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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



May 18, 1911. 



by the club annually for the local 

 florists and their families will again 

 take place in July and will be in 

 charge of the board of trustees, of 

 which E. W. Guy is chairman and 



A. J. Bentzen and H. C. Ostertag are. 

 the other members. 



Frank "Weber gave the chair to Ex- 

 president Fillmore, who made quite a 

 lengthy talk on the nurserymen's con- 

 vention, which takes place here June 

 14 to 16. He told us how he has 

 planned to entertain the visitors. 



The next club meeting will be held 

 June 8. 



Various Notes, 



The Ladies' Home Circle met on 

 Wednesday, May 10, at Trimp's hall. 

 After a short meeting, the rest of the 

 afternoon was taken up with bowling 

 and lunch. 



Otto Sander is still making splendid 

 window displays during the hot weath- 

 er and he says he will keep it up, as it 

 pays well. 



Guy Beyburn, of A. Henderson & Co., 

 Chicago, spent a few days here last 

 week, with good business results. 



The trustees of the club have de- 

 cided to have a banquet for the mem- 

 bers of the Club, June 28, to celebrate 

 their twenty-fifth anniversary. It will 

 take place at one of the leading hotels. 

 The only invited guests will be ex- 

 ptesidents who are not now members 

 of the club. 



On Tuesday, May 9, the house of 

 delegates called for a public hearing 

 on the bill presented by the Eetail 

 Florists' Association to prohibit crepe 

 pulling. The hearing was for 4 p. m. 

 and there was quite an attendance of 

 retail florists, all of whom favored the 

 bill. C. C. Sanders, J. J. Beneke and 



B. J. Windier spoke, making quite 

 lengthy arguments before the com- 

 mittee in favor of the bill. On calling 

 for a talk from those opposed to the 

 bill, there was no response. The chance 

 of passing the bill is excellent. 



A. S. Cerny, lately with the Wood- 

 bine Floral Co., is building two houses, 

 552 X 100, in Kirkwood, and will grow 

 carnations, violets and sweet peas for 

 the market. W. A. Eowe, a member 

 of the Woodbine Floral Co. for the last 

 two years, has now purchased the en- 

 tire property of that firm. 



Julius Koenig, the new city forester, 

 took the office last week. He has as 

 yet made no changes in the make-up 

 of his working force. 



Planting out was begun in earnest 

 last week and all the plantsmen have 

 all they can do to get through with* 

 their work. Everybody wants the work 

 done at once, as the good old summer- 

 time is close at hand. 



Vincent Gorly, of Grimm & Gorly, 

 says that they will dispose of their 

 Cass avenue store and do all their 

 business at one store, 702 Washington 

 avenue. Their large forces of sales- 

 ladies have been kept busy. 



There is talk of organizing a base 

 ball team composed of athletic em- 

 ployees of the wholesale district. Mr. 

 Patten, of Smith's, has the affair in 

 charge and he says they are after the 

 scalps of the Bentzen and Mullanphy 

 teams. 



George H. Angermueller says there 

 is a good demand for red, white and 

 blue ribbons for Memorial day, 



Mrs. W. C. Smith has been quite 

 ill for the last ten days, but is now 

 on the road to recovery. 



Arthur Meyer, who broke his arm 



recently, has returned to his post at 

 C. A. Kuehn's, but has only one hand 

 to work with and it will be another 

 week before the plaster cast will be 

 off. 



R. H. Moore and J. M. Hargitt, em- 

 ployees of the Phoenix Nursery Co., 

 Bloomington, 111., spent Sunday, May 

 14, in St. Louis, visiting the local 

 trade. They say they will attend the 

 nurserymen's convention here next 

 month. 



WMliam C. Young, of the C. Young 

 & Sons Co., says they have never be- 

 fore been so busy as this spring, both 

 at the store and greenhouses. The 

 planting-out time is now at its height 

 and extra forces of men are sent out 

 each morning to finish up the work. 



Frank A. Weber will have charge of 

 the nurserymen's convention, June 14 

 to 16. The meeting will take place in 

 the parlors of the Southern hotel. J. 

 W. Schuette will be superintendent of 

 displays. C. C. Sanders, Emil Rothen- 

 heber and William Weber have been 

 placed on the entertainment committee. 

 The wives and daughters of the local 

 nurserymen will compose the ladies' 

 committee. The features of the meet- 

 ing will be a boat trip to Jefferson bar- 

 racks, the Henry Shaw banquet to the 

 visitors and the trip to the Stark Bros. 

 Nurseries, at Louisiana, Mo. An auto- 

 mobile trip for the ladies will also be 

 a pleasing feature. J. J. B. 



