JULY 26, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



Mrs. D. Hanuah. 



Mrs. Dundel Hannah, wife of H. O. 

 fi.unah, of Sherman, Tex., died July 9, 

 10 7. The decedent was a practical flo- 

 rist and during the last ten years spe- 

 ei;;]lzed in decorative work, in which 

 ji, r skill was second to none. She 

 ^vrs in charge of the cut flower depart- 

 iiMiit of the Sherman Greenhouses & 

 (.Miden, H. O. Hannah & Son, proprie- 

 tors, and as such built up a large pat- 

 riiiiage. 



Mrs. Hannah had many friends, al- 

 tliough her home and her family were 

 her all. She is survived by her husband 

 and two sons. 



H. B. Buck. 



H. B. Buck, of W. E. Marshall & Co., 

 tlio New York seedsmen, died Saturday, 

 July 21. Mr. Buck was well known in 

 tlie trade and had many friends in the 

 eastern cities. Interment was at Ken- 

 sico cemetery, New York, July 24. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



A week of intense heat, with occa- 

 sional showers, added to the dullness 

 of the market. Shipments of nearly 

 everything were light. As a result 

 l)rices were steady. Asters arrived in 

 considerable quantities and the usual 

 flood of them is expected soon. Gladiolus 

 shipments are increasing daily. The 

 quality is excellent. The price July 21 

 ranged from 50 cents to $1 per dozen. 



There was a good supply of American 

 Beauties. The quality is better. Top 

 prices were $25 per hundred. There 

 are enough hybrid tea roses in many 

 varieties for the demand. The best sell 

 at $5 per hundred, while the others 

 ran^e down to 50 cents per hundred. 

 The market is well supplied with 

 orchids, good gigas bringing 60 cents 

 oach, cattleyas 30 to 50 cents and others 

 as low as $20 to $25 per hundred. 



The supply of valley is limited and 

 $6 per hundred was asked July 21. 

 Lilies have risen to $5 per hundred for 

 tlie selects, with no surplus. Rubrums 

 sell at $3 per hundred, as do the in- 

 ferior longiflorums. Continued ship- 

 ments of carnations have caused sur- 

 prise. Some selected flowers sold last 

 week as high as $2 per hundred. Most 

 of the arrivals, however, brought 50 

 cents per hundred. 



Some fine delphiniums are arriving 

 daily. Sweet peas and daisies are 

 abundant. Feverfew has been sup- 

 ])lanted by candytuft. There are quan- 

 tities of coreopsis, antirrhinum and 

 gaillardia. The rambler roso season is 

 over. 



Various Notes. 



Entries for the convention bowling 

 contest may be sent to Joseph Fenrich, 

 51 West Twenty-eighth street. The 

 New York Club still is the recognized 

 chamj)ion of the S. A. F. bowling clubs. 

 Philadelphia has entered its protest 

 and challenge. 



Walter Mott was in the city July 21. 

 He was on his way to Beacon, N. Y., 

 after a trip through the New England 

 states for Benjamin F. Hammond. Mr. 



Mott attended the luncheon to the Kil- 

 ties and Highlanders while here. He 

 will have charge of the Hammond ex- 

 hibit at the convention. 



W. Kenney, of the P. J. Smith force, 

 spent his vacation camping at Croton 

 on Hudson. John Einsel and N. F. 

 Raible, Jr., of the same store, have 

 adopted the vacation plan of a day off 

 alternately during July, as have the 

 employees of several other wholesale 

 houses. 



Walter Siebrecht and Clarence Slinn 

 were at Salt Lake City, Utah, en route 

 to California by automobile, when last 

 heard from. They expect to reach the 

 coast by August 1. They will visit San 

 Francisco, Los Angeles, Pasadena and 

 San Diego before returning. 



William Her, of the Edward C. Horan 

 force, is in the mountains for his vaca- 

 tion. 



C. H. Totty has had an enjoyable 

 holiday at Atlantic City. 



R. J. Irwin leaves next week for 

 Montreal to attend the convention of 

 Canadian florists. J. Austin Shaw. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



The supply of stock shortened last 

 week and with the exception of lilies 

 and Shasta daisies there is not an over- 

 abundance. Gladioli are coming in good 

 shape and meet a demand. Asters are 

 not in big supply and the quality is 

 poor. Outside sweet peas clear easily 



at 40 and 50 cents per hundred. Snap- 

 dragons still are in good demand and 

 quality. Garden flowers are abundant. 

