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The Weekly Florists^ Reyie w» 



NOVBMBBS 7, 1907. 



president called on some of the talented 

 members for stories, songs, etc. Mr. 

 Peck, of Toledo, recited a funny piece 

 and George Browne, who has been called 

 the Michigan poet, recited several clever 

 things of his own composition. 



A. Von Boeselager's place makes by 

 far the prettiest appearance of any in 

 Mt. Clemens. A new front of cobble- 

 stone and cement has just been added 

 to the front end of one of the green- 

 hmises, for it is the intention to do 

 some retail business. The whole stock, 

 roses, carnations and mums, was spoken 

 of as being as good as any seen. White 

 Enchantress showed up exceptionally 

 well. After a photo was taken of the 

 whole party, we were all fed again in 

 the potting shed, which was appropriately 

 decorated for the occasion. 



The Toledo boys thoroughly enjoyed 

 themselves, at least so they all said. 

 The Toledo club resulted directly from 

 a visit of the Detroit florists to Toledo, 

 several years ago. Since then the club 

 has been growing steadily and now it 

 ranks with the best of them. H. S. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



The market last week can best be ex- 

 plained by the everyday phrase, "Noth- 

 ing doing." Everybody complained of 

 stock going to waste and the commission 

 house was crowded the whole week. 

 Everything is abundant, with mums 

 standing above the others. 



Various Notes. 



Through the courtesy of Charles San- 

 diford we were able to see the beauti- 



terations in its store at Cold Springs. 

 A complete change was made and the 

 store is now very attractive. 



The fall flower show, which was pro- 

 posed for this season, it seems will not 

 occur. There seems to be no particular 

 reason for not having it, but the matter 

 seems to have been dropped entirely. 



Conrad Forbach, Buffalo's begonia 

 king, is again in evidence with a grand 

 lot of plants for Christmas. A visit to 

 his place makes you wonder how he does 

 it. The houses were built years ago and 

 are in bad condition. The grower's abil- 

 ity enables him to succeed against these 

 conditions and it will not be long before 

 he has a place that is modern in every 

 respect. E. A. S. 



A CORTLAND STORE. 



Hike & Jones do a general business at 

 Cortland, N. Y,, handling seeds as well 

 as plants and cut flowers and doing a 

 wholesale as well as a local retail trade. 

 The accompanying illustration shows the 

 store and a part of the show house, 

 which is sixty feet long. At the rear are 

 the greenhouses, 250 feet deep. The dec- 

 orations are those put up during a recent 

 firemen's tournament in the town. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business in the cut flower line last 

 week was not encouraging to the local 

 retailers, who think that the dull week 

 was owing to the present difficulty in 

 obtaining currency. Large social func- 

 tions are few and far apart. Funeral 



Store of Hike & Jones, Cortland, N. Y. 



ful cosmos. Lady Lenox, the latest in- 

 troduction of A, T, Boddington, The 

 flower is a winner in every respect and 

 will no doubt be grown extensively next 

 fall. 



The Wm. Scott Co. has completed al- 



work is a daily occurrence and this alone 

 helps out greatly. As a number of 

 retailers say, if it were not for this kind 

 of work we might report the market 

 as being very dull. With the money 

 market in its present condition, the flrst I 



thought is to cut out luxury, and that 

 means us. 



There is plenty 'of good stock in the 

 market for any and all work that comes 

 in. As show weeks are at hand, chrys- 

 anthemums are at their height, and all 

 the wholesale houses are receiving extra 

 good stock in all varieties and are hav- 

 ing a good demand. 



Beauties are selling better, but fancy 

 long are limited, and there are not any 

 too many of the other grades. The 

 smaller roses are plentiful, with only 

 the first grades moving. 



Carnations are cleaning up well each 

 day, with fancy grades scarce. White 

 has been in great demand. The sharp 

 change in the market has had a bene- 

 ficial effect on violets in color and 

 stems, and the demand for them is very 

 good. 



Small white chrysanthemums in bunches, 

 outdoor grown, sell well for funeral 

 work. There is plenty of good smUax, 

 adiantum and asparagus in the market. 



Various Notes. 



Adolph Brix, who celebrates his tenth 

 anniversary with a grand floral exhibi- 

 tion, free to the public, spent a few 

 days in Chicago last week buying plants 

 for the exhibition, which opens Novem- 

 ber 7 and ends SsEiturday night. 



Fred Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111., 

 is sending C. A. Kuehn a fine lot of 

 Uncle John roses. Mr. Ammann expects 

 to be in Chicago during the flower show. 



Charles Schoenle is making a pretty 

 show of blooming plants at his store. 

 He reports a good run in wedding decora- 

 tions and also a number of large funeral 

 designs last week, Mrs, Shoenle is among- 

 the best in arranging floral designs. 



The Horticultural Society last week 

 distributed window posters announcing 

 the show. These are of the same de- 

 sign as those of the Chicago show. All 

 the members of the society are hard 

 at work for a grand opening Novem- 

 ber 12. 



John Held, a florist living at 4722 

 Tennessee avenue, was robbed last week. 

 His wife and one of the workmen were 

 chloroformed while he was firing the boil- 

 er, Mr, Held arrived in time and held 

 on to the robber, but before the police 

 arrived he got away, A gold watch and 

 some money went with him. 



The Grand Leader, one of our largest 

 department stores, has opened a plant 

 department, which is in charge of Frank 

 Buckshadt, lately with the Michel Plant 

 and Bulb Co, They are daily advertis- 

 ing cheap sales and are doing a rushing 

 business. No doubt, their next move 

 will be to add cut flowers to this de- 

 partment, 



Robert F. Tesson visited Chicago re- 

 cently, in the interest of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, Mr, Tesson will be mar- 

 ried November 12 to Miss Harriet Wil- 

 kerson. The wedding will take place in 

 the Christ Church chapel. The happy 

 couple will be at home to their friends 

 after January 1, at Sunny Point, West 

 Forest Park. We extend our congratula- 

 tions. 



Tom Carroll, who a few years ago had 

 an extensive greenhouse plant at Clay- 

 ton, and retired on account of his eye- 

 sight failing him, had the worst of 

 luck again last week. His house burned 

 down, and his wife, who was trying to 

 save him. as he is blind, was burned to 

 death. He lived at 6170 Bartmer avenue. 

 He lost everything he had. Great sym- 

 pathy is expressed for him in the trade. 



Mrs. Adelia D, Ostertag, wife of Hen- 



