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The Florists Review 



July 26, 1917. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



There was a shortage of good stock iu 

 the market last week. With the excep- 

 tion of gladioli, lilies and a few Eussoll 

 roses, all items were of inferior quality. 

 There were many delphiniums and 

 phloxes in the market, but they found 

 little sale. Summer-blooming begonias 

 are in the market and sell well, es- 

 pecially for hospital orders. Local 

 growers expect to begin cutting asters 

 soon, which will help out the supply. 



Business last week was exceptionally 

 good, there being many calls for funeral 

 work and many orders for llowers to be 

 sent to hospitals. Sales of the latter 

 class have been unusually large this 

 summer. 



Various Notes. 



The members of the trade in Kansas 

 City who were among those drafted for 

 army service are Ernest Moore, with the 

 William L. Eock Flower Co.; Howard 

 Bartlow, of the Alpha Floral Co.; Will- 

 iam Miller, with Samuel Murray; Fred 

 Hprst, with Arthur Newell; Oscar Jos- 

 lin, with W. J. Barnes, and Curtis Hun- 

 ter, with E. A. Humfeld. 



James Payne is moving his establish- 

 ment to the northeast corner of Forty- 

 third street and the State Line road. 

 Mr. Payne already has several houses 

 erected and ready for the transfer of 

 stock. When completed the new estab- 

 lishment will be the same size as the 

 old one, but more modern. 



The William L. Eock Flower Co. had 

 one of the largest decorations of the 

 year at the Muehlbach hotel recently. 

 The large ballroom was latticed over 

 and huckleberry foliage and gray moss 

 were used. The floor was made to rep- 

 resent a large sunken garden, with an 

 electric fountain in the center. 



A. Newell had an especially good 

 week. He made several large designs 

 for the funeral of a prominent man, 

 besides having orders for a number of 

 baskets to be sent to hospitals. 



,The Geo. M. Kellogg Flower & Plant 

 Co. had several houses damaged by wind 

 recently. They were torn down and re- 

 built. The company has rebuilt six 

 houses this year. Miss Brown, with the 

 Kellogg company, is in Colorado on her 

 vacation. Mr. Kidd also is away. 



E. A. Humfeld is cutting some gooil 

 asters. He has just returned from Dal- 

 las, Tex., and expects to sjicnd the rest 

 of tlic summer at liis farm in the Ozark 

 mountains. 



Visitors last week were Edgar Hall, 

 manager of the Hyde Park Floral Co., 

 Austin, Tex., and Charles F. Heacock, 

 manager of Hillyer's Flower Shop, also 

 of Austin. 



Charles Thomas says business lias 

 been satisfactory during his short ex- 

 perience in the greenhouse business and 

 he expects it to be better next season. 



W. J. B. 



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