NOVBMBEE 28, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



BALTIMORE. 



William Orover. 



William Grover, designer for Howard 

 & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., where he had 

 been employed for the last five years, 

 died at his home on Kane street Novem- 

 ber 16, at the age of 41 years. Mr. 

 Grover was possessed of exceptional 

 artistic taste and skill as a designer. 

 His remains will be shipped to Philadel- 

 phia, his former home, for interment. 

 He is survived by his wife. 



Mabel Q. Atkin. 



Miss Mabel G. Atkin, of Pocatello, 

 Ida., started her retail store there this 

 spring and was making a wonderful 

 business success, and was much admired 

 for her ability and progressiveness, 

 when she became a victim of Spanish 

 influenza November 12. She had been 

 with the floral department of a sta- 

 tionery store of that city for a number 

 of years and was well liked by the peo- 

 ple of Pocatello, as well as the florists 

 of the locality. Her remains were 

 shipped to Michigan for interment. 



G. K. IT. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plaat Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 submits for registration the new gera- 

 nium here described: 



Geranium General Fershing — Single; color, 

 TlTld salmon, shading to light salmon-pink to- 

 wards the petal edges; foliage bronzy green, 

 medium size; compact in growth and extremely 

 free and continuous in flowering, hence an im- 

 provement on existing varieties in this color 

 for bedding or decorative purposes. 



_ Any person objecting to this registra- 

 tion, or to the use of the proposed name, 

 is requested to communicate with the 

 secretary at once. Failing to receive 

 objection to the registration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this date. 



John Young, Sec'y. 

 November 30, 1918. 



CYCLAMENS MOVE RAPIDLY. 



Cyclamens now appear to be valuable 

 property and any grower who has a sur- 

 plus of them will have no difficulty in 

 converting his stock into cash. Those 

 who have been advertising cyclamens in 

 the Classified section of The Eeview re- 

 port that their supply was quickly dis- 

 posed of through these little ads that 

 are carefully scanned by the florists who 

 want to buy. Here is what these little 

 ads did: 



Kindly take out tlie cyclamen nd. as I nm 

 flu sold out.— Samuel Whitton, Utica, N. Y., 

 November 21, 1918. 



Please cancel our ad for cyclamens, as we are 

 au sold out.— J. F. Wilcox & Sons, Council 

 Bluffs, la.. November 19, 1918. 



Please discontinue our ad, for I am sold out 

 or everything.— John Gugino, Fredonia, N. Y., 

 November 20, 1918. 



When you hear a man complain of the 

 cost of advertising you can be pretty 

 certain that he spends a good bit of 

 money elsewhere than in The Eeview. 



Sharpsvllle, Pa.— William Clark, an 

 employee at Grant Boyle 's flower shop, 

 met with an accident while hunting in 

 East Lackawanna township November 

 1. His gun exploded, hitting his hand 

 and necessitating the removal of a bone. 



The Market. 



The market this week is fast getting 

 down to a normal condition. The big 

 rush on mums is over, but there are still 

 some fine flowers to be had. With 

 Thanksgiving a week off, many of the 

 growers have been trying to hold their 

 late varieties back for the holiday, but 

 owing to the warm weather it looks as 

 if mums will be gone by that time. 

 Eoses are coming in good supply and 

 they grade up well. Some of the best 

 roses seen on this market for some time 

 were noted this fall, and that in the 

 mum season, when they were not ex- 

 pected. But the growers were under the 

 impression that they would have to shut 

 down half of their glass January 1, so 

 they kept their roses growing, and 

 the consequence was that at no time 

 was the market without plenty of first- 

 class roses. Carnations also are coming 

 in fine form; in fact, all the poorer 

 grades of stock are fast disappearing 

 and nothing but good, salable stock is 

 offered. The demand holds fairly well. 

 Most of the commission houses clean up 

 daily. Prices are all that can be desired. 

 In most cases there is little grumbling 

 about prices when anything reasonable 

 is asked. 



Various Notes. 



Stevenson Bros., out at Towson, are 

 having an unusually fine cut of roses at 

 this time and, while they are still short- 

 handed, yet they are delivering the 

 goods. Thomas Stevenson told me re- 

 cently that he had to get up at 4 a. m. 

 to get his stock packed and at the mar- 

 ket on time. There is nothing but work 

 in the florists' business these days. 



