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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBEB 2, 1916. 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The most important feature of the 

 market during the last week was the 

 large supply of nearly all cut flowers, 

 but particularly chrysanthemums and 

 roses. Not since the beginning of the 

 fall season has there been such a quan- 

 tity of flowers on the market. Chrys- 

 anthemums dominate and many of the 

 midseason varieties are coming in. 

 Pompons and single chrysanthemums 

 also are showing up well, and there are 

 some luxurious-looking chrysanthemum 

 plants to be had. Prices are holding 

 up well in spite of the large supply. 

 Rose prices have suffered a slight drop. 

 Ophelia, Sunburst, Hadley, Hoosier 

 Beauty, Bussell and Shawyer are the 

 favorite varieties in demand, while Ce- 

 cile Brunner, George Elger and Sweet- 

 heart roses meet with a fine call for 

 corsage work. 



Carnations are not overplentiful and 

 prices hold up well on these. Cattleyas 

 are in splendid supply and are to be 

 had in every seasonable variety. The 

 first calla lilies of the season made 

 their appearance last week. Rubrum 

 Ulies are increasing in supply and are 

 in good demand. !Lily of the valley 

 finds a good market, Violets are more 

 abundant and a few sweet peas are in 

 evidence. Gardenias also are to be 

 noted, as well as snapdragons. Smilax 

 is in short supply, but other greens are 

 fair in this respect. 



The demand has centered chiefly on 

 chrysanthemums during the last week, 

 although there was a good call for val- 

 ley and Ophelia roses for wedding work, 

 and Easter lilies and roses for funerals. 



Various Notes. 



The first meeting of the Fort Wayne 

 Florists' Club was held at the Doswell 

 Floral Co. store October 23. There was 

 a good attendance and a general dis- 

 cussion was held on trade subjects. An 

 election of officers will take place at 

 the next meeting, which will be held 

 November 6, at the establishment of 

 the Flick Floral Co., on West Berry 

 street. There also will be a program 

 committee appointed and an outline 

 will be made of the work to be done by 

 the club during the present year. 



Herman Leitz and W. Herman, of the 

 New Haven Floral Co., New Haven, 

 Ind., were in the city last week to at- 

 tend the Florists' Club meeting. They 

 report the shippipg business unusually 

 brisk. 



W. J. & M. S. Vesey report a good 

 sale of shrubs and trees in their land- 

 scape department. They are cutting a 

 fine variety in cattleyas and mums. 

 Misses Catherine and Margaret Vesey 

 are spending a week at Madison, Wis., 

 visiting friends. 



A. J. Lanternier & Sons are showing 

 some excellent yellow and pink mums 

 in their Calhoun street store. They re- 

 port a good demand for these, especially 

 the yellow varieties. 



Miss Rhoda Doswell reports business 

 brisk, with several large wedding dec- 

 orations booked for the coming week. 



All Saints' day, November 1, was ex- 

 pected to occasion a large demand for 

 flowers for decorations in the various 

 churches. 



The Flick Floral Co. had the deco- 

 rations for the opening of the Snow- 

 berger Co. new store. Autumn foliage, 

 with Chrysolora and October Frost 



chrysanthemums in large baskets, made 

 an effective decoration. Ferns and 

 palms were used as a background. 



R. F. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business last week was good. The 

 supply of stock is larger now tban any 

 time this fall. Prices remain about 

 the same, which indicates that all stock 

 is moving and little of it is wasted. 

 Chrysanthemums now are arriving in 

 large numbers, mostly home-grown stock 

 of extra good quality. Some large con- 

 signments from California, however, 

 still are coming in. Chrysolora, Pacific 

 Supreme and Robinson are the leading 

 varieties and a large number of pom- 

 pons and singles are to be had. Roses 

 are in sufficient supply to meet the de- 

 mand. Short roses, however, are scarce. 

 Carnations are more prominent than 

 last week. ' 



Various Notes. 



Fred Fromholdt, formerly employed 

 by the W. L. Rock Flower Co., has 

 bought the Larkin Flower Shop. The 

 trade wishes him success. 



A. Newell reports that business is 

 increasing steadily, stock is plentiful 

 and a number of orders are booked 

 ahead. He looks forward to a large 

 business this year. 



