JANUAEY 30, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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employed. Several thousand dollars have 

 been appropriated and about 400 men 

 have been given work in the parks. Su- 

 perintendent J. W, Eodgers has put them 

 to grading in places which have long 

 been an eyesore, and the rock which 

 is being thus quarried will be broken 

 up and used in the spring to repair the 

 old driveways and to make new ones 

 in the parks. There will be considerable 

 more money to spend on the parks this 

 year than last and Mr. Rodgers is prom- 

 ising all sorts of innovations. 



E. G. Gillett is now well established in 

 liis new quarters and they are a great 

 improvement over the old. His custom- 

 ers are all pleased at the change, as 

 tlie new location is much more convenient 

 than the old. 



J. A. Peterson has been ill with the 

 grippe. 



O. P. Fairchild, who will be remem- 

 bered by the older florists of this city, 

 passed away January 22. He was 74 

 years old. 



George & Allan are in with a full line 

 of bulbous flowers. Dutch hyacinths 

 made their appearance this week and 

 they were fine stock. 



W. F. Lautenschlager, of the Kroes- 

 >"hell Bros. Co., Chicago, was a visitor 

 •Tanuary 25. He was on his way to 

 Washington to attend the convention. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



January business in this city seems to 

 have been better than expected. Accord- 

 ing to the expressions of different florists, 

 the outlook for the balance of the -season 

 is not as bad as predicted some time ago. 

 Everything cleans up well at the local 

 commission houses, and what more can 

 be expected? There has been considera- 

 ble good funeral work, using up much of 

 the best stock on the market. 



Special Meeting of Qub. 



The president of the Detroit Florists' 

 Club called a special meeting of its mem- 

 bers January 21, to settle the question 

 of a local show. The members did not 

 turn out as well as might have been ex- 

 pected with such an Important matter 

 before them, but after a short discussion 

 on the subject it was finally decided to 

 give up the thought of a show, for the 

 coming fall at least. A motion to this 

 effect was made by Ed Beard and sec- 

 onded by the secretary. Mr. Beard was 

 really in favor of holding a show, but 

 there was little enthusiasm among either 

 the growers or the store men, and so he 

 thought it better to give up the idea, for, 

 without the proper push at the back of 



it, the failure of a show was already cer- 

 tain. 



Several of the members were neutral. 

 Mr. Taepke was one of these. He could 

 not see where any real benefits were to 

 be derived from a show, either for the 

 grower or store man, but he promised 

 that if the rest were in favor he would 

 help all he could. 



J. F. Sullivan gave quite a lengthy 

 talk, in which he expressed his views 

 very plainly. He spoke of the interest, 

 or rather the lack of interest, which the 

 people of the present time took in the 

 development of flowers as compared with 

 those of fitteen years ago. At that time 

 many peopie were as well posted on the 

 newer varieties as some of the florists. 

 This was one reason why Mr. Sullivan 

 thought that if flower shows could not be 

 made to pay in those days they could 

 never be made profitable at the present 

 time. 



Some of the other members also ex- 

 pressed their opinions on the subject. 

 Most of them were either opposed to 

 holding a show or were neutral. 



Various Notes. 



An exceptionally interesting exhibit of 

 cyclamen and cinerarias is attracting 

 large crowds of visitors at the Belle Isle 

 Conservatory. Robert Unger, who takes 

 an unusual interest in the hybridizing of 



