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The Florists* Review 



NOTBUBBB 23, 1916. 



Bros., Edgar Wenninghoflf and the New 

 Haven Floral Co. Chrysanthemums 

 were the predominating flowers in the 

 show, although there were meritorious 

 exhibits of roses. W. J. & M. S. 

 Vesey displayed cattleyas, oncidiums, 

 vandas and cypripediums. The Flick 

 Floral Co. had a bride's party, with 

 bouquets of colonial style, and hand- 

 some table decorations. Markey Bros, 

 had William Turner mums with other 

 stock and the Doswell Floral Co. ex- 

 hibited Ophelia and Shawyer roses, as 

 well as a variety in chrysanthemums. 



Varioiw Notes. 



Miss Clara B. Flick, of the Patten 

 Flower Shop, Toledo, O., is spending 

 several days here visiting Mrs. Richard 

 Blossom, of the Flick Floral Co. Miss 

 Flick reports business at Toledo un- 

 usually brisk. 



Pa,rk Superintendent Carl J. Getz re- 

 turned last week from a visit to nurs- 

 eries at Tippecanoe, Springfield, East 

 Cleveland and Painesville, O., where he 

 purchased 2,000 plants for the city 

 parks, besides, 3,400 large-leaved trees. 



A. M. Anderson, of the A. L. Bandall 

 Co., Chicago, called on the trade last 

 week. R. F. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Last week could not be recorded as 

 one of the really busy weeks. There 

 was plenty of all kinds of stock, but 

 little demand. Now, however, with the 

 fall of snow giving the genuine aspect 

 of winter, it is thought that business 

 will improve. Moreover, if the cold 

 weather continues, the supply will not 

 be quite so heavy. 



American Beauties are in good de- 

 mand and the quality is quite satisfac- 

 tory. Other roses which lingered some- 

 what last week are now moving nicely. 

 Mums continue to arrive in just as good 

 quality, if not better in some instances, 

 but the quantity has fallen off. Pom- 

 pons are far more plentiful than mums 

 and the variety is larger. Valley and 

 orchids are few and hard to obtain. 

 The supply of lilies is slowly increas- 

 ing. Violets, both single and double, 

 move nicely. The supply of sweet peas 

 is as yet small and the demand weak. 

 Miscellaneous stock is rather erratic as 

 to supply; it is plentiful one day and 

 scarce the next. Greens are sufficient 

 for needs. 



Various Notes. 



The Wm. F. Kasting Co. held the for- 

 mal opening of its wholesale house at 

 570 Washington street Thursday eve- 

 ning, November 16. Much credit is due 

 to the staff of the company and it is 

 evident that persistency combined with 

 patience will finally obtain what is 

 sought. As the guests arrived the re- 

 ception committee, which consisted of 

 Wallace Eiss and Emil Brucker, escorted 

 them through the entire establishment, 

 from the refrigerator on the main floor, 

 a cooling system, to the second floor, 

 where everything is arranged in a most 

 systematic way. From there the guests 

 were taken to the third floor, where 

 everyone was entertained during every 

 moment of the time spent there. There 

 was not a dull moment during the en- 

 tire evening. An orchestra of eighteen 

 pieces furnished music for dancing and 

 rendered some beautiful selections be- 

 tween dances. American flags and wild 

 smilax adorned the walls, while palms 



and Boston ferns added much to the 

 decorations. The table decorations con- 

 sisted of baskets of Killarney roses and 

 yellow pompons. 



Mrs. G. L. Graham and son, of Brad- 

 ford, were in Buffalo last week. They 

 attended the municipal flower show. 

 Business with them has been quite sat- 

 isfactory, but there still are many 

 chances for improvement. 



David Scott, of Corfu, now is com- 

 pleting the erection of a new house 

 36x126, which will be devoted entirely 

 to the sweet pea. This flower has been 

 a wonderful success with him within 

 the last few years. 



While coming in on his regular trip 

 Monday morning, November 13, Her- 

 man Ehmann had some thrilling and 

 exciting experiences. Because of the 



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dense fog, it was not easy to discern 

 anything ahead, and while driving at a 

 regular speed, with an icy pavement, 

 he suddenly approached two wagons. 

