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The Florists' Review 



17 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Summer busineBS conditions are with 

 UB again. Stock of all kinds is plenti- 

 ful, but the bulk of it is of inferior 

 quality. Beauties are fair in quality. 

 Ophelia and Mrs. Eussell are of better 

 quality than most other roses. There 

 are many good Killarneys, Francis 

 Scott Key and Hadley roses to be had. 

 Carnations have not fallen much since 

 last reported, the quantity being some- 

 what smaller. Easter lilies are abun- 

 dant and move slowly. Good sweet 

 peas clear regularly, although most of 

 them are short. Valley is more abun- 

 dant, but has little demand. Cattleyas 

 are suf&cient for all requirements. 

 Snapdragons still are on the market 

 and are of good quality. There are 

 some gladioli to be had. 



Various Notes. 



The Buffalo Florists' Club will hold 

 its annual picnic at the Automobile Club 

 grounds. Clearance, N. Y., July 26. 



Miss Stroh, of Stroh 's Quality Flower 

 Shop, will spend her vacation at New 

 Haven, Conn., going via New York. She 

 will stop off at New York for several 

 days. 



Florists from all parts of the United 

 States attended the Shriners' conven- 

 tion held here last week. It was a 

 pleasure to the Buffalo florists to meet 

 the visitors. 



Miss Barry, bookkeeper at the branch 

 store of W. J. Palmer & Son, will start 

 her two weeks' vacation July 24. She 

 will spend most of the time at Angola 

 and Lancaster. Baymond House started 

 his vacation July 17. A. E. 



cypripediums, was shown by the owner, 

 Charles Dickey Armstrong, of the east 



end. 



Various Notes. 



PITTSBUEGH. 



Horticultural Society Meeting. 



At the recent meeting of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of Western Pennsyl- 

 vania the members unanimously decid- 

 ed to suspend further sessions until 

 September, when more convenient head- 

 quarters than the Annex hotel. will be 

 chosen for the coming year. Vice- 

 president William Allen, superintend- 

 ent of the Homewood cemetery, pre- 

 sided in the absence of President David 

 Fraser. 



Anthony A. Leach, superintendent of 

 the grounds and greenhouse of Green- 

 lawn, the east end estate of Henry J. 

 Heinz, was absent on a two weeks ' east- 

 ern business trip, necessitating the 

 omission of his scheduled paper on 

 "Roses," which was the subject of 

 the evening's program. However, 

 there was a general discussion on the 

 best growing methods of roses by the 

 majority of those present. 



There was a fine display of hybrid 

 teas by Michael Curren, the head gar- 

 dener on Mrs. Elizabeth M. Home's 

 Sewickley Heights country place, as 

 well as by John Murphy, who has 

 charge of the farm of Henry Lee 

 Mason, Jr., also on the Heights. Mr. 

 Allen had a mixed collection of hybrid 

 perpetuajs. "Dahlias"- will be the 

 subject of the September meeting of 

 the society. 



Secrettftj^ Thomas Edward Tyler won 

 two blue ribbons and a red and yellow 

 one each for orchids at the recent ses- 

 sion of the Garden Club of Allegheny 

 county. The exhibit, which included 

 cattleyas, oncidiums, dendrobiums and 



Charles G. Ulmer, an employee of 

 the E. C. Ludwig Floral Co., is spend- 

 ing a two weeks' vacation at Conneaut 

 Lake, Pa. 



Mr. and Mrs. William A. Clarke re- 

 turned last Saturday night, July 15, 

 from their trip to the Pacific coast and 

 the Knights Templar conclave at Los 

 Angeles, stopping en route to see their 

 children at the family cottage at Lake 

 Chautauqua, N. Y. Mrs. E. A. Wil- 

 liams, who accompanie'd Mr. and Mrs. 

 Clarke to the coast, came directly home 

 the preceding Thursday. 



Gustav Ludwig returned Sunday 

 night from Chicago with his daughter, 

 Mrs. Victor Bergman. Mrs. Ludwig, 

 who accompanied him west, remained 

 for a several weeks' visit. 



Visitors last week were H. E. Bates, 

 representing the Lord & Burnham Co.; 

 Milton Alexander, representing Lion & 

 Co., New York; Julius Dilloff, of 

 Schloss Bros., New York; Mr. Sperro, 

 of Charles Finn & Co., New York. 



Miss Eleanor Craig, who for some 

 time has been . accountant for Miss 

 E. B. Maxwell, of Wilkinsburg, is quite 

 ill at the Homeopathic hospital. 



G. Wessenauer, of Sewickley, has 

 been appointed forester of the borough 

 of Wilkinsburg. 



