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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNB 8, 1011. 



ding and window box season they have 

 ever known. 



J. K. Allen is on deck again after 

 quite a serious tussle with the grip. 



A. L. Young has rented the entire 

 building at 54 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. 



Bowling. 



The scores Friday evening, June 2, 



were: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 4tU 



Chadwick 21T 191 224 191 



Rlckards, W 195 172 163 168 



Rlckards, A 178 169 132 107 



Irwin 146 170 168 195 



Scott 194 132 148 141 



Kakuda 132 134 118 112 



Shaw 114 141 158 108 



Manda 162 134 181 198 



Nugent 109 113 



Holt 165 124 



Elderlng 108 99 



J. Austin Shaw. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



In summing up the reports for 

 Memorial day one must admit that it 

 was the best for some years. Even 

 with our early spring, there was no 

 outdoor stock available; consequently 

 the florists had it all their own way. 

 But these conditions had their draw- 

 backs, for the intense heat previous to 

 May 30 took the "tuck" right out of 

 the cut flowers. For local use this 

 stock could be worked off nicely, but 

 for the shipping trade it was unsatis- 

 factory, indeed. Even when the cream 

 ■of the stock was shipped, reports have 

 it that about one-fourth was unfit to 

 handle. Especially was this true of 

 the carnations. Since then, owing to 

 more favorable weather, stock has 

 again picked up nicely, except sweet 

 peas. It will be some time before 

 sweet peas will again be plentiful. 

 Indoor gladioli and the few local- 

 grown peonies were readily disposed of. 



Club Meeting. 



The joint meeting of the Chicago 

 and Milwaukee clubs, held June 1 at 

 the Blatz hotel, was in all respects a 

 grand success. 0. C. Pollworth made 

 the speech of welcome. After the 

 meeting was called to order by Presi- 

 dent H. V. Hunkel, of the local club, a 

 motion by C. Dallwig giving the Chi- 

 cago club charge of affairs, with Mr. 

 Philpott as president, was carried. 



After routine business was trans- 

 acted Mr. Keimel, of Chicago, read his 

 most ably prepared paper on rose grow- 

 ing. After a short discussion, various 

 members were called upon for remarks. 

 In responding, James Currie, of Mil- 

 waukee, recently appointed park com- 

 missioner, clearly explained, among 

 •other things, what a great benefit the 

 florists' business is to the public at 

 large. 



Some time was also spent on the 

 topic of the fall flower shows. Presi- 

 dent Hunkel stated that the Milwau- 

 kee show would run from November 

 16 to 20, and asked that the Chicago 

 florists, if possible, avoid having their 

 show on those dates. C. C. Pollworth 

 •explained how it was impossible last 

 year, with four large shows running 

 on the same dates, to do justice to 

 either side. 



P. J. Foley, of Chicago, stated that, 

 on the whole, florists are among the 

 best classes of people to deal with, for, 

 from his experience, if they have time 

 enough they will eventually make good. 



After the meeting, which adjourned 



at 10 p. m., a Dutch lunch was served, 

 which seemed to strike the right spot. 

 Good fellowship reigned till nearly 

 midnight, at which time the Chicago 

 members, forty-one strong, left on the 

 chartered electric car for home. 



Various Notes. 



The Baumgarten Floral Co. states 

 that the Decoration day business this 

 year exceeded that of any since the 

 firm has been in business; so it must 

 have been fine. 



The Edlefson-Leideger Co. was un- 

 usually well pleased with Decoration 

 day business. While it is customary 

 with them to close at noon on that day, 

 they worked till late that evening pre- 

 paring for the rush of funeral work 

 the day following. 



Wm. Zimmermann reports having sold 

 out clean on Decoration day, and that 

 is saying a whole lot, for he carries 

 quite a supply continually. 



Currie Bros. Co. reports fine business 

 for last Tuesday and a steady stream 

 of funeral work ever since; no let-up 

 with them. 



Holton & Hunkel Co. reports ship- 

 ping trade fine. They have just fin- 

 ished planting their threa new houses 

 at the Brown Deer place with tea roses. 

 The houses are each 29x215, with ce- 

 ment benches and truss construction. 



At the C. C. Pollworth plant at Wau- 

 watosa they have just completed three 

 new houses, each 30x265, which they 

 will plant with mums and use for 

 young stock after the mum crop is 

 gone. They, too, say shipping is keep- 

 ing up finely. 



