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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Ai'iui, 1, 1900. 



Perennial Phlox. 



]\'i-i'iinii(l jililiix is OIK' of flic iiiosf use- 

 ful oi' all ]irrciinials aiiil liai'ily in any 

 location. 'I'd iiiiTcasc stock of llio host 

 varielii's. lifi a i-liiiH|i ol' llicsc now and 

 jilant in a licnrh in a cikiI lnuisc. The 



youn^ si t< nn\\ siaiiinj,'- will root road 



ily in a ln'ii.-li >\licii' cai'nalions and mums 

 joot. and poitc'd olV into l! ' - inch or 

 ii-iuch |iois, |dacci| in ;i t'rann' ami 

 ])]aiiti'd iiiitdooi< early in May, will maki' 

 tine spikes wliicli will also come in season 

 \\licn til'' iiMcr idnnijis arc on the wane. 



KEEP UP TO DATE. . 



J lid yi'u c\ci' ^rnd an order to a man 

 ami ;.'it no ackimw lodL^ment of ji .' In 

 such a case, did yw e\er w.ait ten days 

 and wiiie i iii|niri iil; aliimt the oi'der .' It' 

 you did. Iinw iliil y(ni feel a week later, 

 when you received a oestal c;ird stalin;^ 

 laconically: "t ;iiit lill ycnir order".' 

 Tliei'e .'ire \\\o e^^enti.-ils \<< doin^ a mail 

 order business |iy ail', ertisin^ tlnat fri' 

 (juentiy are e\erloeKei|. 1 1' one cares to 

 aeliiex e a re|Oitation us a linod iiers<iii to 

 deal A', ith, it is nece'<s;il'y to do one or 

 two thiiiL;^ e\ery time ;ui order is re- 

 ceived: Mil her the l:oO(!>; must l.ie sljili|i|iil 

 at om-e. III .-111 ;!(d\iio',vlediiiiient sent, stat- 

 ing when s|ji|iiiieiii will lie made. In the 

 event the order calls I'nv something Avliich 

 cannot 1"' ^ii|i|died, it is no more tiiaii 

 conHuoii liu-<iness courtesy to write at 

 once, that \eiy day, stating that the 

 order cannot be tilled. Jt is the iieight of 

 discourte'^y tn neglect to make sucli a 

 rei)ly if an order cannot be tilled, and it 

 is the means of drixing aw.ay many who 

 might liecome legular customers. 



If you gel your orders by advertising, 

 keep the mhtrtisenient nj) to date. Don't 

 let the ad\eitiseiiient contain items you 

 are sold out of. <'iit out the items as 

 fast as you are sold out of stock, and 

 when you are all ( lenm'd up discontinue 

 the adveriisenii'iit promidly. 



Watch these ilei,-iils ami they will go a 

 long way toward establishing your re]iu- 

 tation as a iiromjit, reliable and satisfac- 

 tory person to deal A\ith. Such :i reputa- 

 tion will help your advi^rt isetni'iit liriiig 

 returns, ;iiid .t re|iutatioii to the contrary 

 is a handicap on ;iny ad\ertisiiig you 

 mav do. 



THE NEW SECRETARY. 



Eacdi year the new oflicers of the 

 American rarnation .Society, an organi- 

 zation that h.is enjoyed a reputation i'or 

 s])ecial ac!i\ity, take up their duties 

 about Ajuil 1. Albert .M. llerr. in pass- 

 ing to the presidency, hands over the sec- 

 let.'irial dnlie^ to A. 1". J. Baur. The 

 secretary i^ the wniking cdlicer in e.ich 

 of the tr.ade nieani/.at ions, and the new 

 kee]ier of the iicurds luings to the work 

 the energy and enthusia'-m of youth, lltj 

 was bnin .l.-inuary '.•, 1S7G, at Jilooiiifield, 

 Pa. His father was a clergyman, but the 

 lad did iml do as ministers' sons are 

 often said t'l do, and begin liis iiorticul- 

 tuial c;iriei- by suwing a crop of wiM 

 'lat^, till ;it \'.'> years ol' age he was Si'ut 

 lu ]•'. Mdiat "'^ Sniis. ;it Louisvilh\ Ky., 

 where he wuiked in the greenhouses for 

 two ^•eal■~. Alter this he went to work 

 for t'he K. C Hill Co.. Kiihmond. Ind., 

 January L'l. l^'.'l. lie remained with 

 this firm li'. e years, having charge, at 

 difi'erent time^. of' the carnations and ex- 

 hibition mnm-. It was while at this ;ilac() 

 that Mr. I'.aiir bci-ame interested in pl.int 

 breeding and in carnations; ami here un- 

 der his hand miiiinated Triumitli, .\rma- 

 zindy and flora Hill. December 11, IS!)."), 

 lie went u> Stuart & Haugh, at .\mlerson, 



Ind., to grow roses, and January 1, 1S97, 

 before he had reached his twcnty-lirst 

 birthday, he became foreman of JI. A. 

 ,\ieineyer's place, at firie. Pa. Hi; re- 

 mained with this linn two years, and 

 then toidv a similar jiosition with Charles 

 Siebeit. of riilsbnrg, but I'emained there 

 only li\e months. 



