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HORTICULTUEE 



November 2, 1918 



LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



CHICAGO. 



J. J. Karins, of Dreer's, is in tlie 

 city and brings reports of the good 

 business he finds being done in the 

 central cities. 



All the midseason varieties of chrys- 

 anthemums are now seen at J. A. Bud- 

 long's, who is making a specialty of 

 this flower this season. The first 

 Bonnaffons were cut Oct. 28th. 



At Zech & Mann's the shipping trade 

 is very heavy. The orders for New 

 Orleans for All Souls' Day and All 

 Saints' Day were nearly as heavy as 

 in other years and the Monday and 

 Tuesday shipments included many to 

 be used for this time honored _custom. 



The American Bulb Co. has been ad- 

 vised that their .French bulbs are on 

 the wa^ from New York. Ordinarily 

 this would mean that they would be 

 In the store soon but the shipment 

 across the country now frequently rfe- 

 quires more time than across the 

 ocean. 



The limiting of funeral attendance 

 to ten persons and the request to send 

 all flowers direct to the cemeteries has 

 put a sudden stop to the rush of busi- 

 ness that the florists were doing. With 

 many funerals at the same time the 

 difficulty of delivering flowers to the 

 right persons may be imagined and 

 the result was the cancelling of orders. 



Bulbs from Eureka. Calif., are seen 

 at the stores. So far the stock is con- 

 fined to tulips and paper whites, and 

 while the bulbs are not all as clean 

 looking as the imported stock, owing 

 to the scarcity of labor on the western 

 coast, the stock compares favorably in 

 many respects with the Dutch bulbs. 

 At the Winterson Seed Store a test 

 was made of the paper whites and 

 every bulb cut showed its blossom 

 stalk. Manager Degnan says condi- 

 tions this year are not favorable to a 

 fair test of the ability to grow as' fine 

 bulbs in this country as abroad, but 

 it is most important that we have es- 

 tablished the fact that our soil and 

 climate are adapted to tliat purpose. 



FISHKILL, N. Y. 



Fred Wood, younger son of L. Wood, 

 is just recovering from an attack of 

 Spanish influenza. His absence from 

 the greenhouses at this critical time 

 has been seriously felt, as the shortage 

 of help in this neighliorhood is very 

 acute. 



NEW YORK. 



We are glad to note that J. K. 

 Allen is gradually recovering from 

 his recent indisposition. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. of Philadel- 

 phia have a New York office at 709 

 1st avenue, near 42ud street. 



Sympathy is extended to W. T. 

 Lee, florist in the Hippodrome build- 

 ing, on the sad death of his son, 33 

 years of age, last Friday, after two 

 days' illness with pneumonia, 



.1. Austin Shaw started this week 

 for California, where his wife has 

 been for some time at the home of 

 their married daughter. He is in 

 hopes that the salubrious climate 

 with the winter's rest may alleviate 

 his lameness which has of late been 

 very acute. We hope he may come 

 back in spririgtlme invigorated and 

 with his disability well removed, so 

 that he may resume his former ac- 

 tivity among the trade of New York, 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



The retail stores. The Rosary, 

 Danker, Eyres, etc., are all pushed to 

 the limit with funeral design work. 



The flower market here has enjoyed 

 a great boom for the month of Octo- 

 ber, after a summer season of unwel- 

 come dullness. The wholesale Cut 

 Flower Company is very busy with 

 shipping trade and it is late in the 

 evening now when Tom Tracey man- 

 ages to get home to his new family 

 circle. But nobody finds any fault 

 with this course of events. Somewhat 

 of a novelty received here this week 

 is some realy good sweet peas. 



Cincinnati — A committee of which 

 C. J. Jones is chairman and Miss 

 Laura Murphy, 329 Main street, secre- 

 tary and treasurer, is soliciting sub- 

 scriptions from the florists of Cincin- 

 nati and surrounding territory, to a 

 Christmas fund for the florists of this 

 vicinity who are in the service of our 

 country. Florists are urged to send 

 their contributions to the treasurer at 

 once and not later than November 

 20th, and to send, also, the names and 

 addresses of all the florists whom they 

 know that are in the service in order 

 that the committee will overlook no 

 one. The fund is to be divided among 

 the boys share and share alike and is 

 to be mailed to them in the shape of 

 money orders that they may procure 

 what they want at their imniediate 

 station. 



A PASSWORD AS WELL AS A 

 SLOGAN. 



Business everywhere during the 

 present period especially in the flor- 

 ists line has gone beyond the expecta- 

 tions of us all, of course in a great 

 measure due to the unfortunate epi- 

 demic which necessitated everyone 

 being worked to the limit, employer 

 and employee alike, and everybody 

 from the wireworker to the grower 

 sharing in the rush to fill orders v;hich 

 came from all directions. 



Now, during a rush like the present 

 we are apt to forget the condition of 

 the future, as for instance, where the 

 demands for flowers have been many 

 on account of the influenza epidemic, 

 there would be a curtailment of flow- 

 ers later on, due to the fact that the 

 unusual expenditure of the customer 

 will alter conditions. 



It is up to us to keep the ball roll- 

 ing by continually advertising our 

 slogan, "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS." 



Now, many may say why advertise 

 our product when we have a shortage 

 of flowers as perhaps will be the case 

 later on? Do you realize that when 

 you create the demand you will also 

 create something that will fill the bill, 

 if not with one thing, then with ano- 

 other. 



Have you noticed how many manu- 

 facturers have been advertising their 

 product to the public although the 

 government has commandeered their 

 entire out-put for the period of the 

 war? This is done for the sole pur- 

 pose of holding their good will in the 

 eyes of the public so that their product 

 may not be forgotten when time comes 

 normal again. 



What do you think the slogan v ill 

 mean to every thinking man, woman 

 or child who when in doubt as to what 

 to send to Mother, Father, Sister or 

 Brother? Do you realize the effect it 

 will have? .'\nd if all who use Print- 

 er's Ink will make use of it, do you 

 think of what the future has in store 

 for you? 



Go the limit with the slogan and 

 you will merit the benefits more and 

 iiore. Hk.nuy Penn, Chairman, 



National Publicity Campaign, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



If you want to see par excellence In 

 carnations, take a run out to Elkins 

 Park and see Wm. Kleinheinz, For so 

 early in the season they are wonder- 

 ful. He is a carnation wizard all 

 right. 



John Westcott paid his final visit 

 to W'aretown on Oct. 29th and 30th,- 

 The rod and gun are laid away for 

 the winter and the natives relapse in- 

 to tlieir old-time peaceful slumbers. 

 Good-bye, Barnegat^for a little while. 



