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The Florists' Review 



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APBIL 27, 1916. 



medium-sized sorts and specially 

 adapted for indoor culture. For suc- 

 cessful winter culture it is better to 

 i-estrict the root run somewhat^, as the 

 plants then make less robust growth 

 and set their fruits more freely. From 

 November until March it is a good plan 

 to pollenize the flowers. This can be 

 done by tapping the plants about the 

 middle of the day when it is clear and 

 sunny, or during dark spells a fine 

 brush, rabbit's tail or bunch of cotton- 

 wool tied on the end of a stick can 

 be used to go over the flowers. 



For fruiting in early October, the 

 iseed should be sown about June 15. 



Set the plants eighteen inches apart in 

 the rows. Tomatoes during October, 

 November, December and January do 

 not bring as good prices as in Febru- 

 ary, March and April, when the de- 

 mand is better. Grown as a spring or 

 early summer crop, to follow violets, 

 winter lettuce or winter sweet peas, 

 they are a more certain crop and pay 

 much better than as a winter proposi- 

 tion. 



The Eeview recently has published a 

 series of brief articles on the culture 

 of tomatoes under glass. The first of 

 these articles appeared in the issue for 

 March 9, page 88. 0. W. 



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Dwyer mentio'ned that he had the pleas- 

 ure of escorting two classy of univer- 

 sity students, fifty in each, boys and 

 girls, through the range, although it 

 happened at a busy season. The girls 

 were especially enthusiastic and tested 

 Mr. Dwyer 's knowledge rather severely. 



The Baker Floral Co. reported that 

 the vast quantity of stock grown, in- 

 cluding nearly 1,000 lilies, which, by 

 the way, were as fine as one could wish 

 this season, was disposed of locally. 

 This also included a crop of 8,000 En- 

 chantress, at 6 cents. "It is our most 

 profitable carnation," said Manager 

 Harold Brown, who called attention to 

 the large size, solidity and perfect color 

 of the blooms. "We shall try some of 

 the newer kinds, but we are not going 

 to discard the old favorite when it be- 

 haves so well." 



Charles F. Saul and F. H. Ebeling 

 were rushed with seed orders. They 

 do not handle plants. Manager Day, 

 of Ebeling 's, said business night and 

 day was rushed. Sales are transacted 

 in five languages, according to a sig^i 

 posted in the store, which is going some. 



George B. Hart; of Eochester, re- 

 ported a phenomenal sale of plants dur- 

 ing the early part of the week. The 

 latter part was given over to the hand- 

 ling of cut flowers, which were abun- 

 dant, especially lilies, and of excellent 

 quality. 



Easter business in Buffalo, N. Y., un- 

 doubtedly was found equal, if not su- 

 perior, to all previous records. W. J. 

 Palmer expressed this opinion and 

 added: "People haVe lots of money to 

 spend and are buying freely." The 

 stores offered extra special attractions. 

 Palmer's uptown store showed an im- 

 mense cross in the central window. One 

 day it was filled with Azalea Ver- 

 vseneana and on Good Friday with 

 Spiraea Japonica. 



S. A. Anderson, of Buffalo, had a win- 

 dow of combination baskets. Outside 

 stood a splendid specimen of a lavender 

 rhododendron, dressed with ribbons of 

 the same color. 



Barney Myers, of Buffalo, was called 

 on to deliver his best from the Palmer 

 Greenhouses, at Lancaster, and re- 

 sponded as he has done for many Easters. 



Will Palmer had given me the last 

 word in a hurried talk and, with steam 

 up, I was heading for the station when 

 I suddenly was seized in the vise-like 

 grip of Fred Lautenschlager, of Kroe- 

 schell boiler fame, who, on my stating I 

 was bound for Canada, charged me with 



Easter business in Syracuse, N. Y., 

 fully w^arranted the thorough prepara- 

 tions made by the trade to handle it. 



W. E. Day moved enough plants to 

 keep two stores busy day and night, 

 in addition to a tremendous run on cut 

 flowers. Basket co.nceits, in which 

 heather largely figured, were a leading 

 feature. 



The Bard Floral Co. rented a large 

 family residence adjoining its store and 

 struck a happy idea in arranging each 

 room with one kind of plants. There 

 was a rhododendron room, a rose room, 

 etc., which pleased the patrons. ' ' My 

 first experience of an Easter at retail 

 was all right," commented Robert 

 Bard. 



Bellamy Bros, relied on their own 

 supply and did well. Good geraniums 

 were shorn of their blooms to give the 

 Easter stock the preference. There 

 were exceptionally good prospects for 

 later business. 



