NOtbubeb 23, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



UBBANA, ILL. 



University Flower Show. 



The fifth annual chrysanthemum show 

 of the floricultural division of the 

 University of Illinois was visited by 

 over 6,200 people. The show began 

 November 12 and extended through 

 November 18. Sunday alone, between 

 the hours of 1 and 5 p. m., over 3,500 

 people viewed the display of 364 vari- 

 eties of chrysanthemums. Of these 225 

 are seedlings of pompons, singles and 

 anemones and are the result of student 

 class work. The potted plants of the 

 smaller varieties filled a house 35x105 

 feet. The large-flowering varieties 

 were in the bench and were viewed from 

 a raised walk along the entire length 

 of the house. The entire range of 

 greenhouses was open to the public. 



Various Notes. 



M. Bebb, E. A. Bebb, W. K. Palmer, 

 G. C. Klehm and C. Jez, all graduates 

 in floriculture, were home-coming vis- 

 itors. 



Prof, and Mrs. H. B. Dorner are the 

 proud parents of a 10-pound daughter. 



E. G. L. 



SAGINAW, MICH. 



The Market. 



The weather has been crisp and the 

 temperature down to 12 and 14 above 

 zero nearly every night during the last 

 two weeks, with the days dark and 

 cloudy. This means that there haa 

 been a consumption of coal all of the 

 twenty-four hours. The coal situation, 

 which looks as though it might be a 

 serious one this winter, as yet has not 

 affected any of our Saginaw or Bay 

 City growers. All one can get from the 

 mines are quotations on coal — which 

 be none left after Thanksgiving, ex- 

 former winters — but no coal. Those 

 who laid in their supply early did the 

 wise thing. 



November has given us a good taste 

 of winter business, parties, weddings 

 and other social affairs having done 

 their part, and all the florists have 

 been busy. Funeral work at times has 

 made everyone more than busy. The 

 main supply in cut flowers, of course, 

 consists of mums, which are in de- 

 mand far in excess of that for other 

 flowers. It seems as though there will 

 be no'ie left after Thanksgiving, ex- 

 cept a few culls. Pompons have done 

 better this year than ever before; there 

 will be few left for Turkey day. 



Roses are about equal to the demand 

 and the quality is much better than last 

 year at this time. Carnations are not 

 so abundant as might be expected, but 

 fully sufficient to meet the demand, 

 which is just as well, since we are in 

 the middle of the heavy mum cut. 



Society Meeting. 



The Saginaw-Bay City Floricultural 

 Society meeting and mum show, which 

 was largely attended, was held in the 

 greenhouses of Charles Frueh & Sons. 

 Of course, the chrysanthemums were 

 the big attraction for the evening. 

 Pompons of every possible color and 

 type were shown, and the large ones, or 

 rather mammoth ones, were as large as 

 those at any mum show. Individual 

 flowers were shown that measured 

 twenty-five and one-half inches in cir- 

 cumference, and a vase of twelve flow- 

 ers measured 274 inches. 



The judges had rather a difficult time 

 deciding to whom the honors belonged. 

 Finally they fell to Charles Frueh & 

 Sons, for the large mums, and first on 

 pompons to Boehringer Bros., of Bay 

 City. The judges, John Irvine and 

 F. H. Stevens, said it was a rather 

 even toss-up all the way through. 



At the business meeting it was de- 

 cided that the society pay as pre- 

 miums out of the treasury fund the 

 sum of $5 in two prizes, $3 for first and 

 $2 for second, to go to the growers of 

 the stock. William Robertson, grower 

 for Chas. Frueh & Sons, was about ready 

 to "bust" when he heard the report 

 from the judges, but he finally calmed 

 down and gave us his paper on mums, 

 which was most interesting and in- 

 structive and brought out many points. 

 Second money fell to the William 

 Roethke Floral Co., grower. 



Next month there will be a showing 

 of roses and some fine stock is ex- 

 pected. There will be an exhibition 

 each month of cut flowers or plants in 

 CO inection with the monthly meetings. 

 The exhibitors were Charles Frueh & 

 Sons, Roethke Floral Co., Grohman, the 

 Florist; J. B. Goetz Sons, Saginaw; 

 Boehringer Bros., John Marsh, Bay 

 City; C. A. Hawley, Vassar; David 

 Kleinhans, St. Louis. Gee. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Last week was the coldest of the year 

 thus far and stock in a few small houses 

 not properly prepared for the sudden 

 drop was slightly injured by frost. 

