Mabch 15, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



HyacinthB — Lucy Coulson, first; A. W. Hixon, 

 second. 



Primula Sinensis — H. F. A. Lange, first; 

 A. W. Hixon, second. 



Primulas, any other variety — Miss I. Crompton, 

 first; H. F. A. Lange, second; Alfred Thomas, 

 third. 



Narcissi — H. F. A. Lange, first. 



Violets— D. C. Murdock, first; Charles Potter, 

 second; A. W. Hixon, third. 



Basket — H. F. A. Lange, first; Lucy Coulson, 

 second; Homer Gage, third. 



Flower garden— H. F. A. Lange, first; B. W. 

 Breed, second; Homer Gage, third; Lucy Coulson, 

 fourth; Miss I. Crompton, fifth. 



H. L. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The market has felt little change 

 since last week. A scarcity of roses 

 still prevails and also a shortage in 

 carnations, lilies and fancy sweet peas, 

 although medium and short sweet peas 

 are slightly glutted, the latter bringing 

 50 cents to $1, while fancies make $1.50. 



Business is exceptionally good, coun- 

 ter trade being fine. All the retailers 

 proclaimed Saturday, March 10, the best 

 day enjoyed in a long time. Funeral, 

 corsage and decorative work have also 

 been unusual, the latter being due to 

 several conventions, important banquets, 

 •etc. 



Roses are bringing from $3 to $15; 

 medium grade carnations bring $2 and 

 $3, with fancies at $4. Smaller flowers 

 and spring stock take well, including 

 jonquils, tulips, hyacinths, freesias, 

 sweet peas, violets, marguerite daisies, 

 mignonette and calendulas. The freesia 

 season is about over, however, and good 

 stock is not abundant. 



Potted plants are in good favor and 

 are also of good quality. Greens are 

 still scarce, with smilax bringing $2 a 

 dozen. 



Various Notes. 



Karl Sonnenschmidt, of the Smith & 

 Young Co., has taken a trip to Florida 

 and while there intends to investigate 

 the southern green situation. 



August Duderstadt again is with Wie- 

 gand's Sons Co. 



The Bertsch Floral Co., of Greens- 

 burg, has discontinued business. 



The Claypool Hotel Florist has been 

 enjoying an exceptional business. Mr. 

 Bookedis recently had the decorations 

 and corsage work for a sorority ban- 

 quet and dance, and for a Kentucky 

 university banquet. 



Clarence Greene, of Hensley's Flower 

 Shop, has a clever and attractive way 

 of demonstrating his patriotism. Amer- 

 ican flag stickers on each box sent out 

 are appropriate for the times. 



Clarence Thomas, of the E. G. Hill Co., 

 has enjoyed good business for this time 

 of year. He has had quite a run on cor- 

 sage work shipped out of town. 



Several of the local tradesmen have 

 been off duty on account of illness. 

 Oliver Steinkamp has had the grip; A. 

 P. Reynolds has been threatened with 

 pneumonia; Alvin Schreiber has been 

 ill for some time; Harry Rieman has 

 pneumonia; Bertha Eisner has had an 

 attack of grip and Henry W. Rieman 

 has been sick for the last few days, 

 suffering from a nervous breakdown. 



The Pahud Floral Co. recently ran a 

 sale of the right kind on sweet peas. 

 The advertisement read — "Special — to- 

 day only — sweet peas 25, 35 and 50 cents 

 a bunch." Some of the local depart- 

 ment stores have also been advertising 

 carnations at 35 cents a dozen; sweet 

 peas and violets, two bunches for 25 



cents, and hanging baskets. Would it 

 not be a good plan when advertising 

 to add "Buy your flowers at a flower 

 store," bringing out freshness, quality, 

 etc., as important items? 



Harry M. Berner, of Chicago, was a 

 visitor this week. E. E. T. 



MR. MORGAN'S PROMOTION. 



Lord & Burnham Co., in addition to 

 its several branch offices, has opened one 

 in the Penobscot building, Detroit. It 

 is in charge of Victor Morgan, who for 

 the last three years has been associated 

 with Mr. Merrick, at the Cleveland of- 

 fice. The Detroit branch, like the Cleve- 

 land one, will be carried on in conjunc- 

 tion with the western office, where the 

 manager of sales is M. C. Wright, for- 

 merly prominently identified with the 

 company's Philadelphia activities. 