 Intending to stop, he quickly applied 

 the brakes, but before stopping his car 

 turned entirely around — but did not tip 

 over. However, it was a close call. 



Galley Bros., of Gardenville, are daily 

 shipping in large consignments of 

 Major Bonnaffon mums. These sell 

 readily at a good figure. 



All indications now are that there 

 will be plenty of stock for Thanks- 

 giving. Let us hope so, because it looks 

 as if business will be good. 



Mr. and Mrs. White, of Medina, 

 N. Y., were in Buffalo last week. P. M. 

 Phillips, with S. A. Weller, of Boston, 

 Mass., also was here. 



The municipal flower show held in 

 the Elmwood music hall was well at- 

 tended, especially Sunday. The at- 

 tendance each day ran high up into 

 the thousands. Many out-of-town flo- 

 rists attended. A. E. 



HOLYOEE, MASS. 



The regular meeting of the Holyoke 

 and Northampton Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club was held jointly with that 

 of the M. A. C. Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club, at Amherst, November 13. With 

 the M. A. C. flower show as an extra 

 attraction, members turned out in good 

 number and, as usual, the occasion was 

 one of profit and pleasure. 



It was felt that a closer spirit of co- 

 operation between the two clubs would 



tend to mutual advantage, and to this 

 end an open invitation was. extended to 

 the members of each club to attend the 

 meetings of the other. A pleasing fea- 

 ture was the presentation by President 

 Butler, on behalf of the club, of a cut 

 glass bowl to Prof. A. H. Nehrling, in 

 honor of the Professor's recent mar- 

 riage. 



G. H. Sinclair, D. J. GaJlivan and E. 

 S. Cary, judges of the students' work 

 at the show, were called upon to ex- 

 plain the why and wherefore of their 

 awards. They acquitted themselves 

 nobly. After a social half-hour the 

 members dispersed with the feeling that 

 it was an evening well spent. 



H. E. D. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Business as yet is not what it should 

 be, but toward the close of last week 

 it improved considerably. The market 

 is well supplied with all seasonable 

 lines and prices are rather low. Many 

 heavy orders are coming in for Thanks- 

 giving. 



Roses continue plentiful and gener- 

 ally are of a high quality. Carnation re- 

 ceipts are larger than necessary to 

 supply the present demands. Chrysan- 

 themums are crowding and all sizes are 

 available. Easter lilies, too, are plenti- 

 ful. Orchids, valley and sweet peas 

 meet with a fair demand. Calla lilies 

 and Paper White narcissi are offered. 

 Mexican ivy now is in the market and 

 up to this time has sold well. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Peterson & Sons have a fine lot 

 of Glory of Cincinnati, Melior and Mrs. 

 J. A. Peterson begonias for Thanksgiv- 

 ing trade. 



C. E. Critchell has been finding a 

 good market for Mexican ivy. 



The E. G. Hill Floral Co. store, with 

 its tasteful decorations last week, 

 looked almost as well as it did the week 

 of its fall chrysanthemum show. 



Among recent visitors were Martin 

 Reukauf, representing H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia; William Cook, of 

 Montgomery, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. G. A. 

 Beckman, of Middletown, O.; Karl 

 Heiser, of Hamilton, O. C. H. H. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Business conditions were more satis- 

 factory last week. There was plenty 

 of stock of all kinds, but the demand 

 was good and cleaned up everything, 

 although prices on any of the inferior 

 stock were too low. 



There seems to be a much better de- 

 mand for violets than last year, but 

 the quantity of blooms " coming in is 

 much smaller than that of any other 

 year. It was thought early in the 

 month that there would be a scarcity of 

 chrysanthemums at Thanksgiving, but 

 all indications now are that there will 

 be plenty of them. Pompons, carna- 

 tions and roses, however, may be scarce, 

 as the continued bright weather has 

 brought in much of the stock intended 

 for next week. 



The wholesale houses have been busy; 

 the quantity of flowers coming in has 

 kept them on the jump to find outlets 

 for the stock. At this season of the 

 year there is greater competition with 



