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The Florists^ Review 



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Landscape Force of the George Wittbold Co., Laying Out and Sodding Federal League Ball Park, Chicago. 



did condition. There is no oversupply. 

 Valley is good for this time of the 

 year and is offered in large quantities. 

 Snapdragons in pink, yellow and varie- 

 gated varieties are seen everywhere in 

 the leading stores and bring fancy 

 prices. Gardenias are good, but the 

 demand for them is limited. Cattleyas 

 are not in great demand. There are a 

 few good azaleas on the market, but 

 mostly large ones. Lilacs, Japanese 

 maples, hydrangeas, spiraeas and rhodo- 

 dendrons are still on the market. 

 Asparagus, hardy ferns, smilax and 

 galax are all abundant and in fine con- 

 dition. 



^ Various Notes. 



L. H. Neubeck had a fine Easter 

 trade, belter than ever. He sold a 

 large number of rustic logs filled with 

 crocus, scilla and growing valley pips/ 

 Tausendschon roses were big sellers. 



The Wm. Scott Co. reports a big 

 trade. Azaleas seemed to sell best, but 

 there was a call for all kinds of plants. 



The opening of E. M. Buehl's grocery 

 on Washington street called for a large 

 number of baskets, plants and cut 

 flowers. 



Jacob Wiese had a good clean-up on 

 everything during the Easter rush. 



Peter Hoffman did a fine business in 

 his market stand. Eamblers sold best, 

 but there was little demand for bulb 

 stock. 



Felix Alberts had a fine window dis- 

 play and a rose sale April 18. Arthur 

 Kowalski is again with Mr. Alberts at 

 the Lenox Flower Shop. 



Joseph Sangster is going on a trip 

 soon with the Ismalia Temple lodge. 



At Palmer's branch store the Easter 

 trade was good. Large baskets were a 

 special feature and sold well. They are 

 showing some good English hawthorn 

 shr\ibs and Japanese variegati-d maples. 



J. Benson Stafford had a unique Eas- 

 ter feature. With every $1.-50 plant he 

 4,ave a split bamboo basket, which 

 proved to be quite a drawing card. In 

 his corsage work he used wheat, in va- 

 — ^ rious harmonizing or contrasting col- 

 ors. Since wheat is being used exten- 

 sively in millinery, it found favor with 

 quite a few customers. Mr. Stafford 

 is noted for his unique and exclusive 

 creations 



S. A. Anderson 's new cellar was quite 

 a boon during the Easter rush. It 

 gave much needed floor space and fur- 

 nished a place for plant and cut flower 

 storage. Benches there were conven- 



ient for papering pots and wrapping 

 plants.^ 



R. E. Boettger, of Eggertsville, had 

 a fine crop of carnations and lilies, 

 which were disposed of for Easter. 



E. C. A. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



The Lancaster County Florists' Club 

 met April 16, in the Chamber of Com- 

 merce rooms, with a good attendance. 

 The question was as to whether a chry- 

 santhemum show shall be held in Lan- 

 caster this 'autumn. It was decided to 

 hold a show November 5 to 7, in the 

 Auditorium. This will be the first real 

 show held in Lancaster. The amateurs 

 will make a fine showing and a large 

 number of florists are preparing to 

 grow stock especially for the show. 



The report of the cooperative buy- 

 ing committee showed progress and it 

 was interesting to hear the expressions 

 of many of the members of the actual 

 saving to themselves brought about by 

 the cooperative committee. 



A committee was appointed by Presi- 

 dent B. F. Barr to arrange for our an- 

 nual picuic in July: Elmer ,T. Weaver, 

 J. F. Moore and Frank L. Kohr. 



The exhibition table was covered 

 with a fine display. H. D. Rohrer 

 showed twelve varieties of Zvolanek's 

 new orchid-flowered sweet peas, which 

 received much attention. J. P. Siebold 

 showed specimen plants of American 

 Beauty, Pres. Neumann and Bright 

 Eyes geraniums. Carl Brackbill staged 

 an extraordinary bunch of Enchantress. 

 B. F. Barr showed some blue French 

 hydrangeas which looked good. A 

 geranium cluster from Ira Landis was 

 shown for a name, but none of the 

 members knew the variety. It meas- 

 ured twenty inches in circumference 

 and the individual florets were nearly 

 two inches in diameter; color a bril- 

 liant carmine. 



Previous to the meeting a fair-sized 

 representation of the members visited 

 the establishments of Ira H. Landis, 

 Paradise, and Messrs. Elmer and 

 Charles Weaver, on the Philadelphia 

 pike. At the Landis place we saw beds 

 of White Wonder that have been giv- 

 ing a record cut this season; also Glor- 

 iosa, Enchantress Supreme and Mrs. 

 Ward. Eureka, red, looked well and 

 is a particularly good variety at this 

 place. Pink lupines, gorgeous Mme. 

 Perret pansies, calendulas, yellow mar- 

 guerites, mignonette and myosotis, all 

 for cutting, were in good form. Out- 



door Spencer peas were about a foot 

 high and gave good promise. Mr. Lan- 

 dis also has large plantings of gladioli, 

 some under sash, with a 6-ineh growth 

 showing their lead over those just 

 planted. 



We next went to visit the Weaver 

 brothers, at whose place we saw fine 

 peas. A light blue variety and a soft 

 pink shade, both their own selection, 

 were beautiful. A row of Blanche 

 Ferry winter-blooming Spencer orig- 

 inating with them was well thought of. 

 The carnation stock looked well. A 

 large block of mum cuttings are root- 

 ing. Calendulas and mignonette were 

 exceptionally fine. A large house .of. 

 Comfort and Alma AVard carnations 

 was as fine as we have ever seen carna- 

 tions at this time of year. 



Leaving the Weavers, IT. D. Rohrer 's 

 place was next visited, to see the new 

 winter-blooming Spencer peas. 



The next meeting will be held Thurs- 

 day evening, May 21. H. K. R. 



CHAMPAIGN, ILL. 



The eleven students now registered in 

 floriculture at the University of lUi 

 nois, at a recent meeting, organized a 

 club to be known as the Floricultural 

 Club of the University of Illinois. The 

 object of the club is "to advance flori- 

 cultural knowledge and intierests by 

 means of papers, talks and discussions; 

 and to promote good fellowship." Au- 

 gust Hecht, a senior, was elected presi 

 dent, E. G. Lauterbach, vice-president, 

 and Horace Tngalls, secretary-treasurer. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. J. L. Miller. 

 Mrs. J. L. Miller, of , Newark, O., 

 passed away Sunday morning, April 19, 

 after only a few hours' illness. She 

 had been in the florists' trade for years 

 and had conducted a large business suc- 

 cessfully. She went to market Satur- 

 day night, but, on returning, was sud- 

 denly stricken with illness and became 

 unconscious in a few minutes, only lin- 

 gering until early the fcJllowing morn- 

 ing. She leaves a host of friends, not 

 only in her own city, but in Columbus, 

 O., where she had been wefll known for 

 years. She is survived by a son, George 

 L., who has been associated with his 

 mother in the Newark business and 

 also runs the Miller Flower Shop, in 

 Columbus. The funeral occurred at irt 

 o'clock on Tuesday morning, April 21. 



J. M. 



