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The Florists' Review 



Shptembbr 13, 1^17. 



DETBOIT, MICH. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Market. 



Tlie cooler weather has had its effect 

 on both business and stock. Business 

 seems to have more snap to it; decora- 

 tions are more frequent. Cut flowers are 

 of far better quality and more plentiful. 

 Tliey arrive in the best of condition, 

 which is a great relief from the open, 

 bruised and poor condition of those a 

 few weeks ago. 



Nearly all the florists have returned 

 from their vacations and the appearance 

 of the stores and windows seems to 

 show the effect of more interest and 

 effort. 



Eoses, gladioli and asters are the 

 principal flowers. American Beauties 

 remain steady and plentiful, but Eus- 

 sells are becoming so choice that they 

 are picked up quickly. Those with long 

 stems are scarce. Ophelias are more 

 plentiful and arrive in fine form. Other 

 roses that find a ready sale are Hoosier 

 Beauty, Shawyer, Detroit and Eeid; 

 only the short-stemmed ones are in- 

 clined to drag. The corsage roses are 

 plentiful, such as Ward, Bon Silene, 

 Sweetheart and short-stemmed Ophe- 

 lias. Gladioli move in large quantities, 

 but even so they are in a glut. Asters 

 sell well; only the poor ones pile up. 

 Dahlias are coming into their own, 

 though they do not seem to be popular 

 among the retailers. Those who do 

 have shipments, however, find little 

 trouble in disposing of them. 



Valley is plentiful enough for the 

 demand. Orchids continue scarce; only 

 a few large ones are to be had, the 

 others being the small varieties. Cos- 

 mos, snapdragon, hunnemannias and 

 zinnias are available, but not in much 

 demand. Carnations are improving, but 

 the stems are short as yet. Their sale 

 is slow. 



Various Notes. 



Thursday, September 6, the Detroit 

 Florists' Club held a special meeting to 

 arrange for the coming bowling season. 

 Captains elected were E. A, Fetters, 

 Eobert Eahaley, Joseph Streit and 

 Thomas Browne. The captains are to 

 pick their teams before September 13, 

 the first night of bowling. It was 

 agreed that each member deposit $3, 

 the total to be divided into prizes at the 

 close of the season. 



The florists appointed as judges of 

 the public school gardens were J. Streit, 

 Thomas Browne, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 

 Demliug, J. Klang, A. Stahelin and 

 George Davis. The contest will be held 

 next week, for prizes (Boston ferns) 

 to be awarded bv the Detroit Florists' 

 Club. 



The Michigan state fair was taken 

 advantage of by only two florists. Indi- 

 cations for next year's fair are far 

 brighter. The retailers and growers are 

 waking up to this form of advertising. 



The visitors to the F. T. D. meeting 

 will be taken care of by the club as well 

 as by the F. T. D. members in Detroit. 

 A subscription was moved to be taken 

 and W. Taepke was appointed a com- 

 mittee of one to take charge. R. Raha- 

 ley, of the Michigan Cut Flower Ex- 

 change, started by donating $100, and 

 more than $200 was subscribed among 

 those present at the meeting of the club. 



Recent visitors were A. Miller, of the 

 American Bulb Co., Chicago; E. 

 Starkey, of Pennoek Bros., Philadel- 

 ])hia; E. S. Sabin, of the Haeger Pot- 

 teries, Dundee, 111. H. T. 



The Market. 



Last week the dry spell was broken 

 by several heavy rain storms. The 

 weather was cool and made everyone 

 feel that vacation time is over and that 

 it is time to get into harness again. 



The rose crop, while large, is doing no 

 more than supplying the demand. Eus- 

 sell roses are scarce, as the demand last 

 week was extraordinarily heavy. 

 There also was a shortage of White 

 Killarney, on account of the numerous 

 funeral orders that called for this color. 

 Other varieties moved well and the gen- 

 eral quality has been fine. Carnations 

 are coming in somewhat better. The 

 cut is Ivger and the stems are longer, 

 but th|w»uantity does not cut much of 

 a figwpTn the market. The quality is 

 good, however, and would indicate a fine 

 crop to come. 



Asters have not been so plentiful or 

 so good during the last few days, on 

 account of the heavy rain. Gladioli are 

 in the same shape and look ragged. The 

 fact that the ground was too wet to per- 

 mit cutting kept a good part of the crop 

 off the market. This helped to dispose 

 of the surplus. Lilies are in short sup- 

 ply, but the demand is weak, so the lack 

 of this stock is not felt to any extent. 

