December 7, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



DEMURRAGE GOES UP. 



PLANTING INDOOR SWEET PEAS. 



I have a greenhouse 28^x90 and 

 eight feet high at the sides, running 

 north and south, in which I intend^o 

 grow sweet peas. "Which way woul^J 

 you advise planting the rows and how 

 many rows would you plant? It would 

 be most convenient to run them length- 

 wise of the house. I thought of plant- 

 ing six rows. What is the best method 

 of supporting the vines? Which do 

 you consider the best variety of tomato 

 for forcing? I want a variety that 

 will not require artificial pollination. 



C. G.J.— N. Y. 



While on some accounts we prefer to 

 run the rows of sweet peas across the 

 house, it is even more desirable that 

 the rows run north and south, and we 

 would adopt that course in the house 

 described, particularly if there are 

 other special reasons that apply. It is 

 advisable to have the rows four feet 

 apart, which would permit running six 

 rows in a house twenty-eight feet six 

 inches wide, and leave ample room for 

 wallfs along the walls and also through 

 the middle of the house, if desired. 



The vines may be trained upon trel- 

 lises made by stretching medium-weight 

 "wool" twine horizontally lengthwise 

 of the house, with the strands six to 

 eight inches apart, the upper ones be- 

 ing farther apart than the lower ones. 

 The twine should be supported every 

 eight feet by ^-inch gas pipe or 

 wooden stakes, eight or nine feet high. 

 These stakes should be held in place 

 by running along the row a No. 12 gal- 

 vanized wire, to which the tops of the 

 stakes should be fastened, and two 

 other wires should be run farther down, 

 to stiffen the stakes and assist the twine 

 trellis in carrying the weight of the 

 vinos. 



The Marvel is a good variety of to- 

 mato for greenhouse forcing, but, like 

 all other sorts, it will set more fruits 

 and they will be noticeably larger if 

 some attention is given to hand-pol- 

 linating. T. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



The florists of Buffalo perhaps never 

 experienced a better Thanksgiving 

 trade than this year's. There was an 

 abundance of stock in nearly every 

 line. Beauties were of good quality and 

 the supply was just about equal to the 

 demand. Other roses, too," experienced 

 a good demand at good figures. All 

 chrysanthemums and pompons cleared 

 rapidly at good prices, regardless of 

 color. There were some reports of a 

 shortage of pompons, but even if it 

 were so, there was plenty of other 

 stock to fill the vacancy. The Chad- 



wicks are the chief varieties in the 

 mum line today. 



Although there was a heavy cut of 

 carnations, much more than many ex- 

 pected, these were soon sold out en- 

 tirely. Now that mums have dimin- 

 ished in supply, lilies have resumed 

 their former activity. The supply of 

 these is about normal. 



There was a fair supply of orchids 

 and valley. Cypripediums were in de- 

 mand; also gardenias. The demand for 

 violets has picked up somewhat, in 

 both doubles and singles. Paper 

 Whites and stevias are more plentiful 

 daily. Calendulas continue about the 

 same and some extra nice snapdragons 

 reach the market occasionally. Sweet 

 peas as yet are few. Greens are quite 

 sufficient for all present demands and 

 Christmas greens are arriving in small 

 consignments. 



Various Notes. 



The William Scott Co. reports an 

 extra fine Thanksgiving business, far 

 superior to that of any previous year, 

 in actual figures. 



Edna Boettger, daughter of R. E. 

 Boettger, of Eggertsville, was married 

 to Edwin H. Evans, also of Eggerts- 

 ville, Thanksgiving evening. 



Business with A. J. Reichert has been 

 satisfactory. From now until Christ- 

 mas the force will be on the go. 



We no more than get through with 

 the Thanksgiving rush when we look 

 Christmas in the face. All predictions 

 are for a most prosperous Christmas 

 business. 



Palmer's report a large increase in 

 their Thanksgiving business. A. E. 



THE LOSSES. 



An indication of the severity of the 

 losses sustained this season on plant im- 

 portations is seen in a notice of a sale 

 of abandoned shipments announced by 

 the collector of customs at Chicago. 