 There now are absolutely no outdoor 

 flowers left. As is usually the case, 

 business picked up with the colder 

 weather that arrived last week. Every- 

 one seems to be having about all he 

 can attend to and there is little waste 

 stock of any kind. Chrysanthemums, 

 of course, continue to hold the center 

 of the stage, but they are by no means 

 the "whole thing" this fall, as in 

 some seasons. While chrysanthemums 

 have lost none of their popularity, they 

 are dividing favors pretty evenly with 

 the roses. On the whole this is a good 

 thing, as it is never the best thing for 

 business to have the demand centered 

 on one kind of flowers. 



Chrysanthemums this year have the 

 finish of any season 's best stock, but they 

 are not so large as those of the last two 

 or three years. This does not harm 

 their sale, however; in fact, some grow- 

 ers are of the opinion that there is more 

 profit in a medium-sized flower, if the 

 quality is there, than in an extra large 

 one, for this market. The people here 

 do not like to pay more than $4 per 

 dozen for mums, at least not for many 

 of them. 



Carnations are making a great record 

 this fall. I have never seen the qual- 

 ity so uniformly high this early in the 

 season. There is a good demand for all 

 that can be spared for shipping to 

 other cities. 



Again I feel constrained to speak of 

 Rose Baby Doll. If it does as well 

 elsewhere as it docs here, it certainly 

 will become a popular rose. It seems 

 to produce sheets of bloom. 



Various Notes. 



One of the last pieces of business 

 attended to by the late T. C. Joy was 

 the superintending of the construction 

 of a greenhouse at Clarksville, Tenn., 



which is to be used as a branch of the 

 home range. Harold Joy has entered on 

 his duties as general manager of the 

 Joy greenhouses. The company is mak- 

 ing heavy shipments of flowers nearly 

 every day to all parts of the south. 



The first azaleas of the season ar- 

 rived at Nashville last week. 



Leslie Littel reports that he is rap- 

 idly picking up the business formerly 

 carried on by the Hillerest School 

 Farm. He says sales were heavier last 

 week than those of any other week 

 since he started business two years ago. 



Prank Cornell is devoting a great 

 deal of the space in his houses to keep- 

 ing plants for people during the winter. 



J. F. Corbett is making regular ship- 

 ments of cut flowers to St. Louis this 

 fall. 



Daniel Mclntyre seems to be holding 

 his own pretty well and is cheerful in 

 his aflaiction. At the store they are 

 showing fine pot mums, as well as plenty 

 of good cut stock. 



Haury & Sons are beginning to offer 

 their usual large quantity of pot mums. 

 They make a specialty of pot plants 

 both fall and spring. F, B. 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The weather last week took a de- 

 cided turn and the mercury dropped to 

 10 degrees above zero. This benefited 

 business considerably by shortening up 

 the supply of stock. Chrysanthemums 

 now dominate the market, and the sup- 

 ply is better by far than at any time 

 during the present season. Prices are 

 holding up well, the smallest sizes 

 bringing $3 per dozen and the medium 

 and large sizes $4, $5 and $6. The 

 best varieties are Turner, Chieftain, 

 Wells' Late Pink, Golden Wedding, 

 Chadwick, Bonnaffon, Eaton and Ro- 

 man Gold. Pompons also are in excel- 

 lent supply and in numerous varieties. 



Roses are of better quality, Russell, 

 Ophelia, Shawyer and Sunburst being 

 the leaders. American Beauties are 

 coming into the market in fine condi- 

 tion and prices are good. Carnations 

 are in good supply and the prices satis- 

 factory. Orchids from local green- 

 houses are in good supply. Valley is 

 scarce and brings $6 per hundred. 

 Sweet peas also are scarce. There are 

 some fine long-spiked antirrhinums on 

 the market. The supply of narcissi is in- 

 creasing. Easter lilies, rubrums and 

 callas are in good demand for funeral 

 work. Violets are becoming a factor 

 in the market. Cyclamen and chrysan- 

 themum plants are of excellent quality 

 and fine variety. Greens are not plen- 

 tiful. 



Fort Wayne's First Flower Show. 



The first flower show to be given in 

 this city was opened November 16 un- 

 der the auspices of the Fort Wayne 

 Florists' Club, in the ballroom of the 

 Anthony hotel. The results were grati- 

 fying to all the florists and especially 

 to A. J. Lanternier, chairman of the 

 show, and to Miss Marguerite Flick, 

 secretary of the club. 



The ballroom was a mass of flowers, 

 and the florists, in many ways, had to 

 crowd their exhibits to fit the allotted 

 space. There were displays by the 

 Flick Floral Co., W. J. & M. S. Vesey, 

 A. J. Lanternier & Co., the Doswell 

 Floral Co., F. J. Knecht & Co., Markey 



