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The Florists^ Review 



Fkbbuaey 24, 1916. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



There has beeu no noticeable change 

 in market conditions since last report. 

 A big change is expected before the end 

 of next week, however, as the weather 

 is almost of summer heat, which makes 

 a vast difference to the local growers. 

 St. Valentine's day business was satis- 

 factory to all. There were enough cut 

 flowers and plants to supply all de- 

 mands. Corsages were popular for that 

 day, so violets and orchids were in 

 greatest demand. Carnations have de- 

 clined in both price and quantity. Lil- 

 ies and roses are more plentiful. Vio- 

 lets are in full crop. In bulbous stock, 

 narcissi are the only flowers that have 

 decreased in quantity. Cut flowers, as 

 a whole, are plentiful and meet all de- 

 mands. 



Various Notea 



Business at Arthur Newell 's is all 

 that could be desired. The windows are 

 attractively decorated with pans and 

 boxes of bulbous stock, white lilacs 

 and azaleas. Adolph Wren, formerly 

 of the C. A. Dahl Co., Atlanta, Ga., is 

 now one of the staff at this establish- 



ment. With his southern politeness 

 and his ability, he is taking well with 

 the trade. 



The Geo. M. Kellogg Flower & Plant 

 Co. is receiving some excellent carna- 

 tions from the greenhouses. Mr, Park- 

 er reports that 4,000 to 5,000 violets 

 are now being cut daily. This firm will 

 have about 4,500 lilies for the Easter 

 trade. 



The new Boyd place, on East Ninth 

 street, is a big success. They have one 

 house there, 35x130. At the old place 

 in Independence, they have over 1,000 

 cyclamens in 5-inch and 6-inch pots 

 and about 20,000 geraniums. They 

 have a contract with a 10-cent store 

 to supply spring plants. A large 

 amount of funeral work is done at the 

 new place. 



Samuel Murray had an attractive 

 window display of chorizema. 



W. J. Barnes has a fine lot of mini- 

 ature hyacinths in bloom. 



Adolph Mphr is stocking his houses 

 with bedding plants. He has one house 

 filled with lilies and potted roses for the 

 Easter trade. 



William Foith reports that so far 

 this season he has had more business 

 than in any previous year to this date. 



Dallas, Tex. — The partnership of 

 Ernest Rische, Jr., and Charles C. 

 Chollar, known as the Rische-Chollar 

 Floral Co., has been dissolved, Charles 

 Chollar retiring from the firm. 



Houston, Tex. — Sealed bids will be 

 received at the office of the city sec- 

 retary until noon, March 6, for the erec- 

 tion of a greenhouse for the city. 

 Plans, specifications and regulations 

 may be had upon application to Maur- 

 ice J. Sullivan, city architect. 



Brunswick, Oa. — Whenever misfor- 

 tune comes to C. S. Tait he grasps it 

 by the forelock and disposes of it in 

 a cheerful manner. Under date of 

 February 15 Mr. Tait says: "I got a 

 delayed valentine last night from Jack 

 Frost, which bit off the buds of all my 

 splendid sweet peas, growing outdoors. 

 If it does not freeze tonight, the peas 

 may sprout and 'come back.' I have 

 a mile of them along a wire fence, 

 many of them six feet in height." 



Birmingham, Ala. — The McVay Seed 

 & Floral Co., which is doing a good re- 

 tail flower business, found it possible 

 to largely increase the St. Valentine's 

 day sales this year. This is a flower 

 day that heretofore has not cut much 

 figure in the south, but a good window 

 display, with some attractive show 

 cards, served to largely increase the 

 sales this year. The flower department 

 now is in charge of E. Olsen, who is a 

 proficient window decorator. The pres- 

 ident of the company is R. V. Mobley; 

 the vice-president J. Howard Perdue; 

 the secretary and treasurer R. V. Har- 

 ris. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — The women of 

 Jacksonville held a floral tag day Feb- 

 ruary 14, for the purpose of raising a 

 charity fund. One order of 5,000 car- 

 nations was given to the Tomlinson & 

 Key Floral Co. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — The Riverside 

 Gardens, the new branch of the Glen 

 St. Mary Nurseries Co., of Glen St. 

 Mary, Fla., had a successful formal 

 opening. The gardens have become 

 one of the show places of Jacksonville. 

