MAX 1, 1919. 



The Rorists' Review 



25 



p. J. Denster. 



p. J. Deuster, a well known florist of 

 Milwaukee, died April 16 at his home on 

 Blue Mound road. He was 75 years old. 

 S irviving him, besides the widow, are 

 a son, J. A. Deuster, of Portland, Ore., 

 and a daughter, Mrs. F. Baxter, of Mil- 

 waukee. The funeral was held April 19 

 in the Holy Cross church, Milwaukee, 

 ajtd burial was made in Calvary ceme- 

 tery. 



Mrs. Mattie Dixon. 



Mrs. Mattie Dixon, formerly owner 

 of the Quality Flower Store, Fort Smith, 

 \rk., died at a hospital in that city re- 

 •ently, following an operation. She 

 was the wife of the late F. E. Dixon and 

 :i native of Ohio. She was born in Day- 

 ton July 3, 1870, and in that city spent 

 lier early life. She was married in Vin- 

 f'ennes, Ind., twenty-two years ago. She 

 iiad been a resident of Fort Smith for 

 the last sixteen years and for several 

 years was connected with the Quality 

 Flower Store. Two daughters survive 

 her, Mrs. E. C. Eooney and Mrs. Maurine 

 Chamberlain, besides her father, mother 

 and eight brothers, who reside at Grand 

 Bapids, Mi h. 



GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The executive board of the National 

 Association of Gardeners for some time 

 has had under consideration the advisa- 

 bility of establishing headquarters in 

 New York city and recently opened an 

 office at 286 Fifth avenue. New York. 

 The secretary's hours will be from 10 

 a. m. to 3 p. m., excepting by special ap- 

 pointment. 



This step is a result of the increasing 

 interest that is being shown in the serv- 

 ice bureau of the association by country 

 estate owners, which makes it desirable 

 to be more conveniently located in rela- 

 tion to these clients of the association. 



Members of the National Association 

 of Gardeners, living in Boston and vicin- 

 ity, will hold a spring conference May 

 16 in Horticultural hall, Boston. An in- 

 teresting program is being arranged and 

 all interested in the profession of gar- 

 dening are invited to attend the confer- 

 ence. Those who have been present at 

 previous Boston conferences know how 

 interesting and entertaining these meet- 

 ings are. 



It is proposed to hold the annual con- 

 vention of the associatton in Cleveland 

 August 26 to 28. These dates have been 

 chosen because horticulture in the vicin- 

 ity of Cleveland is to be seen at its best 

 at that time and weather conditions are 

 usually favorable. The executive board 

 will take final action on the convention 

 date the latter part of May, and Presi- 

 dent Weeks will then appoint the con- 

 vention committees. 



BUFFALO. 



a shortage in some stocks, the principal 

 line being carnations. The supply of 

 roses was good, most of them being of 

 fair grade and bringing good prices. 

 Short American Beauties are plentiful, 

 but the demand for these is unusually 

 slow. The last few days the weather 

 has been more favorable for production 

 and stock is expected in larger ship- 

 ments. 



Various Notes. 



The growers held a meeting in the 

 salesrooms of the William F. Kasting 

 Co., April 24. The object of the meet- 

 ing was to determine a fair selling price 

 for spring stock, of which the geranium 

 is the principal item. The meeting re- 

 sulted in a decision that at least twen- 

 ty-five per cent should be added to last 

 year's selling price. 



Frank J. Baum had the misfortune to 

 fall down the stairway leading to the 

 boiler room of his plant last week. The 

 result was an injured eye and a bruised 

 face. Mr. Baum 's hope now is that his 

 face will have resumed its normal con- 

 dition by April 29, the date of the Flo- 

 rists' Club's banquet. 



Henry Krause and John Fiebelkorn, of 

 the S. A. Anderson staff, left April 24 

 for New York, where they will spend a 

 few days. Mr. Krause 's brother is in 

 one of the New York hospitals, having 

 returned from overseas wounded. 



F. P. A. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



The Market. 



As a rule, the week after a holiday 

 the market is ^low and prices drop. This 

 week, however, the market could not be 

 classed as slow. The demand readily 

 took care of the supply, even showing 



The Market. 



The business handled this Easter is 

 generally regarded as the greatest in 

 volume in this market for many years. 

