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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKK 15, IIU 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



The Maxket. 



The weather is warm, and the nur- 

 serymen are cutting large quantities of 

 extra fine dahlias. Boses are plentiful, 

 with a light call. Carnations are 

 abundant, but have short stems. 



Club Meeting. 



The Minneapolis Florists' Club met 

 at the store of Kice Bros. Tuesday 

 evening, October 6, with thirty mem- 

 bers present. After the routine busi- 

 ness was disposed of, the election of 

 officers took place. W. Desmond de- 

 clined reelection to the presidencyjifter 

 three years of service, and John Ifeylor 

 was unanimously elected to succeed 

 hiiQi.' Vice-president Ma:t £«i8ey was 

 iwf, present, but hkd »|*t^fprevlbu8ly 

 that he would decline , reelection, and 

 E. Latham was elected to his place 

 unanimously. SecretSiry Taylor's office 

 is well filled by W. Vasatka, and Treas- 

 urer A. S. Eice is succeeded by E. 

 Meyers. 



One of Theodore Wirth's men gave 

 an interesting talk on outdoor roses, 

 showing some fine blooms. The bowl- 

 ing team is doing finely, Mr. Farley 

 having the highest average. 



Varions Notes. 



Miss H. B, Whitted has closed the 

 shop in the Radisson hotel and is de- 

 voting her efforts to the other two 

 stores. 



The stock at the greenhouses of the 

 L. S. Donaldson Co. is in the best of 

 condition. 



Wm. F. Holmes is getting plenty of 

 wedding work. In one order the maid 

 of honor had a blue silk muff covered 

 with valley and the bridesmaids had 

 pink silk muflfs covered with valley. 



C. B. Livingston will leave the L. 8. 

 Donaldson Co. and take charge of the 

 flower department of the Holman- 

 Gerdes Co. Mr. Tropel has been en- 

 gaged to fill the place of Mr. Livings- 

 ton at Donaldson's. 



L. Mathers, who has been with Holm 

 & Olson, of St. Paul, is reported to 

 have gone to Fargo, N. D. 



The florists in the twin cities are 

 wishing for a good frost in the near 

 future. 



Mrs. Desmond's bowling will beat 

 last year's record. 



The Florists' Club was given a trust 

 fund of $1,000, the interest of which is 

 to be used to promote future flower 

 shows or educational work conducted 

 by the club. Temporary loans can be 

 made also. This money was left after 

 the S. A. F. committee paid all ex- 

 penses, and it is invested with the 

 Minnesota Loan & Trust Co. Mr. Wirth 

 deserves the credit given him. He 

 has put much time and thought to 

 clearing up the affairs of the S. A. F. 

 convention. C. B, L. 



DETBOIT, MEOH. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions remain about the 

 same as reported last week. The 

 weather has been altogether too flne 

 outdoors. What we want is some cool, 

 crisp weather to serve as a stimulus 

 to trade. 



Stock of every description is good. 

 Mums are now arriving in large quanti- 

 ties and find a ready welcome among 



the flower buyers. Dahlias are still 

 available at the present writing in all 

 their beautiful colors and variety of 

 shapes. Carnations are of good quality 

 for the season and sell readily for ordi- 

 nary purposes. 



Various Notes. 



Thursday afternoon, October 8, a 

 number of the members of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club visited the Beard Bros, 

 establishment and then the dahlia farm 

 of C. E. White, at Grosse Isle. In 

 the party were A. Miller, of Chicago, 

 and Sam Seligman, of Sprinkleproof 

 fame. It was a rainy day, but this 

 did not dampen Sammy's spirits in 

 the least. Albert Pochelon, E. A. Fet- 

 ters, Chas, Warncke and Michael Bloy 

 kindly supplied the means of locomo- 

 tion with their large touring cars. The 

 Beard Bros, place was found to be in 

 the pink of condition and Sidney Beard 

 and Mr. Shank, who are now the pro- 

 prietors, received the congratulations 

 of the visitors. Mr. White has a 

 beautiful collection of cactus dahlias 

 of good commercial value. 



