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Dkcbmbbb 31, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



Now For the New Year 



Our business in 1908 was about one-third greater than in 1907 because we had increased 

 Suppiies of the Right kind of stock, and because 



Our Service is the Best to be had in the Chicagfo Market 



If you want to get the Right stock and Right service in 1909 — begin right by ordering a part of 

 your supply of us. You will soon find yourself ordering of us for all your needs. 



Maids, Brides, Richmond, Killarney, Carnations, Lilies, all Bulb 



Stock and all Greens 



LET'S GET TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL ADVANTAGE 



ZECH & MANN, 



Wholesale Oroi^erB and 

 Shippers of Cut Flow^ers 



51 Wabash Avenue 



Chicago 



Meptlon The Review when you write. 



VIOLETS 



Carnatiofls 



Roses 



Green Goods 



We have best quality in quantity and respectfully 

 solicit a share of your patronage for 1909 



♦ • ♦ • 



VAUGHSN & SPERRY 



Wholesale Florists, 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



other committees for 1909 were ap- 

 pointed : 



Prises and exhibitions, J. K. M. L. Farqnhar, 

 chairman; W. N. Craig, Edward MacMulkin, 

 Robert Cameron, William Sim. 



Plants and flowers, T. D. Hatfield, chairman; 

 Peter Fisher, Dunoan Finla^son, Thomas Roland, 

 James Farquhar. 



Fruits, Wilfrid Wheeler, chairman; E. B. 

 Wilder, H. F. Hall. 



Vegetables, J. B. .Shortlefl, Jr., chairman; 

 J. W. Duncan, George D. Moore. 



Gardens, 0. W. Parker, chairman; J. Henr- 

 Un, A. H. Fewkes, W. P. Rich, T. J. Grey, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler, T. D. Hatfield, S. M. Weld. 

 T. H. Westwood, J. B. Shurtleft, W. H. 

 Bowker. 



Children's gardens, Mrs. R. G. Shaw, chair- 

 man; Mrs. Kathertne P. Peabody, Mrs. B. M. 

 Gill, Mrs. D. L. Plckman, Mrs. J. E. Thayer, 

 Miss Margaret A. Rand. 



The nominating committee consisted 

 of W. H. Elliott, W. N. Craig and C. W. 

 Parker. 



The committee recommended the ap- 

 pointment of a press committee. Their 

 recommendation was adopted. 



An invitation was tendered to the two 

 wholesale flower markets to hold their 

 coming trade exhibitions at Horticultural 

 hall. A number of new members were 

 elected. 



The following is the program of lec- 

 tures and discussions at Horticultural 

 hall for the season of 1909: 



January 2 — Inangnral meeting. President's 

 address. Annual repmrts. 



January 9— "The Yeast of the Soil," by Will- 

 iam H. Bowker, Boston. 



January 16 — "Garden Insects and How to 

 Control Them." by Prof. E. Dwlght Sanderson, 

 Durham, N. H. 



January 23 — "Ornamental Gardens and Gar- 

 den Materials," with stereoptlcon lllnstrations, 

 by Prof. E. A. White, Amherst, Mass. 



January 30 — "The Effects of Conditions of 

 Growth m Certain Horticultural Plants npon 

 Susceptibility to Fungous Diseases," by Prof. 



B. M. Duggar, Ithaca, N. Y. 



February 6 — "The Etherization of Plants for 

 Forcing Purposes," by Prof. William Stuart, 

 Burlington, Vt. 



February 13 — "Plant Breeding," with stere<H>- 

 tlcon illustrations, by Prof. H. J. Webber, 

 Ithaca, N. T. 



February 20 — "American Landscape Architec- 

 ture," by Prof. F. A. Waugh, Amherst, Mass. 



February 27 — "Rural New England," by Mrs. 



C. R. F. Ladd, Stnrbrldge, Mass. 



March 6 — "The Propagation of Plants by 

 Various Methods," by Jackson Dawson, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass. 



Various Notes. 



H. R. Werdmuller, formerly with W. 

 W. Edgar & Co., of Waverley, Mass., is 

 now with Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stuttgart, 



Germany, the noted hybridist of cannas, 

 begonias, gladioli, etc. Mr. Werdmuller 

 left America owing to a breakdown in 

 his health. He is happily now much im- 

 proved and may return here in the fu- 

 ture. He retains his membership in the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club. 



Several grrowers had consignments of 

 cut flowers frozen during tho cold snap 

 December 23. Quite low readings were 

 recorded in some places. At W. H. El- 

 liott's Madbury establishment, the mini- 

 mum was 27 degrees below zero. The 

 weather on Christmas eve and Christmas 

 day was mild and spring-like, the tem- 

 perature rising to 50 degrees in the 

 shade. 



Welch Bros, report a much heavier 

 Christmas trade than a year ago. White 

 flowers were the only slow sale. They 

 handled quantities of long-stemmed 

 Beauties at top prices. Holly was the 

 only thing in evergreens which sold 

 slowly. Laurel was in heavy demand. 



Growers of single violets are practi- 

 cally unanimous in the opinion that their 



