OCTOBKB 12, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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The Florists of Tokdo on Their Otsting at Bryan, Ohio. 



plants soft. To make a liquid that will 

 be quite strong enough for this time 

 of the year, put a half bushel of sheep 

 manure in a bag and hang it in a 50- 

 gallon barrel of water. 



After it has soaked for about three 

 days take the liquid ^nd dilute ij; with 

 water, about one part liquid with three 

 parts water. One application each week 

 will be plenty. The same manure can 

 be left in the barrel about four weeks, 

 when fresh material should be used. 



Keep a close watch for a softening 

 of the texture, and the minute you no- 

 tice it, stop feeding. Most growers do 

 little feeding on field-grown stock be- 

 fore the first of the year. A. F. J. B. 



CHICAGO'S SILVEB JUBILEE. 



October 5, 1911, was a red-letter day 

 in the history of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club — it was the twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary of the inception of the organiza- 

 tion, now grown to be one of the larg- 

 est of its kind in the country, with a 

 membership more than local, for on 

 its rolls are those whose place of resi- 

 dence is far afield, though they all feel 

 at home at Chicago. For the proper ob- 

 servance of the occasion invitations 

 were sent to the clubs of other cities, 

 Elmer D. Smith having months ago 

 promised to be present with a season- 

 able essay. Milwaukee responded with 

 a delegation of twenty-one, while St. 

 Louis, several times as far away, was 

 at least equally as well represented 

 by fourteen. There was bowling for 

 mixed teams at Bensinger's new alleys 

 in the afternoon, club meeting at 7 

 p. m. and a banquet at 8:30. The vis- 

 itors were: 



From Milwaukee and vicinity — 

 Charles Monger, Eichard Leitz, W. A. 

 Kennedy, Nick Zweifel, A. Klokner, W. 

 C. Zimmermann, Arthur Leidiger, Au- 

 gust Boesch, Peter Nohos, E. J. Manus, 

 P. H. Holton, H. V. Hunkel, Charles 

 Burmeister, Eoy Currie, P. W. Mueller, 

 Gust. C. Mueller, C. C. PoUworth and 

 Mrs. Pollworth, G. H. Hunkel, August 

 Kellner, Eugene Oestreichen 



Prom St. Louis and vicinity — C. 

 Young and Mrs. Young, Eobert "Wind- 

 ier and Mrs. Windier, George H. Anger- 

 mueller, Oscar Heittmann, C. C. San- 

 ders, Frank Gorley, Frank Vennemann, 

 William Osseck, Edward Denker, David 

 Geddis, A. S. Halstead and Mrs. Hal- 

 stead. 



From Adrian, Mich. — Elmer D. Smith. 



From Detroit — H. Balsley. 



There were 137 at the tables when 

 the jubilee dinner was served, rather 

 overtaxing the capacity of the dining 

 room. It was the largest turn-out yet 

 for Chicago florists and there were sev- 

 eral ladies. President Philpott intro- 

 duced F. P.. Benthey to act as toastmas- 

 ter, he being the oldest ex-president 

 present. There were so many notables 

 whom the toastmaster wanted to hear 

 from that many of the visitors and 

 suburban members who had to catch 

 the last train for home had to leave 

 before the speaking fairly had begun. 

 The talk was largely reminiscences, as 

 was appropriate to the occasion, though 

 several spe'akers had a word to say for 

 the events of the near future — the Mil- 

 waukee show next month, the Detroit 

 doings in January and, especially, the 

 Chicago convention, in August, 1912. 

 Those called on for speeches or stories 

 were: J. C. Vaughanj H. V. Hunkel, 

 president of the Milwaukee Florists' 

 Club, who sprung a complete surprise 

 by presenting the Chicago cIuIj with a 

 magnificent silver loving cup that was 

 gracefully accepted by President Phil- 

 pott; George Asmus, president of the 

 S. A. P., who in closing read a letter 

 from Vice-President-elect Poehlmann, 

 who was out of the city; Eobert J. 

 Windier, president of the St. Louis Flo- 

 rists' Club; Elmer D. Smith, president 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America; W. N. Eudd, Harry Balsley, 

 P. J. Foley, A. C. Kohlbrand, H. N. 

 Bruns, F. H. Holton and others. Toast- 

 master Benthey read a telegram of 

 congratulation from the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club. 



The business session of the club was 

 cnt down to the minimum, in order to 



make time for more generally interest- 

 ing matters than the details of the lo- 

 cal housekeeping. President Philpott^ 

 acting in accordance with a resolution 

 adopted at the September meeting, pre- 

 sented a list of committees appointecl 

 to handle the local arrangements for 

 the S. A. F. convention of 1912. These 

 are published in another column. A. H^ 

 Poehlmann, vice-president of the S. A. 

 F., sent a letter dealing with his plan* 

 for convention work. There were three 

 proposals and the following were elect- 

 ed to membership: D. E. Freres, 162 

 North Wabash avenue; Ignatz Stacho- 

 wiak, 1304 Marianna street; William 

 Lorman, 1625 Hudson avenue; M. H. 

 Mann, 5504 North Clark street; Paul 

 Amiing, William Burhop, Walter Aitt- 

 ling, Paul Weiss, Arthur Schmidt^ 

 Henry Meyer, Maywood, HI. 



Elmer D. Smith 's paper was one of 

 the best ever presented before the club-. 

 It will be found on another page. Mr. 

 Smith received a hearty vote of thank». 



There was a notable exhibit, a vase 

 of twenty-five blooms of Chrysanthe- 

 mum Unaka, brought by Mr. Smith. It 

 is a pink of about the Duckham shade 

 and everyone agreed that so good pink 

 mums never had been seen at so early 

 a date. Mr. Smith said he flowered but 

 200 plants, all being cut in the first 

 week of October. The variety wiil 

 shortly be in demand. The same ex- 

 hibitor showed a vase of Smith's Ad- 

 vance. C. W. Johnson brought three 

 of W. N. Eudd's seedling carnations. 

 The crimson was Mrs. A. McCrea, 

 which took the sweepstakes cup at the 

 last Chicago show. The others were a 

 red and a white, the latter the best 

 of the lot in the opinion of many, but 

 all splendid stock for so early in the 

 season. 



Barrington, B. I. — James Crawshaw;. 

 formerly of Providence, now has eon- 

 centrated his efforts here, where he has 

 a large local t)usiness as well as his 

 wholesale growing specialties, wMeh are 

 asparagus and marguerites for th* 

 Providence market. 



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