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The Florists^ Review 



OClUlIKU l.'i. I'.ll 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



The Market. 



Tlif ufatluT is waiiii, and Iho imi 

 KcryimMi urv iiitting Jai'fje «|Uaiititios of 

 extra jiiif dalilias. looses aro jtlontiful, 

 with a liy^lit call. Caniations aro 

 ahiiinlaiit, hut liavo sliort stems. 



Club Meeting. 



The JNliuneapolis Florists' Club mot 

 ;it the store of Kicc Bros. Tuesday 

 oveuiuj^, October G, with thirty meni- 

 l>ors present. After the routine busi- 

 ness was disposed of, the election of 

 oilicors took jdace. W. Desmond do 

 ••lined reelection to the presidency aftoi 

 three years of service, and John Taylor 

 was unanimously elected to succcoil 

 liim. Vice-president Max Kaiser was 

 not present, but had stated previously 

 that lie -would decline rcidoction, and 

 R. Latham was elected to liis place 

 unanimously. Secretary Taylor's ollico 

 is well tilled by \V. Vasatka,\and Treas 

 urer A. ,s. J\ice is succeoiled by ]•;. 

 Meyers. 



One of Thoodorc AVirtli 's men j^avo 

 an interest in<^' talk on outdoor roses, 

 showiii^r some fine blooms. The bowl 

 ing team is doing finely, 'Mv. I'arloy 

 having the highest average. 



Various Notes. 



]Miss 11. B. Whitted has closed the 

 sliop in tlio h'adisson hotel and is de- 

 voting her ofTorts to the other two 

 stores. 



The stock at the groeuhouses of tlie 

 li. 8. Donaldson Co. is in the best of 

 condition. 



Wm. 1\ Holmes is getting plenty of 

 wedding work. In one order the maid 

 of iionor had .a blue silk muff covered 

 with valley and the bridesmaids had 

 jdnk silk mufFs covered Avith valley. 



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

 Donaldson Co. and tak(; (diarge of the 

 llowor dej.;irtnient of the llolman 

 Hordes Co. .Mr. Tropel has been en 

 gaged to fill the ]>lace of .Mr. Livinji- 

 ton at i )onaldson 's. 



L. .Mathers, who has been with Holm 

 & Olson, of St. I'aul, is rt>ported tc. 

 have gone to Fargo, N. D. 



The florists in the twin cities :irf 

 wishing for :i good frost in the no.ai 

 futuic 



Mrs. Desmond's bowliii:: will l.cai 

 last year's record. 



The Florists' (;iub was j^iven a. trust 

 fund of .*l,n(»(), the interest of whi<di is 

 f(» be used to ]>roniote future llowor 

 sliow- nr cducation.-il woik conducti'il 

 by tho club. Tompurary lo.-ms can be 

 made also. This moiio_\' was left after 

 the S. .\. F. committ(M^ ]iaid all ox 

 penscs, ;iiid it is iii\(^stod with the 

 .Minnesota Lo.'in \ Trust Co. Mr. Wirth 

 deserves tho ciedit given him. He 

 lias jiut much time and thought to 

 oloaring \\\< the ;ift"iiirs of the S. .\. I', 

 convent ion. C. B. L. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



Tiiolo cunditions remain .'ilMPUt Iho 

 same as report oi| last week. The 

 woatlioi- has lioon altogether too fine 

 outdoors. ^VJlat we w.ant is ^ome cof)l, 

 crisji weather to serve ;i^ :i stiinubi^ 

 to trade. 



Stoc]\ of every desci ipl ion is yood. 

 Mums ;iro now .arriving in largo fpianti 

 ties .and fiiiil a readv welcome ainoni; 



tho llowor buyers. Dahlias are still 

 .ivailable at the present writing in all 

 theii' beautiful colors and variety of 

 sliaju^s. Carnations ;irc of good quality 

 for tho season ami sell readily for ordi- 

 nary jnirposes. 



Various Notes. 



Thursday afternoon, Octoboi' >, a 

 nundtor of the members of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club a isited the lieard Bros, 

 ostalilishmont and then the ilahlia fiirm 

 of C. F. White, :it (I rosso Isle. In 

 tho party wore .\. .Miller, of Chicago, 

 .•ind Sam Seligman, of Sj)rinkleproof 

 fanu'. It was a rainy day, but this 

 did not damjion Sammy's spirits in 

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

 ters, Chas. WariKdvO and Michael Bloy 

 kindly supplied the means of locomo- 

 tion with their large touring cars. The 

 Beard Jiros. j)lace was found to h^\ in 

 the i)ink of condition and Sidney Beard 

 and y]r. Shank, who are now the pro 

 ])rietors, received the congratulations 

 of the visitors. Mr. AVhite has a 

 beautiful collection of cactus dahlias 

 of good commercial value. 



.lohn Breitmt\vor 's Sons had a dahlia 

 exhibition the latter part of last Aveck, 

 displaying thousands of this beautiful 

 fall ilower. The blooms were from tho 

 dahlia farms of ('. W. White, at Grosse 

 Isle, .and .1. D.auniann. of Birmingham, 

 Mbdi. 



