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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBKtt 1, 1917. 



improve. Many florists in the middle 

 states have no coal and are unable to 

 buy any. Some were mixing sawdust 

 with coal to conserve the latter. Many 

 were optimistic, however, and said they 

 would continue until it was impossible 

 to get anything that would burn. 



W. T. U. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The weather has been exceptionaHy 

 cold, snow having fallen in October/for 

 the second time in thirty-five years. 

 There liave been many dark, cl6udy 

 days, and as a result there has been a 

 smaller supply of stock. The demand 

 has been heavier than the receipts for 

 a number of weeks; in fact, it has been 

 a serious question how to procure 

 stock to satisfactorily fill all demands. 

 It has seemed impossible at times to 

 secure needed supplies from the north. 



Roses perhaps are the most plentiful 

 item in the market, with chrysan- 

 themums arriving in larger numbers 

 each week. The first chrysanthemums 

 have been better than one would ex- 

 pect, and they are selling at higher 

 prices than for years. Carnations are 

 not yet up to the standard, and still 

 are decidedly on the scarce side. They 

 wholesale at $3 — anything that can be 

 secured goes at this price. I do not 

 mean that the quality is poor, but that 

 it is simply impossible to buy much 

 stock. Pot plants are extremely scarce, 

 and to make up the deficit chrysanthe- 

 mums are being offered with only a 

 few of the first flowers partly opened. 

 The mum plants sell well, and the cus- 

 tomer gets better value than if the 

 plants were in proper condition, if he 

 knows how to care for them. 



The French bulbs as yet have not all 

 arrived; the first of the Dutch bulbs 

 reached the city late last week. One 

 hears no complaints as to quality, and 

 as all of the local men buy on this side 

 of the water, the price does not bother 

 them much. No one expects to be able 

 to secure stock another year, however. 

 It is safe to say that there will be 

 fewer bulbs forced in Nashville this 

 year than there have been for ten years. 

 This means that there will be an in- 

 crease in the number of gladioli and 

 sweet peas grown, and that snapdragons 

 will have a larger place than usual. 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. is cutting chrysan- 

 themums heavily. The men say they 

 had a smaller cut of dahlias this season 

 than for a number of years. 



Geny Bros, have been selling good 

 mums in pots during the last three 

 weeks. They have disposed of all the 

 Roman hyacinths and Paper Whites 

 they could spare for their counter trade. 

 This year they are forcing freesias more 

 heavily than usual. 



Mclntyre Bros, did not order Dutch 

 bulbs last year, and are paying the price 

 this fall. However, one year with an- 

 other, they feel they can do as well by 

 buying in America. 



Leslie Little is moving the last of the 

 old stock of the Hillcrcst Ornamental 

 Nurserv to his place on the pike. 



F. B. 



Oshkosh, Wis. — Ward B. Davis, Ninth 

 street gardener, has completed the erec- 

 tion of two large greenhouses for flow- 

 ers and vegetables. -: ^' 



Wausau, Wis. — M. Philipp, Harry C. 

 Green, Herman Heise and William 

 Daman have incorporated the Philipp 

 business here under the name of Philipp 

 Floral Co. The authorized capital is 

 $20,000. 



Lancaster, Pa. — David K. Herr has 

 been contributing articles for the guid- 

 ance of local amateur gardeners to a 

 local newspaper. He is regarded as 

 one of Lancaster's foremost florists 

 and growers; 



Dows, la. — E. D. Curtis has purchased 

 the greenhouse range of 5,000 feet at 

 Dows. He now has three establish- 

 ments, one each at Webster City, Hamp- 

 ton and Dows, and a branch store at 

 Eagle Grove. 



Monroe, Mich. — Otto H. Cron, the 

 Washington street florist, attended the 

 F. T. D. convention at Detroit and 

 upon his return to Monroe secured some 

 good publicity for the association by 

 giving an interview to a local paper 

 in which its objects and the character 

 of its service were explained. 



Jackson, Mich. — Jackson is a good 

 town, in the opinion of Henry Van 

 Campen, for the first of the Van Cam- 

 pen greenhouses now is running full 

 speed ahead in the production of cut 

 stock and plants. 



Omaha, Neb. — Hess & Swoboda are 

 receiving a fine lot of early chrysanthe- 

 mums from their greenhouses. The ab- 

 sence of the California-grown stock is 

 noted. A catchy sign in the window 

 reads, "Skillful hands produce our flo- 

 ral designs. ' ' 



Urbana, O. — A fire at the Urbana 

 Floral Co. range on the morning of Oc- 

 tober 7 destroyed the company's office 

 building, work room and boiler room. 

 The greenhouses on the north and south 

 sides of the burned buildings were badly 

 damaged by the intense heat and smoke. 

 The smoke also forced its way into the 

 greenhouses and caused severe injury 

 to the stock. The blaze is thought to 

 have originated in the boiler room. The 

 loss is estimated at $7,000, $4,000 of 

 which is covered by insurance. 



Greenville, S. C. — An attractive new 

 flower shop was opened October 20, at 

 208 North Main street, to be known as 

 the Graceland Greenhouses. Flowers 

 sold there are grown near Graceland by 

 the Graceland Floral Co. 



Savannah, Ga. — A. C. Oelschig & Sons 

 were fortunate in that the big freeze 

 did not totally destroy their rubber 

 plantation. The usually big crop of 

 cuttings will materialize, for which 

 higher prices will be asked. Funeral 

 work was good, and a handsome new 

 delivery car was seen on the street. 



Savannah, Ga. — John Wolf opined 

 that not until the dogs of war are 

 leashed will business be normal. There 

 is excellent patronage from the middle 

 class, but the so-called society trade is 

 submarined. A few military weddings 

 helped to fill the exchequer and came 

 just at the time when there was stock 

 to fill the bill satisfactorily. Flowering 

 stock, both in pots and for cutting, was 

 in prime form at this, .one of the up-to- 

 date southern establishments. 



Dallas, Tex. — Helen Lang, daughter 

 of Otto Lang, of the Lang Floral & 

 Nursery Co., was married to G. H. 

 Preston October 6. 



Lynchburg, Va. — Miss McCarron at- 

 tained public print last month through a 

 unique window display representing a 

 battlefield "somewhere in France." 

 Soldiers were shown charging the enemy 

 trenches, and miniature boats flying the 

 colors of the Allies were steaming about 

 on a lake. A large American flag and 

 the emblem of the Red Cross Society 

 were fashioned from flowers. 



Charleston, S. C. — Charles T. M"cln- 

 tosh & Son recently had a unique win- 

 dow display in which the snake gourd 

 figured conspicuously. Among the host 

 of admirers were the "Jackies, " who 

 quartered near the city. An innovation 

 in the store is a glass house built over 

 the cash register, with an electrical ar- 

 rangement showing the patriotic colors 

 whenever a sale is rung up. Bulb or- 

 ders were good and the stock was flist- 

 class. • '^ '' • 



