MAKCH 20, 191!). 



The Floiiste^ Review 



Peter W. Mackley. 



J'oter W. Mackley, manager for the 

 Mujestic rioral Co., Texarkana, Ark., 

 ^vas shot twice and instantly killed 

 at Ills place of business in the Foreman 

 bloik at 4 p. m., March 8. One bullet 

 end red the breast and the other the 

 l);a ;. His wife also was shot twice, once 

 ill ; Ik; breast and once in the hip, but 

 her wounds are not considered danger- 

 ous. Their 5-year-old daughter was in 

 the .store and saw her parents shot down, 

 bur was herself untouched. 



J. D. Hines was arrested a few min- 

 utes later and lodged in jail charged 

 witli the shooting. He is driver of a 

 Wells-Fargo Express wagon and told the 

 officers the trouble had come up over 

 the refusal of Mackley to pay a bill of 60 

 {•ents on a package of flowers damaged 

 iu transit. 



Adolph Schwerin. 



Adolph Schwerin, of Schwerin Bros., 

 who conduct a nursery in Visitacion, 

 Cal., south of San Francisco, died March 

 8 as a result of injuries sustained a few 

 (lays before in a street car collision. 

 He was a native of San Francisco, aged 

 56 years, and had a host of friends who 

 mourn his sudden passing. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow, four sisters and 

 three brothers. Of late, the deceased 

 liad made the rounds of the trade in 

 !San Francisco and his visits were al- 

 ways welcome, as he had a sunny dis- 

 position which reflected good cheer 

 wherever he went. Many florists and 

 nurservmen attended the funeral, which 

 was held March 10. W. M. 



Mrs. A. L. Glaser. 



Mrs. A. L. Glaser, widow of one of 

 the most widely known florists of the 

 middle west, died at her home at 

 Dubuque, la., March 13, after a pro- 

 tracted illness. Mr. Glaser pre-deceased 

 her by a number of months. The funeral 

 was held March 15. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



business continues extremely heavy, 

 lioth vtholesale and retail. Stock is plen- 

 tiful and generally of good quality, 

 tliough sweet peas are beginning to 

 show the effects of the warm weather. 

 f^pring weather has arrived and the 

 trees and shrubbery are budding. Bulb- 

 ous stock is coming on fast and, owing 

 '^ the lateness of Easter, there will 

 P'oliably be a shortage of these. 



Various Notes. 



The Wm. Blackman Floral Co. has a 

 heavy run of funeral work and is cut- 

 '"'!,' a fine crop of flowers, especially 

 iJiiltious stock. 



I^^arl Zeidler is doing an active busi 

 '>''^-< in plants and funeral work. 



•'ulius Niednagel & Sons are cutting 

 ^-^■'!a fine carnations and sweet peas. 



-'hs. J. C. Elspermann continues to 

 lia\ .. plenty to do in funeral work and 

 ^"y shipping of plants. 



' 'le Lockyear Floral Co. is getting a 

 S'" 1 share of the business. The green- 

 '"'-ses are full of spring stock. 



' ■ L. Niednagel is building a garage 



for his new Haynes car. His stock is 

 in fine condition, with a nice crop of 

 roses coming on. 



Eoyston & Fenton report a brisk 

 business in coleus and Easter Greeting. 



The proprietors of the Anderson Flo- 

 ral Co., at Lebanon, Tenn., and C. A. 

 Morgan, of Henderson, Ky., were visi- 

 tors last week. E. L. F. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



In spite of some extremely bad 

 weather, which curtailed the transient 

 trade of the local retailers, the market 

 has been going ahead steadily. It is 

 probable that this season of the year, 

 the early part of Lent, never saw so 

 good a volume of business and prices 

 still are above the seasonal average, 

 though not so high as they have been 

 (luring the early part of the year, and 

 there seems to be no reason for com- 

 plaint by anyone. Quite the contrary, 

 there seems to be every reason why 

 those in all branches of the trade should 

 be satisfied, more than satisfied. 



The shipping business undeniably is 

 the backbone of the present market. If 

 it were not for an excellent run of ship- 

 ping, the market unquestionably would 

 go to pieces. The out-of-town demand 

 continues relatively stronger than the 

 city demand. Also, the out-of-town 

 buyers put quality above price, whereas 

 l)rice is the first consideration with a 

 good nmny who come personally to the 

 market. 



Perhaps the outstanding feature of the 

 present supply is the return of American 

 Beauty to its old-time position of lead- 

 ership. It has been a good many months 

 since this market had so large a supply 

 of Beauties of such good quality. While 

 tlicre are not nearly so many Beauties 

 grown as was the case a few years ago, 

 the growers seem at length to have 

 caught the stride again. There are 

 large quantities of fine stock, large 

 flowers, long stems and perfect foliage. 

