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The Florists' Review 



August 31, 1016. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Business has been quite lively. The 

 cool weather which has been prevailing 

 has been a favorable factor in the 

 flower market. Some good stock is ar- 

 riving and finds a ready sale. Of 

 course, there is much inferior stock to 

 be had, but this also clears easily. 



Beauties are somewhat short in sup- 

 ply and other roses, whether short, long 

 or medium-stemmed, experience no diffi- 

 culty in clearing at good prices. Since 

 the . abatement of the excessive beat 

 roses arrive in better condition, 

 Ophelia, Sunburst and Francis Scott 

 Key roses being about the best to be 

 had at the present time. White Kil- 

 larney and Killarney as yet are rather 

 short and have a tendency to open too 

 quickly. 



Easter lilies are sufficient in supply. 

 Cattleyas and valley have not recov- 

 ered entirely, but the demand for 

 either is rather small. A stray bunch 

 of carnations may be seen occasionally. 

 Gladioli are increasing in supply, and 

 blooms of extra good quality may be 

 had. Asters are mostly of ^oor quality 

 and short of stem. Outdoor snap- 

 dragons are available, but they are of 

 inferior grade. Rubrum lilies are fall- 

 ing off somewhat and sweet peas may 

 be classed with the carnations. Few 

 garden flowers are seen; evidently they 

 are about done for. 



About the only item that has been 

 satisfactory during the entire season 

 is greens. There seems always to be 

 enough of this stock and the demand 

 for it is satisfactory. 



Various Notes. 



William Grever, manager of Palmer's 

 branch store, and family are motoring 

 through the northern and eastern part 

 of the state. 



Robert Shoch, of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, was in town last week. 

 Good asters are being shipped in by 

 Walter Stroh, of Batavia. The blooms 

 were indoor-grown. 



Raymond Harrison, who is with 

 W. J. Palmer & Son, has been spend- 

 ing a week at Schenectady, N. Y. 



William Ehmann, of Corfu, is install- 

 ing a new boiler at his range. 



The window display of "The Old 

 Mill" at Palmer's branch draws as 

 much attention as ever. 



Before long the Wm. F. Kasting Co. 

 will be permanently located at 568 and 

 .570 Washington street. A refrigerat- 

 ing plant will be installed and the new 

 refrigerator will measure 12xl6x.32 

 feet. A. E. 



The Wm. F. Kasting Co. will move 

 from its temporary headquarters, 491 

 Washington street, to a new 4-story 

 brick building at 568 and 570 Washing- 

 ton street, and will be ready for busi- 

 ness there September 4. This building 

 is new, has four floors 50x90 and also a 

 basement, giving a total of 22,500 

 square feet. An up-to-date refrigerat- 

 ing plant is being installed in the build- 

 ing, which already is equipped with 

 passenger and freight elevators, and the 

 plan is to make it one of the best whole- 

 sale houses in the country. The inten- 

 tion is not only to take care of the 

 present large business, but to increase 

 it considerably by adding everything 

 pertaining to the wholesale florists' 

 trade. E. C. Brucker and W. H. 



Eiss will have charge of the busi- 

 ness. Mr. Brucker was identified 

 with Mr. Kasting for seventeen years 

 and Mr. Eiss has been associated with 

 the firm for ten years. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Maxket. 



Stock is not extra plentiful and 

 everything is selling readily. The de- 

 mand is steady. Roses are in only fair 

 supply. Outdoor roses, however, are 

 coming in faster than for some time. 

 Asters are still rathei; scarce, as the 

 late crop has been extremely slow. 

 Gladioli are plentiful and prove to be 

 the one big item in the week's offerings. 

 Easter lilies are fairly abundant and 

 sell readily. iLilium rubrum is selling 

 well. Hardy hydrangeas have a fair 

 market. A few good dahlias are arriv- 

 ing regularly. A limited quantity of 

 cosmos may be had. The supply of 

 smilax is scarcely sufficient for the 

 needs of the market. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell has returned after his 

 last week's auto trip through the west- 

 ern and northern part of the state. 



Charles Schumann has been sending 

 some excellent dahlias to L. H. Kyrk. 



Peter Herb, of Mount Healthy, has 

 been shipping some excellent Maman 

 Cochet roses to C. E. Critchell. 



Recent visitors included Miss D. E. 

 Ruch, of Shreveport, La.; Mr. and Mrs. 

 Purllant, of Winchester, Ky.; Milton 

 Alexander, representing Lion & Co., of 

 New York; Julius Dilloff, representing 

 Schloss Bros., of New York, and R. E. 

