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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 23, 1919. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. — Seaman Miller, ref- 

 eree in bankruptcy, has given notice that 

 a second first meeting of the creditors 

 of Anglin & Walsh will be held at his 

 office, 2 Eector street, January 30, for 

 the purpose of electing a trustee. Anglin 

 & Walsh were declared bankrupt April 

 2, 1918, and a creditors' first meeting 

 was held April 25, but the trustee then 

 elected failed to qualify; hence the sec- 

 ond first meeting. 



PITTSBXJBGH. 



The Market. 



Business continues fair, with no ex- 

 traordinary demand in the city market, 

 although the demand for funeral work in 

 some of the suburban towns, such as 

 Sharpsburg, Aspinwall and Wilkinsburg, 

 is making almost as heavy inroads on 

 both natural and artificial products as 

 during the autumn and early winter 

 months. 



There are not nearly enough roses or 

 carnations. The latter command from 

 $4 to $6 per hundred at the commission 

 houses. Eoses bring from $6 to $20. A 

 few lilies arrive daily and make $20. 

 Baby primroses are in favor just now 

 and plants in 4-inch pots move well at 

 $2.50 per dozen. Sweet peas are scarce 

 and the lily crop is shortening up. 

 Violets are not moving well, but Paper 

 Whites, on the contrary, and white nar- 

 cissi are quickly taken. 



Various Notes. 



A conference of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners, January 21, at the 

 Hotel Chatham, was under the auspices 

 of the local committee, composed of 

 David Fraser, chairman, Augustus Frish- 

 korn and Ernest Guter. A meeting of 

 the board of directors at 3 o'clock was 

 followed by a general program con- 

 tributed by President Robert Weeks, of 

 Cleveland, O.; Secretary Martin C. Ebel, 

 editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle of 

 America; Superintendent William Fal- 

 coner, of the Allegheny cemetery, and 

 others. 



Decorator John F. Scott has returned 

 to his headquarters with Miss Emma B. 

 Maxwell, of Wilkinsburg, following a 

 six weeks' absence. This is the first 

 illness Mr. Scott has experienced during 

 the twelve years he has been with Miss 

 Maxwell. 



Joseph Leo Giesey, the Wilkinsburg 

 florist, has engaged Miss Kathryn Mc- 

 Givern for his salesroom, in addition to 

 extra temporary help at his Walnut 

 street range, in anticipation of the East- 

 er season. Mr. Giesey is growing quan- 

 tities of exceptionally fine baby prim- 

 roses. 



William M. Turner, of Penn avenue, 

 Wilkinsburg, has returned from a two 

 weeks' hunting trip in Fulton county, 

 on which he was accompanied by two 

 friends. He is now having a beautiful 

 auto robe made from the skins of three 

 whitetail deer. The largest animal 

 weighed 225 pounds. 



Accompanied by Mrs. McClemcnts, 

 Samuel McClements left January 13 for 

 a fortnight's sojourn at The Strand, At- 

 lantic City. 



Both Gilbert P. Weaklon and James 

 Murray McGrew are victims of the pre- 

 vailing epidemic. The business is be- 

 ing conducted by Miss Rebecca Shaffer, 

 secretary of G. P. Weaklen & Co., who 

 is being helped out through the McCal- 



lum Co. sending Earl C. Tipton out to 

 take charge of the salesroom. Harvey 

 V, Poor, a medical student at the Uni- 

 versity of Pittsburgh, also comes in even- 

 ings and Saturdays. 



Mr. and Mrs. George Marshall left 

 early last week for Oklahoma, where 

 they will spend a few weeks with rela- 

 tives of Mrs. Marshall. Meanwhile Mr. 

 Marshall's end of the business is be- 

 ing supervised by Earl J. Hunkle. 



The Misses Elizabeth, Katherine, 

 Delia and Edith Weber, of the H. 

 Weber & Sons Co., conducting business 

 in Oakland, Md., and Clarksburg and 

 Fairmont, W. Va., were recent visitors in 

 town, and called upon the Ludwig Floral 

 Co. The late H. Weber, their father, had 

 business relations with Julius W. and 

 Gustav Ludwig forty years ago, having 

 supplied them with his choice products 

 for many years. 



Oliver H. Langhans has finally been 

 mustered out of the service at Camp 

 Sherman, Chillicothe, O., following more 

 than a year in the spruce production 

 work at Vancouver, Wash., and Clatsop, 

 Ore. He returned home January 12 and 

 is having a real vacation visiting his 

 many friends and relatives throughout 

 western Pennsylvania, before returning 

 to the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. 



