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The Florists' Review 



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JCNE 8, 1916. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Business Memorial day broke all 

 records, both in the sale of plants and 

 cut flowers. All the florists are wear- 

 ing a broad smile. The next thing is 

 the collection of accounts. 



Peonies seem to be the favorite 

 flowers, the prices ranging from 75 

 cents to $1.50 for fancy. Carnations 

 are next in line. There is little demand 

 for roses. A good many irises and 

 daisies were seen in the market last 

 week. The cemeteries are bright with 

 all kinds of blooms and the cool weather 

 has helped to keep the stock fresh 

 longer than usual. Plants in vases have 

 a better appearance than last year at 

 this time. 



Various Notes. 



John Boehner's home is bright with 

 a new coat of paint. He intends to 

 build two houses this summer, and will 

 tear down two of the old ones. 



G. W. B. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



Business last week was good. There 

 were many large orders for June wed- 

 ding decorations and funeral work was 

 heavy. The market is cleaning up bet- 

 ter than it has in previous years. Stock 

 is good, considering the lateness of the 

 season, and prices are holding up re- 

 markably well. Usually at this time 

 of the year stock is overplentiful and 

 there is a slump in prices. 



Among the flowers given a new lease 

 of life because of the cool weathef pre- 

 vailing up to the present week are car- 

 nations. The quality of these is fairly 

 good, although the price has dropped 

 to $5 per thousand in quantities, with 

 better prices only for selected stock. 

 In previous years the first week in June 

 found them so poor in quality that they 

 were without price. 



There are plenty of roses of good 

 quality to be had. Locally produced 

 stock still retains its value. The roses 

 from the north are good and in fair 

 demand. Sweet peas were not offered 

 in the large quantities seen the previ- 

 ous week. They have been in good 

 demand for commencement decorations 

 and bouquets. The many weddings in- 

 creased the call for valley and the price 

 remains at $5 and $6 per hundred. A 

 considerable quantity of outdoor stock 

 is being received from Connecticut and 

 Rhode Island. Some of this is good 

 and fills in well, but a large number of 

 the receipts are not satisfactory. There 

 are plenty of cornflowers and these sell 

 spasmodically. Easter lilies are hang- 

 ing fire, with $8 and $10 per hundred 

 the prevailing price. There are plenty 

 of peonies still to be had at $4 and $6 

 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. Carrie Monroe, formerly of 

 Phoebus, Va., has opened a flower store 

 at 649 H street, northeast. In the Vir- 

 ginia town, where she operated as the 

 Phoebus Progressive Florist, she main- 

 tained three greenhouses. She sold her 

 store and greenhouses to B. Hayden 

 Smith, for fourteen years or more a 

 prominent undertaker of that place. 



There were more than 10,000 roses 

 exhibited at the most successful rose 



show ever held by the Brookland Eose 

 Society. The judges were Prof. Pur- 

 man L. Mulford, of the Department of 

 Agriculture; George W. Hess^ superin- 

 tendent of the United States Botanic 

 Gardens; I. Wessel Staalman, of Oak- 

 ton, Va. 



«. Milton Thomas, of the Center mar- 

 ket,'--«tti:piised his many friends last 

 week with W atniouncement that he 

 had forsaken DetchelOirhood May 22. The 

 best wishes of the trji4e are with Mr. 

 Thomas and his bride. "^^ 



A bill has been introduced in Con- 

 gress providing for the increase of the 

 area of the United States Botanic Gar- 

 dens, by attaching to the present gar- 

 dens two parcels of land nearby. The 

 Florists' Club of Washington, D. C, 

 has recently gone on record as favoring 

 the extension of the gardens and for 

 the provision therein of a fitting monu- 

 ment to the late William R. Smith. 



Gottlieb Supper, who for the last fif- 

 teen years was associated with George 

 C. Shaffer, died June 1 of erysipelas. 

 Further details will be found in this 

 week's obituary column. C. L. L. 



William F. Gude is chairman of a 

 committee of three appointed to make 

 plans for Washington's preparedness 

 parade, to be held Flag day, June 14. 

