April 15, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Wreath of Galax and Lilies. 



HOW OLD IS ANN? 



William F. Gude is 41. Born at Lynch- 

 burg, Va., he was elected president of 

 the S. A. F. the only time it met west of 

 the Mississippi river and now is president 

 of the Chamber of Commerce at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, as well as president of 

 Gude Bros. Co. 



L. A. Budlong, onion-set grower, pickle 

 packer and Chicago's largest market gar- 

 dener, is 79. He was born at Cranston, 

 B. I., December 22, 1829. He employs 

 Polish women to put a polish on his 

 crops. 



Peter l^isher, who gave the trade its 

 two most widely grown carnations, Mrs. 

 Lawson and Enchantress, to say nothing 

 of other good sorts, is 51. He is a Scot, 

 from St. Colmes, Parish of Dowally, 

 Perthshire. 



W, H. Siebrecht, of Astoria, L. I., is 

 32. He was bom April 1, but it wasn't 

 All Fools' day that time, for he saw 

 quicker than older growers that it would 

 pay to have cut valley every day in the 

 year, and found a way it could be done. 



Robert Craig, who is said to make as 

 good a speech and have as quick an eye 

 as any man in the trade when it comes to 

 spotting a good plant novelty, is 62. He 

 was elected president of the S. A. F. at 

 its second meeting, in 1886, in his home 

 town, Philadelphia. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., whose collection of geraniums is 

 said to be the largest in the United 

 States, is 66. He was born at Rugby, 

 i^ngland, where the game of football 

 came from. 



William Murphy, who will be superin- 



tendent of the big trade exhibition at 

 the S. A. F. convention at Cincinnati in 

 August, is 51. There were fireworks at 

 Quincy, HI., the day he arrived in the 

 Murphy family — it was July 4. Now 



he's carnation grower and wholesale flo- 

 rist, except for the six weeks each year 

 he seeks the northern woods to escape 

 hay fever. 



E. C. Ludwig, who opened the first all- 

 night flower store in the United States, 

 at Allegheny, Pa., is 49. He was born in 

 Pittsburg and has lived all his life under 

 the smoke made in creating its million- 

 aires. 



W. J. Lawrence, rose grower at EgUn- 

 ton, noted in Canada for his Killarneys, 

 is 42. . Born in Toronto, he finds his 

 recreation singing in that city's famous 

 Mendelssohn Choir. 



CLEANING GREENHOUSE GLASS. 



In the Review of April 1, O. J. P. 

 asks for information on the cleaning of 

 greenhouse glass. 



The glass can be easily cleaned by 

 using muriatic acid, either on the roof 

 or on the loose glass. For cleaning the 

 loose glass, have a wooden trough larger 

 than the glass. Take the pure acid in 

 an earthenware jar and apply it to the 

 glass with a swab or a piece of stick 

 with a rag tied on the end. Be careful 

 not to get any of the acid on your 

 hands. Lay the glass on a box or table, 

 level with the trough. Apply the acid 

 evenly and rub only a little. Turn the 

 glass over by means of another stick 

 and rub the other side. Then slide it 

 into the trough, into which a stream of 

 water is running continuously from a 

 hoge. After applying plenty of water, 

 you may then remove the glass with your 

 hands and set the panes on edge to dry 

 off. You will find them as clean as when 

 they left the factory. This acid will 

 remove anything, but be careful in using 

 it, as you are up against the real thing. 



W. M. TiPLADY. 



East Liverpool, O. — James Har- 

 greaves, a well-known florist of this 

 place, has been chosen superintendent of 

 local parks. 



V. J. Smyth's Annual Easter "Opening." 



