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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 27, 1911. 



o'clock and twelve couples took the 

 floor. The judges were: W. J. Pilcher, 

 B, Eschner and E. Windier. This was 

 won by Miss Martha Helwig, her part- 

 ner being Frank Windier. 



A panorama photograph of the party 

 was taken at 4 o 'clock. The rest of the 

 day was taken up with boating, fishing, 

 dancing and games of all kinds, and 

 was much enjoyed by the large crowd. 

 The committee of arrangements, which 

 had the outing in charge, Messrs. Guy, 

 Smith and Beneke, were congratulated 

 on all sides for the splendid day's sport 

 furnished by them. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. John Steidle, president of the 

 Ladies' Home Circle, reports that there 

 will be no meeting of the circle next 

 month. All members will receive 

 notices of the location for the Septem- 

 ber meeting. 



Mrs. M. E. Bronson, representing the 

 Burlington Basket Shop, of Burlington, 

 la., was here last week calling on the 

 trade. Mrs. Bronson had a full line of 

 samples at the Hotel Jefferson. 



Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bruenig and Mr. 

 and Mrs. H. G. Berning will be among 

 those who will make the trip to Balti- 

 more for the convention next month. 



Charles Schoenle won the gold watch 

 and chain offered by the Million Club 

 to the one who guessed the nearest dis- 

 tance their balloon traveled from Kan- 

 sas City recently. Mr. Schoenle guessed 

 the correct distance, 410 miles. He was 

 around showing his pri^e last week in 

 the wholesale district. 



A. G. Fehr, of Belleville, 111., reports 

 that he is building two new houses for 

 carnations, 28x110 and 28x140. Mr. 

 Fehr says he had a splendid business 

 season in all lines. 



The Eggeling Floral Co., at Grand 

 and Lafayette avenues, will have to va- 

 cate August 1. The ground is owned by 

 the Shaw estate and their old store will 

 be replaced by a large office building. 

 Their new location has not as yet been 

 announced. 



C. E. De Wever, at Olivette, says 

 that the Skinner irrigation system has 

 been a saver for him during this long 

 dry spell. All of his outdoor stock is 

 in the best shape at present. 



The florists along Grand avenue, both 

 north and south, are refreshing their 

 store fronts with new coats of paint, 

 and interior decorations and other im- 

 provements are being made for the 

 opening of the fall season. 



Fred C. Weber is building a hand- 

 some residence in Park View place for 

 his daughter, who is to be married this 

 fall. The whole Weber family enjoyed 

 a day's vacation at the florists' picnic 

 last week. 



Florists from Belleville, Edwardsville, 

 Alton, East St. Louis, Kirkwood, St. 

 Charles and Webster attended the pic- 

 nic in full force, and said they spent 

 a most enjoyable day. 



Max L. Pelletier furnished delightful 

 music for the dancers at the picnic. 

 Mrs. Pelletier, who runs a flower store 

 on the south side, was out with her 

 family. 



C. C. Sanders and William C. Young, 

 ex-presidents and rival candidates for 

 trusteeship of the Florists' Club, were 

 out electioneering at the picnic. Both 

 want the job badly, so an exciting time 

 is expected at the August meeting of 

 the club. J. J. B. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Annual Club Meeting. 



The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its twenty-sixth annual meet- 

 ing and election of officers July 20 at 

 Kolb's German tavern. President Eich- 

 ling and Secretary Panter were in their 

 places, and a large number of enthu- 

 siastic members were present. 



The election of the president was one 

 of the most exciting events of the kind 

 ever seen in this organization. Claude 

 L. Ory came out as the victor, winning 

 by one vote over his opponent, E. E. 

 Simon. Eichard Eichling, the former 

 president, was nominated first for re- 

 election, but he withdrew to give some 

 other member of the society a chance 

 to have the presidential honors. The 

 officers elected for the ensuing term 

 are: Claude Ory, president; B. M. 

 Wischer, vice-president; John Eblen, 

 treasurer, for the twenty-seventh term; 

 C. E. Panter, recording secretary; Eich- 

 ard Eichling, corresponding secretary. 

 The last four officers named were all 

 elected unanimously. The new finance 

 committee consists of Joseph Steckler, 

 E. Baker and P. A. Chopin. 



The treasury of the association 

 showed a balance of $770 in cash and 

 state bonds. 



The subject of locating the meeting 

 hall in more convenient quarters was 

 brought up again for discussion. P. 

 A. Chopin, Joseph Steckler and Harry 

 Papworth were appointed as a commit- 

 tee to confer with the governing board 

 of the local Progressive Union for the 

 purpose of obtaining a meeting room 

 in the new building of that organiza- 

 tion, and, in case of failure in that 

 plan, to find some other suitable quar- 

 ters and report at an opportune time. 