 Adgate, representing the McCallum Co., 

 of Pittsburgh; Pa, 



Al Horning has returned after a fort- 

 night spent at Toledo. C. H. H. 



USINGEB'S UTTESANOES. 



' ' A busy summer, ' ' is the report from 

 the two stores of the Krut Floral Co., 

 at Elmwood City and Butler, Pa. 



Charles McGrath, of Fischer & Mc- 

 Grath, of New Castle, Pa., is spending 

 his vacation with his family on the 

 banks of the Little Neshannock creek. 



Fred Butz, of Butz Bros., also of New 

 Castle, has returned from a motor trip 

 over the White mountains and through 

 the New England states. 



J. J. Beck, of New Castle, has had a 

 good cut of asters and gladioli. 



John Murchie, of Sharon, Pa., is fin- 

 ishing the last house of the new range 

 he started to erect last spring. 



Messrs. Hackett and Clarke have 

 joined hands in Sharon, Pa., and will 

 grow cut flowers and bedding stock. 



Hagan Bros., of Uniontown, Pa., are 

 putting new benches in their houses. 

 This and general repair work are keep- 

 ing them busy. 



The Walton Floral Co., of Rice's 

 Laiwiing, Pa., has its carnations all in 

 and they surely do look healthy, the 

 mums being in the same promising con- 

 dition. 



"Business has been exceedingly good 

 all summer," smilingly remarked 

 .Joseph Haube, of Charleroi, Pa. He 

 had just returned from an automobile 

 trip through the east. 



George Huscroft, of Steubenville, O., 

 is reported to be in a bad way. He has 

 considerable trouble with his head and 

 the doctors can give him no relief. 



Death again visited the home of John 

 Hellstern, of Wheeling, W. Va., when 

 his 18-year-old daughter died from an 

 operation August 5. 



George Stanley Whertey has left the 

 employ of the Virginia Flower Shop, of 

 Wheeling, W. Va. W. T. U. 



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The craft in Saratoga, N. Y., is re- 

 ported as having experienced one of the 

 best of several seasons, which is at- 

 tributed to the high-class patronage 

 now favoring this charming place. 

 Christian Dehn, John Ralph's Sons and 

 Henry Schrade are the leading trio and 

 predict a prosperous future. The new 

 store of Henry Schrade is the pride of 

 Mrs Schrade. 



When the members of the Albany, 

 N. Y., Florists' Club, accompanied by 

 several friends, hied themselves to 

 Henke's Grove last week for the an- 

 nual clambake, they knew they were 

 in for a good time. To quote Fred 

 Goldring: "As the clams disappeared, 

 the coBSumers opened up." William 

 Hannell offered to tell the boys the se- 

 cret of growing first-class Ophelia roses 

 and invited all out to see that popular 

 rose at its best. Manager Tracey, of 

 the Albany Cut Flower Exchange, 

 opined that the market, one of the best, 

 would be even better the coming sea- 

 son, judging by the signs of the times. 

 Louis H. Schaefer, as chairman of the 

 outing committee, expressed the senti- 

 ment that such and similar social gath- 

 erings as this one are big factors in 

 continuing a friendly spirit in the face 

 of strong competition, as now is experi- 

 enced by both grower and retailer. 



The Trojans are enjoying their share 



of the general prosperity. The Sam- 

 brook brothers found time for a brief 

 vacation, George Sambrook rusticating 

 at Lake George and Brother Jol\n rest- 

 ing on his 80-acre gladiolus farm at 

 Berlin, N. Y., from which he is sending 

 in some grand spikes of the choicest 

 varieties. 



J. G. Barrett, of Troy, reports the 

 usual heavy run on funeral work, of 

 which he receives a large share from 

 Troy's best patrons. 



E. V. B. Felthousen, of Schenectady, 

 N. Y., has exceptional success with 

 Nephrolepis W^hitmani, especially with 

 large specimens. He predicts a good 

 demand for home-grown stock during 

 the coming season. 



The Rosendale Flower Shop, of 

 Schenectady, notes an increase in deco- 

 rative work. 



At Hatcher's, Schenectady, vacations 

 are over and all hands are preparing 

 for a busy season, in sympathy with the 

 General Electric Co., which reports or- 

 ders for peace goods that will keep 

 them busy for two years ahead. The 

 only complaint I have heard was from 

 the Schenectady Seed Co., which says 

 that the artisans who usually garden 

 extensively are too busy to do so this 

 season. Consequently the counter trade 

 has suffered. W. M. 



