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The Florists' Review 





May 4, 1916. 



for collections of herbaceous plants, 

 shrubs and trees, tulips, narcissi, or- 

 chids, sweet peas and snapdragons. 

 Prizes also are offered for plants of 

 pelargoniums and calceolarias. Special 

 prizes may be awarded by the exhibi- 

 tion committee for any exhibit of spe- 

 cial merit. Schedules now are ready 

 for distribution and may be had on ap- 

 plication to the secretary, George V. 

 Nash, Mansion, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx Park, New York. 



OMAJIA, NEB. 



The Market. 



The cold, rainy weather prevailing 

 last week put rather a crimp in the 

 flower business in these parts, but no 

 one complained, as the Easter trade 

 more than offset any slump coming on 

 now. Many of the retailers claim that 

 their sales were double those of last 

 year. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Ederer sold out clean at 

 Easter and only regrets that he did not 

 lay in a larger supply of stock. His 

 bedding plants are in fine shape and 

 selling faster than during any previous 

 season. 



A. Donaghue is cutting extra fine Eus- 

 sell roses and sweet peas. He has sev- 

 eral thousand tulips planted in his lawn 

 — everybody knows he is a florist. 



Oscar Herman is passing around the 

 cigars again. The stork left another 

 girl at his house last week, which makes 

 the fourth. He says the boys ought 

 to set up the cigars to him. Why, 

 Oscar f 



The Fernery had an excellent trade 

 at Easter and reports that the business 

 doubled that of last year. 



Considering that it was their first 

 Easter in business, the proprietors of 

 the Flower Shop say they are more than 

 satisfied with the volume of business 

 done. 



Fred Berlinghof, who was stricken 

 with pneumonia last week, is reported 

 to be somewhat better. 



The Bowling. • 



Last week we journeyed over to 

 Council Bluffs to try our hand on their 

 alleys. Omaha won the game by the 

 narrow margin of 157 pins. The score 

 follows: 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Under the auspices of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society, E. L, "Wilson, of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, lectured at a 

 public gathering in Music Hall, April 

 25, on the ' ' Flowers and Gardens 

 of Japan." Mr. Wilson, who has spent 

 many years in other countries in col- 

 lecting and studying their flora, was 

 listened to by a large audience. He 

 described the interesting pictures thrown 

 on the screen to illustrate the Japanese 

 gardens, plants and trees. 



V. A. Vanicek has acquired an auto- 

 mobile. 



William Jurgens is making alterations 

 in his greenhouse at Butler and Evarts 

 streets. 



Carl Jurgens has purchased a Stude- 

 baker touring car, W. H. M. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



' The Market. « 



With a quieter week we have had 

 time to look over the Easter business. 

 The local trade was good. Most of the 

 florists report business better than ever. 



Azaleas and lilies as usual were the 

 favorites. Both were plentiful and of 

 good quality. Many of the markets 

 handled lilies and they sold as low as 

 121^ cents at retail. The better ones 

 brought up to 20 cents. Bulbous stock 

 of all kinds was plentiful and cheap. 



Various Notes. 



W. H. Davenport had a big Easter 

 trade, but nevertheless had many lilies 

 left on hand. 



Ernest Chamberlain reports the best 

 season he has ever experienced. He 

 disposed of a tremendous stock of 

 plants. His cut flower trade also was 

 good. 



Julius, the Florist, had some attract- 

 ive baskets which he found no trouble 

 in disposing of. Samuel Rusitzsky has 

 left the employ of Julius. 



William P. Pierce cleaned up well. 

 A breakdown of his delivery car made 

 it dif&cult to deliver orders, but he 

 managed to get everything out on time. 



A recent fire destroyed the office, 

 boiler room and part of one greenhouse 

 at the establishment formerly owned by 

 William E. Mosher. 



E. M. Pierce reports a successful 

 Easter. He had a splendid stock of 

 bulbous plants, which he disposed of 

 at both wholesale and retail. 



S. E. Shaw has a large house of 

 stocks that will be in fine condition at 



Memorial day. His carnations are do- 

 ing well. 



Fred Reynolds is devoting his entire 

 time to his store in the Olympia build- 

 ing, his other store and greenhouse on 

 Court street having been sold. 



H. V. Sowle did his usual big Easter 

 business. ' W. M. P. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. ' • 



Since Easter, business has been fair. 

 The supply has been good and sufficient 

 to take care of an active demand. The 

 shipping business is good. 



Roses, including American Beauties, 

 are in satisfactory supply. During 

 April carnations were not any too 

 plentiful, but this week they are com- 

 ing into our market in large quantities. 

 Easter lilies are plentiful. The same is 

 true of sweet peas. Some excellent 

 snapdragons may be had. Valley and 

 orchids are rather scarce and in brisk 

 demand. A limited supply of outdoor 

 bulbous stock is available. Lilac has 

 been meeting with a strong call from 

 out-of-town buyers. New southern ferns 

 now are in the market. 



Vdtious Notes. 



E. G. Gillett's hanging baskets have 

 been having an excellent sale this 

 spring. 



E. A. Forter had an auspicious formal 

 opening of his new store May 1. The 

 opening was largely attended. 



C. E. Critchell has been having an 

 unusually heavy call for green sheet 

 moss and hanging baskets. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 received its first southern ferns of the 

 season last week. 



Recent visitors were H. J. Vander 

 Horst, of St. Marys, 0., and Joseph 

 Hill, of Richmond, Ind. C. H. H. 



Maiden, Mass. — More than 40,000 

 plants of Easter lilies were well timed 

 by Kaulback & Son for Easter. 



Weymouth, Mass. — The florists' busi- 

 ness formerly conducted by Beechey 

 Bros, has been purchased by W. W. 

 Gordon, of Concord, N. H. 



Providence, R. I. — B. Hammond 

 Tracy, of Wenham, Mass., lectured 

 at the April meeting of the Rhode 

 Island Horticultural Society on the 

 culture of gladioli, April 19. 



Nahant, Mass. — The annual spring 

 flower show at the greenhouses of 

 Thomas Roland was unusually success- 

 ful this year, a large number of people 

 availing themselves of the opportunity 

 to inspect Mr. Roland's high-grade 

 stock. 



Lawrence, Mass. — As usual, A. H. 

 Wagland had a splendid showing of 

 Easter flowering plants at his large 

 conservatory on Broadway. Mr. Wag- 

 land holds a free flower show every 

 year a week before Easter. It helps 

 business greatly. 



Pittsfield, Mass.— The Rosery, the 

 flower store in the Waite building, has 

 been closed. The store was one of the 

 most attractive in the city, but it had 

 not been on a paying basis for some 

 time. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — So large was the 

 pre-Easter rush at the Main street store 

 of James Horan & Son that it was 

 found necessary to open another store 

 on Fairfield avenue, between Broad and 

 Harrison streets. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — The establishment 

 of G. F. Herthal recently came in for 

 lengthy comment in the town's press. 

 It was pleasing for Mr. Herthal to note 

 that the article called his numerous 

 flowering plants * ' most satisfactory 

 Easter gifts." 



WiUixnantic, Conn.— William A. Daw- 

 son was the principal speaker at the 

 April meeting of the New London Hor- 

 ticultural Society. He spoke on the 

 history and development of the carna- 

 jtion and advocated anore up-to-date 

 cultural methods on the part of whole- 

 sale growers. 



