SBPTEMUKlt l.J, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Business for the first half of Sep- 

 it'inber has been pretty lively. Besides 

 rhe usual demand for funeral and wed- 

 • ling flowers, the call lias been good 

 tor plants for the home. 



Mount Clemens growers are shipping 

 uood supplies of seasona))le stock. Some 

 uood Beauties are meeting with ready 

 -ale. Carnations are coming along 

 nicely; the quality of the flowers makes 

 ,i|i for what is lacking in length of 

 -tern. Asters are of good quality and 

 selling readily. Some choice gladioli 

 iirived last week. A few yellow mums 

 ;ire being shipped i)i and are usually 

 -old in advance. 



Various Notes, 



Henry Smith, of Peter Smith & Sons, 

 who several years ago tput up a range 

 (if glass just east of Walkerville. Ont., 

 lias given up the florists' business. 



On or about September 1 Theo. 

 Mitchell, of this city, became a bene- 

 dict. Mr. Mitchell was an interested 

 listener at the club meeting August 29, 

 but said never a word about his ap- 

 [iroaching wedding, the news coming as 

 a complete surprise when some of his 

 friends received a postal from Atlantic 

 City announcing the marriage. 



Our friend, the Hon. Philip Breit- 

 meyer, was defeated for the nomina- 

 tion for mayor, and while he, no doubt, 

 was somewhat disappointed, still all 

 his friends in the trade are glad to 

 have him back in the ranks again. 

 While acting as mavor Mr. Breitmeyer 

 liad little time to give to the meetings 

 of the Florists' Club, and we surely 

 Miissed him. 



Fall openings are in order in De- 

 troit, and B. Schroeter, who has made 

 this work a specialty, is nished with 

 work. This firm has a fine lot of ferns 

 and they are selling like hot waffles. 



The Bemb Floral Co. has been doing 

 lonsiderablo table decorating in the 

 lieautifnl new convention hall of the 

 I'onchartriin hotel, one of the most 

 notable beiiij; that for the banquet 

 given to the representatives of the 

 Ford Motor Co., assembled here from 

 Jill parts of the globe. 



The next meeting of the Detroit 

 I'lorists' ( lub will be held in the old 

 meeting ].lace in the Cowie building, 

 Monday evening, September 19. There 

 after the meetings will be held at 112 

 I'armer street. We should see more of 

 Mr. Fetters at these meetings, as the 

 new meeting hall is just next door to 

 iiis store. 



Among recent visitors was Sam Selig- 

 Mian, representing Wertheimer Bros.. 

 "f New York citv. II. S. 



LENOX, MASS. 



The monthly meeting of the Lenox 

 Horticultural Society was held in the 

 town hall September .{, when the mem 

 tiers were treated to a great display of 

 • iahlias, staged by A. H. Win'gett, 

 superintendent for Charles Lanier. 

 Three types, cactus, show and pompon, 

 were represented in thirty-six varie- 

 ties. The best of these were: W. 

 W. Rawson, Sylvia, Annie Boylin, Chas. 

 Lanier, Geisha. Romeo. Queen Wilhel- 

 mina, Queen Emma. Catherine Duer, 

 Countess of Lonsdale. Earl of Pem- 

 )>roke. Duchess of Cambridge. .Acquisi- 



tion, Klla Kramer, Bertha Von Sutton. 

 Mrs. Wirth, Aug. Xonin, John Walker 

 and Empress of Austria. A diploma of 

 commendation was awarded Mr. Win- 

 gett. The same gentleman also exhii) 

 ited a giant melon, Viaux's Perfec- 

 tion, twenty-four pounds in weight, for 

 which he was awarded a first-class cer 

 tificate. This is the first year Mr. 

 Wingett has attempted to grow Per- 

 fection, rightly named for its all-around 

 qualities. One of them from the same 

 bed weighed over thirty-one pounds. 

 George H. Instone, his foreman, deserves 

 a fair share of praise in growing them so 

 successfully. 



Mr. Jenkins, one of the Bar Harbor 

 judges, reported on his visit there. He 



spoke higlilv of the show, and of how 

 well the Bar Harbor gardeners had 

 treated him. 



George Foulsiiam had on view the 

 silver cup presento'l ly W. B. O. Field 

 for the hest collection of twelve vari- 

 eties of vegetables at the fail show. 

 It is to be known as the President's 

 cuii. to be won twice before it can be 

 lifted. 



Things are beginning to hum around 

 here now. It 's no use coming here 

 unless you can discuss fall show topics; 

 all roads lead to the show. 



