NOTEMBKB 26, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ v js 



Cincinnati. It bowls every Tuesday even- 

 ing. The alleys are directly opposite 

 the greenhouse plant of Wm. Siebrecht. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. PAUL. 



The Market. 



Trade during the month has been sat- 

 isfactory. All stock has been plentiful, 

 with the exception of violets, which are 

 scarcer than for any like period in years. 

 None of the growers ,seem to have any 

 large crops of roses, although short stems 

 and seconds have been a drug on the 

 market. This is due to a slack demand 

 for funeral flowers for the last ten days. 

 From advance orders coming in for 

 Thanksgiving there is every indication 

 that nearly all good stock will be sold 

 out for that occasion. There are not 

 many late mums grown here, most grow- 

 ers seeming to take their chances on the 

 main crop. 



Qub Meetine. 



The Minnesota State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held its regular monthly meeting 

 November 17. There was a gratifying 

 increase* in attendance and there were a 

 larger number of exhibits tiian at any 

 previous meeting. 



Mr, Swanson, of the committee on 

 awards, reported on the scale of points 

 for judging exhibits as agreed upon by 

 the committee," and the report was 

 unanimously adopted. The awards for 

 the evening were as follows: 



To Alois Frey, Crown Point, Ind., for 

 twenty-four varieties of seedling 

 anemone-flowered chrysanthemums scor- 

 ing 75 points, certiflcate of merit. 



To A. J. Smith, of the Lakewood 

 Cemetery Greenhouses, Minneapolis, for 

 Major Bonnaffon, Eaton and Yellow 

 Eaton chrysanthemums, and some well- 

 grown plants of cyclamen and celestial 

 peppers scoring 70 points, honorable 

 mention. 



To Louis Boeglin, gardener at the 

 park greenhouses, Minneapolis, for forty 

 varieties of chrysanthemums, including 

 some new and rare anemone-flowered 

 sorts and pompons, scoring 85 points, a 

 diploma. 



To the Clinton Falls Nursery Co., 

 Owatonna, for Carnation Pink Imperial, 

 a diploma; for roses Bhea Reid, Eich- 

 mond, Chatenay and Killarney, honorable 

 mention; for Princess of "Wales violets, 

 honorable mention. 



A. J. Smith read an interesting paper 

 on chrysanthemums, tracing their origin 

 and introduction into England in 1754 

 down to the present and giving his meth- 

 ods of culture. In the absence of Mr. 

 Jorgenspn, who was to give his impres- 

 sion of the national flower show, Messrs. 

 Will, Swanson and Wirth spoke on the 

 same subject. 



Mr. Underwood, of the Jewell Nursery 

 Co., Lake City, and a director of the 

 State Fair Association, expressed the 

 willingness of the association to assist 

 the florists in every way possible in 

 securing larger space for exhibits and 

 larger premiums. T. E. Cashman, presi- 

 dent of the Clinton Falls Nursery Co., 

 Owatonna, and a member of the state 

 senate, spoke of his willingness as a leg- 

 islator to assist the Florists' Associa- 

 tion in securing a floral building at the 

 State Fair and in every way possible 

 contributing to the success of the asso- 

 ciation. 



Other out of town visitors present 



Vick's New Aster, Mikado Pink. 



were: W. B. Hastings, Cambridge, 

 Mass.; Mr. Augspurger, Peoria, 111.; A. 

 N. Kinsman, Austin; W. H. Hart, 

 Owatonna. 



Various Notes. 



T. Comandros, who has run a flower 

 stand in one of the department stores 

 here, has sold his interest and gone to 

 Omaha. He is succeeded here by Will 

 Bros., of Minneapolis, whose venture is 

 watched with great interest. This firm, 

 which has the most extensive range of 

 glass in the state, has the glass on hand 

 for another 100,000 square feet, to be 

 erected in the near future. 



The Clinton Falls Nursery Co., 

 Owatonna, will also build more houses 

 for growing summer roses. 



All from this section who attended the 

 national flower show were well pleased 

 with the exhibits and loud in their praise 

 of the hospitality and courtesies extended 

 by the Chicago brethren. 



O. J. Olson and G. A. Clausen have 

 returned from their hunting trip with 

 several fine specimens. 



Miss Hattie Neuhart, who has been 

 with L. L. May & Co. for ten years, has 

 resigned, and rumor says she is to be 

 married. 



L. L. May has returned from the east, 

 bringing his invalid brother for treat- 

 ment in a tuberculosis sanitarium in this 

 state. X. Y. Z. 



VICK'S MIKADO PINK. 



In the Seed Trade Department of the 

 Eeview of November 19 there was a 

 note on Mikado Pink, the new aster 

 James Vick's Sons, Rochester, will send 

 out this year. The accompanying illus- 

 tration possibly gives a better idea of 

 the flower than mere words can convey. 



NEV ORLEANS. 



Rochester, N. H. — E. A. Corson has 

 resumed business in his remodeled store 

 on Hanson street. 



New Castle, Ind. — It is reported that 

 Heller Bros, are planning to plant prac- 

 tically all their glass to Beauties for next 

 season. 



At the last meeting of the New Or- 

 leans Horticultural Society the commit- 

 tee on arrangements at the flower show 

 was not ready to give a full report as 

 to the financial results of the exhibit, 

 but, from what could be learned at that 

 time, there will be a deficit, owing to 

 the poor patronage from the public. As 

 a show it was creditable and nothing was 

 needed to make it as good as any pre- 

 vious show, but still the visitors were not 

 numerous enough to make it pay. A 

 spring show will be brought up for con- 

 sideration in the near future, and will 

 no doubt come at a better time for at- 

 tracting attention. 



Business has been at a standstill, since 

 the first of the month, but with the com- 

 ing of cold weather there will be more 

 demand for flowers. 



B. M, Wichers & Co., of Gretna, La., 

 have brought suit against the New Or- 

 leans Acid & Fertilizing Co., for dam- 

 ages to the amount of $15,615.50, alleging 

 that by reason of the noxious odors 

 emanating from the plant of the defend- 

 ants the business of the plaintiffs has 

 been ruined and that valuable plants 

 have been destroyed. . M. M. L. 



Stratford, Conn. — Henry Meacham is 

 rebuilding his furnace room, which had 

 been destroyed by fire. 



