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OCTOBKB 1, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



23 



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Good crowds attend and the variety of 

 stock offered is large and prices satis- 

 factory. Every Tuesday and Friday at 

 11 a. m. these offerings will continue 

 until further notice. Some large dec- 

 orative palm stock and splendid ever- 

 greens imported are among the latest 

 announcements. The Fruit Auction Co., 

 that tested the possibility of a profitable 

 daily auction last season, seems to have 

 decided New York is hardly ripe for the 

 European innovation and no sales of 

 plants there have been made this fall. 



Totty's Monrovia a week ago, it was 

 said by one of the Twenty-eighth street 

 wholesalers, brought $6 per dozen. 



The agricultural fairs are all around 

 us and the October flower shows come in 

 a bunch. At Mineola, L. L, the attend- 

 ance averaged 20,000 daily. Stumpp & 

 Walter Co. made a fine display of bulbs, 

 seeds, etc. John Lewis Childs was para- 

 mount in palm and floral decorations 

 and Hicks & Sons and Adolph Jaenicke 

 had splendid exhibits of nursery stock. 

 Mr. Jaenicke showed his new scarlet 

 daisy and Mr. Hicks illustrated large 

 tree moving and retinospora in great va- 

 nety. Mr. Jaenicke reports a wide de- 

 mand for his specialty. Weinberg had 

 his usual assortment of cacti. But Henry 

 Eike said the racing ostriches created 

 more enthusiasm than the vegetables, 

 and the horse exhibits drew better than 

 the flowers. Nevertheless it is the crowd 

 that tells the story of profit or loss, 

 and the lesson of necessity as to novelty 

 and excitement is not lost upon those 

 who have in hand the coming exhibitions 

 u* and around New York. It is the only 

 way in this rapid age. Satiety is death, 

 ttmnanity iq hungry for the novel /{^nd 



the practical and the flower show man- 

 ager who realizes this will always win. 



The last report as to John Scott's ill- 

 ness was encouraging and his early re- 

 covery is hoped for. 



Alex. McConnell has fully recovered 

 from his long illness. Mr. Scott, Ms 

 lieutenant, has returned from his two 

 months' European visit and Mr. Grim- 

 shaw, of the same house, is now down 

 south on his annual vacation. 



William Duckham and family are ex- 

 pected to be at home in Madison, N. J., 

 this week, and Charles H. Atkins, of 

 Bobbink & Atkins, will return from his 

 European trip early in October. Mr. 

 Bobbink is already here. 



November 17 ta 19 are the dates for 

 the big flower show at the Museum build- 

 ing in New York city, under the auspices 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the New York Florists' Club. 



F. Lautenschlager, of Chicago, has 

 made an arrangement with the Wilson 

 Plant Oil and Fertilizer Co., Chatham, 

 N. J., to manufacture and market his 

 fumigator. This is an apparatus for 

 vaporizing tobacco stems. 



J. Austin SSaw. 



Flatbush. 



The bowling club in this aristocratic 

 suburb has opened the season and is 

 now busy every Thursday evening, pre- 

 paring for the Cincinnati convention. 

 A visitor, W. H. Siebreeht, carried oflf 

 the honors and the- silver. A warm wel- 

 come awaits any florist who has a Thurs- 

 day evening to spare at the Flatbush 

 alleys. The scores: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th T'l. 



Siebreeht 160 170 157 150 222 868 



Klley 156 150 103 156 201 856 



Kunz 143 147 140 145 143 718 



Dallledonie 157 133 133 141 144 708 



Wocker 145 128 135 136 125 669 



Shaw 106 120 142 134 105 607 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Adolph L. Koster, of New Rochelle, 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with 

 liabilities $11,526 and available assets 

 $1,388, insisting of stock, $1,072; ac- 

 counts, $309, and cash, $7. He also has a 

 claim for $5,000 against Charles Mitchell, 

 of Poughkeepsie, for alleged breach of 

 contract to erect greenhouses at Harrison, 

 and Mr. Mitchell is put in as a secured 

 creditor for $4,082. He owes $162 to five 

 laborers for ,woi1c. ^,, \, ;. y-w^u • H ;' 



Current Comment. 



At the last meeting of the Indianapo- 

 lis Florists' Club the following ofiQcers 

 were reelected for the ensuing year: 

 President, F. S. Smith; vice-president, 

 Fred Hukriede; treasurer, Ernest Eie- 

 man; secretary, Eari Sellars. The club 

 decided to meet at Walhalla hall the 

 second Wednesday night in each month, 

 and also to try to develop a bowling 

 team that will make any opponents 

 hustle. After the business was finished, 

 the members sat down to supper to- 

 gether. 



A. Wiegand & Son have just com- 

 pleted a cement sidewalk in front of 

 their store and conservatory, thus great- 

 ly adding to the appearance of the place. 



Everyone is busy finishing repairs and 

 will be in good shape when the cold 

 weather arrives. 



B^pr & Smith have installed electric 

 lights a,t both their places^ ,, . . ^ 8. „; 