 The sale took place at 10 a. m. Decem- 

 ber 7. The following was the official 

 description: 



OrlRinal Trosont 



,, . ^ -.r ^ . Foreign Home 



Marks and Nos. Boscrlption Value Value 



S&J 4/9 OS 1000 Hortenslas. . .S 180.00 $ 10 00 



CC&S 185/8 4 cs 2G0 azaleas, 12 



kentins 75.00 ] o.OO 



r R 150/G.S 14 OS 1215 azaleas. . . 203.00 50.00 

 104 1 cs 120 aznloas and ophiopo- 



f^"" ■■•JiA^V 14.00 .5.00 



10.") 1 rs 1000 beRonias. . . . ^.'. . . . 1.3.00 20 00 



K.TK 004/70 .')l cs .S005 azaleas. . l,,?9fi!oo 200 00 



040 '42 3 cs l.'iO arancarias 80.00 40.00 



04.S/4.') .3 cs l.TO Hortenslas .S.S.Ofl 10.00 



0.59/7.1 5 cs 125 rhotlo<lendrona. . 61.00 100 00 

 RC .5429/38 10 cs 78,000 gladiolus 



l>ulhs 157.00 40.00 



The merchandise was imported by va- 

 rious importers during the month of 

 November, 1916. 



Denver, Colo.— Thurston II. U. Smith 

 is the happy father of a daughter, Mary, 

 born December 3. 



The Interstate Commerce Commission 

 and various state utilities boards, in an 

 effort to relieve the shortage of coal 

 cars, have ordered a change in demur- 

 rage charges, expected to prevent the 

 recent practice of holding cars while the 

 contents is traded in between brokers. 

 The new charges will be as follows: 

 Cars held in railroad yards awaiting re- 

 consignment, first twenty-four hours, 

 free; first day thereafter, $1 a car; sec- 

 ond day, $2; third day, $3; fourth day 

 and each succeeding day, $.5. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Stock in all lines is scarce, following 

 a satisfactory Thanksgiving day busi- 

 ness. December 1 to 3 it was impossi- 

 ble t6 get any quantity of flowers and 

 this same condition continued early in 

 the present week. 



Everything sold well on the holiday 

 and prices were satisfactory from the 

 growers' standpoint. Valley was extra 

 high, at times bringing $8 per hundred 

 for stock that in the days before the 

 war would have been passed by at $4 

 per hundred. Violets sell well; the 

 Hudson river variety moves at $1.25 

 and $1.50 per hundred. The demand 

 for singles exceeded that for doubles. 

 The single violets have always been the 

 more popular here. 



With the general shortage the prices 

 of roses jumped materially. Retailers 

 had difficulty in getting stock at $12 

 and $14 per hundred. The miniature 

 roses were almost unobtainable and or- 

 ders for quantities as small as fifty 

 could not be filled. Carnations sell 

 readily at $4 to $6 per hundred. Pap(r 

 Whites, the sale of which had been 

 dragging, sell readily at $4 per lundred. 

 The price of narcissi will take a heavy 

 drop, as the supply is rapidly increas- 

 ing. Stevia made its appearance last 

 week. There were not enough sweet 

 peas to go around, and the demand was 

 heavy, A considerable part of this dif- 

 ficulty was due to the fact that the 

 growers are troubled with buds drop- 

 ping. This is the first time this year 

 that all of the growers and wholesalers 

 have been compelled to turn down 

 orders. 



Various Notes. 



Among visitors last week were F. Sit- 

 terding, Jr., with Ratcliffe & Tanner, 

 Richmond, Va.; Roger W. Peterson, of 

 Cincinnati, O.; James Meiklejohn, repre- 

 senting W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. 

 J.; Joseph ,T. Goudy, representing H. A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia; L. J. Seiger, repre- 

 senting the Robert Craig Co., Philadel- 

 phia. 



Mrs. Nettie Supper, who for some time 

 has been in the employ of George C. 

 Shaffer, has returned to her old posi- 

 tion with the Gude Bros. Co. 



William F. Gude was one of the 

 judges in the window display contest of 

 electrical week. All of the florists have 

 attractively decorated windows. 



Among the merchants who announced 

 their intention of participating in the 

 electrical parade are a number of flo- 

 rists, but these will meet with difficulty 

 in decorating their machines because 

 of the shortage of stock. The members 

 of the trade are opposed to the use of 

 artificial flowers for any purpose and 

 rather than this they will withdraw 

 their entries. ' C. L. L. 



