NoVKMItKK 14, lltlN. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



H. I.. Dmm, Si. ("iit li:iriiics. Out., vase 

 (»f a lU'W (-Invsautlu'imiin, a yellow s|i()rt 

 of William Tiinici', scoi'iii^- eighty ti\(' 

 points, |irciiininai'v ccit ificali'. 



Tlif ('. II. Totty Co.. Madison, X. ,1., 

 vasi" of new rose, I'rt'iiiifr, scoiiii^' 

 iiiiu'ty-oiic points, pr('liniinar.\' ci'itifi 

 catc. 



Various Notes. 



Xoticc of flu' (loatli of Cliarlcs H. 

 Alillcr will l>c fomid in tlif ohitnary 

 i-ohiinn of this issnc. 



.losi'pli A. Manda, of West Oiani^c, 

 .\. .1.. was in Hoston Xoxcnilicr (>, a 

 j^Mcst of flic llorticnltni-al Cinh. .\c 

 cordiny to the lioston Tiansci'i|)t of 

 Xovi'inhcr ti, Mr. Manda is cicditcd 

 with ai'(piirin<i ( '\'|iii|i("diuin insi^nc 

 SaniU'i'ianuni in London. 



W. ('. Cook, who icccntly cniliarlu'd 

 in liusincss in < 'lc\(dand, ()., is reported 

 to lie a patii'iit in a hospital in Xewark, 

 X. .1. Ill' i-~ renieinlierecl here as ;i 

 fornn'r ^ale-^inau for Wanyhan's Seed 

 Store. 



There was ;i nieetin;^ ot' tlu' direidoi's 

 of the A nierir.'iii [);ihlia Sdcirtx' at till' 



(iiand hotel Xoxctnlier ti, at wliii h were 

 jiri'st'nt I'lesideiif l^icdiard \'ineent, dr., 

 of White Marsh, Md., Seeret:iry Li'wis. 

 <t\' Xew ^'ork, James i)nn'y, ( ieoi-^c Still 

 man, .\lfred H. Lany'.jahr and (leoruc W. 

 Kerr. The finances cd' the soididy were 

 found to lie in excellent shape. It was 

 arrani^ed that the next annual meetini; 

 and exhiliition will Ik- hcdd in Syracuse, 

 X. \ ., at the Xeu ^'ork state fair, ami 

 that se<tioiial exhihitions he ludd in 

 conni'ction with the show i>\' the ('on 

 necticut Horticultural Societ.N', in Xew 

 Haxcn, and the show i>\' the Massacliu 

 setts Horticultural Society, in I'xiston. 



Recent \isitors were: I'. ( '. W. liidwn, 

 of the J. M. Casser Co., Cle\(dan.l, ().: 

 Thomas IJidand, Xahant, Mass.; (ieori;e 

 Stillman, Westerly, K. 1.: (;eor;;c W. 

 Kerr, of W. Atlee I'.urpee Co., riiiladel 

 phia, I'a.: Hicdiard Vincent, dr.. While 

 .Marsh, .Md., and H. L. Dunn, St. Cath 

 urines, Ont. 



Henry Duiuau, of (iuara, Culiu. faini 

 enyineer and horticulturist foi- the 

 I'nited l-'iuit ( 'o., was uinouii the \ i-- 



iters at the uu'etin;^ ol' the Xew ^idrk 

 florists' ('lul) .Xovcmlier II. Mr. I»uu 

 can was ;in I'yewitness of the siukiui; ol' 

 the i'lritish manid'wai' Audacious i>\'\' 

 the uortiiern coast id' I rcda iid, some time 



.Morton 1''. riant, a promiuent exliiij 

 it(U' at the .Xew York llowi r shows, ilieil 

 last weid\. His exhiliits were L;reatly 

 misseil ut the two shows just (dosed. 