 This company was established in 1882 

 by G. L. Taber, the president and treas- 

 urer. H. Harold Hume is vice-presi- 

 dent and secretary; J. K. Bowers, su- 

 perintendent of Riverside Gardens; W. 

 B. Mathis, field foreman; John Schna- 

 bel, greenhouse manager. 



Charlotte, N. C— The other day, 

 when everybody on the street was 

 wearing a carnation, a stranger might 

 have thought it was Mothers' day or 

 some other flower day, but it was only 

 the opening day of the new store of 

 W. W. Schlotz. at 8 North Tryon 

 street. Mr. Scholtz had taken pains to 

 inform the city of the formal opening 

 of his new store, by means of ads in 

 the papers, and, knowing the common 

 failing of human nature for anything 

 that is free, he had two free offerings 

 for the occasion. One was a souvenir 

 flower, the other was a jardiniere, con- 

 taining a fern, free with a purchase 

 of $1 or more. Mr. Scholtz 's ads were 

 ten inches deep and seven columns 

 wide, and embellished with a good il- 

 lustration. Who says the south is be- 

 hind the times? 



He grows mostly for cut flowers, but 

 is preparing for a large bedding plant 

 trade this spring. 



The Roberts Flower Shop reports 

 business better than expected, espe- 

 cially in plants. 



Business across the state line, for 

 St. Valentine's day, was ten per cent 

 better than last year. 



The Linwood Floral Co. has its green- 

 houses well filled with bedding stock 

 and funeral work was good all winter. 



T. J. Noll & Co. have sold some more 

 pots to the city greenhouses. They re- 

 port business in supplies double that 

 of last year. W. J. B. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



Business in this city and vicinity 

 during the last few months has been 

 all that could be expected. Funeral 

 work was exceptionally heavy. Bulb- 

 ous flowers are the only plentiful stock 

 in the market. Beauties are scarce 

 and the few that have been seen are 

 poor in quality. The Killarneys and 

 other varieties have been of good qual- 

 ity but extremely short in quantity. 

 An increase in the supply of roses is 

 looked for. Carnations are arriving in 

 heavy supply, but the quality is poor. 

 Potted stock is fine, but the demand 

 is not what it should be. 



Various Notes. 



J. F. Wilcox & Sons, of Council 

 Bluffs, la., see a great future for the 

 Mrs. Russell rose. It is their inten- 

 tion to drop about half their Beauties 

 and replace them with about 20,000 

 grafted Mrs. Russell plants. 



Lovgren & Swedland, who a few 

 months ago opened a flower store at 

 Fortieth and Farnam streets, state 

 that they are well satisfied with the 

 location and that business has been 

 excellent. 



George Sorensen is busy with bed- 

 ding stock these days. He has a rei 

 seedling carnation that looks good. 



Miss Parker, who was seriously ill 

 for several months, is able to be back 

 at her store. Her many friends will 

 be glad to hear of her recovery. 



Hess & Swoboda report business as 

 being exceptionally good. Roses are 

 off crop at present, but they soon will 

 be cutting stock. Owing to a bad start, 

 the carnations now are producing their 

 first crop. Primulas, cyclamens, lilies 

 and bulbous stock are exceptionally 

 fine. Mr. Swoboda, who, while crank- 

 ing his automobile, broke his arm, 

 now is able to use it, but not to crank 

 an auto on a cold morning. 



Bowling Scores. 



February 16 the boys from across 

 the "muddy brink" turned out in full 

 force and gave us a trimming we will 

 not forget for a while. It is the first 

 time, and we hope the last, that the 

 Omaha bowlers were defeated. Follow- 

 ing is the score of last week: 

 Council Bluffs. Omaha. 



Gardner 189 132 Rogers 165 136 



Wilcox 151 127 Faulkner 123 164 



F. Shaw 142 12tt Siiris 157 153 



Lainsen 141 139 noth 143 146 



Arnold 109 100 Lee 104 153 



Liibben 144 112 Howse 106 110 



Oslwrne 102 170 O'Connell 126 84 



Vos8 163 169 Henderson ... 116 98 



Reard 82 114 Sorenson 86 68 



G. Shaw 112 91 Hines 99 70 



Total 



.l.-JSn 1283 



Total 



...1225 1183 



L. 8. H. 



