Sbfcidu&bb 80, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Show House of Geo. E. Valker, Minot, N. D. 



slioiild be sent care of J. B. Deamud, 51 

 W'aliash avenue, and should arrive by 2 

 |i in. on day of examination. 



I'liiladelphia. — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 ma ii; .Fohn Westcott, W. K. Harris. 

 Ship flowers to chairman, 1514 Chestnut 

 street. 



Cincinnati. — R. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Henry Schwartz. 

 Ship flowers to Jabez Elliott Flower 

 Market, care of janitor. 



Official Judging Scales. 



Coiuiuorclal Scale. Exhibition Scale. 



• 'ilor 20 Color 10 



I'orra 15 Stem 6 



I'lillness 10 Foliage 5 



Ni'Mii 15 Fullness 15 



I'l'liiiKe 15 Form 16 



Siilistunie 15 Depth 15 



Sizf 10 Size 35 



T'ltal 100 Total 100 



For Singles. For Pompons. 



'■•lor 40 Color 40' 



'"iin 20 Form 20 



Substance 20 Stem and foliage.. 20 



Stem and foliage.. 20 Fullness 20 



Total 100 Total 100 



C. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 

 Morgan Park, 111. 



VALKER'S GREENHOUSE. 



Up in the wheat country, at Minot, 



£>., George E. Valker is building a 



'urishing business. At first, trade came 



'Wly for him, as it always does to those 



iio pioneer, but with increasing general 



osperity in the region the florist is 



•ning to be looked upon as a business 



in instead of a faddist. Of course Mr. 



ilker finds it necessary to do pretty 



Illy everything in the line, to m<^et the 



'^at variety of demands made upon the 



•rist of a small city, so he sells potted 



•ints, shrubbery, bulbs and even birds 



'*1 goldfish in addition to cut tlowers 



d designs. The accompanying illus- 



; ition shows how neatly kept his green- 



' u^e is, and what a variety of stock he 



' rries. Mr. Valker himself stands in 



' "' picture. 



BusspiELD, Mich. — B. E. Niles has 



I 'cently returned from a visit of ten 



II itnths to Cuba, which he thinks is a 



'■ 'untry of great horticultural possibili- 

 ties. 



MILWAUKEE'S NEW AUDITORIUM 



With pride the people of Milwaukee 

 can now point to their new Auditorium, 

 which occupies the entire block liounded 

 by Fifth, Sixth, Cedar and State streets. 

 It is two stories high and has two wings, 

 the west wing containing the main autli 

 torium and the east wing or annex con- 

 taining five small halls named respectively 

 Juneau, Welker, Kilbourn, Layton and 

 Plankinton. These names were chosen to 

 perpetuate the memory of pioneers whose 

 lives and deeds were linked with tlie 

 progress of Milwaukee from the earliest 

 times. The main hall, which is the cen- 

 ter of attraction, is on the ground floor 

 and covers an area of 180x330 feet, the 

 arena proper being 100x225 feet. Around 

 this arena, which has a seating capacity 

 of 10,000 and is built much like the 

 amphitheaters of olden times, are sixty- 

 two boxes and behind and above these 

 boxes are spacious balconies, all ac 

 cfssible from the street by inclined 

 planes. The stage on the north end of 

 this hall is sixty-eight feet wide, fifty 

 feet deep and thirty-eight feet high. The 

 whole structure is finished off in cement, 

 with a stone floor, thus making it a 

 strictly fire-proof building. 



Tuesday, September 21, the dedication, 

 which lasted the remainder of the week, 

 was begun. There were speeches by the 

 mayor and others, which was followed by 

 a ball. Thursday night, September 2.'?, 

 was given over to the art of music and 

 was a grand success. A large local 



orchestra, a chorus of 700 trained mixed 

 voices and last, but uot least, Mme. 

 Schuman-Heink, the great contralto 

 singer, rendered a number of selections. 

 Every seat was taken and the large 

 audience showed its approval by lengthy 

 applause. Saturday afternoon, Sep- 

 tember 25, w as set aside for the children, 

 while in the evening they had what they 

 called "All Nations' Night." This was 

 also largely attended. 



In the erection of this auditorium a 

 long felt want and necessity has been 

 completed and Milwaukee now has one 

 of the best auditoriums in the country 

 and it can justly be proud of it. The 

 -Milwaukee flower show will be held in the 

 main hall November 11 to 14, and we 

 trust that the American Carnation So- 

 ciety will convene there in 1911. 



The new auditorium replaces the old 

 Fxposition building, which burned June 

 4, 1905, and in which the S. A. F. held 

 its convention in 1903. E. O. 



NARCISSUS FOR A SUCCESSION. 



How should we plant the different 

 \arieties of the daffodil or narcissus 

 taniil}', so as to liave a succession of the 

 useful yellow flowers in flats in a green- 

 house T B. F. C. 



The various daffodils succeed well in 

 boxes containing four to five inches of 

 (■o:nj)ost, that containing some well de- 

 cayed manure and sand being suitable. 

 When plautiug just cover the bulbs. In 

 a box 30x12x5 you can get 100 bulbs of 

 such sorts as Trumpet Major or Von 

 Sion and sixty to seventy-five of such 

 big-bulbed varieties as Emperor and Sir 

 Watkiu. After planting, the best place 

 for the boxes is on a cellar floor where 

 they can be kept tolerably dark. Cover 

 the tops of the boxes with some sand or 

 cinders to prevent the bulbs heaving up 

 tiie soil. 



French Trumpet Major is the earliest 

 of the golden Trumpet forcing varieties. 

 Started in August it will flower for 

 Christmas. Following these come the 

 Dutch single and double Von Sions, Gol- 

 den Spur, Emperor and Victoria. The 

 last named is the best of the bicolor 

 Trumpet section. For a cheap variety 

 l)rinceps is still much grown. The flow- 

 ers, however, lack the substance of the 

 other sorts named. By bringing in a 

 few boxes a week you can have a steady 

 succession of daffodil flowers indoors 

 from Christinas until Easter, 1910. 

 Always see that the boxes are full of 

 roots, well started into growth and never 

 allowed to become drv. C. W. 



SpRi.\(iFiELD, Mas.s.— Ralph Reynolds, 

 who is with N. F\ Higgins, spent his va- 

 cation at Village Hill. 



Milwaukee's New Exhibition Hall. 



