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Mabch 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



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WAYSIDE NOTES. 



The Baltimore Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club is justly proud of its new 

 home and the banquet given to the lady 

 friends of the members Monday evening, 

 February 25, in the hall of the building, 

 ■was voted by all as being immense. The 

 building is complete in every detail, with 

 storage rooms in basement and on the 

 ground floor and so constructed that up 

 to the present time no ice has been 

 needed to keep the temperature down to 

 the desired degree. Manager Perry, of 

 the Baltimore Florists' Exchange, 

 showed me stock that had been held 

 more than a week, owing to dull demand. 

 It was perfectly crisp and fresh. 



Growers are increasing about Balti- 

 more, but there is room for a good 

 Beauty specialist. The constant call 

 for this rose and good price paid war- 

 rants the investment. Since the great 

 fire wonderful improvements have taken 

 place in this city and the craft have 

 shared in the advance. All the principal 

 stores are located near each other and 

 make excellent displays. 



Feasts' second store uptown is the lat- 

 •est move to keep in touch with business 

 moving northward. They carry, un- 

 doubtedly, the largest stock of decorative 

 plants in the south, devoting two big 

 houses to that purpose. The tall house 

 for asparagus, built on the W. H. Elliott 

 plan, is a success, as, in addition to 

 heavy, long strings, sufficient seed is 

 saved annually to pay for itself. A 

 platform has been erected near the ridge, 

 along which Asparagus Sprengeri is 

 planted in boxes. The plants, having 

 unlimited head-room, make great growths. 

 A fine lot of the uncommon Acacia 

 pubeseens was noted, also the new daisy. 

 Queen Alexandra, which, while a finer 

 and larger flower, is later than the old 

 variety. Adiantum Croweanum is pre- 

 ferred to all other maidenhairs. Carna- 

 tipns are not extensively grown. Cardi- 

 nal is the best red, good color and 

 keeper, but not free enough. Jenning's 

 patent for benches, consisting of 1-inch 

 iron pipe set in concrete, is used entire- 

 ly for roses; first cost is all there is. 

 Golden Gate is grown largely here and in 

 Washington, Ivory does even better 

 than Bride. Perle is stiU popular. Me- 

 teor is, at present, more satisfactory 

 than Eichmond, which is grand farther 

 north. A battery of Furman boilers 

 furnishes the heat; a gasoline engine the 

 motive power for pumping liquid manure, 

 which is carried into every house by a 

 system of piping. An auto is the latest 

 addition to the delivery system of this 

 up-to-date place. 



Dropping in at F. H. Kramer's, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, I had the opportunity to 

 see his new rose. Queen Beatrice, in va- 

 rious stages of growth, and while the 

 newly cut blooms are most intense in 

 •color, those that had been kept in the 

 windSw for five days were but just show- 

 ing off color, which, at this stage, re- 

 sembles that old favorite, La France. 

 As the rose will be at its best during 

 the convention of the Rose Society, an 

 excellent opportunity will be offered to 

 see it growing. Mr. Kramer says it is 

 the best all the time and Maids will not 

 sell while the Queen is around. 



Peter Bisset, at Twin Oaks, has a 

 promising seedling, of which Queen 

 Beatrice is one of the parents; but the 

 gem of his collection is the result of a 

 •cross which has produced a perfectly 

 full-cupped form of the hybrid tea, with 

 the scent of a hybrid perpetual, large 



petalled, good center, excellent forcer, in 

 color between Mme. Gabriel Luizet and 

 Marquise de Castellane. Unfortunately 

 there will not be a bloom open around 

 convention time, but at the time of my 

 visit I saw a grand flower, unlike any- 

 thing I have hitherto seen. It is a win- 

 ner, no doubt about that. To visit his 

 houses at this time one could hardly 

 conceive the grand display of aquatics, 

 made possible during the summer, and 

 for which Twin Oaks is famous. 



The stores operated by the craft in 

 Washington are a show in themselves and 

 will well repay a visit. Eetailers from 

 smaller towns can carry away ideas 

 which, for various reasons, they do not 

 originate, but readily copy, and it is 

 quite in order so to do. Easter displays 

 will attract crowds of sightseers and it 

 is expected that the rose show will be 

 more largely patronized than any pre- 



iraVERY now and then a well 

 u9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



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Silts' 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 52(M0 Cazton Bldg. Chicago 



vious flower show. The club, with its 

 proverbial hospitality, extends a hearty 

 welcome to all and it goes without say- 

 ing that all visitors will have a thorough- 

 ly good time. Make a special effort to 

 be there; you won't regret making the 

 trip. W. M. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Herman C Baartman. 



