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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBEB 7, 1009. 



season as possible, because cuttings taken 

 after the spring growth has started will 

 liave more vigor and will be cleaner than 

 the earlier ones. A. F. J. B. 



PICTURES OF PROGRESS. 



The three pictures of the stores occu- 

 pied at different times by the San Joa- 

 quin Floral Co., of Stockton, Cal., give 

 a clearer idea of the progress of the firm 

 than could be conveyed by multitudes 

 of words. If Cook's progress toward 

 the pole, with his final triumph, could 

 have been as plainly •photographed, there 

 would have been little room for doubt 

 as to the truth of his claims. 



The picture which is first in chrono- 



ILLINOIS STATE FAIR. 



Flower Show a Feature. 



The cut flower display at the Illinois 

 state fair, which opened at Springfield, 

 October 5, was the best which ever has 

 been presented to the hundreds of thou- 

 sands of people who visit this big expo- 

 sition each year. The quality of the 

 stock, especially in roses, with all the 

 middle western growers is better this 

 year than it usually is at the opening 

 of October; also, the prizes offered by 

 the fair management this year were the 

 most liberal ever hung up at one of the 

 big farmers' state expositions, bringing 

 out more entries than ever before have 



First Store of the San Joaquin Floral Co.^ Stockton, Cal. 



logical order shows a plain, narrow room, 

 with a single shelf near the front, a 

 small wall-case farther back, on the oppo- 

 site side, and curtains at the rear. 

 "This," says a member of the firm, 

 "was our first downtown oflBce, as all 

 work had previously been done at the 

 house. "We moved into the second store 

 two years ago, and during the last six 

 months we remodeled it. The pictures, 

 therefore, show only two different stores, 

 but there are two photographs of the 

 second store, one taken before the re- 

 modeling began and the other after the 

 transformation was completed. "We have 

 been told that the remodeled store is as 

 neatly arranged as any in California. 

 The balcony is used for pots, jardinieres, 

 baskets and other non-perishable stock. 

 The store is finished in white enamel, 

 with green curtains, etc." 



The San Joaquin Floral Co. now owns 

 about 7,000 square feet of glass and 

 is building at the rate of about 2,500 

 square feet per annum, paying the cost 

 of construction from the year's profits. 

 The firm grows its own roses, carnations, 

 mums, ferns and general potted plants, 

 besides some ornamental nursery stock. 

 The trade is largely local, but includes, 

 also, considerable shipping to near-by 

 mountain towns, for the demand is in- 

 creasing steadily throughout that section. 



Streator, III. — G. G. "Whitcomb, who 

 for several years has conducted green- 

 houses south of the city, has taken into 

 partnership F. A. Hills, of Fulton, 111. 



been seen at the Illinois capital. Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., Chicago, was the largest 

 exhibitor and principal prize winner. 

 They took a large majority of the first 

 premiums in both roses and carnations. 

 The Chicago Carnation Co. entered in a 

 few of the carnation classes and took 

 either first or second on each entry. 

 Bassett & Washburn, Chicago, exhibited 



twenty-five Beauties of superior quality 

 also a vase of O. P. Bassett carnations 

 which were notably good, and a vas(> of 

 fifty Rhea Eeid roses which were fine. 

 These were not for competition. Peter 

 Eeinberg, Chicago, also had a fine dis- 

 play of roses and carnations, not for 

 competition. His varieties were Beauty 

 Field, Killarney, Richmond, Maid, Bide' 

 Perle and Maryland. These were staged 

 by George Asmus. 



The local growers, notably A. C. Brdwn 

 and A. C. Canfield, came forward in good 

 shape. They entered in a consider;) ble 

 number of the cut flower classes imd 

 made creditable showing in competition 

 with the largest growers in the state. 



The awards in the cut flower classes 

 were : 



Fifty Beauties, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 Chicago, first; A. C. Canfield, Springfield, 

 111., second ; A. C. Brown, Springfield, 1]].^ 

 third. 



Fifty Richmond, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty Golden Gate, A. C. Brown, first. 



Fifty Bride, A. C. Canfield, first; 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., second. 



Fifty Bridesmaid, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty Killarney, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first ; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty any other rose than those having 

 separate classes, A. C. Canfield, first, with 

 "White Maman Cochet; Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., second, with Perle; A. C. Brown, 

 third, with Carnot. 



Fifty Kaiserin, Poehlmann Bros. Co., 

 first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty My Marland, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Fifty "White Killarney, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Twenty-five Beauty, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; A. C. Canfield, second; A. C. 

 Brown, third. 



Twenty-five Richmond, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first. 



Twenty-five Golden Gate, A. C. Brown, 

 first. 



Twenty-five Bride, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., first; A. C. Brown, second. 



Twenty-five Maid, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co., *irst; A. C. Canfield, second; A. C. 

 Brown, third. 



Twenty-five Killarney, Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., first; A. C. Brown, second. 

 Twenty-five "White Killarney, Poehl- 



Second Store of the San Joaquin Floral Co., Stockton, Cal. 



