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The Florists^ Review 



November 14, 1912. 



AN OUTING AT EIOHMOND, IND. 



November 4, some thirty-seven per- 

 sons, mostly members of the State Flo- 

 rists' Association of Indiana, met at 

 Richmond to spend the day in inspect- 

 ing the various greenhouse establish- 

 ments located in that beautiful little 

 Quaker city that has become famous 

 for the many good things which have 

 come from there in floricultural lines. 

 The party from Indianapolis, of which 

 the writer was one, alighted at the little 

 station at Easthaven, just across from 

 the establishment of the E. G. Hill Co. 

 There we were met by others from vari- 

 ous points who ha<l come to spend the 

 day with us. 



Being the first place at hand, the day 

 was begun with the inspection of the 

 Hill place. Since our outing of a year 

 ago a great change has come over this 

 place. Up to that time the stock grown 

 comprised a long list of miscellaneous 

 plants, practically everything the small 

 retail grower needed in his business in 

 the way of bedding plants, etc. Now 

 these have all been dropped, even in- 

 cluding geraniums, in which an enor- 

 mous business was formerly done. All 

 this because the firm saw greater profit 

 in growing a smaller variety of plants 

 and larger quantities of these. This 

 firm now confines its operations to the 

 growing of roses, carnations and chrys- 

 anthemums for both cut flowers and 

 plants. Chrysanthemums being in full 

 crop, naturally the mum houses. received 

 attention first. A finer lot of commer- 

 cial stock it would be hard to imagine. 

 There is a noticeable absence of the 

 great, monstrous exhibition 'blooms, 

 most of the stock being in medium 

 grades, a large percentage of the plants 

 carrying two blooms. This -is on ac- 

 count of the dearth of flower shows 

 through the middle west this fall, and 

 also because this firm has entered the 

 retail end of the business. There were 

 large blocks, or whole benches, in many 

 instances, of such varieties as Major 

 Bonnaffon, Mrs. Razer, Virginia Poehl- 



larney are to be seen, all in splendid 

 condition; also Mrs. Aaron Ward, Lady 

 Hillingdon and the great Sunburst, in 

 yellow. American Beauty, Richmond, 

 Radiance, etc., are all there in large 

 quantity. One of the most attractive 

 things on the place is a 250-foot bench 

 of the new rose, Mrs. George Shawyer, 

 apparently an ideal forcing rose, with 

 one of the most pleasing shades of 

 pink imaginable. This rose will surely 

 find a warm welcome in the retail stores 

 when introduced. Among Mr. Hill's 

 seedlings are many promising young- 

 sters, but to try to pick out the best 

 ones would be as hazardous as trying 

 to pick the winner in the late political 

 campaign. Mr. Hill is still looking for 

 the red rose with twice as many petals 

 as Richmond, and with the same free- 

 dom of growth and bloom as that cele- 

 brated variety of his origination. 



Carnations occupy perhaps even more 

 space than the roses. Bench after 

 bench of plants cut back for propa- 

 gating give promise of great quanti- 

 ties of strong, healthy cuttings during 

 the approaching season. The list of 

 varieties has been cut down to the lead- 

 ing standard sorts, with the addition 

 of the most promising introductions of 

 the season. Across the road is what the 

 firm is most proud of in the whole estab- 

 lishment. A new range of four houses 

 with a new heating plant was added 

 last summer. The houses are of the 

 semi-iron pattern, and they certainly 

 are beauties. The heating plant is up- 

 to-date and simple in construction, and 

 after looking the, plant-ov«r-«fte could 

 hardly .fi/id anything which could have 

 been^ iinproyed .uppn. , This range is 

 given over entirely to carnations for 

 blooms. St. Nicholas, with its fine ap- 

 pearance, made the writer's heart glad. 

 Benora and Rosette also looked fine 

 and will likely lead in their respective 

 colors. Wodenethe has not rounded into 

 form yet, but when it does come there 

 will be some great blooms. Several 

 benches of their new scarlet, Commo- 



G. A. ClauMO, of Albert Lea, and Guettt on a Duck Hunt. 



mann, Timothy Eaton, Yellow Eaton, 

 W. H. Chadwick, Golden Chadwick, 

 Alice Byron, etc. There were also sev- 

 eral long benches of singles and pom- 

 pons, too numerous in variety to men- 

 tion. 



