December 14, 1918 



TTORTICTTLTUEE 



697 



Lenox, Mass.— A. T. Boddington, 

 New York. 



Rochester, N. Y. — Charles Selton, 

 Buffalo. 



Boston — W. E. Day, Syracuse, N. Y.; 

 Conrad Schultz, Westerly, R. I. 



Cincinnati, O. — Eric Buchholz. ot 

 Miller's Greenhouses, Muncie, Ind. 



New York — Z. D. Blackistone, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; J. D. Eisele, Riverton, 

 N. J.; P. J. Dolansky and Mr. Mc- 

 Donald, Boston; B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Wenham, Mass.; T. J. Nolan, Scran- 

 ton, Pa.; Wm. Pfaltzgraff, York, Pa. 



Chicago — S. W. Coggan, Battle 

 Creek, Mich.; C. W. Siebrecht, 

 Winona, Minn.; Warren G. Matthews, 

 Dayton, 0.; H. M. Burt, Jackson, 

 Mich.; Wm. J. Hembreiker, Spring- 

 field, 111.; Sam. Graff, Columbus, O.; 

 A. J. Stahelin, Redford, Mich.; Sam. 

 Seligman, New York. 



Philadelphia — H. L. Holmes, Harris- 

 burg, Pa.; Charles F. Feast, Balti- 

 more, Md.; Fred C. Leaply and wife, 

 Washington, D. C; John L. Ratcliffe, 

 Richmond, Va.; George C. Schaeffer 

 and Mr. Marche, Washington, D. C; 

 Mr. Rowe of Mann & Brown, Rich- 

 mond, Va.; Chas. Gindra, Reading, 

 Pa.; John L. Bernstein, Lebanon, Pa.; 

 George W. Hess, Washington, D. C; 

 John P. Horn, Allentown, Pa.; Chas. 

 Vorkeller, South Bethlehem, Pa.; D. 

 Carmichael, J. M. McCuUough Sons, 

 Cincinnati, O.; Antoine Leuthy, Ros- 

 llndale, Mass. 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



The St. Louis Florist Club meeting 

 advertised for the 12th has been post- 

 poned owing to the rule against social 

 gatherings through the epidemic. 



St. Louis Seed Co. is now showing 

 a fine display of Christmas novelties. 

 Their green and holly are always in 

 demand because of their high grade. 



The country growers met at 11 Mile 

 House, Wednesday evening, Dec. 4th. 

 Owing to the influenza, attendance 

 was light. Market conditions were 

 fully discussed. 



Charles Wors, Jr., has written his 

 father under date of Nov. 30th from 

 Camp Kearney, California, that he ex- 

 pects his discharge this coming week, 

 and hopes to spend Christmas with 

 his wife and family. 



C. Cicoski, the Cass avenue florist 

 who had intended to open up a store 

 on FYanklin avenue, decided at the 

 last moment on a store on Cass ave- 

 nue, where he will get back his old 

 customers, he having closed up on be- 

 ing called in the draft. 



Flower Market Reports 



{Continued from page 593) 



The market the past 

 ST. LOUIS week has seen condi- 

 tions that have never 

 been known by florists here for the 

 last 30 years. The call for funeral 

 work has been unprecedented. Flowers 

 of all kinds are seized by the retailers 

 even at seemingly prohibitive prices 

 and many have been compelled, par- 

 tially or totally, to turn to the use of 

 artificial flowers. Carnations are quot- 

 ed at $15 per 100 and roses from 8 

 to 40 cents; lilies at $3 a dozen. 

 Greens of all kinds are in demand at 

 advanced prices. 



Business is good 

 WASHINGTON but there is a great 



shortage of stock 

 of all kinds. Prices are high but the 

 florists' customers realizing what the 

 growers and retailers have been up 

 against during the last year, pay with- 

 out undue comment. Still greater 

 shortage of stock is predicted for 

 Christmas. Chrysanthemums will 

 largely be off the market. Such roses 

 as are available are exceptionally 

 good. 



OBITUARY. 



William P. Johnson. 

 William Pitt Johnson, aged 62, died 

 Monday, Dec. 9, at his home, in Hyde 

 Park, Mass., following a week's illness. 

 He was born in Springfield, O., and 

 had been a resident of Hyde Park for 

 10 years. He was for 11 years the 

 eastern manager of a Chicago seed 

 company, with which he had been as- 

 sociated for 30 years. He leaves a 

 wife, a brother and a sister. 



Harry E. Guerinot. 

