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NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



January 9, 191B 



BOSTON. 



A. S. MclionaUl of LixiuKton Is 

 showing some fliio Crassiila blooms to 

 the flower uiurket. 



John A. Krnzcr of Wollcsloy Is the 

 luti'st iKlillllon to thi' list of stallhold- 

 ers In the Boston Flower ICxchanRe. 



A splendid crop of yellow marguer- 

 ites Is being now cut by J. K. Chand- 

 ler & Sons of Tewksbury and arc 

 among the specialties looked for by 

 the buyers. 



Penn the Florist has rented a large 

 basement opposite his store, which Is 

 to be used for storage and make-up 

 work. This addition gives this firm 

 probably the largest floor space of any 

 retail Horist in New England. 



Some specialties noted this week 

 are mignonette from Herman Wal- 

 decker of Braintree; French Golden 

 Spur from \Vm. Hannan & Sons of 

 Dorchester: carnation Morning Glow 

 from Kd. Winkler of Wakefield. 



Wax Bros, featured a table decora- 

 tion in one of their windows this week. 

 It was very tastefully made up of yel- 

 low marguerites and batchelor but- 

 tons as a low centre piece with appro- 

 priate corsages and bouttoniers at 

 each plate. 



Thos. J. Clark of 443 Boylston street, 

 suffered an untimely loss before 

 Christmas. With a store crowded with 

 plants of all kinds the heat gave out 

 the night before Christmas and caused 

 a loss of over $40U by frost. Except for 

 this unfortunate incident the holiday 

 season was highly successful, the best 

 yet in the history of this firm. 



A sensational floral piece from Penn 

 the Florist was noted at the inaugua- 

 tion of Gov. David 1. Walsh. Jan. 7. 

 It consisted of a barrel filled with long 

 stemmed Killarneys. spreading about 

 six feet in diameter. Several news- 

 paper photographers were seen tak- 

 ing the picture of this piece, which 

 was but one of scores sent by friends 

 of the Governor. 



H. Kolow of Summer street, who re- 

 cently doubled the size of his store, 

 is doing a remarkable business, consid- 

 ering the facilities at hand. Although 

 still one of the smallest stores in the 

 city the net income is probably fully 

 as "much as some of the larger stores. 

 Thousands of people pass by daily on 

 their way to and from the railroad sta- 

 tion, thus making the location particu- 

 larly favorable. 



A credit association is being formed 

 bv local growers as a result of the 

 meeting held Dec. 26 by the creditora 

 of Frank W. Houghton. There have 

 been many failures during the last few 

 years and this action is necessarily 

 the ultimate outcome of the severe 

 losses suffered by the growers and 

 salesmen. The credit association and 

 retail distribution through co-operative 

 stores, public markets, etc., are some 

 of the many problems that are being 

 actively discussed by local growers 

 and other members of the trade in an- 

 ticipation of the meeting to be held 

 Jan. 11 at the American House. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The MncKorle.McLaren Company la 

 shipping in a lot of stock for the gar- 

 dens around the New York State 

 building of the Panama-Pacific Ii^xpo- 

 sltion. 



The Gill Nurseries of Oakland are 

 still making large deliveries of plants 

 for the landscape work around the 

 Oakland municipal auditorium, south 

 of Lake .Mcrritt. for which they have 

 supplied most of the stock. 



The large store of the Luther Bur- 

 bank Company, opened some months 

 af;o at .Market and Beale streets, has 

 been making tjuite a specialty of flow- 

 ering plants, in which it reports a 

 large business during the holiday 

 season. The windows have been ar- 

 ranged In garden effect, with a fine 

 display of cyclamen, begonias, shrubs, 

 etc. 



According to reports in the trade, 

 the Japanese growers who bring in a 

 large part of the cut flowers to San 

 Francisco have had a rather poor sea- 

 son: but they are believed to be in a 

 strong position financially, owing to 

 their cooperative methods. They 

 stand so close together, it is said, that 

 when any one gets into a tight posi- 

 tion financially, the others all con- 

 tribute to help him out. They also 

 have a loan fund, by which each in 

 turn, if he so desires, may borrow up 

 to $500 from the common treasury. 