Gust^ Bartholme reports his usual 

 s^jiwCMibry run at this season. Lilies 

 wew^Bne and a batch of Narcissus 

 Emperor and Empress were considered 

 the finest in Syracuse. 



Peter Kay, being located close to the 

 principal cemeteries and favored with 

 good weather, disposed of nearly all his 

 seasonable stock, retaining only a good 

 batch for later business. 



The P. R. Quinlan estate disposed of 

 an immense quantity of stock at its 

 two stores and the big range of glass, 

 supervised by Edward Dwyer, who may 

 well be proud of the finest lot of pot- 

 grown roses ever produced. There were 

 about 1,000 plants, chiefly Magna 

 Charta and Oakmont, the latter being 

 found preferable in all respects to 

 Ulrich Brunner, in addition to a host 

 of ramblers of many varieties. Jessie 

 is considered the best of the baby 

 ramblers; it is a gem. Roses for cut- 

 ting were in fine shape. There was a 

 house of Kaiserin in first crop; plants 

 10 years old in full vigor, with perfect 

 foliage and uniformity of stems and 

 buds. Mrs. Shawyer is a most profit- 

 able winter and summer variety. Mr. 

 Dwyer said, however, with emphasis: 

 ' * Mrs. Russell is queen of them all, but 

 cast your eyes over that bed of Lady 

 Hillingdon; can you beat themf" 

 These were grown at the cooler end of 

 the house, at a temperature not higher 

 than 56 degrees. Killarney, at the up- 

 per end of the house, was in equally 

 fine shape. Milady was being dried off 

 for summer forcing; also Hadley. Mr. 



being a spy. I felt like exploding, but 

 Fred, who is an expert in the boiler busi- 

 ness, declared the water gauge registered 

 safe; so, under a full head of steam, we 

 parted, he for Chicago and I for Canada. 

 "Another record-breaking Easter busi- 

 ness," commented Manager George 

 Geraghty of Dunlop 's Flower Store, To- 

 ronto. "We certainly feel encouraged 

 in our new home, and although removed 

 from the principal avenue of traffic, the 

 results brought by our increased facili- 

 ties to show the goods and by judicious 

 advertising certainly are beyond our 

 most sanguine expectations." The 

 building acquired last fall is complete 

 in every detail, for handling both a 

 wholesale and retail business. The store 

 is handsome and arranged to give the 

 decorator full scope. ■ Frank Dunlop 

 drew my attention to some perfectly 

 flowered French hydrangeas, azaleas, 

 rhododendrons and lilacs as samples, at 

 prices that place Toronto in the front 

 rank as a flower city. 



H. Dillemuth and Charles Tidy, of 

 Toronto, had similar experiences of big 

 business, while Frank Duffert and 

 Thomas Manton reported conditions in 

 the flower market the best on record. 

 It is seldom that one sees orchids on 

 sale in a market booth, but Mr. Manton 

 had them and found them profitable. 



A severe hail storm hit Jamestown, N. 

 Y., on the evening of April 20. It was 

 reported that the Lake View Rose 

 Gardens were heavy losers. W. M. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



The Easter business was good. The 

 supply was unusually large. The heavy 

 demand arrived at the last minute and 

 April 22 saw the buyers for the retail 

 stores hustling to get stock together for 

 the late rush at their stores. 



American Beauties were in good sup- 

 ply and sufficient for all demands. Other 

 roses cleared well. Carnations were 

 short of actual needs, although the cut 

 was extremely large. Easter lilies were 

 in such a large supply that they failed 

 to clean up entirely. The blooms gen- 

 erally were of high quality. Bulbous 

 stock sold well. Sweet peas, too, cleared 

 nicely. Valley and orchids were limited 

 in supply and sold well. Other good 

 offerings included callas, snapdragons 

 and violets. The blooming plant busi- 

 ness was large, while decorative plants 

 had a fair sale. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons had a fine lot 

 of hydrangeas for Easter. 



L. H. Kyrk reports the best Easter 

 business he ever had. Among other 

 items, he disposed of 25,000 poeticus 

 narcissi from George Klotter. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 reported its Easter business as exceed- 

 ing that of any other Easter. 



E. A. Forter has set May 1 as the 

 date of the formal opening of his new 

 store at 128 West Fourth street. 



M. Anderson and George Frisch, Jr., 

 of Dayton, O., were in this city re- 

 cently. 



C. E. Critchell featured splendid 

 American Beauties and Easter lilies for 

 his holiday business. C. H. H. 



Mankato, Kan. — The business of A. J. 

 Kramer has been growing so splendidly 

 that more room and greater facilities 

 are necessary. Two houses, each 20x 

 100, and a 2-story office building, 22x40» 

 will be erected this spring. 



