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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Si;i'Ti;\iiti;u S, 1910. 



GEORGE T. BOUCHER. 



Aiimni^ the ymi iii^cf ictnil niilisl> nt' 

 liocln'sl ci' iiiiiic is iimii' ;iL;;^ri's>i\<' 'Ji' 

 iiiiirc lit' ;i liii-llrr |'(ir 1)11^1 iics-, than 

 (iciilm' '!'■ -I liiHi-licr. lie;;] II hi liy .-li;!!!!! 

 si'xcii ycnls ayi) witli niily (•(luiitfr spa.-t' 

 ill a retail seed store. ,M r. I icmelier 's 

 |ii';icl i<-al kiKiwIeil^e nt' ■;.nn\\i ii'; llnvyers. 

 as \\<'li as the ait n\' selliiij^, i iici'eascii 

 his liiisiiiess SCI rapiilly that iiiirtv nujiii 

 was iieeessai_\-, ami a siiiali store \\ .'ll.'! 

 Main street was seciireil. Here the 

 luisiness was <-arrie(l mi nnder ililliciih 

 ties nntil this year hnm^ilit an u|i|Mii' 

 tnnity In serine aihlitinnal mum li^' 

 leiniixiii;; a ili\iiline waM, and a sjihMi- 

 did store, witli eiitram-es on Kast Main 

 street and Kasi avi'inie. was ()|ieiH'ih 



.Mr. lidiieher has lieen ciiiinecteil with 

 'he Ihiiisis' trade in ii'mdiester Inr ever 

 tweiit\' \cars, and h;is niaiiy Iriemls 

 .aiming the d<';ih'is and Lirnwcrs a- well 

 •I s aniuii;^ rit i/eiis eenera II w 



BAR HARBOR, ME. 



The Mdiint Uesert .Xiiiseries. where 

 William .Miller is 1 lie ellirieni manager, 

 h;i\(' ii:sl cdmiileled an exleiisivi' in 

 st ;i I la i inn nf the Skinner wiileriiii; sys 

 tem. Iinth at the in.aiii nursery ami at 

 1 he hr.anch niiisery ;it .Xnitheast liar 

 hni. and it ^i\es L;real sat isl'act inn . 

 A |iressnre id' t'nrt y li\i' |innnds tn the 

 si)iiare t'lidt ;^i\es the liest results. The 

 water is turned mi in the e\-enin;4 ami 

 shut nil' early the fnlhiwiny iiiorniii;^. 

 in nrdei' that nothine iria\' lie lust liy 

 i-nmlensat inn. ()tlier ^rnwcis mi tlie 



and many ntlier aiiiinals, were \ery 

 .at t ract i\ c at t he t ime id' mir visit . 



In the i^reenhmises were nntod lar^e 

 lialidies III' ylnxiiiias. tiiliermis liej^'nnias, 

 aehimeMes. I'mdisias, hyiliaiiycas, yera- 

 niuins, st I e|it near|iiis. eardenias and 

 nther summer Idnoiuiiie plaiits. ( )ne 

 imuse was dexoted to the ehanuiny new 

 .\t'|ihrole[iis .^Iilleri. I'ropayatiou of 

 n<'i-;iiiiuius w,as under way; oxi'r iH, ()()(! 

 of these .•ii'e sold annnall_\' to the 

 wealthy summer residents. The niirs 

 eiies dexoted to trees and shiulis aic 

 eoiistantlx' iK'iiiy increased in area, 

 s|iecinien i-miit'era' lieiiie a teat lire. 



The stmc in liar liarlior, t'or the 

 s.ale of jdjiiits and cut flowers, is larj^c 

 .ami atl lact i\ ('. I'rolialdy 7io\\iiere tdse 

 in .\nierica are sinli tieautiful disjilays 

 of |ierennials and annuals to lie seen. 

 < M her choice tlnwers, sindi as Beauty 

 roses, \;illey. orchids, n.ai'den ias, etc. 

 are also included. 



I'. II. .Moses has a line store on M.aiii 

 street, near the stoia' ot' the .Mmiiil 

 I'esert Nurseries. .Mr. .Moses hail just 

 r<'cn\ered from two weeks" sickness 

 when we called. lie keejis ;in up-to 

 dale ami attractive stoi(> and re|imts 

 liiisiness ;is ^ood. .\ll visitoi's to liar 

 liarlior m.ay lie sure of ,a i^cnial we' 

 come t'liim .Mr. .Moses. 



.loseph i'nlit/.er. the |iro]irietnr nt' the 

 \ew ^'ork World, has a stateh' resi 

 deuce at liar liarlior. .\. W. iMdistidin 

 [iresidcs o\er the horticultural depart 

 nient and ^^rows tliinys \v(dl. We were 

 particularly struck liy the many line 

 specimen liyd la u^eas on the lawns, nat- 

 urally yrown. wliiidi hiin" down ;iml 



George T. Boucher. 



isl.'ind are so enthusiastic oxer the sue 

 cess of the system that they aie plan 

 liinif to .adopt it. The l.ar^e stretches 

 of perenni.al |ihhi.\es. acnnitiims, lili 

 uiiis. inont liret i;is, physostei^i.as .iml 

 other jierennials. as well ;is (piaiilities 

 of finely yrown sweet jicas. sa Ipiylossis. 

