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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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of seed until in 1908 he was able to plant 

 quite an area. Instead of saving seeds 

 from all the flowers on the plants, he 

 saved only those from selected blooms, 

 with the result that a steady improve- 

 ment has been made in the quality of 

 both bloom and stem. Mr. Muchow says 

 that even in the unfavorable aster season 

 of 1908 the flowers attained five inches in 

 diameter, with stems two feet long. He 

 asserts that under favorable conditions 

 it can be grown much better. 



This new aster is of the Comet type, 

 and so double that it is a shy seeder. 

 The center of the flower does not show. 

 Mr. Muchow thinks he has in Gladys 

 Evelyn a valuable addition to the list of 

 florists' asters. 



ELM COURT FARM CLUB-RCX)M. 



A striking example of the way a keen 

 business man cares for the well-being of 

 his employees is furnished by Wm. Doug- 

 las Sloan at his large estate in Lenox, 

 Mass. He has recently erected for the 

 various employees a comfortable club- 

 room, well heated and ventilated, and 

 lighted by electricity. Installed therein 

 is a full size pool-table of the finest 

 make, and a phonograph of the latest 

 design furnishes musical entertainment. 

 Chess, checkers, dominoes, cards and a 

 well-stocked library make the club at- 

 tractive to the young men, keeping them 

 interested and amused and away from the 

 more or less harmful and expensive at- 

 tractions of the adjacent city of Pitts- 

 field. Mr. Sloan has not only earned the 

 gratitude of his employees, but has made 

 a splendid investment that will bear con- 

 tinuous interest in more efficient work 

 and in the mental, moral and physical 

 well-being of his employees. A. T. B. 



A COURSE IN FLORICULTURE. 



Massachusetts Agriculttsral College. 



The short course in floriculture at 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College prom- 

 ises to be a great success. Already ap- 

 plications have been accepted to about 

 the capacity of the teaching equipment. 

 It has been decided, however, to accept 

 twenty for this course, instead of fifteen, 

 as originally planned. It is regretted 

 that the new instruction building and 

 the greenhouses will not be finished be- 

 fore February 15, or all who desire the 

 course could be accommodated. 



The practical men are giving the 

 course their most hearty support and 

 the talks by experts promise to be espie- 

 cially valuable. The following have 

 consented to assist in this course: W. 

 H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass., "Rose Grow- 

 ing as a Business"; Eber Holmes, Mon- 

 trose, "Roses"; M. A. Patten, Tewks- 

 bury, and Peter Fisher, Ellis, "Carna- 

 tions"; E. O. Orpet, South Lancaster, 

 "Orchids"; William Sim, Cliftondale, 

 "Sweet Pea Culture Under Glass"; Wm. 

 J. Stewart, Boston, "Wholesale Market- 

 ing ' ' ; George Sinclair, Holyoke, ' ' Chrys- 

 anthemums"; E. J. Canning, Northamp- 

 ton, Mass., "The Work of the Private 

 Gardener. " It is expected that Mr. 

 Sykes, of Lord & Burnham Co., will 

 speak on "Greenhouse Design and Con- 

 struction"; also Andrew Elder, of the 

 same firm, on "Greenhouse Heating." 

 Several other experts in various lines 

 hope to assist, but definite arrangements 

 have not yet been made. 



In addition to these talks, the daily 

 lectures and laboratory exercises in flori- 

 culture, soils, fertilizers, insects and dis- 



eases promise to make a busy ten weeks. 

 Professor White is planning Saturday 

 morning observation trips to various 

 greenhouse establishments. These will 

 include the commercial ranges of Field, 

 Northampton; Beach, South Hadley; 

 Sinclair, Holyoke; Beals and others, 

 Springfield; Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., 

 and many more, and the conservatories 

 at Smith College and Mt. Holyoke Col- 

 lege. E. A. W. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The Christmas trade this year. was a 

 great improvement over that of 1907. 

 AH kinds of cut blooms commanded a 

 good price. Plants sold well and were 

 much used. All the store men had a 

 good trade and all hands can look back 

 on the Christmas of 1908 with pleasure. 



Vuiotis Notes. 



Jonn Rieman was unfortunately laid 

 up with an attack of rheumatism during 

 Christmas week. 



The Indianapolis Florists' Club will 

 meet at A. Wiegand's January 6, to per- 

 fect plans for entertaining the visiting 

 florists during the carnation convention. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. F. J. Baur spent the 

 holidays in Richmond. S. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Christmas was better than ever, both 

 with the retail stores and at the commis- 

 sion houses. The weather was ideal from 

 the shipping standpoint as well. The de- 

 mand for plants was better than ever; in 

 fact, there was not much call for cut 

 flowers until December 24. Roses, car- 

 nations, narcissi, sweet peas, valley, etc., 

 sold well and brought good prices. Vio- 

 lets were also in big demand and by 

 Thursday noon many of the stores had 

 to turn away violet customers. Beauties 

 did not sell. 