J. A. Newsham, the local orchid 

 grower, exhibited some beautiful flow- 

 ers of Dendrobium formosum and D. 

 Phalsenopsis, besides Cattleya Trianse 

 and Harrisonia;. His exhibit elicited 

 well deserved admiration. 



After the meeting the members were 

 the guests of the newly elected officers 

 at a delightful supper, served in tiie 

 elegant Dutch room at Kolb's tavern. 

 Short addresses were made by the newly 

 elected president and others. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Although the demand of late was not 

 what one would call brisk, still it was 

 strong enough to clean up all avail- 

 able stock. Carnations are a thing of 

 the past. The supply of summer roses 

 has been just about equal to the de- 

 mand. The daily supply of Easter lilies 

 has helped to relieve the shortage in 

 other lines. With no rain from July 3 

 to 24, all outdoor stock clearly shows 

 the effect of the prolonged dry spell. 

 Hence the early asters and gladioli, 

 which are beginning to come in, are 

 not of the desired quality. There are 

 enough American Beauties coming in to 

 fill all wants. 



Various Notes. 



Times change methods. Where years 

 ago the carnation growers housed their 

 stock August 15 and later, generally 

 waiting for a good rain, our local grow- 

 ers have most of their plants housed at 

 this date, thus having them under per- 

 fect control from now on. 



While a good many are taking advan- 



tage of the dull season by resting up, 

 others get busy remodeling and build- 

 ing additions. Gustavo Pohl is put- 

 ting up three new houses, averaging 

 23x130, to replace those which have 

 seen better days. This will give him 

 one more house than before, which will 

 be utilized for cut flowers. 



Eichard Lietz, located at 1433 Fond 

 du Lac avenue, is putting the finishing 

 touches to a neat conservatory at the 

 rear of his store, which will be 17x45. 

 His next move will be to remodel the 

 store. As he does all the work himself, 

 he will not find much time for a pro- 

 longed vacation. 



Edwin J. Gregory, better known to 

 the boys as Ted, who is the nephew 

 and able assistant of Ben Gregory, is 

 spending his vacation on the other side 

 of the Atlantic. He expects to be back 

 in the harness by September 1. 



Walter Halliday, of the C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co., took to the lakes last week 

 to try his luck at fishing. He will be 

 gone about two weeks. 



Aug. F. Kellner is busy these days 

 building a rockery at one of the large 

 Oconomowoc places. He says that 

 mainly crotons will be used in fill in. 



At the store of Holton & Hunkel Co. 

 they are overhauling all the tables 

 and other furniture, preparatory to 

 next season's rush. They say that in 

 spite of the dry spell, the large field of 

 asters at the Brown Deer place is look- 

 ing good. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. is completing 

 plans which will insure larger and more 

 \airy quarters not far from their pres- 

 ent location in the near future. 



Eecent visitors were: John Meier, 

 Green Bay, Wis. ; Jerry Jergenson, Ealph 

 Latham and Oscar Carlson, of Minne- 

 apolis. E. O. 



nn>L/^NAFOLIS. 



The Market. 



The extremely hot weather has played 

 havoc with the stock. Peas have about 

 dried up, but asters and gladioli are 

 becoming more plentiful. Album and 

 rubrum lilies are to be bad, but not in 

 large quantities as yet. Indoor carna- 

 tions are getting smaller and more 

 scarce, as the old plants are being torn 

 out. Eoses are poor and do not keep 

 well. 



Various Notes. 



Ed Larson, who has had a bad case 

 of malarial fever, is much improved. 



Hans Kipke finished his Master 

 Mason degree last week. 



Sidney Smith was too busy planting 

 carnations to attend the picnic last 

 week. 



Ollie Hobbs, with the C. N. Hobbs & 

 Sons Nursery Co., has regained his 

 health again. Mr. Hobbs had a severe 

 attack of pneumonia last spring and 

 his condition was alarming for a while. 



W. W. Coles, of Kekomo, left last 

 week to spend the balance of the season 

 at his summer home in northern Michi- 

 gan. 



Wm. Brust, formerly with A. Wie- 

 gand & Sons, has taken a position as 

 assistant fv/reman at Bertermann Bros.' 

 Cumberland plant. 



Homer Wiegand leaves this week for 

 a three weeks' fishing trip in northern 

 Michigan. 



B. F. Eschner, with M. Eice & Co., 

 spent a day with the trade this week. 



C. E. Green is spending his vacation 

 on a farm in southern Indiana. 



