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October id, 19 i 2! 



under City Forester Koenig, says the 

 department is busy and doing good 

 work for the city trees, A large force 

 is out daily in all parts of the city, 

 under the supervision of Assistant City 

 Forester Fred W. Pape. 



Alex, Waldbart & Sons, on Horton 

 place, say they have been quite busy 

 -with good work since the season opened. 



At M, M, Ayres' the show house is 

 in splen-did shape and contains some fine 

 specimen croton plants and fancy cut 

 liiums of Smith's Advance and Mon- 

 rovia. 



The Windier Wholesale Floral Co. 

 says business since the opening has 

 been highly satisfactory, both in cut 

 flowers and supplies. Their rose con- 

 signments during the last week were 

 large and included fancy, long Beauties, 



The Standard Scale & Fixture Co., 

 the local representative of the McCray 

 /Eefrigerator Co., says this has been one 

 of the firm's best years in florists' 

 boxes, notwithstanding the greater com- 

 petition, 



Frank Gorly, of Grimm & Gorly, re- 

 ports that his firm has bought the stock 

 and fixtures of Edward Westmann, who 

 recently closed his store on South 

 Gran<l avenue, and that Mr, Westmann 

 is now in their employ, 



W, C, Smith, Oscar Kuehn, Will Os- 

 sick and Paddy Patton, with their 

 wives, were the guests of Mr, and Mrs. 

 W, J, Pilcher at Kirkwood on Sunday 

 afternoon, October 6. 



Henry Berning says he had a splen- 

 did run last week on cut mums, roses 

 and carnations. The E. G, Hill Co, 

 stock, which is handled here, meets with 

 a big demand. 



The Bourdet Floral Co, is in great 

 shape for the mum season, in both cut 

 blooms and plants. The firm supplies 

 a great many of the local retailers in 

 this line. 



Now that the cooler weather has set 

 in, an effort is being made to reorganize 

 the Florists' Bowling Club, with two 

 teams, one of wholesalers and one of 

 retailers, for weekly games, 



J. J. B, 



MILWAUEEE. 



The Market. 



Busin«88 opened with a rush and con- 

 tinued so through all last week, keep- 

 io^retailers, wholesalers and the grow- 

 ers on the jump. While we have had 

 no killing frost up to this day, October 

 7, most of the outside stock, with the 

 exception of late gladioli and dahlias, 

 is a thing of the past. The supply of 

 carnations is still behind the demand, 

 with roses about equal to the call. Thus 

 all good stock moves well and at satis- 

 factory prices. Beauties and mums are 

 getting better and more of them arrive 

 from day to day. 



A Visit to Koemer's, 



Having heard so much of late about 

 the fine stock of our local dahlia and 

 gladiolus specialist, H, W, Koerner, and 

 being favored with summerlike weather, 

 the writer paid the place a visit on 

 Sunday afternoon, October 6. While 

 the dahlias showed signs of a light 

 frost, it had by no means destroyed the 

 beauty of the stock, whether cut or 

 still on the plants. The place consists 

 mainly of a large gladiolus and dahlia 

 ,^£eld, while only a small portion is de- 

 "jroted to perennials, mainly hardy phlox. 



Besides the many commercial varie- 



ties, Mr, Koerner has about 150 seed- 

 ling dahlias, ranging from one to sev- 

 eral of each variety. The one which 

 caught the writer's fancy above all 

 the rest is a single variety which re- 

 sembles a poinsettia ami dates back to 

 1908; some of its flowers, by actual 

 measurement, were found to be seven 

 inches across. When put on the market 

 this variety, as yet unnamed, will be a 

 winner. Another seedling, a cross be- 

 tween a peony and a cactus variety and 

 of a wine-colored shade, is especially 

 promising. In form it resembles the 

 peony type, while the petals are similar 

 to those of the cactus class. 



The farther one went, the more in- 

 teresting was the display. A sport of 

 Lucy Fawcett, which has been nursed 

 along for the last five years, is of a 

 dark wine color, is held erect on long, 

 stiff stems and must be classed in the 

 show variety instead of the fancy. An- 

 other sport, also of Lucy Fawcett and 

 having the same good qualities as the 

 one just described, is of a solid yellow 

 color. 



The one variety which Mr. Koerner 

 will handle most extensively is Snov/ 

 Storm, which he disseminated in 1911. 

 It is the earliest bloomer on the place 

 and, in spite of the chilly nights, the 

 foliage was still in fine shape. Many 

 of his named varieties will be discarded 

 another year, to make room for some of 

 the better, though as yet unnamed, 

 seedlings. 



