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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



SKPTl MBEE 



.idays is keeping' quality. Given ever so 

 fine a flower that doesn't stand an over- 

 night ran and it is worse than useless in 

 these days of wide distribution. The 



grower whose stuff will stand up is the 

 one who will get the business, and he 

 won't have any arguments as to whose 

 risk the liox travels ;ii, P. & D. 



State Vice-Presidents' Reports 



The reports of the S. A. F. vice-presidents are. in the aggregate, so volum 

 as to preclmle iheiv publication in full. The following are the salient points i 

 reports for the states mentioned. 



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Kansas. — The past year has been very 

 good for florists of this state, but I have 

 not been able bo gel manj florists inter- 

 ested in the S. A. F. — A.'H. Whitcomb. 



Maryland. Verj few florists have in- 

 i 1 1 ased 1 1" u facilil Lea for grow Lng stock 



little oni'ding of greenhouses 

 has been done. It seems as if all inter- 

 est in the S. A. F. is centering upon next 

 year's St. Louis meeting. — C. L. Sey- 

 BOLD. 



Missouri. — Our trade has increased on 

 an average of twenty-five per cent over 

 last year, and the prospects are very good 

 for the coming fall and winter. The 

 wholesaler, retailer and grower alike say 

 that the past season was the best they 

 ever had. There has been much building 

 to increase facilities. — C. A. Juengel. 



Nebraska. — Trade has been steady and 

 satisfactory in all lines. There has never 

 been much surplus stock and as a con- 

 sequence the florists are enlarging their 

 plants, and others are building up new 

 fields. Nearly everyone is putting the 

 money he has made back into new im- 

 provements and buildings. — Lewis Hen- 

 derson. 



Massachusetts.— There is a steady 

 demand for summer roses which cannot 

 be met. Lawson is perhaps the favorite 

 carnation, with Prosperity, which colors 

 well here, a close second. Considerable 

 quantities of the new varieties will be 

 tried this season, and the stock looks well 

 in spite of the excessive rains.— A. J. 

 Loveless. 



Kentucky. — The production of iirst- 

 elass stork is on the increase, but not 

 nearly enough to supply the demand. 

 Especially noticeable is the call for hardy 

 ornamental stock for the many modern 

 places which are being laid out near 

 Louisville. Quite a few thousand dollars 

 still go out of Kentucky for stock that 

 could readily be grown here. — A. B. 

 Baumer. 



Iowa. — Since the last convention 125- 

 700 square feet of glass have been added 

 to floral establishments by those who 

 have responded to my inquiries, and I 

 suppose those who have not reported have 

 been equally prosperous. More than half 

 of those in the trade report an increased 

 demand of ten per cent to twenty-five 

 per cent for hardy perennials and orna- 

 mental shrubs. — Wesley Greene. 



Connecticut. — The general experience 

 seems to be that the advanced prices 

 charged did not decrease the demand for 

 cut flowers and plants, and that there 

 was quite a scarcity of cut flowers at cer- 

 tain times. John Eeck, of Bridgeport, 

 strongly advocates the growing of a 

 greater variety of bedding plants as a 



of 



this 



sold. Begonias 

 rieties, are gre 

 are grown, and 



\or -production in 

 ii hi 1 1 resent con- 

 cent of the stock 

 heir different va- 

 nired where they 

 and for that class 

 of plants would surely come if florists 

 would make an earnest effort to grow 

 and introduce them. — THEODORE WlRTH. 



Bhode Island. — Business in general 

 the past season has been good, with bet- 

 ter prices and less surplus stock than 

 in former years. This state still pro- 

 duces more stock than is needed at home 

 but a ready market is found in Boston. 

 Several establishments contemplate build- 

 ing, and it is interesting to note that the 

 aim seems to be to erect modern houses, 

 as it is apparent that fancy stock is in 

 demand.— L. J. Keuter. 



Indiana.— In cut flowers, the demand 

 for carnations has increased fifty per 

 rent, while the call for roses remains 

 about the same, or perhaps on a slight 

 decrease. The public is always willing 

 to pay a fair price for first-class flowers 

 arranged in an artistic manner. The 

 Boston fern takes the lead among deco- 

 rative plants, with kentias and rubbers 

 a close second, but I predict a larger de- 

 mand for the beautiful Piersoni, when 

 it can be grown and offered at a reason- 

 able price. — W. W. Coles. 