 Green is in fair supply. Funeral work 

 has been the principal business and 

 creates a demand for lilies. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Eisner is in St. Louis on a va- 

 cation. 



Albert Kempe has a new automobile. 



William Ross recently was struck by 

 an interurban car and last reports said 

 his condition was critical. 



Those in the trade who were among 

 the first to be drafted were Henry 

 Bohne, John Chisholm, Walter Hansen, 

 Harry Bohne, Edwin Nelson, Edwin 

 Temperley, Charles Pahud, Otto Law- 

 rence, Fred Stolte, Roy Cleavenger and 

 De Witt Mosey. 



Harry Pahud has gone to Rochester, 

 Ind., for a short vacation. 



Irwin Bertermann is spending his va- 

 cation on a motor trip to Chicago. 



Paul Janisch, of the Broad Ripple 

 Floral Co., has been twice arrested for 

 speeding and twice has been forced by a 

 policeman to move his car because it 

 had been parked more than the allotted 

 time. » 



Albert Stanley has a large field of 

 Shasta daisies and is cutting some fine 

 flowers for the local market. 



Baur & Steinkamp are shipping large 

 orders of mums and poinsettias. Four 

 of the firm's force were taken by the 

 draft. E. E. T. 



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R. S. Carey, of South Hadley Falls, 

 Mass., remarked tliat it took consider- 

 able suasion to combat the nearly gen- 

 eral abandonment of the use of flow- 

 ers at school commencements, but his 

 best stock was cleared, nevertheless. 



Chatterton Warburton, of Fall River, 

 Mass., is picking some extra fine sweet 

 peas, in lavender and pink. He men- 

 tioned that his grower liad ordered from 

 a well known seed house one pound of 

 a standard white, a named kind, and 

 one can imagine his chagrin when the 

 suj>posed white bloomed pink. "There's 

 the rub," said Mr. Warburton, "but 

 what can we do about it? Shall we be 

 forced to seek the protection of the gov- 

 ernment, as is now done with insecti- 

 «ides?" 



Caryopteris Mastacanthus is making 

 a fine showing at Newport, R. I. It 

 makes an excellent hedge of medium 

 height. 



Journeying from Lynn to Salem, 

 Mass., in fact all along the rugged coast 

 of New England, as far as the eye can 

 see, there is the native yellow antir- 

 rhinum, or "butter and eggs" as it is 

 known locally, in one solid mass of 

 blooms. All nature is reveling at this 

 time, and it should not be a source of 

 disappointment to the florist if there is 

 not much call for the greenhouse flow- 

 ers, which are all the more appreciated 

 wlien nature resigns to him later on. 

 In the meantime the florist should plan 

 to have nature continued indoors, rotary 

 fashion. 



Thomas Clark, of New London, Conn., 

 has it figured out that it will pay the 

 owner of a range of glass operated to 

 supi)ly the downtown store to close 

 down next winter, but open up early in 

 spring, with a new stock supplied by the 

 large growers who are equipped for such 

 a purpose. This is the more easy if 

 one can rely on a good grower or whole- 

 saler, as can Mr. Clark, who believes 

 others will adopt this plan if present 

 conditions continue. Business generally 

 has kept up well. 



Richard Higgins, of Providence, has 

 been able to strike the happy medium — 

 enough funeral work to keep busy when 

 outside orders are quiet. A new sales- 

 room is planned for next season. 



Tlie rose garden at Roger Williams 

 park, Providence. R. I., is not exten- 

 sive, but it contains the best well known 

 roses, which are now at their best. The 

 ramblers, trained up the electric light 

 polos and elsewhere, arc gorgeous. The 

 collection of conifers embraces every 

 variety that will thrive here. Tlie moist 

 season, now warmer, is ideal for all out- 

 door vegetation, and Superintendent 

 Fred Green is justly proud of his mag- 

 nificent park. 



The W. E. Barrett Co., of Providence, 

 reports a plienonienal seed season. 

 "Bugs?" ejaculated Manager Williams. 

 "The famous fifty-seven varieties are 

 not in it when compared with tlie sto- 

 ries some of our patrons pour into our 

 ears, but we alwavs have a remedy 

 handy." ' W. M. 



