Septembkr 8, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



Young men's race, F. Sieley, first; C. Gorg, 

 second. 



dlrls' race, Mary Welke, first. 



Small boys' race. Master Berndt, first. 



Small girls' race, Kuth Helton, first; Viola 

 Ituscli, second. 



Tug of war, Fred H. Helton's side, two 

 Ktraight. 



Various Notes. 



With the openiDg of the schools, Sej)- 

 tember 6, a large number of the sum 

 iiier resorters returned, and we now look 

 for the opening of the 1910-1911 season. 



While business for the month of July 

 was about the same as last year, the 

 Wisconsin Floral Co. reports an increase 

 for the month of August over last sea- 

 son; all in all, trade duiing the sum- 

 mer was quite satisfactory. 



In having a balcony put in at his 

 store, Wm. Zimmermann not only gains 

 considerably more room, but gives the 

 establishment a neater appearance. 



Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Leidiger, of the 

 Edlefsen-Leidiger Co., who have been 

 spending the last ten days visiting rela- 

 tives at Athens, N. Y., and taking in 

 other points of interest in the east, are 

 expected home the latter part of this 

 week. This firm reports an unusual 

 amount of wedding work for this week. 



The young son of Chas. Menger, who 

 some time ago broke his arm and was 

 convalescing nicely, had the misfortune 

 to fall and break the same arm again. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. expects the 

 arrival of three carloads of Holland 

 bulbs the latter part of this week. 



Jim Spence, who for years was em- 

 ployed by Currie Bros., but of late was 

 with the Nebraska Seed Co., is renew- 

 ing acquaintances in our city. 



G. H. Hunkel, of G. H. Hunkel Co., 

 reports E. J. Deal, representative of 

 W. W. Johnson & Son, Boston, England, 

 as a visitor. 



Gust Pohl, who had his asters where 

 he could water them during the dry 

 spell, is being well rewarded for his 

 labors, for his stock is fine, and the 

 Holton & Hunkel Co. find no trouble 

 in disposing of them at good prices. 



Miss A. Zender, of Eogers Park, 111., 

 who has been the guest of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Fred W. Holton since August 30, 

 returned to her home the middle part 

 of this week; she attended the florists' 

 picnic and reported having a fine time. 



Other visitors were: Geo. Thomp- 

 son, of Northrup, King & Co., Minne- 

 apolis, Minn.; Eric Johnson and a 

 friend, of the A. L. Bandall Co., Chi- 

 cago; Adolph Poehlmann, Morton 

 Grove, 111.; Martin Reukauf, of H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia; Art. 

 Craig, of Robt. Craig Co., Philadelphia; 

 E. Haentze, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; P. 

 Sylvester, Oconomowoc, Wis., and 

 Robt. Mueller, Racine, Wis. 



Alex. Klokner, of Wauwatosa, left a 

 fortnight ago on a business and pleas- 

 ure trip to the old country. He ex- 

 pects to return by the middle of No- 

 vember. E. 0. 



HAIL AT CEDAR BAFIDS. 



On Saturday, August 20, we had the 

 most severe hail storm ever known in 

 this section of Iowa, most of the hail 

 coming down in the form of irregular 

 chunks of ice one and one-half inches 

 to two and one-half inches in diame- 

 ter. We had about 165 boxes of glass 

 broken. We are mailing you under sep- 

 arate cover a photograph of part of our 

 houses. This shows the north side of 

 our houses, where most of the damage 

 was done, though considerable glass 

 was broken on the south side, as can 

 be seen on the small house in the pho- 



Hail Wrecked Greenhouses of L N. Kramer & Son, Cedar Rapids, Ia« 



tograph. The glass still left on the 

 houses, as shown in the photograph, is 

 nearly all cracked and broken, and 

 that which was knocked out was ham- 

 mered in small pieces, looking as though 

 it had gone through a mill. Palms, 

 rubbers, roses, carnations and stock of 

 every description were badly damaged. 

 Outdoor stock was cut to pieces. Dahlia 

 stalks an inch or more in diameter were 

 cut oflf, and vegetables pounded to a 

 jelly. Great damage was done to 

 churches, schoolhouses and also to farm 

 crops. I. N. Kramer & Son. 



IOWA FLORISTS MEET. 



State Fair and Convention. 



Floriculture in Iowa received a big 

 boost last week, when the State Fair 

 was held at Des Moines, with the best 

 display by florists yet seen within the 

 state, »nd the Society of Iowa Florists 

 held its eighth annual meeting at the 

 state house Wednesday evening, An 

 gust 31. The following was the pro 

 gram : 



President's Address, G. P. Black, Inde 

 pendeuce. 



"Our Method of Keeping Carnations from Crop 

 ping and also for Preventing Stems from Kot 

 ling." Otto Hansen, Fort Dodge. 