The st(U-es ot' nuin\' (d' the wludesalers 

 on Twenty I'ii^htli street wcrio;i\ly dec- 

 oiated with Imntiu;;- Xovemlier II, iii 

 (•(didiration of the siwnino of the armi< 

 tice, eudinj;' the war. The i\:iv wa^ oii 

 stMwed ;is a holiday, ii nollic iu ll>' ileidared, 

 all business litdn;i suspcii.li'd ;iui| llic 

 populace I'ejcdciuL; ill nil ii'st I a ! lied <'n 

 t husi.asm. 



in a flight last Thiii'-du\- a man wa^ 

 slnd for the reasdii, it was Lii\eii, t'lat 

 he Wore a yellow (di rysuil t heliium ,-|liM\r 



a miniature Anieiicuii tla^. The '^.'ii 

 eral puldi<dt.\- ^i\cii to the alT;iir secm.'d 

 to ;ilVect sniiiewhat seriously the ^:\\<- nt 

 y(dlow mums during' the peair celeluu 

 tioii. .1. 11. I'. 



j^ DOINGS IN DIXIE ^ 



SOUTHERN FLORIST SUSPENDS. 



It is announced that the S(uitliern 

 Florist. pul)lishe(| nt Kort Worth, Tex., 

 h;is suspended puldic.at ion. The Journal 

 had lieen in existence a little more than 

 three \fars. 



KNOXVILLE, TENN. 



i;\cr >-ince the Charles W. CkmicIi 

 store was ayain taken o\cr liv the 

 Crouidi family, Imsiness has Ikmui ex 

 cidlent. Oetcdier was one of the most 

 successful months in the history of the 

 .store. Xot only was this tr\ie in the 

 ainimnt of luisiness done, hut old t'riends 

 would drojp in and sav: '"It certainl\ 

 looks ydoil to see you folks hack in the 

 ,i;ame."' Tliis little <;reetiny cannot l>e 

 estimated in dollars and cents, but the 

 >iOod t'e(dini.f biouyht so nun h business 

 that it was impossible to till more or 

 ders, altlioiijih at one time the fourteen 

 employees of tl>e store worked nijrht and 

 day. We expect ;ireat things of the 

 llower business, ospeciall.v since we ha\'e 

 secured the scr\ices of an expert yrowei' 

 (d' mums, orcliicN anci roses to take 



idunj^e of our iil'eenho\lses. 



W. H. Crouch. 



BIRMINGHAM'S BIG BUSINESS. 



No Shortage of Stock. 



IJnsine-^s with local Ihuists throu<ih 

 (Uit Octfdier w;is unusually j^ood, it be 

 h\jx occasioned by the epidemic of in 

 tluenza, which struck this <listrict hard, 

 ''ractically e\eiy tlorist in Hirmine 

 ham was hard pushed to keep up with or 

 ders. The demand was heavy, not only 

 in Hirminyliam proper, but in tlio out- 

 l.ving districts for a radius of approxi- 

 mately !(>(» miles. In this district thoro 

 arc many |>ros]K'ro>is mining towns, 

 which calle«l for nmch (loral work dur- 

 iiig the epidemic. Fortunately, there 

 was an almndance of roses, dahlias and 

 mums from outdoors available, so that 



no serious sliortaye id" flowers was notice 

 able, (ireeiis, howcNcr, wei-e scarce and 

 su(di substitutes as cherry, laurtd, arbor 

 \ ita-, etc., were used to a hujic extent. 

 Since the epiclemic- abated business 

 has settled down to nearly normal ayaiu, 

 the demand still ludng for funeral work 

 princi|);ill\'. there b(dny only a few so 

 (ial ."ifVairs and little |irospect nf much 

 iu this line 'n the immeili.ate future. 

 Outdoor flowers are still abundant, there 

 having; been no killiiry fro<t a^ xct. 

 < 'hi'vsaut lieniunrs._are fine .and nearl\' all 

 of the local yrowers ha\e <;()od stocks of 

 both larye flowers ;ind )ioiii]ioris. 