Albert Senger, the Lexington avenue 

 florist, is adding two houses, each 20x 

 100, and expects to have them com- 

 pleted by July 10. The Eobert Thom- 

 son Co., a local firm, has the contract. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



Wm. Graff has returned after spend- 

 ing a couple of weeks in and near Chi- 

 cago. 



C. A. Both reports trade rushing in 

 the cut flower line. 



The Livingston Seed Co. reports 

 heavy business for Mothers' day and 

 a rush in the seed department. J. M. 



SPEINQFIELD, O. 



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Club Meeting, 



The Market, 



Trade has been heavy here for the 

 last two weeks; since the warm weath- 

 er set in everyone is on the move with 

 planting out and the outlook now is 

 there will be a heavy call for all such 

 stock. Stock has been very good, con- 

 sidering the warm days we have nad. 

 Boses are holding up nicely and the 

 demand has been strong. Carnations 

 are fine and available in great "qtianti- 

 ties. Sweet peas are still good and 

 the demand quite heavy for them. 

 Outdoor valley has been in the market 

 for a week or so and has about taken 

 the place of the indoor article, as the 

 quality is good. 



Trade for Mothers' day was cer- 

 tainly heavy. Everything in white 

 carnations was cleaned up early and 

 after they were gone buyers com- 

 menced on the light shades, and toward 

 the last they bought anything that 

 looked like a flower. From all reports-^ 

 everybody had a regular clean-up. /It 

 was impossible to get anywhere nearly 

 enough white carnations to go around. 

 One grower said his sales last week 

 equaled Christmas week financially. 



Various Notes. 



Sherman Stephens reports heavy 

 business, both in plants and cut flowers. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. has had 

 a heavy cut of roses and carnations 

 and is busy with bedding stock at 

 present. 



The Columbus Floral Co, has been 

 cutting heavily on carnations and 

 clean'ed up everything for Mothers' 

 day. 



The meeting of the Springfield Flo- 

 rists' Club held May 8 took the form 

 of a spring banquet and was well at- 

 tended, in spite of the counter attrac- 

 tion of the first circus of the season, 

 notices having been mailed to the mem- 

 bers in the following style: 



On Monday ev'nin', 8th ot May, 

 We'll feast Just at the close of day, 

 On tables full of good things spread 

 In Reese's roomy, well-kept shed. 



Don't say "too busy," — start In time 

 For Reese's place, — it's on South Lime; 

 And eat no supper 'fore you start 

 'Cause Mellen, he will do his part. 

 When all git full of florists' hash 

 The speakers then will cut a dash; 

 And you'll be shot — at, if not there, 

 By Mister Toastmaster, — beware! 



There's lots of bizness to discuss 

 And likely something like a fuss 

 Might happen, should you stay 

 From this great spring event away. 



Cl^ton L. Beese, the veteran local 

 retail florist, was host, and his model 

 establishment on South Limestone 

 street, with its unusually large and 

 well appointed shed and packing rooms, 

 together with office and residence ad- 

 joining, furnished an admirable place 

 for banqueting purposes. George H. 

 Mellen and Harry Eeeser, of the en- 

 tertainment committee, had prepared a 

 bountiful spread, the main course con- 

 sisting of roast beef with gravy, salad, 

 etc., and the finish strawberry short- 

 cake, coffee and cigars. 



After doing ample justice to the 

 menu. President Charles W. Schmidt 

 presided over a short business session, 

 and then introduced George D. Leedle 

 as toastmaster, who, instead of calling 

 on the speakers by name, requested the 

 members to select the one best desig- 

 nated by a series of original rhymes, 

 which he read, and in every instance 

 the proper victim was called to his 

 feet with a chorus of good-natured 

 "kidding," and responded as best he 

 could after the unexpected and unusual 

 demand for a speech. 



Besponses were given in rapid-fire 

 succession by some twenty-five mem- 

 bers, each called upon by a rhyme. 



Incidental to the numerous interest- 

 ing and witty talks, many valuable 

 suggestions were advanced for the good 

 of the prj^fession, and in the finish an 

 animated*- discussion arose as to the 

 proper varieties and kinds of roses to 

 be planted in the proposed rose garden 

 in Snyder park, with some differ- 

 ences of opinion as to the comparative 

 merits of own root and grafted roses 

 for certain purposes. Christian Bin- 

 ning and Arthur C. Leedle held that 

 grafted stock had certain advantages 

 in particular cases, while Eoger Mur- 

 phey and John M. Good led the battle 

 for the own root forces, the latter 

 agreeing to start even with own root 

 roses and in a fair contest outdo any 

 grafted rose on earth. This subject 

 appeared to have so large a scope that 

 it was deemed best to give it an entire 

 evening for discussion on some future 

 occasion. ^-^ 



The matter of the annual picnic was 

 mentioned and will be decided at the 



