November 25, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



J7 



Flowef 8 for Seed at Fairfield Fartn^ Randolph, Wis. 



Various Notes. 



Z. D. Blackistone has returned from 

 a shooting trip to lower Maryland, Elver 

 Springs and Blackistone 's Island. Mr. 

 Lauscher, of this firm, is all smiles these 

 days, as he is papa of a fine daughter. 



A trip to the establishment of David 

 Grillbortzer, Alexandria, Va., shows things 

 to be in excellent shape. All that was 

 left in the mum section •nas one bench 

 of Timothy Eaton thst were just about 

 ready to cut. The carnation houses 

 promise a heavy cut for Christmas. All 

 the best commercial varieties are to be 

 seen here. The roses are grown in the 

 new range put up last season. Kich- 

 mond occupies considerable space and the 

 plants are extremely vigorous. Killarney 

 is his heaviest crop and just at present is 

 in full cut. It is an inspiration to go 

 through this house. My Maryland and 

 Ivory are also grown at this establish- 

 ment. A bench of poinsettias that will 

 be ready to cut in two weeks was a beau- 

 tiful sight. Mr. Grillbortzer is looking 

 forward to a good season and with the 

 condition of his stock at present there is 

 no reason why his expectations should 

 not be realized. 



Just across the road are the green- 

 houses of the Washington Florist Co. 

 Everything at this place is spick and 

 span. Here a general line of stock for 

 the retail trade is grown, including a lot 

 of pot plants, such as cyclamens, be- 

 gonias, primulas, California peppers, 

 poinsettias and some fine adiantums. 

 Carnations are good, with a nice cut each 

 day. Several benches of Beauties are in 

 fine shape, producing some good stock. 

 Cardinal takes the lead in red, with My 

 Maryland in pink. Mrs. Taft is coming 

 on fine, throwing heavier canes than almost 

 any other rose. Orchids and gardenias 

 are an important crop at this place. 

 This is the only firm in this neighbor- 

 hood that has taken up the culture of 

 gardenias. So far it has been more 

 than satisfactory. All the output is dis- 

 posed of by the firm's two stores in 

 Washington, 



Gude Bros. Co. is displaying in the 

 window this week a collection of orchids 

 that attracts a great deal of attention. 



Two new automobile delivery wagons 

 were put into commission in the last few 

 weeks by florists, one by Fred H. Kra- 



mer, the other by Z. D. Blackistone. 

 Mr. Blackistone 's "On Time" is very 

 appropriate, as there is nothing like be- 

 ing on time in these matters. 



The first load of holly struck this city 

 last week and certainly was fine. It is 

 unusually heavily berried. 



Wm. J. Moore, of Philadelphia, has 

 filled the vacancy in the store of the 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. caused by the resig- 

 nation of Mr. Schnell. 



Paper Whites have made their ap- 

 pearance in this market and were given 

 the glad hand. 



Visitors: Sydney Bayersdorfer, rep- 

 resenting H. Bayersdorfer & Co., and 

 Mr. Schott, representing M. Eice & Co., 

 both of Philadelphia. W. F. 



FLOWERS FOR SEEDS. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph taken in September at the 

 Fairfield Seed Farm of the J. W. Jung 

 Seed Co., Eandolph, Wis. Although only 

 flowers are shown in the photograph, the 

 farm also raises a large acreage of gar- 

 den and farm seeds. Peas, beans, sweet 

 corn, cucumbers, radish, tomatoes and 

 muskmelons are the leading garden seeds 

 grown there. 



In farm seeds they make a specialty 

 of breeding Dent varieties suited to the 

 northern states, but also give consider- 

 able attention to barley, oats and clover 

 seed. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



offers for registration the plants de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting to 

 the registration or to the use of the pro- 

 posed names is requested to communicate 

 with the undersigned at once. Failing to 

 receive objection to the registration, the 

 same will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Description — Green foliage, strong 

 grower, moderate height, huge heads of 

 fiery scarlet, with yellow throat and nar- 

 row rim of yellow, round petals. Name — 

 Ilalley's Comet. 



Description — Green foliage, vigorous 

 grower, four to five feet, flowers extra 

 large, petals broad; color. La France 

 pink. Name — Mrs. Alfred C. Conard. 



Description — Green foliage, six to 

 seven feet high, enormous flowers, beau- 

 tifully wavy petals, orange scarlet, won- 

 drously flaked with gold; an improve- 

 ment over Mrs. Kate Gray. Name — 

 Mrs. Carl Kelsey. 



W. N. EUDD, Sec'y- 



Nov. 20, 1909. 



Retail Florists' Delivery Association. 



Pursuant to action of the preliminary 

 meeting of retail florists held at Chicago, 

 the following have been appointed a 

 committee on organization of a Eetail 

 Florists' Delivery Association: J. A. 

 Valentine, Denver, Colo., chairman; 

 William F. Gude, Washington, D. C; 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich.; W. L. 

 Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y,; E. Wienhoeber, 

 Chicago, 111.; John Bertermann, Indi- 

 anapolis, Ind.; W. L. Eock, Kansas 

 City, Mo. W. N. Eudd, Sec'y. 



Nov. 12, 1909. 



Registration of Cannas. 



Public notice is hereby given that the 

 (Jonard & Jones Co., of West Grove, Pa., 



OBITUARY. 



Jens P. Brudahl. 



Jens P. Brudahl, of Eacine, Wis., died 

 Monday, November 15, at St. Luke's 

 hospital, after a short illness with pneu- 

 monia. The funeral was held Saturday, 

 November 20, from the Dania hall. Mr. 

 Brudahl was 75 years of age, a native 

 of Denmark, and came to Eacine in 1867. 

 He was one of the most prominent citi- 

 zens of the city. His last resting place 

 was amid a wealth of flowers, one of 

 the most striking pieces being a large 

 easy chair which his son-in-law, M. B, 

 Lassen, had covered with flowers and 

 which stood at the head of the casket. 

 Six Eacine florists, Messrs. Benstead, 

 Burgens, Adams, Miller, Olsen and Por- 

 ter, acted as pallbearers. 



Frederick C. Schneider. 



Frederick C. Schneider, one of the 

 oldest florists of Detroit, Mich., died 

 Monday morning, November 22. He waa 

 68 years of age and had been engaged 

 in the florists' and market gardening 

 business in Detroit for at least forty 

 years. 