At the previous meeting four new 

 members were enrolled. They are S. 

 Foidshani, O. Whittein<ire, L. Nichollas 

 and li. McGregor. J. W. P. 



Columbus, O. — The Johr. C. Moninger 

 Co., of Chicago, has secured the con- 

 tract for the construction of the green- 

 houses at the Ohio State School for the 

 Blind. 



Kennebiink, Me. — J. O. Elwell has 

 been making repairs at his greenhouses 

 on Brown street, including the building 

 of a cement wall under one of the 

 boiler houses. 



Milford, la.— H. N. Antisdel, of the 

 Milford Nursery Co., recently purchased 

 the greenhouses at Spirit Lake, la., and 

 has removed them, to be rebuilt on 

 his property here. 



St. Albans, Vt. — The business former 

 ly managed by Henry Bryant has been 

 transferred to George Cooke, who will 

 conduct it in connection with his busi- 

 ness on South Main street. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — Wm. H. 

 Evans, president of the Pikes Peak 

 Floral Co., is planning to spend the 

 coming winter with his wife in Tucson, 

 Ariz. He is figuring on making the 

 trip from El Paso to Tucson by auto- 

 mobile. 



Skaneateles, N. Y. — J. G. White is 

 adding a house 35x7o, with concrete 

 walls. He is more than ever in favor 

 of this system, as, following a severe 

 wind storm while in course of erection, 

 the framework was forced fully three 

 feet out of plumb, and had it been a 

 wooden wall he questions whetiier there 

 would have been any house left. 



Woodbine, la. — The business of W. 



D. Poage «& Son has been j»urchased 

 by Dr. E. J. Cole and his brother, K 



E. Cole, and the new firm will be 

 known as the Woodbine Floral Co. 

 A. D. Curtiss, formerly with the Stup- 

 py Floral Co., of St. Joseph, Mo., has 

 been engaged as manager. There are 

 I»rospects of plenty of trade. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Announcement has 

 been made of the engagement of Charles 

 C. Ball and Miss Sigrid H. Widell, of 

 this city. Mr. Ball bought the green- 

 houses of H. E. Wiley, at the corner 

 of Yale and North avenues, early in 

 1909, and has built up a prosperous busi- 

 ness there. He is .30 years of age and 

 has a high standing in the ranks of the 

 F,lk? and the Masons. 



San Antonio, Tex. — Mrs. F. Bright 

 has discontinued her business here. 



Morristown, N. J. — The conservatories 

 and greenhouses on the property of 

 Richard A. McCurdy have been dis- 

 mantled and the stock has been sold. 



Bath, Me.— Paul M. Olm, of the 

 Kennebec Greenhouses, has completefl 

 his new buildings, which include an 

 iron-frame greenhouse and a concrete 

 boiler room. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Business is holding 

 up well with the Idlewild Floral Co., 

 good quantities of stock being required 

 to meet the summer demand, which is 

 increasing every year. 



Watervliet, N. Y.— W. W. Hannell is 

 making extensive additions to his range 

 of glass. The bulk of thft product is 

 handled by Sambrook Bros., at their 

 up-to-date store in Troy. 



Wickford, R. I. — Peter S. Byrnes, 

 who recently erected some greenhouses 

 on his own property on West Main 

 street, has now removed his old green 

 house also to the new location. 



Hartford, Conn. — At a recent flower 

 show held in Luna Park, some of the 

 local florists, including ,Tohn Coombs 

 and .Tames W. Scott, had fine exhibits 

 and won some of the best prizes. 



Llbertyvllle, 111. — J. L. Meredith is 

 building a greenhouse 14x60, with a 

 wing 14x36. He is much pleased with 

 the patronage he has been receiving 

 and with the outlook for the future. 



White Marsh, Md. — In connection 

 with the fourth annual dahlia show ot 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., held at 

 Cowenton, September 27 to 30, another 

 affair occurs in which R. A. Vincent 

 is specially interested — the fourth an 

 nual harvest home festival conducted 

 by the Ladies' Aid Society of the 

 Kbenezer M. K. church. Mr. Vincent 

 is superintendent of the Sunday school 

 of the Kbenezer church and chairman 

 of the harvest home committee. Airs. 

 .\. E. Vincent is treasurer of the 

 Ladies' Aid Society and acts in the 

 same capacity for the harvest home 

 festival. The "Neighborhood Farm 

 and Household Product Exhibition'' is 

 ;ilso held simultaneously with the 

 \'iuc<'nt dahlia show. 



