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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 27, 1911. 



n "flock aTid twolvo coupk's took tlic 

 lloor. 'I"1k- Jiuiycs wiTO: \V. ,1. Pilchor, 

 M. Kscliiicr and K. Wiiuiler. This was 

 \\oii ].y ,Miss Martha llflwiu. lier part- 

 ner tioiim J'raiik \\'iudler. 



A jianorama j)hotograph ol' the party 

 was takoii at 4 o'clock. 'I'lie rest of the 

 'lay was taken up with l>oatii)<r, lishinj^. 

 • lancing;- and c:ani(>'< of all kinds, and 

 was much enjuycil i.y the larjie crowd. 

 The cuimiiittoo ot arran|ioinents, which 

 had the outing in charm'. -Messrs. Guv. 

 Smith and Ijeiudic. w(>re con<^ratulated 

 un all sides lor the s|ilendiil day's sport 

 inrnislied l^y them. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. .I(diii Steidle. president of the 

 Ladies' Home Circle, reports that there 

 will lie ]]o meetini; of the circle next 

 month. All memliers will receive 

 notices of the loc;ition for the Septem- 

 ber meetinu. 



Mrs. I\r. \'.. Uronson. representiucr the 

 r.urlin^tou J-iasket Shop, of Burlington, 

 la., was ht>re last week callinfr on the 

 tiadc. Mrs. J^ronson hacl a full line of 

 ^amjiles at the Hotel .leiVerson. 



Mr. and :\rrs. J'. ^\■. Hrueniy and Mr. 

 and Mrs. 11. (). liernini; will be amon<^ 

 those who will make the trip to J?alti- 

 more for tiie convention next month. 



< harlcs s,hoenle won the gold watch 

 and ihain (dferrd liy the .Million Cluli 

 10 the one who guessed the nearest dis- 

 tance their balloon tra\eled from Kan- 

 sas City recently. Mr. Schocnle guessed 

 the correct distance. 4U) miles, lie was 

 around showing his pri/.e last week in 

 the wholesale district. 



.\. c. I'ehr. of I'.elleville. 111., reports 

 that he is building two new houses for 

 earnations. 2>xlln ;,ihl l^xHii. Mr. 

 J'ehr says he had a splendid business 

 season in all line^. 



The i;gooli7ig I'loial ('(!.. at (irand 

 and Lafayette avenui's. will have to va- 

 eate .\uuuvt 1. The ground is owned by 

 the Shaw estat.' ;i?i(i their old store will 

 lie replaced by ;i Inrge otlici' building. 

 Their new lucatKui li,-i> nut .-iv \et been 



.■i mmuileed. 



' • L- 1 'e \Ve\ er. at ( )li\ etfe. says 

 that the Skiiinrr irrigatidu >ystem has 

 bei'h ;i s;i\er for him during this long 

 dry sjiell. All of his outdoor stock is 

 in the best shape at jiresent. 



Tlie llorists along (irand a\enue. both 

 ]ii'rth and south, are refreshing their 

 -lure fronts with new coats ot' paint, 

 and interior (lecor;it ions :ind idher ini 

 proN'ements are being made fur tln' 

 iipening of the tail season, 



I'red ''. '\V(dier is building a hand 

 >i:>me residence in I'ariv \'ie\\ jijace for 

 his daughter, who i^ to be married this 

 tall. The wlode Weber famil\- en.joyed 

 a day's xaratmn at the lloris'ts' pic'nic 

 last week. 



florist- from Htdleville. i:dward>\ ille. 

 Alton. l-:;i-t St. I.(iui>. Kirkwtiod. St. 

 < harles ami \Veii>ter attended the pic 

 nic in fidl force, and said thev si'ent 

 a most enjoyable day. 



Max T,. I'elletier furnishcl delightful 

 music tor the dancer^ at the jdcnic. 

 .Mrs. I'tdletier. who runs ;i flower store 

 on the >outh side, was out with her 

 t'amily. 



('. < '. Sander> and William < '. "i'oung, 

 ex presidents and ri\al candidates for 

 trusteeship of the florists' < lub. were 

 out (deet ioneering at the picnic Hotli 

 want tile job badlw so an exidting time 

 is expeeted ;it the .XiiLiU-t meeting of 

 the rlub. .1. ,L P.. 



NEW OELEANS. 



Annual Club Meeting. 



The .\ew (irle;ins Horticultural So 

 ciety held its twenty-sixth annual meet- 

 ing and idettion of oflicers .Inly 20 at 

 Kolb 's lierman ta\ern. President Eich 

 ling and Secretary ]';inter w(>re in their 

 places, and a large number ol' euthu 

 siastic members were ])reseni. 



The election of tlie president was one 

 of the most exciting c'vcnts of the kind 

 ever seen in this organization. Claude 

 L. Ory canu' out as the \ ictoi-. winning 

 by one \-ote over his o])ponent. K. Iv 

 Simon. h'i(hard Jlichling. the former 

 jiresident. -was nominated first for re 

 election, but he withdrew to gi\e some 

 other member of the society a chance 

 to ha\e the presidential honors. Tlu- 

 ollicers ele(ded for the ensuing term 

 are: Claude ( )ry, ])resident : B. ,M. 

 Wisidier, \ ice pri>sident ; .lolin f.blen. 

 treasurer, for i he t wenly-se\ eiit li term: 

 C. ]\. Panter. recording se<-retary; Rich- 

 ard l-]ichling, corres])onding secretar.v. 

