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The Florists* Review 



July 18, 1912, 



CANADIAN FLOEISTS TO MEET. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion, the organization of the florists of 

 the Dominion, will hold its fifteenth 

 annual meeting at Montreal August ti 

 to 9, The following is the program: 

 TUESDAY, AUGUST 0, 2:30 P. M. 



Adilress of Welcome, His Worship thi' Mayor 

 of Montreal. 



Ueplv. by J. Connoii, Hamilton, Ont. 



President's Address, by A. C. Wllsbire, Mon- 

 treal. 



Secretary's Report, by Julius Luck, Montreal. 



Appointment of Judges for Trade Exhibit. 



Question Box. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, O:.^ \. M. 



Discussion of President's Address. 



Keport of Judges on Trade Exhibit. 



Paper. "Cost of Production of Florists' Stock," 

 by W. W. Gammage, London, Ont. 



Question Box. 



Afternoon spent as guests of the Montreal 

 Harbor Commission. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 8:00 P. M. 



Paper, "The Economical Management of a 

 Retail Store," by George M. Geraghty, Toronto, 

 Ont. 



Paper, "Commercial Orchids," by Thomas 

 Mantou, Egllntou, Ont. 



Question Box. 



THURSDAY. AUGUST S. 



Morning spent as guests of the City of Mon- 

 treal. 



Afternoon session, .'! o'clock. 



Unfinished Business. 



Selection of Place for Next Meeting. 



Election of Officers. 



Final Resolutions. • 



Practical Demonstration in Arrangement of 

 Cot Flowers, by H. Dillemutli, Toronto, Ont. 



Association Banquet at 7:30 P. XL 

 FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 



Visiting MacDonald College, St. Anne de Belle- 

 vue. 



The officers of the association are as 

 follows : 



Ex-president, John Connon; presi- 

 dent, A. C. Wilshire; first vice-presi- 

 dent, "Walter Muston; second vice-presi- 

 dent, H. B. Cowan; secretary, Julius 

 Luck; treasurer, C. H. Janzen. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee — J. Graham, A. H. 

 Ewing, H. G. MuUies, A. Annandale, 

 F. S. Cheesman, E. J. Mepstead, D. 

 McKenna, Wm. Downing and A. E. 

 Ellis. 



Superintendent of Trade Exhibit — 

 Geo. A. Robinson, 530 St. Catherine 

 road, Outremont. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Committee Appointmeuta. 



President Eichard Vincent, Jr., has 

 made the following appointments: 



Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J.; 

 W. N. Rudd, Chicago, 111.; 'Augusti 

 Poehlmarin, Chicago, 111.; Robert Craig; 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago, 111.; Harry A. Bunyard, New 

 York; Philip F. Breitmeyer, Detroit, 

 Mich.; Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y., 

 and I. S. Hendrickson, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., as a committee on affiliation. Presi- 

 dent Vincent will act as chairman of 

 this committee. 



Edward Winterson, Chicago, 111., and 

 H. Brown, Richmond, Va., as members 

 of the committee on sports. 



Judges of Exhibits. 



The following have been appointed 

 as judges for the trades' exhibition: 



Robert L. Graham, Baltimore, Md.; 

 Ad. Gude, Washington, D. C, and A. L. 

 Vaughan, Chicago, 111., for sections A, 



B, F. 



W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa.; A. L. 

 Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y., and E. Allan 

 Peirce, Waltham, Mass., for sections 



C, D. 



S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Charles Critchell, Cincinnati, O., and 

 Ernst Wienhoeber, Chicago, 111., for 

 sections E, G, 



Philip Breitmeyer, Detroit, Mich.; 

 F. H. Weber, St. Louis, Mo., and H. V. 

 Hunkle, Milwaukee, Wis., for section H. 



The program of the convention is in 

 course of preparation, and will be sent 

 out shortly, with the badge for 1912, to 

 all members who have paid dues for 

 1912. It will facilitate the work of the 

 secretary's office in Chicago, if all 

 members who have not already done 

 so will remit dues promptly, and the 

 badge will be sent by return mail. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



Applications for Sparce. 



Applications for space are still com- 

 ing in freely and it has become neces- 

 sary to take some of the space in the 

 Annex, which was reserved for the dis- 

 play of automobile trucks and power 

 wagons, for exhibitors in some of the 

 other classes. Among the many appli- 

 cations this week are: 



W. H. Elverson Pottery Co., New Brighton, Pa. 



A. E. Kunderd, Goshen, Ind. 



The O. F. Zurn Co., Pldladelphla, Pa. 



Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa. 



Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond, Ind. 



Advance Co., Richmond, Ind. 



The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Chicago, III. 



Jac. Lederer, Chicago, III. 



Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. 



a. E. Travis Co., Henry, 111. 



American Florist Co., Chicago, 111. 