Mrs. Harry J. Hamm has returned 

 from Baltimore, where she has been 

 since her marriage to Sergeant Hamm 

 last August. Mrs. Hamm is making her 

 home with her husband's parents and 

 brother, Allen J. Hamm. The latter is 

 conducting the business during his 

 brother 's service at Camp Holabird, Bal- 

 timore, with Company P of the Motor 

 Transport Corps. Meanwhile she is be- 

 ing initiated into the mysteries of the 

 floral business, in which she undoubtedly 

 will be of invaluable assistance^ 



It is with regret that we note the re- 

 cent deaths of Mrs. Thomas Balderston 

 and Miss Olive Balderston, of Wood- 

 ville, both of whom were victims of in- 

 fluenza and died within the same week. 

 Mrs. Balderston was the sister of Sam- 

 uel Cape, of Butler street, Lawrence- 

 ville, this city, whose greenhouse is in 

 charge of Mr. Balderston. Mrs. Agnes 

 B. Telers has recently become associated 

 with Mr. Cape's sales staff. 



For exhibition purposes, the Pittsburgh 

 Cut Flower Co. recently received a sam- 

 ple lot of Premier roses. They arrived 

 too late, however, for the current meet- 

 ing of the Pittsburgh Florists' Club, 

 at which they were to have been ex- 

 hibited. Several days have elapsed 

 meanwhile, and the roses remain in fine 

 condition. 



The February meeting of the Pitts- 

 burgh Florists' Club, February 4, at the 

 North Side Carnegie Library auditorium, 

 will be the occasion of the annual 

 election of officers, to be followed 

 by a smoker in honor of the event. 

 Walter Cook, of Cleveland, O., was 

 the guest of the organization at 

 the January session, having come over 

 to urge the florists to fight the new em- 

 bargo act. Apropos of this measure, a 

 committee composed of Benjamin L. 

 Elliott, chairman, C. H. Semple, of 

 Springdale, and Augustus Frishkorn, 

 was appointed to file a protest with the 

 local congressmen. During the meeting, 

 Baur & Steinkamp, of Indianapolis, Ind., 

 exhibited Ruth Baur, a new carnation of 

 an exquisite pink shade, to which was 

 awarded a first-class certificate. James 

 Murphy, of Sewickley Heights, also 

 showed a beautiful specimen of Carna- 



tion Laddie, which he had grown on the 

 estate of H. Lee Mason, Jr. E. E. S. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Added to the unusual conditions, dur- 

 ing which one need not be surprised at 

 anything that may take place, we are 

 experiencing a novel winter. When we 

 compare the weather and the difficulties 

 of January, 1918, with present condi- 

 tions, the contrast is 'great. Last winter 

 the trade was hunting high and low, 

 with tears, for materials for wrapping 

 orders and for fuel. This winter con- 

 ditions are just the reverse. We have 

 had a week with slight frosts and Jan- 

 uary 11 was a day suitable for the dis- 

 play of ferns outside. 



The market is recovering from the 

 backset of last week. Stock is moving 

 steadily, which is an indication that 

 counter sales are improving. Stock is 

 sufficient also to go around. 



During the entire week there has been 

 a good demand for funeral flowers. 

 Much of this is due to the sporadic in- 

 crease of the "flu." The increased 

 supply of carnations has come in handy 

 for this, and this demand has served to 

 prevent a serious break in the market 

 price of these flowers. This increased 

 supply of carnations is said to be due to 

 the first crop being cut from late-plant- 

 ed stock. Much planting was done when 

 the trade got news of the prospect of a 

 coal supply. This late planting also has 

 been responsible for much of the short- 

 stemmed stock we have been handling. 



Roses are improving rapidly, both in 

 supply and quality, and the prospect is 

 that we shall have plenty throughout 

 February. 



Paper Whites are plentiful and the 

 stock is good and prices hold steadily. 



Various Notes. 



The retail florists had a banquet at 

 the Iroquois hotel January 15. Seven- 

 teen of the twenty-four members of 

 the retail trade attended, this number 

 comprising the leaders. As is often said, 

 "Successful men have foresight; others 

 follow, though slowly." The retailers 

 are organized to sell at uniform prices. 

 The success of this plan can readily be 

 imagined. Any man in the trade, wheth- 

 er a member of the club or not, 

 will see that his business has become 

 more profitable since the leaders have 

 come together. Still a great percentage 

 neglects to join. 



Not every retailer has given his busi- 

 ness a Christmas gift. Charles Felton 

 has done this by way of a new Overland 

 delivery car. 



It is reported that the tulip bulbs are 

 not coming into flower satisfactorily. 

 The opinion is that the bulbs have not 

 been properly matured. 



The William Scott Co., Inc., has as fine 

 a stock of cyclamens as anyone could 

 wish for. This firm is making a record 

 anyone might be proud of. 



William H. Grever, Allen street, re- 

 ports a 100 per cent increase in the vol- 

 ume of trade over that of last year. 

 This is Mr. Grever 's second year in 

 business. Success was his lot from the 

 start. He enjoys a good share of the 

 best trade of the city. Nothing but the 

 best is handled at his shop. 



F. P. A. 