Victor Morgan. 



Mr. Morgan was for several years 

 traveling representative of Bobbink & 

 Atkins, Rutherford, N. .J. Leaving them 

 six years ago, he joined the sales force 

 of Lord & Burnham Co., at the New 

 York office. After the usual schooling 

 and experience this concern gives its 

 representatives to further broaden their 

 knowledge, he spent considerable time 

 in the Boston, Chicago and Cleveland 

 territories. Backed by such a breadth 

 of experience, combined with a genial- 

 ity of decided likableness, he is well 

 equipped for his new responsibilities. 



HOLYOEE, MASS. 



The regular meeting of the Holyoke 

 and Norhampton Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club was held March 6 at the home 

 of John Lament, superintendent of the 

 J. A. Skinner estate. South Hadley. The 

 chief business transacted was the adop- 

 tion of a revised constitution and by- 

 laws. The president was requested to 

 extend to Prof. A. H. Nehrling the best 

 wishes of the club for success in his 

 business venture. All those who know 

 him regret his leaving this part of the 

 conntrv. .Tames Whiting gave a prac- 

 tical talk on chrysanthemums, which 



afforded both pleasure and profit, Mr. 

 Whiting having been notably success- 

 ful with mums at the M. A. C. green- 

 houses. H. E. Downer exhibited Nar- 

 cissus Lucifer and White Lady, large 

 spikes of hyacinths in variety and Tril- 

 lium grandiflorum. H. E. D. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



Last week closed with a warm wave, 

 the temperature jumping to 70 degrees 

 in the shade, but the next morning found 

 it hovering around the freezing point. 



Roses are in fine condition and there 

 is just about enough of the long, fancy 

 stock to satisfy the demand. Shorter 

 grades, however, are not quite so plen- 

 tiful, and at times it is almost impossi- 

 ble to take care of orders for this class 

 of stock. The supply of high-grade 

 Beauties is light, and high prices pre- 

 vail for the few to be had. Hoosier 

 Beauty is becoming popular and bids 

 fair to become the favorite red in this 

 locality. 



There now seems to be an abundance 

 of carnations. The average quotations 

 last week were $3 to $4. A large quan- 

 tity sold at $2 per hundred, but these 

 were not up to an acceptable quality. 

 Orchids, lilies and valley remain scarce. 

 Daisies are arriving in larger quantities 

 and are selling well. The supply and 

 quality of sweet peas never were better, 

 and the demand is all that could be 

 wished for. 



Potted plants this year enjoyed 

 greater popularity than ever before, es- 

 pecially cyclamens and primulas. Spring 

 and Easter stock never looked better, 

 and the outlook at this date for an extra 

 heavy run of business was never 

 brighter. 



The fuel situation is assuming some- 

 thing like normal conditions, and prices 

 are down within easy reach of all. 



Various Notes. 



All records for sales were smashed 

 March 10 at Stewart's Seed Store. A 

 large shipment of pot plants that ar- 

 rived in the morning was sold out en- 

 tirely, as well as most of the stock on 

 hand. This is unusual during Lent. 



Roy Wilcox, of J. F. Wilcox & Sons, 

 Council Bluffs, reports that both their 

 wholesale and retail business has been 

 far above expectations, and everything 

 indicates the best spring trade this firm 

 has ever experienced. Blaine Wilcox, 

 of this firm, is in St. Louis this week, 

 combining business with pleasure. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held March 8. The meeting 

 was devoted to the discussion of ways 

 and means of stimulating new interest 

 in the club, which would prove attrac- 

 tive to those who are not members. The 

 following were admitted to member- 

 ship: S. B. Stewart, O. H. Herman, 

 Charles Nelson, C. G. Hargecline, A. 

 Hooge, Walter Zimmer and Fred Shaw. 

 A larger number is expected to be ad- 

 mitted at the next meeting. 



Rumor has it that much additional 

 glass is to be put up in this vicinity this 

 summer. It is also reported that three 

 of Omaha's oldest florists wish to retire 

 from business and are anxious to dispose 

 of their establishments. L. S. H. 



Cadillac, Mich. — J. P. Herzog has left 

 town to take possession of .a range of 

 houses he recently purchased, near Bel- 

 videre, 111. 