Both Breitmeyer's Sons and i 

 Fetters liave beautiful dis|)lays oi 

 ficial llowers in their windows 

 week. These are combined wit I 

 llowers and plants, making then 

 more effective. Tho Bomb Floin 

 is making :i specialty of l)ulbs at 

 ent and sales are heavy in this 

 Sullivan's window has ]irove<l nn. 

 tractive lately, with a fine displ: 

 home-grown dahlias. H. Scdiroet 

 showing a line lino of ferns and ct 

 in tho windows. 



Norman Sullivan has liad Ins 

 entirely redecorated, the color si 

 being white and Copenhagen blui- 

 it is indeed :i most oH'octiv** <'on' 

 tion. 



The Ladies' Auxili.ary of the Ii. 

 Florists' Club held tlie first nie, 

 of the season last Friday aftof 

 October 9. Mrs. Chas. Jl.' IMumb 

 as president until the vacancy c-. 

 by the death of ]Mrs. Fetters c,i 

 liiled. Tiie ladies xisited tho 

 liOuvan lirowne home for cri[ 

 children and it was decided to 

 .another dancing party early 

 mouth as a means of raising > 

 numey to help defray the exj>eiis' 

 this institution. 



Albert St.ahelin sjient last weei 

 the east, visiting various est.ablishn 

 of intori'st to ;i <rrovvor. 



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Mainly About B 



Youngstown, O. — \V. Allen Bartels 

 has retired from the llorists' business. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Mrs. E. J. Robb is 

 st.arting in business as a retail florist at 

 ti4 North M.ain strtM't. 



Topeka, Kan. -.1. .M. Kosslor has 

 leased his eroonhouses to Kline iV La 

 Miont, of llut< hinson, ix.an. 



Port Huron, Mich. — .Matthi.as Fllon- 

 l>ruch is back from Europe with war 

 stories, having boon in Coblen/ at tho 

 time of th(> opening of hostilities. 



Fond du Lac, 'Wis. — bacob ^.ha.id. 

 who not long ago imrchased tho I'ourth 

 ."•^treet Croenhouses, formerly run by I>. 

 I'.'. Sawicke. has sold the business and 

 left the city. 



Terre Haute, Ind. The Tribune le 

 cently ju'intod in a Sunday issue :i 

 three-column illustrated sketch of .1. W. 

 Davis and liis big greenhous(> entei 

 prise. The town has welcomed .Mi. 

 Davis with ojicn arms. 



Greenfield, Mich.- Thomas 1\ F.niwne 

 Is sending 1o market in Detroit ;i 

 bronze sjiort of ( hrys.ant homum I'li.ak.a 

 that is meeting with gr<';it favdr anion;; 

 th(^ retailors. It is .Mr. Ilrowno's in 

 teiition to ijisseminato the vaii<'t.v next 

 season. 



Bristol, R. I. -William i'lynn. gar- 

 .leiioi- for t'oimor tlovornoi A. <•. Dourn, 

 at Seven ().ak^. stru(d< his liea^l a.eainst 

 an iron s|iini|le while at work recently 

 and received a jiainl'ul wound, the end 



of tho spindle pellet i;it i lli; the tle^li lii'ai 

 t lie loft eve. 



New RocheUe, N. Y.— F. C. IC 

 ^ock has leased tho Dickinson >'•' 

 house for a term of five years. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — (Jeorge Kyi^ i 

 <harge of the flower department ol 

 Arkansas-Oklahoma interstate 

 which opene<l in this city October 



Farmington, Mich. — .Albert B. ' 

 rane, formerly with the Smith 

 (ireenhouses, at AValkorville, Onl., 

 purchased tlie Farmington Greenho 

 of wlii(di E. II. Steele was manager 



Wichita, Kan.- -Harry S. Mueller, 

 i^iadii.atod from the I; Jiiv orsity ol 

 nois last spring, is now in chare, 

 the greenhouses and landsoa])C dt 



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 Charles P. Mueller. 



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Trinidad, Colo.- K. I'b.yd I'.a 

 w iio is connected with the liot.i 

 garden at Buffalo, N. Y., is visitin. 

 brother, Ij. Si'Widl Barker, suporin' 

 ent for the Trinidad Floral (yo 

 s.ays that for the siz(> of tho citv 

 Trinidad Floral Co. has one of the 

 establishments in the state. Stn. 

 this range is fine this year and l>ii- 

 is nourishing. 



Wallington, N. J. — My the ui' 

 Fetor .]. King, whoso do.atli wa- 

 poiti^d in The Boview for Sepfei 

 I'l, his ost.ato, ostimatod to bo \' 

 between .*2.'.o,(i(iii and s/.nii.iiim 

 consisting of |(ro|ierty in this \ n ■ 

 is left to his widow diirine jiei 

 At her do.atli it is to be (livided ai 

 surviving children. Mrs. Krii^r 

 hor son, .\rtliur F. Krii^i, are : 

 executrix ;ind executor ot' tin- est-r 



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