 Florists reported that the demand was 

 fifty per cent greater than ever before 

 and that there was a marked shortage 

 of stock, notwithstanding that they had 

 placed heavy orders in anticipation of 

 such a condition. 



The week after Easter, with the 

 stocks depleted because of the demand 

 of the preceding week, and with the full 

 resumption of the spring social season, 

 was marked by the continued firmness 

 of prices. While sweet peas, gladioli 

 and other local-grown stock are becom- 

 ing more plentiful, there will be no de- 

 cided reduction in prices, as every avail- 

 able plant and flower is in demand and 

 the public is prepared to pay high prices 

 for the best stock of any kind. 



The prevailing shortage of stocks has 

 been a severe test of the resourcefulness 

 of the retail florists. A plan adopted in 

 one instance, just before Easter, was to 

 substitute tulips for carnations, at the 

 price of the latter. Nearly every re- 

 tailer with a greenhouse or nursery has 

 been able to use some unexpectedly suit- 

 able stock that helped to stay the de- 

 mand for the choicest cut flowers, which 

 are received from the north. 



An importation from Holland of a fine 

 lot of Azalea mollis proved a factor in 

 the Easter business of one florist. The 

 plants were received two weeks before 

 Easter and the buds were opening in 

 profusion just in time for the Easter 

 display. They made one of the most 

 notable displays seen here. It was found 

 that this stock was readily bought by 

 the public, in place of potted lilies, 

 which were decidedly scarce. 



While prices are extremely satisfac- 

 tory at present, they probably are less 



dependable in this market than in any 

 other. In fact, there is no market here, 

 such as there is in a section where there 

 is extensive growing of commercial 

 flowers. Practically all the stock is 

 shipped in, and the time that the or- 

 ders are placed and the condition in 

 which they are received determine for 

 each dealer the exact prices he can ask. 



Boses will soon be the best stock to 

 handle. Graduation exercises, weddings 

 and other social affairs will assure a 

 strong demand for this stock. The trend 

 already is observable in most of the 

 flower store windows and, as the best of 

 these flowers is demanded, these beauty 

 spots are seldom seen to better advan- 

 tage than at present. 



Sweet peas soon will be at their 

 height and, as their popularity is great 

 here, it is needless to say that the flo- 

 rists will not lag behind in either re- 

 ceipts from the north or in production. 



Various Notes. 



That through the activities and pub- 

 licity of the New Orleans Garden So- 

 ciety, an organization of amateurs, there 

 will be some new developments in the 

 local commercial floral situation, is con- 

 fidently expected by several prominent 

 members of the trade. The professed 

 immediate object of the society is to 

 make New Orleans the foremost garden 

 city of America. 



The peculiar complaint known as the 

 "sleeping sickness," now more or less 

 prevalent in parts of the country, ap- 

 pears to have been partially the cause 

 of the death of the 12-year-old son of 

 Fred Ziegler, well known florist of this 

 city. The boy had had influenza and the 

 immediate cause of death was said to 

 be acute inflammation of the brain, with 

 hemorrhages, but before his death he 

 exhibited symptoms of the strange 

 malady. H. H. K. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



As is not infrequently the case, there 

 was some recession in the volume of 

 business the week after Easter. The 

 next day after Easter there was a 

 strong demand, indicating that retail 

 stores had sold clean and were restock- 

 ing, but in the middle of the week the 

 demand was comparatively quiet, al- 

 though it continued to be sufficient to 

 take up everything that reached the 

 market. There was some recession in 

 rose values, the average price for last 

 week being lower than some of the 

 growers had anticipated. The reduc- 

 tion in price was unexpected by some 

 of the producers for the reason that 

 their cuts also were on the down grade 

 and they had figured that the reduction 

 in supply would counterbalance the re- 

 duction in demand. It did not do so. 



The rose is easily the most important 

 flower on the market. The supply of 

 roses is large compared to the supplios 

 of other flowers. The quality of the 

 stock is fine and the prices, though not 

 low, are low by comparison with the 

 prices of other flowers, especially ear- 

 nations. The market has a splendid 

 assortment of roses. The day of the 

 predominance of one variety is gone. 

 There are large quantities of Columbia, 

 Eussell, Milady, Killarney Brilliant and 

 Ophelia, with moderate supplies of Mi- 

 lady, Sunburst, Montrose, Double White 

 Killarney and other good varieties. Chi- 



