herman Junge, president of the State 

 Florists' Association of Indiana, was 

 born in Weimar, Germany, in 1865. After 

 graduating from high school he served 

 a three years' apprenticeship with the 

 head gardener of the Grand Duke of 

 Saxe-Weimar. He came to America in 

 1890 and, after a brief stay with Peter 

 Henderson & Co. in New York, he went 

 to Denver, Colorado. 



He located in Indianapolis in 1892 

 and in 1894 formed a partnership with 



A. F. J. Baur. 



The name of A. F. J. Baur, now secre- 

 tary of the State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana, will be recognized by the trade 

 as that of the author of carnation notes 

 and answers to carnation queries in the 

 Eeview. 



Mr. Baur was born January 9, 1876, 

 at Bloomfield, Pa. His father was a 

 clergyman and the family lived in sev- 

 eral places; but the lad attended school 

 in whatever locality their home chanced 

 to be until he was 13 years old. At this 

 age he was sent to F. Morat's Sons, at 

 Louisville, Ky., where he worked in the 

 greenhouse for two years. After this he 

 went to work for the E. G. Hill Co., of 

 Richmond, Ind., January 21, 1891. He 

 remained with this firm five years, hav- 

 ing charge, at different times, of the 

 carnations and exhibition mums, the 

 latter in 1893, 1894 and 1895. It was 

 while at this place that Mr. Baur be- 

 came interested in plant breeding and 

 iu carnations; and here under his hand 

 originated Triumph, Armazindy and 

 Flora Hill. 



It was December 11, 1895, when he 



John Heidenreich. 



Carl Sonnenschmidt, an old schoolmate. 

 Ab the combination of these two names 

 proved too much for the American jaw, 

 the firm name was changed to plain 

 Smith & Young Co. Besides the older 

 establishment in the city of Indianapolis, 

 with its 20,000 feet of glass, they now 

 own a range of 30,000 feet of glass on 

 a twenty-five-acre tract near Cumberland, 

 Indiana. Both cut flowers and plants 

 are grown, the firm having achieved an 

 especially good reputation for its suc- 

 cess with violets. 



went to Stuart & Haugh, at Anderson, 

 Ind., to grow roses, and January 1, 

 1897, before he had reached his twenty- 

 first birthday, he became foreman of 

 H. A. Niemeyer's place, at Erie, Pa. 

 He remained with this firm two years, 

 then took a similar position with Charles 

 Siebert, of Pittsburg, but remained 

 there only five months. 



Mr. Baur formed the partnership 

 with F. S. Smith, who was also a gradu- 

 ate from the Hill establishment, May 

 20, 1899, and together they leased the 



Bernie Fohl place, at Indianapolis 

 where they have been ever since. The 

 firm of Baur & Smith has enjoyed 

 continued prosperity, having trebled ita 

 capacity since starting. In 1905 they 

 started a new place, building one house 

 30x355, to which they are this season 

 adding another of the same dimensions. 

 Seeing the possibilities for high-grado 

 carnations soon after locating in In- 

 dianapolis, they have devoted nearly the 

 whole place to them and have built up 

 a splendid trade, both in blooms an; 

 rooted cuttings. 



Mr. Baur has been writing carnation 

 notes for the Review since 1900 and ha 

 answered hundreds of inquiries in re 

 gard to the culture of this flower. Hi. 

 married April 10, 1901, Miss Elm. 

 Steinkamp, of Richmond, Ind., and thei; 

 first born, a daughter, came January ?> 

 of this year. Mr. Baur is a member o^ 

 the American Carnation Society. . 



John Heidenreich. 



John Heidenreich, the treasurer of 

 the State Florists' Association of Indi- 

 ana, was born in Germany in 1866 and 

 came to American when only 18 years 

 of age. For seven years he worked in 

 the establishments of many florists in 

 many cities and gained a wide -knowl- 

 edge of the business, finally bringing 

 up at Indianapolis, where he started in 

 business for himself in 1901 at Apple- 

 gate and Iowa streets, where he now 

 has a range of about 22,000 square feet 

 of glass. He is an expert pla,ntsman 

 and makes a specialty of spring plants 

 for the wholesale market in Indian- 

 apolis. 



PRESIDENT TOTTY'S INAUGURAL. 



[Charles H. Totty's Inaugural address, deliv- 

 ered before the New York Florists' Club, at its 

 meeting January 10, 1907.] 



In assuming the office of president of 

 this organization, permit me to say first 

 of all, that it is not my wish or desire 

 to deviate in the least degree from the 

 policy that has successfully marked the 

 terms of my predecessors in office. The 

 club is making history rapidly, both in 

 the increase in membership and in the 

 regard with which it is considered by 

 the outside horticultural world, and it 

 will be my chief aim to throw no ob- 

 stacle in the path of its progress. 



No Change in Policy. 



There are one or two suggestions that 

 I will speak on before I close, but they 

 are not of such moment as to be con- 

 sidered any change' in policy or in any 

 way revolutionary. 



That I appreciate the honor you have 

 done me in electing me as your presi- 

 dent goes without saying. As I look 

 around I see many good members here 

 who are more entitled to this office than 

 I am; men who have borne the heat and 

 burden of the day, in the old days when 

 it was more or less of a struggle to 

 keep the organization on its feet. To 

 these members who are now willing to 

 stand aside and let the younger men 

 push along the car of progress I feel 

 doubly grateful. 



A suggestion was made to me by W. 

 J. Stewart, president of the 8. A. F., 

 that this club should appoint a commit- 

 ter on closer relations with the S. A. 

 F. This suggestion I consider is a 

 valuable one and would like to see it 

 come up for discussion later in the even- 

 ing and such a committee appointed. 

 In unity there is strength, and if idl the 

 horticultural societies in the country had 



