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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 12, 1009. 



Kiiiilc Xticaiitcrcii. Mcllc, (ilit'iit, Bol- 

 gium, is now |iiittiiiy into Cdiimiereo liis 

 new \:iiic<i;it<'<l ] )riica'iiii IJriiiiiiti, iindor 

 the iKiiiic uT Souvi'iiir de Francois IJiiysse. 

 It has Ik'cu awarded silver jfilt medals at 

 Ghent. London and iJerlin. The nietallie 

 fjreen I'oliayc is riidily niarkeil with vari- 

 ejfalions in Aviiite, oranjie aii<l pink. 'I'he 

 lii'iilianf and nni<|iio colnrin^ of the leaves 

 and tlie constitution of liriianti make the 

 ipjanl ,-1 most \alualile one for tlecorati\e 

 inii'j)os(>s. 



Carnations for Bedding Out. 



('arnation enthusiasts in Mnglish yar- 

 deiiinj; journals ha\e for sonu> time ad- 

 vocated the merits of American carna- 

 tions for summer lioweriiifj out<loors, and 

 jfo-alie;id lirms cataloffuc and recommend 

 them as litMhlin^ out plants. At several 

 exhiliilions tiiis summer, blooms cut from 

 ])iants ;;i(i\\n in tiie open haxc been 

 shown. 'I'he Perpetual l^'loweriny Carna- 

 tion Soi-iety ari;ui<,n'd c.-iriy in the year 

 to ])i'd nut a number of \ai'i(Mies. The 

 trial is now bcinir conducted by !•]. F. 

 Hawes. at tlic K'oyal Hotanic (lardens, 

 London, ;ind .a special committee has 

 been a|i|Hiinted t'l lalmlate the r(>sults. 



capl\ire many of the sluj;s. A narrow 

 band (d' dry slaked liTue around the wall 

 of the lath house will also ](reveiit many 

 of the slnys from enterinjj the structure, 

 the drv lime beiny ww olVensi\e to them. 



W. il. T. 



SLUGS IN A LATH HOUSE. 



I'lease trll me how to ext (M'lninate sluys 

 in a lath lujuso devoted to ferns and be- 

 gonitis. A. li. H. 



<'orn meal mixed with I'aiis yreen is 

 sometiiries an ;il t r.act i\ c bait for slutrs, 



NEW DETROIT OFFICERS. 



The Detroit l-'lorists" ('lub is one of 

 the most active and successful in the 

 I'nited States. It has been the good for- 

 tune of the organization to have the serv- 

 ices, as olhcei's. of some of the best men 

 in 1 h(! tradi', several of whom have been 

 called to jierform sinnlar duties in the 

 national trade oigani/.at ions. At the .Iidy 

 meeting Charles JMumb. a charter mem- 

 Iier. was called to the (diair and Jlugo 

 S(diroeter and KNdtei-t Kahaley. two of the 

 youngei' nu'iubeis. vvei'e elected secretary 

 and treasurer res[iect ively, v\ith (>. K. 

 iJrowne v ice presidiMit. 



Chai'les 11. I'lumb was born at ]']gliani, 

 Surrey. England. .May IS, 1S()(;, and 

 s|(ent his boyhood at ('obliani. lie com- 

 menced his horticidtui'al cai'eer in ISTi', 

 working in jirivato establishments. After 

 seven y(>ars S[)ent in the jii'ivate gardens 

 of Silvernu're. Cobham and St. C.eorge's 

 Hall. \\'eybridg(\ he entered the Koyal 

 ISotanical (iardens, at Kew, in April, 

 lS8i;. Here he took the full botanical 

 cours(\ and in Sejdember, 18S1I, was ap- 

 poiided by the British government as 

 curator of the botanic stations of St. 

 Kitts, N<'vis. West Indies. Leaving the 

 West Indies for the United States in 

 1S!».'!. ho immeiliatidy enttM'cd the employ 



Charles Plumb. 



and !■] 



.■imniig 



p.-t>. 



labbaj; 



plants 



dav .-III 



ushi'd moth I 

 the ])laids a 

 \. 'get able tr 

 c (ir lettuce le 

 and examim'd 

 d aNii in the 



tails spririk! 

 re offensive 

 aps, in tlie 

 ■aves. laid a 

 two oi' thie 

 cveuinii. wi 



ed .about 

 to these 

 form of 

 mong the 

 e times ;i 

 I ludii to 



of the jiark and boidevard commissioners 

 at Detroit. In LSOG he left their employ 

 to enter into business for himself as a 

 llorist, at his present location. 



