I»i;(i:.\iiii;i; .W, T.Mio. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



of seed until iii litOS lie was aMc to ]ilaiit 

 quite an arra. Instead ol' sa\in^ seeds 

 from all tlie flowers on the plants, he 

 saved only those from selected blooms, 

 with the result that a steady improve 

 inent has lieen made in the (luality of 

 both bloom and stem. Mr. .AFuehow says 

 that even in the unfa\()rable aster season 

 of 19()S the flowers attained fi\i> inches in 

 diameter, with stems two feet lonji'. He 

 asseits that under favorable conditions 

 it can be yrown much better. 



This new asf( r is of the ('omet tjpe, 

 ami so dcndjle that it is a shy seeder. 

 The center of the dowei" does not show. 

 Mr. .Mucliow thinks he has in flladys 

 Evelyn a valuable addition to the list of 

 florists' asters. 



ELM COURT FARM CLUB-ROOM. 



A strikiufT example of the way ;i ki'cn 

 business man cares for tlu^ wcdl liein^ of 

 his employees is furnished by W'm. Douj;- 

 las Sloan at his larjjje estate in I.enox, 

 Mass. Ite has recently erecte(l for the 

 \aiious employees a comfortable club- 

 ro(un. well heated and xcutilateil, ami 

 lioiited by electricity. Installed therein 

 is a full size pool table of the finest 

 make, and a phonooi'aph of the latest 

 (lesion furnishes musical entcrlainment. 

 Chess, checkers, dominoes, cards and a 

 \v(dl-sto(d\ed library iinike the (dub at 

 tractive to the yonnj; men. keepinjj them 

 intei-ested and amused and away from the 

 m(ue or ](>ss harmful ami e.\i>ensive at- 

 tractions of the adjacent city of I'itts- 

 ficld. ^Ir. Sloan has not only earn(^d the 

 yratitudo of his em|)loyees, but has made 

 a splendid investment tha^ will bear con- 

 tinuous interest in more ellicient work 

 •.[\\<[ in the mental, moral and jihysical 

 wcll-beino of his emjdoyees. A. T. I'.. 



A COURSE IN FLORICULTURE. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



The short c;iurse in Ihirirui* ure at 

 Massachusetts Agricultural ( idleoc pnun- 

 iscs to be a ^reat success. Already ap- 

 |di(ati(Uis have been acce|)te(i tn about 

 the cajiacity of the teachin^f e(|ni|nuent. 

 It has been decided, however, to accejjt 

 twenty for this course, instead of fifteen, 

 as orifjinally planned. It is re<i;retted 

 that the new instruetion building and 

 the yreenhouses will m)t be iinished be- 

 for(> I'ebruary 1.", or all who d'sire the 

 course could b"' acc(nnmodaled. 



The practical men are i^ivin^^ the 

 course their most hearty suppurl ami 

 the talks by experts promise to lie espe- 

 cially valuable. The f(dIo\\ir._r have 

 consente(| to as'^isf in this cdip^e: \V. 

 If. Klliott. I'.ri-htoii. Mass., " lowc (!row- 

 inij as a riusini'>~s ' ' ; lliier Holim s. Mon- 

 trose, "b'o'^es'"; M. A. I'atten. Tewks- 

 bury, .and I'.'Icr I- isJMM'. l-llli-. •'('arna- 

 lions"'; I-",. < >. ()rpct, Snuth I .atu'astei-. 

 ' ' ( )r( hids ' ' ; William Sim. < liftondale, 

 •'Sweet I'e.a Culture 1 'iider ( ! hiss ' ' ; Win. 

 .1. Stewart, I'xiston. " WJKdesaie Market- 

 in<f''; fleory Sinclair, llolyoi\e. "'('hrys- 

 anthemums"; I]. .). (annin^. Nurthamp- 

 lon. Mass., "The Work of the I'rivate 

 C.ardener. " H is expected that Mr. 

 Sykes, of T.nrd (.V: IJurnhatu Co., \\\\\ 

 speak on ' ' ( Irei'idiouse Pesi^n and ('(in- 

 struction'"; also Andrew llldcr. of the 

 same firm, on ' ' ( Ir(>enhouse He.Mtiny. "' 

 Sexcral other expei'ls in various lines 

 hope to assist, but de(ini1(< arran;.M'meids 

 June not yet been made. 



In addition to these talks, the daily 

 l(>ctnres an(| laboratory exercises in flori- 

 culture, soils, f( itili/.ers, insects and dis- 



eases pr(unise to make a busy ten weeks. 