 Orchids are off crop and orders have nec- 

 essarily been turned down on these dur- 

 ing the last week. Taken as a whole, 

 business remains fairly good, although 

 there is plenty of room for improve- 

 ment. 



Various Notes. 



At a general meeting of the growers, 

 wholesalers and retailers, held at the 



Eepublican House Thursday evettiik;, 

 Septembei- ^.tfle Wide saw "tlie*^inc^- 

 tion of a iMvl^^t|tljjit cannot but 

 prove a benefit to everyone. The idea 

 is without doubt a winner, and deals 

 with the formation of an association 

 which will provide a permanent fund 

 for advertising purposes. The fact that 

 it is worked on a percentage basis 

 makes it most equitable, and although 

 there were about fifty-five representa- 

 tive florists at the meeting who were 

 all going to pay, not a dissenting voice 

 was heard. While a tentative organiza- 

 tion was formed and placed in the hands 

 of competent men, the actual formation 

 of the association will not take place 

 for a week or two, at which time defi- 

 nite plans will be formulated and the 

 work started in earnest. All in the 

 trade are expected to take part. Every- 

 one is more than optimistic as to the 

 outcome. 



The annual state fair started Mon- 

 day, September 10. As usual, the ex- 

 hibitors in the trade were on deck with 

 a good showing, but at this writing it 

 is difficult to furnish a list of the ex- 

 hibitors. 



F. H. Holton spent the week end at 

 the home of A. Zender, Eogers Park, 

 111., where Mrs. Holton and their daugh- 

 ter Euth have been visiting. 



L. Turner, Jr., Kenosha, Wis., was in 

 town September 7, to say good-bye to 

 his friends, as he leaves for the front at 

 an early date. 



Joseph Clarkson, of Manistee, Mich., 

 spent several days in Milwaukee last 

 week. 



Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorf er & 

 Co., Philadelphia, was in town Septem- 

 ber 8. H. J. S. 



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Utica, N. Y., was not represented at 

 the S. A. F. convention, although John 

 A. Evans, of ventilator fame, made a 

 strong effort to take along a delegation. 

 Mr. Evans had a pleasant visit with 

 Dr. W. A. Eowlands, going over the 

 Rowlands carnation houses. The doc- 

 tor reciprocated by attending to an ail- 

 ment of his friend, sending him on 

 his way to Manhattan much relieved. 

 Press of business kept the doctor at 

 home. 



Frank C. Baker, of Utica, was also 

 ])revented from attending, or would 

 doubtless have given his views on pub- 

 licity, as he is a liberal advertiser in 

 tlie local pajiers. He considers this the 

 best means of reaching the buying pub- 

 lie. He has resigned the agency of the 

 National Florist and pays tribute to the 

 F. T. D.; "but," observed Mrs. Baker, 

 glancing up from the ledger, "one draw- 

 back is that we receive so many tele- 

 graph orders from florists who are poor 

 payers, yet we cannot refuse to fill 

 them. The list needs revising; it has 

 some in our own town who are out of 

 business." The mayoralty bee is buzz- 

 ing in the ear of our confrere, who has 

 been out of politics for two years. A 

 strong plank in his platform will be 

 more public parks and gardens. His 

 ])revious administration will doubtless 

 aid him in getting elected. 



Manager Day, of Ebeling's Seed 

 Store, of Syracuse, observed that never 

 before in his long experience had busi- 

 ness been so good, and next year prom- 

 ises to be just such another as this has 

 been. 



Joseph Traudt entertained the Albany 

 Florists' Club at his handsome place 

 at Canajoharie, N. Y., September 1. 

 The trip was made by auto, and follow- 

 ing a tour of the range, all partook of 

 the host's hospitality, which is prov- 

 erbial. He gave an interesting account 

 of the S. A. F. convention, to which he 

 was accompanied by J. O, Graham, of 

 Little Falls, who was also, with the Al- 

 banians, a guest. 



George B. Hart, of Rochester, is 

 handling some extra fine asters. Three- 

 foot stems and large heads were noted. 

 The. season locally has been most fa- 

 vorable, though the aemand could have 

 been better. The exposition stirred 

 things up some, competition in the floral 

 section being keener than usual. J. B. 

 Keller Sons showed a magnificent aster 

 horseshoe in their window, amid a fine 

 group of gladioli. Salter Bros, also dis- 

 played pieces appropriate to the occa- 

 sion. 



Otto Ernst, of Norwich, Conn., has 

 secured thfe Moore Greenhouses and in- 

 tends using them as a "base of opera- 

 tions" foT his store. W. M. 



