Fbbbuabx 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



19 



BAIiTIMOBE. 



The Market 



The market is in better shape than 

 tor some time. That is, supplies are 

 more ample, except in the case of roses. 

 Roses continue scarce, but those that 

 arrive are of exceptionaK quality and, 

 i.wing to the shortage, they clean up 

 quickly. Carnations, -while not any too 

 jilentiful, are equal to requirements and 

 line ones are to be had. While there is 

 still complaint about sweet pea buds 

 • Iropping, these flowers are of fine qual- 

 ity and the supply is ample. Freesias, 

 I'itper Whites and all miscellaneous 

 ilowers are in fair supply. Neither callas 

 nor Easter lilies are to be had. fhe 

 ([uality of all lines of stock this winter 

 has been above the average, the demand 

 holds good and the wholesalers clean 

 up each day. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club was held Feb- 

 ruary 10. This meeting was to have 

 been, devoted to framing a protest 

 aj^ainst the recent order of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board prohibiting the im- 

 liortation of plants from Europe. As a 

 meeting of protest I am afraid it was a 

 dismal failure. 



We did not thoroughly understand the 

 law, so we invited men on both sides of 

 the question to be present and we find 

 there is something to be said for the 

 measure which seems such a detriment 

 to the florists of this country. 



James Clark, of the Henry A. Dreer 

 Co., ably presented the argument for 

 the repeal of the law and he made points 

 that were convincing. Dr. Kellum, of 

 the Federal Horticultural Board, told 

 the members why the bill had been 

 passed. He said that if the florists of 

 this country could show the board that 

 the order was too drastic, they would 

 find every member open to conviction; 

 that there was still a chance for modifi- 

 cation, 



Hon, J, Charles Linthicum said the 

 members of Congress knew absolutely 

 nothing about the matter and when 

 letters of protest reached them there 

 was nothing to do but refer to the agri- 

 cultural department for light on the 

 subject, Mr, Linthicum 's advice was 

 for the national association to appoint a 

 committee of its most intelligent mem- 

 bers to take the matter up with the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture. He said Mr, 

 Houston was a fair man and if this 

 committee would show him that the bill 

 was too drastic, he doubtless would 

 grant the relief they sought. He also 

 spoke of how congested the files of 

 Congress were at this time, with only 

 three weeks of the present session left. 

 He said there was no time to lose. 



Hon, Carville D. Benson spoke along 

 tlie same lines, 



Prof, Thomas B. Symons, of the 

 Maryland State Agricultural College, 

 J'>ok the floor and his argument was all 

 i" favor of the bill. He told of how 

 'Jn numerous occasions he had been 

 obliged in his professional capacity to 

 I'lspect great masses of Holland stock 

 "f all kinds in the warerooms of Patter- 

 son & Gahan, the auctioneers; of how 

 'his stock was advertised in the daily 

 i'iipers and sold to the general public 

 ^or what it would bring, always at 

 irices that the florists could not com- 

 I'ote with. He brought out the fact 



that other interests had suffered more 

 than the florists since the war started 

 and said he had too much faith in the 

 florists to believe that they would "lay 

 down" because this law had been put 

 on the statute books. Like every other 

 American industry, they would soon find 

 something to take the place of those 

 things which the law prohibits entering 

 the country. Prof. Corry, Isaac H. 

 Moss and James Hamilton also spoke. 



Attendance at the club has been fall- 

 ing off for some time. This, strange as 

 it may seem, is due entirely to war con- 

 ditions. The world is going through a 

 cpurse of reconstruction and the club 

 will have to do the same. 



The late Eobert J. Halliday was the 

 father of the club; in fact, the club was 

 one of his hobbies. The same might be 

 said of his son Robert. Robert L, Gra- 

 ham, in offering the name of Robert 

 Halliday as the man best able to re- 

 habilitate the club and put new life 

 into it, referred to the strenuous work 

 Mr. Halliday had done to get the na- 

 tional convention for Baltimore some 

 years ago and his more strenuous work' 

 in making it the success it proved to be. 

 Mr, Halliday is a man who never tires. 

 With him for president, the club should 

 come into its own again in a short 

 time. 



A complete list of the oflBcers nomi- 

 nated is: President, Robert Halliday; 

 vice-president, John Nuth; financial 

 secretary, Harry W, Wagner; treasurer, 

 Albert Fiedler; librarian, C, M. Wag- 

 ner; secretary, Robert Tate Paterson. 



