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The Florists^ Review 



NovioMUKii 21, 11)18. 



who is ill the Navul lU's'.-rves, is cditin<; 

 "The Trif'>;er, " a lively paper pub- 

 lished each week by tlie Naval Kifle 

 Kan^'e Furi'e, at Kuniford. 



At the tiiiaiu'ial town ineetiiijj; of Rar- 

 riiiKtoii last week $1,000 was appro- 

 priated for the eare of trees and destruc- 

 tion of tree jiests. 



1'. lirooke, of T. .1. .lohiiston i^ ("o., 

 was one of the leadiiijjj workers in the 

 United War Work eanipaijj;n last week. 



Lawrehee Hay was reelected keejjor of 

 the old cemetery and Everett W. Adams, 

 tree warden, at the iiiectiiij: of the East 

 Providence town couiicii last week, each 

 for one vear. W, 11. M. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y, 



The Market. 



Demaiid fm- tlowers ot' any variety 

 was of neijlif^ilile proportions (liirin}i; the 

 last week. The e(iuilil>rium of the mar 

 ket was maintained, liowexer, as supply 

 in yiMieial i^ low. Mid-season mums are 

 cut out and late variiMies are just com- 

 ing in. This t'eature rendered impos- 

 sible even a temporary j^lut and late 

 Koveinber d"mand \vill nicely take care 

 of the heavy supjily new maturin;:. 

 Carnations and roses are im]irovinj; in 

 quality and ci'dji conditions are sutdi 

 that tiie shift inu of d(>mand at the eoni- 

 mencemeiit of December occasioned by 

 the elimination of mums In (plant ily 

 from the jicneral sujiply will not affect 

 reeei|)ts apju'eciably. The attention of 

 the trade is focused on Thankscjiviiij; 

 day and the consensus is that the last 

 week in November will see the wholi>- 

 salcr demanding; almost any juice for 

 good quality mums ami uettiiiij; it. De- 

 mand is expected to exceed anticipation 

 and it is jirobable that eleventh hour or- 

 ders will result in ]iricc advances all 

 around. This jirognosticat ion is not 

 without lo^ic, as jiassinjj; events are of a 

 character to inspire more than ordinary 

 desire in the hearts of the ))eo]ile to ob- 

 serve Tlianks<,'ivinj4 day with festivities 

 befit tin<i the Lireat events of the last 

 fesv Wicks, L;i\inc; thanks to Him who 

 Shajted those events. The joy of vie 

 tory is causin;; the national ]>iilse to 

 beat fast and unstinted generosity in 

 celebrating release from the rigors of 

 war doubtless will bring a Hood of gold 

 to the tbuist'^. Aclvance orders ]dace(l 

 by retailers of national prominence are 

 greatly in (>xcess of their purcdiases last 

 year and, as their advance holiday or- 

 ders are regarded as the gauge of tr;ide 

 couilitions, it may be assumed that the 

 holiday will be one to be remembered. 



Various Notes. 



N. E. Flyn, lessee of the storr and 

 grcenliouses on West Eighteenth street, 

 owned by the Sthliiraff Floral Co., re- 

 ports his new venture as jianning out 

 more successfully than he anticipated. 

 In addition to the culture of tlowers, 

 Mr. Flyn will ile\ote a jiortioii of the 

 greenhouses to the growing of vege- 

 tables. The demand Erie holds for the 

 hatter assures a satisfactory market at 

 all times for the entire iiroduction. 



C. (J. Locke, of Arkjiort, N. Y., is 

 closing down his greenhouses for the 

 winter after enjoying a splendid sea- 

 son's business in sni.all cyclamens, jirim- 

 ulas and cinerarias. Mr. Locke states 

 that it is nothing short of wonderful, 

 the demand that can be created for 

 small ]dants through advertising in The 

 Review. Plans arc under consideration 

 for a rooted-cutting and small-jilant 



business on a large scale next year. 

 With the painstaking care Mr. Locke 

 gives his stock, success in the undertak- 

 ing is assurcnl. 



.1. C. Layton, of Glean, N. Y., is back 

 on the job again, thoroughly recovered 

 from infliien/.a. Mr. l^ayton had a run 

 of hard luck that W(uild have broken a 

 less sturdy spirit. During the eiiidemic 

 his store manager, Mrs. Rabinger, and 

 his two brothers died of pneumonia and, 

 being incapacitated himself, he was un- 

 able to su])ervise the work at his green- 

 houses, with the result that over HO.OOO 

 geranium cuttings were ruined .-ind car- 

 nations .and other stock seriously in- 

 jured. Mr. Layton is working day and 

 night in an (dfort to get things in first- 

 class condition ag.aiii. 



