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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptember 21, 1916. 



haps; wiU c]|p.rge more t^an uaual for 

 their pitted plants, and it is quite likely 

 that they also will i^ar^e more for cut 

 flowers.' i, ;; I ' , . 



Various Notes. ' 



The September meeting of the Essex 

 County Florists' Club will be held this 

 week. Work for the fall will be planned 

 and it is probable that the matter of 

 holding a chrysanthemum show will be 

 taken up. The club held its first flower 

 show last year and it was a most credit- 

 able affair. The meeting will be held 

 in Kijueger auditorium. 



Business is reported quiet at May's 

 Flower Shop, 265 South Orange avenue. 



Whil^ business is fair for this season, 

 there is no life to it, is the report of 

 William Weismantel. 



Edward Jacobs, of Irvington, says 

 business is fair. The plants in his green- 

 houses are in good condition, the chrys- 

 anthemums being especially fine. 



Hutchinson's, at Elizabeth, have re- 

 opened their store, after the usual Au- 

 gust shut-down. 



The Rose Shop, of Summit, was opened 

 for business last week. It is under the 

 management of Howard Silcock, under 

 the direction and supervision of Harry 

 O. May. R- B. M. 



ST. Loxns. 



The Market. , ' 



" The condition of the local wholesale, 

 market last week was much the same 

 as that of the week previous. There 

 was plenty of seasonable -stock and 

 prices were reasonable. The few cool 

 days the latter part of the week stimu- 

 lated business among the retailers. The 

 report -had it that funeral work was 

 plentiful, but aside from that little 

 . business, was done. Koses in all vari;., 

 eties were plentiful, but extra fancy 

 stock still is limited. The majority of 

 the consignments arriving are fine stock, 

 save that the blooms are somewhat 

 short of stem. The demand has been 

 exceedingly good for the light colors. 

 Carnations as yet are small and short- 

 stemmed, with the bulk of the arrivals 

 field-grown stock. Gladiolus stalks still 

 are in favor and large shipments from 

 local and outside growers are arriving. 

 Prices for these are as low as $7.50 per 

 thousand for mixed colors. Asters, too, 

 were abundant. Large lots were dis- 

 posed of at low prices. Some good 

 Easter lilies are arriving and the de- 

 mand for them is excellent. Valley is 

 scarce. A few Golden Glow mums are 

 seen, but the demand for them is slow. 

 Dahlias are late this year. Smilax con- 

 tinues scarce, but the market is well 

 supplied with other greens. 



Club Meeting. 



The St. Louis Florists' Club held its 

 last outdoor meeting on the grounds of 

 the Sanders Nursery Co., on Henley 

 road. The members met in the St. Louis 

 wholesale district and automobiles con- 

 veyed them to the meeting place. Mr. 

 Sanders and his two charming daugh- 

 ters, Laura and Jessie, received the club 

 members. 



After an inspection tour of the nur- 

 sery, the meeting was called to order 

 by President Bourdet. Following the 

 preliminaries all committees were called 

 upon for final reports. P. X. Gorly, 

 chairnaB of a committee on boost- 



ing the sal^ of flowers on holi^ys, 

 made a splendid report on advertising 

 these sj^cial days and this report will 

 have finl ^a^on at the 'il|e^^ meeting. 

 The flower show committee reported 

 that arrangements were completed for 

 the use of Armory hall for the spring 

 floWCT show, to be held March 15 to 18, 

 and that the show organization had 

 been incorporated as the St. Louis 

 Flower Show Association. 



Kobert Newcomb, of Chicago, was 

 elected to membership and J. J. Karins, 

 of Riverside, N. J., made application 

 for membership. 



Ex-presidents C. C. Sanders and F. J. 

 Fillmore were appointed installing 

 officers. Those inducted into office were: 

 President, Jules Bourdet; vice-presi- 

 dent, August Hummert; secretary, J. J. 

 Windier; treasurer, W. C, Smith; 

 trustee, F. A. Windier. The retiring 

 officers, J. J. Beneke and W. S. Wells, 

 were extended a vote of thanks for the 



good work done during their terms of 

 office. '■ ■ •' ■■ ■ ■'■••' ■> -.'^''' n; 



The meeting then adjourned and the 

 host again took the members in hand 

 and escorted ^hem to a shady nook, 

 where a fine luncheon was spread. A 

 vote pf thanks was extended Mr. San- 

 ders for his entertainment. The next 

 meeting will be held at the new home 

 of the St. Louis Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Co., 1410 Pine street, October 12. 