New London, Wis. — Guy Blondey 

 has purchased a half interest in the 

 Gnelson Floral Co. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 

 Mrs. Rosa Hall Hyiio reports 25 per 

 cent, increase over last Xmas. 



A. J. McNutt states that he found 

 plants of medium size far better sell- 

 ers than large expensive ones. 



A. H. Dailey found inexpensive 

 potted plants greatly in demand and 

 better sellers than cut flowers. 



C. L. Bauni contends that cyclamen 

 and azaleas of medium size are more 

 in demand than any other plants, while 

 poinsettia and begonias find very slow- 

 sales and are unsatisfactory to both 

 florist and customer. 



Xmas weather was the worst ever 

 experienced. It rained all day the 24th 

 and the morning of the 25th, tapering 

 off on the afternoon of the 25th with 

 snow and freezing weather: neverthe- 

 less trade was very good and practi- 

 cally everything was sold out, and on 

 comparing statements business shows 

 a nice increase over Xmas of 191.3. On 

 account of the cloudy weather for the 

 past month or six weeks, fiowers did 

 not bloom as freely as they should 

 and it was necessary to buy a few cut 

 flowers from other markets. Plants of 

 all kinds were good and plentiful and 

 seemed to be more In demand than 

 heretofore. Medium size azaleas and 

 cyclamen seemed to be the best sell- 

 ers, while poinsettia and begonias sold 

 fairly well. C. W. Crouch reports a 

 very fine trade and sold out everything 

 clean. 



Eugene, Ore.— W. C. Kaber of La 

 Porte. Ind.. has purchased an interest 

 in the Eugene Floral Company, and 

 will take charge of the growing end 

 of the business. 



CHICAGO. 



I'ive hundred thousand gludlull ImlbB 

 have been sold to the State St. depart- 

 ment stores. More competition for 

 the seedsmen In the spring. 



A. F. Longren, Clifford Pruner and 

 It. J. Parker, traveling salesmen, all 

 started out with the new year repre- 

 senting Poehlmann Bros, and others. 



At Poehlmann Bros.' supply rooms, 

 manager Waters is making a general 

 rearrangement and all lines can be 

 seen at a glance In the different de- 

 partments. A good season In supplies 

 is reported. 



J. Kruchten Is not linding his loss on 

 his greenhouse stock so complete as 

 It appeared at first, but It Is severe 

 enough. Gas got Into the houses 

 through a defective pipe just before 

 Christmas. 



The Mrs. Russell rose may now be 

 said to have established Itself In this 

 market. As grown by the Poehlmann 

 Bros., it has outclassed everything ex- 

 cept American Beauty in size and as 

 a money getter. Regular cuts have 

 been made steadily from June 1, with 

 no deterioration of quality, the best 

 bringing 20c. throughout the summer. 

 For the holidays its size, color, foliage 

 and productiveness were all that could 

 be desired and after a seven months 

 record it has won a high place for 

 itself. Some Mrs. Hadley roses are 

 now being cut and this variety Is 

 slowly gaining ground here. 



A change of signs from Lubliner & 

 Trintz to George Wienhoeber took 

 place with the beginning of the new 

 year and marks one more of the young 

 men leaving the ranks of the em- 

 ployed to join the fortunes of those 

 who go into business for themselves. 

 Lubliner & Trintz will retire from the 

 business, having other interests which 

 they have found more profitable. 

 George Wienlioeher bought the lease 

 of their store at 41 S. Wabash Ave. 

 including fixtures. For many years 

 he has been manager of the Fleisch- 

 man Floral Co. in the Railway Ex- 

 change Bldg., and is a nephew ot 

 Ernest Wienhoeber. well-known retail- 



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SCHILLER, THE FLORIST 



(Member KlorlBts Telegraph DellTery). 



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GEORGE ASMUS, Mgr. 



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