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The Florists^ Review 



Skptkmbkii ly, 1917. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



'I'hr conlcr WcMtlier li.MS li.-hl its ol'l'oC't 

 (111 both Imsiiu'ss iiikI .stock. Uusiiiess 

 seems to liuve iiiore siiap to it; decora- 

 tioiKs are more lre(jia'iit. (-lit flowers arc 

 of I'ar better (jiiaiity and more |»leiitii'ul. 

 Tlicy airive in tlio best of condition, 

 wliich is a ^reat relief from tlio 0])eii, 

 }ir\iised and jioor condition of tliose a 

 I'ew weeks a<;o. 



Nearly all tlie florists have returned 

 from their vacations and tlie api)earance 

 of the stores and windows seems to 

 show tlic efi'ect of more iiitcrcst and 

 clfort. 



Roses, {Tladioli and asters are the 

 j>rincii)al flowers. .American lieauties 

 remain steady and jilentiful, but Rus- 

 sells are ])ecoming so choice that they 

 .'ire ])icked uj) (luickly. Those Avith lon<; 

 stems are scarce. Ojjhelias are more 

 ]»lentifnl and arrive in fine form. Otiier 

 roses that find a ready sale are Iloosicr 

 Heanty, Shawyer, Detroit and Reid; 

 only the short-stemmed ones are in- 

 «-lined to dra«^'. 'I'he corsa^'c roses are 

 plentiful, such as \V;ird, lion Silene, 

 Sweetheart and short stemmed Ojihe- 

 lias. (iladioli move in larj^je (|uantities, 

 hut even so they are in a f^lut. Asters 

 sell well; only the ])oor ones ])ile uj). 

 Dahlias ;ire cominji; into their own, 

 though they do not seem to be popular 

 .imonj^ the retailers. Those who do 

 ii.ave shi])ments, however, liud little 

 trouble in disposing of them. 



Valley is ])lentiful enough for the 

 demand. Orcliids continue scarce; only 

 ;i few lar<i;e ones are to be had, the 

 others bein<f the small varieties. Cos- 

 mos, snapdrayon, huniiemannias and 

 zinnias are a v:iilalil<', but not in much 

 demand. (';irriations are imi)rovin<;, but 

 the stem- are short as yet. Their sale 

 is slow . 



Various Notes. 



Thursday, September f>, the Detroit 

 I'lorists' (Mub held a sjiecial meetin<:f to 

 arranjre f'"" the coinin<j; bowling season. 

 <'apt:iins elected were K. A. Fetters, 

 Kobert liahaley. .lose].li Streit and 

 Thomas jirowne. The captains are to 

 jiick their teams before September ]:!, 

 the first ni,i;lit of bowliu},'. It was 

 a<;rce(l that eadi member de])osit $.'i, 

 the total to lie di\ iiU'd into jui/es at the 

 close ot' the season. 



'J'he florists apiK.inteil as judijes of 

 the i>ublic school ;;;ir(ieiis were .1. Streit, 

 Thomas I'.row nei ^\v. Mcllnirli, Mr. 

 Demlin-. .1. Klau'^, .\. Slalieiin an<l 

 (Jeor^c i);i\ i-^. The contest will be held 

 next week, tor |iri/.es (liostou feius) 

 to be awarded hv Die Detroit florists' 

 Club. 



The IMichiizau state f;iir was tak(>n 

 advantaire oi' by only two lloiisfv. jnili 

 cations for lu'xt year's fair ;iri' t;ir 

 brighter. The retailer^ and growers are 

 ^\;lUiliL;' up to lliiv foiiM of ;mI\ eit i-in^. 

 The \isitor^ to the I'. T. D. nieetinu 

 will be tai^eii i-;ire of )iy the club as well 

 as bv the 1'. T. D. meuiliers in l)etioit. 

 A subscription was mo\eii to be taken 

 :ind AV. Taejike was appointid a com- 

 mittee of one to takt> char,L;f 1\. b'aha 

 ley, (d' the Mi(diiL;:in Cut I'lowei K\ 

 (dia'ni;e, started by doniitin- *lpn. und 

 more" than ^-00 was subscribed amoiii: 

 tluise ]. resent at the TueetiuLr <'f tlie club. 

 Recent visitors were A. Miller, of tlie 

 American ]iull) Co.. Ciiica^o; K. 

 Starkev, of Pennock I'.ros., IMiiladel 

 phi;.; k. S. Sabin, of tlic llae>ier Pot 

 terie>, Dundee. Dl. "• '■'• 



MIL-WAUKEE, WIS. 



The Market. 



Last week the dry sp(dl was broken 

 by several lu'avy rain storms. The 

 weather was cool and made everyone 

 feel that vacation time is over and that 

 it is time to <i;et into harness again. 