 In|iines. Shirley poppies. |ieiitsteinnns 



hid the tnli- from view. Window lio.xes 

 are extensixely used here, (leraiiiums. 

 petiini.as, white maryiK'riles. liejroiiias 

 :iiid I.iiiieli.a eracilis were noteworthv 

 anione i h,. llowcrine jdants used. lie 

 umii.a Diike /eppelin was haryelv used 

 in the llnwei lieds. while /.nnal nera 

 nimn-. i'.en,inia i-jt'nrdi i, l.nheli.a him 



jieior William and swainsonas bloomod 

 remarkalily well. In the greenhouses 

 were noted some fine sjiocinien i^ardi' 

 nias, ;ill;iinamlas ;ind l'u(disias. 



.\t Hlair ]\yrie, the lomautically sit 

 iiated mansion of i). C. lilair. there is a 

 cliariniiif" little Italian pardon, in 

 whieli jientstenions, antirrliinnnis, Gal- 

 tonia candieans, salpiylossis, cannas, 

 swainsonas ami lieds of the best iiunie.l 

 yladioli wore finely flowered. Another 

 formal garden is (le\oted to hybrid tea 

 and hybrid perpetual roses, which here 

 do miusually well. Dahlias were blooni- 

 ini; with great freedom, and sweet jieas 

 were extra good. Ijiiiuni auratuin. 

 ei.ght to nine feet high, comes up vig 

 orously year .after year, as do the vari- 

 eties speeicsum and Henryi. Aconi- 

 tiinis in the garden, used for cutting, 

 were of great vigor. Jn the gra]ie 

 house .Muscats ;ind Jilack Hanibros weie 

 lairyiiig excidlent crojis. ()ii(> house 

 was de\ oted to inidons. JMigeiie Mitidiell 

 has (diarge of this lie.-iutiful estate. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



To judge by the way sto(d\ at the 

 wholesale liouses is being cle;ined up, 

 one wiiiild naturally coiKdude that busi 

 ness is good; that is, .all first cl.ass re 

 ceipts are entirtdy disposed of b\- (dos- 

 ing time. The main item of late has 

 been gladioli. ;ind these, in the lighter 

 sh.ades, sell readily. .\ few growers 

 liax'e 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 b.\- the wholesalers. The 

 .asters in this \iciiiit\- are not up to 

 the standard; the cause given Iiy most 

 groweis is the iinf.a x'oi able weather 

 conditions. 



Club Meeting. 



.\t the regular monthly noN^ting of 

 the .Milwaukee Florists' ('lub, held Seji 

 teniber 1, not much of iin|)ortance was 

 .accomplished, owing to the light atteiiil 

 auce. ll.ans Schult/. and Otto (Jrade, 

 both nuMnbers of the l-\ix Point Floral 

 (.'o.. were elected to membership. 



The execufixe committee of the com 

 ing fall flower show reported th.at pre 

 liminary pri/.e lists will be mailed in 

 .1 week or ten days; also that this 

 xe.ar's show will surji.ass the oii(> held 

 in l!Mi;» in ; || .lasses, owing to the ex- 

 pel ience g.aiiied last yi^ar. 



While the ]iicnic of the Milw.aukee 

 i'lmists' Club. September I, was a sue 

 cess, it would li.axe been more so nad 

 \xe;itlier conditions been more f.axcir 

 able. I'ri/.es wei-e donated bx' the fol 

 I'lwiny: (has. .Mengei. I';iiiil Weike, 

 .\lex. Klokuer. C. li'.illxvig, C. C, Poll 

 Worth (o.. Will. Ziinmermann, ivllefsen 

 l.eidi^er < 'n,. Holton \ liunkid Co.. Xic 

 /weif(d. li'obt. /e|iriick. .\ng. F. Kell 

 ner < o., Mmller iV Sidiroeder ( o.. Hum 

 inel \ Downing ( o,, ileitmaii ^: li.aer 

 m.aii. .ami K'udolph Preuss. The prize 

 winners xxcie: 



S.ici, i-;ii-c fur moil, f. (Inr:;, lii-st . .\ . K. 



'rillllsliill, SOCIllUl. 



f.Miiics' |iiil;itii race. (JiTl iihIc S'i|iiiiii-i^. liisl ; 

 Ncii'TiLi Viiiiiii;. socoiui. 



i;iils' imialii race, f lialliila.v. lir^i : xli.i- 

 • oiilil'T, sccimil. 



Men's nail ilrixinc ciiiilist, iJhsImv Itnsili. |ir-.|. 



I. allies' nail driving' cmiicsi, dcilniilc Som 

 incrs. first: i;lla VoclcUc. s,.,-,,i,,i. 



Ilic race, rianli Clear, tiisi ; Itinl ll.iaseli, 



see,„|,l. 



Meir:- r.i.e. I'eter .N'.liu^^. tilsl . llei) W 



ll'.ltell. s 1.1. 



