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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 28, 1910. 



W EDDING S TOCK 



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Sweet Peas, Valley, Adiantum, Swainsona, Lilies, Fancy 



Roses, Beauties, Carnations. 



The Warmer the Weather the Better Milwaukee Flowers 



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 business. G. F. C. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The first part of last week found busi- 

 ness conditions quite satisfactory, for the 

 supply was moderate and the demand 

 likewise, but the latter part met with a 

 sort of ' ' Presto ! Change ! ' ' The 

 weather turned wet and chilly, causing a 

 considerable check in the demand, out- 

 side of the necessary stock used for 

 funeral work and standing orders. While 

 the weather has not been favorable for 

 the growing of stock, there is no par- 

 ticular shortage in any line, with the ex- 

 ception of carnations. These were a 

 scarce article — that is, the better grades, 

 locally grown — all last week, and this 

 necessitated the cutting of shipping or- 

 ders, as well as counter trade, most of 

 the time. It seems strange that all the 

 carnation growers in and about Milwau- 

 kee are off crop just at this time. They 

 say there are plenty of buds in sight, 

 but that does not help or alter present 

 conditions. 



Plenty of lilies continue to come in, 

 and keep pretty well on the move. Sweet 

 peas are diminishing in quantity and de- 

 preciating in quality. A few outdoor 

 tulips and hyacinths made their debut 

 last week, but the frost on Saturday, 

 April 23, undoybtedly put an end to this 

 source for this season. 



With reference to the weather, we can 

 state that conditions thus far this season 

 are different from any experienced by 

 some of the oldest inhabitants. The un- 

 seasonably warm March had advanced all 

 outdoor vegetation fully three weeks, so 

 that all fruit trees and the various shrubs 

 were in the early blooming stages. On 

 Friday, April 22, it began to rain. Later 

 the rain turned into sleet, which was fol- 

 lowed by several degrees of frost. The 

 following day we were treated to eight 

 inches of snow, and this, with the mer- 

 cury down to 23 degrees, put on the 

 finishing touches. Thus outdoor bulbous 

 stock, peonies, lilac, etc., were either 

 ruined, or so nearly ruined, that what 



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Qub Entertainment. 



The entertainment committee of the 

 Florists' Club, consisting of Wm. Zim- 

 mermann, Fred Holton, G. H. Hunkel 

 and Gust Rusch, with Mr. Rusch as chair- 

 man, is busy these days arranging par- 

 ticulars for the annual May ball, to be 

 held in Miller's hall, at the corner of 

 Eighth and State streets, May 12. This 

 is the first chance this committee has had 

 to show what it can do, and the ball is 

 likely to be a "cracker jack." This event 

 is always eagerly looked forward to by 

 most of the members, for past seasons 

 have proved that it is a success. 



Tickets can now be had from any mem- 

 ber of the committee, from the C. C. 

 Pollworth Co. and the Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., or at the club meeting next Thurs- 

 day, May 5. 



Various Notes, 



Gust Rusch, of the Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., was absent the latter half of last 

 week on account of illness caused by 

 dyspepsia, which has given him comider- 

 able trouble for some time. 



Alex. Klokner, of Wauwatosa, met 

 with an accident, April 21, which badly 

 injured his left foot, while he was at- 

 tending to some landscape work at Pine 



Lake. This will confine him to the house 

 for some time, though he is right in the 

 midst of his busy season in handling 

 nursery and bedding stock. He consoles 

 himself by saying, "It might have been 

 worse. ' ' 



Walter Halliday, of the force of the 

 C, C. Pollworth Co., has in the last two 

 weeks been spending a good deal of his 

 time in serving as a juryman. 



Manke Bros., of North Milwaukee, be- 

 gan to plant «arnations in the field April 

 15, this being earlier than in former 

 years. It is to be feared that, with such 

 unfavorable weather, "haste makes 

 waste. ' ' 



Aug. F. Kellner, president of the Aug. 

 F. Kellner Co., has the sympathy of his 

 friends in the loss of his father, Her- 

 man C. Kellner, who died April 22, at 

 the age of 66. He was one of the Ijest 

 known men traveling out of Milwaukee, 

 a calling he had followed for thirty-five 

 years. The funeral was held under the 

 auspices of the E. B. Wolcott post, he 

 having served four years as member of 

 the Sixth Wisconsin, Iron Brigade. The 

 interment was at Union cemetery, April 

 25. E. O. 



PouOHKEEPSiE, N. Y. — Mitchell 's 

 Greenhouse, on Winnikee avenue, has 

 been destroyed by fire; loss about $1,000. 



