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The Florists* Review 



FiBRUAnT 22, 1917. 



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EOCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Maxket. 



Last week opened with brisk business 

 and trade for St. Valentine's day was 

 exceptionally good. Extensive advertis- 

 ing was done well in advance of the 

 day, and with the help of unusual and 

 artistic window decorations the results 

 were most satisfactory. Social func- 

 tions have been in full swing. The de- 

 mand for corsages St. Valentine's day 

 was larger than that for any other holi- 

 day, outside of Easter. Flowers were 

 plentiful, but deliveries were greatly 

 hampered by the delay of trains, in 

 many cases from five to six hours late. 

 Local-grown Asparagus plumosus has 

 been drawn on heavily and shipments 

 from Florida have arrived in a frozen 

 condition, so that the stores have been 

 hard pressed for greens. Fortunately, 

 smirlax is fairly plentiful. 



The daily shipments of roses continue 

 good, but the trade sufifers considerably 

 from the shortage of short-stemmed 

 stock, for which there is a large de- 

 mand. The long-stemmed roses include 

 Bussell, Sunburst, Killarney, Ward and 

 Maryland, which sell well. Easter lilies 

 and callas are not arriving in any large 

 quantity. Violets have cleared won- 

 derfully well this week. The supply of 

 carnations is not too large and the de- 

 mand is good. Some excellent reds were 

 seen this week. 



Gardenias move easily; the shipments 

 of orchids have been stopped because 

 many arrive in frozen condition. The 

 trade is well supplied with cut bulbous 

 stock, which is extremely good. Extra 

 fine daffodils, jonquils, posticus, tulips 

 and Paper Whites are in the market. 

 Among the blooming plants are azaleas, 

 lilacs, primulas, rhododendrons and 

 Dutch hyacinths. Palms and ferns re- 

 ceive a steady call and a fair business 

 is done in that line. Funeral work has 

 been heavy this week. 



Various Notes. 



The Lord & Burnham Co. building 

 operations extended farther into the 

 winter months last year than ever be- 

 fore. The progress made on the ma- 

 sonry work and garage for the 

 Rochester park department has been 

 good, considering the extremely cold 

 weather. 



George Darling, of Interlaken, N. Y., 

 called on the trade this week. He is 

 planning to grow asters and sweet peas 

 extensively this year. 



A novel window display was seen at 

 H. E. Wilson's for the week end. A 

 wax figure of a girl in a Dutch costume 

 was the central figure, around which 

 was a large mound of daffodils, tulips 

 and hyacinths, as well as baskets of 

 bulb stock. 



George Husmann, of the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., Chicago, had a large display 

 of novelties at the Hotel Seneca this 

 week. 



H. B. Stringer, president of the Flo- 

 rists' Association, Ambrose H. Seeker 

 and George Arnold were delegates to 

 the floricultural meeting held at Utica 

 February 14 and 15. There was a splen- 

 did display of roses, baskets of roses, 

 and table decorations. The F. E. Pier- 

 son Co., of Tarrytown, put up a good 

 display. John Dunlop, of Toronto, had 

 Shawyer and Hadley roses with stems 

 four feet long. 



The Ladies' Auxiliary of the 

 Rochester Florists' Association held its 



monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. 

 Oviatt, Monroe avenue, February 14. 

 There was a good attendance. The 

 auxiliary presented to Mrs. Fred W. 

 Vick, the retiring president, a brooch 

 of pearls and sapphires. Refreshments 

 were provided by the hostess. 



The flower show to be held in connec- 

 tion with the Rochester exposition will 

 be more elaborate than the previous 

 one. The flower . show committee, of 

 which Charles H. Vick is chairman, is 

 working on the premium list. 



The monthly meeting of the Rochester 

 Florists' Association was held at 

 Musicians' Headquarters, February 12. 

 There was an enthusiastic attendance 

 numbering nearly fifty. H. B. Stringer 

 presided. Several topics of interest 

 were discussed, among them the matter 

 of renting palms. Letters on the sub- 

 ject received from a large number of 

 florists were read, dealing with the 

 prices, or rentals, received. Further ac- 

 tion will be taken on this matter at the 

 next meeting. It was proposed to hold 

 a peony show and a committee of the 

 following was named: John Dunbar, 

 president; Charles H. Vick, Colin B. 

 Ogston, N. R. Graves, J. Charlton, 

 George B. Hart, E. P. Wilson. "Credit 

 Cooperation," a resume by H. V. 

 Tanner, was given. He said that many 

 trade associations failed because of lack 

 of cooperation among its members. 

 After the business meeting the members 

 were invited by George B. Hart to a pig 

 roast, which was in every way a big 

 success. H. J. H. 



NEW BEDFOED, MASS. 



The Market. 



St. Valentine's day was a great suc- 

 cess with the local florists. All the 

 staple flowers sold well and there was 

 a good call for novelties. Violets, of 

 course, were the favorites, but freesias, 

 tulips and daffodils also sold well. 

