OCTOBEB 26, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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recovering from an operation. She is 

 improving right along. 



Miss Nellie Goodge is much improved 

 and is able to be at the greenhouses 

 again, to help With the business. 



Mrs. Ben Kramer is back after an ex- 

 tended sojourn in Colorado for her 

 nealth. 



Karl Zeidler will soon take his an- 

 nual trip with a hunting party down 

 in the wilds of Mississippi. At present 

 lie is over on the Wabash with a fish- 

 ing party. 



J. C. Elsperman has removed most 

 of the plants grown outdoors into the 

 greenhouses. The carnations and mums 

 are looking fine. 



Royston & Fenton are in crop with 

 their roses again. E. L. Fenton is an 

 enthusiastic member of the Poultry 

 Association and has been out among 

 the florists soliciting premiums for the 

 coming poultry show. He was quite 

 successful. E. L. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Business is improving, but it is not 

 yet what it should be. The weather 

 has been warm, with no frost to date, 

 which does not stimulate trade. Stock 

 is fairly plentiful. Carnations are 

 enough to go around and improve in 

 quality as the price advances. Orchids 

 are plentiful, but the demand is rather 

 light. Chrysanthemiims are coming in, 

 but not in so large quantities £ls last 

 year. Killarneys and Beauties are first- 

 olass stock. 



Various Notes. 



The November meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association is to be held at 

 Bichmond, Tuesday, November 7. The 

 Indianapolis florists leave on the Penn- 

 sylvania train at 8 a. m. It is expected 

 that there will be a large attendance, 

 as Bichmond is always an interesting 

 place during the chrysanthemum season. 



Adolph Baur, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society, is busy getting 

 out the premium list. 



One of the social events of the week 

 was the wedding of Miss Louise Pahud 

 and Otto Asperger, which occurred at 

 the Pahud residence, October 18. The 

 wedding ceremony was held at St. 

 Mary's chutch at 8:30 a. m. and the 

 dinnet and reception at the residence 

 in the evening. The house was elab- 

 orately decorated for the occasion. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Asperger left for an extended 

 honeymoon and will be at home at 

 3407 North Senate avenue after Jan- 

 uary 1. 



Alvin Schreiber is the proud father 

 of a baby boy. 



Adolph Baur spent several days in 

 Detroit last week, meeting with the 

 committees in charge of the Carnation 

 Society's meeting there in January. 



W. W. Coles, of Kokomo, was here 

 October 23, attending the ceremonial of 

 the Shriners. 



Baur & Steinkamp have been doing 

 a great deal of overhauling at their 

 place this year, having repainted in and 

 out and built a new barn. Stock is in 

 unusually fine shape. 



Smith & Young have been shipping 

 quantities of fine labiatas. Their 

 Bride, Maid and Killarney are improv- 

 ing. 



Hartje & Elder have been sending 

 in some fine chrysanthemums. 



E. J. Fancourt, with the Penndck- 



Meehan Co., spent a day with the trade 

 this week. 



The Indianapolis Flower & Plant 

 Co. has been cutting some good Beau- 

 ties. Bert Stanley has taken a position 

 with this concern. 



Alfred Brandt spent several days in 

 Chicago last week. 



Irwin Bertermann is to ofliciate as 

 judge at the St. Louis flower show next 

 month. 



Albert Pettit has been bringing in 

 some first-class mums and carnations. 



C. E. Greene, with A. Wiegand & 

 Sons, has accepted a position in the 

 Tabernacle choir. H. L. W. 



PITTSBUEQH, PA. 



The Market. 



Business has been going by fits and 

 starts, sometimes good and then drop- 

 ping off, and in fact it was quite unsat- 

 isfactory last week. There have been 

 plenty of flowers of all kinds, as chrys- 

 anthemums have been coming in more 

 plentifully every day. The retail stores 

 have been making special offers of good 

 flowers at low prices in order to get 

 the regular flower buyers started, and 

 the markets have been running over 

 with the finest dahlias and cosmos for 

 some weeks, as every farmer was con- 

 tributing something. However, it looked 

 Monday as if the outside flowers might 

 see their finish soon, which will help 

 the business somewhat. 



Various Notes. 



Several of the private greenhouses 

 have opened their chrysanthemum 

 shows to the public, as is their annual 

 custom. 



