October 13, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



sias; William Hatton, for egg plant, 

 Tlie judges were William Tiicker, Ar- 

 thur T. Caparn and James Carsvvell. 



GEOKGE E. BBOWNE. 



The new president of the Detroit 

 I'lorists' Club, George E. Browne, was 

 born in 1870, in Greenfield, Mich., on 

 the same ground where his greenhouses 

 jire now located. For some time his 

 ambition was not along the path which 

 lie is now following, for he taught at 

 the Michigan State Normal College for 

 several years, finally starting in the 

 jlorists' 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 

 tlie Detroit club are congratulating 

 tliemsclvos on having Mr. Browne as the 

 leader this year, for he is bubbling over 

 with enthusiasm for the welfare of the 

 dub. H. S. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



For the last few days, owing to the 

 four days of dark, cool, inclement 

 weather last week, the supply of flowers 

 has been scarcely able to meet the de- 

 mand. This demand is largeif 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 weatlier will bring in 

 other blooms heavier and relieve the 

 tension of the market. 



The cold, dark days of last week told 

 i>n roses more than any other crop. 

 This, combined with the fact that many 

 varieties were naturally off crop, made 

 the numlHT offered seem small in com- 

 parison to the normal cut. In spite of 

 tiiis, the prices did not stiffen, except 

 in the case of Beauties, which brought 

 a slightly higher average figure. The 

 Ueauties, 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. iSome offeretl 

 ;ire 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 

 <)rdered up in advance. Cosmos, which 

 was off crop for a few days and also 

 |(iit out by the rain, is more plentiful. 

 .*^ome gladioli still arrive. Consign- 

 nicuts of jiansies are regular. 



Tlic sui)ply of decorative greens is 

 ani]ile and of good quality. 



Club Meeting. 



Tiie regular meeting of the ('incin 

 iiati Florists' Society was held at the 

 clnb rooms in the Jabe^ Elliott Flower 

 Market October 10. Ed. Schumann. C. 

 .1. 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. lie 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 twehc inches 

 apart. The whole is scarcely more than 

 an inch thick, and is perfectly i>orous. 

 The bench thus made is cheaper and 

 more durable than wood. 



Max Riidoliih read a cle\(>r ]>apcr on 

 the essentials of steam and hot water 

 heating an<l the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of each system under varying 

 conditions. This jiaper brought out a 

 fund of stories of \arii)us iin'iilents, 

 amusing and otIi(>i-wise. of early I'xjieri 

 ences with steam heating. 



Thomas Peterson, an old friend of 

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

 ter at the meeting. The fornu'r, who 

 recently spent some years in Denmark, 

 intends locating in tliis city. 



Various Notes. 



The bowling clnb will hold its first 

 meeting at I'inke iV ( raig's alleys, liio 

 East Sixth street, next Monday, Octo- 

 ber 17, at S p. III. A short business ses- 

 sion will be held before the games. A 

 large crowd is cxin'cted to bowl th(> 

 oi)ening games. 



E.asf week ( '. E. Critcliell had as 

 guests K. Irving (Iresiiam and Mrs. 

 (■resliam, who are just returning to 

 their home in .\tlant;i. Ga.. after an 

 extended honeymoon. Mr. (>resiiam is 

 manager of the C. A. Dahl ('o., 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 seeilling 



red carnation, which he is growing espe- 

 cially for the holidays. Alfred Murphy 

 has about half his jilace 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. Eouis 

 Min|iliy's carnations look well and his 

 six houses of mums are in good siiape. 

 .\t jiresenf he is busy boxing 100,000 

 Dutcli buliis that arrive«l recently^ 

 Charlie Murphy, who jilanted earlier 

 than anyone else in the district, is long 

 on white carnations. 



P. .1. Olinger is the ]iroiid po>sessor 

 of one of the b.-ills tli;it ZimintMinaii, of 

 the Cubs, kiiocki'il over the fence in a 

 recent g;nne for a home nin, a feat 

 rarely aicoinplisliec: on tlif local 

 grounds. 



Octolier it I'led Hi iiou(>iii,i n went up 

 to the greenlujuses at \e\\ < astle on 

 an exi-nrsioM. 



11. Schiniclt \ < (P.. of OxtiPid. (>., are 

 fortunate with their early mums. Theirs 

 are tiie bulk of tlie cln \ sanl liemiiins in 

 the in;irl<et. They ;iie shippiun- regu- 

 l.arly to two ot' the \\ holes.i lei'-. 



I'oole \ I'urllant. tdrinerly ot' Tielle- 

 fontaine and W aslii ngton ('ourt House, 

 have jinrchased the Shearer plant at 

 Wimdu^ster, Ky. They were liere. to- 

 gether with their families, anci lioiiglit 

 various stock and articles f'or their new 

 cifaldishment. 



Max h'ndolph and T<im \\i ndi am are 

 MOW cutting Kst<dle mums. 



Miss Cor.-i Pherson, of Win. Mm 

 jihy's, h.ad a narrow escajie Oi-tober ;• 

 at \atnral Bridge. Ky. A boat in 

 whi<di she was riding cap>^i/eil m deep 