Ste\(' Kost, widl known to the trade 

 throughout the country ;is liav(der for 

 tli(> Will. I'\ Kastiiig Co., has se\ ered his 

 connection with that concern .-iiid ac- 



Andrcw C. Benson. 



cepted a position ;!< soutlieni icpicsellt a - 



ti\c ot' the (Quality IJrands ("o., of Cleve- 

 land, ()., maiiufacl iirers of \'it ajilast ic, 

 glazing coMiponnd. Mr. Kost passe<l 

 tliioii^h this territory last week, en 

 loiiie to Raltimorc, where he will have 

 liis liead<(Uaiteis, saying gooil bye to his 

 many t'rieiids and incidentally ad<ling a 

 good woril for tlu' goods he is now ex- 

 ploiting. We are all sorry to lose Mr. 

 Kost, ;is his bubbling good humor, sound 

 pliilos(qdiy and perennial (qitiinism 

 served as a tonic to our spirits for so 

 long ;i time that it will be hard to rec- 

 oncile oiirs(dves to the fact that the 

 tedium of business will no more be be- 

 guiled by his visits. 



II. M. (lirtoii, of the Mountain Park 

 ( ireeiih(uises, Kidgew.ay, Pa., ])redict8 

 the largest Tli.anksgivingday business 

 in the history of the trade. Mr. (Jirton 

 bases his prophecy on the fact that the 

 cessation of hostilities overseas gives 

 the country an extraordinary cause for 

 thanks and that relaxation of the ban 

 on social entertainments will result in 



parties and celebrations to commemo- 

 rate the occasion that will call for larg- 

 er (juantities of llovvers than usual for 

 Thanksgiving day. Mr. (iirton's stock 

 is in tine eondition and, as he says, 

 "everything is in order for the biggest 

 winter's trade in our history." 



C. N. 0. 



THIRTY YEARS ON THE JOB. 



Thirty ye.ars is a considerable span of 

 time, but that is the duration of the 

 regime of Andrew C. Reiison as super- 

 intendent of the Rassett & Washburn 

 greenhouse range, Ilinsd:ile, 111. Mr. 

 Benson comi)leted his thirtieth year at 

 the Hinsdale range Noxcmber 14 and 

 there was a consider.able celebration. 

 The accoinp.anying portrait of Mr. Ren- 

 son was taken some time ago and it is 

 safe to guess that the carn.ations he 

 Indds in his arms are Relle W.'ishbnrn, 

 which was ]irodiiced at th(> Rassett & 

 W.asliburn r.au're. 



CYCLAMEN MITE. 



I am sending you a couple of my cyela- 

 men jilants and would like to have you 

 ad\ise me what to do with them. I 

 hiixc been growing cyclamens for the 

 hast twenty yoars and have always had 

 good success with them heretofore, but 

 this year my jdants are all like these 

 whi(di I ;iiii sending for your inspection. 



W.'ll. J.— Minn. 



The cyclamen plants have not come to 

 hand, but I think they probably are at- 

 tacked by cyclamen mite, which ruins 

 many a fine batch of these beautiful win- 

 ter-tlowering plants. It usually is noticed 

 liist when the blooms make their appear- 

 ance. These come deformed, streaky and 

 (barker-colored than normal. It is al- 

 most imjiossible to save a batch of 

 jtlants after the mite is well (Established. 

 Sj)rinkling the benches with fresh to- 

 bacco stems from time to time seems 

 to act as a preventive, as does spraying 

 with nicotin(> extracts all through the 

 growing season. Some good growers 

 insist that if nicotine liquid is used once 

 •a week and well sjirayed into the centers 

 of the ]dants, the pest can be overcome. 

 Nevertheless, our most successful grow- 

 ers have been troubled by attacks of it 

 from time to time. 



Weak fumigation with hydrocyanic 

 acid gas has helped to exterminate the 

 pest. This cannot be used with safety, 

 however, during the warm weather, and 

 I w(nild ha\e more faith in nicotine 

 sjirayings, using them while the sun 

 sliines brightly, which is the time the 

 tiny pests cr.awl out from their hiding 

 jilaces in the tlowers. C. W. 



Dallas, Tex.^Owing to the death of 

 Seth Miller, ])rcsi(lent of the (Jreen 

 I'loral Co., the jiroperty of this concern 

 may be sold. 



Norwich, Conn. — Alfred Hunt, think- 

 ing it imjinssiblr to secure enough coal 

 to oi)erate his range, which was planted 

 in roses, decided to dispose of his fifty 

 jier cent allotment to George Smith and 

 to obtain his sui)plies of stock from 

 the latter during the coming season. 

 He will use the opportunity afforded to 

 reconstruct and improve his establish- 

 ment. Clood business in Norwich con- 

 tinuing after the abatement of the flurry 

 caused by the epidemic encourages the 

 hope that the new equipment will prove 

 an excellent investment. 