Word has reached this country of the 

 death of Herman C. Baartman, senior 

 member of the bulb growing firm of 

 Baartman & Koning, of Sassenheim, 

 Holland. Mr. Baartman was one of the 

 passengers on the steamer Berlin, which 

 was wrecked off the coast of Holland 

 February 21. Of the 143 passengers on 

 board only fourteen were saved and 

 Mr. Baartman was one of those whose 

 lives were lost. He was returning from 

 a business trip through England in the 

 interests of his firm. Previous to this 

 he had made an even dozen trips to the 

 United States and had made a wide ac- 

 quaintance in the trade. He numbered 

 as many friends as any Hollander com- 

 ing to this country, for he knew his busi- 

 ness thoroughly and was most careful in 

 all his dealings. The information of his 

 death comes to his partner, John Kon- 

 ing, who is at present traveling in this 

 country and who states he will continue 

 the business as heretofore. 



Mr. Baartman is worthy of special 

 mention from the fact that he was a life 

 member of -the S. A. F. and was the 

 only European member of the craft who 

 was so affiliated with our national or- 

 ganization. It is to his friendship 

 with William F. Kasting that his mem- 

 bership was due. He joined during Mr. 

 Kasting 's administration. 



Philip Winter. 



Philip Winter died February 22, at 

 the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. A. 

 Brack, at Glenville, O. Mr. Winter was 

 83 years old and a pioneer florist of 

 Cleveland. He located at Glenville in 

 1853. Four children survive him. The 

 funeral was held Sunday, February 24, 

 from the residence of Mrs. Brack. 



Ferdinand Tschupp. 



Ferdinand Tschupp, whose serious ill- 

 ness was chronicled in the Review a few 

 weeks ago, died at his home at North 

 Bergen, N. J., Sunday, February 24. The 

 funeral services were held February 28 

 and were largely attended, as Mr. 

 Tschupp was widely known and affiliated 

 with a number of Masonic bodies. He 

 was 66 years of age. 



Isaac M. Brainard. 



Isaac M. Brainard, a well-known and 

 wealthy citizen of Gouvemeur, N. Y., 

 died February 26 at the home of his 

 daughter, Mrs. Emma Johnston, aged 79 

 years. For about thirty-five years Mr. 

 Brainard had been engaged in the mar- 

 ket gardening business and operated ex- 

 tensive greenhouses in the town. He 

 leaves one son, William G. Brainard, and 

 one daughter, Mrs. Johnston. 



Sylvester Snell. 



Sylvester Snell, a well-known market 

 gardener, of Watertown, N. Y., died Feb- 

 ruary 26 at the age of 73 years. He 

 leaves, besides his, wife, two daughters, 

 Mrs. Herbert Gumee and Mrs. Frank 

 Beckstead, of Watertown; five sisters, 

 Mrs. A. Gillett and Mrs. Clara Holden, 

 of Watertown; Mrs. Barbara Shaw, of 

 Adams Center; Mrs. Joshua Snell, of 

 Little Falls, and Mrs. Harrison Fuller, 

 of Honeyville, and one brother, David 

 Snell, of Watertown. 



Frank Yahnke. 



Frank Yahnke, aged 70 years, who has 

 been closely identified with horticulture 

 in Minnesota for a number of years, died 

 at his home at Winona February 27. He 

 was the proprietor of the Pleasant Valley 

 Nursery and for a number of years has 

 been connected with farmers' institute 

 work, acting as lecturer through the 

 winter months. He originated the 

 Yahnke apple. 



James B. Ennis. 



James B. Ennis, a veteran nurseryman, 

 died February 24, at his residence in 

 Bloomington, HI,, which place had been 

 his home for more than forty years. His 

 death was due to grip and pneumonia, 

 although his health had been feeble for 

 some time. 



Mr. Ennis was born in County Dublin, 

 Ireland, October 18, 1831, emigrating to 

 America at the age of 19 years. He 

 located in Philadelphia and entered the 

 Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- 

 try. After the civil war he moved to 

 Bloomington, where he became employed 

 in the nursery business. He married 

 Miss Mary Sheehan, forty- four years ago, 

 in Philadelphia. Six children were born, 

 all of whom are still living. 



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