November 7, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



Detroit, Cleveland and Toledo Florists at the Establishment of Elmer D. Smith & Co^ Adrian, Mich. 



(For report of the visit see pagres 33 and 76 of The Review for October 31.) 



FIEST SNOW COLLAPSE. 



October is pretty early to have 

 greenhouses begin to collapse under the 

 weight of snow, but at Minot, N. D., a 

 recently completed house belonging to 

 George E. Valker went down under the 

 snow that fell October 30. The house 

 was 30x100 and is described by local 

 reporters as being of steel frame. The 

 loss includes a quantity of young stock 

 and, naturally, the season's profits. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



With the arrival of pompons and 

 such midseason varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums as Virginia Poehlmann, Alice 

 Byron, Appleton, Ivory, Bonnaffon and 

 Amorita, the supply is catching up with 

 demand and threatens to overtake it 

 within the week. Mums of all kinds 

 and conditions are plentiful, with the 

 possible exception of white, which has 

 been a trifle short. Carnations, gener- 

 ally a glut at this date, are scarce. The 

 quality is all that could be desired. 

 Eoses are equal to all demands, both as 

 to quality and quantity. Lilies, valley, 

 green goods, etc., are selling fairly 

 well. 



Various Notes. 



October 29 the following florists from 

 Cleveland and vicinity visited Adrian, 

 Mich.: F. C. Witthuhn, F. K. Williams, 

 H. A. Hart, Adam Graham, Charles 

 Graham, Guy Bate, Charles Eussell, 

 H. P. Knoble, E. F. Ensley, T. J. Kirch- 

 ner, Max Naumann, Charles Schmitt, 

 J. Blechschmidt, Frank A. Friedley, 

 C. M. Wagner, A, M. Coe, A. A. Hart, 

 Frank Bauers, A. Lingruen, W. Warnke, 

 G. H. Bruehler, H. G. King, Eobert 

 Weeks, A. Barber, F. Gompf, C. A. Wil- 

 son, A. B. Wilson, J, W. Wilson, J. C. 

 Fisher, Lars Anderson, Cleveland; F. H. 

 Adgate, Warren, 0.; L. L. Lamborn, 

 Alliance, O.; John Merkel, Mentor, O.; 

 W. E. Cook, of Stumpp & Walter Co., 

 New York. The party went in a special 

 car and at Toledo was joined by fifteen 

 of that city's growers, with a consider- 

 able sprinkling of ladies. Arriving at 

 Adrian at 11 a. m,, we were met by 

 Elmer D. Smith, who escorted us to his 

 greenhouse plant, where thirty-five De- 

 troit florists were inspecting the mums. 

 After an hour's trip through the houses, 

 which, judging from the number of 

 notebooks in evidence, was instructive 



to most of the visitors, the entire party, 

 to the number of ninety-four, which 

 included E. G. Hill, of Eichmond; E. 

 Witterstaetter, of Cincinnati, and Christ 

 Winterich and family, of Defiance, was 

 escorted to the packing shed, where 

 lunch was served. Adam Graham, on 

 behalf of the visitors, thanked Mr. 

 Smith for his hospitality. E. G. Hill 

 was then called on and made a brief 

 but characteristic talk, after which the 

 host also spoke briefly. 

 The opening of the West Side Mar- 



A Man We AH Know. 



ket House was the occasion for using 

 large quantities of stock last week. 



The J. M. Gasser Co. reports several 

 large decorations for the week. This 

 concern secured the decorating at the 

 Hotel Statler and, since the opening a 

 week ago, has had the work for several 

 elaborate banquets. 



The Ohio Horticultural Society has 

 just announced a number of special 

 prizes for the exhibition to be held in 

 Gray's armory, November 14 to 16. 



In addition to a lot of fine specials by 

 local business houses, the Henry F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia; John Evans, 

 Eichmond, Ind.; S. S. Skidelsky & Co., 

 Philadelphia; John C. Moninger Co., 

 Chicago, and Harry Balsley, Detroit, 

 offer cash or trophies. Entries are com- 

 ing in rapidly and competition promises 

 to be keen in several important classes. 

 The table decorations promise a close 

 fight, as there will probably be seven 

 entries in this class. 



Our first real frost was November 2. 

 Outside stock is now pretty well killed 

 off. F. A. F. 



OHBTSAXTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica held its annual meeting at New York 

 November 6. Officers were re-elected, as 

 follows: 



President— Chas. H. Totty, Madison, 

 N.J. 



Vice-president— W. R, Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn. 



Secretary— Chas. W. Johnson, Morgan 

 Park, 111. 



Treasurer— John N. May, Summit. N. J. 



Meeting and exhibition of 1913— Chicago, 

 111. 



MEN WE ALL KNOW. 



One of the daily papers at Albany, 

 N. Y., is running a series of cartoons 

 on the leading citizens, under the head- 

 ing "Men We All Know." Eeproduced 

 herewith is the drawing of which Wm. 

 G. Gloeckner was the subject. Mr. 

 Gloeckner is a member of the S. A. F., 

 the Albany Florists' Club and several 

 other trade organizations, but in Albany 

 he is known as the president of the 

 Boosters ' Club, a thirty-second degree 

 Mason, an Elk and an active worker in 

 all the affairs that go to achieve civic 

 progress. 



Antwerp, O. — J. B. Caruthers is in- 

 stalling a new boiler, which will heat 

 his residence as well as his greenhouse. 



Princeton, HI. — Ten members of the 

 Princeton Game and Fish Club broke 

 the state record for number of ducks 

 killed from one blind during a single 

 day's shoot by killing 146 mallard 

 ducks at Goose Pond November 4. 

 Those who enjoyed the sport were 

 W. E. Trimble, of the W. E. Trimble 

 Greenhouse Co., C. L. Trimble, Judge 

 Joe A. Davis, Howard Bailey, Joe Du- 

 plain, Joe Milner, Bert Gibbs, Charles 

 Althoff, John Dalstrom and guest. 