 Sweet peas were plentiful and had a 

 good call. 



Several large affairs on the evening 

 of St. Valentine's day called for a 

 great many corsage bouquets, as did the 

 Elks' ball in the state armory Febru- 

 ary 15. 



Various Notes. 



Ernest Chamberlain had the best Val- 

 entine 's day business since he started 

 business. He also had a big demand 

 for flowers for the Elks' ball. 



William P. Pierce is cutting fine Dou- 

 ble Von Sions. He says violets do not 

 sell well with him. 



A recent visit by the writer to E. H. 

 Hunt's place, at" Providence, R. L, 

 found everything in fine condition. Mr. 

 Hunt is cutting good blooms of Snap- 

 dragon Keystone. Frank L. Gray, for- 

 merly with the Peckham Floral Co., of 

 Fairhaven, now is foreman at the Hunt 

 place. 



Edward M. Pierce is cutting some 

 fine sweet peas. Violets also are in 

 good crop. Mr. Pierce reports business 

 good. 



S. E. Shaw is marketing some good 

 sweet peas and freesias. He has an 

 abundance of violets, most of which he 

 ships out of town. W. M. P. 



A letter was read from the Davey 

 Tree Expert Co., of Kent O., inviting a 

 representative of the society to attend 

 the company's annual convention, to be 

 held March 5 to 10; James Holloway 

 was appointed representative and if he 

 is unable to attend John F. Johnson was 

 named as alternative. Adam Brezneck 

 was elected an active member and two 

 petitions were received. 



The president appointed George Ash- 

 worth, James MacDonald and Joseph 

 Adler as judges of the exhibits. Their 

 awards were as follows: John F. John- 

 son, first for cyclamens; Harry Good- 

 band, first for tomatoes; Frank Watson, 

 first for roses; honorable mention to 

 Robert Jones, for sweet peas. An inter- 

 esting and instructive essay was read 

 by Robert Jones, entitled "What 

 Science Has Done and Will Do for 

 Floriculture, ' ' by Prof. E. A. White, of 

 New York. A vote of thanks was or- 

 dered sent to the author. 



P. W. Popp, of Mamaroneck, offered 

 a special prize of $5 for the most meri- 

 torious exhibit at the next meeting. 

 Robt. Jones offered a prize of $10, to 

 be competed for at the annual tulip 

 show, which will be held sometime in 

 May. Exhibits for the next meeting, 

 March 14, are twelve white, twelve pink 

 and twelve mixed carnations. 



Harry Goodband, Cor. Sec'y. 



GLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 at Glen Cove February 14, with Presi- 

 dent James McCarthy in the chair. 



GEEENWICH, CONN. 



The regular meeting of the West- 

 chester and Fairfield Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held at Greenwich February 

 9. President Whitton presided over a 

 large attendance. 



There was a fine display of flowers 

 and vegetables, the judges making the 

 following awards: Cultural certificate 

 to James Stuart, for cyclamens; to . 

 Thomas Atchison, seedling amaryllises; 

 to John Forbes, Hoosier Beauty roses; 

 to William Whitton, antirrhinums. High 

 commendation to William Graham, for 

 carnations, mignonette, violets and 

 svsreet peas; to Robert Grunert, ciner- 

 arias, sweet peas, carnations and primu- 

 las; to P. W. Popp, narcissi; to James 

 Linane primulas; to John Andrews, 

 vegetables; to John Forbes, Ophelia 

 roses; to William Whitton, primulas. 

 Mr. Whitton was also awarded honorable 

 mention for Darwin tulips. 



The thanks of the society were ac- 

 corded to P. W. Popp for his exhibit 

 of hybrid freesias and to Robert Wil- 

 liamson for the new rose, Los Angeles. 

 The prize for the most meritorious ex- 

 hibit was awarded to James Stuart. 

 Thomas Atchison secured second prize 

 and William Whitton third. 



A smoker and social session was held 

 after the business routine. Henry Wild 

 was elected toastmaster and filled that 

 office to perfection. Messrs. Mitchell, 

 Maynard, Collins, Forbes, Paton and 

 Clarkson entertained with songs. Mr 

 Scott, of Elmsford, N. Y.; H. C. Neu- 

 brand, of Cromwell, Conn., and J. H. 

 Troy, of New Rochelle, N. Y., each said 

 a few words. Among the visitors were 

 W. J. Collins, of Boston; Eber Holmes, 

 with W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J.; 

 J. Walthers, with Burnett Bros., New 

 York. A. Clarkson, Sec'y. 



Albion, Mich.— A. H. Dew has pur- 

 chased the four houses, 16x100, of J. M. 

 De Walter, of Battle Creek, and will re- 

 move them to Albion. He also will build 

 two new houses, 36x150 each, in addition 

 to his place. 