Miss Lou Boggess said funeral work 

 made her* busy throughout the week. 



Henry Kusik & Co. now are receiving 

 large consignments of wild smilax. Cut 

 flowers are arriving heavily. 



T. J. Noll & Co. received a large ship- 

 ment of magnolia leaves last week. 

 They report a large sale of supplies. 



W. J. Barnes is cutting some large 

 show varieties of chrysanthemums. His 

 pot mums are good and selling as fast 

 as they come into bloom. 



The Kansas City Tobacco Products 

 Co., a new insecticide concern of this 

 city, reports business good. Mr. Drum- 

 mond, of this firm, has been in the 



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tobacco business all his life and he ex- 

 pects to do a large business in this line. 

 W. J. B. 



William Rock, of the W. L. Rock 

 Flower Co., last week secured a tem- 

 porary restraining order to prevent 

 further blasting on Troost avenue, near 

 Sixty-third street, at which point the 

 company operates a range. Mr. Rock 

 contended in court that he has had to 

 keep a glazier busy replacing shattered 

 lights since the blasting began. Mr. 

 Rock said that 1,640 panes of glass had 

 been destroyed and more than 1,000 

 cracked. Further, the falling glass 

 damaged the stock in the houses. The 

 contractor also was enjoined from oper- 

 ating a rock crusher near the green- 

 houses, because the dust from the ma- 

 chine passed through the ventilators of 

 the houses and settled on the plants. 



AMABYLLIS. 



What are the colors of the earliest 

 amaryllis flowers, and at what time 

 should the plants bloom? 



G. M..W.— Mich. 



Amaryllises come in a variety of col- 

 ors, pink, red and crimson shades pre- 

 dominating. They can be flowered 

 from Christmas until May. A? a rule 

 they are of the best quality in March. 

 There is no special variety which can 

 be recommended; usually mixed hy- 

 brids are sold and grown. Named hy- 

 brids are quite expensive. Amaryllis 

 Belladonna is a fall bloomer. C. W. 



AMPELOPSIS ENGELMANNII. 



Will Ampelopsis Engelmannii cling 

 to wood or stone as does A. Veitchiif 

 Any information in regard to this will 

 be greatly appreciated. W. G. — la. 



Ampelopsis Engelmannii is a form of 

 A. quinquefolia. It clings closely to 

 rough stone, concrete or wood, is a 

 hardy variety and succeeds in cold lati- 

 tudes where the Boston ivy, A. 

 Veitchii, succumbs. C. W. 



Arlington, Mass. — A. W. Rawson, of 

 Arlington Center, now has 125,000 car- 

 nation plants under glass at his green- 

 houses. 



Portland, Me. — George H. Meloon, 

 until recently associated with the J. W. 

 Minott Co., now is in the service of 

 the Barrows Greenhouse Co., at^Gorham. 



Lexington, Mass. — W. Phelps, for- 

 merly with the Chestnut Street Green- 

 houses, at Marlboro, now occupies 

 Wood's Greenhouses. He reports fine 

 cutting of chrysanthemums. 



lYanklin, Masa— W. F. Cobb & Co. 

 call attention to a paragraph in "Pats 

 and Knocks" column of the Portland, 

 Me., Press: "After having tried gov- 

 ernment seeds in our garden for two 

 years, we have come to the conclusion 

 that we shall not ask Congressman 

 Goodall for any, in return for our 

 support." 



West Newbury, Mass. — Saturday, 

 September 23, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. 

 Newell celebrated the twenty-fifth an- 

 niversary of their marriage. 



Amherst, Mass.— Prof. A. H. Nehr- 

 ling announces that the annual flower 

 show of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College will be held November 11 to 13. 

 John Coombs and family, of Hartford, 

 were recent visitors at the college 

 greenhouses. 



Providence, B. I. — The annual autumn 

 exhibition of the Rhode Island Horti- 

 cultural Society will be held in the ball 

 room of the Narragansett hotel Novem- 

 ber 14 and 15. Premiums are offered 

 for roses, carnations, violets, mums, val- 

 ley, orchids, plants and retailers' ar- 

 rangements, besides amateurs' fruits 

 and vegetables. Copies of the schedule 

 may be had by addressing E. K. Thomas, 

 secretary, Kingston, R. I. 



