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The Florists' Review 





Jdli 13, 1916. 



PITTSBUEGH. 



The Market. 



Business has settled down to the reg- 

 ular summer demands. Trade was some- 

 what sluggish last week and much stock 

 was left over daily. This, of course, 

 goes to the garbage barrel, as a new 

 supply of flowers is offered every morn- 

 ing. Carnations still are arriving in 

 large quantities, as well as roses. A 

 falling off of lilies, sweet peas and 

 valley was noted. Asters have made 

 their appearance, and with an increased 

 supply of fine gladioli almost any de- 

 maud can be met. Orchids and Beau- 

 ties of good quality are plentiful. We 

 have had only a few days of real sum- 

 mer weather, which accounts for the 

 fine quality in carnations and roses. 

 The demand for outdoor flowers is only 

 fair. There are quantities of all hardy 

 flowers. 



The Club's Field Day. 



The Pittsburgh Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club has arranged for a field 

 day at Sewickley, Wednesday, July 19. 

 Trains will leave Union station at 9:20 

 a. m., city time, and the Federal street 

 station at 9:25 a. m. 



George Wessenauer and his commit- 

 tee will meet this train at Sewickley 

 and arrange for the transportation to 

 the Sewickley Heights territory and 

 provide for a noonday luncheon for all 

 members of the club who notify him by 

 Monday, July 17. The Sewickley mem- 

 bers of the club are anxious to show the 

 boys all the places in the district that 

 can be visited in the short time allotted. 

 Send your card today to George Wes- 

 senauer, Sewickley, Pa. 



Various Notes. 



Many of the florists are on their vaca- 

 tions. Samuel Capes is at Atlantic City; 

 H. P. Joslin is visiting his brother at 

 Oxford, Mass.; W. T. Usinger is at Rug- 

 glers Beach, O. Fred Riegelmeier and 

 family motored east and intend to stop 

 at Atlantic City during the next two 

 weeks, David Hill is at Wildwood, 

 N. J. 



The large growers report a shortage 

 in labor and many offer good positions 

 to men who "know how." Some of 

 the retailers are already working on 

 Christmas novelties. 



F. J. Farney, of the M. Eice Co., 

 Philadelphia, was here last week show- 

 ing an attractive line of novelties. 



George Hampton, representing the 

 Joseph G. Neidinger Co., of Philadel- 

 phia, is here showing a line of baskets 

 and supplies. 



Augustus Frishkorn, manager of Beck- 

 ert's Seed Store, is on a business trip 

 through West Virginia. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Ludwig are 

 planning to attend the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion at Houston, Tex. Mrs. Ludwig, 

 her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Gilbert Ludwig, have returned 

 from an automobile trip to Cleveland. 

 They stopped at Silver Lake park en 

 route. The young couple expect to leave 

 next week for their vacation at Crystal 

 Beach, Fort Erie, which is opposite 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Mr. and Mrs. Julius W. Ludwig will 

 leave the latter part of this month for 

 an eastern trip, which will include Bal- 

 timore, Trenton, N. J., New York city, 

 Rochester and Buffalo. They will visit 

 the family of the late William F. Kast- 

 injr while in Buffalo. 



During the absence of H. P. Joslin, 



T. P. Langhans, of the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co., will assume the secretarial 

 duties connected with the Florists' 

 Club. W. A. C. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Business is slowly dropping down to 

 the customary summer dullness. There 

 have been few arrivals of new items. 

 Business is considered ahead of that of 

 last year and last week there was con- 

 siderable funeral work. Aside from 

 that, there was little doing. 



There are extra good Beauties to be 

 had, but the demand for them is rather 

 erratic and those of poorer quality are 

 inclined to hang somewhat. There still 

 are good Killarney and White Eallar- 

 ney roses arriving; also Ophelia, Rus- 

 sell and I'rancis Scott Key roses of good 

 color and good length of stems. Of 

 course, there is an unlimited supply of 

 shorter roses, which really never ex- 

 pect to sell out. Taking into considera- 

 tion that it now is the middle of July, 

 roses have sold extraordinarily well. 



Carnations also have held up well. 

 This, of course, is - due to the cool 

 weather, there having been no real sum- 

 mer days in Buffalo until last week. 

 Most of the carnations are weak in stem 

 and the blooms small in size. The ma- 

 jority are faded more or less. Now and 

 then there are shipments of remarkably 

 good quality, the blooms being large 

 and perfect and the stem good. These, 

 of course, sell without difficulty. 