Purely Personal. 



.Miss ('harlotte liljo-k ha-< recently re 

 dei-oiateil lu'r llower ^hop and it now 

 presents an attractixe appeai'aiice. 



F. (;. Kell,\-. the Knsley florist, li.as 

 recovered from the ••flu"' and is back 

 lui the i(dp a^iiin. -Mr. Kelly is the only 

 liK-al florist, s(i t';ii- ;is is known b\ the 

 writer, who had an attack. Throuj^h 

 the c;ipalite arnl eiieriietic work of .Mrs. 

 Kelly his busiiu'ss did not sufTi-i ilur 

 inj^ his enfor'ced .absence. 



We might mid th.at the stiuk \isited 

 the writer's liome November' .'1 and bd't 

 a line In -p(uind boy. who has been uame<l 

 for his ''dad."' Olixei' Weston Fr.asei. 

 This is the first boy ;ind naturally we 

 are proud of him. O. W. Fr'aser'. 



TAMPA, FLA. 



The Market. 



Husiness has been excellent cluring 

 the last irrontlr. the e|iiderrric n\' inlluen/;i 

 creatiirg a liir'ge amonirt id' furreral work. 

 I^ocally grown flowers are, at this time 

 of the year, scarce and it was next to 

 inrjiossihle to secure enough stock to fill 

 (U'ders. Tiiere are now a few gladioli. 

 I'oses and dahlias in the market, most of 

 whiidi are sliipi)ed fronr the north. Re 

 tail j)riees are as follows: W'hite Kil 

 lariiev roses, .$;'. to $."> per dozen; Russells, 



.■fl to +7..')ll [,,.1' dn/eil ,'Mid till' l.'ir^i'i 

 niM'theirr stock ^^; f.arrcy <-.-i niut iiui--, s'J 

 per do/eii. 



Various Notes. 



Hiiriug the rush the Krrull l-'b.rul C.>. 

 had .'ill the work its stafT couhl do. ,'iu,| 

 ha<l to furir down m.any or-deis through 

 l;ick (d' sto(-k. time and extra help. Fni 

 fuiiatel\. none of it> for'ce h.'id the in 

 lllleli/a. (Uily b;id cohK. but ;ill were 

 ^\<>in out Iroiii the long. streniKuis r'UsIr 

 an.l the r-unstairt hurry. Thi-- is th.- 

 oidy conceirr iu Tarrip,) that ship- stock 

 regularly throughout the veur. The 

 Knull coin|i,'iriy '> new catjilogue is irow 

 "II the prc's-; and will be distributed 

 -oiui. It will loiit.'iin thiitv illusti'u 

 t i<uis. 



.\rthur l>er\u^ reports that .'i few 

 mums will be I'cady soorr, but ui\ ;i('courit 

 of beirrg floode.l with salt w.ater b\ 

 the high tide duriirg the re.eiit stoirii tin 

 cr-op will be short. 



.Anton Fiske, [iropiietor of the Tamp;i 

 I'doral Co.. rejxirts that his corneiri 

 has beerr birsy with fuireral work. 



The florists' tr'.-rde of Tamji.a i- look 

 ing forward to ,'iri excellent seasoir. a- 

 it is expected the number of' tourists will 

 be l;rree. Krrirll Floral Co. 



HOUSTON. TEX. 



Business Breaks Record. 



With the passirrg of October, there i- 

 little doubt that it was the largest 

 month's business with .all the florists of 

 the city that has ever beeir experienced 

 irr the history of Houston. W(> ha.l a 

 continuous run of funerals frotrr October 

 .*{ until the end of the nronth. Flow 

 ers were scarce. The ejiidenric took off 

 some of our best known nren and eon 

 setprently there w.as a heavy ruir of 

 funeral work. It shoirld certainly put 

 the florists in a goo<l condition to start 

 oflF the winter's work. 



Munrs are eonriug in quantities. There 



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