January 30, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



21 



in price, $2 to $10 being about the range. 

 Some fine callas are arriving, the best 

 of which bring $3 per dozen. Bed lilies 

 are to be had in limited quantity at 

 10 to 12 cents each. 



There is a good supply of sweet peas, 

 the best of which bring 4 cents and a 

 few specials 5 cents. Fairy primulas 

 at 25 to 35 cents per bunch, myosotis 

 at 50 to 75 cents, and lilac at $2 per 

 bunch all sell well. Other flowers, such 

 as calendulas, bouvardia, wallflowers, 

 pansies, buddleia, freesias and iris, move 

 well at remunerative figures. 



Various Notes. 



A final meeting of the interests hav- 

 ing in hand the preparation of the brief 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture protest- 

 ing against the action of the Federal 

 Horticultural Board in establishing an 

 embargo on importations of plants to 

 take effect June 1, was held at the office 

 of the S. A. F., 1170 Broadway, Janu- 

 ary 21. There were present: J. D. 

 Eisele, Eiverton, N. J.; F. E. Pierson, 

 Tarry town, N. Y.; Winfried Bolker and 

 C. B. Knickman, New York. P. M. 

 Koster, Boskoop, Holland, representing 

 the Holland Growers* Association, also 

 was present. The brief, a lengthy docu- 

 ment dealing with every phase of the 

 question, was settled for due presenta- 

 tion. 



The wife of Charles Lohr, the Mount 

 Vernon florist, died January 22, of pneu- 

 monia, following influenza. 



B. John Bogers, Hempstead, N. Y., 

 well known as secretary of the recently 

 defunct Growers' Cut Flower Co., 129 

 West Twenty-eighth street, is to open 

 a flower and seed store on Main street, 

 Hempstead, about February 1. 



The new Hotel Pennsylvania, opposite 

 the Pennsylvania Terminal, said to be 

 the largest hotel in the world, was 

 opened January 25. A flower stand is to 

 be established in the hotel, but who will 

 have charge of it is not yet made known. 



Herbert Spavins, the Mount Easco flo- 

 rist, was in town last week. He reports 

 the outlook for business in his section 

 as quite good. His particular concern at 

 the time of his visit was securing gera- 

 nium stock, which he finds to be incon- 

 veniently scarce. 



Fred Krauss, for many years prior to 

 the war assistant to E. F. Winterson, 

 Chicago, was a caller in the market 

 January 24. He had just returned from 

 France, where he had been serving be- 

 hind the front in a company of field ar- 

 tillery for several months, and appeared 

 to be glad of the prospect of a return 

 within a few days to Camp Grant, to be 

 mustered out. During his short stay 

 here he was stationed at Camp Merritt. 



Paul B. Klingsporn, of the Chicago 

 Flower Growers' Association, was in 

 New York January 23, looking over the 

 wholesale market. He was of the opin- 

 ion that market conditions were little 

 different from those recently experi- 

 enced in Chicago. 



That the supply of good bulbs from 

 Holland was exceedingly short last fall 

 is well demonstrated these days at the 

 New York Cut Flower Exchange, where 

 there is a considerable array of empty 

 benches during early market hours. The 

 shortage in fuel supply also is consid- 

 ered partly responsible for this condi- 

 tion. A good deal of the glass out of 

 use owing to the fuel restrictions is be- 

 ing used for the production of early 

 vegetables, such as radishes, lettuce, etc. 

 Tomatoes will also furnish a catch crop 

 for many establishments. 



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C. E. Hays and his Daughter, Sairm, Ills. 



The party to leave for the Carnation 

 Society's convention and exhibition to 

 be held at Cleveland this week is not 

 expected to be large. Joseph A. Manda, 

 David "Ward, Boman J. Irwin, W. E. 

 Pierson and John Young will be of the 

 party. Mr. Young goes primarily to 

 attend the meeting of the publicity com- 

 mittees January 30 and will leave for 

 Detroit on the evening of that day, to 

 attend the meeting of the directors of 

 the S. A. F. January 31 and February 1. 

 Mr. Manda also will attend the board 

 meeting and Philip F. Kessler and Chas. 

 H. Totty will leave on Thursday after- 

 noon for Detroit for the same purpose. 



Visitors last week: Geo. B. Hart, 

 Bochester, N. Y.; Patrick Welch, Bos- 

 ton, Mass.; E. P. Tracy, Albany, N. Y.; 

 Gus. Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists* Club will be held February 10. 

 A good deal of interest attaches to the 

 report of the dinner committee, which 

 is expected at this meeting. J. H. P. 



A spring flower show will be held 

 March 28 to 30, at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. In order that 

 this exhibition may be a success, it will 

 be necessary for all to put their shoul- 

 ders to the wheel and do their bit. Co- 

 operation is now the spirit of the age, 

 and let horticulturists prove they are 

 alive to this spirit by making this show 

 a big success. All, whether members of 

 the Horticultural Society or not, are in- 

 vited to exhibit. Schedules are now 

 ready for distribution and may be had 

 by addressing the secretary at New 

 "iork Botanical Garden, Bronx park, 

 New York city. 



George V. Nash, Sec'y. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



Market conditions last week were dis- 

 couraging. It was impossible to get 

 stock even for special orders placed in 

 advance. It follows that business was 

 too much for the local market, but with 

 out-of-town stock and good salesman- 

 ship, the many parties and weddings 

 were nicely taken care of. Betailers re- 



port several large decorations and much 

 funeral work as well. 



Boses are exceptionally good, Ophelia 

 and Columbia having large flowers and 

 strong stems. Beceipts of Hoosier 

 Beauty and Sunburst, however, were 

 weak in the stem. 



Sweet peas are arriving and, with 

 violets and freesias, they lessen the de- 

 mand for short roses. 



Plants are in steady demand. Cycla- 

 mens, primulas and a few azaleas are 

 the varieties offered. 



Various Notes. 



A meeting of the S. A. F. committees 

 was held January 23. They are to 

 report at the next meeting of the Flo- 

 rists ' Club. 



Mrs. Gray, of John Breitmeyer's Sons, 

 is attending the opening of the new 

 Statler hotel in New York. It so hap- 

 pened that she met and entertained 

 Harry Breitmeyer, who had just landed 

 from a transport after war service in 

 France. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Breit- 

 meyer left at once for New York when 

 the news of their son's arrival was re- 

 ceived. H. T. 



REAL BUSINESS NOW. 



Like so many others who have be- 

 come successful florists, C. E. Hays, of 

 Salem, 111., built his greenhouse for his 

 own pleasure, but later began to sell, 

 plants and flowers. He made his stari^ 

 in 1909. The business increased until 

 it outgrew its quarters and he was 

 planning to build another greenhouse 

 when war was declared. The death of 

 his father, which occurred February 28, 

 1918, left him with land and other prop- 

 erty and he is getting things into shape 

 to build in the near future. 



Woodstock, Ont.— James S. Wilson & 

 Son cut 10,000 chrysanthemum blooms 

 out of one house between December 14 

 and January 1, the wholesale price be- 

 ing from $20 to $60 per hundred. The 

 varieties were Maud Dean, Dean Sport, 

 Harvard, Golden Wedding and Eager. 

 It constituted one of the most success- 

 ful crops they ever have grown. 



