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The Florists* Review 



OCTOBSB 12, 1916. 



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The Market. 



The weather last week was fine and 

 we had several days that were quite 

 warm. Stock is in even better shape 

 than previously and business has begun 

 to look up quite a bit. 



The supply of roses still is large and 

 orders are well taken care of, despite 

 the fact that the demand is exception- 

 ally large. Some good Bussell roses are 

 seen in the market daily and are really 

 superseding American Beauties in qual- 

 ity as weU as price. Other roses also 

 are fine and are well worth all they 

 bring. Carnations are coming in some- 

 what more plentifully than last week, 

 but the supply still is far short of the 

 demand. The stock compares unfavor- 

 ably with that of this time last year, 

 but from present indications there will 

 be a marked improvement during the 

 next few weeks. Prices are good and 

 no complaints are heard on this stock. 



Chrysanthemums are no more plenti- 

 ful than last week and the stock is only 

 medium in quality. However, it looks 

 as though the supply will increase ma- 

 terially next week, and as the demand 

 is steady and strong no trouble is antic- 

 ipated in cleaning up daily. The first 

 violets of the season were consigned to 

 the Milwaukee market last week by a 

 Watertown, Wis., grower. The stock 

 looks well and is readily taken up each 

 day. Lilies remain somewhat scarce and 

 valley is almost unobtainable. 



Various Notes. 



F. Bentschler, of Madison, Wis., was 

 in town a short while October 6, ac- 

 companied by Mr. Kalt, of the same 

 city. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. Zender and John 

 Muno, of Rogers Park, Chicago, who 

 were staying at Waukesha, Wis., where 

 Mr. Zender was taking treatments, 

 passed through Milwaukee October 7 

 on their way home. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. Phillips, relatives of 

 J. Rindfleisch, of Beloit, Wis., where 

 Mr. Phillips is employed, were in town 

 October 7. They were returning home 

 after a vacation in the north. 



F. H. Holton, accompanied by N. 

 Zweifel, G. Pohl, William R. Schroeder, 

 E. Oestreicher and A. H. McDonald, 

 made a short trip to Watertown, Wis., 

 Friday, October 8. 



W. C. Zimmermann, who does busi- 

 ness at Fifth street and Grand avenue, 

 met with a bad accident October 8. Mr. 

 Zimmermann, while spending the day in 

 Watertown, Wis., where he visited 

 Benke Bros., violet growers, was pet- 

 ting a dog, chained in the yard. Sud- 

 denly the animal sprang at him, biting 

 him just above the eye, as well as on 

 the lip and cheeks. Mr. Zimmermann 

 was given immediate medical attention 

 and it is probable that there will not 

 even be a scar when the wounds have 

 healed. H. J. S. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The last two weeks have been excep- 

 tionally good as to weather. There were 

 light frosts a week ago, but no damage 

 was done and fiowers outdoors are look- 

 ing as well as they have at any time 

 this year. Dahlias at last are coming 

 in freely and the quality is improving 

 daily. A good, soaking rain would be 



welcomed, if it were not followed by 

 a freeze. Cosmos is making a great 

 show in some places this fall, but in 

 others it does not seem to have done 



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The fall crop of outaoX)r roses is not 

 up to what it should be. Indoors the 

 cut of roses is steadily on the increase. 

 It is not up to normal for the season as 

 yet, however. Carnations are plentiful. 

 Gladioli are coming in again, after an 

 absence of some weeks. The fall cut is 

 perhaps the best of the season. Lilies 

 are plentiful and clean up well. I have 

 seen no chrysanthemums as yet; the 

 growers have given up the early varie- 

 ties as unprofitable. 



Business has beei^ exceptionally good 

 of late, partly because pf the heavy de- 

 mand for fufleral work. The flr^t Dutch 

 bulbs . reached the city the latter part 

 6f the week and are on sale. Paper 

 Whites and Grand Soleil d'Or are re- 

 tailing better than usual, and they have 

 always sold well in this city. The fore- 

 cast is that this is going to be a record- 

 breaking season for bulb sales, even 

 though their delivery was retarded. 



Various Notes. 



The canna nymph, which did so much 

 damage in the state four years ago and 

 then seemed to have been killed ^y the 

 hard winter following, has made its ap- 

 pearance again this fall. There has 

 been little damage reported, but should 

 we have an open winter all should be 

 on the lookout next spring. 



Miss Bessie Harrison, of the Joy 

 Floral Co., has returned from her trip 

 through the east. She reports a jolly 

 time. 