Tlie rose croji, while large, is doing no 

 more tlian suj)plying the demand. Rus- 

 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 larger and the stems are longer, 

 but the quantity does not cut much of 

 a figure in the market. The quality is 

 goo(i, 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 jiart of the crop 

 ol¥ the market. Tliis helped to dispose 

 of the surplus. Lilies are in short sup- 

 lily, 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 mei^ting of the growers, 

 wholesalers and retailers, held at the 



Republican House Thursday evening, 

 September 6, the trade saw the incep 

 tion of a movement that cannot but 

 ])ro\e a benefit to everyone. The idea 

 is without (biubt a winner, and deals 

 with the formation of an association 

 which will provide a jiermanent fund 

 for advertising jiurjioses. The fact that 

 it is worked on a percentage basis 

 makes it most e({uitable, and although 

 there were about fifty-five rejiresenta 

 five florists at the meeting who wert- 

 all going to jiay, 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, Sejitember 10. As usual, the ex- 

 hibitors in the trade were on deck with 

 a good showing, but at this writing it 

 is difhcult to furnish a list of the ex- 

 hibitors. 



F. n. Holton sjient the week end at 

 the home of A. Zender, Rogers Park, 

 ill., where Mrs. Holton and their daugh- 

 ter Ruth have been visiting. 



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

 town September 7, to say good-liye 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 Derkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfcr & 

 Co., Philadelphia, w;is in town Septem- 

 ber H. TL J. S. 



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TItica, X. Y., was not represented at 

 tlie S. A. F. convention, although John 

 A. Kv;ius, of ventilator fame, matle a 

 strong effort to take along a delegation. 

 Mr. Hv.'ins had a ideasant visit with 

 Dr. W. A. Rowlands, going over the 

 liowlands carnation houses. The doc- 

 tor reciprocated by attending to an ail- 

 ment of his friend, sending him on 

 his w;iy to ^Manhattan much relieveil. 

 I'ress of business kejit the doctor at 

 home. 



I'i'ank (\ 15;ik(M', of Ttica, w.as also 

 p|-e\('nte(| t'r(uu ;i 1 1 einling, ov would 

 cbudifless }i,i\i' given his views (Ui juib- 

 licit\-, ;is he is ;i liberal ."idvertiser in 

 the local i>a|iers. lie considers this the 

 best nie;ins of I'euchinu tli(^ buying pub- 

 li,-. lie has resigned tiie agency of the 

 National Florist and ]iays tribute to the 

 I'. T. 1>.; ''but,'' (d>served Mrs. l;;iker, 

 L;l,incing uji from the ledger, "(uie draw- 

 back is that we receive so many tele 

 ■j.v:\\>\\ iwders from florists who are ]H)or 

 jiayers, yet Ave cannot refuse to fill 

 them. The list needs revising; it has 

 some in <mr own town who are out of 

 business." The 7nayoralty bee is bii/z 

 iny ill t h(> ear of our confrere, who has 

 been out of politics for two years. A 

 strong jilauk in his platform will be 

 more public ]iarks and gardens. His 

 previous administration will doubtless 

 aid him in getting elected. 



Manager Day, of Kbeliiig's Seed 

 Store, of Syracuse, observed that never 

 before in his long exjierience had busi 

 ness been so good, and next year jtrom 



ises to be Just such another as this li.as 

 lieen. 



•loseph Traudt enfertainctl the Albany 

 Florists' Club at his handsome ]dace 

 at C;inajoliarie, X. Y., Sejitember 1. 

 The tri|i was made by auto, and follow 

 \wj: a t<nir of the range, all partook of 

 tlu> host's hospitality, which is prov- 

 erbi.al. He g.ave :in interesting account 

 of the S. A. 1\ convention, to which he 

 w.'is .•icc(unpauied l»y .T. ( ). drahani, of 

 Little falls, who was also, with the Al- 

 banians, a guest. 



(ieorge 1'.. Hart, of Rochester, is 

 handling s(une extra fine asters. Three 

 foot stems and lar^e lieails were noted. 

 The season locally h;i- been uiosi fa 

 \orable, tllnll^h the (leuiand c(Uilil lia\c 

 bt^en betti r. The exposition stirred 

 things u)> some, competition in the llor.al 

 -ection being keener than usual. .L B. 

 Keller S(uis showed a magnificent aster 

 liorsesjioe in their window, amid a fine 

 L;rou]i of gladioli. Salter I'.ros. also dis- 

 plaved pieces appropriate to the occa- 

 sion. 



Otto Ernst, of Xorwich, Conn., has 

 secured the Moore C.reenhouses and in- 

 tends using them as a ''base of opera- 

 tions"' t'or his st(U'e. W. Al 



