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The Florists' Review 



September 20, 1917. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



The first frost of the season hit Pitts- 

 burgh September 11. A great deal of 

 the outdoor stock suffered from the cold, 

 which lasted until Saturday. The cut 

 flower business last week compared fa- 

 vorably with the same week a year ago. 

 The supply business is exceptionally 

 good, the firms handling accessories re- 

 porting that sales have been large. 



Roses of all varieties, including Amer- 

 ican Beauties, asters, gladioli and lilies, 

 are in good supply. A few yellow chrys- 

 anthemums are coming in. Carnations 

 have not yet made their appearance, 

 while valley is entirely out of the mar- 

 ket. Some florists are using artificial 

 valley. 



Hill Brothers in Smash-up. 



In an automobile accident on the 

 Twenty-second street bridge last week 

 D. H. Hill escaped with bruises, but 

 James Hill, a brother, suffered a frac- 

 ture of the skull and was not expected 

 to recover. The driver of the car in 

 which the Hill brothers were riding, in 

 an effort to avoid striking a girl cross- 

 ing the bridge, lost control of the ma- 

 chine, causing it to leap on the side- 

 walk and smash into the guard rail. 

 The automobile was wrecked against the 

 rail, and stopped within a foot of plung- 

 ing seventy-five feet into the Mononga- 

 hela river. The rail broke, but the rub- 

 ber tires caused the machine to rebound 

 and stop on the edge of the bridge. 

 James Hill was thrown out on his head, 

 the girl was fatally injured by a glanc- 

 ing blow from the machine, and a pedes- 

 trian on the walk was found with 

 broken legs and badly bruised face. 

 The driver and D. H. Hill were more 

 fortunate. 



Various Notes. 



Hiram Frishkorn, who has been with 

 Becker's Seed Store for a number of 

 years, left September 17 for one of the 

 army training camps. The Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Co. also lost several of the 

 young men from its greenhouses. A 

 number of local growers are considering 

 the plan of hiring women to replace the 

 men who have gone to war, and to help 

 solve the problem of a shortage of labor. 



The Adams Express Co. jmt an em- 

 bargo on shipments September 14 and 

 15. This action caused the wholesalers 

 considerable trouble, it being impossible 

 to get all the orders shipped. The re- 

 ceiving houses are jammed with freight. 

 The cause of the congestion was said 

 to be shortage of cars. Clarke. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



The Market. 



Business is showing improvement, and 

 while there was no great rush last week, 

 there was considerable funeral work, 

 with other calls for flowers. Excellent 

 roses are coming now. Richmond and 

 Milady roses are in demand, while Kil- 

 larney and White Killarney are of good 

 quality and sell well. Mrs. Hearst and 

 "Ward roses are good. American Beau- 

 ties are short-stemmed, but have excel- 

 lent blooms. The supply of chrysanthe- 

 mums is not yet large. Bonnaffons are 

 about the only variety that have ap- 

 peared. Cosmos remain good and sell 

 well. Outdoor stock is becoming scarce. 

 Sweet peas continue good. Lilies, both 

 Easter and rubrum, are scarce. Orchids 



are practically out of the market. Some 

 good gladioli still are obtainable. 



Various Notes. 



The windows of the retail stores are 

 reflecting the arrival of a new season. 

 A number of attractive and elaborate 

 displays were staged last week. 



The Mazey Floral Co. has been mak- 

 ing a number of improvements to its 

 greenhouses. Stock here is in excellent 

 condition. 



The Minnesota Mushroom Club had an 



interesting exhibit at the state fair of 



more than 300 varieties of mushrooms 



gathered in and near the Twin Cities. 



E. M. P. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business continues good, with funeral 

 work plentiful. Flowers are in fair sup- 

 ply, especially asters. Roses are im- 

 proving in quality. Carnations have 

 short stems, but the blooms are fairly 

 good. 



Various Notes. 



The chrysanthemums and carnations 

 at the range of Julius Niednagel & Sons 

 are in fine condition. About 18,000 car- 

 nation plants have been benched. Busi- 

 ness is reported to be good. Waldemar 

 Niednagel leaves October 3 for the 

 training camp. 