"Eplphylluius for Christmas Plants," F. J 

 Olsan, Ames. 



"Color Eff.'cts with Bedding Plants," Geo. S 

 Balthls. Des Moines. 



".\rtistie Possibilities in Floral Work," Elmer 

 E. Nordwall, Fort Dodge. 



"Decorating the Home Grounds," Walter H 

 Grosvenor, Des Moines. 



"Civic Improvement and the Florist," G. A 

 Heyne, Dubuque. 



"The 1910 Freeze in Iowa," I.. II, Pammel 

 .\mes. 



Report of delegates to the S. A. F. Convention 

 J. S. Wilson and J. T. D. Fulmer. 



New officers were elected as follows 



President — J. S. Wilson, D'es Moines 



Vice-president — J. T. D'. Fulmer, Des 



Moines. 



Treasurer — John T. Temple, Daven 



port. 



Secretary — Wesley Greene, Daven 



port. 



Directors — G. A. Heyne, Dubuque 



William Trillow, Des Moines; F. J 



Olsan, Ames; Elmer E. Nordwall, Fort 



Dodge. 



The State Fair. 



Wesley Greene, secretary of the Soci- 

 ety of Iowa Florists, was superintend- 

 ent of the floricultural department at 



the State Fair and had a big showing. 

 Premiums were awarded as follows: 



Collection of plants in bloom, Iowa Seed Co. 

 first. 



Collection of foliage or decorative plants, Iowa 

 Seed Co. first, J. S. Wilson Floral Co. second. 



Collection of palms, Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 William Trillow second. 



Collection of ferns, Iowa Seed Co. first, J. S. 

 Wilson Floral Co. second, William Trillow third. 



Collection of coleus, Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 Lozier's Greenhouses second. 



Collection of geraniums. Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 Lozier's Greenliouses second. 



Collection flowering begonias, Iowa Seed Co. 

 first. J. S. Wilson F'loral Co. second. 



Collection Rex begonias, Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 William Trillow second. 



Collection of cannas, Iowa Seed Co. first. 



Specimen palm, J. S. Wilson Floral Co. first, 

 Iowa Ssed Co. second. 



Specimen cycas. Iowa Seed Co. first, Lozier's 

 Greenhouses second. 



Specimen ferns, William Trillow first, Ix)zler's 

 Greenhouses second. 



Specimen araucarla, Iowa Seed Co. first, J. S. 

 Wilson Floral Co. second. 



Specimen new or rare plant, Iowa Seed Co. 

 first. William Trillow second. 



Vase of plants, Iowa Seed Co. first, William 

 Trillow second. 



Basket of plants, Iowa Seed Co. first, William 

 Trillow second. 



Table decoration, Lozier, Florist, first. WllUaui 

 Trillow second. Lozier's Greenhouses third. 



Floral design, Lozter, B'lorist. first, William 

 Trillow second, Iowa Seed Co. third. 



Bride's bouquet, Lozier, Florist, first. William 

 Trillow second, Lozier's Greenhouses third. 



Basket of flowers, Iowa Seed Co. first, Lozier, 

 Florist, second, Lozier's Greenhouses third. 



Vase of flowers, Lozier, Florist, first, Iowa 

 Seed (^o. second, William Trillow third. 



Display of cut flowers, Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 William Trillow second, Lozier's Greenhouses 

 third. 



Display of gladioli, G. D. Black first. Iowa 

 Seed Co. second, Lozier's Greenhouses third. 



Display of asters, Iowa Seed Co. firsC William 

 Trillow second, Lozier's Greenhouses third. 



Red roses, 25, Iowa Seed Co. first, Lozier, Flo- 

 rist, second. William Trillow third. 



Pink roses. 25, William Trillow first, Iowa 

 Seed Co. second, Lozier, Florist, third. 



White roses, 25. Lozier, Florist, first, Iowa 

 Seed Co. second, William Trillow third. 



Yellow roses, 25, William Trillow first, Iowa 

 Seed Co. second. Lozier, Florist, third. 



Red carnations. 50. Iowa Seed Co. first, Will- 

 iam Trillow second, Lozier. Florist, third. 



Pink carnations. 50, Lozier, Florist, first, 

 William Trillow second, Iowa Seed Co. third. 



While carnations. .W, Iowa Seed Co. first, 

 William Trillow second, I.ozler, Florist, third. 



Display of dahlias, William Trillow first, Iowa 

 Seed Co. second, G. D. Black third. 



Westhrook, Me. — N. W. Hannaford, 

 recently proprietor of two flower stores 

 here, has accepted a position as man- 

 ager of a big store in Alton, 111, 



Mount Kisco, N. Y. — The Northern 

 Westchester County Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society has issued the pre- 

 mium list for its eighth annual exhibi- 

 tion, to be held here November 4 to 6, 

 1910. A local florist, Herbert A. 

 Spavins, is manager of the exhibition. 



