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The Florists^ Review 



FCBBUABT 20, 1919. 



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OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



Stock has been more plentiful during 

 the last week. Everyone is cutting a 

 goo^ many bulbous flowers, such as jon- 

 quils, hyacinths and tulips. Paper 

 Whites are gone, but their place is 

 easily filled with other spring flowers. 

 Carnations are still selling at 6 cents. 

 BABea run from 4 cents to 30 cents, jon- 

 iqullB and daffodils are 8 cents and tulips 

 bring 4 cents to 8 cents. 



One of the heaviest snow storms of 

 the season occurred in central Nebraska 

 the other day, many trains being snow- 

 bound. In Lincoln, North Platte and 

 Eastings the snow drifted to a height 

 of eight to ten feet in different places. 

 As it was a heavy, wet snow, it was 

 almost impossible for snowplows to get 

 through. Passengers on the trains en 

 route to Denver and other places were 

 fed from nearby farm houses, wherever 

 the train happened to be stalled. All 

 shipments of flowers to the west were 

 ■ 5^ie roads are now open and 

 cruiining on schedule time. 



of this section enjoyed 

 FjiTttTTyuaiest St. Valentine's days 

 3^n^ years. It . was hard to get 

 around with deliveries, too, on account 

 of the blizzard that struck Omaha and 

 vicinity that day. The city was cov- 

 ered with sleet and snow and it rained 

 or snowed practically all day February 

 14. However, everyone got his de- 

 liveries out in plenty of time. Even if 

 it was hard going, there was little com- 

 plaint of packages being received late. 



I Various Notes. 



The window of Hess & Swoboda was a 

 pretty sight St. Valentine's day. In 

 fact, it is so ^t all times, for Mr. Hess' 

 makes it a point to keep the latest stock 

 in flowers on display. 



Lewis Henderson, although not in 

 good health, is always at the store at 

 Sixteenth and Harney streets. 



One of the largest table decorations 

 during the year was executed for the 

 Eotary Club banquet by L. Eogers. " 

 There were ninety tables to decorate 

 and, as everyone knows, the Eotary does 

 not do things halfway. 



C. G. Hargadine, Florence, Neb., is 

 cutting some splendid sweet peas. 

 "While he has not had many years' ex- 

 perience in the florists' business, he 

 certainly is producing excellent stock. 



F. E. S. 



W. Faulkner reports a record busi- 

 ness throughout the montll of January, 

 which the fine weather helped by bring- 

 ing on the greenhouse stock. S. E. 

 Faulkner is recovering from an attack 

 of appendicitis. 



EOME, N. Y. 



Ivar Eingdahl, who has purchased the 

 range of E. J. Byam, has had a varied 

 vocational experience gained in differ- 

 ent countries. After an apprenticeship 

 of two years in Sweden, his native coun- 

 try, he entered the employ of the Eoyal 

 Gardens, near Stockholm. His talents 

 in designing won early recognition there 

 and he was appointed to do the deco- 

 rating for the present queen of Sweden 

 at the palace in Stockholm. Later he 

 waa connected with two English con- 

 cerns, Sander & Son, St. Albans, Eng- 

 land, with whom he spent a year, and the 

 Islington Nurseries, in the environs of 



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London, for two years. He embarked 

 for America in the year 1904 and his 

 first employment in the United States 

 was with John Scott, at Flatbush, L. I. 

 He was connected also with the ranges 

 of Louis Krimmel, Brooklyn, and Will- 

 man Kelloy, Astoria, L. I. 



In 1906 he started to work for Thomas 

 Eoland, at Naliant, Mass., and since 

 1907 he has been in charge of the grow- 

 ing, selling and designing for this estab- 

 lishment, specializing in fancy stock of 

 every description. 



The Byam range has catered princi- 

 pally to the retail trade, but Mr. Eing- 

 dahl intends to develop a wholesale 

 trade in pot plants, as well as continu- 

 ing the business of his predecessor. 



LANCASTEB, FA. 



B, F. Barr & Co. note a highly satis- 

 factory condition in each department of 

 their business. The floral end, as well 

 as the landscape and nursery branch, 

 has exceeded the most sanguine ex- 

 pectations of Mr. -Barr, who predicts 

 that the coming season will be one of 

 the best planting seasons on record in 

 trees and shrubs, with a strong demand 

 from both professionals and amateurs. 

 If the embargo goes into effect it will 

 create a shortage and stimulate plant- 

 ing to supply the demand, at prices 

 that will advance accordingly. 



