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The Florists* Review 



June 22, 1916. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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Lexington, Ky.— J. F. Keller, of the 

 John A. Keller Co., will attend the 

 convention of Associated Advertising 

 €lubs at Philadelphia the last week in 

 June. 



Ada, Okla. — W. E. Pitt, proprietor of 

 the Ada Greenhouse, is installing a 

 TVloninger heating system complete, sum- 

 mer having arrived to make business 

 less pressing on his time. 



Columbus, Miss. — The Columbus Flo- 

 ral Co., of which J. E. Slaughter, St., 

 is proprietor and E. H. Slaughter man- 

 ager, is preparing to build two con- 

 mected greenhouses, each 24x100. 



Norfolk, Va — An association has been 

 incorporated here under the style of 

 Norfolk Hotbed Growers* Association, 

 t)y G. E. Richardson, of Portsmouth, 

 and F. W. Richardson, of this city. 



Johnson City, Tenn. — Gunnar Teii- 

 mann reports that , last wonth 's busi- 

 ness in his vicinity was good. The bed- 

 ding trade and decorative work had 

 ■everybody stepping lively. Carnations 

 and chrysanthemums have been in the 

 ■field for some time. 



Aberdeen, Miss. — J. W. Moore, for- 

 merly associated with the Joy Floral 

 ■Co., of Nashville, Tenn., and Nanz & 

 Neuner, of Louisville, Ky., has been 

 appointed manager of the Aberdeen 

 Floral Co., which operates the second 

 largest greenhouse range in the statie. 

 Mrs. J. R. Young is the proprietress. 



Nashville, Tenn. — A flower section 

 has been opened in the department store 

 of Goveman, Joseph & Loeb by Theo- 

 dore Smith. 



Birmini^m, Ala. — The new flower 

 store of the McVay Seed & Floral Co. 

 had an auspicious opening this month. 

 E. Olsen is manager. 



McKlnney, Tex. — George W. Taylor 

 is a new mqn in the cut flo^wer busi- 

 ness, but he already has established a 

 nice volume of business and feels as- 

 sured that it will develop steadily. 



Alvin, Tex. — While the cape jasmines 

 that could be cut for Memorial day met 

 with an unusually good sale, the de- 

 mand during the latter part of the sea- 

 son, during which the greater part of 

 the crop was cut, has been little if any 

 better than in other years. 



Tupelo, Miss. — Although only one 

 year in business, the Tupelo Floral Co. 

 is doubling the size of its range and has 

 planted four acres to gladioli, asters, 

 feverfew and candytuft. Each month's 

 business shows a healthy growth over 

 that of the preceding month. 



Louisville, Ky. — Business is excellent 

 at The Rosery, under which name the 

 New Nanz & Neuner Co. conducts the 

 store at 663 South Fourth avenue. The 

 greenhouses are at St. Matthews, Ky. 

 The officers of the corporation are: 

 President, Robert Kraft; vice-president, 

 H. C. Kraft; treasurer, Edward A. 

 Kraft; secretary, D. E. Weller. 



President Wibon Marches with ViUiam F. Gude. 



The Mar 



Washington during the last two weeks 

 has seen all kinds of V||pather apd only 

 now is beginning to feel the presence 

 of summer. Reports are coming in 

 covering the damage done by the several 

 hail storms and the heavy rains. The 

 hail storm of June 10 was- severest at 

 the United States propagating gardens, 

 where something like 3,000 panes of 

 glass were broken. The greenhouses at 

 the Arlington farms also were badly 

 damaged and the commercial growers of 

 Anacostia and Alexandria met with loss. 



The cool weather has been good for 

 business and the retailers and wholealal- 

 ers alike are well pleased with the re- 

 sults. While pri^jes have dropped con- 

 siderably, the returns are comparatively 

 food. Carnations are selling as low as 

 5 per thousand, while only selected 

 stock brings $1 and $2 per hundred. 

 Sweet peas nave been moving weU. Their 

 quality is| excellent and they have re- 

 tained their popularity. Gattleyas have 

 been selling better. Some excellent 

 gigas have been coming from northern 

 points and these have maintained an 

 average price of $6 per dozen. 



Pennsylvania growers have been send- 

 ing in good peonies, which are bringing 

 about $4 per hundred, but it is late for 

 these and they will soon be off the mar- 

 ket. There are no local peonies to bo 

 had. There are good outdoor delphin- 

 iums to be had, but it is difficult to 

 find a buyer for them. Gladioli are sell- 

 ing well. Pansies and mignonette, still 

 to be had, are in little demand. Ram- 

 bler roses! are more plentiful and are in 

 fair demand. Valley is scarce; at least 

 there is not enough coming into the 

 market to cause waste. Gardenias are 

 plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



All talk now is of the outing of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington, D. C, 

 to be held at Great Falls, Va., Wednes- 

 day, July 19. Captain William H. Ern- 

 est is chairman of the committee having 

 the outing in charge. He reports that 

 there will be more events thigi year than 

 ever before and the program will be so 

 alluring that it will call out a larger at- 

 tendance than last year, when all rec- 

 ords were broken. 



. President R. L. Jaf^kins has an- 

 nounced that, on accovAt of the next 

 regular meeting of th^ Florists ' Club 

 falling on July 4, tl^e meeting will be 

 postponed until the following Tuesday. 



Mrs. Mary McCabe, who handles the 

 retail end of the business conducted by 

 her hysband and hej^lf, sailed June 13 

 for Miami, Fla., where she will spend 

 a month as the guest of Mrs. Marie Fry. 

 The latter, before her. marriage, was 

 Miss Marie Lott, whff*for some time 

 assisted Mrs. McCabe at the Center 

 market stand. Mrs. McCabe was ac- 

 companied by Mrs. Lott, mother of Mrs. 

 Fry. 



The death of William F. Kasting has 

 brought forth many expressions of sin- 

 cere regret. Perhaps in no city other 

 than his own home town was Mr. Kast- 

 ing so well known as in Washington, 

 where, because of his political affilia- 

 tions, as well as his position in the flo- 

 rists' business, he was a familiar figure. 

 It was not more than three weeks ago 

 that he visited the stores of the Gude 

 Bros. Co., F. H. Kramer and others, and 

 was seen by The Revie^ correspondent. 

 His death was a great shock to all who 

 knew himi here. 