Mr. I'.aiir formed the )iarlnership with 

 I-'. S. Smith, who was also a graduate 

 fiom the Hill establishment. i\lay 20, 

 ls;i'.l. and together they leased the Ber- 

 nie I'ohl jdace. at I ndianaiiolis. Tlio firm 

 has been steadily successful, and in IDU.'j 

 slarte<l a new ])lace that has since been 

 addeil to ea(di season. Seeing the possibil- 

 ities in the caruatimi. they soon made this 

 a sjieidally. growing blooms for the Indian- 

 apolis market and cuttings for the trade. 

 Hybridization mitnraliy was tiikeii up. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



."iiid in lilii.'i ;i jdnk seedling named In 

 'lianapolis was sent out. This was fol- 

 lowed in ]!t(i7 by a llesh jiink called May. 

 Xe.xl year they expect to disseminate a 

 white, Shasta. whi(di is easily the best 

 sort they ha\e yet I'aised. It was a cen- 

 ter of attraction at the recent convention 

 and (xhibiiioti of the A. (.'. S., and has 

 since been shown in goocl shape before 

 many of the lloidsts' (diibs. 



-Mr. Baur's name is well known to tiie 

 trade as that of the author of "(.'arna- 

 tion Notes — West,'' in the Kevii^w. He 

 has been A\riting carnation notes for the 

 I«'i:vii;\\' since 1900, an<l has .'inswored 

 many liumln^ds of inquiries in regard to 

 the culture id' this flower. He married 

 .\l>ril 10, H>nl. Miss Klma Sleinkamp, of 

 liichmoml. Jnd., and their first born, a 

 daughter, is now - years of age. 



In U>07 Mr. Baur was elecfdl secretary 

 of the State Florists' .Association o'f 

 Imliana. He is now serving his third 

 term. The association has been excoed- 

 in<:lv aidi\t' .and successful during this 



period. Of its work Mr. Baur says: "I 

 liave gone on tlie jiriuciple that activity 

 ill any liody of men, as well as in an in- 

 dividual, makes for development, and the 

 soundness of this principle is borne out 

 by the condition id' our association." 

 .Mr. Haur xvas \ ice president of the Car- 

 nation Society last year, and took the 

 leading jiart in iireparing for the Indian- 

 apolis convention. He is a member of 

 the S. A. y. 



HOW OLD IS ANN ? 



Crlaiid 1'. liasseft, president of the 

 I'ictorial Printing (^o. and a resident of 

 Hinsdale, 111., wliere the greenhouses of 

 Basset t & Washburn, Chicago, are lo- 

 cated, is 7;!. liorii .Maicdi 31. His 

 lioliby is his four autouK)biles. 



J. A. X'alentine, president of the S. 

 A. i\, was born in Iowa half a hundred 

 years ago. With a shee()skin from Iowa 

 University, lie went into the llower busi- 

 ness at Denver to pull out an investment 

 that had gone in lieforc he did. 



E. Allan Peirce, who is given much 

 credit for the great success of the recent 

 Park Street Market's show in Boston, 

 is 40. liorii at Arlington. Peirce Bros., 

 .at Waltham. are said to be the largest 

 growers of Paster lilies in this country. 

 They come out of the greenhouses on a 

 miniature railroad and arc delivered for 

 fifty miles around by a big automobile 

 van. 



J. E. Northrup, of Northrop, King & 

 Co., is 51. Born at Saline, Mich., at 

 an early age he sought fresh pastures and 

 now is president of the Board of Park 

 Commissioners at ^linneapolis. 



Peter Eeinberg, democratic alderman 

 from one of Chicago's strongest repub- 

 lican wards, was 51 March 5. His green- 

 houses cover more ground than any others 

 in America and he pays more personal 

 ]iroperty taxes than all the rest of the 

 Chicago city council ])ut together. They 

 talk of running liim for mayor. 



Henry C. Ostertag, who is running for 

 alderman, although they call it member 

 of the House of Delegates, at St. Louis, 

 is 42. He was born at the capital of 

 Wisconsin. 



"Billy"' Kasting, ex president of the 

 S. A. F., and chairman of the National 

 Flower Show, is ',\9. Born at Sachsen- 

 hansen, Yaterlaiid. he now is park com- 

 missioner in Buffalo — and would have 

 been city treasurer if there hadn't been 

 too many republicans. 



Willis N. I\udd, native of the town of 

 W(irth. 111., and alumnus of Cornell, was 

 fit .March .'50. He finds play for his 

 \arsatility by being president of a ceme- 

 tery and secretary of the S. A. F. 



.\. .\. Pantel. camlidiite for reelection 

 as alderman for the 'i'hird ward at Fort 

 Smith, Ark., is i;!. He w;is born at 

 .\ nediileine, France, New ^'ea^"s day, 



I ■>W. 



.Mi;nt(ii{, ().■ — C. !Meikel c^ Son are i)re- 

 p.aiitig a fine showing of flowers for 

 l':;ister. 



Ati,.\nt.\, Ga. — In a big storm at mid- 

 night March 24 the big plate glass win- 

 dow of the Westview Floral Co., 105 

 Peachtree street, was blown in and con- 

 sideriible stock ruined. 



\'(ii!wi«ii. Co.w. -.A conservatory, to 

 I'ost about .t2,0ii0, is being erected at the 

 W.ashiiigtoii street i-esidi'iice oi' Mrs. W. 

 I'. I.anman. It will be used for the culti- 

 \ at ion of new \;irieties of roses. 



