October 20, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



lerns that is as deep as the ^f ems are 

 long. Mr. dinger finds this arrange- 

 ment quite satisfactory for keeping 

 these greens without trouble. 



Joe Maunders, of Newport, Ky., has 

 ihe decoration for the fall opening of 

 The Fair, a large local department 

 store. Among other things, his plans 

 iiclude the use of 5,000 carnations on 

 Monday, the same number of dahlias 

 on Tuesday and a like amount of roses 

 on Wednesday. 



L. F. Benson, of Indianapplis, is con- 

 signing some fine smilax to C. E. 

 '.'ritchell. 



L. H. Kyrk's friends are glad to hear 

 rhat he has about recovered from his 

 illness and will be among us in a few 

 ilays. 



Mr. and Mrs. Bay Murphy, Alfred 

 Murphy and Miss Cora Pherson visited 

 greenhouses at Eichmond, Ind., last 

 Sunday, and say that all the stock 

 there looks fine. They were royally 

 entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill 

 and Charles Knopf. 



Wm. Gerke, of Girard, O., brother-in- 

 law of George Corbett, of College Hill, 

 was in town last week to attend the 

 funeral of his father. 



The carnations of the Bloomhurst 

 Floral Co. are so good that last week 

 they brought a record price for the 

 market for this time of the year, $4 

 per hundred. 



Callers last week were E. G. Hill, of 

 Richmond, Ind.; E. J. Fancourt, repre- 

 senting S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co.; H. 

 Schmidt, of Oxford, O., and H. S. 

 Burns, of the Henle Wax Paper Mfg. 

 <'o., of New York. 



Bowlilig. 



The first meeting of the Bowling 

 Club was held at Finke & Craig's al- 

 leys, 120 East Sixth street. Chas. H. 

 Hoffmeister was appointed secretary- 

 treasurer. The scores were as follows: 



Player. 1st 2d Av. 



C. E. Critch.'ll leO 198 183 



Al. Heckman 170 177 173 



Ed. Schuman 161 143 152 



U. Wltterstaetter IM 161 163 



A. Sunderbiuch 134 163 148 



Kay Murpby 131 114 123 



Cliag. Murphy 126 110 121 



Ed. Dellar 129 107 118 



Alec Ostendarp 120 103 111 



Gus Adrian 119 100 109 



0. H. HoffmeUter 98 68 83 



C. H. Hoffmeister 75 90 83 



C. H. H. 



John Marback, a florist residing at 

 4809 John street, Cincinnati, committed 

 suicide Monday, October 10, by hanging 

 himself from a rafter in the barn. It 

 was said that he had been despondent 

 for some time, as he was a tuberculosis 

 victim. 



E. G. Gillett, in a lecture before a 

 local business club, recently stated that 

 sprinkling oil on the streets had a dele- 

 terious effect on trees and shrubbery 

 along such thoroughfares. 



Chas. H. Hoffmeister has had much 

 to do with the organization of the 

 Harding First Voters' Club, and was 

 recently elected commander of that 

 body. 



ERIE, PA. 



The Market. 



Trade has been good and the local 

 florists have nothing to complain of. 

 There is no dull season here, as Erie 

 has many summer visitors and there is 

 more or less entertaining all the time. 



Chrysanthemums have made their ap- 

 pearance, first the yellow, then the 

 white, and soon we shall have pink and 



all the other shades. This will be the 

 leading flower for the October weddings 

 and many orders have been placed for 

 the finest varieties. Good stock in roses 

 and carnations is getting more plenti- 

 ful and is selling well. Gaillardias, 

 cosmos and dahlias are still in demand, 

 while violets and valley are always 

 heralded with joy. 



Various Notes. 



Victor Morgan, representing Bobbink 

 & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., and Mr. 

 Stern, representing William Scharrath, 

 New York, were recent visitors here. 



Frank Gorny and Henry Hewitt have 

 accepted positions with the Baur Floral 

 Co. John Gleichsner, for many years 

 a trusted employee of this firm, has re- 

 tired from the florists' trade and is now 

 conducting a flourishing grocery busi- 

 ness near the greenhouses. 



Eric Thompson and Ed. Lichtinger 

 have gone on a hunting trip. 



William McCarthy has returned from 

 a business trip to Cleveland. 



The millinery openings which kept 

 the florists busy for a while are over 

 with. B. P. 



AMHERST, MASS. 



The short course in floriculture at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College this 

 year promises to be one of the most suc- 

 cessful ever given. The registrations 

 for the course are coming in rapidly 

 and a good attendance is anticipated. 

 The department is endeavoring to make 

 its work valuable, not alone to the 

 students taking the regulaV four years' 

 course, but to the practical florists as 

 well. The short course of twelve weeks 

 during January, February and March is 

 intended to reach just these people. 