Otto Grade, Jr., member of the Fox 

 Point Floral Co., celebrated his en- 

 gagement to Miss Louisa Schultz on 

 Sunday, May 28. E. O. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade was quite brisk last week. 

 Memorial day, funeral work, weddings 

 and commencements have kept the 

 store men on the jump. The weather 

 is the hottest experienced in June for 

 years, and this has put a damper on 

 the flower bed business, making this 

 line quite slack since Memorial day. 



Trade for May 30 was no better than 

 last year in most cases, and it is 

 thought that the automobile races, 

 which drew a crowd of about 100,000 

 people, hurt the flower business to 

 some extent. It was said that the 

 cemetery was almost deserted in the 

 afternoon, most of the people having 

 gone to the races. 



Stock was plentiful, with daisies, 

 feverfew, candytuft, roses, lilies, car- 

 nations, iris and peonies to be had in 

 quantities. Most of the peonies were 

 from cold storage and were not alto- 

 gether satisfactory. 



Various Notes. 



B. F. Hensley, of Knightstown, has 

 started building two 200-foot houses. 



Someone touched Albert Pittet 's cash 

 drawer in the flower market for about 

 $60 one day last week. 



A. Wiegand & Sons had a busy day 

 last week for the Tudor Hall com- 

 mencement. They furnished about 200 

 bouquets for the graduates. 



E. A. Nelson reports his Memorial 

 day business satisfactory, having en- 

 tirely cleaned up his stock. 



John Bieman had the order for 100 



magnolia wreaths for the Elks this 

 year. 



Herman Junge and Alfred Brandt 

 spent several days in Chicago last 

 week. They visited the greenhouses of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co. and Bassett & 

 Washburn, as well as a number of the 

 wholesalers. They were particularly 

 impressed with the Morton Grove es- 

 tablishment. H. L. W. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The business done for Decoration 

 day this year was much better than 

 the trade expected. The larger part 

 of the business was in shipping to the 

 small surrounding towns. The whole- 

 sale stores were busy all day long, and 

 there was plenty of stock of almost 

 anything seasonable. The greenhouse 

 men say they did a rushing plant 

 trade, but, taken all in all, the local 

 business for this day was not as good 

 as in former years. 



Last week business slowed up, the 

 hot weather having this effect. The 

 wholesale market had a great deal of 

 stock on hand daily, but of poor qual- 

 ity; roses, especially, were scarce in 

 the first grades. Carnations are small, 

 with the prices not over $10 in thou- 

 sand lots. There are plenty of lilies, 

 both Harrisii and candidum.' Sweet 

 peas have been a glut. These, with a 

 lot of outdoor stock, make up the daily 

 market. In greens, there is plenty of 

 good smilax and ferns. 



Various Notes. 



William Bouche has been appointed 

 consulting landscape architect of Uni- 

 versity City. A more capable man 

 could not be found for the position. 



Kalisch Bros, had a $500 contract for 

 planting Belleview garden and made 

 an attractive job of it. They report a 

 better Decoration day business than 

 last year. They will rebuild their 

 show house this summer, with a large 

 plate glass front. 



C. Young & Sons Co. had a heavy 

 Decoration day business, with plenty 

 of shipping orders for plants and cut 

 flowers. Their special sales day on 

 plants at their greenhouses has been a 

 great success. 



The four wholesale houses have 

 made an early start this year with 

 early closing. From June 1 to Septem- 

 ber 1 they will close each day at 5 

 p. m. and on Saturday at 12 m., so the 

 local . trade will have to act accord- 

 ingly, and their employees are happy. 



George Waldbart had an order for 

 a large floral balloon last week for 

 Balloon Pilot Von Puhl, who was killed 

 at Denver. The cost was $100. 



All officers of the S. A. F. were 

 mailed invitations for the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club's twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary banquet, which takes place June 

 28. The president of the Chicago Flo- 

 rists' Club was also sent an invitation 

 and the members all hope they will 

 come. 



Miss Mary Ostertag will this week 

 move her store from 3861 Olive street 

 to 4947 Delmar boulevard. The new 

 store is in the Delmar building and 

 the location is considered a good one 

 for a flower establishment. 



Harry Balsley, of the Detroit 

 Flower Pot Mfy., Detroit, is in the 

 city this week calling on the trade. 



Mr. Jenecke is now assistant super- 



