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The Florists^ Review 



Jui.y 10, 1917. 



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VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARTMENT 



HYBRIDIZING CUCUMBERS. 



<';iii Vdil tell liu' lidW In cross flic 

 lliiyiiNh Irnnic ciicuiiiIxT, Tclc^r;i|ili, 

 with \' ickri'X' l"(ll•^•ill^■, ;ni iiii|ii()\('(l 

 White Sjiiiu', to indilucc the liyluiil cii- 

 fUiiihiT i'or ;j:ifi'iiii(iust> use.' Till' h.v- 

 liritl is suii])()S(m| to hiivo the j^ood quali- 

 tios y\i Ixitli, lu'lii" \\cll sliaped ninl a 

 lu'avy (■i(i|>|ici'. Any iiil'dnuat inn in 

 ri'yaiii 111 tills will lie apiifcciatcd. 



N. C. .\,— Kan. 



I'i(d< (dT w mail' ilnwcr (d" tlic Tcdc- 

 fjiapli and stiiji away tho jietais, ]oa\ inu' 

 only tlu> central part of tho llowor. 

 J'ortili/o Avitli tliis a I'onialc llowcr or 

 lluwcrs ol' llio \'i(d\cry White S|iine 

 tyjie; tlic I'lMiiale lliiwcrs ]irodnce llie 

 truit. Protect the fertilized llower or 

 tlower-^ with tine ^.aii/c to ]irevent ferti- 

 lization li\' lices or other ontside agents. 

 It is a sale jdan to ]irotect tlie l!o\\( is 

 to he fertilized before they are o|ieii; 

 then you are sine yoiii- cross is not inter- 

 I'ered ^vitll. ll would lie liest to ferti- 

 lize tlie )lov\-ei^ on one or two |ilants 

 and to I'eiHoxe all the fruits from these 

 excejit the ones you ha\t' fertilized, to 

 allow the t'niils lo I'eaidi their fiest de 

 vtdopnient. A \ice \ (M'sa cross would 

 ]iridiald\- ^i\-e similar results. <,'. W. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



.\s we are well into the third Aseek 

 (if duly, hiisinc^s lias a ri^ht, so to 

 sjieak, to lie a trille shiu. Although 

 durin;,' the second week the ictailer had 

 notliin;,^ hut rain to ciuiteiid with, s,. far 

 July is said to coiniiare t'a\'oi-;ildy with 

 tho same montli of many previons years. 



There is an .•ilniiidaiit ^ujpjdy ui e\ery- 

 thiu^ in till' market; in I'act, in some in- 

 stances thcie is ail o\ eisii|i[ily. An ex- 

 ce|ition shonld 1m made or' ^olHl Ameri- 

 can Beauties. These aie lew, lillt Ifus- 



sell and j-'raiicis Si-nti Key icadily re- 

 place them. The Killaiiuys have suc- 

 <Mimhed to mildew, hut tlieie are jdeiity 

 of otlier.s to till tlie ga|'. Carruitions 



lia\<' held up exceptionally w(dl, a condi- 

 tion .-it t lihiited to the coid Weather. 

 Sweet peas .-iii' ;i\ailalile in (piantities, 

 hut many of t hein are inferior, del- 

 phiniums, mi^niuudte, siiapdra<i;()ns and 

 calendulas arrive in lar<:;e eoiisij^nmeuts 

 ami seem to clear daily, thoufi'h how is 

 ditlicult to say. The greens situation 

 has im{iroved. 



Various Notes. 



Tracy Dickinson, ^\lio has heen asso- 

 ciatcil with L. C. Stroh <S>: Sons, of Ba- 

 tavia, has enlistt'd in a military band 

 at (Syracuse. Waller Htroh was in town 

 last week. 



llenrv Wise, who has betui manager 

 for the Erie Floral Co. for tlie last 

 tW(dve yi'ars, lias tend(M-ed his resigna- 

 timi since the recent change in owner- 

 ship from the Kasting Co. Mr. Wise 

 was a successful manager, and liad his 

 shar(> of difticult ies to overc(une. 



The liiitralo Florists' Club will ludd 

 its annual outing at Smith's groxc, 

 (iem-see street and Ciiion road, July 

 L'5. I'icnickers should take the Gene- 

 see street ear to the city line, and I'rom 

 there take the Depew ear. The grounds 

 .are a live minutes' walk frcun the ear 

 line. A. E. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



The ileniand for good stock tluctuates, 

 being good one day and jioor the next. 