 I'l'dfessor \\'hil>' is jilauuino Saturday 

 morninj^' obser\ati(Ui trijis to \arious 

 yreenhous(i estalilishments. Tin se will 

 imliule the cominerciid r;iuo'('s of f^ield, 

 Xoithamptoii ; i'.each, Soutii lladley; 

 SiiKdair, llolyoke; iJeals and other'<, 

 Spriuofield; I'icrsoii, ('romwcll, (dnii., 

 and many imire, and the c(inser\aloiies 

 at Smith' Coll(>^i' and Mt. Ibdvoke Cid- 



!(>-('. i:. 'a. W. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The Christmas trade this year was a 

 ;ireat improvement onci- that of l!Mi7. 

 All kinds of cut blooms command(>ii a 

 j^diid ]irice. Plants sold \\i'll ami wei'e 

 much used. All th(> stoi'e men IkhI a 

 ;4()u(l trade and all hamis can look back 

 on tli(j Christmas of J9os with pleasure. 



Various Notes. 



doiin b'ieman was unfortunately laid 

 up with an attack of rheunnitism during- 

 ( lirist mas week. 



Th(^ Jinliana|Hilis Florists' Club ^vill 

 meet at A. Wieoaiid's Jamiary G, to per- 

 I'ect jilans for entertaining- tin? \isitiny 

 llurisis (hiring the carnation conventi(m. 



Mr. aii'l .Mrs. A. V. .1. Banr spent tiie 

 holidays in liMchnioml. S. 



DETROIT, 



The Market. 



clii'istm.as was better than e\cr, both 

 with the retail stores and at the coiumis- 

 sion hons(>s. Th.e weather w.as ideal from 

 the sliippiuor standfioint as well. The de- 

 mand for pl.ants was better than ever; in 

 fact, there was not much call for cut 

 llowers until Ilecember L'4. K'oses, ear 

 mil ions, narcissi, sweet ])eas, valley, etc.. 

 s(d<i well ami brought <4flo(l prices, ^'io 

 lets \\cre also in biy (lein;in(l and by 

 Thursday noon many of the stores iiad 

 to turn away \ iolet customers, lieautie--; 

 did not sell. 



In )ilants the most iiojudar were 

 cycl;imens. a/aleas. araucari;is. ferii>. 

 |>alms. poinsettias an(l bey(niias. The 

 demaml was for the less exi)ensi\(' plants. 

 .Many baskets were sold where the d(d- 

 l.ars could not be counted (ui the finjf(Ms 

 (if on(> hand, but $:j to .*.'! were the sum< 

 ino^t jM'ople wante(i to s]ien(l. 



(Undilious are .about normal aLiaiii. 

 Hew that the excitement; is over. 



Various Notes. 



The b(--t r(is( s seen al)(iiit this city 

 were from b'obert l\lauu(\ of Mount 

 ( |emen<- b'ichmdiid. b'liea b'eiil ami I, a 

 Hetroit — while .l;imes ('aiy. also et the 

 I'.ath <'ily, ^hipped in ^-nirie fine Killai' 



Ue\'. 



Tlieinas I'.rewne. et' Creell'iehl. sup 



jdied over 18,000 carnations to the Cut 

 I- lew er l-]x(dianLie. 



The l!emb I'loral •'(>. repnrts bu-iiie-^ 

 .'IS luninij; been iiio'^t s;it isl'mdory. Many 

 fine plant ami rilibim ((imbinations were 

 sold. 



I'.reitmey(M'"s had their usu.al bi^- Im^i 

 ue<s. T'liili]! T'>reitm(\ver. who is now 

 M;iy(M' r.reitmeyer, and takes his seat in 

 ollice January 1. was cumpellcil to jnit 

 in the wliole ni^ht ;it the store ('hri-^t 

 mas ev(^ \\itli the rest of the staff. 



W. 1!. Pii'own was (-(unidetely cleaiu'd 

 out of jilants. 



.r. l". Sullivan had a lot of rin(> sto(d\ 

 anil cleaned u|> pretty well (Ui everything. 



( 'anial icuis were t he li .■idii-. at 

 Tae|ike'^. Ill 111,. iiei;;liliiilini.>d e t' (i.ilUil 

 were (lispiised 1 1 f and all Imme l;iii\\ ii 

 stock. ,V nice liusiuess in phnils uNn \\;i-- 



dolie. 



Sell r(i(>lei' 's is no ddiilil pl;int iie;ii|- 

 (|n'llters ill lietlidt. They l;a.| ;i line In] 

 of azaleas, poin^et l ;.is ami cyclamens, 

 and lew were left. Mr. Schroeter is wvv 

 eni iinsiastic ahoiit « Inistmas. 



