August 8, 1012. 



The Florists' Rcvkw 



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are not members should not miss this opportunity 

 to become a member at once. Come as our guests 

 and let us demonstrate to you. You will surely 

 be convinced by the knowledge you will derive 

 therefrom and will be well repaid for the trip. 

 The meeting of brother florists from all parts 

 of the United States and Canada, and the great 

 trade exhibition that will surpass any heretofore 

 held — all this Is an opportunity that a florist 

 should not let go by, as keepUig up with the 

 times is as important as any part of our business. 

 Any further information, as well as any mem- 

 bership blanks applied for, will be gladly fur- 

 nished. It is hoped that we may meet a good 

 sized party, August 19, when our New York Flo- 

 rists' Club special leaves the depot. F. H. 

 Traendly, who is a past master, and his com- 

 mittee, who have charge of the arrangements en 

 route, have left nothing undone to make this the 

 most pleasant of all convention trips from New 

 York city. 



MB. FOLEY AKD FBIEND. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a snapshot by O. R. Eckhart, of Min- 

 neapolis, at the recent Minnesota State 

 Florists ' Association 's picnic. No doubt 

 a great number will recognize the gen- 

 tleman on the right as Philip Foley, 

 president of the Chicago Florists' Club. 

 Mr. Foley looks small beside the other 

 gentleman in the picture, who is Mr. 

 Bush, of Minneapolis, who has green- 

 houses on Lyndale avenue, south. Mr. 

 Bush is about five feet six inches in 

 height and weighs about lEO pounds, 

 against nearly 350 for the Chicago man. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade has been somewhat better in 

 the last week or so, as there have been 

 several funerals that have used up quite 

 a bunch of stock, and at times it was 

 hard to get anything suitable. Carna- 

 tions are scarce, as most of the old stock 

 has been thrown out and little from the 

 new is coming in. Roses have been in 

 fair demand, with the supply about 

 equal to the call. Beauties have been 

 movin)^ slowly, but are not in large 

 supply. 



Gladioli are holding full sway and a 

 great many are disposed of, especially 

 in America and other popular varieties. 

 Valley has been in fair demand, with 

 the supply limited. There is not much 

 of a variety of stock at present. Asters 

 are coming some better, but are still far 

 from what they should be. However, 

 we are all in hopes the later ones will 

 be of better quality. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club's picnic was held 

 July 24 at Buckeye lake and quite a 

 crowd went over. Most of them went 

 fishing shortly after arriving, but no 

 large catch was reported. 



I. D. Seibert and family are spending 

 a couple of weeks at Cleveland, Buffalo 

 and other points around the lake. They 

 motored up to Cleveland and were go- 

 ing to take several trips from there. 



Jake Eeichert, formerly of the Frank- 

 lin Park Floral Co., has withdrawn 

 from the company and has bought a 

 small farm at Valley Crossing for truck 

 gardening. 



Mr. Holbrook, formerly of the Colum- 

 bus Floral Co., moved his family last 

 week to Newark, O., his future home, 

 having bought out the Baldwin place. 

 He intends growing quite a few plants 

 for wholesale trade, as well as a gen- 

 eral line of plants and cut flowers for 

 retail. The trade here was sorry to see 

 him leave, but all wish him success. 



C. A. Roth and wife returned July 26 

 from a fine lake trip, and Detroitj and 

 report having a fine time. 



G. H. "Woodrow, of the Fifth Avenue 



Litile Phil Foley and Hit Large Friend at Mioneapslis. 



Floral Co., spent a week at Seagirt and 

 New York, visiting his cousin, Woodrow 

 Wilson. He reports a fine time. His 

 son, Loyd, accompanied him on the 

 trip. J. M. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Business was fair last week. There 

 were several days of funeral work. 

 Lilies l^ave been a trifle scarce, but 

 some fitst-class asters are to be seen. 

 The market has been flooded with gla- 

 dioli. Beauties and Killarney are good 

 sellers. 

 / Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Will Roepke are spend- 

 ing a week at Lake Manitou. Mr. 

 Roepke expected to make regular ship- 

 ments of fish to his friends after the 

 first day there. 



Charles Jones, of Richmond, spent a 

 day with the trade last week. 



George Wiegand is back on the job 

 after a two weeks' auto tour through 

 Toledo, Cedar Point, Cleveland and east- 

 ern Ohio. He was so well pleased with 

 the trip that he is thinking of making 

 an ocean to ocean tour. 



Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Brandt drove to 

 Lake Maxinkuckee in their new Ford 

 runabout, where they expect to spend a 

 week fishing. 



A. Wiegand & Sons are redecorating 

 their store room and reenameling the 

 woodwork white, which adds greatly to 

 the attractiveness of their place. C. R. 

 Greene, of this firm, is spending a week 

 in Chicago. 



The State Florists' Association has 

 secured rooms in the Denison hotel and 

 will hold its meetings there in the 

 future. 



Ed Bertermann is back on the job 

 after a three • weeks ' vacation. They 

 say that he gained about twenty-five 

 pounds while away. 



Baur & Steinkamp have their new 

 house about ready to glaze. 



E. T. Barnes, of Spencer, has been 

 flooding the market with gladioli the 

 last few weeks. 



Guy Reburn, with A. Henderson & 

 Co., spent a few days with the trade 

 last week. 



Adolph Baur, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society, has been busy 

 on the premium list for the National 



Flower Show next year. He says that 

 he has secured a number of fine prizes 

 to be awarded, but can use a few more. 

 The Smith & Young Co. has just 

 about completed its new house and ex- 

 pects to plant it with sweet peas. 



H. L. W. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



No improvement in trade could be 

 noticed last week. It's the same old 

 story; funeral work is the only thing 

 doing to create a demand, which con- 

 sumes the entire supply of roses and 

 carnations, which supply is mighty 

 scarce. Giganteum and rubrum lilies 

 are more plentiful and sell quite well, 

 while prices on them hold up well. The 

 demand for smilax was good last week, 

 but it was hard to get. Asters are 

 commencing to come in more heavily. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Bessie Bartholomew spent a 

 pleasant week as the guest of Helen 

 and Nora Leslie, of Centerville, O., last 

 week. 



Among the Dayton florists who will 

 attend the S. A. F. convention are 

 Horace Frank and Fred Moon, of the 

 Heiss Co.; George Bartholomew, with 

 his wife and daughter, Bessie, and War- 

 ren G. Matthews. 



Henry Ehrhardt, of Sidney, O., tells 

 us he will be busy this week with some 

 large funeral orders. 



Mrs. D. Q. Mulford, of Lebanon, O., 

 IS building new greenhouses this sum- 

 mer. Since the death of her husband, 

 Mrs. Mulford has taken up the business 

 and is quite successful with it. 



Jos. Furst, of the Furst Floral Co., 

 will spend his vacation in Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



Jos. I. Schaefer recently purchased a 

 fine new wagon. 



The Heiss Co. is remodeling its plant 

 this summer. 



The Miami Floral Co. has a couple of 

 large weddings on hand to help things 

 along for this week, and is cutting some 

 fine giganteums, which find a good 

 market. 



Frank Bissell, of Muncie, Ind., called 

 on some of his old friends last week. 

 When in this city Mr. Bissell was con- 



