ati-iEMBEB 30, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



nl'dicstlji. ,-1 clinrilS <if 7n(l t i;iiiii'i| iMivcd 

 \('UC- MM'I l;i--l . liUl lint li'.-i^t. Mllir. 



ScliiiiiKiii 1 1> ink. t III' '^r>-A\ riiiitriihu 



<ili:^rl', niidcicil ;i imilllicr nl' ■-(■Iri-t i(lll^. 

 l'\iM\ •-!':il w.-i-- tiiki'li iiihl the J;i]'^i- 

 ;ilhlirln-i' >-li(p\\<'ci lis ,-| Jp| Hiis :i I I iV Iriit^lhy 

 ;i |i|il;ni~r. S:ii iii'ilii V ;i t'tcrniniii, Sc|i 

 Iciiiliri' _!."). w.-i-^ SCI asi'ir I'm- llir i-liil'Ircii. 

 wliili- ill tJK' rxciilli^ iIm'V li.-nl wlint llirv 

 r;ill.',| "All .\;iliiiiis' Xiylil." Tlii'^ vv;is 

 :i hii l;irL:<'l>' atti'iiilcil. 



Ill til'' <'i-('r) iiiii (il llii-; .■iiKlilniiiiin :i 

 Iiihl; iVIt wniit :nnl iicci'ssity li:i>^ liriu 

 CO ii|iliici| :iiiil ,\iiU\ .■iiik< r ii'ivv iKis line 

 iif fill' Im'^i :iuilitipriii!iis in iln' iniiiilrv 

 nihl it r;iii Jlisli\ Im' |iriiiiii m! il. Tin 

 M I Iw .-inki'i- tliiwiT sliiiw will 111' hilil ill ilii' 

 ni.'iiii hull \ii\ I'liilii'i- II I'l It. •■iimI •\\(' 

 ti'ii^i tli;i1 llii' A nii'rir.'iii ( ;irii;it imi Sn- 

 • •it't y \\ i 11 ciiin ('lie t hell' in lii] I. 



'I'lii' iii'W ;iuilitiiriinii n'|i|:ii-i's ihi' olii 

 Kx|iiisii inn liuililiiin, wiijcli Imrued Jime 



I. I!tl)."i, ;illi| ill wlllrll till' S. A. F. Ih'Im 



it - r(iii\ nil iini ill ISm;'.. !•;. ( i. 



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



ilil 111' M'lil rare of ,). \i. I )(';iiiiuil. ■"> 1 

 '' ili.'isli ;i\i'iinr. .'inil slioiilil ju'i'ivc liy L' 

 p 111. III! il;iy (if o.xnniiniitioii. 



riiil.iilclplii;!.— A. H. ('iirtlrilyr, i-li;iir- 

 ■';iii; .lollll W'cstcdtt, W. I\. li.'iriis. 

 - i|i tliiwcrs til I'liniriiiaii, l.')14 <'h('stmit 



-•'ri'l. 



I iiii'iiiii.'it i.- I\. Witti'i'stacttiT, cliiiir- 

 liiii; .laini's Allen, llt'iirv Si'liwartz. 

 >iii|i lliiwcrs 1() .lalitv. i'llliiitl l^'inwcr 

 'i iiki't. i-arc lit' janitor. 



Official Judging Scales. 



I ■'luiijiiiial Sr.'ilf. KxlilliilioM Si':i!i'. 



' 'iMi aO Color Ill 



' 'iiii ITi Sli'lii ") 



■ 'illiii'ss 1(1 l-'oliiici' .■) 



-■"Ill 1.'. F11II11..SS 1.-. 



1 ' liai.'!' l.'i l'"iii'ni ITi 



■ I'-l.iiii'c 1.-. Ili'inli l.-> 



10 Size ;!o 



Mai 



I'm- Siiifili' 



aiMJ lM|i:i:. 



. IIMI 'i'ii|:il loo 



I-'oi- l'iirn|Hiiis. 



. »il <'iiliii' 40 



. L'O Kui'lii '.'0 I 



. I'll Sli'iii Mill! I'oliaf:!'. . 20 ] 

 , I'D I'ulllli'ss L'll ! 



• "liil Kilt 'fol.-il IliK 



('. \V. .TOU.NSO.V, Scr'v. 

 Mnl'o;,,! I'aik. III. ' . 



VALKER'S GREENHOUSE. 



' || in till' w lioat conntry, at ]\Iiniit. 



I>.. l!('()ro;f i;. Valkor is buiiiliiijf a 

 'lisliiiiir Inisiness. At first, trade eanie 

 • ly for liini, as it always does to those 

 ■ pioneer. Imt with inereasinjr ojoieral 

 '-Jierity ill tiie rejjion the florist is 

 ■lin^ to be lookeil upon as a luisiness 

 11 instead of .-i faddist. Of i-iiiiise .Mr. 

 'kiT linds it necessary to do pretty 

 ' 1 ly e\ rrytliiiio in the line, to ncct I lie 



It \ariety of demands made upon the 

 ist of a small city, so ho sells |potti'il 

 Ills, shriibliery, fmlbs and e\i'ii birds 

 i iioldtish in .•nlditioii to cut tluwers 

 ' dcsio;ns. The accom|ianyi no- iljus- 

 limi shows how neatly kept his orrcii 

 '^c is, ;iiid what a \ariety of stock he 

 lies. Mr. Valker himself stands in 



pii-tnre. 



