Skptkmbkii 27, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



GLADIOLUS SHOW AT LANSING. 



Gladiolus bulb growing has become 

 sticli an important part of the comnier- 

 oial activities of Lansing, Mich., that 

 tlio bankers of that city have begun to 

 take notice of it. Eecently the Capitol 

 Katioual bank extended an invitation 

 to the Lansing growers to use its lobby 

 for a gladiolus exhibition, so that tlio 

 people of Lansing . might become ac- 

 qiuiinted witli this indnstry. Tlie show 

 was held tlio week of September 10 niul 

 was a great success, so much so, in fact, 

 that the bank management contem- 

 ])lates making it an annual affair. 



Among the exhibitors was Earl E'd- 

 gerton, Avho is probably the largest 

 grower of gladiolus bulbs in the neigh- 

 borhood of Lansing. He had an at- 

 tractive display of all the standard va- 

 rieties, and many of the newer ones, 

 especially the Kunderd varieties. L. W. 

 Hoisington, Avho also makes a specialty 

 of gladioli, had a tine dis{)lay of these 

 tlowers, together with several vases of 

 asters and other annuals. Fred W. 

 Baumgrass was another exhibitor, who 

 showed some fine tlowers. There were 

 also displays from ])rivate gardens. 



The lobby of the bank, which is 

 finished in marble, made an excellent 

 setting for the show. The Lansing flo- 

 rists heljied with decorations. The show 

 drew many hundreds of Lansing people, 

 many of wiioin for the first time had an 

 opportunity to know the extent to wiiicdi 

 gladioli are grown in their home city. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Two weeks have seen little change 

 in conditions, except that there is a 

 decidedly more autumnal aspect to 

 tlnngs. The soldiers have left the 

 city, and this has cut into the trade a 

 bit, although it is more than compen- 

 sated for by the opening of a well 

 known girls' school, with its thousand 

 or more well-to-do ])ui)ils from all over 

 the country. 



Roses are more plentiful than they 

 were at tlie time of our last report, 

 but tile demand is still heavier than the 

 supj)ly. Carnations are showing a bet- 

 ter (piality, l)ut there are not enough 

 of them to cut any big figure in the 

 market. (Jladioli are scarce and asters 

 are over witli, except those that come 

 from the north. Valley is i)ractically 

 out of the market. 



Only one firm has its French bulbs, 

 and no one as yet has his Dutch bulbs. 



Various Notes. 



Tilings are in good condition in the 

 city parks, but we miss Mr. McBride, 

 wiiose skill lirought the i)arks to tiieir 

 ])resent liigli state. Mr. McBride has 

 left the city service and is in charge 

 of the greenhouses and grounds of the 

 Mount Olivet cemetery. I was espe- 

 cially impressed with the value of the 

 Chinese woolflower as a bedder. This 

 plant is justly bei-oming jiopular Iiere. 



(■(docasia, or xautliosoma, is again 

 demonstrating its great superiority to 

 tlie old calailiums as a bedding ]ilant. 

 We saw several be<ls wliere the jilants 

 stood seven feet in height, witii thirty 

 or more leaves to the plant, in Ceii- 

 teiiuial ])ark there is a good disj)lay of 

 libie sahias. The ]ilaiits are ai)oiit 

 tliirty iiiclies in iieiglit and have been 

 a mass of lavender-blue all summer. 

 Wliile it is ]n'rt'e<-tly hardy liere, it was 



WHO'S WHO KL AND WHY 



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CHARLES E. MEEHAN. 



/"^JIAKLES E. MEKIIAX is tlie youngest wholesale Uorist in Philadelphia, or for 

 V-^ that matter in America. At least we have not heard of any who have started 

 since Mr. Meehan did. He has just opened up for business, yet Charlie Meehan 

 is a master salesman. He sold tlowers for John Burton when he was not tail 

 enough to see over the counter of Pennock Bros., so the story goes. Then he sold 

 flowers from his own greenliouses, and for the old Philadelphia Flower Market, 

 and for the conijiany that made iiis name a houseliohl word. So you see he has 

 gone steadily forward. Absolute reliability is written all over Charlie Meehan. 

 You feel he will keep liis jiromises, and it is this feeling and the fact that there 

 is good reason for it that have had niiKdi to do with Charlie Median's success in life. 



ill bloom three months after sowing. 

 Among the disap])ointments of the sea- 

 son has been a trial of jiiiik salvias. A 

 cross with white might ])ro(luce some- 

 thing. T saw two good beds of the 

 ever-blooming salvia, America, this 

 week, r have been skeptical as to its 

 value, but how am convinced that it is 

 the one salvia that will id(>ase cus- 

 tomers. S])eaking of iioveltii's, Klk's 

 purple petunias are the best thing I 

 lia\'e seen this year. No pur|)]e ]iaiis\- 

 was e\-er riclier, and they are as fn-c 

 as an old-fashioned petunia. 



The state fair brought crowds to the 

 city and undoubtedly helped business. 

 There was only a small lliual showing at 

 the fair, and our llorists surely are miss- 

 ing an op])ortunity to educate the imblic. 



^Iclutyre Bros, had (Hie of tlie best 



windows I have seen this summer. 

 There was a "harbor,"' tiaiiked with 

 fancy caladiiims, with a boat floating 

 bacdv and forth on the water. The store 

 has had a good run of business this 

 summer. 



The .loy Floral Co. has been featuring 

 l';iper White narcissus luilbs this week. 



I understand that liis(di<'y 's Cardeiis 

 are selling out their stock as rapidls' 

 as possible. .Mrs. ,1. Brown, the widow, 

 h;is decided not to try to operate the 

 ]ilace herstdf. 



Cieiiy Pros, have receive(l word that 

 it is doubtful if the l)iit(di luilbs will 

 arrive. F. B. 



Hamtranick, Mich.- Miss P. C. 

 Sulewski is ikiw conducting a llower 

 store at this place. 



