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The Florists^ Review 



BxiFTncBBB 17, 1914. 



Minneapolis Floral Co., second ; RWerslde Oreen- 

 house Co., third. 



Twenty yellow — Holm & Olson, first; Minneapo- 

 lis Floral Co., second; Ri^rerslde Greenhouse Co., 

 third. 



Twenty Kalserln — ^Holm & Olson, first; Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co., second; Rirerside Greenhouse 

 Co., third. 

 •» Twenty rosea, any otiier variety — Holm & Ol- 



son, first: Minneapolis Floral Co., second. 



Hanging basliet of foliage plants, for effect — 

 Holm & Olson, first; Minneapolis Floral Co., sec- 

 ond; John Vasatlsa, third. 



Window box, filled — Holm & Olson, first; Min- 

 neapolis Floral Co., second; John Vasatka, third; 

 RiTerislde Gwenhouse Co., fourtli. 



Bride's bouquet — Holm & Olson, first; Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co., second; Riverside Greenhouse 

 Co., third. 



Corsage bouquet — Minneapolis Floral Co., first; 

 Holm & Olson, second; Riverside Greenhouse Co., 

 third. 



Original dosign — Holm & Olson, first; Riverside 

 Greenhouse Co., second; Minneapolis Floral Co., 

 third. 



Table decoration — Holm & Olson, first; Minne- 

 apolis Floral Co., second; Riverside Greenhouse 

 Co., third. 



Gladioli, twelve varieties — D. W. C. RuflT, St. 

 Paul, first; George Long, second; Minnetonka 

 Nursery, Long Lake, third. 



Gladioli, twelve pink — Holm & Olson, first; D. 

 W. C. Ruft, second; 0. E. Janner, third. 



Gladioli, twelve white— D. W. C. Ruff, first; 

 Minnetonka Nursery, second. 



Gladioli, twelve crimson— D. W. C. Ruff, first; 

 Holm & Olson, second; O. £. Janner, third. 



Gladioli, twelve blue— D. W. C. Ruff, first; 

 Holm & Olson, second; Riverside Greenhouse Co., 

 third. 



Gladioli, twelve yellow — George Long, first; D. 

 W. C. Ruff, second; Riverside Greenhouse Co., 

 third. 



Wreath on easel — Holm & Olson, first; River- 

 side Greenhouse Co., second; Minneapolis Floral 

 Co., third. 



Basket of cut flowers — Minneapolis Floral Co., 

 first; Holm & Olson, second; Riverside Green- 

 house Co., third. 



August S. SwansoD, the veteran St| 

 Paul florist, acted as judge. , W. H. 

 Boff^rding, of Minneapolis, assistant 

 superintendent of the fair, had charge 

 of the flower exhibits. 



State Florists' Association. 



The regular meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Florists' Association was held at 

 Holm & Olson's store, September 

 9. The annual election of officers took 

 place at that time. All officers, with 

 the exception of the members of the 

 executive committee, were reelected, as 

 follows: President, O. J. Olson; t-; e- 

 president, W. D. Desmond; secret.. /, 

 Gust. Malmquist; treasurer, E. P. Holm; 

 executive committee, Theodore Wirth, 

 C. N. Euedlinger, L. R. Cady and S. D. 

 Dysingei". 



Theodore Wirth entertained the asso- 

 ciation with an interesting talk on the 

 Boston convention. 



The association decided on an after- 

 noon and evening meeting, to be held 

 in Minneapolis, Thursday, November 12. 

 It was also decided to affiliate with the 

 Minnesota Horticultural Society at its 

 annual meeting in December. 



Various Notes. 



The St. Paul Florists' Club started its 

 regular meetings Tuesday, September 15. 

 The annual election of officers will take 

 place at the October meeting. This club 

 anticipates a rousing good season, and 

 all the members seem to be enthusiastic. 



Mr. Sherman, of Charles City, la., was 

 a recent visitor, as was also P. Clausen, 

 of Albert Lea, Minn. C. R. F. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



The supply of outdoor flowers is still 

 heavy, with little demand. There are 

 no carnations in the market as yet. The 

 supply of roses is light and they move 

 at fair prices. Greens are scarce. 



