

The Florists' Review 



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AoaosT 10, 1919. 



Young Co., says the summer trade has 

 been exceptionally good. Reuter & Son, 

 of Westerly, B. I., are shipping good 

 roses from young stock and gladioli 

 from B. Hammond Tracy, of Wenham, 

 Mass., and lilies from Carl Woerner, of 

 Secaucus, N. J., are coming in heavily. 

 Fred Theiler is spending his vacation 

 in the Catskills. J. Austin Shaw. 



Announcements bearing the earmarks 

 of all the printed matter sent out by 

 the "Home of Heather." advised pat- 

 rons and friends that the Knight & 

 Struck Co. has moved to better quarters 

 on the fourth floor of the building at 

 258 Fifth avenue, near Twenty-eighth 

 street. The entire floor was leased, in 

 order that the wareroom could be com- 

 bined with the oflSces of the company. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold an exhibition August 19 

 and 20, in the museum building, Bronx 

 park. It will be mainly a gladiolus 

 show, but premiums also are offered for 

 montbretias and for collections of an- 

 nual flowers. Schedules are ready for 

 distribution arid will be sent on appli- 

 cation to the secretary, George V. Nash, 

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 park. New York city. 



HOUSTON, TEX. 



We are still having good weather and 

 everything is coming along well. Every 

 mail brings in news of florists who will 

 a,ttend the convention and new mem- 

 berships are coming in fast. Waybills 

 are coming in, consigning trade exhib- 

 its; some are already here and are 

 being arranged. 



H. E. Bates, representing Lord & 

 Burnham Co., arrived August 4, being 

 the first arrival for the convention. M. 

 C. Wright, also representing Lord & 

 Burnham Co., arrived August 7. 



Walter Retzer, proprietor of the Gulf 

 Florist, reports the arrival of a new 

 girl florist at his house August 4. He 

 is happy as a lord and when I called 

 on him was up to his eyes in funeral 

 work. 



P. M. Carroll did not get his store ar- 

 rangements completed in time to open 

 August 1, but will open for business 

 August 8. 



Henry Kuhlmann, of Kuhlmann the 

 Florist, states business is dropping off 

 some for the summer but still is good. 



G. R. L. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



The temperature has been over 90 

 degrees every day and we had severe 

 thunder storms last week. The heavy 

 rains did considerable damage, but 

 there were no reports of any losses in 

 the trade. The weather has been par- 

 ticularly hard on the men who are 

 emptying and refilling the benches for 

 carnation planting, but the work goes 

 on just the same. 



Stock of all kinds is in that peculiar 

 condition in which it does not seem to 

 be affected by the hot weather, except 

 the roses, which open too easily. There 

 are a few carnations still coming and 

 some fair roses. Gladioli are fine, but 

 there are not many good asters. This 

 makes up the stock in trade, in addi- 

 tion to Beauties, which have small 

 heads, orchids, lilies, some snapdragons 

 and greens of all kinds. 



The retailers have some funeral 

 work, but, taken as a whole, things are 

 exceptionally quiet. But, then, it would 

 be impossible to take care of many 

 good orders with the grade of stock 

 coming in at this time. 



Various Notes. 



Benjamin Elliott and his family are 

 sending postals from various New Eng- 

 land towns through which they are 

 passing on their automobile trip. 

 J. Wilkinson Elliott, president of the 

 Elliott Nursery Co., sailed for Holland 

 a week ago. This concern is a large 

 importer of bulbs of all kinds and Mr. 

 Elliott wants to look things over, buy 

 the best and try to arrange for ship- 

 ments. We wish him a safe and 

 speedy journey. 



Harold Taylor, with John Breit- 

 meyer's Sons, Detroit, was a visitor 

 in Pittsburgh on his way to eastern 

 cities. Clarke. 



PEOVIDENOE. 



The Market. 



Market conditions last week were 

 fair, though funeral work showed prac- 

 tically the only activity. The down- 

 town stores report but little business, 

 but the greenhousemen and growers 

 are busily engaged in outdoor work 

 and preparations for rebenching. Car- 

 nations are practically gone, but asters 

 take their place. The early asters were 

 generally a failure, on account of the 

 continued and excessive rainfall, but 



the crop now coming on is quite satis- 

 factory, both in quantity and quality. 

