Septbmber 21, 1910. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



FLIVVEKS FLIT TO FLORISTS. 



Here is a little bit of life from an 

 .iclive town in the Empire state. Tlie 

 iii'cne is in front of tlie liandsome sliop 

 of Ilawson the Florist, at Elmira. The 

 j,roprietor, F. W. Durant, is lookinfj at 

 tlic manager, M. Qu;i;is, who is purchas- 

 ing florists' supplies from John Waleh, 

 lireet from the traffic car of II. Bny- 

 (Tsdorfer & Co. This ear has brouglit 

 Klmira and Philadelphia into touch. 

 Near by Henry Growley, a salesman 

 for Rawson the Florist, is an inter- 

 ested spectator of the novel scene. 



Phil. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Some of the tradesmen report that 

 business is increasing; others say that 

 there has been no decided change dur- 

 ing the Inst three weeks. Nevertheless, 

 there seems to be a general agreement 

 that there has been much funeral work, 

 which has served as a satisfactory out- 

 let for the gluts in some items, such 

 as asters. 



The new crop of roses is coming in 

 gradually, with indications of a heavy 

 supply to come. Beauties are taken 

 quickly, and if the buyer is not on the 

 job all the time he suffers. Other roses 

 are improving in quality. Mrs. Russell, 

 Sunburst and Mock roses now are the 

 leaders, but little can be said about 

 Ophelia. The supply of roses has been 

 cleared daily. 



One or two growers arc sending in 

 chrysanthemums, and these sell readily 

 at $2 and $3 per dozen, particularly 

 Golden Glow. Valley may be had in 

 small quantities at $0 per hundred. 

 Tjilies have diminished greatly in supply 

 and at times are ratlter difficult to fimi. 

 Carnations arrive in sucli small quan- 

 tities that many of the retailers do not 

 see any of them. Those to be had are 

 satisfactory as to size of flower and 

 length of stem. Few dahlias are avail- 

 able. So small is the demand for or- 

 chids that few realize the scar<'ity of 

 them. Some extra fine snapdragons are 

 obtainable, but there seems to be little 

 demand for them. 



Gladioli are slowly but snrclv de- 

 creasing in sii]>ply. but there is room 

 for more sales to clear the entire sup- 

 ply. The quality also has fallen off 

 largely. Without a doubt there is an 

 overabundance of medio'^re asters, and 

 there will ho as long as the growers 

 pick what they have. However, there 

 were more good asters in the market 

 last week than ever before tliis season, 

 and this was due to the fact that most 

 of them wQre late asters. The weather 

 was more suitable for tlie late ones anri, 

 then, some of them are indoor-irrown. 

 Cosmos may be had nlioneviM- desired, 

 as it is in plenteous supply. Some 

 nice marigoM^ reach the market and are 

 disposed of easily. .Ml kinds of greens 

 are quite sufficient, with the excejition 

 of smilax, for whiih there has been an 

 increasing demand. 



Various Notes. 



Fred Wise, of Fast Aurora, was in 

 town last week. He has been cutting 

 carnations throughout the entire season. 

 His mums are lool<ing fine and he ex- 

 pects to cut first-rate blooms soon. 



The BufTalo Display wren's .Associa- 

 tion held a banquet at the Hotel Stat- 

 ler, September 12. Some of the florists 

 took part in the affair. 



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A Philadelphia Supply House Salesman Calling at Elmira, N. Y. 



James M. Thoirs, of Camden, N. J., 

 was a visitor last week and Arthur 

 Beyers, of Seattle, Wash., formerly one 

 of the Palmer staff, was in town call- 

 ing on some of his friends. 



Flowering plants have been in large 

 demand this summer. Patrons have 

 asked for them, but the retailers have 

 been unable to supply. 