In plants the most popular were 

 cyclamens, azaleas, araucarias, ferns, 

 palms, poinsettias and begonias. The 

 demand was for the less expensive plants. 

 Many baskets were sold where the dol- 

 lars could not be counted on the fingers 

 of one hand, but $2 to $3 were the sums 

 most people wanted to spend. 



Conditions are about normal again, 

 now that the excitement is over. 



Variotis Notes. 



The best roses seen about this city 

 were from Robert Klagge, of Mount 

 Clemens — Richmond, Rhea Reid and La 

 Detroit — while James Cary, also of the 

 Bath City, shipped in some fine Killar- 

 ney. 



Thomas Browne, of Greenfield, sup- 

 plied over 18,000 carnations to the Cut 

 ilower Exchange. 



The Bemb Floral Co. reports business 

 as having been most satisfactory. Many 

 fine plant and ribbon combinations were 

 sold. 



Breitmeyer's had their usual big busi- 

 ness. Philip Breitmeyer, who is now 

 Mayor Breitmeyer, and takes his seat in 

 office January 1, was compelled to put 

 in the whole night at the store Christ- 

 mas eve with the rest of the staff, 



W. B. Brown was completely cleaned 

 out of plants. 



J. F, Sullivan had a lot of fine stock 

 and cleaned up pretty well on everything. 



Carnations were the leaders at 

 Taepke's. In the neighborhood of 6,000 

 were disposed of and all home-grown 

 stock. A nice business in plants also was 

 done. 



Schroeter's is no 'doubt plant head- 

 quarters in Detroit. They had a fine lot 

 of azaleas, poinsettias and cyclamens, 

 and few were left. Mr. Schroeter is very 

 enthusiastic about Christmas. 



E. A. Fetters is highly elated; business 

 by far exceeded expectations. 



The Detroit Cut Flower Supply House 

 handled a fine lot of stock, red roses and 

 carnations in particular. 



The next meeting of the Florists ' Club, 

 Monday, January 4, will be the first in 

 the new quarters in the Cowee building. 

 January 7 will be ladies' night. H. S. 



OBITUARY. 



Charles Kaehlert, Jr. 



Charles Kaehlert, Jr., son of Charles 

 Kaehlert, proprietor of the South Side 

 Greenhouse, Joliet, 111,, died December 21. 

 The decedent was born June 2, 1883, in 

 Joliet, and had lived there all his life. 

 He leaves, besides his widow, his father 

 and mother and two brothers, Will and 

 Edward. 



Albert Grohman. 



Albert Grohman died at St. Mary's 

 hospital, Saginaw, Mich., December 11, 

 at the age of 46 years. He was born in 

 Saginaw June 29, 1862. In 1890 he 

 started in the florists' trade with his 

 father and brother. In 1895 the father 

 withdrew from the firm, and from that 

 time the business had been conducted by 

 the deceased and his brother, E, A. Groh- 

 man, under the name of Grohman Bros. 



Mr. Grohman had been suffering with 

 Bright 's disease* for over two years, but 

 the end was not expected so soon, as he 

 had been confined to bed for only a week 

 when he died. He is survived by his 

 wife, his mother, three brothers and one 

 sister. The business will be continued 

 under the name of Grohman Bros. 



Sarah Pierce Frost. 



Sarah Pierce Frost, wife of Varnum 

 Frost, the well known market grower of 

 Arlington, Mass., died December 23, at 

 the age of 74 years. Funeral services 

 were held at the chapel of the First 

 Baptist church, Arlington, December 27. 

 Mr. Frost is one of the best known ex- 

 hibitors of vegetables at Horticultural 

 hall, and has the sympathy of many 

 friends in his affliction. 



Arthur E. Clark. 



Arthur E. Clark died December 23, at 

 Cambridge, Mass., from an attack of 

 typhoid fever, from which he had been 

 suffering for ten days, Mr, Clark, who 

 was a native of Randolph, Mass,, was at 

 one time engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness there with his parents. He later 

 worked for Oakes Ames, in North 

 Easton, after which he went into busi- 

 ness on his own account at East Wey- 

 mouth, where he stayed about five years 

 On giving up his place there, he was 

 engaged by Sidney Hoffman to care for 

 his greenhouses at Mount Auburn, leav- 

 ing there only a short time ago. Mr. 

 Clark was esteemed by all who knew 

 him and his early and untimely death 

 will be mourned by many. He was 

 30 years of age and leaves a widow 

 and two children. Mrs, Clark is well 

 known as an expert botanist and is an 

 excellent authority on native plants. 



