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The Florists' Review 



21 



BAI.TIMOIUE:. 



The Market. 



During the early half of last week 

 the reaction from St. Valentine 's day 

 was felt to a large extent; the demand 

 in all lines was small, but later busi- 

 ness picked up and by the end of the 

 week there was little surplus stock. 

 The street fakers bought much stock 

 Thursday and Friday for Saturday's 

 trade, but that day was cold with high 

 winds and it is doubtful if many of 

 them obtained even the price of their 

 stock. The largest surplus in any one 

 variety was violets, both single and 

 double, which were in poor demand for 

 store trade. Callas were slow movers, 

 but the Easter type sold well. White, 

 in both roses and carnations, were none 

 too plentiful, and colored varieties of 

 both sold well. Valley is a scarcity 

 even at good prices. Bulbous stock sold 

 well, but prices have somewhat low- 

 ered. Gardenias have been in good 

 demand. Smilax is scarce, but a good 

 supply of other greens sold well. 



Various Notes. 



Louis Strunz has been handicapped 

 by an attack of rheumatism, but now is 

 better. He is sending in some fine hya- 

 cinths and azaleas. 



J. J. Cummings has given up his 

 horse-drawn vehicles and installed a 

 delivery truck and a light car for sales- 

 man 's use. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co. is 

 handling some fine Beauties, which were 

 the. first to be had in weeks. 



James Glass has been showing fine 

 azaleas. His bulbous stock and cycla- 

 men are of special quality. 



At the next club meeting, February 

 28, J. Otto Thilow will be the lecturer, 

 and it is hoped a large audience will 

 be present to hear his interesting talk. 



F. C. Bauer's greenhouses are in fine 

 shape. A large number of 3-inch roses, 

 of which many are Radiance, are in 

 good condition. Mr. Bauer is suffering 

 from an attack of lumbago, which seri- 

 ously interferes with his work. 



Charles E. Meehan and Edwin J. Fan- 

 court, of Philadelphia, were visitors 

 last week. W. F. E. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Notwithstanding the heavy fall of 

 snow, business opened with a good send- 

 off for the week by the impetus given 

 by St. Valentine's day. Innumerable 

 socials created a big demand for violets 

 and sweet peas. Business generally is 

 good, but there continues a shortage of 

 first-class stock. Prices are a trifle 

 above those usually prevailing at this 

 time, the large number of funerals call- 

 ing heavily upon the supply. 



Cold and Coal. 



The most serious problem that the 

 greenhousemen are facing at the pres- 

 ent time is the inflated price of soft 

 coal. It is many years since prices on 

 coal have been so high in this city, 

 and the dealers give no encouragement 

 for any reduction in price in the imme- 

 diate future. Most of the growers 

 negotiate for their winter's supply by 

 contract during the summer months, 

 and those who have not used up their 

 contracted supply are still receiving 

 their coal at the contract price. The 

 winter has been such a hard one on 



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HESTER A. OETZ. 



IF you are not a believer in woman as a business man, just note the progress 

 of this Cleveland lady. The firm of Westman & Getz was established in 1902. 

 It soon outgrew its location at Euclid and Eighteenth street, removing to 5423 

 Euclid avenue, in the heart of Cleveland, as it is known. Miss Westman died in 

 1911 and Miss Getz alone in five years has developed the business to a point where 

 a larger organization is necessary; so the Westman & Getz Co. has been formed, 

 Hester A. Getz, president and manager; H. W. Dickson, secretary and treasurer, 

 with Charles E. Adams and C. E. Dickson associated. Miss Getz will devote all 

 her energies to buying and selling, while Mr. Dickson will look after the office 

 and financial end, which in this day .and age calls for the closest kind of attention. 



the coal pile that several of the grow- 

 ers are getting dangerously near the 

 bottom, and to replenish they will have 

 to pay the ruling price. Last summer 

 the contracts were made at from $3.60 

 to $3.85 per ton, and last week as high 

 as $8 per ton was quoted. 



Various Notes. 



An overheated stove in the green- 

 house of Antone Piazzo, 296 Killingly 

 street, caused a slight damage to the 

 building from fire. 



John J. Riley died at his home a few 

 days ago. He was employed at the 

 Swan Point cemetery for forty-three 

 years. Three sons and two daughters 

 survive him. 



George L. Stillman was elected a di- 

 rector of the Automatic Telephone Co., 

 at Westerly, last week. 



Lippman last week opened a second 

 retail store, at 222 Westminster street. 



He reports a big trade at his Black- 

 stone hotel stand. 



Vincenzo Bernarducce reports that 

 last week was the busiest he has expe- 

 rienced since going into business. He 

 had more than sixty funeral pieces. 



Hopkins, the Florist, who recently 

 purchased the Regester greenhouses, 

 had one of his boilers give out during 

 the cold snap last week, causing a loss 

 of an entire house of lilies containing 

 more than 3,000 plants. 



Louis J. Renter, of Westerly, was a 

 business visitor to New York last week. 



Nearly 100 bouquets and designs for 

 the funeral of M. W. Morton, a promi- 

 nent Masonic official, were well dis- 

 tributed among the dealers last week. 



Joseph Foster, .son of Mrs. Foster, 

 who is with Vose & Son, of Woonsocket, 

 has received an appointment as mid- 

 shipman to Annapolis, Md. 



W. H. M. 



