Septembbr 20, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Last week saw little improvement in 

 'lusiness conditions. The first part of 

 ;he week was cool, with a slight frost in 

 l^he country districts, but Old Sol bobbed 

 ,ip again and hot weather returned. The 

 ■old, however, failed to enliven sales to 

 :iny extent. 



Cut flowers arriving in the market 

 showed much improvement in quality. 

 Roses, especially, are good, some excel- 

 lent Eussells, Ophelias and Wards com- 

 ing in, all of which found a good de- 

 mand. Carnations still are poor, and 

 late asters are taking their place. There 

 is still a profusion of outdoor stock com- 

 ing daily. Asters and gladioli are in 

 abundance, with many dahlias and cos- 

 mos. A few shipments of Golden Glow 

 mums have been received. They sell 

 fairly well. Easter lilies have a strong 

 demand, as does valley. There are no 

 orchids in the market. All kinds of 

 i^reens are plentiful and the demand has 

 been large. 



Various Notes. 



At the meeting of the Eetail Florists' 

 Association, held at the Mission Inn 

 Garden September 17, arrangements 

 were made for several of the members 

 to attend the convention of the Florists ' 

 Telegraph Delivery Association, to be 

 held in Detroit, Mich., October 2 and 3. 

 President F. H. Weber is making the 

 arrangements and any other St. Louis 

 florists who wish to go should telephone 

 him. 



The Grimm & Gorly organization held 

 a get-together meeting at the Mercan- 

 tile Club September 18, at which plans 

 for the coming season were discussed. 

 Practically all of the thirty-five ofiicers 

 and employees were present. After the 

 meeting luncheon was served. 



The opening of the new Frank Mer- 

 cantile Co. store last week created con- 

 siderable business for the florists. The 

 first floor of the store was filled with 

 baskets and vases of all descriptions, 

 many of them being ordered by tele- 

 graph. The Mullanphy Florists had the 

 store decorations. 



William Young, of the Young Bros. 

 Floral Co., says that business has been 

 good at the new store, 286 De Boliver 

 avenue, although the store has not yet 

 been completed. 



President W. A. Eowe, of the County 

 Growers' Association, has appointed A. 

 P. Scheidegger, S. E. Cerny and George 

 Hartmann as a publicity committee to 

 cooperate with the publicity committee 

 of the St. Louis Florists' Club and the 

 National Flower Show committee. 



George H. Pring, who has charge of 

 the orchid houses at the Missouri Bo- 

 tanical Garden, and Mrs. Pring, are en- 

 joying a vacation in the east. They will 

 visit New York, Washington and other 

 cities before they return. 



Miss Rose Boyle and Mrs. Lily White, 

 formerly with Grimm & Gorly, are now 

 with the floral department at the Grand 

 Leader. 



The retail department of the Sanders 

 Nursery Co., which is under the manage- 

 ment of Oliver K. Sanders, has been im- 

 proved with a new National refrigera- 

 tor, much larger than the old one. The 

 show house in the rear of the store is 

 stocked with fine decorative plants. 



Now that vacation time has passed, 

 the summer schedule of the wholesale 

 houses, which called for early closing 

 and a half holiday Saturdays, has given 



way to the regular schedule.* All of the 

 houses are ready for a busy season. 



P. Patton, of the W. C. Smith Whole- 

 sale Floral Co. force, has completely re- 

 covered from his recent illness and is 

 back at the store. 



Harry Schlechter, of the George H. 

 Augermueller force, has received orders 

 to be ready to leave for a training camp 

 on a 24-hour notice. Harry says he will 

 be ready quicker than that. 



Members of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club who attended the annual Shaw 

 banquet at the Mercantile Club Septem- 

 ber 12, were Jules Bourdet, August Hum- 

 mert, J. J. Windier, W. C. Smith, W. A. 

 Rowe, Frank Windier, W. W. Ohlweiler, 

 F. C. Weber, Jr., H. C. Irish and J. J. 

 Beneke. 



Roland Hammer and Frank Sanders, 

 who are at the officers' training camp at 

 Fort Sheridan, 111., write that they are 

 m.aking good progress in the art of mak- 

 ing war, and are confident they will re- 

 ceive commissions. 



It was reported last week that the C. 

 Young & Sons Co. will erect a new range 

 at Olivette, to replace the old one which 

 will be torn down. The new range was 

 erected a year ago. 



The fall opening of the Famous Barr 

 department store called for an elaborate 

 floral decoration, which was made under 

 the direction of Mr. Kohrs, manager of 

 the store's floral department, which is 

 now located on the first floor. 