H. G. Dreyer & Son. Cleveland, O. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J. 



John Young, 

 Supt. of Trades' Exhibition. 



YELLOW KING HUMBERT CANNA. 



We have read with considerable in- 

 terest an article in The Review of July 

 11, page 13, in regard to a yellow seed- 

 ling of the King Humbert canna, which 

 has all the excellent qualities of the 

 parent variety, except the bronze foli- 

 age. This is certainly a grand acquisi- 

 tion to the list of cannas, but what is 

 most interesting to us is that it is a 

 seedling of King Humbert, as we have 

 grown that variety quite extensively 

 for a number of years and have never 

 had one develop seed. We should like 

 to hear from others in regard to this. 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Business continues slow. Now and 

 then there is a busy day, or a good 

 demand in some special line, but they 

 are the exception rather than the rule. 

 It is simply the case of the usual slow 

 summer business and the florists, while 

 they hope for better, can hardly expect 

 much else. The shipping business is 

 proving much better than is the local 

 trade. At that we ought not to com- 

 plain, for the really good stock is 

 taken up at fair prices. If there was 

 a strong, continued demabd there 

 would, perhaps, be a shortage in more 

 lines than one. 



Gladioli are proving the best seller. 

 In fact, for several days the supply 

 has hardly been equal to the demand. 

 The large, choice varieties, from out- 

 doors, are beginning to arrive. Roses 

 are in adequate supply and practically 

 all the offerings are nice, clean stock. 

 Many times sacrifices must be made 

 to clean up. Beauties are finding a 

 good call. Carnations are about on 

 their last legs, but asters, which have 

 been quite a factor for more than a 

 fortnight, are beginning to come in 

 stronger. Pink and white are the pre- 

 dominating colors in this line. The hot 



weather is affecting sweet peas and it 

 seems but a question of a few days 

 when their season will be over. The 

 lily offerings include choice auratums 

 as well as longiflorums. Fine water 

 lilies of many colors are also coming 

 in. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Garvey, in charge of Peter 

 Weiland's Cincinnati office, is spend- 

 ing his vacation with his folks at In- 

 dianapolis. 



C. E. Critchell spent July 11 at an 

 outing at Spotless Town, on the Little 

 Miami. 



Mrs, P. J. dinger and children have 

 gone to spend the balance of the sum- 

 mer at Evanston and Aurora, 111. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Ex- 

 change's shipping business has in- 

 creased so rapidly that it exceeds the 

 fondest expectations of Messrs. Osten- 

 darp and Heckman. 



Miss Mae Carroll, in making the 

 smaller towns, is using an auto and 

 finds this method greatly expedites 

 her trips. 



Miss Margaret Anstead, at E. G. Gil- 

 lett's, has started on her vacation, 

 while Miss Christine Bossmeyer, at 

 C. E. Critchell 's, has been enjoying 

 hers for the last fortnight. 



Frank Ball is now with T. Ben 

 George. He is continuing his own 

 business, with the latter 's place as 

 headquarters. 



Peter Herb, of Mt. Healthy, O., has 

 been shipping fine Maman Cochet roses 

 to this market. 



Visitors: Harry Balsley, Detroit, and 

 Fred Lautenschlager, Chicago. 



C. H. H. 



ST. PAUL. 



The Storm. 



Friday, July 12, we had the worst 

 storm since the cyclone of 1904. There 

 is hardly a grower in this vicinity who 

 has not suffered some loss. At 

 Krinke's place, on Jessamine street, 

 the wind blew out the end of his 

 houses and glass, rafters and walls 

 were blown down. The balance of 

 the place was a heavy loser from hail. 

 The Merriam Park Floral Co. was a 

 loser from hail also. The dwelling 

 of Mr. Kaiser, the proprietor, was 

 struck by lightning, but it only took 

 off part of the roof. This concern 

 also lost a lot of hotbed sash, which 

 were blown to pieces by the wind. 

 Among the other places where hail 

 was the chief factor were those of C. 

 A. Hanson, Peter Hermes, C. Christen- 

 son, St. Paul Floral Co., Warrendale 

 Floral Co. and McWinnie, at Hazel 

 Park, and many smaller growers. 



Truck gardeners experienced a heavy 

 loss. Some of the larger growers re- 

 port a complete loss of all truck. The 

 total loss to garden stock is estimated 

 at about $75,000 in this city. 



Outdoor stock was all damaged by 

 the storm and Saturday there was noth- 

 ing to be had. It is fortunate busi- 

 ness is slow, with nothing at present 

 to draw from. A number of promi- 

 nent funerals last week created a good 

 business for the retailers. 



Various Notes. 



Holm & Olson received a large im- 

 portation of orchids this week. The 

 orchid growing of this firm is get- 

 ting quite extensive and they have 

 no trouble disposing of the flowers. 



