. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 96 The Florists' Review August 27, 1014. SAGINAW, MICH. The Market. Trade in all lines continues normal for ^ummcr. Outdoor flowers are about ruined as a result of the heavy rains last week. Asters, the main crop, are not expected to do much more this sea- son. Gladioli are the finest we have had in years, due to the soakings they have had from time to time. All are busy housing carnations, which are a picture of health in this vicinity. Various Notes. The next monthly meeting, August 31, of the Saginaw Bay City Floricultural Society will be with C
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 96 The Florists' Review August 27, 1014. SAGINAW, MICH. The Market. Trade in all lines continues normal for ^ummcr. Outdoor flowers are about ruined as a result of the heavy rains last week. Asters, the main crop, are not expected to do much more this sea- son. Gladioli are the finest we have had in years, due to the soakings they have had from time to time. All are busy housing carnations, which are a picture of health in this vicinity. Various Notes. The next monthly meeting, August 31, of the Saginaw Bay City Floricultural Society will be with C. A. Hawley, at Vassar, Mich. A large attendance is expected. The Wm. Roethke Floral Co. has all its cement benches finished and is biisy planting roses. Grohman the Florist will soon be cut- ting some nice carnations that were benched from pots in June. The Stevens Gladioli Co. has had good results Mith outdoor sweet peas. This concern has no gladioli to speak of; the fire of last March took all the bulbs, and what were bought do not compare with the millions the company had in store. Zorn & Gaertner's asters are about all ruined by the heavy rains of last week, some 80,000 plants in all. Chas. Frueh & Sons have had an un- usually large amount of funeral work this summer. Desner & Fisher's houses are all filled; repairing and painting have full sway now. J. B. Goetz Sons are about through planting their 35,000 carnations. After that their attention will be taken up with the winter's coal supply. Their rose cut is growing daily, but the sup- ply is not equal to the demand. John Marsh, of Bay City, lost over 3,000 lights by hail on the night of August 18. Gee. Orange, N. J.—A patent has been issued to A. Eichhorn, 81 Essex avenue, for an invention which, "with a view to preventing the breaking or cracking of glass panes under the expansion and contraction of the metal framework of a greenhouse, provides for so arrang- ing the pane-carrying bars with respect to
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