Eudolf Nagel, who is a successful 

 grower of sweet peas, has a beautiful 

 white form of Yarrawa, with crimped 

 petals. It is his pride and the envy of 

 the several growers who have seen it. 

 Being a shy seeder, it will be scarce 

 for some time. 



Among the many notable things at 

 the range of H. K. Eohrer is a batch of 

 myosotis in 3-inch pots, shapely plants, 

 in bloom for St. Valentine 's day. Prim- 

 ula malacoides -is -iere in perfect form 

 and of the finest strain. Calla lilies, 

 grown in 5-inch pots, plunged in a 

 bed of rich soil, are elegant stock. Harry 

 Eohrer says that by confining the roots 

 better results are obtained. A fine lot 

 of calceolarias, with tobacco stems dis- 

 tributed between the rows, cinerarias 

 and, what is now a rarity, a big batch 

 of geraniums for the retail trade are 

 other items. Sweet Peas Mrs. Skach 

 and Louisa Gude are popular. Carna- 

 tions Matchless and Enchantress Su- 

 preme are grown exclusively and are 

 found to be money-makers indeed this 

 season. 



Paul Murphy writes his former em- 

 ployer, B. F. Barr, from "over there" 

 and from the tone of his letters it 

 would seem four walls will "not hold tim, 

 after his experience as a soldier. So 

 he probably will be put on the road 

 selling nursery stock and giving advice 

 on landscape work, for which Mr. Barr 

 believes him well fitted, after his foreign 

 service. 



Albert M. Herr, speaking of the large 

 demand and small supply of bedding 

 plants, geraniums especially, observed 

 that for shipping purposes calloused 

 cuttings are preferable to rooted stock, 

 for the reason that many roots damp off 

 and the plant makes new ones slowly, 

 whereas a calloused stem can be put in 

 a 2-inch pot and will make a quicker 

 root action. Once the truth of this is 

 made clear, buyers appreciate it. 



W. M. 



Anderson, S. C— Mrs. W. W. Chis- 

 holm has sold the business known as the 

 Anderson Floral Co. 



Terrell, Tex. — C. E. Brewer has pur- 

 chased the business of Mrs. W. D. 

 Fletcher and will continue it under the 

 name of the Terrell Floral Co. 



Wilmington, N. C. — L. A. Koeth has 

 bought the florists' business of Mrs. L. 

 P. Fowler, which he will operate under 

 the name of the Fifth Avenue Florist. 



Memphis, Tenn. — A charter issued 

 to Johnson Bros., wholesale florists, of 

 Shelby county, named incorporators as 

 follows: William C. Johnson, O. C. 

 Johnson, Francis B. Johnson, L. S. Ean- 

 kin and H. H. Hannoll. Capital stock 

 was stated at $20,000. 



Oroenvllle, Miss.— The Idle Hour Flo- 

 ral Col has outgrown its present location 

 and will be removed to lands purchased 

 of the l*ark Land Co., on which a range 

 of mooetn houses will be built. L. A. 

 Waas, ii \member of the firm, has con- 

 ducted ihte growing end of the business 

 with signal success, while Mrs. Craft 

 has lookea\ kf ter the retail branch in a 

 capable mdpner. 



Tuskaloosa, Ala. — J. Carroll Meaney 

 has started in the florists' business here. 



Ada, Okla. — W. E. Pitt is planning to 

 build another greenhouse, 27x100 feet, 

 the contract having been placed with 

 the John C. Moninger Co. This is the 

 third new house to be added to his 

 range of glass within the year. He will 

 plant 10,000 carnations next season. 



Houston, Tex. — The Houston Horti- 

 cultural Society elected ofiicers January 

 6 at a meeting at the Brazos Green- 

 houses, as follows: President, E. G- 

 Hewitt; vice-president, A. S. Koehle; 

 treasurer, C. E. Hogans; secretary, J. M. 

 Laughlin; board of directors, C. L- 

 Brock and E. Schwenke. 



Brownwood, Tex. — Hans Schroedcr, 

 who some months ago sold his interest 

 in the Schroeder Floral Co., of Temple 

 and Waco, Tex., which he founded, has 

 bought the business of Mrs. C. L, Stef- 

 fens here, which he is conducting under 

 the name of the Brownwood Floral Co. 

 He intends to enlarge the establish- 

 ment as soon as prices of building ma- 

 terial become more nearly normal. Mrs. 

 Stefifens retired from business on ac- 

 count of the state of her health. 



