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The Flcwrists^ Review 



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 OCTOBEB 6, 1916. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



PITTSBUBOH. 



The Market. 



The feature of the market this week 



is the early chrysanthemums, which 



have made their appearance in goodly 



numbers and of fine quality. With the 



dahlias, they are supplanting roses and 



'sarnations to a considerable extent. It 



8 not expected that the supply of 



ihrysanthemums this year will be 



10 heavy as in the previous season, as 



several growers have cut down their 



plantings to get away from the waste 



which arose from overproduction. 



Stock in all other lines is plentiful. 

 Hoses are almost without price. This 

 does not apply to American Beauties, 

 which are in good demand at fair fig- 

 ures. There are quite a few carnations 

 coming in, but there is no real call for 

 these because of the supply of chrysan- 

 themums and dahlias. Gardenias still 

 are to be had, but the demand exceeds 

 the supply. Valley has jumped to $8 

 per hundred. Orchids are more plenti- 

 ful than they have been and the price 

 has dropped. A fine lot of snapdragon 

 is to be seen. 



From the standpoint of the retailers, 

 business last week was good, as there 

 were a number of wedding, dinner and 

 dance decorations as well as an unusual 

 quantity of funeral work. The sale of 

 cut flowers for personal adornment is 

 reported as increasing. 



Various Notes. 



Adolph Gude, of Gude Bros. Co., has 

 completed a new house 40x300 feet, to 

 be used for sweet peas. Another house 

 of the same size is rapidly nearing com- 

 pletion. This is being erected to take 

 care of the overstocked condition of the 

 fern and palm department. These two 

 new houses, modern in every particular, 

 replace four small houses discarded last 

 fall after a service of twenty-four 

 years. 



Among the visitors of the week is H. 

 B. Cowgill, of Porto Rico, who, while 

 mainly engaged in the production of 

 tropical fruits, is interested in green- 

 house work. 



George C. Shaffer is a member of the 

 newly formed Optimists' Club. This is 

 a second Rotary Club, taking one mem- 

 ber from each line of business. Miss 

 Daugherty, of the Shaffer store, has 

 returned from a trip to Louisville. 



Z. D. Blackistone has returned from 

 his farm near Fort Washington, Md., 

 after having spent the summer there 

 with his family. 



Robert Pyle and Antoine Wintzer, 

 of West Grove, Pa., visited Washing- 

 ton last week to look over the rose test 

 grounds at Arlington farms. The trip 

 to the farms was made by automobile 

 with Prof. Mulford and Dr. Van Fleet,, 

 of the Department of Agriculture. It 

 was virtually decided that each year's 

 contributions to the garden should be 

 placed in a designated section by them- 

 selves. Favorable comment was made 

 on the garden, even though the foliage 

 of the plants showed the effects of 

 black spot. 



David Bisset and family had a nar- 

 row escape from serious injury last 

 week when the automobile owned and 

 operated by Mr. Bisset was overturned. 

 They were taken to the Emergency hos- 

 pital in a passing automobile and were 

 treated for shock and slight injuries. 

 None of them was seriously hurt. 



C. L. L. 



The Market. 



There were several severe frosts last 

 week, and these, with continuous cool 

 weather, have decreased the quantity 

 of stock. The demand has been only 

 fair, not exceeding the supply. The 

 wholesale houses report trade good, with 

 a clean-up every day. A few chrysan- 

 themums are coming in, but not enough 

 of them to affect the market. The re- 

 tailers are fairly busy and they report 

 having booked some excellent orders 

 for this month and the next. All are 

 optimistic and a great winter's business 

 is expected. 



Various Notes. 



Several new retail stores have been 

 opened. Among the new proprietors is 

 Frank Stafford, who has been in the 

 trade here for the last twenty years, 

 working in one of the best stores in 

 the city. He has opened a store at 105 

 Smithfield street. 



The proprietors of the Fox Pet Shop 

 have divided the store at 208 Smith- 

 field street and have added a cut flower 

 department, under the name of Fox's 

 Flower Shop, with Mr. Griffith as 

 manager. 



Al Briggs, another well known em- 

 ployee of one of the old houses, has 

 opened a store on Federal street, north 

 side. 



The Florists' Club met October 3 at 

 the Fort Pitt hotel. The subject for 

 discussion was "Trees and Seasonable 

 Flowers." There was a display of 

 dahlias. 