 (lladi(di. lilies, roses, carnations and 

 |icreiinials are ab(Mit the only flowers 

 in the ni;iid\(d. (ilailioli sell best, with 

 roses close seciuids. Tluu'e is an abun- 

 dance of stock, es|ie(dally the poorer 

 grade, mueli of which is sidd on the 

 streets. 



Xo (Uie, liowcver, is complaining aliout 

 business, which is at least as good 

 as during the summer months of other 

 years. Tliere has been eonsiderable fu- 

 Jieral work during tlie last two weeks. 



Various Notes. 



.lames li. Masson has jiiirdiased a 

 new delivery automoliile. He has his 

 houses all planti^l and t'\erything in 

 readiness for the season. ]Mr. Mass<ui 

 says he has been exceptionally busy with 

 funeral work. 



W. J. Barnes lias been busy with fu- 

 neral work. 



Ray Sturgeon h;is sold about all hi 

 stock. He will r(dire from the green 

 house business and go on a farm. 



The growers are busy getting tliei 

 placi's ready for fall. E. J). Kllswort! 

 has his houses at Forest lake planter 

 and K. S. lirown iV Son are fast gettiu". 

 their houses into sliajM'. 



The Stockilale greenhouses have beet 

 doing a big business in young chrysan 

 tliemum plants. 



S. Bryson Ayres is sending in a lot o^ 

 good sweet peas.. His gladiidi also ar^ 

 good. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report that busines- 

 continues good. They have been shij. 

 ping large orders recently. 



Henry Kusik soon will leave for Chi 

 eago and Milwaukee en route to Colo 

 rado. W. J. B. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



]Mark A. Cassidy, of Al. A. Cassidy & 

 Co., wdio was badly injured by the over- 

 turning of an automobile in which lit 

 was riding, about a month ago, returned 

 to his oilice last week. 



According to the annual assessments, 

 the Hudhuig Hosi- Co. has an excess of 

 .$(i4,(ioL', which is taxed for $L'.").S.5l'. 



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

 week arrived at the ]Mathe\vson, Xarra- 

 gansett I'ier, for the season. 



Archie Serro, an employee at the Kop- 

 jielman greenhouses, East Providence, 

 was strmdv l»y an antouKdiile last week 

 as he rode out of a lane lU'ar the green- 

 houses on his way home. He suffered 

 a fracture of the cidlar bone. 



Harry ►Swanson has ])een taking a few- 

 days' residte from business with friends 

 at Shawomet beach. 



Earl Smitli, of Pawtucket, is enjoying 

 short trips about New England in his 

 new automobile. W. H. M. 



POEHLMANN PROGRESS. 



The old-time ilorist, 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 e«(tablisliinents of today with what 

 they lia\'e been in even the (piitt^ recent 

 luist. And this improvement has not 

 been confined to any one branch or de- 

 jiartment, but has inclmleil all sections 

 (d' the trade. As tin- retailer greV, his 

 needs iiicri-ased proportionjitely and 

 many sujiply iiouses sprang wy to cater 

 to his wants. Start ing in a small way, 

 many of these supply Imsiiiesses have 

 ^rown steadily until they are establish- 

 ments of no mean ju-oportions. 



The acconii)aiiying illustration shows 

 a porti(Ui of the supply ilepartment dis- 

 play room (if Poehlinann Bros. Co., Clii- 

 cago. recently opened. This occupies a 

 space of about ."1,(10(1 s(pi;ire fe(d and is 

 ailjaceiit to the company's wholesale 

 cut flower store. Begun in a small way 

 .■iliout ti\'e yeais ;igo. this department 

 has grown to large iiropoitions and the 

 opening (d' the ne\\' clisplay room marks 

 .another st.atioii in this march onward, 

 'i'he de|i;irtment is under the manage- 

 ment o|' T. 1-;. \\';i ters. 



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



Oneco, Fla. Arthur .l.ames. lor thirty 

 years ;i Ilorist of I'ittsburgh, l';i., has 

 be^nii W(u k here on a fermM\-, on ;i tract 

 of sixty ;icres. Mr. .lames af first will 

 speci:iliz<' ill the \arioiis fyjies of iieph 

 r(depis, which In' will wholesale in 

 till northi'in markets. Later lu^ ex- 

 pects to grow ;ispar ai;us, ciottuis ami 

 rubber jdants. 