MILWAUKEE'S NEW AUDITORIUM 



With pride the peii|ile of .Milwaukee 

 can now ]ioint to tlieir new Aiiditnrimii, 

 which occujiics the entire blmk iiiiiindi'il 

 by I'iftii, Sixth, (edar ami State sireits. 

 It is two Siiiries liioli and has two wiiij^s. 

 tin' west wiiij;' coiitainino the main audi 

 toriuin and tlu^ east wiii"' or annex con- 

 taining (i\<' small lialls named i'es|iert i\ ely 

 .liinean, Wt'lker, Ixilbourn. Layton ami 

 I'lankintoii. Thes*' names were chosiii In 

 perpetii.'ite the memory of |)ioneers wimse 

 b\('s and deeds were linked with tin- 

 prooi'cs-i of .Milwaukee from the earlics' 

 times. The main hall, which is the ici: 

 ter of attraction, is on the yrmiml tlom 

 and coM'is an area of ISdxIl.Sll feet, the 

 arena proper being IdUxL'Ll.") feet. .XiimiiiI 

 this ar«>na, which lias a seatino caimiily 

 of 10,(1(1(1 and is built much like the 

 ani|ihitlieaters of olden times, are ^ixty 

 two boxes and behind and abo\e these 

 boxes are spaiiniis balconies, all ac 

 cis-iible from tin' street by iiirlineu 

 planes. 'I'lie stage on tlie north end of 

 this liall is sixty-eight feet wide, lift} 

 feet deep and thirty eight feet liigii. The 

 whole structure is finished olf in cement 

 with a stone tlnor. thus making it a 

 slrictly lire pront' building. 



Tuesday, September L'l. the dedicatmn, 

 which lasteil the remainder of the week, 

 was ii«>guii. 'I'heie were speeches by tin- 

 mayni- and nthei's, which was follnwed l.\ 

 ;( b.'ill. 'I'liiirsday night. Se|pti'mliei l'.",. 

 was given oxer In the art of music aiel 

 wa-^ a grand siicci s-. A lari;e l"cai 



NARCISSUS FOR A SUCCESSION. 



Ilnw -i;n|i|.| wc jilailt the dltfeli 'ill 

 \aiii'iie- 111' liie (lat'foilil nr ii;ii'cr^sns 

 lamil\. SI a^ in i';i\e a siiccc^'^ioii nt' the 

 ii-^cful \-i'!1mw ilnwci's in thits in a :j!eeii- 



llolise.' I',. !•". ( ■. 



The \arinu~ ilaf!'ni|ils ^nicee,! well ju 



linxes cnlltainilln t'our tn ti\e illclie^ "f 



en uplift, that cniitaining snme well de- 

 cayeij iiiaiinre and sand being suit.able. 

 When planting ju^t cn\er the hiillis. Ju 

 a box ;'>(Ix!l'x.1 \nii can get lim bulb- oi. 

 such Mills ;is Trumpei .Majm' or Vuii 

 Sion and sixty to sexcnly five of such 

 big bulbed varieties a- Kinperor and Sir 

 Watkiii. After planting, the best jilace 

 I'm I he biixes is nil a cellar llnor vvJiere 

 they can lie ke]tt tnlerably d.irk. ( 'nver 

 the tojis of the jpoxes with snuie sand nr 

 cinders Im prevent the iiulbs heaving ii]> 

 the s,,il. 



blench Tru.ii|iet .Majnr is th,. (.;n-|i,.st 



ni ihe golden TllllUpet fnrcllln Varieties. 



Started in Aiinust it will tinwir tor 



» hlistnias. I'nilnwiiio these come the 



liiiicli single and dmible \',u\ Si(.ns. t.nl 

 den S|,iir. l-jiipenu- ;ind Nictmia. The 

 l.'is! naliie.l iv the best nt' the bicolor 

 Triimpel seclmii. I'oi- .-l ciieap V.-il'ietV 



pniiceps iv <till much gmwii. Th.' llnu 

 eis. hiiwi'Vei, lack the snli>iauce oi the 

 oihei siirts named. I'.y iiriiiginn in n 

 t'e\» boxes a v\e«k ymi can iiave a steadv 



silccessinn Ml datlnilil ibiWels illdimis 

 t'i'n.n I'liristinas until I-!astei-. llM'i. 

 .\lv\ays V, c !|i;,l till biixe- are Juli nf 



lonts, well stiiried into ^ro\>i|| ;ni,| never 



allnwed to becniiie dl'V . ( . \V. 



Sl'KlM.lll.l.li. M v-.^. 1,'aii.l, I,', 'V II, .Ids, 

 w hn IS w nil .\. I'. 11 jeojiiv. spent Vis \a 

 catinii ai N'illa^e Hill. 



I't.issKiKi.D. .Mil |[.- 15. K. .Xili's has 

 I'lillv returned from a visit of ten 

 ■"'lis to <'uba. which he thinks is a 

 iiiilry nt' great horticultural [lossibili 



Milwaukee's New Exhibition Hall. 



