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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 8, 191*. 



QEOBGE T. BOUCHER. 



Among the younger retail florists of 

 Rochester none is more aggressive or 

 more of a hut-tier for business than 

 George T. Boucher. Beginning about 

 seven years ago with only counter space 

 in a retail seed store, "^Mr. Boucher's 

 practical knowledge of growing flowers, 

 as well as the art of selling, increased 

 his business so rapidly that more room 

 was necessary, and a small store at 343 

 Main street was secured. Here the 

 business was carried on under difficul- 

 ties until this year brought an oppor- 

 tunity to secure additional room by 

 removing a dividing wall, and a splen- 

 did store, with entrances on East Main 

 street and East avenue, was opened. 



Mr. Boucher has been connected with 

 the florists' trade in Rochester for over 

 twenty years, and has many friends 

 among the dealers and growers as well 

 as among citizens generally. 



BAB HABBOB, ME. 



The Mount Desert Nurseries, where 

 William Miller is the efficient manager, 

 have just completed an extensive in- 

 stallation of the Skinner watering sys- 

 tem, both at the main nursery and at 

 the branch nursery at Northeast Har- 

 bor, and it gives great satisfaction. 

 A pressure of forty-five pounds to the 

 square foot gives the best results. The 

 water is turned on in the evening and 

 shut off early the following morning, 

 in order that nothing may he lost by 

 condensation. Other growers on the 



and many other annuals, were very 

 attractive' at the time of our visit. 



Ju the greenhouses were noted large 

 batches of gloxinias, tuberous begonias, 

 achimenes, fuchsias, hydrangeas, gera- 

 niums, streptocarpus, gardenias and 

 other summer blooming plants. One 

 house was devoted to the charming new 

 Nephrolepis Milleri. Propagation of 

 geraniums was under way; over 10,000 

 of these are sold annually to the 

 wealthy summer residents. The nurs- 

 eries devoted to trees and shrubs are 

 constantly being increased in area, 

 specimen conifers being a feature. 



The store in Bar Harbor, for the 

 sale of plants and cut flowers, is large 

 and attractive. Probably nowhere else 

 in America are such beautiful displays 

 of perennials and annuals to be 'seen. 

 Other choice flowers, such as Beauty 

 roses, valley, orchids, gardenias, etc., 

 are also included. 



F. H. Moses has a fine store on Main 

 street, near the store of the Mount 

 Desert Nurseries. Mr. Moses had just 

 recovered from two weeks ' sickness 

 when we called. He keeps an up-to- 

 date and attractive store and reports 

 business as good. All visitors to Bar 

 Harbor may be sure of a genial wel- 

 come from Mr. Moses. 



.Joseph Pulitzer, the proprietor of the 

 New York World, has a stately resi- 

 dence at Bar Harbor. A. W. Eckstrom 

 presides over the horticultural depart- 

 ment and grows things well. We were 

 particularly struck by the many fine 

 specimen hydrangeas on the lawns, nat- 

 urally grown, which hung down and 



George T, Boucher. 



island are so enthusiastic over the suc- 

 cess of the system that they are j)lan- 

 ning to adopt it. The large stretches 

 of perennial phloxes, aconitums, lili- 

 ums, montbretias, physostegias and 

 other perennials, as well as quantities 

 of finely grown sweet peas, salpiglossis, 

 lupines, Shirley poppies, pentstemons 



hid the tubs from view. Window boxes 

 are extensively used here. Geraniums, 

 petunias, white marguerites, begonias 

 and Lobelia gracilis were noteworthy 

 among the flowering plants used. Be- 

 gonia Duke Zeppelin was largely used 

 in the flower beds, while zonal gera- 

 niums, Begonia Erfordii, Lobelia IZm- 



peror William and swainsonas bloomed 

 remarkably well. In the greenhouses 

 were noted some fine specimen garde- 

 nias, allamandas and fuchsias. 



At Blair Eyrie, the romantically sit- 

 uated mansion of D. C. Blair, there is a 

 charming little Italian garden, in 

 which pentstemons, antirrhinums, Gal- 

 tonia candicans, salpiglossis, cannas, 

 swainsonas and beds of the best named 

 gladioli were finely flowered. Another 

 formal garden is devoted to hybrid tea 

 and hybrid perpetual roses, which here 

 do unusually well. Dahlias were bloom- 

 ing with great freedom, and sweet peas 

 were extra good. Lilium auratum, 

 eight to nine feet high, comes up vig- 

 orously year after year, as do the vari- 

 eties specicsum and Henryi. Aconi- 

 tums in the garden, used for cutting, 

 were of great vigor. In the grape 

 house Muscats and Black Hambros were 

 carrying excellent crops. One house 

 was devoted to melons. Eugene Mitchell 

 has charge of this beautiful estate. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



To judge by the way stock at the 

 wholesale houses is being cleaned up, 

 one would naturally conclude that busi- 

 ness is good; that is, all first-class re- 

 ceipts are entirely disposed of by clos- 

 ing time. The main item of late has 

 been gladioli, and these, in the lighter 

 shades, sell readily. A few growers 

 have commenced to send in carnations; 

 they are as yet short stemmed and 

 small, and there are not enough to cut 

 any figure. There are plenty of roses 

 to go around; some nice hardy phlox 

 is also offered by the wholesalers. The 

 asters in this vicinity are not up to 

 the standard; the cause given by most 

 growers is the unfavorable weather 



conditions. 



Club Meeting. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Milwaukee Florists' Club, held Sep- 

 tember 1, not much of importance was 

 accomplished, owing to the light attend- 

 ance. Hans Schultz and Otto Grade, 

 both members of the Fox Point Floral 

 Co., were elected to membership. 



The executive committee of the com- 

 ing fall flower show reported that pre- 

 liminary prize lists will be mailed in 

 a week or ten days; also that this 

 year's show will surpass the one held 

 in 1909 in b\\ classes, owing to the ex- 

 perience gained last year. 



While the picnic of the Milwaukee 

 Florists' Club, September 4, was a suc- 

 cess, it would have been more so had 

 weather conditions been more favor- 

 able. Prizes were donated by the fol- 

 lowing: Chas. Menger, Emil Weike, 

 Alex. Klokner, C. Dallwig, C. C. Poll- 

 worth Co., Wm. Zimmermann, Edlefsen- 

 Leidiger Co., Holton & Hunkel Co., Nic. 

 Zweifel, Robt. Zepnick, Aug. F. Kell- 

 ner Co., Mueller & Schroeder Co., Hum- 

 mel & Downing Co., Heitman & Baer- 

 man, and Rudolph Preuss. The prize 

 winners were: 



Sack race for men. C. Gorg, first; A. II. 

 Thurston, second. 



I>aflIos' potato race, Gertrude Sonimers, first; 

 Norma Young, second. 



Girls' potato race, C. Hallida.v, first; Alice 

 Griebler, second. 



Men's nail driving contest, Gustav Kusch, first. 



Ladles' nail driving contest, Gertrude Som- 

 mers, first; Klla Voelcke, second. 



Bag race, Frank Clear, first; Rud. Haascli, 

 second. 



Men's rare. Peter Nolioss, first; Fred W. 

 Ilnlton, second. 