The Schenley conservatories were 

 open to the public Sunday, but their 

 show will be much better by next week, 

 as many of the varieties are not ye_J 

 showing color. 



The Phipps conservatory, on the 

 north side, had a fine display of be- 

 gonias, but their chrysanthemums are a 

 little late in coming along. 



The McCallum Co. is now represent- 

 ing Myers & Samtman, Beauty growers, 

 in this city. 



J. B. Murdoch & Co. are getting 

 some fine carnations from their Canons- 

 burg greenhouses. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. is 

 specializing on orchids, valley and 

 Beauties. 



Bandolph & McClements are cutting 

 some fine mums from their Stanton 

 avenue houses. They also have an im- 

 mense lot of poinsettias coming along 

 for Christmas. 



H. L. Blind & Bros, are cutting some 

 fine chrysanthemums and roses from 

 their West View houses. They report 

 that business is good. 



W. J. Smith is cutting fine tritomas 

 and late gladioli at his Canfield, O., 

 place. 



Chas. Koenig, who has been consign- 

 ing to the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 has some of the finest valley seen in 

 years. He says the reports from the 

 other side regarding valley pips for 

 next year are not at all satisfactory. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



•John Kober, 17 years old, messenger 

 for a florist, was hit by a street car 

 October 16. His right leg was broken. 



From Trenton, N. J., comes the re- 

 port of the incorporation of the Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' Exchange, of Camden, 



with ^15,000 capital, by V. A. Murray, 

 Harvey L. Lechner and Julian H. Ken- 

 dig. 



It is reported that E. B. Good has 

 made an application in Common Pleas 

 Court No. 1 for the appointment of a 

 receiver for the South View Floral Co., 

 of Baldwin township. The capital stock 

 of the concern is $50,000. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



In spite of the fact that we have had 

 no frost up to date, October 23, most 

 of the outdoor flowers have come to 

 naught, owing to the continued wet and 

 cool weather. Still, it is probable that 

 a killing frost would stimulate business 

 all around. Last week trade was good, 

 and at the beginning of this week all 

 roses and carnations were cleaned up 

 before night. Violets are commencing 

 to come in and are of good quality, 

 considering the prevailing conditions. 

 The supply of mums is daily on the in- 

 crease. There are enough lilies to meet 

 all demands. 



Various Notes. 



The A. F. Kellner Co. furnished the 

 table decorations for the banquet of 

 the Teachers' Association, held October 

 21 at the Auditorium, at which 1,500 

 were assembled. In the line of cut 

 flowers over 2,000 dahlias were used, 

 besides large quantities of greens and 

 autumn foliage. 



On Thursday night of this week, 

 President Taft will arrive in this city, 

 to remain until Friday p. m. It is 

 planned to have a large banquet, the 

 largest in this city thus far, to be held 

 Friday noon at the Auditorium. 



Like Philadelphia, Milwaukee also 

 has a florist by the name of Fox, who 

 in some respects can be compared to 

 the Pennsylvaaia man. The local firm 

 of J. M. Fox & Son, of which James 

 Fox, Jr., is m&nager, vacated its old 

 stand, at 414 Milwaukee street, October 

 21, moving to the up-to-date store at 

 the corner of Mason and Milwaukee 

 streets. With an entirely new set of 

 show cases, a larger ice-box and other 

 first-class fixtures, the new store, all 

 finished In white with gray trimmings, 

 presents an elegant appearance. An- 

 other feature is the velvet-lined cases, 

 in which the gold, silver and bronze 

 ware is stored and displayed to good 

 advantage. A spacious balcony around 

 two sides of the store furnishes as 

 ideal place for supplies, while an ice 

 machine, operated on the brine system, 

 is just the thing this firm has been 

 wanting for some time. They state 

 that business for October thus far ex- 

 ceeds that of any in the history of this 

 firm. 



Mrs. Baumgarten, of the Baumgarten 

 Floral Co., made a business trip to 

 Chicago October 21. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. reports the 

 arrival of the first carload of azaleas 

 in the first part of last week. The 

 demand for florists' supplies is brisk 

 and other business is highly satisfac- 

 tory. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. says ship- 

 ping trade is fine. Mr. Seel, formerly 

 with the Milwaukee Journal, is the new 

 bookkeeper, in charge since October ^, 

 while Miss Temes has been added To 

 the store force. 



It must be admitted that the show 

 windows of the Edlfifsen-Leidiger Co. 