 Death claims a well-known Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. florist who was formerly 

 employed at Geo. F. Boucher's, Harry 

 E. Guerinot son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob 

 L. Guerinot, aged 27, at Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Besides his parents he is survived by 

 two brothers. He was a former mem- 

 ber of the Second Ambulance Co. The 

 remains were brought to the home ot 

 his brother Dr. G. W. Guerinot ot 

 Rochester and interment was at Holy 

 Sepulchre Cemetery. 



A. F. Tracy. 

 Austin F. Tracy, father of B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy of Coder Acres, Wenham, 

 Mass., died December 4th, after an ill- 

 ness of four weeks. Mr. Tracy was 

 born in Michigan, where he lived until 

 about tnenty years ago, when he came 

 to Massachusetts to live with his sons. 

 In the West, he maintained a large 

 dairy farm, well stocked with Jersey 

 cattle, and high bred horses. When 

 it was the custom to offer prizes at 

 State Fairs, for the best kept farm, 

 Mr. Tracy was often the winner. Dur- 

 ing his life at Cedar Acres, he was 

 greatly interested in the Gladiolus, 

 and his perfectly kept vegetable 

 garden was of as much interest to 

 visitors as the gladiolus fields. Al- 

 though almost eighty-three years old, 

 he has always been in the best ot 

 health, this being his first illness 

 since boyhood. He leaves two sons. 



CHRISTMAS SPECIALS 



JAPANESE FRIEZE 



The liost quality and true Xmas red. 

 Nut the pink tint generally offered. 

 In balls of 60 yards, per doz. 

 balls $13.00 



FRENCH IMMORTELLES 



Very best quality. We have a 

 limited qantity In all colors. 

 The true Christmas red. 



VELVET POINSETTIAS 



Per Diiz. firdss 



No. 1— Small size $0.60 $8.50 



No. 2— Medium size 85 9.00 



No. 3 — Large size 1.15 13.00 



Numbers 2 and 3 come with foli;ige 

 and the small size without. 



MAGNOLIA LEAVES 



Bronze and green (prepared). The 

 best quality. 



Per carton S3.00 



Per 100 lb. case 24.00 



PINE CONES 



Excellent for trimming- wreaths, bas- 

 kets, etc. Tliia season we bave ar- 

 ranged to offer them on branches, the 

 stem of which is about 5 inches in 

 length. 

 Per 100 $3.50 Per 1,000 $20.00 



FIBRE RIBBON 



1 inch, per piece $2.00 



-I inch, per piece 3.75 



50 yards to piece. 



RED RIBBON 



We offer a large assortment of Xmas 

 red ribbons in all widths and many 

 qualities. Will be pleased to have 

 yuur order. 



SPECIAL RIBBON 



For tying small baskets, wreaths, and 

 trimming plants. Our pattern 42, No. 

 7 width messaline quality is unex- 

 celled. 



p , ^ ( Bed, Pink, Nile Blue, 



Colors: < Moss, Yellow, Lavender, 



( Violet and Delf Blue. 



Price, per piece o( 50 yards $2.65 



Excellent Value 



CREPE PAPER 



Red, foliage green, pink, blue, violet. 



Per dozen rolls $4.75 



Per 100 rolls 35.00 



S.S.PENNOCK COMPANY 



The ^'•"Mrn'r.. of PhUadelphia 



NEW YORK 117 W. 28th St. 



I'HlL.iDELPHIA.. 1608-1620 Lndlow St. 

 B.^LTIMOBI:, Franklin Si St. Paul Sts. 

 W.4SHINGTON 1216 H St., N. W. 



REDUCED INSECTICIDE PRICES. 



Chemical advice has been given by 

 the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture to the Food Administration, 

 and much valuable data have been 

 supplied to it relative to manufactur- 

 ers engaged in making certain types 

 of insecticides and the importance or 

 nonimportance of various insecticidal 

 materials. A representative of the In- 

 secticide and Fungicide Board has at- 

 tended several conferences between 

 the Food Administration and manu- 

 facturers and has been able to supply 

 data of value. As a result of the ac- 

 tivities of the Food Administration, 

 assisted by the Department, the price 

 of arsenic asked by the producer has 

 been reduced from 12 to 16 cents to 9 

 cents for carload lots and ^Vz cents 

 for shipments less than a carload. 

 This presumably will lead to a reduc- 

 tion in the price of Paris green, lead 

 arsenate, and other arsenical insecti 

 cides to the consumer. 



