October 13, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



sias; William HattoQ, for egg plant. 

 The judges were William Tricker, Ar- 

 thur T. Caparn and James Carswell. 



OEOBOE E. BSOWNE. 



The new president of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, George E. Browne, was 

 born in 1870, in Greenfield, Mich., on 

 the same ground where his greenhouses 

 are now located. For some time his 

 ambition was not along the path which 

 he is now following, for he taught at 

 the Michigan State Normal College for 

 several years, finally starting in the 

 florists' business in 1890. Mr. Browne 

 says that the only important event in 

 his life was when he married, in 1902, 

 and he is now the proud father of two 

 handsome children. The members of 

 the Detroit club are congratulating 

 themselves on having Mr. Browne as the 

 leader this year, for he is bubbling over 

 with enthusiasm for the welfare of the 

 club. H. S. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



For the last few days, owing to the 

 four days of dark,y cool, inclement 

 weather last week, the supply of flowers 

 has been scarcely- able to meet the de- 

 mand. This demand is larger than usual 

 for this time of the year, because of the 

 request for choice stock for decorations 

 for the many affairs given in honor of 

 the visiting delegates to the triennial 

 convention of the Episcopal church, 

 now in progress. The heavy shipping 

 has also taken up large quantities of 

 stock. The general indications, how- 

 ever, are that by the time this letter is 

 in print chrysanthemums will be in 

 strong. Bright weather will bring in 

 other blooms heavier and relieve the 

 tension of the market. 



The cold, dark days of last week told 

 on roses more than any other crop. 

 This, combined with the fact that many 

 varieties were naturally off crop, made 

 the number offered seem small in com- 

 parison to the normal cut. In spite of 

 this, the prices did not stiffen, except 

 in the case of Beauties, which brought 

 a slightly higher average figure. The 

 Beauties, Brides, My Maryland, Killar- 

 ney and Taft were of the best quality. 

 The last named also held its own in 

 numbers. 



Carnations are improving and coming 

 in stronger every day. Some offered 

 are almost equal to the best of later in 

 the season. Most of the mums on sale 

 so far are choice ones, and bring top 

 prices. Longiflorum find a ready sale. 

 Dahlias, too, have cleaned up nicely. 

 Lily of the valley and orchids are 

 snapped up every day, and often are 

 ordered up in advance. Cosmos, which 

 was off crop for a few days and also 

 put out by the rain, is more plentiful. 

 Some gladioli still arrive. Consign- 

 ments of pansies are regular. 



The supply of decorative greens is 

 ample and of good quality. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Cincin- 

 nati Florists' Society was held at the 

 club rooms in the Jabez Elliott Flower 

 Market October 10. Ed. Schumann, C. 

 .T. Jones, Charles McCrea and Harry 

 Moorman were elected to membership. 



J. A. Peterson gave a talk on cement 

 benches, during which he gave an in- 

 teresting account of their development. 

 Mr. Peterson now has a bench that he 



George E. Browne. 



believes is perfect. He uses a mixture 

 of one part of either Old Dominion or 

 Atlas cement and six parts of coke 

 screenings, and reinforces this with 

 wire netting and galvanized steel wire 

 rose stakes placed about twelve inches 

 apart. The whole is scarcely more than 

 an inch thick, and is perfectly porous. 

 The bench thus made is cheaper and 

 more durable than wood. 



Max Rudolph read a clever paper on 

 the essentials of steam and hof water 

 heating and the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of each system under varying 

 conditions. This paper brought out a 

 fund of stories of various incidents, 

 amusing and otherwise, of early experi- 

 ences with steam heating. 



Thomas Peterson, an old friend of 

 J. A, Peterson, was a guest of the lat- 

 ter at the meeting. The former, who 

 recently spent some years in Denmark, 

 intends locating in this city. 



Various Notes. 



The bowling club will hold its first 

 meeting at Finke & Craig's alleys, 120 

 East Sixth street, next Monday, Octo- 

 ber 17, at 8 p. m. A short business ses- 

 sion will be held before the games. A 

 large crowd is expected to bowl the 

 opening games. 



Last week C. E. Critchell had as 

 guests R. Irving Gresliam and Mrs. 

 Gresham, who are just returning to 

 their home in Atlanta. Ga.. after an 

 extended honeymoon. Mr. Gresham is 

 manager of the C. A. Dahl Co., of that 

 city. 



October 9 Wm. Murphy visited the 

 various greenhouses at the western end 

 of the city. C. C. Murphy's whole es- 

 tablishment is planted with his seedling 



red carnation, which he is growing espe- 

 cially for the holidays. Alfred Murphy 

 has about half his place planted in 

 solid beds. He is trying this for carna- 

 tions for the first time. So far the 

 stock looks fine and strong. Ed. Mur- 

 phy has a crop of Estelle mums grown 

 outdoors and covered only recently with 

 sash. They are ready to cut. Louis 

 Murphy's carnations look well and his 

 six houses of mums are in good shape. 

 At present he is busy boxing 100,000 

 Dutch bulbs that arrived recently. 

 Charlie Murphy, who planted earlier 

 than anyone else in the district, is long 

 on white carnations. 



P. J. Olinger is the proud possessor 

 of one of the balls that Zimmerman, of 

 the Cubs, knocked over the fence in a 

 recent game for a home run, a feat 

 rarely accomplished on the local 

 grounds. 



October 9 Fred Bruggeuian went up 

 to the greenhouses at New Castle on 

 an excursion. 



H. Schmidt & Co., of Oxford, O., are 

 fortunate with their early mums. Theirs 

 are the hulk of the chrysanthemums in 

 the market. They are shipping regu- 

 larly to two of the wholesalers. 



Poole & Purllant, formerly of Belle- 

 fontaine and Washington Court House, 

 have purchased the Shearer plant at 

 Winchester, Ky. They were here, to- 

 gether with their families, and bought 

 various stock and articles for their new 

 establishment. 



Max Rudolph and Tom Windniin are 

 now cutting Estelle mumt<. 



Miss Cora Pherson, of Wm. Mur- 

 phy's, had a narrow escape October 9 

 at Natural Bridge, Ky. A boat in 

 which she was riding capsized in deep 