Hugo S(diroeter was liorn in Detroit. 

 ()ctrdpi'i- 21. 1S7S. .\fter leaving school. 



lie 

 lie 

 111 



in l!M),"), he entertKl the employ of 

 Ellison lllundniiting Co., working at 

 electrical Inisiness for three years. 

 1!)(IS he began working in his fath' 's 

 greenhouses, where he put in sev' hI 

 years, linally ending np iu the store ij 

 of the busin(^ss, where he has been i ^ 

 since. About four years ago ho < 

 asked to become Detroit correspond ,\ 

 for the L'KViEW, which ])osition he is 

 tilled most acceptably ever since. :,. 

 says he must confess that it is this a- 

 (dation with the IiEVii':\v which has gi i 

 him whatever fitness he may possess r 

 holding the office of secretary of the I 

 troit Florists' Club. In tlie year I'.' j 

 he acce|)ted a position with Siebrecht i: 

 Sons, ill their New York store, and tf i 

 went to Newport, R. I., where he put i 

 a season among the four hundred, a . 

 ill the t'luploy of the Siebrechts. It v- -i 

 in Newport that lie met the young la 

 who later became his -wife, and, .\ 

 Schroetcr adds, they tMH^^^'*^ lived hii 

 pily ever since." ^'M'- 



Uobert M. liahaley if%i native of l< 

 troit, born October 29, iSSO. He start, i 

 in life as a bookkeeper for the Calve 

 Litiiographing Co., of Detroit, in iS'.i- 

 and left there after four and one ha i 

 years' service to enter the employ <'<■ 

 the .Mi(diigan Cut Flower Ex(diange ;i- 

 bookkeeper sev(>n years ago. When If. 

 jiaik commissioner, Philip Breitnieye:. 

 now mayor of Detroit, appointed William 

 Dilger to tlie office of superintendent oi 

 jiarks and boulevards four years ago, 'S\\ 

 Kahaley was appointed manager of th' 

 IMicliigan Cut Flower Exchange, whicli 

 position he is now tilling. Last Apn: 

 lie decided to take unto himself a wit.' 

 and is now m.'uiaging two concerns. Mi 

 Kahaley is quite a diplomat and Ids plea- 

 ant smile acts as does oil upon watt ■ 

 when th(^ growers, retailers and fakei- 

 take opposite views of a situation. 



(j>eorg(> E. Browne, the new vice-pros 

 ilent, is .39 years of age and has green 

 houses at tircenfield, Mich., where Im 

 grows mainly carnations and mums fo' 

 tli(> Detroit market. 



The (dub's new f)fticors will lie in 

 stalled the lirst meeting in September. 



OBITUARY. 



John Snyder. 



.lolin Suyiler, oS years id<l, who fd- 

 nnue than twenty years operated a tlowi" 

 store at 921 Walnut street, in Eaiisa 

 <'ity. died at '.'>:]') o "(dock Thursday moi'ii 

 iiig. .\iigust '>. from injuries sustained b; 

 being thrown from his markid wagoi 

 near his home. Seventy second ami Oal 

 streets, the previous afttM-noon. Mr. Sny 

 der had sold some produce from his gar 

 den :it the city market and was returnin;.' 

 home when another wagon collideil witi 

 him and he was thrown vi(dently to th' 

 ground. Concussion of the brain resulte.i 

 in hemorrhage and ]\h'. Snyd(>r sc;irc(d\ 

 reg.nineil consciousness. 



The dead man was born in (lermany 

 Since giving ii|i the flower store on Wai 

 nut stieet five years ago he visited tha' 

 countiy, stiiying nearly a ye.ar. He li;i' 

 lived in l\ansas City thirty five years. 



H(>sides his widow, Emma Snyder, threi 

 children survive: .Tohn and Mamie Sn_\ 

 der, of Seattle, Wash., and Henry Snyder, 

 living at home. 



Funeral services were conducted from 

 the home at 2:.'50 o'clock Sunday after 

 noon, August S, liy the Rev. Louis .T. 

 S(divvartz, jiastor of the Lutheran church. 

 Ituri.'il w;is in Forest Tlill cemeterv. 