Mr. and Mrs. W. ,1. Palmer returned 

 from their summer home in Canada last 

 week. Mr. Palmer says he is ready for 

 another year's business. A. E. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



Ivast week the weather turned a little 

 cooler, and business and stock both have 

 improved. American Beauties are good 

 and clear readily, with the exception of 

 shorts. Other good I'oscs, such as 

 Ophelia, Sunburst, Rhea lieid, Russell 

 and Maryland, clear each day. Only 

 the short-stemmed flowers are inclined 

 to drag, as they are far more plentiful 

 than the medium ami long roses. 



The supply of valley is limited and is 

 cleaned up quickly. Orchids are choice 

 but scarce; a few diri^ct shipments of 

 these are coining frrun Brampton, Ont. 

 AstcM's have been coming in faster than 

 re<]uired and so the short ones are in 

 dined to drag. Tlladioli are becoming 

 a thing of the jiast; a few are to be had, 

 but there is not inmh call for them. 

 Carnations continue scarce. The stems 

 are short, but the flowers are good and 

 sell readily. Lilit^s are more plentiful 

 again, l>ut there is not much demand for 

 tliem. Snapdrai:(in-^. cosmos and miscel- 

 laneous flowers are to tie had. but meet 

 with a poor sale. 



Various Notes. 



E. A. Fetters has mo\-ed into his new 

 store, facing Giand Circus park. 



Clifford White, of Crosse Tie, has a 

 few choice dahlias coming along. 



W. ■^^ott, of Hammond's Paint i<; 

 Slug Shot W^orks, was in Detroit last 

 week. H. T. 



From Another Correspondent. 



Stock of every kin<l is scarce ami, to 

 make matters worse, business is brisk. 

 Flower buyers in many instances travel 

 from one store to another until finally 

 they become convinced that flowers 

 really are not plentiful. Roses are of 

 good color and foliage, but, of course. 



short of stem. Asters are not plenti- 

 ful, good lavender being especially 

 scarce. 



John ^richelsen, of the E. C. Amling 

 Co., Ciiicago, passed through fhc city 

 September 10 on his way home from 

 the east. 



The prettiest flower store in our city 

 is the one recently opened by E. A. 

 Fetters, at 17 East Adams avenue. Mr. 

 Fetters' store is quite narrow, being 

 only fourteen feet wide, but it is <leep 

 ami beautifully appointed. The deco- 

 rations on the Avails are ])Iairi, but rich 

 in hand coloring. Sp(>cial furniture has 

 been made to harmonize with the deco- 

 rations. On one wall hangs a beautiful 

 piece of tapestry of the Louis XIV 

 jieriod, this being a gift from Henry 

 Forster and Mr. Schumann, both in 

 Mr. Fetters' employ. .\n intimate 

 friend of the owner sent a pretty desk 

 lamp. II. S. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



The cooler weather last week drove 

 home large Tiumbers of vacationists 

 from the seashore, an(l this slightly 

 accelerateil business. The flower stores 

 are ready for tl:e rush, practically all 

 of them lia\iiig reiio\ated and "slicked 

 up" their ]ilaces lor the fall opening. 

 Funeral work ((mlinues brisl^, with a 

 gooil ( hoic e of ilowtis. The windows 

 and boxes li.'ive assumed an autumnal 

 appearance by tlie showing of the first 

 mums. Piic(>s are stea<ly and stock 

 ample. 



Horticultural Exhibition. 



The annual exhibition oi' asters, 

 dahlias ami j,da(li(di, with reasonable 

 fruits and \egetaldes, of the Rhode 

 Island Ilorticiiltnral Soci.tv, was held 

 in the ballroom of the Narragansett 

 hotel, Sejiteinber 1 f and 1", and at- 

 tracted large crowd.s. The exliibition 

 was one of the largest e\er lodd by the 

 society, more than o.oOil blooms being 

 staged, the showing of dahlias and 

 gladioli being especially fiiii>. 



In addition to the first and second 

 prizes awarded in the nunn^rous classes, 

 two of the society's gold medals of 

 merit were given. John P. Rooncy, of 

 New Pjcdford, Mass., receive^l one of 

 these for his display of Mrs. Frederick 

 Grinnell dahlia, while George L. Still- 

 man, of Westerly, exhibitor of the Mil- 



