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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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^faeny park, died suddenly Tuesday 

 night, April 25. He was attending the 

 ■tourney given by the Ejiights Templar 

 commandery and was just about to 

 «tart home when he dropped dead. He 

 was buried from the residence of his 

 «on, April 28. Hqo-Hoo. 



MILWAUEEE. 



The Market. 



Business has assumed a steady gait 

 ■since Easter, and while there has been 

 considerable funeral work, the spring- 

 like weatUer has helped to stimulate 

 the demand for stock not included in 

 the cut flower line. Especially do those 

 •engaged in landscape gardening report 

 business rushing. 



In the cut flower line there is no 

 shortage; even the supply of American 

 (Beauties, which have been a scarce 

 article heretofore, ia again equal to the 

 ■demand. All in all, stock is of good 

 -quality. 



Various Notes. 



The annual May party of the Mil- 

 twaukee Florists' Club takes place May 

 11 at Miller's hall, corner of Eighth 

 :and State streets. As this is always 

 ■one of the most enjoyable events of the 

 season, we again expect to make merry 

 at that time. The so-called "passive" 

 members of the club would confer an 

 iionor on the entertainment committee 

 by attending in numbers. 



Mr. Leister is the new manager of 

 the flower department of the Flora Bon. 

 This department has been sailing in 

 shallow water for some time. 



Schneck & Bliese, of Waukesha, Wis., 

 have dissolved partnership by mutual 

 consent, and the business in the future 

 will be the sole property of Fred Bliese. 

 E. Schneck and family will move to 

 Bichland Center, Wis., with the inten- 

 tion of locating there permanently. 



Gust Pohl is again bringing in sweet 

 peas, which, owing to their fine quality, 

 find ready sale. 



Much credit is due the Mueller & 

 Schroeder Co. for the way they grow 

 snapdragons. The^ are among the best 

 that come into this market and seldom 

 «ee a second day at the wholesale house. 



Even though the working force of 

 the Aug. F. Kellner Co. has been 

 doubled, this firm is compelled to work 

 overtime in order to keep up with 

 orders, which are coming in bunches. 



The Kaiserin roses which come from 

 the Brown Deer plant of the Holton & 

 Hunkel Co. are of extra fine quality 

 these days. 



The C. C. PoUworth Co. reports busi- 

 ness quite satisfactory and shipping 

 trade on the increase. 



At the W. E. Dallwig seed store it 

 was said that the spring rush is on and 

 that it keeps them busy working over- 

 time. 



The following North Milwaukee car- 

 nation specialists began to move their 

 young stock into the field April 27: 

 Nic Zweifel, A. Qroth and Manke Bros. 

 They all claim that the quality is the 

 best yet. 



Bowling. 



Most of the local bowlers and rooters 

 •will journey to Chicago, Sunday, May 

 7, to play the return match game. About 

 fifteen have already consented to go, 

 and all arrangements are in the hands 

 of Gus Busch, so get particulars from 

 tiim. 



April 17 witnessed the end of the 



bowling season for the florists' league, 

 and as the treasury showed a surplus 

 of $35, it was offered as a prize for the 

 bowling of the evening. Boy Currie 

 had the highest single score, but Fred 

 Holton made the largest number of 

 spares, and the final total scores were: 



Ft Holton 545 N. Zweifel 448 



G. Pohl 543 L. Manus 438 



G. Rusch 542 J. Neubeck 431 



K. Currie 521 K. Leltz 414 



P. Nohos 512 I. Hare 386 



A. Kellner 486 T. Cassidy 378 



G. Hunkel 482 W. HaUlday 369 



E. O. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Even with cool weather, such as we 

 had until April 25, business was not at 

 all up to the mark, but the immediate 

 change from winter to summer condi- 

 tions thoroughly demoralized the mar- 

 ket. April 23 the maximum tempera- 

 ture was 38 degrees; April 27 it had 

 jumped to 85 degrees, and held there 

 for two or three days. July weather in 

 April was altogether too much for the 

 cut flower trade, and values simply 

 melted away as the quantities of un- 

 duly forced and soft flowers arrived. 

 Not for years has there been such a 

 slump in April. Cooler climatic condi- 

 tions have relieved matters a little now, 

 but business remains dull. 



Boses have increased in quantity as 

 much as they have declined in quality. 

 With prices cut in two, fakers can now 

 get all they want at almost their own 

 prices. Carnations are also down and 

 out in popularity. As spring approaches 

 buyers want a change and turn to 

 other flowers, such as yellow mar- 

 guerites, Spanish irises, Gladiolus Peach 

 Blossom and a few other flowers seen 

 in lesser quantities more suggestive of 

 spring. Valley has sold fairly well; 

 lilies and callas poorly. Pansies have 

 been in heavy oversupply, and so have 

 English primroses. Dutch bulbous flow- 

 ers are nearing the end from indoors, 

 and outdoor ones appeared this week. 

