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The Florists' Review 



Jdne 29, 1916. 



CINCINNATI. . 



The Market. 



*>allas, Tex. — Plans for holding pre- 

 _mct flower shows as a climax to the 

 ^eautification contest held here were 

 made at a recent meeting of the 

 Women's League. Prizes offered are 

 of sufficient value to make the contes- 

 tants work hard and, perhaps, go to the 

 florists for advice and stock. 



Lindsay, Okla. — Lindsay has a popu- 

 lation of 1,500 and surely ought to sup- 

 port one florist, providing he starts in 

 a small way, does most of the work 

 himself and increases his investment 

 only as the growing business warrants 

 it. At any rate, that is the opinion of 

 Mrs. K. C. Greene, a successful ama- 

 teur flower grower. Accordingly, Mrs. 

 Greene is starting the Greene Floral Co. 



EnoxviUe, Tenn. — At a recent meet- 

 ing of the Knoxville Florists' Society, 

 July 6 was chosen as the date of the 

 annual picnic, which will be held at 

 Elkmont. A committee was appointed 

 to make arrangements for the fall 

 chrysanthemum show. A resolution 

 that all the flower stores in the city 

 be closed Sundays was adopted. Only 

 emergency orders will be given at- * 

 tention on that day. 



Greenwood, Miss. — Although only in 

 the florists' business since last fall, Mr. 

 and Mrs. J. Bealle have been so satis- 

 fled with returns that they are trebling 

 their greenhouse capacity and in the 

 future will operate under the title of 

 Greenwood Floral Co. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — There's something 

 novel about the night-blooming cereus — 

 it will attract the attention of public 

 and press where other specimens of the 

 floricultural world fail. Now, anything 

 that is curious may be profitably turned 

 to advertising account, and that is pre- 

 cisely what George Rye did with his 

 splendid cereus bush. When the bush 

 was about to bloom, Mr. Rye adver- 

 tised in the papers, inviting one and all 

 to drop around after dark and examine 

 the rare blooms. Sure enough, on the 

 evening advertised the buds opened. 

 They started at 6:30 p. m. and were 

 wide open at 10:30 p. m. The attend- 

 ance was gratifying and Mr. Rye un- 

 doubtedly was paid for his trouble. 

 Mr. Rye is "Some Florist." The 

 cereus is four years old and five feet 

 tall. It carried eleven blooms all at 

 one time. 



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Prof. David Lumsden, of the depart- 

 ment of floriculture, Cornell, commented 

 on the increase in the public demand 

 for landscape effects and groupings. 



G. M. Cosh, of Ithaca, N. Y., says his 

 store has become famous since The Re- 

 view styled it the Flatiron building, 

 bringing it from comparative obscurity 

 to the most prominent position in town. 

 He fears an increase in rent, but if 

 business continues to increase as of late 

 the strain will not be so hard to bear. 



The United States Cut Flower Co., 

 of Elmira, N. Y., is passing through a 

 satisfactory season, according to Rich- 

 ard King. 



John B. Rudy, of Elmira, speaks high- 

 ly of Carnation Alice, his record show- 

 ing that the output of 300 plants 

 equaled that of 1,200 Enchantress. The 

 blooms are of good size and color. 



H. N. Hoffman, our well known con- 

 frere, recently was reelected mayor of 



Elmira. 



The Thomas Floral Co., of Owego, 

 N. Y., believes that the planting of 

 hardy perennials to a great extent will 

 supersede that of bedding stock. This 

 is quite noticeable this season with this 

 concern. Albert Thomas feels encour- 

 aged by his first attempt to grow roses, 

 the yield of blooms from 1,000 1-year- 

 old grafted Killarneys, from August 1 

 to June 1, in actual figures being 16,504. 



Now, June 6, he is drying off the plants 

 and intends to replant them in a larger 

 house. 



Barney Myers, manager of the W. J. 

