An<JDST 18, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



47 



Peircc 13ros., of Waltham, for a number 

 of years and received his first automo- 

 bile training there, is now private 

 chauffeur to President Taft at Beverly, 

 Mass. 



The American Sweet Pea Society 

 will, it is hoped, hold its next summer 

 show in Boston about the middle of 

 July, when a fine display will undoubt- 

 edly be forthcoming. 



Edgar Bros., of Waverley, have their 

 houses filled with mums, which are look- 

 ing extra well. Their new house is a 

 fine, light structure, which should grow 

 excellent stock. W. N. Craig. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Last week the market was better 

 supplied than for some time past. Gladi- 

 oli and asters came in heavily and there 

 also were more Easter lilies and roses. 



Business, outside of funeral work, 

 was quiet and, were it not for the good 

 shipping trade, quite a bit of stock 

 would have been left in the first part 

 of the week; the end of the week, how- 

 ever, found a brisk demand locally for 

 stock to turn out funeral work. 



Club Meeting. 



At the regular Florists ' Club meeting, 

 August 4, the entertainment committee 

 announced that the annual basket pic- 

 nic, which will be more of a private 

 affair than in former seasons, will take 

 place Sunday, September 4, at Boutz- 

 laff's grove. Many valuable prizes for 

 the different lines of entertainment have 

 been donated by various club members. 



The executive committee of the com- 

 ing fall flower show reported that the 

 show will be held from November 7 to 

 13, inclusive, at the Auditorium hall. 

 Prizes to the amount of $3,500 will be 

 awarded. 



Various Notes. 



.James Chacona, who for many years 

 has conducted a candy and flower store 

 on Wisconsin street, is about to return 

 to his native home in Greece. J. P. 

 Sharer has acquired Mr. Chacona 's in- 

 terests. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hess and niece, 

 <if Omaha, Neb., spent a few days last 

 week looking about our city. 



Mr. Desmond, store manager of the 

 L. S. Donaldson Co. at Minneapolis, 

 liinn., who was en h^s way to Chicago, 

 spent Sunday in our midst. He called 

 attention to V<io first givat fall show to 

 le held at Minneapolis, November 16 

 to 20. 



Mrs. Smith, mother of W. C. Smith, 

 St. Louis, Mo., is making an extended 

 visit with her daughte , Mrs. H. V. 

 lliiakel, In this city. 



Fred W. Mueller, of the Mueller & 

 •Si'hroeder Co., participated in the 

 Knights Templar conclave at Chicago; 

 i c pronounced it simply grand. 



In a recent announcement of the en- 

 il.igement of Gust Mueller, of the Muel- 

 '•'!■ & Schroeder Co., the fiancee's name 

 "^tiould have read Miss Buby Eimer, not 

 •'••isner. 



After resting up at Pewaukee lake, 

 *Iiss Zimmermann is again on duty at 

 tlie Will Zimmermann store at Fifth 

 street and Grand avenue. 



From reports, all the North Milwau- 

 '^'■e carnation growers finished housing 

 'heir field-grown plants by August 15. 

 "ning to the dry season, plants are not 

 ■■'i* large as in former seasons and some 

 '("d spider is in evidence. These will 



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Edwin P. Wilson. 



(Chairman Committee on Music.) 



be short-lived, though, when once they 

 are within the four walls. 



Visitors during the week were John 

 Benstead, Racine, Wis., and C. B. Tre- 

 main, Hartford, Wis. 



The large new refrigerator at the 

 Holton & Hunkel store was completed 

 last week and they now have better fa- 

 cilities than ever before for meeting the 

 always increasing cut flower trade. 



Mr. and Mrs. August F. Kellner and 

 children moved to their summer home 

 on Gkanchee lake August 6. 



The Milwaukee representation at the 

 S. A. F. convention at Rochester this 

 week is unusually light. The following 

 left with the Chicfigo boys on Monday: 

 Nic Zweifel, Gust Mueller and H. W. 

 Koerner. Owing to sickness in the fam- 

 ily, Fred W. Holton, who worked hard 

 trying to induce everybody he met to 

 go to Rochester, was at the last moment 

 prevented from attending. 



C. C. Pollworth, who seldom fails to 

 attend any convention, found that there 

 was so much work which commanded 

 his personal attention that, although he 

 hoped up to the last moment that he 

 might get away, he was forced to stay 

 at home. The C. C. Pollworth Co. says 

 that the call for Formosa lilies is away 

 ahead of that for Harrisii. This com- 

 pany received its first carload last week. 



Boy Currie, of Currie Bros., returned 

 Monday, August 15, from a two weeks' 

 vacation at Army lake. He spent most 

 of his time canoeing, fishing, etc. He 

 says they were so busy with funeral 

 work upon his return that it was the 

 same old song, "Dig in." 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. is receiv- 



ing a fine lot of Beauties from their 

 Brown Deer range. E. O. 



LILIES FOB SUMMER. 



What kind of a white lily is consid- 

 ered best for planting out iu the field 

 for summer bloom here in Tennessee? 



M. E. H. 



Lilium speciosum album would be the 

 most useful variety for you. Plant the 

 bulbs in November or December nine 

 inches deep. Lilium longiflorum, Japan- 

 ese grown, if planted early in the spring 

 will be a good variety to precede the 

 speciosums. C. W. 



GLADIOLUS BEENCHLEYENSIS. 



Regarding the introduction to com- 

 merce of Gladiolus Brenchleyensis, 

 George Bunyard, of the Royal Nurs- 

 eries, Maidstone, England, writes to the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle to say that he no- 

 ticed a statement recently to the effect 

 that inquiries have been made respect- 

 ing the origin of the variety at the vil- 

 lage of Brenchley in Kent, but no par- 

 ticulars could be gleaned: "In refer- 

 ence to your note as to origin of this 

 gladiolus, allow me to say that over 

 fifty years back, my father purchased 

 bulbs from the raiser, a Mr. Hooker, of 

 Brenchley, Kent, who raised it from 

 Gandavensis. I can well recollect sell- 

 ing them at 2s 6d each. We raised a 

 big stock the same year. Mr. Youell, of 

 Yarmouth, called on his round, and we 

 sold him a quantity, which, in his sandy 

 soil, soon enabled him to flood the coun- 

 try with it." 



