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The Florists^ Review 



March 20, 1919. 



BAI.TIMOBE. 



The Market. 



The market this week is clogged with 

 plenty of fine stock and, while the de- 

 mand holds good, the supply is above 

 normal. Roses are in fine supply — in 

 fact, the correspondent has never seen 

 a better grade of roses than can be had 

 at this time. The same may also be 

 said of carnations. We have all heard 

 of two new varieties that are being 

 much spoken of throughout the country, 

 but we have two new seedlings right 

 here in Baltimore that will be hard to 

 beat. Reference is made to the pink 

 and white, unnamed seedlings of C. 

 Akehurst & Son, which are as fine as 

 anything I have seen, with large flowers 

 and stems that cannot be surpassed. 

 These two carnations will be heard from 

 in the future. Sweet peas are plentiful 

 and of fine quality and we do not hear 

 any more of buds dropping. There is al- 

 most a glut of calla lilies and while 

 Easter lilies are not so plentiful, there 

 are enough to meet all requirements. All 

 miscellaneous stock is in good supply. 

 Bulbous stock is in good supply; Romans 

 are especially plentiful. While business 

 is not up to the standard, there is no 

 uneasiness among either the growers or 

 the retailers. Lent is here and business 

 has been so good during the winter that 

 this lull is looked upon as temporary. 

 Easter is only a short way off and the 

 trade is getting ready for the largest 

 flower holiday in the history of the busi- 

 ness. 



Club Meeting. 



The members of the Florists ' Club got 

 together March 10 and elected new 

 officers. Robert Halliday, who had been 

 nominated for president, did not feel 

 that he could serve at this time; so, 

 rather than not to give a progressive 

 administration, he asked that his name 

 be withdrawn. It was then a question 

 of finding some one to take his place 

 and, after canvassing the field, the 

 unanimous opinion of the club was that 

 the man who had held the club together 

 through the trying experiences of the 

 last year was tlic proper one to steer it, 

 now that we are in calm waters. R. A. 

 Vincent was unanimously elected to suc- 

 ceed himself as president. The other 

 officers elected were: Vice-president, 

 John Muth; corresponding secretary, 

 Robert T. Paterson; financial secretary, 

 C. II. Wagner; treasurer, Albert Fiedler; 

 librarian, C. M. Wagner. 



Important changes were made in the 

 by-laws and constitution. 



The club members then adjourned to 

 the Hotel Rcnnert, wlioro a most enjoy- 

 able time was had. It was a good bit 

 like school letting out, for these usually 

 staid and precise business men threw 

 off all restraint and from the first minute 

 entered into the spirit of the occasion. 

 Isaac H. Moss, who was chairman of the 

 banquet committee, acted as toastmas- 

 ter. The correspondent thought he had 

 known "Ike" about as well as any man 

 in Baltimore during the last forty years, 

 but, at the thirty-second banquet of the 

 club, traits were discovered in him that 

 none of us knew were there. A man 

 with little to say, as a usual thing, 

 yet Mr. Moss had a story to tell about 

 each speaker as he was introduced. 



One of the happiest events of this ban- 

 quet was when Robert L. Graham, the 

 member of our club who is always to be 

 depended upon when oratory is required. 



presented Fred G. Burger, the retiring 

 treasurer after nineteen years of serv- 

 ice, with a handsome silver fruit bowl. 

 As "Bob" in his presentation speech 

 smothered Mr. Burger under "bou- 

 quets" of English, anyone could see 

 that the retiring treasurer was becoming 

 more nervous each minute, for, while he 

 is one of the best treasurers any asso- 

 ciation ever had, he is a poor speech- 

 maker and knew that a response would 

 be necessary. 



Too much credit cannot be given to 

 the decorating committee, composed of 

 Albert Fiedler and Robert Graham, Jr. 

 On the guest table was a harbinger of 

 spring, a centerpiece of jonquils and 

 pussy willow. The remainder of the 

 table and the mantels were a mass of 

 carnations, as fine as anyone ever looked 

 at, and conspicuous among them were 

 several vases of Akehurst 's new pink 

 and white seedlings. 



An impressive moment was when the 

 toastmaster spoke of two members who 

 have never missed a banquet, but who 

 will never in this life be with us again — 

 George Talbot and Mack Richmond — 

 and called upon Mr. Graham for a short 

 eulogy. Mr. Graham, in his remarks, 

 paid the memory of these two brothers 

 a great tribute. 



Among the others called upon for talks 

 were Dr. Hill, of Washington; Dr. 

 Symons, of the Maryland State Agri- 

 cultural College; R. A. Vincent, whose 

 theme was "New Life in the Club," and 

 Richard Vincent, Jr., both of White 

 Marsh, Md.; W. F. Ekas and John J. 