 Tuition is free and the only expenses 

 are for board, textbooks and the travel- 

 ing expenses incidental to observation 

 visits to practical florists' establish- 

 ments in the state. Among the ranges 

 to be visited are H. W. Field's, North- 

 ampton; Montgomery Bros., Hadley; 

 the college conservatories at Smith Col- 

 lege and Mt. Holyoke College; A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Joseph Beach 

 & Son, South Hadley; G. N. Sinclair, 

 Holyoke; Peter Fisher, Ellis; Waban 

 Rose Conservatories, Natick; Wm. Sim, 

 Cliftondale; Thomas Roland, Nahant, 

 and others. 



One of the most valuable features of 

 the course has been the talks given by 

 practical men, not connected with the 

 college. This year a we^t will be de- 

 voted to greenhouse construction and, 

 aside from the regular lectures of the 

 department, talks will be given that 

 week by R. O. King, of the King Con- 

 struction Co., North Tonawanda, a rep- 

 resentative of Lord & Burnhan}, Irving- 

 ton, and a representative from 

 Hitchings ' & Co., of New York. 

 A second week greenhouse heat- 

 ing will be considered. F. J. Elder, 

 of Lord & Burnham Co., will speak. 

 Other talks during the course will be 

 given by the following men on the fol- 

 lowing subjects: W. H. Elliott, Brigh- 

 ton, Mass., and Eber Holmes, Montrose, 

 Mass., on rose culture; M, A. Patten, 

 Tewksbury, Mass., and C. W. Ward, 

 Queens, Long Island, on carnations; 

 C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., on chrys- 

 anthemums; W. N. Craig, North Easton, 

 Mass., on orchids; E. .1. Canning, North- 

 ampton, Mass., on herbacecVs peren- 

 nials; J. Otto Thilow, PhiladA)hia, Pa., 

 on a subject to be announced^ Edward 



MacMulken, Boston, on the retail trade. 

 Men and women from any state in 

 the Union are eligible for this course. 

 Additional information may be had 

 from Professor W. D. Hurd, Director of 

 the Short Course, or from E. A. White, 

 Professor of Floriculture, Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



YONEERS, N. Y. 



The Yonkers Horticultural Society 

 met in Wiggins hall Friday evening, 

 October 7. In the absence of the presi- 

 dent and vice-president. Secretary H. 

 Scott called the meeting to order and 

 appointed H. Nichols as chairman. 



The committee on the June show 

 made its final report and was discharged 

 with thanks. Mr. Milliot, also, was 

 tendered a hearty vote of thanks for 

 the capable manner in which he had 

 performed his duties as manager of the 

 June show. 



One new member was elected and sev- 

 eral applications were received. 



Mr. Sheppard exhibited two fine 

 apples of the Bismarck variety, grown 

 on dwarf trees planted in the spring 

 of 1909. 



The question box was brought into 

 use for the first time and a question 

 was asked as to the best way to distin- 

 guish the different varieties of tea 

 roses. W. H. Waite undertook to have 

 an answer ready for the next meeting. 

 Mr. Waite was gladly welcomed back 

 and seemed to have been much bene- 

 fited by his vacation. 



In a discussion of the subject of San 

 Jose scale, a question arose as to 

 whether there was any law pertaining 

 to the cleaning up of old orchards in 

 vacant lots. It was decided to submit 

 the question, by letter, to the authori- 

 ties at Albany and Mr, Milliot said he 

 would do so at once, 



Mr. Hendry read an interesting essay 

 on "Mums as Grown in England." 

 The discussion which followed the read- 

 ing of this paper was participated in 

 by Messrs. Mooney, Waite, Scott and 

 others. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 given Mr. Hendry. 



The committee on the fall show re- 

 ported having received a large number 

 of donations. 



The next meeting will be held No- 

 vember 4. 



TROUBLE WITH LORRAINES. 



Will you tell us the trouble with our 

 Lorraine begonias f We grew them with 

 great success last year, but this year 

 they have been spotted and later the 

 stems turn black and gradually the 

 whole plant dies. We have given them 

 the same treatment as last year. 



A. F. C. 



Too much moisture at the root and a 

 too cool and damp atmosphere are likely 

 to cause the troubles you have men- 

 tioned. Lorraines succeed best in a 

 moderately warm house, not much 

 shaded. Are you quite sure no strong 

 chemical fertilizer or too fresh manure 

 was used in the compost, or that they 

 have not had any overdoses of stimu- 

 lants! It is difficult to give reasons 

 without knowing exact cultural methods 

 and other cenditions. The soil should 

 be light and for the last potting should 

 contain some well decayed manure, 

 sand, loam and flaky leaf-mold. The 

 latter can form from one-third to one- 

 half of the whole compost. C. W, 



