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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



57 



You know what hot Weather does to stock. Well, Milwaukee is well favored, 

 as we have no very hot weather here, and in consequence stock of all kinds is still in 

 good shape. Big cut of fancy Carnations, Roses^and Giganteums. Try a few shipments 

 and be convinced. 



HOLTON & HUNKEL CO. 



462 Milwaukee Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The best-equipped Wholesale House in the West 



Mention The He view wneu >ou write. 



ALEXANDER J. GUTTMAN 

 The Wholesale Florist of New York 



34 WEST 28th STREET 



Our congratulations to the Officers and 

 Members of the S* A. F* and 0. H. on the 

 occasion of its 25th anniversary. 



Our Compliments to the Officers and 

 Members of the Cincinnati Florists* Society, 

 and our best wishes for the success of the 

 Convention. 



A hearty welcome awaits you at our 

 office whenever you visit New York. 



Our Address is 34 West 28th Street, my 

 Phone Nos. 1664-1665 Madison Square. 



Sincerely yours. 



The wnolesale Florist of New York. 



Mention Thf Kfview mien vou wnte 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market 



With the last week business assumed 

 its usual summer gait, which was quite 

 an improvement over the week previous. 

 The falling off in carnations makes re- 

 ceipts light, and consequently the other 

 available stock, such as roses, gladioli, 

 lilies, etc., comes to the front. Even the 

 outdoor grown asters, which are not of a 

 good quality, are cleaned up. So all good 

 stock of any kind is a profitable proposi- 

 tion at this time. The green goods mar- 

 ket is well supplied. 



With plenty of rain Saturday and Sun- 

 day, August 14 and 15, outdoor crops 

 again put forth a bold front and there 

 is now hope for the asters of the later 

 varieties. The extreme heat on Sunday 

 — for it was 95 degrees — was brought to 

 a sudden end by a heavy rain and wind 

 storm, which played havoc all around, 



especially with the flowering beds in our 

 public parks. 



Most of the wholesale carnation grow- 

 ers say that they finished planting by 

 August 15. The stock, while not quite 

 as large as might be desired, is in a 

 cleaner condition than last year, with no 

 red spider to speak of. 



Qub Meetin£. 



The club meeting August 12 was at- 

 tended by an unusually large number, 

 which was a real surprise to the regulars. 



Messrs. Eschrig and Kaufmann were 

 elected as members. 



The entertainment committee once 

 more called attention to the club's picnic 

 on Sunday, August 22, at Crystal Spring 

 park, and promised all a good time. Many 

 tickets were disposed of. Various events 

 will take place, for which many valuable 

 prizes will be offered. So do not fail to 

 attend. 



The flower show committee reported 

 that it had visited the Auditorium, how 

 under construction, and found that, owing 

 to the big floor space, all exhibits could 

 be displayed to good advantage. 



Various Notes. 



The M. A. McKenney Co. reports busi- 

 ness good — about the same as in former 

 seasons. 



Mrs. Ennis, in speaking for the Wis- 

 consin Floral Co., says that transient 

 business is fine, the call being mainly for 

 Beauties and carnations. She also says 

 that it seems the people always want 

 what is not in stock. Funeral work here 

 has also kept up pretty well. 



Wm. Zimmerman is one who believes 

 in having an attractive window display. 

 Last week it was made up of asters, 

 gladioli, lilies and ferns. He says there 

 is something doing all the time. 



Miss Eose Semler, of the Edlefsen- 

 Leidiger Co., returned August 16 from a 

 two weeks' vacation, spent at Elkhart 

 lake. 



Gust Buscb is again back of the counter 

 at Holton & Hunkel's salesroom: 



The following left Milwaukee August 

 16 at 9 a. m., for Chicago, to join the 

 florists from the latter city on their way 

 to the convention at Cincinnati: F. Hol- 

 ton, N. Zweifel, Gust Mueller and C. C. 

 PoUworth. Mr. Pollworth intends to 

 spend a week in the east, starting from 

 Cincinnati the night after the close of 

 the convention. 



Eschrig & Kaufmann is the name of 

 the new firm that is erecting 12,000 feet 

 of glass on the south side, for pot and 

 bedding plants. E. O. 



WASHINGTON. 



Interest in the automobile floral pa- 

 rade, set for September 30, continues to 

 increase. The parade is to be under the 

 auspices of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 but the local Florists' Club is actively 

 cooperating to make the affair in every 

 way a success. Isaac Gans is chairman 

 of the parade, and predicts the biggest 

 kind of a success. 



F. H. Kramer, president of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, is doing all that can be done 

 to have two classes of cars, with two 

 sets of judges, created. The idea is to 

 have one class for cars decorated with 

 natural flowers, to be judged by some 

 outside florists, and another class for 

 cars decorated with artificial flowers and 

 other materials, to be judged by a dif- 

 ferent group of men. 



The Florists' Club offers a fine cup 

 for the best car decorated with natural 

 flowers, and will enter a car to help the 

 cause along. This car will, of courao, 

 not compete for the cap. 