 These have, however, sold slowly of 

 late. 



Pink antirrhinum has sold fairly well ; 

 other colors slowly. Pink lupines move 

 well. Mignonette is now druggy, while 

 stocks are little wanted. Sweet peas 

 are abundant and as x>opular as any- 

 thing on the list. Single violets are 

 done, but a limited number of 

 small doubles still arrive. Asparagus 

 and smilax have each been selling well. 

 Trade in bedding plants is starting in 

 nicely, while flowering plants for store 

 trade are now rather a slow sale. 

 Hydrangeas are, however, in considera- 

 ble demand for Memorial day trade. 



Various Notes. 



Mann Bros, have had a successful 

 season with bulbous flowers, of which 

 they handle some 750,000 bulbs. The 

 prolonged cool weather in March and 

 April retarded them nicely and helped 

 their sale. 



At the last club meeting the question, 

 "What have we learned and gained by 

 the late showf" caused considerable 

 discussion. James Wheeler was of the 

 opinion that a similar show in 1912 

 would attract double this year *b attend- 

 ance, but other speakers felt that it 

 would probably be ten years before 

 Boston tried a show again of like mag- 

 nitude, the strain on the big exhibitors 

 being too heavy to be repeated at short 

 intervals. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 has just broken up five acres of recent- 

 ly purchased land on Bandall street, 

 which will give him an abundance of 

 excellent compost for his roses,, chrysan- 

 themums and other plants in futare. 



A number of the carnation men aie 

 this week getting their young stock out 

 in the fields, the soil being now in eattftf ""^ 

 fine condition for them. 



Harry F. Woods, of Brookline, still 

 has both single and double violets of 

 fine quality not frame grown. He says 

 he finds that by keeping a lot of the 

 leaves picked off the singles and giving 

 them an abundance of water, they 

 bloom much longer than where the 

 leaves are all allowed to develop. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, May 16, E. J. 

 Shaylor, of Wellesley Hills, will speak 

 on peonies. Mr. Shaylor has one of 

 the finest peony collections in the coun- 

 try, and a talk from him should prove 

 timely and instructive. 



Wheeler & Co., of Waban, and Seth 

 Borden and Paul de Nave, of Fall 

 Biver, are each sending in quantities 

 of fine Cattleya Mossiss at present, 

 with smaller lots of Mendellii and 

 Schroederae. 



A week ago vegetation was almost as 

 dormant as in midwinter. Now for- 

 sythias, magnolias, early spiraeas and 

 other shrubs are in full flower. Nar- 

 cissi are almost at their best, and quite 

 a few tulips are open. The jump in 

 vegetation from a few days' tropical 

 heat was almost electrical. 



The question of whether or not hya- 

 cinths are poisonous came up at the 

 last club meeting. The beautiful spring 

 flowering bulbs have been banished 

 from the Boston Public ' Gardens by the 

 present city forester, D. H. Sullivan, 

 the reason given being that they poison 

 the hands and the soil. The only in- 

 stance of poisoning given at the club 

 meeting was by C. Van der Voet, who 

 stated that in Holland decayed bulbs 

 left in the soil poisoned it and a re- 

 newal was necessary. Peter M. Miller 

 said handling Eoman hyacinths caused 

 a slight irritation. This, however, he 

 found was due to a minute insect on 

 the bulb. No other person present had 

 known of any instance of poisoning, 

 and the action of the Public Gardens' 

 officials is generally looked upon as 

 childish and utterly absurd. 



There will be a prize exhibition at 

 Horticultural hall May 20 and 21. Cal- 

 ceolarias,^ pelargoniums and bulbous 

 flowers in variety will be special 

 features. 



E, H, Wilson, who was a welcome vis- 

 itor at the last club meeting, returns 

 to England in a few days. Mr. Wilson 

 looks and feels well, but will have a 

 permanent lameness as a result of his 

 accident while on his last Chinese trip. 



Henry M. Bobinson is away in the 

 south on a business trip. His firm is 

 busy and constantly expanding its 

 business, and is already preparing for 

 an immense Memorial day trade. 



William Penn is convalescing nicely 

 from an operation for appendicitis per- 

 formed April 24. 



A. P. Calder, of Ma^ttapan, president 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 of Boston in 1890, when the S. A. P. 

 convention met in Boston, rejoined the 

 club April 25 and much enjoyed the 

 first meeting he had attended in some 

 years. He was heartily welcomed by 

 many old friends. ^ 



D. J. Horrigan, of Fozboro, is one of 



