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The Florists^ Review 



NOTIHBIB 7, 1918. 



BOOHESTEB, N. Y. 



Tbe Market. 



According to all reports, the epidemic 

 of Spanish influenza Is waning, but as 

 yet places of amusement, churches and 

 schools are under quarantine. The ban 

 is expected to be lifted within a week. 

 The florists have been exceptionally 

 busy during the last five weeks, but this 

 last week there has been a decided fall- 

 ing off in our business. This report 

 comes from all of the uptown florists, 

 not one of whom has experienced any 

 such rush as during the few weeks pre- 

 vious. Stock consequently is plentiful 

 and prices are getting down to normal. 

 A good many more flowers reach the 

 market from outside growers, among 

 them being a quantity of chrysanthe- 

 mums. Beautiful stock is seen in 

 Unaka, Chrysolora, Pacific Supreme, 

 Eager, Golden Glow and Halliday. A 

 fine lot of pompons is seen, as well as a 

 good showing of single varieties of 

 mums. There is, however, a scarcity of 

 the little yellow pompon so far this sea- 

 son. The demand for roses is not so 

 great as it has been, but the shorter- 

 stemmed stock has cleaned up well. The 

 quality of the roses arriving is fine, 

 the mild weather having helped them. 

 Ophelia, Sunburst, Columbia and Bus- 

 sell sell well. Bed varieties, such as 

 Scott Key and Hoosier Beauty, have 

 dragged during the last few days. Dou- 

 ble violets arrive daily, but the de- 

 mand for them is not large. Easter 

 lilies are not plentiful, nor is the de- 

 mand so large as it should be. A few 

 good gladioli continue to arrive and sell 

 well. Dahlias have been in good de- 

 mand, but the frosts ten days ago made 

 an end of all the small buds. They have 

 not been nearly so plentiful this season. 

 Carnations show a decided improve- 

 ment in quality of late and are at pres- 

 ent in fine condition. The stems are 

 short, but the most of them are used 

 for funeral work. A few outside flow- 

 ers continue to arrive, among them 

 being fine cosmos, gaillardia and a little 

 candytuft. African marigolds and 

 calendulas are useful for basket work. 

 Some fine snapdragon is seen. Potted 

 mums, pompons, gloxinias and primulas, 

 combined with an excellent assortment 

 of crotons, berried plants and ferns, are 

 seen in all the stores and are selling 

 nicely. In the wholesale markets the 

 demand for supplies of all kinds has 

 been active during the last week or two. 

 Greens are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



E. G. Hill, of Bichmond, Ind., called 

 on the trade during the week and spoke 

 in glowing terms of his new rose, Pre- 

 mier. He says that business is remark- 

 ably good with his firm, and his trip 

 thus far has been successful indeed. 



The business, stock and fixtures of 

 the late Paul Campus, of the Eosery 

 Flower Shop, on Clinton avenue south, 

 have been purchased by E. Kendig, of 

 the Floral Art Studio, of Oswego, N. Y., 

 who has taken possession and is doing a 

 fair amount of business. He will con- 

 tinue to run both stores. 



An artistic window decoration was 

 seen at the store of the J. B. Keller 

 Sons this week, which was composed 

 chiefly of yellow pompons and violets. 

 A few highly colored crotons were noted 

 here, as well as numerous baskets of 

 flowers. 



H. E. Wilson during the week had a 



splendid lot of chrysanthemums at his 

 store on Main street, which included 

 Alice Day, Touset, Golden Glow, White 

 Turner, Chrysolora, Fairy Queen and 

 Minta. Business has been exceptionally 

 brisk with this firm, but a falling off in 

 both funeral and wedding work has 

 been noticed during the last few days. 



Harry Merritt, of the Boulevard, has 

 a splendid house of carnations, which 

 are in fine condition. There is every 

 evidence that his winter crop will be 

 large. 



The hearts of many of the florists 

 have been cheered this week by the ar- 

 rival of Dutch bulbs. Several of the 

 growers have received a large part of 

 their orders and are making every effort 

 to get them into the flats as early as 

 possible. George T. Boucher had a 

 pretty window arrangement for the 

 week-end, in which lavender pompons 

 and chrysanthemums and pink bouvar- 

 dia were featured. Some fine Bird 's-nest 

 ferns also were seen. Arrangements are 

 well under way for the chrysanthemum 

 show, which takes place during the 

 week of November 3. 



Mrs. Arvilla Smith has been added 

 to the sales force of the Eochester 

 Floral Co. Miss Ellis, who has been 

 sick for two weeks, expects to return 

 to the store in a few days. Edwin P. 