 Mr. Gude and his associates called at 

 the White House and invited the Presi- 

 dent to review the parade. The Presi- 

 dent replied that he not only would be 

 glad to review the parade but also to 

 march in it. After this conquest the 

 committee decided to personally ask all 

 members of the Cabinet to participate 

 in the demonstration for national de- 

 fense. The Senate became Interested in 

 the proceedings and passed a joint reso- 

 lution authorizing the district commis- 

 sioners to make such-xregulations as 

 may be necessary for j handling xhe 

 parade. Under thes^ terms Pennsyl- 

 vania avenue will be Closed to traffic 

 during the progres^Apof the parade. 

 Prompt action was ^tpected by the 

 House on the Senate resolution. 



window boxes, with considerable suc- 

 cess. 



At a meeting of the Gardeners' As- 

 sistants ' Union last week forty-nine new 

 members were elected. 



Percy Huxley, greenhouse foreman 

 for H, A. C. Taylor, was married May 

 20 to Miss Jessie Weatherby, who made 

 the long trip from London, England. 



John T. Allan has just purchased a 

 touring car. 



Four greenhouses are to be erected ou 

 the J. J. Van Alen estate, Lawrence 

 avenue, to cost $8,000. There will be 

 three, each 25x50 feet, and one 27x50 

 feet. 



Edward R. Hass was married May 31 

 to Miss Esther E. Baxter, at the home 

 of his parents.' The house was deco- 

 rated with Easter lilies, white roses and 

 palms. After the reception, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Hass left for New York for a two 

 weeks' wedding trip. W. H. M. 



HOUSTON, TEX. 



The Market. 



NEWPOET, E. L 



Hass, the Florist, 196 Than^ street, 

 has been making a special cMve on 



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We had some good old summer 

 weather last week, the warmest for this 

 time of the year for several seasons. 

 It has been a dry spring, with only 

 occasional light showers and cool days 

 and nights. As a result the cape jas- 

 mines were slow to open, not giving the 

 dealers enough stock to fill out-of-town 

 shipments for Memorial day. Three 

 days prior to the holiday the tempera- 

 ture ascended, and directly after the 

 day there was an abundance of cape 

 jasmines. 



The Decoration day business was un- 

 usually good, clearing the market of 

 both plants and cut flowers, which 

 were in large supply for the day. 

 Shasta daisies now are coming in freely 

 and there is a good sale of them. Sweet 

 peas are singing their swan song for 

 this season and the few that arrive 

 are short-stemmed and faded. Outdoor 

 roses are replacing the greenhouse 

 stock. Gladioli are coming to the front 

 and the indications are for a good cut. 



Funeral work and decorations for 

 school commencements were plentiful 

 last week and most items were well 

 cleaned up. G. R. L. 



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Westboro, Mass. — Charles Nichols 

 has been appointed florist of the Ly- 

 man school. 



Concord, Mass. — An agency of the 

 Fairhaven Greenhouses has been started 

 here by John H. Snow. 



I>ewiston, Me. — The Gardeners' Un- 

 ion is preparing to hold a flower show 

 here August 24 and 25. 



Wdllfleet, Mass. — Mrs. J. A. Marsh 

 will discontinue the business left her 

 by her husband, who died March 18, 

 after an illness of eleven days from 

 brain fever. 



Manchester, N. H. — A contract for 

 furnishing plants and shrubs to the city 

 park department has been awarded to 

 F. J. Bixby, who was the only one to 

 submit a bid for the business. 



Bennington, Vt. — Burt, the Florist, 

 has taken a lease on a store at 433 

 Main street. 



Marlboro, Mass. — Axel Sorenson ha? 

 acquired the greenhouses formerly con- 

 ducted by W. L. Lewis. 



Lenox, Mass. — Plans have been mado 

 by F. Augustus Schemerhorn for the 

 ■erection of three greenhouses this sum- 

 mer. 



Danbury, Conn. — The backfiring of 

 the engine set ablaze the delivery auto- 

 mobile of Edwin E. Mathewson, one 

 day last month. C. Classendorf, who 

 was driving the car at the time, made 

 efforts to extinguish the blaze, but the 

 flames spread toward the gasoline tank 

 too rapidly to please Mr. Classendorf. 

 The car was destroyed beyond repair. 



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