Geny Bros, are cutting some good Red 

 Radiance roses, the first of this variety 

 to be seen in the city, and they appear 



to be roses of merit, although too much 

 like Russell to be distinctive. 



Mclntyre Bros, received a large con- 

 signment of _ Japanese lily bulbs last 

 week. 



The Joy Floral Co. is doing a larger 

 wholesale business this fall than ever 

 before at this season. 



The greenhouses at Mount Olivet 

 cemetery are well stocked this fall. 

 The managers have made several im- 

 provements since last season, giving 

 them more room, but still they find 

 themselves crowded by the increase of 

 business. F. B. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Lawrence, San. — ^The petition in 

 voluntary bankruptcy of Theodore E. 

 Griesa, a pioneer wholesale and retail 

 nurseryman of this city, was filed last 

 week in a federal court at Topeka. 

 The liabilities in the case amount to 

 $24,564.87, including notes on Law- 

 rence banks, secured by mortgages. 

 The amount of unsecured credits is 

 $9,064.87. The assets total $21,425.47, 

 with $1,650 claimed as exempt. The 

 assets are for the most part made up 

 of land and the large nursery stock. 



Newark, O. — ^The creditors of George 

 L. Miller, bankrupt, have been notified 

 that the trustee in bankruptcy, being 

 unable to sell the real estate of the 

 bankrupt for the appraised value, or for 

 two-thirds the appraised value, then of- 

 fered the same for sale to the highest 

 bidder. At such sale an offer was re- 

 ceived of $6,025 for the greenhouse 

 property, real and personal, and an offer 

 of $3,400 for the West Main street 

 house. The bankrupt has filed objec- 

 tions to such sale and has produced an 

 offer of $3,600 for the West Main street 

 property. 



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William Fitzwilliam, superintendent 

 of Humboldt park, Buffalo, called my 

 attention to a group of Wier's cut- 

 leaved maples flourishing here. He 

 considers it the finest of the varieties; 

 it is hardy and makes a handsome tree. 

 Geranium Mrs. Landry has proved supe- 

 rior to Beaute Poitevine as a bedder, 

 especially this trying season. Alphonse 

 Ricard still is a leader in its class. Ver- 

 bena venosa has done well. The orchid- 

 flowering cannas, Wyoming, Indiana 

 and others, with the old favorites, 

 Madame Crozy .and Florence Vaughan, 

 still stand the test and are hard to beat 

 in their class. King Humbert still is a 

 leader in varieties with bronze foliage. 

 The newer introductions will be tried 

 out next season. I noted a fine lot of 

 mums, trained in various shapes by 

 Charles H. Keitsch, assistant superin- 

 tendent, for the fall show the park com- 

 mission has in view. 



At the Jefferson county fair, held at 

 Watertown, N. Y., last week, F. A. 

 Bennett & Son were successful exhibi- 

 tors, winning several first premiums. 



J. V. Laver believes he voices the 

 opinions of his confreres at Erie, Pa., 

 when he states this has been the best 

 summer business season of several years. 



Painesville, O., is considered the west- 

 ern gateway to Cleveland, the various 



nurseries forming an ornamental ap- 

 proach. Owing to the unfavorable sea- 

 son outdoor stock is not so resplendent 

 as usual, but E. George, of the Storrs & 

 Harrison Co., considers it a record sea- 

 son for planting and business. 



E, A. Fetters, of Detroit, Septem- 

 ber 16 inaugurated his removal to his 

 new store at 17 East Adams avenue by 

 giving away red roses, his requirements 

 practically cleaning up the market. 

 "Ma" Sunday expressed her pleasure 

 over the gift of a bunch of American 

 Beauties, her favorites, and Billy Sun- 

 day, who is drawing tremendous crowds 

 to hear him during his campaign here, 

 desires the craft to meet him as a body 

 at a time convenient to both. Possibly 

 the club will be oflBcially represented. 



Alfred Hannah & Sons, of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich., are losing a large num- 

 ber of carnations, after the benching, 

 and believe the loss due to overwater- 

 ing after the dry growing season. The 

 plants rot at the roots. Speaking of 

 drainage, the solid-bed plan adopted 

 here is considered on a par with 

 benches. While plants on benches 

 have the benefit of bottom heat during 

 the winter, those in solid beds have 

 the advantage of being cool during 

 summer. Concrete has superseded wood 

 and is quite satisfactory. W. M. 



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