IIECKMBEH 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



■ inhn Q, Heitmaii, Treasurer. 



Hiigene Oestreicher, Secretary. 

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



Alex. Klokner. Vicepresideiii. 



Sweet-scented Verbenas. 



I'lif (It-mand for swoct-sccntod vcrbe- 

 •M^ i.s always good. Probably you lifted 

 111. I stored a few old roots and these are 

 jiiiibably in a semi-dormant condition. If 

 lil.iced in a warm, moist house, syringed 

 Cively and not kept too moist at the root, a 

 line crop of young shoots will soon ap- 

 |ii:ir. Rub vhcse off with a heel and 

 pl.iL'e them in a warm propagating bench. 

 I'lu- will fail to root and they will make 

 »ii'i\ bushy plants fur spring sale.^. 



While speaking of propagating, the 

 I'lrsent time, when the days are .short 

 iiid the heating pipes constantly warm, is 

 IN excellent one for putting in batches 

 || coleus, heliotropes, crotous, dracajnas 

 ■iihI any other ornamental leaved plants. 

 Wliile the sand is constantly warm and 

 Ki pt well moistened the chances of losses 

 'I'' .^-mall. 



Gloxinias. 



\ tiatcli of gloxinias can easily be had 

 II llowt'i- for Memorial day, at which time 

 'li' lilooms i>rovc extremely serviceable 

 '"I l)ouquet work. Start some of the 

 l""iiant tubers about January 1. You 

 "II note that many of them are already 

 ^' II ting to grow. Do not pot at once, 

 '' ■ place in Hats of sand and leaf-mold. 

 " 'ir with moderation, or you will rot 



y tuber. A temperature of 60 to (i.j 

 '" K'os. with a moist atmosphere, is suit- 

 '' ' tor starting the gloxinias. As soon 

 ' li«' growth has fairly started and be- 

 ' tin- roots have time to become raat- 



I'lit off the tubers, using 6-inch pots 

 ' ' lie strongest and 5-inch pots for 



ll'T ones. For compost a mixture of 



'liirds loam and one-sixth each of 



."'d cow manure, well broken up, and 



'■ iiiuld, ■Rith some sand and tine char- 



udded, will be found suitable. A 



. moderately rich and rather porous 



-lows tlie be.st gloxinias. 



Lorraine Begonias. 



' i>tmas will have pretty well cleaned 



'le Lorraines. Do not forget to save 



' illiciiMit number of healthy stock 



'' - for another year. These can be 



^"^ I in a temperature of 50 degrees 



• pt somewhat drier at the root. If 



desired, a batch of leaf cuttings can be 

 ])laced 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 

 (if leaf an inch square, inserted upright 

 nr laid Hat and .sprinkled with sand, will 

 loot easily. Even a propagating bed is 

 not necessary for r;iising a fresh stock 

 of Rex 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 

 ill a few weeks. 



MILWAUKEE FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The New Officers. 



The new oilicrrs elected at the last 

 meeting of the .Milwaukee Florists' Club 

 are all enthusiastic members of the club 

 and full of energy to jtromote anything 

 for the welfare of the (dub or th<^ trade 

 in general. 



Nic Zweifel, tiie newly elected presi- 

 dent, is a carnation specialist, and grows 

 carnations exclusively for the wliolesale 

 market. To use the up to-date expression, 

 we must say that he is ''some" grower, 

 and the quality of his stock will verify 

 tiiis at almost all seasons of the year. 

 He has some 6U,00ii to 70,000 fee't of 

 glass, at North .Milwaukee, and carna- 

 tions can be seen at their best at this 

 establishment, lie 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 

 :i life mendjer of the S. A. V., 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 llorists' 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. lie has served the city as super- 

 intendent of the iniblic; 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 (.(f the ordinary 

 run. He is well ver.sed in all lloricultural 

 matters and the saying here is, "'If you 

 sec something and don't know what it 

 it, ask Klokner."' He will make a good 

 vice-president. 



Our treasurer, .lohn (i. lleitman, is a 

 fine fellow. He is the senior partner of 

 the lirm of Heitman & Baerman, also suc- 

 cessful carnation growers. He is a good 

 custodian of the club funds and always 

 on the lookout for the waif are 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, JMigene Oestreicher, is ." 

 young man bubbling over with club en- 

 thusiasm. He is a carnation grower em- 

 jdoyed by Nic Zweifel and calhvl 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 (dub's entertainments. lie is al.so 

 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 hanck. 



C. C. POLLWORTH. 