Gladioli by the million, from small to 

 large and from seedling to commercial 

 bulbs, can be semi here. For the first 

 time in Mr. Koemer's twelve years on 

 his present place, some of his gladioli 

 were affected by rust, which he at- 

 tributed to the climatic conditions 

 which prevailed during the summer, but 

 he does not look for the same trouble 

 another season. 



It would make a long report to give 

 details of some of the best of his gladi- 

 olus seedlings, of which there are about 

 150 varieties. Let it suffice to say that 

 wherever Mr. Koerner exhibits stock it 

 is well thought of. The winter of 1911- 

 12 got in its work here. Besides ruin- 

 imjL a fine batch of hardy phlox, it 

 cl^ifid two .acres of dahlias and half 

 an acre of gladiolus bulbs. In spite of 

 all this, there was enough stock for 

 this year and Mr. Koerner says it is 

 the best year he has ever experienced, 

 for he already has plenty of orders for 

 fall and spring deliveries. He still re- 

 grets that, owing to the cool weather, 

 some of his prize stock which was in- 

 tended for the S. A. F. convention in 

 Chicago this year was not in bloom. 



Various Notes, 



The Edlefsen-Leidiger Co, has ac- 

 quired a neat auto truck and says it 

 works like a charm, 



Chas, Meckelburg, who for the last 

 five years conducted a florist's estab- 

 lishment at Fifty-third street and North 

 avenue, died October 4, at the age of 

 70 years. For some time he had suf- 

 fered with dropsy, which resulted in 

 his demise. The widow will make her 

 home nearer the heart of the city. 



Although some of the bowlers of the 

 Florists' League were on hand October 

 1, there were not enough present to 

 elect officers for the coming season. 

 No seorei^ were kept, 



October 7 the Heitman-Oestreicher 

 Co. shipped the first white sweet peas 

 to Holton & Hunkel Co. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. reports the 



following visitors; B. Franke, Okla- 

 homa City, Okla,; Fred Roth, Hartford, 

 Wis.; Mr, Storkel, Tomah, Wis. 



The Gust, Busch Co., having lost a 

 horse a short time ago, now utilizes a 

 fifteen horse-power Mercury auto truck 

 to keep everybody satisfied. 



Currie Bros. Co. was kept busy last 

 week with out-of-town funeral work. 



One of the department stores called 

 for 500 aster plants in pots and bloom 

 for its silver jubilee September 30. The 

 A, F, Kellner Co,, after some hustling, 

 was able to fill the order. 



Adam Zender, of Chicago, came up 

 October 5 to take in the Grand Prix 

 auto races. 



Other visitors: John Bindfleisch, Be- 

 loit. Wis.; Mrs, Harry Ash, Edgerton, 

 Wis. E. O. 



OBITUABY. 



John Crawford. 



John Crawford, of Philadelphia, died 

 Thursday, October 3, after a long ill- 

 ness. Funeral services were held at 

 his home in West Philadelphia Monday 

 afternoon, October 7, Interment was 

 at Mount Peace cemetery. 



Mr. Crawford was for a quarter of a 

 century a well known figure, first in 

 retail and then in wholesale circles. 

 Failing health compelled him to with- 

 draw from active business a year and 

 a half ago. Mr. Crawford had many 

 friends throughout the trade who have 

 kindly recollections of their years of 

 association with him and who mourn 

 his death in the prime of manhood. 

 He is survived by a wife and son. 



C. C. Arnold. 



C. C. Arnold died at his home in 

 North Judson, Ind., September 30. He 

 had suffered all summer with heart 

 trouble, which was the cause of his 

 death. He was 62 years of age and 

 had been engaged in the flower business 

 in North Judson for the last sixteen 

 years. During the last few years he 

 had devoted most of his attention to 

 gladioli. He leaves a widow, one son, 

 Paul C. Arnold, and a daughter. 



aiiADIOLI FOR EASTEB. 



When should I start gladiolus bulbs 

 of the fall varieties, such as Peach 

 Blossom, Blushing Bride and Colvillei, 

 white, so that they would bloom by 

 Easter, in .a temperature of 50 to 60 

 degrees! F. E. W. 



None of the varieties named can be 

 depended upon to come into flower for 

 Easter, 1913, which comes as early as 

 March 23. You cannot advance them 

 by forcing, as this would simply ruin 

 the plants. A temperature of 50 de- 

 grees at night is as high as it is ad- 

 visable to grow them in, if stout stems 

 and flowers with good substance are 

 wanted. You can get such sorts as 

 you have named in flower after the first 

 week in April, but it will not pay yo^ 

 to attempt to flower them for an early 

 Easter. C. W. 



HIBISCUS. 



Would you advise transplanting hibis- 

 cus in October? G. F. 



Hibiscus can be moved with safety 

 any time during the p](es«nt month. 