Various Notes. 



Louis L. Barton has his entire place 

 in fine shape. Part of the roses have 



been replanted and ate coming along 

 nicely. He does considerable farming 

 on the side. 



John Ahlquist, of Plainville, reports 

 that he has his- kouses aH planted and 

 that business is excellent for a beginner. 



W. E. Pierson is on a hunting trip in 

 Maine. 



Martin Ribsam has returned to Tren- 

 ton, N, J., to join his father's force, 

 after spending nearly four years in the 

 employ of A. N. Pierson, Inc. 



Alex. Cummings, Jr., is wearing a 

 siniXe; another son arrived at his home 

 September 6. 



At the Connecticut -fair, at Charter 

 Oak park, the trade took but little in- 

 terest this year. In the line of table 

 decorations and floral designs the Bon 

 Ton Flower Shop practically had the 

 field to itself. Among those having ex- 

 hibits were Miss Whiting, W. W, Hunt 

 & Co. and A. N. Pierson, Inc. The pri- 

 vate gardeners made a good display; 

 they were the backbone of the floral de- 

 partment. E. C. S. 



DES MOINES, lA. 



State Fair Flower Show. 



In the classes open to professional 

 flori&ts at the Iowa state fair, which 

 ended September 4, the prizes outside of 

 the gladiolus classes were divided among 

 the Iowa Seed Co., the Wilson Floral Co. 

 and Wm. Trillow, all of Des Moines. In 

 the gladiolus classes G. D. Black & Co., 

 of Independence, la., and George S. 

 Woodruff, of the same town, won places 

 on the list of awards. The table dec- 

 orations made by the Des Moines firms 

 won particular praise, especially that of 

 the Iowa Seed Co., which won first prize 

 in the luncheon table class. The com- 

 plete list of awards is as follows: 



Blooming plants, not less than twenty-five va- 

 rieties — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson Floral Co., 

 second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Decorative plants, not less than twenty va- 

 rieties — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson Floral Co., 

 second ; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Palms— Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson Floral Co., 

 second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Fe.-ns — Iowa Seod Co.. first; Wilson Floral Co., 

 second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Colcus — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson Floral Co., 

 second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Geraniums — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson Floral 

 Co., second: Wm. Trillow, third. 



Flowering begonias — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wm. 

 Trillow, second; Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Rex- begonias — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wm. Tril- 

 low, second: Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Cannas— Wilson Floral Co., first; Wm. Trillow, 

 second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Fanoy-leaved caladlnms — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second: Wm. Trillow, third. 



Specimen fern — Wilson Floral Co., first; Iowa 

 Seed Co., second? Wm. Trillow, third. 



Specimen kentia — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wilson 

 Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Specimen phoenix — Wilson Floral Co., first; 

 Iowa Seed Co., second: Wm. Trillow, third. 



Specimen Cycas revolnta — Iowa Seed Co.. first; 

 Wm. Trillow, second; Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Specimen araucaria — Wilson Floral Co.. first; 

 Wm. Trillow, second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Vase of slants — Wm. Trillow, first; Iowa Seed 

 Co., second; Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Hanging basket — Wm. Trillow, first; Wilson 

 Floral Co., second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Display of cut flowers — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilfwn Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow. third. 



Fifty red carnations — Iowa Seed Co., second; 

 Wm. Trillow, third: no first awarded. 



Fifty pink carnations — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Fifty white carnations— Iowa St^d Co., first; 

 Wm. Trillow, second: Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Wreath. 24-Inch frame — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Spray of flowers — Wilson Floral Co., first; Iowa 

 Seed Co., second: Wm. Trillow, third. 



Display of asters — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wm. 

 Trillow. second: Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Display of dahlias— Iowa Seed Co.. first; Wil- 

 son Floral Co., second: no third awarded. 



Basket Of cut flowers — Wra. Trillow, first: Wil- 

 son Floral Co., second: Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Bride's bouquet — Wilson Floral Co., first; Wm. 

