ACviUST 18, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



47 



I'.ircf iiros., of Waltliam, for a number 



t. years and received liis first autonio- 

 i ile training- tliere, is now private 



hauffcur to J'rcsident Taft at ISeverly, 

 \lass. 



Tiio American Sweet Pea Society 

 ••ill, it is hoped, hold its next summer 



HOW in Boston about tiie middle of 

 .hily, when a fine display will undoubt- 

 . dly be forthcoming. 



I'Idgar Bros., of Waverley, have their 

 ■ ouses filled with mums, which are look- 

 ,;ig extra well. Their new house is a 

 i;iie, light structure, which should grow 



xcellent stock. W. X. Craig. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Last week the market was better 

 -iipplied than for some time past. Gladi- 



■ lii and asters came in heavily and there 

 ., Iso Mere more ]*'.aster lilies and roses. 



jjusiness, outside of funeral work, 

 uas Cjuiet and, were it not for the good 

 ^hipping trade, quite a bit of stock 

 >M)uld have been left in the first part 

 ■ t' the week; the end of the week, how- 



■ •ver, found a brisk demand locally for 

 Mdck to turn out funeral work. 



Club Meeting. 



At the regular Plorists' Club meeting, 

 August 4, the entertainment committee 

 announced that the annual basket pic- 

 nic, which will be more of a private 

 allair than in former seasons, will take 

 place Sunday, September 4, at Boutz- 

 l.itf's grove. Many valuable prizes for 



I he different lines of entertainment have 

 luen donated by various club members. 



The e.xecutive committee of the com- 

 ing fall flower show reported that the 

 -iiuw will be held from November 7 to 

 l-l. inclusive, at the Auditorium hall. 

 I'lizos to the amount of $3,500 will be 

 ■I warded. 



Various Notes. 



•lames Chacona, who for many years 

 iias conducted a candy and flower store 

 "II Wisconsin street, is about to return 

 !'> his native home in Greece. J. P. 

 >liarer has acquired Mr. Chacona 's in- 



I I rests. 



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

 I Omaha, Xeb.. spent a few days last 

 "'I'k lookiug about our city. 



Mr. Desmond, store manager of the 



' S. Dunaldsoii < o. at Minneapolis, 



>iii-ii Avlio was cr. |i-- way to ('hicago, 



fut Sunday in on; n.idst. lie called 



tcntioii to I'.K' first gii'at fall show to 



held at .>!iiin<'ap!)lis, Xovcmber Ki 



L'O. 



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

 • F.ouis. Mo., is making an extended 

 ^it with her daughte , Mrs. II. V. 

 ''i:ikel, In this city. 

 I're.l \V. Mueller, of the Mueller & 

 lirori.er Co., participated in the 

 ■nights Templar conclave at Chicago; 

 pronounced it simply grand, 

 in a recent announcement of the en- 

 'gemcnt of (iust Mueller, of the Mud- 

 I i**; Schroeder Co., the fiancee's name 

 ' '>uld have read Miss Euby Eimer, not 

 ' -nor. 



After resting up at Pewaukec lake, 



''i^s Ximmerniann is again on duty at 



"' Will Zimmermann store at Fiftli 



"It and (.irand avenue. 



I 1 om reports, all the Xorth Milwau- 



'■ carnation growers finished housing 



"'ir field-grown plants by August 15. 



''^^'"g 111 the dry season, jdants are not 



'~ large as in former seasons and some 



'il spider is in evidence. Tiiese will 



Edwin P. Wilson. 



' ('liiilriiKin Coiniiiittce on Musk-. 



be short-lived, tiiough, when once they 

 are within the four walls. 



"Visitors during tiie week were dohn 

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

 main, Hartford, Wis. 



The large new refrigerator at the 

 Holton (X llunkel store was completed 

 last week and they now have better fa- 

 cilities tluin ever before for meeting the 

 always increasing cut flower trade. 



Mr. and Mrs. August F. Kellner and 

 children moved to their summer home 

 on (jkancheo lake August fl. 



Tiie Milwaukee rejiresentation at tlie 

 S. A. F. convention at Iiochester this 

 week is unusually light. The following 

 left with file Chicago lioys on Monday: 

 Nic Xweifid, Gust Mueller and II. W. 

 Koerner. ()wing to sickness in the fam- 

 ily, Fred W. ilidton, who worked hard 

 trying to induce everybody he met to 

 go to Kocliester, was at tiie last moment 

 })revented from atten<ling. 



C. ('. Pollworth, who seldom fails to 

 attend any convention, found that there 

 was so inucli work wliich commanded 

 his personal attention that, although lie 

 hoped up to the last moment that he 

 n»ight get away. 1h> was forced to stay 

 at home. The C. C. I'ollworth Co. says 

 that the call for Formosa lilies is away 

 ahead of that for Ilarrisii. Tiiis com- 

 pany received its fa'st carload last week. 



Eoy (,"urrie, 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 &- Huukel Co. is r(>ceiv- 



ing a fiiif> lot f)f Beauties from their 

 Urown Deer range. !•;. 0. 



LILIES FOR SUMMER. 



What kind of a white lily is consid 

 ered best for planting out in the field 

 for snnimer bloom here in Tennessee? 



AI. E. 11. 



I. ilium speciosum album would be the 

 most useful variety for you. Plant the 

 bullis in Xovemlier or December nine 

 inches deep. I, ilium longiliornm, .Japan 

 ese grown, if planted early in tlu> s|)ring 

 will be a good variety lo precede the 

 speciosums. c. W. 



GLADIOLUS BRENCHLEYENSIS. 



Kegarding the introduction to com 

 merce of Gladiolus l!reiu'lil»\vensis. 

 (ieorge Bunyard, of the KoyalNurs 

 cries, Alaidstone, Englaiul. writes to the 

 Cardeners' Chronicle to say that he no 

 ticed a statement recentlyto the effect 

 that iiKjuiries have been made respect- 

 ing the origin of the variety at the vil 

 lage of P.renchley 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 liack, my father pur.'hased 

 buliis from the raiser, a Mr. Hooker, of 

 Brenchley. Kent, who raised it from 



Candavensis. I can well y, jject sell 



ing them at 2s (kl each. We raised ;i 

 big stock tlie same year. Mr. Youell, of 

 Yarmouth, called on his round, and we 

 sold him a (pi;mtity. wliicii. in his sandv 

 soil, soon enabled him to flood the conii- 

 trv with it." 



