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The Florists^ Review 



July 19, 1917. 



VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT I 



HYBRIDIZING CUCUMBERS. 



Can you tell me how to cross the 

 English frame cucumber, Telegraph, 

 with Vickery Forcing, an improved 

 White Spine, to produce the hybrid cu- 

 cumber for greenhouse use? The hy- 

 brid is supposed to have the good quali- 

 ties of both, being well shaped and a 

 heavy cropper. Any information in 

 regard to this will be appreciated. 



N. C. N.— Kan. 



Pick off a male flower of the Tele- 

 graph and strip away the petals, leaving 

 only the central part of the flower. 

 Fertilize with this a female flower or 

 flowers of the Vickery White Spine 

 type; the female flowers produce the 

 fruit. Protect the fertilized flower or 

 flowers with fine gauze to prevent ferti- 

 lization by bees or other outside agents. 

 It is a safe plan to protect the flowers 

 to be fertilized before they are open; 

 then you are sure your cross is not inter- 

 fered with. It would be best to ferti- 

 lize the flowers on one or two plants 

 and to remove all the fruits from these 

 except the ones you have fertilized, to 

 allow the fruits to reach their best de- 

 velopment. A vice versa cross would 

 probably give similar results. C. W. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



As we are well into the third week 

 of July, business has a right, so to 

 speak, to be a trifle slow. Although 

 during the second week the retailer had 

 nothing but rain to contend with, so far 

 July is said to compare favorably with 

 the same month of many previous years. 



There is an abundant supply of every- 

 thing in the market; in fact, in some in- 

 stances there is an oversupply. An ex- 

 ception should be made of good Ameri- 

 can Beauties. These are few, but Eus- 

 sell and Francis Scott Key readily re- 

 place them. The Killarneys have suc- 

 cumbed to mildew, but there are plenty 

 of others to fill the gap. Carnations 



have held up exceptionally well, a condi- 

 tion attributed to the cool weather. 

 Sweet peas are available in quantities, 

 but many of them are inferior. Del- 

 phiniums, mignonette, snapdragons and 

 calendulas arrive in large consignments 

 and seem to clear daily, though how is 

 difficult to say. The greens situation 

 has improved. 



Various Notes. 



Tracy Dickinson, who has been asso- 

 ciated with L. C. Stroh & Sons, of Ba- 

 tavia, has enlisted in a military band 

 at Syracuse. Walter Stroh was in town 

 last week. 



Henry Wise, who ha,s been manager 

 for the Erie Floral Co. for the last 

 twelve years, has tendered his resigna- 

 tion since the recent change in owner- 

 ship from the Kasting Co. Mr. Wise 

 was a successful manager, and had his 

 share of difficulties to overcome. 



The Buffalo Florists' Club will hold 

 its annual outing at Smith's grove, 

 Genesee street and Union road, July 

 25. Picnickers should take the Gene- 

 see street car to the city line, and from 

 there take the Depew car. The grounds 

 are a five minutes' walk from the car 

 line. • A. E. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



The demand for good stock fluctuates, 

 being good one day and poor the next. 

 Gladioli, lilies, roses, carnations and 

 perennials are about the only flowers 

 in the market. Gladioli sell best, with 

 roses close seconds. There is an abun- 

 dance of stock, especially the poorer 

 grade, much of which is sold on the 

 streets. 



No one, however, is complaining about 

 business, which is at least as good 

 as during the summer months of other 

 years. There has been considerable fu- 

 neral work during the last two weeks. 



Various Notes. 



James B. Masson has purchased a 

 new delivery automobile. He has his 

 houses all planted and everything in 

 readiness for the season. Mr. Masson 

 says he has been exceptionally busy with 

 funeral work. 



W. J. Barnes has been busy with fu- 

 neral work. 



Eay Sturgeon has sold about all his 

 stock. He will retire from the green- 

 house business and go on a farm. 



The growers are busy getting their 

 places ready for fall. E. D. Ellsworth 

 has his houses at Forest lake planted 

 and R. S. Brown & Son are fast getting 

 their houses into shape. 



The Stockdale greenhouses have been 

 doing a big business in young chrysan- 

 themum plants. 



S. Bryson Ayres is sending in a lot of 

 good sweet peas. His gladioli also are 

 good. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report that business 

 continues good. They have been ship- 

 ping large orders recently. 



Henry Kusik soon will leave for Chi- 

 cago and Milwaukee en route to Colo- 

 rado. W. J. B. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Mark A. Cassidy, of M. A. Cassidy & 

 Co., who was badly injured by the over- 

 turning of an automobile in which he 

 was riding, about a month ago, returned 

 to his office last week. 



According to the annual assessments, 

 the Budlong Rose Co. has an excess of 

 $64,632, which is taxed for $258.52. 



Mr. and Mrs. T. L. O'Connor last 

 week arrived at the Mathewson, Narra- 

 gansett Pier, for the season. 



Archie Serro, an employee at the Kop- 

 pelman greenhouses. East Providence, 

 was struck by an automobile last week 

 as he rode out of a lane near the green- 

 houses on his way home. He suffered 

 a fracture of the collar bone. 



Harry Swanson has been taking a few 

 days ' respite from business with friends 

 at Shawomet beach. 



Earl Smith, of Pawtucket, is enjoying 

 short trips about New England in his 

 new automobile. W. H. M. 



POEHLMANN PROGRESS. 



The old-time florist, whose memories 

 of the trade reach back over the last 

 score of years, cannot but be impressed 

 when he contrasts in his mind the busi- 

 ness establishments of today with what 

 they have been in even the quite recent 

 past. And this improvement has not 

 been confined to any one branch or de-' 

 partment, but has included all sections 

 of the trade. As the retailer grew, his 

 needs increased proportionately and 

 many supply houses sprang up to cater 

 to his wants. Starting in a small way, 

 many of these supply businesses have 

 grown steadily until they are establish- 

 ments of no mean proportions. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 a portion of the supply department dis- 

 play room of Poehlmann Bros, Co., Chi- 

 cago, recently opened. This occupies a 

 space of about 5,000 square feet and is 

 adjacent to the company's wholesale 

 cut flower store. Begun in a small way 

 about five years ago, this department 

 has grown to large proportions and the 

 opening of the new display room marks 

 another station in this march onward. 

 The department is under the manage- 

 ment of T. E. Waters. ' 



View in New Supplies Display Room of Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago. 



Oneco, Fla. — Arthur James, for thirty 

 years a florist of Pittsburgh, Pa., has 

 begun work here on a fernery, on a tract 

 of sixty acres. Mr. James at first will 

 specialize in the various types of neph- 

 rolepis, which he will wholesale in 

 the northern markets. Later he ex- 

 pects to grow asparagus, crotons and 

 rubber plants. 