In declining to stand for reelection, 

 Fred Burger said that for nineteen years 

 he had been handling the club 's finances 

 and he felt that the time had come 

 when he should be relieved of this bur- 

 den and a younger man elected. There 

 is no organization in the country whose 

 finances have been watched over with 

 more zealous care than the Baltimore 

 Florists' Club and we feel that we have 

 found a worthy successor to Mr. Burger 

 in Albert Fiedler, A vote of thanks 

 was extended Mr, Burger for his untir- 

 ing efforts on behalf of the club during 

 his many years of service. 



Various Notes, 



The new wholesale house of George 

 J. Muhly will open for business Febru- 

 ary 24, 1919, Mr, Muhly will carry a 

 full line of greens. His florists' supply 

 lines will be up to the miijute in every 

 respect and he says that when the time 

 comes he will be there with one of the 

 best lines of cut flowers to be had. 



There never was a more opportune 

 time to launch a new business than the 

 present. The only thing necessary is to 

 have good stock in cut flowers. The 

 retailers are obliged to look for stock. 

 It is no longer a question of the com- 

 mission men offering large batches of 

 stock at special prices. Mr. Muhly is a 

 hustler and is optimistic over the out- 

 look. There is no good reason why this 

 young man should not go "over the 

 top," Tate, 



BUTTE, MONT. 



Flowers are still scarce and there is 

 plenty of funeral work to clean up all 

 stock that comes to the market. Spring 

 flowers are commencing to appear and 

 they are of excellent quality for the first 

 cut, 



Victor Siegel, grower at the Colum- 

 bia Gardens, forced a fine lot of red 

 tulips and jonquils for St, Valentine's 



day. They found a ready market. 

 Business is excellent with this concern. 



Fred Gust, managejj of the Butte 

 Floral Co,, reports business good. 



The death of Charles Adams, rose 

 grower for the Butte Floral Co., is re- 

 ported in the obituary column of this 

 issue. A, C, W. 



CINOINNATI. 



The Market. 



Business continues good and every- 

 thing that comes into the market clears 

 readily. More stock could be sold if it 

 were available. Prices are good. Ship- 

 ping business is excellent. 



The cut of roses coming into the mar- 

 ket is short of requirements. All carna- 

 tions that come into the wholesale 

 houses sell quickly, Easter lilies are in 

 fair supply and find a good market. 

 Rubrum lilies and callas may be had. 

 Tulips, both double and single, jonquils, 

 daffodils, Dutch hyacinths. Paper White 

 narcissi and freesia all find a ready 

 sale. Sweet peas are plentiful and sell 

 well. Snapdragon also sells well. Vio- 

 lets and orchids met with an excellent 

 demand for St. Valentine's day. Among 

 other offerings are calendulas, mignon- 

 ette, baby primroses and wallflowers. 

 Greens are in fair supply. 



Various Notes. 



C, E, Critchell had an excellent lot 

 of daffodils throughout the week. They 

 cleaned up quickly from day to day. 



The William Murphy Co, has been 

 getting in carnations from consignors at 

 Delhi that are unusually good for the 

 season. 



Among recent visitors were J, T. Her- 

 degen, Aurora, Ind.; Charles McKellar, 

 Chicago, HI,, and Carl L, Roethke, Sag- 

 inaw, Mich. C, H, H, 



PIKES PEAK, COLO. 



An example of worth-while publicity 

 is the full-page ad the Colorado Springs 

 Evening Telegraph recently published 

 for the Pikes Peak Floral Co. It was 

 embellished with cuts showing a view 

 of the range of this concern, which com- 

 prises 130,000 feet of glass; a halftone 

 of the ofiice and salesroom adjoining and 

 glimpses of the interiors of the retail 

 store and the wholesale packing depart- 

 ment. This business was founded on a 

 small scale by the late William Henry 

 Evans in 1901 and during the space of 

 eighteen years it has grown to its pres- 

 ent size. The first location was on East 

 Pikes Peak avenue. Two years after 

 the store was removed to its present 

 site on North Tejon street. Since the 

 death of the founder, his widow, Mrs. 

 Augusta B. Evans, has conducted the 

 business, which she has maintained at 

 the high standard established from its 

 inception. J, E. Johnson is superin- 

 tendent of the range and William E. 

 Crump secretary and sales manager. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y.— Harris & Lever 

 report business increasing right along, 

 a case of young blood pushing ahead, 

 with thoroughly up-to-date methods. 



Detroit, Mich.— Peter F. Reuss & Co., 

 successors to Bruno Schroeter, deceased, 

 report an excellent trade in spite of the 

 increase in prices of flowers. Mr, Reuss 

 was with Mr. Schroeter for twenty 

 years. /His associates in business are 

 Philip Breltmeyer and Peter J. Mon- 

 aghan. / 



