. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBEB 30, 1913. The Florists^ Review 15 H. Totty, Madison, N. J., scored as follows: Color, 33; form, 18; substance, 17; stem and fo- liage, 18; total, 86. Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. STEBEBL'S FIRST CUT. When one cuts his initial crop it is an event that is usually attended by a certain amount of pride. Just so with Steve Steberl, who is cutting his first flowers from the houses he purchased last April from A. C. Rojahn and lo- cated on Yuba street, Forest Park, 111. The plant comprises some 20,000 square feet of glass, devoted to chrysanthe- mums,
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. OCTOBEB 30, 1913. The Florists^ Review 15 H. Totty, Madison, N. J., scored as follows: Color, 33; form, 18; substance, 17; stem and fo- liage, 18; total, 86. Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. STEBEBL'S FIRST CUT. When one cuts his initial crop it is an event that is usually attended by a certain amount of pride. Just so with Steve Steberl, who is cutting his first flowers from the houses he purchased last April from A. C. Rojahn and lo- cated on Yuba street, Forest Park, 111. The plant comprises some 20,000 square feet of glass, devoted to chrysanthe- mums, carnations, freesia and stevia. The picture shown was taken with the first cut of mums and Charles Steberl is standing in the walk holding the blooms, while his brother, Steve Ste- berl, is standing on the benches to the right and on the left is Peter Samuel- son, a grower. This venture is the first for Steve Steberl in the flower business, although his brother, who has charge of the growing for him, was for a number of years connected with H. N. Bruns, the Chicago valley grower. So far Mr. Steberl is well satisfied with his newly adopted busi- ness and says he has acquired a real love for flowers. His stock is sold in the Chicago market, the photograph from which the illustration was pre- pared having accompanied a shipment to Zech & Mann. MABTIN WAX IN EUROPE. Martin Wax, who, with Mrs. Wax, recently returned from Europe after a honeymoon trip, and whose photograph appeared on page 9 of The Review of October 16, left Boston for Liverpool August 5 on the S. S. Franconia. He spent a week in London seeing some of the leading sights, particularly of horticultural interest, calling at the large flower stores on Regent street and elsewhere. He noticed many handsome baskets, although flowers at that sea- son were not shown any better than here. In Paris, where a week was spent, baskets five to six feet high, containing a foot or so of damp-moss, were filled with long-stemmed pi
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