Theodore D. Kuebler is adding more 

 glass to his range. His mums are especi- 

 ally fine. Mr. Kuebler attended the 

 monthly meeting of the State Florists' 

 Association of Indiana at Columbus last 

 w«ek. Mr. Kuebler presented the 

 names of Ernest Lutz, of Boonville; 

 Otto Kuebler, of Newburgh, and C. I. 



Niednagel and E. L. Fenton, of Evans- 

 ville, for membership. They were 

 elected by a special ballot. The club 

 holds its next meeting in Evansville. 



The Blackman Floral Co. is enjoying 

 a brisk trade. A visit to the green- 

 houses found the chrysanthemums and 

 carnations in good shape. A house of 

 Russell roses, too, looks exceptionally 

 well. Walter, son of George Blackman, 

 has gone to the training camp at Louis- 

 ville. Herbert Blackman also has gone 

 into training. 



Karl Zeidler's new greenhouse is 

 completed. His carnations, mums and 

 roses all are looking well. Mr. Zeidler 

 was chef at the convention of station- 

 ary engineers at Cook's park, Septem- 

 ber 12 and 13, and on the river trip 

 aboard the steamer Joe Fowler. The 

 delegates declared the "eats" were 

 fine. 



J. C. Elspermann has completed one 

 house and will tear out another old one, 

 which will be rebuilt this fall. David 

 Elspermann 's claim for exemption from 

 service has been denied. He has not 

 yet been notified when he will leave. 

 Mrs. J. C. Elspermann is visiting rela- 

 tives in Chicago. 



Ernest Lutz, of Boonville, has pur- 

 chased fifteen acres of land adjoining 

 Maple Grove cemetery on the concrete 

 road, and will enlarge his business. The 

 planting of some hardy stock has been 

 started, but until the question of water 

 is successfully settled, building will 

 not be begun. In the meantime Mr. 

 Lutz expects to grow asters, gladioli and 

 vegetables. When the city water mains 

 are extended to his property Mr. Lutz 

 will construct greenhouses. The place 

 will be known as Maplewood Gardens. 



E. L. F. 



The dean of Dayton, O., florists and 

 seedsmen, F. W, Ritter, is touring Ohio 

 and Michigan in search of business and 

 pleasure, accompanied by R. J. Schieble, 

 the Miamisburg wholesaler. 



Much interest attaches to the injunc- 

 tion suit instituted by Joseph A. 

 Borirard, of Berkeley, Cal., against a 

 chemist whose factory emits fumes and 

 smoke that ruin the stock in Mr. Bori- 

 rard 's nursery nearby. 



E. Q. Hill is in the Presbyterian hos- 

 pital, Chicago, where he is to undergo 

 an operation in the course of the next 

 few days. It is expected he will be 

 able to return to his home at Richmond, 

 Ind., during the middle or latter part 

 of October. 



The formation of a cooperative buy- 

 ing plan whereby Hoosier florists can 

 purchase supplies at quantity prices, 

 was one of the things discussed at last 

 week's meeting of the State Florists' 

 Association of Indiana. It is par- 

 ticularly in the matter of greenhouse 

 glass that the interested florists would 

 pool their orders and then have the 

 glass jobbers bid on carload lots. 



Talk about sticking close to your 

 work, when S, S. Pennock, of Philadel- 

 phia, goes home to Lansdowne he turns 

 in at 11 Violet lane! 



Twenty-three years as secretary of 

 the Philadelphia Florists' Club is the 

 record of David Rust, and, take it from 

 Mamie, one cannot be rusty and become 

 secretary of that aggressive body 

 twenty-two times straight! 



The chances are that neither the high 

 cost of living nor the cost of high living 

 worries Henry Kusik, of Kansas City, 

 at present, for Mr. Kusik went hunting 

 last week and brought home almost 

 enough ducks to affect the provision 

 market. There were 175 of 'em, all fat 

 and toothsome. 



Do you find amusement in the dis- 

 covery of persons whose names corres- 

 pond with the character of their occu- 

 pations? Well, Mrs. Lily White and 

 Mrs. Rose Boyle, formerly with Grimm 

 & Gorly, St. Louis, Mo., recently be- 

 came associated with the floral depart- 

 ment of the Grand Leader department 

 store of that city. And then there's 

 Miss Violet Rose, who manages the 

 Orchid Flower Shop in Philadelphia. 