Various Notes. 



W. S. Wells, ex-vice-president of the 

 Florists ' Club, entertained the officers of 

 the club at his home, 4258 Flad avenue, 

 September 11. An enjoyable evening 

 was spent. Mr. Wells is one of the 

 retiring officers of the club. 



Charles Young, of the C. Young & 

 Sons Co., says the fall bulb business has 

 started in fine and that he expects his 

 brother Walter home from the Mexican 

 border by the end of the month, just 



Mews from 



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Yokohama, Japan. — Appearances are 

 that the crop of giganteums all has 

 been mjfrketed, although the date is con- 

 siderably earlier than usual. There is a 

 scarcity of the smaller sizes, those below 

 8 to 10-inch. 



Ghent, Belgium. — Preparations are 

 under way for the dispatch of the 

 autumn shipments to the United States, 

 particularly azaleas. While the condi- 

 tions as to labor, etc., have not been 

 favorable, there is an abundance of ex- 

 cellent stock with which to fill such 

 orders as are able to pass the scrutiny 

 of the various authorities. The Syndicat 

 des HorticulteurSiBelges has assurances 

 of the continuation of last season's ar- 

 rangements with London but the Ger- 

 man authorities have not yet given the 

 expected permits to export the stock. 



Ollioules, France. — .Exporters here 

 are sending correspondents in America 

 cable advices that the indications are 

 that the prices of Paper Whites and 

 Romans next year will be much higher, 

 in consequence of an unusually small 

 crop. At present contracts can not be 

 made at any price. There are many 

 factors which will contribute to next 

 year's short crop and high prices, but 

 the chief ones are the shipment this 

 year of bulbs of smaller size than usual, 

 the labor shortage and the special incen- 

 tive to grow food crops. 



Haarlem, Holland. — Had it not been 

 for the British embargo there would 

 have been no possibility of filling all 

 orders for Dutch bulbs with this 

 year's crop. Let it be remembered 

 that in the last year before the war 

 Great Britain took twice as many Dutch 

 bulbs as did America and that during 

 the two seasons of hostilities it still 

 took as many as crossed the Atlantic. 

 Now, with the British market closed, 

 prices are higher than earlier in the 

 season. This pertains principally to 

 tulips, large-sized hyacinths and nar- 

 cissi; other bulbs are more or less 

 normal. 



London, England. — The effort to get 

 the trade to adopt minimmn prices for 

 field-grown roses and other plants is 

 developing slowly, but progress is be- 

 ing made. Gradually it is coming to 

 be understood that the habitual price- 

 cutters will shave an unremunerative 

 rate ♦'as quickly as one that affords a 

 profit and that nothing is lost by ask- 

 ing enough to afford a chance to deliver 

 welj-grown stock. 



Boskoop, Holland. — C. Grootendorst, 

 secretary of the Protective Association 

 of Holland Nurserymen, stated August 

 25 that the organization has instructed 

 him to request The Review to insert the 

 follbwrng remarks: "In another pub- 

 lication (not The Review) appeared an 

 article about 'Delayed Imports to 

 America.' We read therein 'that the 

 Holland-America line has already taken 

 off several boats, that in all probabili- 

 ^ ties more will follow, and that when it 

 *" comes time to ship there will be little 

 in the way of ocean transportation fa- 

 cilities.' This statement is groSsly ex- 

 aggerated, as the Holland-America line 

 only laid up their best steamer, Rotter- 

 dam, and has no intention of taking off 

 any other. The article further states: 

 ' It is doubtful if the shipowners will 

 care to bother with nursery stock, bulbs 

 and other similar and bulky commodi- 

 ' , ties, when they can get other more val- 

 uable cargoes that will bring a greater 

 net return.' We submitted the clipping 

 to the Holland-America line and they 

 replied: 'We are pleased to give you 

 tMe assurance that the transportation of 

 plants and bulbs will take place with 

 all necessary care as in the past and as 

 regularly as possible. We shall be glad 

 if you will publish this in the American 

 trade papers.' The delay which caused 

 a shipment of plants to Washington, 

 D. C, to arrive in practically worthless 

 condition is doubtless attributable to 

 the fctrike which tied up S. 8. Ryndam 

 from March 28 until April 14. This 

 strike has been settled satisfactorily 

 and the chances of further fabor 

 troubles are slight." 