Another range that is putting A-1 

 roses on the market is that of Lehr Bros. 

 Both of these firms have their houses 

 planted to capacity and now that it 

 looks as though they will be allowed to 

 use all the fuel they require, with every 

 indication of an improvement in the 

 labor question, these firms should have a 

 prosperous year. 



Charles Akehurst & Son, White Marsh, 

 are on hand this fall, in spite of the way 

 they were handicapped during the sum- 

 mer, with just as fine carnations as ever. 



One of the first cases I have heard of 

 released labor getting back into the 

 trade was that of Eobert Glandon, for- 

 merly with the S. S. Pennock Co., who 

 went to one of the shipyards last winter. 

 He now is with the Baltimore Wholesale 

 Florist & Supply Co. Let us hope that 

 in a short time many more of the boys 

 may be back on their old jobs. 



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"Yes, I am really peeved," observed 

 William C. Gloeckner, of Albany, N. Y., 

 "because the board of directors of the 

 F. T. D. failed to adopt the suggestion 

 I made, for which I received the award 

 of a $50 Liberty bond. Why was this? 

 The fact that the award was made con- 

 vinced me that my idea was recognized 

 as practical. Imagine how chagrined I 

 felt when I learned that the learned 

 board had ignored it! Yes, I am still 

 convinced that the idea of obtaining 

 the aid of the traveling salesman who 

 visits the smaller towns is the most log- 

 ical way to bring about the desired and 

 necessary increase in membership. ' ' Ee- 

 f erring to the careless methods practiced 

 by some florists in handling F. T. D. 

 business, Mr. Gloeckner mentioned hav- 

 ing received six orders by wire this 

 piorning which he expected to fill to mu- 

 tual satisfaction. 



• * * • 



Fred A. Danker, of Albany, N. Y., re- 

 gretted the fact that, owing to the scar- 

 city of and big demand for flowers, the 

 annual chrysanthemum show at his place 

 was not so elaborate as usual. A fine 

 display is being made in the store win- 

 dows, the popular pompon Soleil d'Or 

 being much in evidence. A fine stock of 

 plants for the holiday trade is seen at 

 the houses. The nursery is expanding, 

 the main front on the western highway 

 being attractive and constituting a 

 splendid advertisement. 



• • • • 



Sambrook Bros., of Troy, N. Y., were 

 of the many false prophets who fore- 

 saw a glut in the market when Queen 

 chrysanthemum put in an appearance, 

 but who were agreeably surprised at the 

 sales. Apart from funeral work, prices 

 average slightly better here than in for- 



mer seasons. There are grand blooms 

 of white and yellow Chadwick, Eager, 

 Bonnaffon, William Turner and Queen, 

 the latter variety having been discarded 

 by many florists but still remaining at 

 the head here. White and pink Ivory 

 are still the best varieties for the side 



bench. 



• * • • 



Charles L. Doerrer, Westfield, N. J., 

 has all the business they can attend to. 

 Mr. Doerrer says he is working harder 

 than for many years and is looking for- 

 ward to the time when his gallant sol- 

 dier boy shall return victorious from the 



front. 



• • • • 



Harry Bensel, of Ballston Spa, N. Y., 

 commenting on the improbability of any 

 nursery stock being imported for some 

 time, sees a fine opportunity for the 

 florist with a little land to work up a 

 stock for home trade. He has taken the 

 initiative himself with a block of French 

 lilacs, a valuable plant for Easter, The 

 Victory number of The Eeview reminded 

 Mr. Bensel of the importance of keep- 

 ing in touch with up-to-date events, both 

 national and floricultural, and an appli- 

 cation for membership in the F. T. D. is 

 evidence of his belief in its efficiency 

 as a business bringer. 



• • • • 



"I am bound for St. Petersburg, 

 Fla.," was the parting salute of Henry 

 Schrade, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 

 following a profitable summer season 

 and the promise of an equally good win- 

 ter. Business will be ably managed by 

 his son William, while Junior Henry is 

 in the service. The latter 's description 

 of French floriculture makes entertain- 

 ing reading. Mrs. Schrade and two 

 younger members of the family accom- 

 pany their father. W. M. 



