NOVBMBBB 1, 1917. 



The Florists'^ Review 



25 



Samuel Eowe, of the Park company, has 

 taken a position on the Spencer Pen- 

 rose estate at Colorado Springs. 



John Scheffer is now at the Harmon 

 place of the MaufE Floral Co. 



Edwin O'Hara and Annette Davies 

 were married October 17. 



Among the out-of-town florists who 

 attended the flower show were A. A. 

 Underwood, of Cheyenne, Wyo. ; Mr. and 

 Mrs. A. Gardner, of Greeley, Colo.; Carl 

 Espelin, of Port Collins, Colo.; P. A. 

 Haenselman, of Boulder, Colo., and J. E. 

 Johnson and C. Crump, of Colorado 

 Springs. E. S. 



The directors of the Park Floral Co. 

 at a recent meeting elected B. E. Gillis 

 to the office of president, which was 

 made vacant by the death of J. A. Val- 

 entine, who was killed in an automobile 

 accident several weeks ago. E. P. Nei- 

 man continues as secretary. Mr. Gillis 

 was formerly vice-president of the com- 

 pany. He has been a stockholder in the 

 Park Floral Co. for many years, having 

 been one of the employes who were 

 taken into the concern when Mr. Valen- 

 tine reorganized it. 



BRAMPTON, ONT. 



Everything is behind time, even the 

 mums. The carnations are disgustingly 

 late. Man proposed that they should 

 come in as usual, all the growers sup- 

 posed they would prove of excellent 

 growth and quality because of agreeable 

 outdoor conditions, but now somebody 

 disposes that they shall not bloom- 

 well, if we get ten per cent at Christmas 

 we shall be lucky; and coal at $7 per 

 ton! 



The only bright side is the continued 

 demand for stock, which is general all 

 over the country. Orchids continue in 

 great favor, and Eussell and Ophelia 

 roses seem to have the monopoly in 

 their sections. No. 1 valley is now 

 bringing $7 per hundred and No. 2, 

 $4.50, and there is no prospect of the 

 prices going lower, even in the event of 

 new pips arriving. 



More men are joining the army, and 

 this is the first month in many when 

 none of our volunteers has had his name 

 mentioned in the casualty lists. 



W. G. P. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are arriving abun- 

 dantly and the market is in good condi- 

 tion. The big follows, such as Turner, 

 Marigold and Josepliine Foley, are 

 fetching $4 per dozen; medium and 

 large Chieftain and Chrvsolora, $2 to 

 $3; the small varieties, $8 to $12 per 

 hundred. Pompons are coming in lib- 

 erally, too, in pink, yellow and bronze, 

 and clean up readily at 50 to 75 cents 

 ]>er bunch. Tlie cut for Hallowpon is 

 a splendid one — excellent- assortment 

 and color. The demand is firm. 



The call for roses is weakened, as 

 usual, by the arrival of the mnms. The 

 demand, however, is about equal to the 

 supply. The street men, who, under 

 normal conditions, move much stock of 

 a lower grade, are practically out of 

 business, being unable to secure flowers. 

 This is a most unusual circumstance 

 in the month of October. Carnations 

 are being offered more generously, but 

 to date the supply is far from adequate, 

 and, with the present unfavorable 

 weather, no substantial relief is near. 



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WHO'S WHO ^'^ra'dT AND WHY 



GILBERT LUDWIG. 



WE have with us today. Brother Florists, a young man of distinction. He is 

 not yet 25 years of age, but before he was old enough to vote he was elected 

 secretary of the Ludwig Floral Co., of Pittsburgh, I'a., and has since held that 

 position. Added to his secretarial duties are those of buyer for the company, 

 an art in which he is said to be more than ordinarily proficient. Mr. Ludwig 

 is a member of the third generation of his family in the florists' business in 

 Pittsburgh. His father, Gustav Ludwig, is the president of the company and 

 his grandfather, ^M. F. Ludwig, was a grower in Pittsburgh more than forty 

 years ago. Consequently he took to the trade naturally. By his picture it will 

 be seen that lie is a young man with a i)leasant smile, which he uses to good 

 advantage in the wholesale market, and which is undoubtedly a strong selling 

 argument in the retail store. 



Various Notes. 



Perhaps the busiest man in Cleve- 

 land last week was M. A. A'inson, man- 

 ager of the flower show, who, in addi- 

 tion to his regular duties, had charge of 

 the feature jiublicity of tlie Liberty 

 loan campaign. 



Johnson's Seed Store reports that its 

 full shipment of Dutch bulbs has ar- 

 rived in fine condition. Orders for the 

 bulbs are coming in fast, and it is no- 

 ticed that many people are going in 

 more strongly for hyacinths and tulips, 

 especially Darwins, thqin heretofore. 

 Fred Owen, of the store, has just re- 

 turned from a trip to Michigan. 



A. Barber, of the Park Flower Shop, 

 is moving about in a newly purchased 

 runabout, a handy little machine for 

 the purpose. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 



Club will be held in the rooms at the 

 Ilollenden November 5, 8 p. m. sharp. 

 President Hagenburgor announces that 

 special attention is to be given to the 

 publicity work of the club for the fol- 

 lowing year. This is a question in 

 which every member of the club shouM 

 be vitally interested, and this meeting 

 will afford opportunity for tackling it 

 from every viewpoint or angle. Imme- 

 diately following the meeting, M. A. 

 Vinson is going to treat the members 

 present to a "special movie" at the 

 Mall theater. This picture is captioneil, 

 "Preparations by Private Growers for 

 the Cleveland Flower Show," and as 

 it will be seen by thousands of people 

 in the leading moving picture houses of 

 the city, it is considered a superb ad- 

 vertising feature. J. McL. 