Owing to the shortage of labor, John 

 Jones, foreman at Schenley park, was 

 unable to get away during the summer. 

 He is now taking a much needed rest 

 and visiting his many friends in the 

 business, but he cannot keep away from 

 greenhouses even when he is resting. 

 The trees in Schenley park have be- 

 come crowded and are now being 

 marked for thinning out. The ones to 

 come out are marked with a cross. 



The schools were opened October 2, 

 causing the stores a good deal of in- 

 convenience, as nearly every errand boy 

 is quitting to go to school^one of the 

 best signs of good times. 



Fred Eiegelmeier took a run up to 

 Brookville in his car a week ago and 

 is still there, trying to get his car in 

 shape to come home, after a break- 

 down. 



Howard Hook, auditor of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., is seriously ill 

 with pneumonia. Clarke. 



ainlv About IP^o^e 





West Philadelphia, Pa.— Burton & 

 Rone is the title of the florists' busi- 

 ness recently started at Sixtieth street 

 and Gibson avenue. 



Oakfield, N. Y.— J. J. Bates, of Bates' 

 Flower Shop, acted as judge of the 

 flower exhibits at the Genesee county 

 fair, at Batavia, N. Y., September 20. 



Harrisburg, Pa. — H. G. Moore, who 

 for some time has been connected with 

 one of Harrisburg 's leading flower 

 stores, has accepted the management of 

 the Davenport Flower Shop, the new 

 store recently opened at 325 Market 

 street. 



Columbus, O. — Mrs, Theresa Flynn, 

 who operates the flower business she 

 inherited from her former husband, 

 William Graff, has been granted a di- 

 vorce from her husband, Bernard H. 

 Flynn. Mr. Flynn was manager of the 

 store at a salary of $175 per month, 

 but he drew funds in excess of his sal- 

 ary and spent them in "riotous liv- 

 ing," according to Mrs. Flynn. 



Louisville, Ky. — W. L. Kerb was 

 awarded a silver cup for the best de- 

 sign in the flower exhibit at the state 

 fair. The design represented an easel, 

 such as used by artists. The frame 

 was made of beech branches and the 

 picture was represented by flowers 

 placed on a green background. At- 

 tached to the easel was a pallet. Flow- 

 ers of different colors scattered over 

 the pallet represented daubs of paint. 

 It was one of the most original designs 

 ever shown at the fair. Other winners 

 in the flower department were Nanz & 

 Neuner and the C. H. Kunzman estate. 

 G, E. Schulz, of Louisville, was the 

 judge, and William Rabe, of Versailles, 

 the superintendent. 



M^ 



Manistee, Mich. — ^When a local man 

 of prominence made a flight in a hydro- 

 aeroplane over Manistee and Portage 

 lake September 18, his fellow towns- 

 men took the opportunity of presenting 

 the largest basket of roses ever ar- 

 ranged in this city. The order was well 

 executed by Mrs. Chas, Nungesser. 



Morristown, N. J. — Frederick J. 

 Fraser, son of Mr. and Mrs. James 

 Eraser, was married September 18 to 

 Miss Jessie Hampson, of London. The 

 couple were attended by Miss Florence 

 Fraser and John Fraser, sister and 

 brother of the bridegroom. Following 

 the ceremony, which was attended by 

 friends from Boston, New York, Brook- 

 lyn, Madison, N. J,, Albany, N. Y., and 

 Orange, N. J., there was a reception at 

 Monroe, in the new house which the 

 bridegroom had just completed. 



Cleveland, O. — Jack Keck, styling 

 himself "Florist to the Elite," who re- 

 cently figured in the "Business Em- 

 barrassments" column because of the 

 efforts of his attorney to obtain an ex- 

 tension of time from his creditors, has 

 moved from 8309 Cedar avenue to 9002 

 Cedar avenue. He says to The Re- 

 view: "I would like to inform your 

 good paper that I have taken new and 

 larger quarters and am doing seventy- 

 five per cent more business since my 

 removal; also, I am pushing landscape 

 work and this week landed a nice con- 

 tract at $200 for immediate placing. 

 You may also know that I am to carry 

 a full line of seeds, bulbs and baskets 

 as well as everything that goes to make 

 up a first-class store — you can't keep 

 a good man down. I would be glad to 

 have you inform anybody and every- 

 body whom it would concern, because 

 I am here to stay." 