 Wilson, Jr., has been helping out during 

 the rush. 



The Greeks who have stands along 

 Main street have been inactive during 

 the rush, owing to the fact that flowers 

 were, so scarce and expensive. The 

 trade they cater to looks for inexpen- 

 sive bouquets for cemetery use chiefly. 



H. J. H. 



by the disagreeableness of the thing, 

 he thought it might have been the 

 "flu." F. P. A. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The end of the week finds market 

 conditions quite the reverse of those of 

 the last three weeks. There is any 

 quantity of stock to be had, except for 

 the shortage of Easter lilies and or- 

 chids. The demand for funeral flow- 

 ers has dropped off all of a sudden and 

 in counter sales there is no important 

 activity. Excellent roses are accumu- 

 lating. The spot-light flower, however, 

 is the chrysanthemum. The supply of 

 these is good and indications are that 

 the market is overdone on yellow, with 

 a shortage of pink and white existing. 



Eoses arriving are all of good quality, 

 with Sunburst, Eussell aH^ Ophelia in 

 the lead. Flowers and stems are of 

 good substance, making them satisfac- 

 tory keepers. Special American Beau- 

 ties do not find the market open to 

 them. This, of course, is due to the 

 supply of chrysanthemums. The Beau- 

 ty buyers are taking advantage of 

 the mum season. The short grades are 

 used in baskets and funeral bunches. 



Violets are finding an unseasonably 

 slow market. They are of good size and 

 form attractive bunches. The only 

 fault that can be found with them is 

 that they are off color. 



Various Notes. 



C. F. Christensen, of Eggertsville, is 

 marketing some extra fancy pompons. 

 The varieties are Mensa and Golden 

 Mensa. There is nothing to beat them. 



Felix Alberts, of Eochester, was in 

 the city November 4. Mr. Alberts has 

 been ill. He said he did not know what 

 was the matter with him, but, judging 



Tke Market. 



Business has been brisk here for the 

 last few weeks, with funeral work the 

 heaviest in history for the month of Oc- 

 tober. Stock is more plentiful now, but 

 it was hard to get a couple of weeks 

 ago. The early mums were cleaned up 

 before they were half ready for cutting 

 and there was a scramble at all times 

 for them. Eoses are more plentiful and 

 prices are down somewhat. Carnations 

 are coming in larger -quantities and are 

 demanding a good price. Lilies are 

 scarce, but a few callas are coming in 

 now. Sweet peas are in and are filling 

 in nicely on corsage work. Some vio- 

 lets are coming, but the demand for 

 them is rdther light at present. There 

 never was such a quantity of mums used 

 so early in the season. Some grow- 

 ers had them in early and they brought 

 top-notch prices. They still are moving 

 in fine shape and some good stock is to 

 be seen. Chadwicks, Bonnaffons, Eo- 

 man Golds and Chrysoloras are in full 

 swing at this writing. Potted plants 

 are scarce and it looks as though they 

 will be all winter, as a great many 

 growers have cut them out entirely. 



Various Notes.' 



Sherman Stephens, E. Metzmeier, 

 Underwood Bros., T. J. Ludwig and 

 James McKellar all report that busi- 

 ness has. been excellent, although they 

 were handicapped by a lack of stock. 



During the influenza epidemic a great 

 many soldiers died at the barracks and 

 government depot here, while a number 

 of the Columbus boys, who died at the 

 cantonments, were sent home for burial. 

 These conditions brought a great 

 amount of funeral work. J. M. 



NEWABK, N. J.. 



The Market. 



Most of the local florists have been 

 busy during the last week with funeral 

 work, due largely to the epidemic of in- 

 fluenza and pneumonia. The transient 

 trade is beginning to pick up now, 

 though it is not brisk. There is prac- 

 tically no decoration work, because of 

 the ban on public meetings of all kinds. 

 Chrysanthemums now coming into the 

 market are of excellent quality. There 

 are also more varieties than there have 

 been before this season. Dahlias are 

 much more plentiful and are of good 

 quality. The cold nights are beginning 

 to cut into the supply of cosmos, al- 

 though this flower still is plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Philips Bros., of Broad street, have 

 been so busy with funeral work recently 

 that it has been necessary to keep open 

 evenings several times a week. 



Henry Hornecker, Central avenue, f©=\ 

 ports good business. Located near a\ 

 cemetery, but not opposite the entrance, 

 he has not done so much funeral work 

 as some of the other florists, but the 

 large number of burials will mean more 

 work for him later, when the graves 

 will be covered for the winter with 

 evergreens, and in the spring. 



E. B. M. 



