July 4, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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will be displays at Horticultural hall 

 each Saturday, and the public will also 

 be admitted on Sundays. There is great 

 interest shown in the weekly shows, as 

 evidenced by the large attendance of the 

 public. 



There was an excellent attendance at 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club's field 

 day in the Boston park system June 29. 

 Piloted by J. W. Duncan and others of 

 the staff, the members spent an enjoy- 

 able afternoon examining the shrubs and 

 trees in the several parks and riverways, 



Johnson & Nelson are adding a 300- 

 foot bouse to their plant in Framing- 

 ham, to be used for carnations, which 

 they grow well. 



We are pleased to report that J. A. 

 Pettigrew is convalescing satisfactorily 

 after his operation, 



John Flood, late of Buffalo, has as- 

 sumed charge of the H. A. Stevens Co. 

 plant in Dedham. Carnations, mushrooms 

 and peonies are specialties with this firm, 

 which will now be known as Flood & Co. 



S. J. Goddard is building an iron-frame 

 house for violets, the material being 

 from the Lord & Burnham Co. 



Mr. Briggs, of the Steele-Briggs Co., 

 Toronto, Canada, was among the visitors 

 to Boston last week. 



Mrs. James Wheeler is convalescing 

 after a critical operation. 



Marshall again proved the champion 

 strawberry June 29 at Horticultural hall. 

 Abington showed up well, as did Mc- 

 Kinley, Sample and Golden Gate. For 

 an early crop. Senator Diinlap is much 

 the best, being of rich crimson color, 

 good size and of fine flower. 



W. ;sr. Craig. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



Current G>mment. 



The hot spell is with us at last. It 

 gave a quick impetus to the sale of 

 bedding plants, which is just beginning 

 to wane. Everyone is cleaned out close 

 on bedding plants and there is much 

 astonishment, a great deal of pleasure, 

 to say nothing of the financial benefit 

 that has accrued from advancing the 

 retail prices of bedding stock, hanging 

 baskets, window-boxes, etc. The few 

 who were too timid to ask the advance 

 did not sell out any closer than those 

 florists who asked $1.50 per dozen for 

 4-inch geraniums, as against the former 

 .$1 per dozen. Twelve-inch hanging bas- 

 kets jumped from $1 to $1.50 each, re- 

 filling from 75 cents to $1.25, border 

 plants from 50 cents to 75 cents per 

 dozen. The most remarkable feature 

 about the advance is the fact that the 

 people took the raise in price very eas- 

 ily; it seemed no trick at all. When 

 asked why prices had gone up, the re- 

 ply, "Everything has gone up and it 

 Avas necessary to raise the price on 

 plants as well," called for little com- 

 ment except, "Yes, that's so," and 

 innnediately the customers proceeded to 

 order what they wanted. Of course an 

 occasional customer did kick, but the 

 number were so few that they are not 

 worth considering. 



The cold, backward spring and late 

 frosts have had a bad effect on the car- 

 nation plants in the field. Bruins Slot 

 & Sons say that out of 25,000 planted 

 they expect to get between 5,000 and 

 6,000; the rest succumbed to the frost. 

 Henry Smith planted out from pots, and 

 while they are only just beginning to 

 make proper growth, they weathered 

 the gale in good shape. Eli Cross 



Tbe Preiidenti of tire St. Louis Florists' Qub. 



planted both from pots and from the 

 sand; except for ordinary losses, they 

 will come all right. Chas. Chadwick's 

 patch shows the effects of the weather, 

 the plants looking as if they had not 

 budged from the time they were put 

 out, but the loss is small and the plants 

 will come. Crabb & Hunter's loss, out 

 of 110,000 planted out, will not exceed 

 eight per cent; the rest are doing finely. 

 The carnations of the Grand Rapids Flo- 

 ral Co. are beginning to break and grow 

 nicely, although some of them got it 

 hard. From now on it is expected they 

 will grow fast and make up for the 

 time lost on account of a backward 

 spring. 



The hot weather brought flowers out 

 too fast. There are plenty of carna- 

 tions, although the quality is steadily 

 getting poorer. Roses are also growing 

 smaller and getting scarce, as replant- 

 ing is in progress. 



Business has fallen away somewhat, 

 yet is steady enough to keep all hands 

 busy. 



The florists are glad that the filling 

 of boxes and baskets is about over, so 

 their attention can be given to getting 

 ready to plant for next winter. 



G.F. C. 



ST. LOUIS FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club was or- 

 ganized June 28, 1887, in the rooms of 

 the Mercantile Club. There wore pres- 

 ent at the first meeting the following 

 florists: J. M. Jordan, S. Kehrmann, L. 

 Armstrong. J. S. Wilson, Wm. Ellison, 

 Chas. Connon, Chas. A. Juengel, E. W. 

 Guy, R. Frow, H. Michel, Alex. Wald- 

 bart, Wm. Schray and Julius Koenig, 

 Sr. Of these five are dead, J. M. .Tor- 

 dan, Chas. Connon, H. Michel, Wm. 

 Schray and Julius Koenig, Sr. Four are 

 still members of the club. They are 

 J. S. Wilson, Chas. Juengel, E. W. Guy 

 and R. W. Frow. Messrs. Kehrmann, 

 Armstrong, Ellison and Waldbart are 

 still among the living but not members 

 of the club. 



The first officers of the club were: 

 President, J. M. Jordan; vice-president, 

 H. Michel; secretary, L. Armstrong; 

 treasurer, A. Waldbart; trustees, 

 Messrs. Kehrmann, Connon and Juengel. 



The club in its twenty years of ex- 

 istence has had seventeen presidents, 

 seven treasurers and four secretaries, 

 and has entertained two S. A. F. con- 

 ventions, the first in 1893 and the other 

 during the World's Fair year, 1904. 

 .T. M. Jordan, the club's first president, 

 served the S. A. F. as its president in 

 1880, when the convention was held in 

 Boston. Prof. Wm. Trelease served the 

 S. A. F. as vice-president in 1893, and 

 J. J. Beneke in 1904. 



The club at the present time is in a 

 most prosperous condition, with all of 

 its members working in perfect har- 

 mony. Meetings have never been so 

 well attended as at the present time. 

 Its meetings are held on every second 

 Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The 

 annual election of officers will take 

 place August 8, when a new set of offi- 

 cers will be elected to serve the en- 

 suing year. 



In the accompanying illustration ap- 

 pear the faces of all the club 's seven- 

 teen presidents, as follows: 



Top row — Chas. Connon. J. M. .Tor- 

 dnn, ,T. F. Ammann, Alex Waldbart. 

 .Tames W. Dunford. 



Middle row — John Young, C. C. San- 

 dors, H. C. Irish. J. W. Knnz and 

 Frnnk ,T. Fillmore. 



Bottom row — T. .1. Beneke, E. W. 

 Guy, Fred H. Meinhardt, E. TL Michel. 

 Chas. A. .Tuengel, A. S. Halstoad and 

 Henrv Michel. .T. .T. B. 



We highly appreciate the work you 

 do in encouraging the trade and hope 

 the Review may continue to improve. — 

 Graner Bros.. Washington, D. C. 



AxKviLLE, Pa. — P. A. Whiskeyman is 

 improving and enlarging his greenhouses. 

 One house will hereafter be used for 

 vegetables and another for chrysanthe- 

 nmms. 