 Palmer & Son establishment at Lancas- 

 ter, N. Y., observed that a considerable 

 revenue is derived from the sale of 

 American Beauty plants which for- 

 merly were discarded, but were found, 

 by accident, to flourish when planted 

 outdoors. Considerable retail business 

 has developed locally, necessitating the 

 production 'of an assortment of stock. 

 Mark Palmer, one of the younger gen- 

 eration, is an active assistant. 



The William Scott Co., Cold Spring, 

 N. Y., reports that a big business was 

 done in plants during the week of Me- 

 morial day. William Webber, who has 

 made up bouquets for the Scott estab- 

 lishment for more than a quarter of a 

 century, noted a more limited call and 

 attributed the decrease to an abundance 

 of blooms outdoors. 



Supt. W. Fitzwilliams and his assist- 

 ant, Charles H. Keitsch, of Humboldt 

 park, Buffalo, were engaged the whole 

 of Menjorial day escorting crowds 

 through the fine tulip beds. A plan is 

 under way for a competitive exhibition 

 by the various park greenhouses, to be 

 given in the fall in one Of the city 

 buildings. Undoubtedly the trade will 

 benefit by it indirectly. W. M. 



Last week 's business was fair. The 

 demand was steady and took up a sub- 

 stantial part of the offerings. Prices 

 as a whole were fair. 



Roses continue in good supply and 

 the better class of blooms have a ready 

 sale. Some fine ramblers may still be 

 had. Gladioli are satisfactory. Easter 

 lily receipts are sufficient for present 

 needs. Orchids, valley and sweet peas 

 are selling well. Coreopsis, cornflowers 

 and larkspurs meet with a fair demand. 

 Other offerings include Shasta daisies, 

 water lilies, carnations and hydrangeas. 

 Greens are in good supply. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kyrk are the 

 proud parents of a baby girl, born June 

 21. 



Thomas Windram has been sending 

 some excellent Shasta daisies and hardy 

 hydrangeas to C. E. Critchell. 



L. H. Kyrk had an excellent demand 

 for roses last week. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons have been cut- 

 ting some good outdoor sweet peas and 

 Dorothy Perkins roses. 



Recent visitors were Warren Huckle- 

 berry, of North Vernon, Ind., and 

 Joseph Hill, of Richmond, Ind. 



C. E. Critchell is in receipt of a note 

 from Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lampert, of 

 Xenia, O., advising him that they are 

 spending the summer in California. 



C. H. H. 



CROMWELL, CONN. 



The field day at Cromwell Gardens, 

 June 21, brought together a representa- 

 tive number of members of the National 

 Association of Gardeners and the Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superintend- 

 ents from New York and New England 

 points. 



The visitors were met by representa- 

 tives of A. N. Pierson, Inc., as the 

 trains arrived at Hartford and Middle- 

 town, and were escorted to the hotel at 

 Middletown, where they were received 

 by Wallace R. Pierson and entertained 

 at luncheon, after which the party pro- 

 ceeded to Cromwell. 



Arriving at Cromwell Gardens, the 

 guests were greeted by A. N. Pierson, 

 who welcomed them to the establish- 

 ment of the company of which he is the 

 head, after which the chiefs of the 

 different departments escorted the vis- 

 itors about the gardens and through 

 the large greenhouse ranges. 



Looking down upon the gardens on 

 the approach from the rail roadway, 

 the eye beheld a magnificent sight in 

 the acres of plantings, which were a 

 mass of gorgeous color. The rose gar- 

 den was the center of attraction, al- 

 though the visitors found much of in- 

 terest in the different outdoor depart- 

 ments, including the rock garden in 

 course of construction. 



The mammoth greenhouses proved a 

 revelation to some of the visiting gar- 

 deners, where the roses, carnations and 

 chrysanthemum plants, in untold quan- 

 tities, were found in excellent condi- 

 tion, as were also the many other vari- 

 eties of flowering and foliage plants in 

 which this company specializes. 



The company maintains its own dairy, 

 private water system and box factory, 

 and after the inspection of the estab- 

 lishment the opinion was generally ex- 