Easter lilies are plentiful and con- 

 tinue to sell well. Lilium candidum is 

 one of the new arrivals in the market, 

 but it does not sell as a new item usu- 

 ally does; in fact, it is inclined to 

 drag somewhat. The sale of rubrum 

 lilies is nothing special. The supply is 

 as large as ever or, perhaps, larger, and 

 the quality has fallen off. Most of them 

 have short stems and are soft. The 



status of sweet peas is similar to that 

 of carnations. There is a vast supply 

 of inferior blooms, dotted now and then 

 with excellent quality stock. Valley at 

 last has resumed its old position and 

 sells at its former price, $6 per hundred. 

 Cattleyas are none too plentiful, but 

 more abundant than two weeks ago. 

 There are some good snapdragons, and 

 irises, as usual, are in good demand. 

 Coreopsis, calendulas, cornflowers and 

 yellow daisies constitute the miscella- 

 neous stock, all of which is more or less 

 uncertain of supply because of the vary- 

 ing weather. The supply of greens is 

 more satisfactory. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ehmann, of 

 Corfu, were visitors here last week. 



Otto C. Gillies, head of the bookkeep- 

 ing staff of W. J. Palmer & Son, is on a 

 vacation trip of two weeks' duration. 



Joseph Tallman, with the W. F. Kast- 

 ing Co., started his vacation July 8. 



William Grever finds much recreation 

 in the country, where he and his family 

 have been for several weeks. 



At the store of Galley Bros, may be 

 seen a picturesque country scene con- 

 sisting of a small br6ok and meadow, 

 with a water mill and farmhouse in the 

 background. 



There are numerous window decora- 

 tions and displays in connection with 

 the Shriners' convention this week. In 

 Palmer's window there was a desert 

 scene, showing an oasis in the center, 

 cactus plants, and, in the distance, a 

 caravan. 



C. F. MacDonald, with F. Simpson 

 & Sons, of Toronto, was in town last 

 week. 



As yet no date has been set for the 

 florists' picnic, which will be held in 

 July. 



A two weeks' vacation began for Ed- 

 ward Walthers, of W. J. Palmer & Son, 

 July 10. A. E. 



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Bellamy Bros, of Syracuse, N. Y., 

 have experienced a good season. Even 

 now, though late, the demand for plants 

 is healthy. They believe more stock 

 was handled in their city than ever 

 bef«re. 



Dobbs & Son, of Auburn, report good 

 business. A crop of tomatoes grown 

 around the uprights of the big carna- 

 tion houses is bringing high prices. 

 This apparently is a clear profit, as 

 the plants do not seem to affect the car- 

 nations. Out-of-town orders are increas- 

 ing through the wire medium. 



The management of the Suskana 

 Greenhouses, of Binghamton, N. Y., has 

 its new houses planted to roses and 

 chrysanthemums. Manager T. W. Han- 

 nah, who has spent several years on the 

 Pacific coast, observed that different 

 climatic conditions require different 

 methods of culture. He believes this 

 season's weather is the dullest in his 

 experience. 



E. T. McQuivey, of Utica, N. Y., is re- 

 building part of his range, following a 

 satisfactory season. 



A. & J. Williams, also of Utica, are 

 getting things in shape following the 



fire that occurred the week before 

 Easter. The property was partly in- 

 sured, but the inconvenience was as 

 serious as the loss of stock. 



John Lawrance, of Ogdensburg, N. 

 Y., pointed out a row of peonies plant- 

 ed by his father fully forty years ago, 

 from which the bulk of the blooms still 

 are gathered, an evidence of the vital- 

 ity and floriferousness of the variety. 

 Faust is considered the most valuable 

 for the retailers. Mrs. Shawyer is con- 

 sidered a more profitable rose than 

 Killarney, the ratio of blooms being 

 two of the former to one of the latter. 

 Shawyer does well in concrete benches. 

 Radiance and Ophelia also are fine. ' ' No 

 more wooden benches," remarked Mr. 

 Lawrance. "No more fungus. Plants 

 could hardly thrive better than under 

 our conditions." 



E. V. B. Felthousen, of Schenectady, 

 N. Y., has all of his chrysanthemums 

 planted, and they look promising. He 

 reports the best season on record. 



F. A. Danker, of Albany, N. Y., is 

 adding to his stock of orchids. He is 

 much pleased with the showing made in 

 the nursery department. W. M. 



