SEFrEMBEB 16, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



few wires and strings to which the 

 sprays could be tied, and time would 

 be saved in the period of ripening. 

 Water the plants somewhat less, in 

 order to encourage the ripening of the 

 seeds, but do not keep the ground dust- 

 dry. The seeds may be picked as soon 

 as they turn color. W. H. T. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



B'usiness now seems steadier and be- 

 fore long it will undoubtedly take on 

 the regular aspect of the busy season. 

 Owing to the recent cool nights, the 

 condition of the blooms seems better. 

 There is still more than enough stock 

 in the market. Eoses are now coming 

 in more heavily and have longer stems 

 than during midsummer. The Beauties 

 still lead in quality, but the others are 

 not far behind. Large numbers of 

 Brides, Maids and Killarneys, in ad- 

 dition to the other roses, arrive daily. 



Large consignments of asters still 

 come in, especially some choice ones 

 from New York state. Gladioli are 

 becoming inferior in both bloom and 

 stem and soon will be a thing of the 

 past. Easter lilies can be had. Cosmos 

 and dahlias for fall flowers are now 

 strong in numbers. 



Carnations are offered daily. Judg- 

 ing from reports from the growers, 

 there will be many large cuts of good 

 quality in the market in a short time. 



Club Meeting. 



A meeting of the Florists' Society 

 was held at PYank Volz's home, in 

 Cheviot. Bay Murphy, Albert Sunder- 

 bruch and Charles H. Hoffmeister were 

 appointed to serve on a committee to 

 arrange for a place for the bowling 

 club to meet and bowl throughout the 

 winter. 



New Orleans was endorsed for the 

 world's fair and Panama exposition in 

 1915. The secretary was instructed to 

 send letters to the congressmen from 

 this vicinity notifying them of the 

 club's choice and asking them to use 

 their votes and influence to favor the 

 Gulf City. 



It was decided that a paper on some 

 subject of general interest, followed by 

 discussion, should be read at each meet- 

 ing. A question box will also be had. 



After the business was over, the 

 members sat down to a repast, served 

 in the open air. Then all adjourned to 

 the parlor, where they were entertained 

 with vocal and instrumental selections 

 by Frank and Miss Clara Volz. Mr. 

 Volz proved a royal host. 



Frank Volz's greenhouses are stocked 

 with chrysanthemums and carnations. 

 In one was a lot of elegant Boston 

 ferns. He also grows callas and bed- 

 ding stock. In addition to these, he 

 and his father have eight large ponds 

 and about thirty small ones stocked 

 with goldfish. 



Various Notes. 

 On Wednesday, September 14, a 



Tower of Fruits and Flowers. 



floral auto parade was held under the 

 auspices of the Sons of Osiris. 



A visit to J. A. Peterson 's showed his 

 plant to be in tiptop shape. Begonias 

 are his long suit. Among the varieties 

 he has are Glory of Cincinnati, Taft, 

 Agatha, Lorraine and Ensign. He has 

 also large lots of Dracsena Victoria, ter- 

 minalis and Mandiana, Pandanue 

 Veitchii, Nephrolepis Harrisii, Phoenix 

 Eoebelenii and cyclamens. 



C. E. Critchell is now receiving car- 

 nations regularly; also fine asters from 

 New York. 



E. G. Gillett's wire department is 



kept busy keeping up with orders from 

 those who are stocking up for fall and 

 winter. 



P. J. Olinger is having George 

 Zunkle, with the Maxwell-Briscoe Mo- 

 tor Car Co., superintend the construc- 

 tion of an iron stack 100 feet high, at 

 the greenhouses. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Critchell, C. E. 

 Critchell, Jr., Gus Adrian and Max Ru- 

 dolph have returned from up north. 



Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gardner 

 and son came down from New Castle 

 last Sunday. Mr. Gardner returned in 

 the evening, while Mrs. Gardner and 

 William H., Jr., will spend a fortnight 

 in this city with her relatives. 



William Gear and Frank Huntsman 

 are now with William Murphy at The 

 Snows. 



John Lodder has been in town dur- 

 ing the last fornight, doing the exposi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Winters, of Charleston, W. Va., 

 was a recent visitor. C. H. H. 



VOLKSFEST DISPLAYS. 



One of the big events on Long Island 

 in the autumn is the Schwaben Sanger- 

 bund Volksfest, where floriculture plays 

 a considerable part and where the seed 

 trade gets in touch with thousands of 

 market growers in the Long Island ter- 

 ritory. Middle Village, where there are 

 so many florists, always takes a con- 

 spicuous part and August F. Sehraeder, 

 florist, of Elmhurst, has been superin- 

 tendent of the festival every year for 

 the last fifteen years. 



This year the event took place at 

 the new Coliseum park, at Eidgewood, 

 L. I. There was the usual column of 

 fruit and flowers. This has been built 

 for many years by Fred Marquardt, of 

 Middle Village, and it is said the cost 

 runs close to $500. In the accompany- 

 ing illustration Mr. Marquardt and his 

 son are shown standing at the left of 

 their tower. 



Another feature of the exhibition 

 which attracted much attention during 

 the entire week, September 3 to 10, was 

 the miniature garden constructed by 

 John Draier, of Middle Village. It 

 covered 1,000 square feet of space, and 

 for his handiwork Mr. Draier was 

 awarded a special premium of $75. Ee- 

 tail florists will see in the picture a sug- 

 gestion for a window display of large 

 possibilities. In a window decoration it 

 would easily be possible to introduce 

 enough movement to hold a crowd all 

 day long. The water, the train and 

 the windmill could be made to run, and 

 other features could be added. 



Miniature Garden Constructed as a Florists' Display at a Long Island Volksfest, 