 They are selling well and the prices hold 

 up surprisingly when one considers the 

 great increase in the supply. It looks 

 like proving the correctness of the 

 theory that good Beauties would prove 

 even more salable than in the past. 



Next in popularity after Beauty comes 

 Russell. The supply has increased and 

 the quality of the flowers in most cases 

 leaves nothing to be desired. There are 

 considerable (juantities of Milady iu 

 some of the wholesale houses and they 

 do not seem to be particularly in request. 

 Ophelia is coming fine again and is sell- 

 ing well. Columbia is less abundant 

 than it was, probably because the grow- 

 ers have taken so much wood for propa- 

 gating. All the other roses are in good 

 supply, so that all orders are being 

 shipped in full and any reasonable re- 

 ((uirements as to price can be met. 



The supply of carnations is increasing 

 day by day. The demand, however, has 

 kept pace, so that the market is kept 

 well cleaned up. There are no 8-cent 

 carnations any more, unless it may be 

 a few Mrs. Ward, but the prices continue 

 excellent considering that the spring 

 crop is on. There is competition for the 

 few Laddie that come in and they still 

 bring 12 to 15 cents, with all the grow- 

 ers hunting for a few hundred cuttings. 

 St. Patrick's day created no excitement 

 this year in the matter of white carna- 

 tions; there was a good demand, but no 

 flurry in prices. 



Orchids are abundant *and ■^WCTTl 

 of cheap prices, but investigation usjt 

 ally reveals that the flowers wei^ 

 SchrcedersB, not Triana'. It seems 

 though the market had been starved foi 

 orchids so long that it is ready to takfe 

 up all first-class stock at fair prices; one 

 sees cattleyas in every first-class windoW 

 and they are going into much of tlip 

 good funeral work. There are increased 

 supplies of giganteum lilies, some good, 

 some poor. Callas also are abundant. 

 The market is full of southern narcissi 

 in many varieties. They sell well and 

 pull down the prices of indoor flowers. 

 Early tulips have become fairly plenti- 

 ful, but there are not many Darwins. 

 Sweet peas have become the principal 

 corsage flower and are in such large sup- 

 ply that prices have taken quite a drop. 

 There are plenty' of violets, selling 

 rather low. Iris tingitana is passing, as 

 are f reesias and Paper Whites. There is 

 valley enough for all, as the demand is 

 not brisk. 



Meredith Plant is Sold. 



Two practical greenhouse men have 

 secured the establishment known as the 

 Meredith Flower & Vegetable Co., at 

 Libertyville, 111., obtaining title from 

 the court under foreclosure of a mort- 

 gage held by Lord & Burnham Co. There 

 are ten houses, covering 44,000 feet of 

 space. It is not Lord & Burnham con- 

 struction, that company's interest hav- 

 ing come about through the owners giv- 

 ing a mortgage as additional security 

 for the payment for the range built for 

 them at Union Grove, Wis It is under- 

 stood that the Meredith Flower & VegCr 

 table Co., the present owners of which 

 are not florists, not only lose the prop- 

 erty but also are personally liable for 

 money borrowed at the bank before the 

 foreclosure proceedings were begun. 



The new owners are Gust Lienhardt, 

 about 45 years of age, who has had much 

 experience, with Poehlmann Bros. Co. 

 and other local growers, and Henry 

 Mesenbrink, a younger man, who until 

 recently has been with the Albert F. 

 Amling Co., Maywood. Each is a good 

 grower and a careful manager, as evi- 

 denced by their ability to swing a deal 

 of this size, and their success seems as- 

 sured. The houses now are planted to 

 roses, carnations and sweet peas, with a 

 general line of pot plants for home 

 trade. 



Growers' Association Grows. 



Increasing business has resulted in tlie 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association 

 taking 1,600 square feet of additional 

 space in the basement of the LeMoyne 

 building, below the present quarters and 

 the entrance to the building, adjoining 

 the basement shipping room of Bassett 

 & Washburn. It is understood that the 

 new space, large, light and airy, will be 

 used for a shipping department, the pres- 

 ent (juarters being unequal to the needs 

 of Chief Sherer and his assistants. 



A meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Chicago Flower Growers' Association 

 has been called for March 25 to vote on 

 a proposition to increase the capital 

 stock of the corporation from $10,000 to 

 $30,000. When the increase has been 

 ratified, it is the purpose of the manage- 

 ment to permit eacii stockholder to 

 subscribe to two shares of the new stock 

 for each one share now held. The stock 

 is distributed among many small holders. 

 The purpose of the proposed increase in 

 capital is to supply funds more nearly 

 adequate to the needs of the business 



