Dbcbmbeb 30, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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John G. Heitman, Treasurer. 



Eugene Oestreicber, Secretary. 

 Three of the New Officers of the Milwaukee Florists' Club. 



Alex. Klokner, Vice-president. 



Sweet-scented Verbenas. 



The demand for sweet-scented verbe- 

 nas is always good. Probably you lifted 

 and stored a few old roots and these are 

 probably in a semi- dormant condition. If 

 placed in a warm, moist house, syringed 

 freely and not kept too moist at the root, a 

 fine crop of young shoots will soon ap- 

 pear. Eub -hese off with a heel and 

 place them in a warm propagating bench. 

 Pew will fail to root and they will make 

 nice, bushy plants for spring sales. 



While speaking of propagating, the 

 present time, when the days are short 

 and the heating pipes constantly warm, is 

 an excellent one for putting in batches 

 of coleus, heliotropes, crotons, dracsenas 

 and any other ornamental leaved plants. 

 While the sand is constantly warm and 

 kept well moistened the chances of losses 

 are small. 



Gloxinias. 



A batch of gloxinias can easily be had 

 in flower for Memorial day, at which time 

 the blooms prove extremely serviceable 

 for bouquet work. Start some of the 

 dormant tubers about January 1. You 

 will note that many of them are already 

 starting to grow. Do not pot at once, 

 but place in flats of sand and leaf -mold. 

 Water with moderation, or you will rot 

 every tuber. A temperature of 60 to 65 

 <legrees, with a moist atmosphere, is suit- 

 able for starting the gloxinias. As soon 

 as the growth has fairly started and be- 

 fore the roots have time to become mat- 

 ted, pot off the tubers, using 6-inch pots 

 for the strongest and 5-inch pots for 

 smaller ones. For compost a mixture of 

 two-thirds loam and one-sixth each of 

 decayed cow manure, well broken up, and 

 leaf-mold, with some sand and fine char- 

 coal added, will be found suitable. A 

 light, moderately rich and rather porous 

 soil grows the best gloxinias. 



Lorraine Begonias. 



' l»ristmas will have pretty well cleaiied 

 <^ii' the Lorraines. Do not forget to save 

 ^ sufficient number of healthy stock 

 Pj'^iKts for another year. These can be 

 Hiked in a temperature of 50 degrees 

 ^^'i kept somewhat drier at the root. If 



desired, a batch of leaf cuttings can be 

 placed in the cutting bench right away, 

 but there is ample time for this. 



Rex Begonias. 



If the stock of Rex begonias is rather 

 low, now is one of the best times of the 

 year to propagate them. They are easily 

 increased by simply cutting up the old 

 leaves in pieces, using the thicker por- 

 tions of the leaves and discarding the 

 thinnest portion near the edges. Pieces 

 of leaf an inch square, inserted upright 

 or laid flat and sprinkled with sand, will 

 root easily. Even a propagating bed is 

 not necessary for raising a fresh stock 

 of Bex begonias. Flats of fine moss and 

 sand, on which leaf divisions are laid, if 

 placed under the bench of a warm house 

 will give an abundance of young plants 

 in a few weeks. 



MILWAUKEE FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The New Officers. 



The new officers elected at the last 

 meeting of the Milwaukee Florists' Club 

 are all enthusiastic members of the club 

 and fuU of energy to promote anything 

 for the welfare of the club or the trade 

 in general. 



Nic Zweifel, the newly elected presi- 

 dent, is a carnation specialist, and grows 

 carnations exclusively for the wholesale 

 market. To use the up-to-date expression, 

 we must say that he is "some" grower, 

 and the quality of his stock will verify 

 this at almost all seasons of the year. 

 He has some 60,000 to 70,000 feet of 

 glass, at North Milwaukee, and carna- 

 tions can be seen at their best at this 

 establishment. He is a shrewd and keen 

 observer of the present day needs and the 

 varieties he grows always find a steady 

 market. Some new varieties originated 

 at his place, among them the new Bright 

 Spot, which attracted considerable atten- 

 tion at the shows this fall. Mr. Zweifel 

 is a member of the Carnation Society, also 

 a life member of the S, A. F., and he can 

 always be found at any important gather- 



ing of the trade. The club has elected 

 a good president and one who will make 

 good. 



Alexander Klokner, vice-president, is 

 one of the old-time club members, but 

 still quite young and exceedingly active. 

 Mr. Klokner has been identified with 

 every branch of the florists' business 

 since settling in Milwaukee, and has 

 been most successful in all his undertak- 

 ings. At the present time his attention 

 is divided between his greenhouses and 

 landscape gardening. He has been un- 

 usually successful in the latter work and 

 many fine estates have been laid out by 

 him. He has served the city as super- 

 intendent of the public parks and did ex- 

 cellent work. Mr. Klokner has a liking 

 for growing novelties at his greenhouses 

 and continually sends in stock to the 

 wholesale market out of the ordinary 

 run. He is well versed in all floriculturaJ 

 matters and the saying here is, "If you 

 see something and don't know what it 

 it, ask Klokner." He will make a good 

 vice-president. 



Our treasurer, John G. Heitman, is a 

 fine fellow. He is the senior partner of 

 the firm of Heitman & Baerman, also suc- 

 cessful carnation growers. He is a good 

 custodian of the club funds and always 

 on the lookout for the walfare of the 

 club's finances. No check or voucher is 

 drawn on the club and signed John G, 

 Heitman, treasurer, unless it is for the 

 best interest of the club. 



Our secretary, Eugene Oestreicher, is a 

 young man bubbling over with club en- 

 thusiasm. He is a carnation grower em- 

 ployed by Nic Zweifel and called his 

 "right hand man." His loyalty and 

 duties to the club are proven by his 

 steady attendance at all the meetings. 

 He is always on deck in all kinds of 

 weather, and he has a long ways to 

 come, too. He is a great favorite among 

 the ladies also and a busy man at any of 

 the club's entertainments. He is also 

 the local scribe for the Review, and keeps 

 its readers well posted on local and mar- 

 ket affairs here. The important office 

 of secretary is in excellent hands. 



C. C. POLLWORTH. 



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