Georgia. — The past year has been the 

 best on record. In cut flowers, roses will 

 always be the leader, carnations next, 

 with chrysanthemums a close third. The 

 demand • for decorative stock, such as 

 palms, ferns, rubbers and fancy-leaved 

 caladiums is growing enormously, but 

 summer bedding plants, such as gerani- 

 ums, heliotropes, lantanas. salvias, coleus, 

 etc., are losing their popularity. The ma- 

 jority of the planters when ornamenting 

 home grounds are using hardy stock, 

 such as broad-leaved and coniferous ever-, 

 greens and flowering shrubs. — L. A. 

 Berckmans. 



New York. — What looked like a very 

 serious matter last fall was the fuel 

 question. At present the outlook for coal 

 is brighter, but sooner or later this ques- 

 tion will become a. problem. Will the 

 Society of American Florists be able to 

 solve that problem, or could not some- 

 thing be done even now to prevent a re- 

 currence of the conditions we all experi- 

 enced last fall and winter? Some may 

 think the influence of the S. A. F. is not 

 Millirirnt and far-reaching to attack the 

 forces that control the fuel supply, but 

 we should remember the splendid results 

 li:ii w.re achieved by a united and pro- 

 longed attack on the express companies 

 when they raised their rates without 

 warning. — C H. Kietsch. 



New Jersey. — This is the most fa- 

 vored state in the union for the promo- 

 tion of floriculture and ornamental horti- 

 culture. Greenhouse building is going 

 on, especially among the rose growers, 

 but the high prices of material have lim- 

 ited the building to a considerable ex- 

 tent. The general sentiment is to take 

 good care of what we have, and wait for 

 expansion until a more favorable time. 

 The year has been one not without its 

 difficulties, but on the whole the florists 

 of the state have been successful finan- 

 cially.— W. B. DuBie. 



New Hampshire. — There is a steadily 

 increasing volume of business in the old 

 Granite state. The exceptionally high 

 price of coal last winter made a few 

 small places go under, but our live flor- 

 ists increased the price of stock twenty' 

 five per cent, which was willingly paid 

 and more than off-set the extra coal bill. 

 Win. Elliott, at Madbury, I hear is con- 

 templating the erection of another 800- 

 foot house for American Beauties, along- 

 solo the one already established. A 

 market gardener in Portsmouth built a 

 house 40x200, and a New Castle florist 

 nearby put a handsome addition on to 

 his place, which represents a good deal 

 of money, ridge and furrow style, with 

 iron gutters, iron posts and other mod- 

 ern improvements. — Bernard Morris. 



Ohio. — The local supply of cut flowers 

 was entirely inadequate last season, and 

 outside markets had to be drawn upon to 

 supply the demand, yet in the face of 

 these prosperous conditions less building 



has taken pli than the previous year; 



this is probably due to the increase in 

 the price of material. Carnations are in 

 high favor and being more largely plant- 

 ed, most of them benched very early. 

 Much complaint has been heard from 

 those who purchased the new and high- 

 priced varieties and received cuttings 

 with few if any roots, and covered with 

 rust or spotted with bacteria. This is 

 bad practice. In roses, Beauty has taken 

 a decided jump and more are planted 

 than ever before. Liberty has proved a 

 failure. Growers increased their orders 

 for bulbs on the strength of last season 's 

 profits. Palms have been slow sale but 

 it is wonderful how the sale of : 

 ferns t ps np. — Isaac Kennedy. 



THE TORONTO EXHIBITION. 



Following close on the heels of the 

 C. II. A. convention comes the annual 

 exhibition of plants, flowers and floral 

 work at Toronto. On account of this 

 v cur's exhibition being on a more elab- 

 orate scale than previously, is was ex- 

 ported that the horticultural exhibit 



This can hardly be said to have been the 

 case, although the exhibit was a good 

 one, especially in plants. A more com- 

 modious hall is badly needed, and, as 

 now buildings are being erected yearly, 

 it is expected that the florists will get 

 at hast a ' ' look in ' ' nexl J ear. 



I'nr the best group of plants arranged 

 on space not more than 250 square feel 

 the prize was awarded to Ernes! Collins, 

 of the Eorticultura] Gardens. The other 

 prize winner- weii- John Chambers, of 

 Exhibition Park; Win. Houston. Central 

 Prison; The Government House, Grain- 

 ger Bros., Manton Bros, and Jay & Son. 



In the cut flower department, on the 

 rose and carnation entries J. H. Dunlop 

 eanied off first prize and Toronto Floral 



In made up work competition was keen 