James Murray McGrew, head sales- 

 man for G. P. Weaklen & Co., has re- 



turned from a two- weeks' vacation 

 spent in Cleveland and in the surround- 

 ing country. Francis J. Smith, a sales- 

 man for the same concern, will leave 

 about August 1 for Philadelphia, to 

 which city his family recently moved 

 from New Brighton, Pa. 



Under the supervision of Superintend- 

 ent George W. Burke, of the bureau 

 of parks, the city has had an attractive 

 little pleasure park made at the Point, 

 the section of land which juts out into 

 the water at the meeting of the Alle- 

 gheny and Monongahela rivers, form- 

 ing the Ohio. On each side of Point 

 bridge. Foreman John W. Jones, of 

 Schenley park, has laid out a circular 

 flower bed, one being forty and the 

 other fifteen feet in diameter. It is 

 further planned to have a road around 

 the bend by which motorists can drive 

 out to enjoy the picturesque scenery 

 down the Ohio valley. 



Foreman Jones is justly proud of the 

 beautiful 500-yard avenue of ginkgo, 

 or maidenhair trees, fronting the 

 Phipps conservatory, which this sea- 

 son have reached proportions to afford 

 a delightful shade. Mr. Jones also has 

 some specially fine carpet beds this 

 summer. He never before has been so 

 handicapped for laborers, for, owing to 

 the unusual demand for workers, and 

 wages in proportion, in the various steel 

 and iron mills hereabouts, helpers of 

 years' standing have left to join the 

 forces for the output of war munitions. 



Clarke. 



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A. Stoeckle, of Watertown, N. Y., 

 fails to recall a season of planting as 

 extended as this one has been. He has 

 sold heavily and has barely enough left 

 for stock. 



F, A, Bennett & Son, of Watertown, 

 are fortunate in having store helpers 

 who can assist in the houses during 

 planting time, although business in the 

 store has been on the jump all the time. 



John T. Humphrey, of Gouverneur, 

 N. Y., is a scion of the good old Roman 

 firm of Humphrey, and has made good 

 during his sojourn of five years here. 



Perrin Bros., of Potsdam, N. Y., also 

 are passing the fifth milestone. They 

 say business is equal to, if not beyond, 

 their capacity. More glass is on the 

 tapis. 



Hay & Co., of Alexandria Bay, N. Y., 

 believe the season would have been 

 phenomenal had it been warmer, as 

 many of his patrons were slow in de- 

 ciding on their cottage decorations. 



The annual outing of the Albany 

 Florists' Club to Frederick Goldring's 

 farm at Slingerlands, N. Y., took place 

 June 6, and brought out almost the en- 

 tire membership and several visitors. 

 The usual good things were thoroughly 

 enjoyed. Practically every branch of 

 the profession was represented, and 

 many reminiscences were indulged in. 



W. W. Hannell, of Watervliet, N. Y., 

 has secured a 5-acre tract of land ad- 

 joining his place. It includes a pretty 

 ravine and a brook. The land will be 

 planted to^hjirdy bulbs hnd plants. His 

 stock of Erica melanthera is promising. 



for Christmas trade. The extra de- 

 mand for blooming plants will necessi- 

 tate a reduction in the number of roses 

 and carnations. Chrysanthemums are 

 a strong item, and are quickly followed 

 by plant stocks. Mr. Hannell ex- 

 presses the fear that the Ophelia rose 

 will become cheapened, because of its 

 seeming adaptability to almost all con- 

 ditions and its easy culture. It is the 

 most profitable rose he has ever grown. 

 Hadley and Richmond also are favor- 

 ites. 



J. G. Barrett, of Troy, N. Y., this 

 season noted the best call for window 

 boxes in his long experience. Few good 

 plants are left over and good orders 

 were being filled as late as July 8. 



Sambrook Bros., also of Troy, report 

 similar conditions. Evidently the 

 Trojans are setting an excellent ex- 

 ample in window and porch decorations. 



J. E. Sambrook & Co., of Berlin, N. Y., 

 have their usual fine crop of gladioli 

 in view. 



J. L. Watkins & Son, of Hudson Falls, 

 N. Y., report good sales of tuberous 

 begonias. These are doing finely thus 

 far and some brilliant effects are seen. 

 "We are making hay while the sun 

 shines," observed the senior member, 

 who was seated on a hayrake. The 

 younger member, who had just returned 

 from Cornell, where he is taking a 

 course in floriculture, was assisting iu^. 

 the operation. 



A. J. Binley, of Glens Falls, N. Y., 

 not long ago removed to a store more 

 centrally located. He notes a large in- 

 crease in sales. W. M. 