In the same range of houses are to 

 be found the roses. Bench after bench 

 of the several types and colors of Kil- 



dore, show that their confidence in this 

 variety as a commercial variety has not 

 been shaken. The color is grand and 

 the cut of bloom will be heavy at the 

 time red carnations are wanted. 



Our next stop was at the establish- 

 ment of the Chas. Knopf Floral Co. 

 Only early varieties of mums are grown 

 here and all had been cut before our 



visit. Carnations are in full crop in all 

 the standard sorts. Two beds of Pmk 

 Delight are being run the second year 

 and promise a good cut during the sea- 

 son. A house of Killarneys is m espe- 

 cially good shape. The summer roses, 

 of which there are several houses, are 

 being dried down preparatory to the 

 winter's rest. Mrs. Knopf, who has 

 been running the business since her 

 husband's death, received the visitors 

 and turned them over to her foreman, 

 Mr. Coryell, who escorted the party 

 through the place. 



Geo. R. Gause was our next host. 

 Everything in the way of retail stock 

 is grown here and Mr. Gause and his 

 assistants have the place in spick-and- 

 span shape. A thriving retail business 

 is done, the place being right across 

 from the entrance to the principal cem- 

 etery, as well as being close to the city 

 trade. 



Next came Fred H. Lemon's estab- 

 lishment, which is the old Hill place. 

 Here, too, a full line of retail stock is 

 grown. The finest house of roBes in 

 Richmond was seen here. Carnations 

 are good, too. One of the most pleas- 

 ing things seen was a bench of Rex be- 

 gonias. 



Right across from Lemon's is located 

 Edward Ruch. Mr. Ruch, being a 

 Richmond boy, has proved that a boy 

 does not need to leave his home town to 

 be successful, as we so often hear said. 

 Mr. Ruch has for several years been es- 

 pecially successful with single violets. 

 All his stock is retailed in Richmond. 



Visits also were paid to the Advance 

 Co., where J. E. Jones did the honors, 

 and to the Quaker City Machine Co., 

 where John Evans gave the glad hand, 

 as usual. 



At noon a luncheon was spread at the 

 Arlington hotel. About forty enjoyed 

 the feast. After that a meeting was 

 held at the Commercial Club. Osa Cor- 

 yell, D. W. Leathermann and Morris 

 Maher were elected to active member- 

 ship and P. J. Foley, of Chicago, was 

 elected to honorary membership. 



The following were present from In- 

 dianapolis: Henry Meyer, Chas. Bohne, 

 C. Sonnenschmidt, Robt. Ellis, Albert 

 Kempe, Albin Schreiber, O. E. Stein- 

 kamp, A. F. J. Baur, Albert Pittet, John 

 Hartje, Harry Rieman, Frank Rieman 

 and Fred Rieman. 



Richmond was represented by the fol- 

 lowing: Louis Knopf, John Evans, 

 Clem Gaar, E. G. Hill, Joe Hill, J. E. 

 Jones, Fred Lemon, Earl Mann, Geo. R. 

 Gause, Osa Coryell, Edward Ruch and 

 J. E. Jones, Jr. 



J. A. E. Haugh, J. S. Stuart and D. 

 W. Leathermann, of Anderson; Aug. 

 Baumer and wife and Wm. Walker 

 and his son, of Louisville, Ky.; A. Ras- 

 mussen and wife, of New Albany; W. 

 W. Coles, of Kokomo; R. A. McKeand, 

 of Marion; J. V. Deer, of Franklin, and 

 P. J. Foley, of Chicago,. 111., were also 

 present. A. F. J. B. 



CLAUSEN AND THE DUCES. 



"V* When a friend happens along, G. A. 

 Clausen, of Albert Lea, Minn., likes to 

 run out to Bears Lake for a day 's shoot. 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 Mr. Clausen and his foreman, Mr. Rob- 

 inson, with A. Miller, of Henderson & 

 Co., Chicago, returning from a three 

 days' outing among the ducks. Mr. 

 Clausen now is north on a moose hunt- 

 ing trip, accompanied by Mr. Olson, of 



Holm & Olson, St. Paul.' 