Visitors last week were Paul Berko- 

 witz, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; Morris Le Vine, of Lion & 

 Co., New York, and A. F. Longren, repre- 

 senting the Burlington Willow Ware 

 Shops, Burlington, la. J. ,T. B. 



CINCINNATI, O. 



The Market. 



The demand for flowers last week was 

 steady and there was plenty of good 

 stock to meet it. Roses are in good sup- 

 ply and the choice flowers sold rapidly. 

 Among the roses that arrived were some 

 excellent Ophelias, Hoosier Beauties, 

 Russells, Mocks and Kaiserins. The car- 

 nation cut is increasing rapidly and soon 

 these flowers will be important factors 

 in the market. Easter lilies are plenti- 

 ful. Many excellent late asters are com- 

 ing. Among the other offerings are cos- 

 mos, rubrum lilies and gladioli. Wild 

 smilax had a heavy demand last week. 

 Fall openings in several of the stores 

 created considerable business for the 

 florists. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Windram has enlisted in the 

 army aviation corps. He passed the 

 physical examination September 17, and 

 will leave for Philadelphia to enter a 

 training camp September 22. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 had a good lot of Harrisii lilies last 

 week. 



J. E. Rutenschroer has been sending 

 many good dahlias to C. E. Critchell. 



P. J. dinger spent part of last week 

 at his greenhouses at Newcastle, Ind. 



George Klotter sent his first carna- 

 tions of the season to L. H. Kyrk this 

 week. 



Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hill and Mr. and 

 Mrs. Earl Mann, of Richmond, Ind., 

 spent September 8 and 9 in this city. 



C. E. Critchell furnished quantities of 

 wild smilax to the retailers who have 

 had the decorations at the stores during 

 the fall openings. 



E. G. Gillett was in receipt of excel- 



lent cuts of Russell roses last week. 



T. B. George is moving to Woodburn 

 avenue. 



Frank Huntsman, a former Cincin- 

 nati florist, died last week. His family 

 has the sympathy of many friends in 

 the 'trs.clo liGrG 



E. G. Gillett left September 19 on a 

 business trip through the northern 

 states. 



The Wm. Murphy Co. has been receiv- 

 ing some excellent Kaiserin, Hoosier 

 Beauty and Mock roses. C. H. H. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are beginning to 

 take their place again in the window 

 displays of the florists. Last week the 

 yellow varieties began to come into the 

 market. This week the yellow blooms 

 are more plentiful and the early white 

 varieties have begun to appear. Asters 

 have not been of such good quality. 

 Some other early fall flowers are begin- 

 ning to appear. Growers report that 

 their plants are in flne condition. There 

 seems to be a generally optimistic feel- 

 ing in the trade as to the outlook, for 

 the fall and winter season. 



Club Meeting. 



The September meeting of the Essex 

 County Florists' Club was held Septem- 

 ber 13 at Rover's hall, Elizabeth ave- 

 nue, Newark. The committee in charge 

 of the outing in August reported that 

 it was a success financially as well as 

 socially. The publicity plan discussed 

 at the S. A. F. convention in New York 

 was talked over, and some of the mem- 

 bers were in favor of the club making a 

 donation. However, definite action was 

 postponed until the next meeting. 



Following the business session, re- 

 freshments were served. Afterward 

 there were games. 



Various Notes. 



Ernest Radany, 596 Central avenue, 

 reports that daily business is about the 

 same as it was a year ago, but that 

 Sunday sales are much larger. 



D. E. Davis, at Grove and Central 

 streets, East Orange, reports that while 

 the summer has been slow for the grow- 

 ers, the outlook for the fall is bright. 



McLaughlin & Murphy, 181 Clinton 

 avenue, have had an unusually large 

 amount of funeral work recently. Wed- 

 dings, also, have helped business with 

 them. R. B. M. 



TOLEDO, O. 



Metz & Bateman, known as leaders in 

 floral ideas, are well pleased with the 

 season's business and, judging from 

 present appearances, it looks good for 

 the winter. 



Schramm Bros, have a fine stock at 

 their combination greenhouses and show- 

 houses. Funeral work has been satis- 

 factory. 



Mrs. E. Sudor says she would not miss 

 the St. Louis show for a great deal. 

 While not so great a traveler as of yore, 

 she delights in mixing with the frater- 

 nity. Mrs. Suder reports a busy season, 

 with a bright outlook for an abundance 

 of plants and cut flowers. 



J. L. Schiller anticipates an extraor- 

 dinary sale of primroses and cinerarias, 

 especially the former, this season and 

 believes all who have well-grown plants 

 will easily dispose of them at better 

 prices than usual. W. M. 