 Perry; Otto Bauer, of Washington; Ar- 

 thur Niessen and R. E. Faust, of Phila- 

 delphia. There was one face missing, 

 that of Ed Kress, who was detained by 

 the death of his daughter, and the sym- 

 pathy of the entire club went out to Ed 

 in this great loss. 



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Among those present were the follow, 

 ing: 



Andrew Anderson 

 P. G. Burger 

 Isaac H. Moss 

 W. E. McKlsslck 

 W. F. Bauer 

 John J. Perry 

 George Morrison 

 Albert Fiedler 

 R. A. Vincent 

 W. J. Johnston 

 R. Vincent, Jr. 

 George Muhly 

 C. C. Sleek 



B. T. Paterson 

 Thomas C. Stevenson 

 F. C. Bauer 



John Simon, Jr. 

 H. W. Wagner 



C. M. Wagner 

 J. M. Rider 

 C. H. Wagner 



Mr. 



Joseph L. Merritt 

 W. J. Keys, Jr. 

 Frank Fritze 

 William E. Cahill 

 Mr. liOhr 

 Mr. Seidewitz 

 Charles Hochstedt 

 Robert L. Graham 

 J. L. Wagner 

 R. L. Graham, Jr. 

 William Lehr 

 Robert Harrison 

 C. Gernhardt 

 R. E. Faust 

 George Eberle 

 Prof. Symons 

 Dr. HUl 

 Matt Thau 

 J. McCormlck 

 Ferd Guerth 

 Otto Bauer 

 Ducksteln " 



Tate. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Joliet, 111. — Another attempt is to be 

 made to dispose of the greenhouses and 

 lease of the bankrupt J. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co. Special Referee F. A. Hill 

 has sent out the following notice : ' ' You 

 are hereby notified that in accordance 

 with notice filed by John T. Clyne, 

 trustee, the personal property of this 

 estate, consisting of greenhouses and all 

 equipment, office furniture and fixtures, 

 dwelling houses, switch track, leasehold 

 interest in and to the premises occupied 

 by the plant of the company, and all the 

 personal assets of this company will be 

 sold April 9 at public auction at 2 p. m. 

 inside the north main entrance of the 

 Court House, in the city of Joliet, III, 

 to the highest bidder. Terms, five per 

 cent cash and balance upon approval of 

 sale and delivery of proper conveyance 

 of title." 



Geneva, N. Y. — A. A. (iannett Lss 

 made an assignmeiil, but hopes to be 

 able to arrange to eontiiiur= and to be 

 able eventually to pay creditors in fail. 



North Cambridge, Mass.— Ernest Nor- 

 berg expects to make a change in the 

 McKenzie greenhouses, following spring 

 business, when a new arrangement will 

 be in order. 



Northampton, Mass. — Butler & Ull- 

 man anticipate a banner Easter busi- 

 ness and have a fine stock, both in plants 

 and cut flowers. They find the early 

 closing method quite satisfactory; no 

 Sunday work except on emergency or- 

 ders. 



South Hadley Falls, Mass.— R. C. 

 Carey has the snuggest retail place one 

 could wish to see; kept up to the minute 

 with paint. Mr. Carey feels assured 

 the heavy crops are largely due to 

 bright houses. Business is reported as 

 excellent. 



Springfield, Mass.— William Schlatter 

 & Son are erecting a new building for 

 the manufacture of their florists' green- 

 ing pin and carnation staples. "Sure," 

 observed William Schlatter, "we carry 

 an ad in The Review and are receiving 

 orders from Maine to California; in 

 fact, this branch threatens to rival the 

 floral end of the business, although it is 

 the best season in our long experience." 



Springfield, Mass.— J. W. Adams & 

 Co. predict a big spring planting busi- 

 ness; in this they were corroborated by 

 J. E. Draper, of the outdoor department 

 of Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., of Bos- 

 ton, who are scouring the country for 

 various lines of stock. 



Smiths' Ferry, Mass.— Alfred Buckle- 

 ton expresses the opinion that a house 

 of medium size is far preferable where a 

 variety of stock is required. Mr. Buck- 

 leton has charge of the big house on the 

 G. H. Sinclair place, one of the largest, 

 if not the largest, in New England. 



Hadley, Mass. — Two lovely roses, now 

 in the third year, are the pride of the 

 veteran rosarian, Alex. Montgomery, 

 head of the Montgomery Rose Co. One 

 is a velvety crimson, the other a satiny 

 pink and both will undoubtedly be pre- 

 eminent next season. All who have 

 grown Russell and Hadley are familiar 

 with the type from which these new dis- 

 coveries spring. Mr. Montgomery 

 amuses himself, to use his own expres- 

 sion, in doing nothing else but work on 

 seedlings, leaving the more strenuous 

 workings to his two able sons, Alex, and 

 George. 