John Breitmeyer's Sons had a dahlia 

 exhibition the latter part of last week, 

 displaying thousands of this beautiful 

 fall flower. The blooms were from the 

 dahlia farms of C. W. White, at Grosse 

 Isle, and J. Baumann, of Birmingham, 

 Mich. - 



Both Breitnieyer 's Sons and K. ^ 

 Fetters have beautiful displays of .irti! 

 flcial flowers in their windows this 

 week. These are combined with real 

 flowers and plants, making them still 

 more effective. The Bemb Flora! Co. 

 is making a specialty of bulbs at ; ires' 

 ent and sales are heavy in this ;ine. 

 Sullivan's window has proved mos; at 

 tractive lately, with a fine displa of 

 home-grown dahlias. B. Schroetc:' is 

 showing a fine line of ferns and crofong 

 in the windows. 



Norman Sullivan has had his ^tore 

 entirely redecorated, the color sc! eme 

 being white and Copenhagen blue, and 

 it is iudeed a most effective comlina 

 tSbn. ''^ 



^"The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club held the first meeting 

 of the season last Friday afternoon, 

 Octobdi- 9. Mrs. Chas. H. Plirficfb acts 

 as president until the vacancy caused 

 by the' death of Mrs. Fetters can be 

 filled. The ladies visited the Van 

 Leuvan Browne home for crippled 

 children and it was decided to f,'ive 

 another dancing party early next 

 month as a means of raising more 

 money to help defray the expenses of 

 this institution. 



Albert Stahelin spent last week in 

 the east, visiting various establishments 

 of interest to a grower. 



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Youngstown, O. — W. Allen Bartels 

 has retired from the florists' business. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Mrs. E. J. Eobb is 

 starting in business as a retail florist at 

 64 North Main street. 



Topeka, Ean. — J. M. Kessler has 

 leased his greenhouses to Kline & La- 

 ment, of Hutchinson, Kan. 



Port Huron, BCich. — Matthias Ullen- 

 bruch is back from Europe with war 

 stories, having been in Coblenz at the 

 time of the opening of hostilities. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — Jacob Schmid, 

 who not long ago purchased the Fourth 

 Street Greenhouses, formerly run by L. 

 E. Sawicke, has sold the business and 

 left the city. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — The Tribune re- 

 cently printed in a Sunday issue a 

 three-column illustrated sketch of J. W. 

 Davis and his big greenhouse enter- 

 prise. The town has welcomed Mr. 

 Davis with open arms. 



Greenfield, Mich. — Thomas F. Browne 

 is sending to market in Detroit :i 

 bronze sport of Chrysanthemum Unaka 

 that is meeting with great favor among 

 the retailers. It is Mr. Browne's in- 

 tention to disseminate the varied next 

 season. 



Bristol, K. I. — ^William Flynn, gar- 

 dener for former Governor A, O. Bourn, 

 at Seven Oaks, struck his head against 

 an iron spindle while at work recently 

 and received a painful wound, the end 

 of the spindle penetrating the flesh near 

 the left eye. 



New Eochelle, N. T.— F. C. Hitch 

 cock has leased the Dickinson Green 

 bouse for a term of five years. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — George Rye is m 

 charge of the flower department of the 

 Arkansas-Oklahoma interstate fair. 

 which opened in this city October 12 



Farmington, Mich. — Albert B. II av 

 rane, formerly with the Smithfield 

 Greenhouses, at Walkerville, Ont., has 

 purchased the Farmington Greenhouses, 

 of which E. H. Steele was manager. 



Wichita, Kan. — Harry S. Mueller, wbo 

 graduated from the University of Hli 

 nois last spring, is now in charge of 

 the greenhouses and landscape depart 

 ment of the business of his father. 

 Charles P. Mueller. 



Trinidad, Colo.— R. Floyd Barker, 

 who is connected with the botanical 

 garden at Buffalo, N. Y., is visiting hi» 

 brother, L. Sewell Barker, superint-nd 

 ent for the Trinidad Floral Co. He 

 says that for the size of the city, the 

 Trinidad Floral Co. has one of the West 

 establishments in the state. Stocl- a* 

 this range is fine this year and business 

 is flourishing. 



Wallington, N. J.— By the will o( 

 Peter J. Krug, whose death was re 

 ported in Tfte Review for Septen ber 

 24, his estate, estimated to be w rth 

 between $250,000 and $300,000 .i^^ 

 consisting of property in this viciii|ty' 

 is left to his widow during her if^ 

 At her death it is to be divided anong 

 surviving children. Mrs. Krug n*" 

 her son, Arthur E. Krug, are n.a<le 

 executrix and. executor of the esta*' 