1-1. A. fetters is hii^hly elated; business 

 by far exceedeij ex prrt.a t iiiU'-. 



The |)etreii Cut I'luwer ."-iiipply Ibmse 

 handled a line lot of sim-k, |-e,| roses and 

 carnations in particular. 



The next nuM'tino- of the I'loiisis' C|ul>, 

 Monday, .January i. will be the lirst in 

 the new (iiiarters in the t'owce liuildine. 

 .laiiM.-iry 7 will lie ladies" niiiiit. II. S. 



OBITUARY. 



Charles Kaehlert, Jr. 



Cliailes Kaehlert. dr., son of Cii;irle< 

 Ixaelilert, proprietor of the South Side 

 ( ireeiiliouse, .loliet. III., died December I'l. 

 The decedent w.as born dune L', bSSo. in 

 doliet, am! had lived there ;ill his life, 

 lie leaves, besides his widow, his fathei- 

 and mother and two brothers, Will and 

 Mdw ard. 



Albert Grohman. 



.Mliert Crohm.an died at St. Marv "- 

 hospital. Saoiuaw, Mii-li.. December 11. 

 at ilie ai^'e of 4() years, lie was liorn in 

 Sa-inaw dune l'!», iMii'. In fsin) lie 

 started in the Horists' trade with his 

 f.alher .and broTher. In l>!i."i the father 

 witlidi-ew from the firm, and fnmi that 

 time the business had been conducted bv 

 the deceased and his brother, \]. A. Croh 

 ni.an. utnler the n.aiue of Crohman I'.ro-. 



.Mr. (irohm.an had been sulferiiiL; with 

 r.ritiht 's diseas(» for (ucr two \-eais, but 

 the end was not expi^'ted so soon, a^: he 

 li.ad lieeii confine(l to bed for onlv ,a week 

 v^hcii he died. Jb" js sur\ ived bv hi- 

 wife, his mother, three brothers and one 



•"l-^ti'l'. Tiie liusiness uill 1„. ,-iiutilllied 



under the name of ( irohm.an I'.ros. 

 Sarah Pierce Frost. 



S.-irah I'ieice Irosi. u j i',. ,,f ^'arnum 

 i"r(ist. the Well known market grower of 

 Arliiiytoii. Mass.. <|i,.,| December 1';!, .at 

 the aye ol' 71 years. fiiuei-.-il services 

 ^^'■i<' h'bi :H the chapel ot' the I'irsl 

 l'.;iptis| church. .\rlinot,,|i, Deceriiiier :J7. 



^''•- I'i'ist is eiie of the liesf kllowil ex- 

 hibitors ,,f \,.o,. tables ;it Horticultural 

 hall, and h;is the syuipathv of manv 

 Ifiends in his allliction. 



Arthur E. Clark. 



Arthur K. Clark died DecemlMu- -2:'.. ;u 

 Caailirid-e. Mass.. irom ;iu attack in 

 typhoid fever, from vvhich he had bei^i 

 sufferiiii: for ten d.ays. Mr. CjarK. v. ho 

 v\as a n.ativ of h'.aii'dolfih, .M.ass.. \,';,<' .,, 



' 'i"i'' eno,-i^r,.d ill the ijorists- |,„<i. 



ness there with his jiaivuts. [[,, i,.,,,,^ 

 ""'■'<'''! l'"i" Oakes Ames, ji, .\,,rtli 

 l-iastoii, ;MIer wiiich he w.iil mt,, I, I, SI- 

 ness ,1,1 his ,iwn ;i, •count ;ii fi.isr, Wev- 

 nionth. where he st;iye,| about five y,.;irs 

 On oiviii^ ,1,, hi, ,,(.,,,. ,1,,.,.,, i^;, ^^.^^ 



encao,.,! l,y Siilii, y ||o|)-||i;in t,, ,-;Me f,,r 



his -reeiihouses ;ii .M,,init .\idiiirn. |eav 

 illLT there only ,-1 sh,,|| li,,,,, .,,,,, yi,, 

 Clark was est..,.|,i,.,| |,v all who knew' 

 iiiin .and his carlv ami uiitiinelv de.alh 

 will lie inoiiiaied by maiiv. if,-, uas 

 •'•" y'"--- "I' ■■'i^o .and le.av'es a ,\i,h',vv 

 nnd iw,i chihlien. .Mrs. C|.-irk is well 

 known .as an expert betanist .-ni,! is ai; 

 '•X'-''llont authority on n.ative plants. 