 Tlie last four oflicers named were all 

 elected unanimously. The new liuance 

 committee consists of .loseph Steckler, 

 i:. Baker and P. A. Chopin. 



Tlie treasury of the association 

 showed a balance of $77(i in cash and 

 state bonds. 



The subject of locating the meeting 

 hall in more convenient (piarters was 

 brought u]) again for discussion. P. 

 A. Chopin, .Joseph Steckler and Jiarry 

 Papworth were appointed as a commit- 

 tee to confer with the governing board 

 of the local Progressive T'nion for the 

 purpose of obtaining a meeting room 

 in the new Iniilding of that organiza- 

 tion, and, ill case of failure in that 

 plan, to find some other suitable quar- 

 ters ami rejiort at an opportune time. 



.1. \. Newsham, the local orchid 

 grower, exhibited some beautiful flow 

 ers of' l>(Miiirobium formosum and !>. 

 Phabenojisis, be>ides <'attleya Triame 

 and Ilarrisonia'. His exhibit tdicited 

 well deserx ed admiration. 



After the meeting the members were 

 tlie guests of the newly elected oflicers 

 at Ji delightful supper, served in the 

 (degant luitch room ;it Kolb's tavern. 

 Short :iddrt>sses were made by the newly 

 elected Jiresident and others. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



All lioiigli iIk' demaiKl of lale \\a- not 

 what one wiudd call brisk', still ii \\a- 

 strong enough to clean up all a\ail 

 able stock. Carnations are a thing of 

 the ]iast. The snpplv of snmmei rose- 

 has been iust about e((ual to the de 

 mand. The daily supply ol' Easter lilies 

 has helped to relieve the shortage in 

 other lines. With no rain from .Uily ;'. 

 to I'l. all outdoor stock (dearly shows 

 tlie effect of the prolonged dry siiell. 

 Hence the early ;isteis and gladioli, 

 which are beginning to come in. are 

 not vi' the desired (puaiity. There an- 

 enough .\nierican Beaiitie- (oiiiiti- m lo 

 lill all w:int<. 



■Various Notes. 



'fiiiies change mtdhods. Wheic \eais 

 ago the carnation growers housed th':r 

 stock Auenst lo and lati r. geiierall\' 

 waiting I'or a good rtiin. our local grow- 

 ers have most o\' theii plant- housed ;it 

 this date, thus haviiii: them under [k r 

 feet cent rol from now on. 



While a oood m.'i'ny .are taking adv.'in 



tage of the dull season by resting uj), 

 others get busy remodeling and build 

 ing additions. Gustave Pohl is put- 

 ting up three new houses, averaging 

 J.'>xl30, to leplace those which have 

 seen better days. This will give him 

 one more house than before, which will 

 be utilized for cut flowers. 



llichard Lietz, located at li;>;! Eond 

 (hi Lac avenue, is putting the linishing 

 touches to a neat conservatory at the 

 rear of his store, which will be 17x15. 

 llis next move will be to remodel the 

 store. As he does all the work himself, 

 he will not find miudi time for a }>ro- 

 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 \ac;ition on the other side 

 of the Atlantic. He expects to be back 

 in the harness bv September 1. 



Walter Halliday, of the C. C. Poll 

 worth Co., took to the lakes last week 

 to try his budv at fishing. He will be 

 gone about two wtMdvs. 



Aug. F. Kellner is busy these days 

 building a rockery .at one of the large 

 Oconomowoc jdaces. lie sa.\s that 

 mainly crotiuis will be used in fill in. 



At the store of Uolton it Ilunkel Co. 

 they are o\erliaiiling all the tables 

 ami other furniture, preparatory to 

 next season's rush. They say that in 

 spite of the <lrv spell, the large field of 

 asters at the I'rown Deer jilace is look- 

 ing good. 



The C. C. Polhvorth Co. is completing 

 jilans whicdi will insure larger and more 

 airy quarters not far from their pres 

 ent location in the ne;ir future. 



Recent visitors were: .lohn Meiei, 

 Green Bay, Wis.; ,Terrv .Tergenson. Ralph 

 Latham and Oscar Carlson, of Mintie 

 ajiolis. E. O. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



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 had, but not in 

 large (juantities as yet. Indoor carn.-i 

 tions are getting smaller and more 

 scarce, as the old plants are being torn 

 out. looses are poor and do not keep 

 well. 



■Various Notes. 



lid Larson, who has had a bad case 

 of m.alarial t'evcr. is miudi improved. 



Hans Kipke fiuislied his Master 

 Mason di^gree last week. 



Sidney Smith was too busy planting 

 carnations to attend the picnic last 

 week. 



Ollie llobbs. with the C. X. Ilobbs (t 

 Sons Nursery Co.. has regained his 

 health again. Mr. Hobbs liad a severe 

 attack of jineumonia last spring and 

 his condition was alarming for a while, 



W. W. Coles, of Kokomo. left last 

 week to spend the balance of the season 

 at his summer home in northern Michi- 

 gan. 



Wm. Brust, formerly with A. Wir 

 gand & Sons, has taken a jiosition as 

 assistant f-. reman ;it Berterniann Bros.' 

 <'umV)erland plant. 



Homer Wiegaiul lea\es tliis week for 

 ;i three weeks' fishing trip in northern 

 Alichigan. 



B. r. Kschner. with M. Rice & Co.. 

 spent a day with the trade this week. 



G. R. Green is spending his vacation 

 on a farm in southern Indiana. 