 Gladioli continue to strengthen in pop- 

 ularity and some excellent spikes are 

 to be seen, at reasonable prices. 



Various Notes. 



A novelty in the way of a nearly 

 black hollyhock in the garden of ex- 

 Governor A. O. Bourn, at Briatol, where 

 William J. Flynn is gardener, is at- 

 tracting considerable notice. 



According to information filed at the 

 ^ity clerk's office, the business of Geo. 

 Johnson & Son, 521 Elmwood avenue, 

 is conducted by Alexander H. Johnson 

 and Hugo De Wildt. 



Joseph 'L. Savard has commenced the 

 erection of a greenhouse and boiler 

 room on Merida avenue, Woonsocket, 

 to cost $1,000. 



A mortgage of $1,800 on the proper- 

 ty of Richard Higgins has been dis- 

 charged, by, Margaret R. 0'Co?jnell. 

 ; 5enry Patry is spending a two 

 week's' vacation at Shawomet beach. 



Maurice Torgin, formerly with Joseph 

 Koppelman & Co. and Johnston Brosl, 

 is now in Arizona. 



Alex H. Johnson, of George Johnson 

 & Son, has returned from Port Greble, 

 where he was doing duty as an officer 

 in the Rhode Island National Guard. 



Charles Smith, of Washington street, 

 is suffering from a carbuncle on the 

 . back of his neck. 



Charles H. Hunt has been on an au- 

 .tomobile trip through southeastern 

 .Massachusetts. W. H. M. • 



Clarksvllle, Tex. — Although only in 

 the business since last spring, Mrs. 

 Amos McCulloch has prospered so well 

 that another and larger greenhouse will 

 be erected this fall. 



Atlanta, Qa. — At a recent meeting of 

 the State Federation of Women's Clubs 

 resolutions were passed urging the leg- 

 islature to make the Cherokee rose the 

 official flower of Georgia. 



New Orleans, La. — A flower show of 

 some magnitude will be one of the fea- 

 tures of the National Farm and Live 

 Stock show, November 11 to 19. C. W. 

 Eichling is superintendent. 



Altamonte Springs, Fla. — A 4-acre 

 asparagus fernery has been completed 

 here by Col. E. T. Haines, who formerly 

 was vice-president of the Royal Fern 

 Co. Mr. Haines expects to ship his 

 stock to commission florists during the 

 coming winter. - 



Richmond, Va. — Delivery of flowers 

 Sundays for funerals, church decora- 

 tions and the like is a necessity, accord- 

 ing to a police justice, who dismissed 

 a case against John L. Ratcliffe and 

 two of his helpers for laboring on the 

 Sabbath. The ancient Sunday laws of 

 Virginia have been revived and in vio- 

 lation of one of them Mr. Ratcliffe and 

 his employees were brought into court. 



Columbus, Miss. — John R. Laws has 

 resumed management of his establish- 

 ment, after several years during which 

 the place was leased to another party. 



Muskogee, Okla.— The Wieland Floral 

 Co. has just completed the erection of 

 two new greenhouses, which will be 

 quite an addition to the plant. H. W. 

 Wieland, proprietor, was owner and 

 manager of Lincoln Heights Nurseries, 

 in Newtown, Pa., for twenty-five years. 



Ada, Okla. — The Ada Greenhouse, of 

 W. E. Pitt, is only three years in busi- 

 ness, but Mr. Pitt is well pleased with 

 the increase in demand shown each sea- 

 son. The spring trade was excellent. 

 There are three railroads centering here 

 and no other greenhouse within fifty 

 miles in any direction. 



Enid, Okla. — If western speed and 

 eastern stick-to-it-iveness are a winning 

 combination, then the prospects of the 

 Enid Floral Co. are most promising, as 

 W. E. Roberts, a New Yorker of expe- 

 rience, has joined A. D. Zimmerman 

 and J. Brand in a partnership that will 

 operate the company. Mr. Roberts has 

 taken charge of the growing end of the 

 business. A plan of expansion has been 

 mapped out by the trio, to begin with 

 the erection of three houses. 