 Trillow, second: Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Corsage bouquet — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wm. 

 Trillow, second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Vase of cut flowers — Iowa Seed Co., first; Wm. 

 Trillow, second: Wilson Floral Co., third. 



Display of gladioli— O. V. Black & Co., Inde- 



pendence, first; Geo. S. Woodruff, Independence 

 second; Iowa Seed Co., third. ' 



Twelve s^es white gladioli — Q. D. Black & 

 Co., first; Geo. S. Woodruff, second; no tliird 

 awarded. 



Twelve spikes rose-pink gladioli — Geo. s 

 Woodruff, first; Wm. Trtllow, second; no third 

 awarded. 



Twelve spikes scarlet gladioli — O. D. Blacti ft 

 Co., first; Iowa Seed Co., second; Geo. S. Wood- 

 ruff, third. 



Twelve spikes yellow gladioli — Geo. S. Wood- 

 ruff, first; G. D. Black & Co., second; Iowa 

 Seed Co., third. 



Floral design— Wm. Trillow, first; Iowa Seed 

 Co., second; Wilson Floral Co., third. 



American Beauties — Wm. Trillow, first; Wilson 

 Floral Co., second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Twenty-five red roses — Wilson Floral Co., first; 

 Wm. Trillow, second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Twenty-five pink roses — Wm. Trillow, first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second; Iowa Seed Co., thiid. 



Twenty-five yellow roses — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Twenty-five white roses — Iowa Seed Co., first; 

 Wilson Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, third. 



Table decoration for dinner — Wilson Floral Co., 

 first; Wm. Trillow, second; Iowa Seed Co., third. 



Table decoration for luncheon — Iowa Seed Co., 

 first; Wilson Floral Co., second; Wm. Trillow, 

 third. 



CLEVEI.AND. 



The Market. 



The local market is gradually right- 

 ing itself and stock moves better tnan 

 for the last two months, A few good 

 asters are to pe seen. Gladioli still are 

 plentiful. Dahlias are offered in quan- 

 tity. Eoses iare much better in quality. 

 Only a few carnations are to be had. 

 Valley and giganteum lilies have been 

 scarce. 



Various Notes. 



Dutph bulbs are now coming in fast. 

 Several of the large growers have ex- 

 pressed themselves as not being in 

 favor of increasing their supply at war 

 prices. Buying an extra lot of bulbs 

 at so-called bargains would only tend 

 to overload this market and hurt the 

 sale of their regular stock. While there 

 seems to he no sale limit to the amount 

 of roses and carnations that can be 

 grown during the winter months, bulb- 

 ous stock soon becomes a glut when 

 grown in abundance. 



Leonard Utzinger, Sr., has just re- 

 turned from Germany and has an inter- 

 esting story to tell of his experiences 

 in getting out of the war zone. 



At the regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club the annual election of 

 officers was held, with the following 

 result: H. P. Knoble, president; Fred 

 C. Witthuhn, first vice-president; 

 George Bate, second vice-president; 

 Frank A. Friedley, secretary; George 

 W. Smith, treasurer. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America in November, 1915, and the 

 Society of American Florists in 

 August, 1916, are l)oth wanted for 

 Cleveland. Committees have been ap- 

 pointed to do all in their power to se- 

 cure these conventions for Cleveland 

 in the years named. F. A. F. 



Moundsville, W. Va. — Extensive im- 

 provements and a large addition are be- 

 ing made at the range of Mr. Snedeker, 

 on Twelfth street. Increasing business 

 makes the larger glass area necessary. 



Montgomery, Ala. — No diminution i" 

 business on account of the Europc-an 

 war is looked for by W. B. Paterson, 

 proprietor of the Eosemont Gardens, 

 and he is prepared for the biggest year's 

 record in his concern's history. The ad- 

 dition of two houses, 35x400 feet, dup''' 

 eating those erected in 1912, has made 

 possible the growing of 20,000 more "3^' 

 nation plants, 5,000 more chrysanth^' 

 mums and 5,000 more roses. The ioD" 

 cern is sending out post cards giving > 

 view of the newly erected range. 



