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The Rorists^ Review 



JULT 17, 1919. 



with prices, except for selected stock, 

 practically unquotable. Francis Scott 

 Key is meeting with a better demand 

 than most of the other varieties, but is 

 in much smaller supply than the others. 

 ' Carnations are still coming in, but the 

 quality in general is poor. The best ar- 

 rivals occasionally bring $2 per hun- 

 dred, but the majority of sales are made 

 at $1 down to bargain figures. 



Lilies are not overpletttiful so far as 

 daily arrivals are concerned, but, with a 

 small demand for. them, they accumu- 

 late, so that the prices prevailing in the 

 last several months have given place 

 to figures which may be said to be 

 within a range of $10 to $15 per hun- 

 dred. Lily of the valley is also suf- 

 f«ring from accumulation of stock and 

 moves slowly within the more modest 

 range of $3 to $12. 



Orchids are not plentiful and such as 

 arrive meet a fair demand, the highest 

 grades of cattleyas bringing as much as 

 il.per flower, and the lowest 35 cents or 

 even less. 



Gladioli are strongly in evidence and 

 the quality is on the whole good. Sal- 

 able stocks bring 50 cents to 75 cents per 

 dozen, according to variety. 



Sweet peas are still coming in and the 

 best bring 50 cents per hundred, the rest 

 going for anything obtainable. Large 

 quantities of herbaceous flowers are ar- 

 riving, far more than the market can 

 absorb; consequently, the ash barrels 

 are well supplied. 



Varioxis Notes. 



John Reimels' Sons, of Woodhaveu, 

 N. Y., are fortunate in having a crop of 

 especially fine asters, of which they are 

 making daily shipments to the New 

 York market. 



Philip F. Kessler made a short trip to 

 the Adirondacks last week, where he 

 made arrangements to house his family 

 for the summer. He expects to make 

 week-end trips to his mountain home 

 from now on. 



(leorge Hildenbrand, of John Young & 

 Co., r)3 West Twenty-eighth street, is 

 taking a week's vacation, during which 

 he will move to his new home at Free- 

 port, L. I. 



Major P. F. O'Keefe, of Boston, was 

 in town July 14, and with Secretary 



eighth street, will shortly remove to 

 Salt Lake City, whertf he will be en- 

 gaged with the Miller Floral Co., taking 

 charge of the retail end of the business. 

 Soman J. Irwin will attend the con- 

 vention of the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association, to be held in Toronto Au- 

 gust 12 to 15. At the cloSe of that meet- 

 ing he will proceed to Detroit to attend 

 the S. A. F. convention. J. H. P. 



MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



The Maxket. 



The July market thus far has been 

 typical of florists' summer routine — a 

 general slowing up and deterioration in 

 the flowers offered. This condition oc- 

 curs 80 regularly and unfailingly with 

 the summer time, that the trade does 

 not regret the falling off- of business 

 nearly so much as it would if there were 

 a good supply of fancy stock to be dis- 

 posed of. 



Gladioli and roses have first call, with 

 not enough of either to meet the de- 

 mand in the better qualities. There are 

 plenty of cheap gladioli being shipped 

 in, but they move slowly. 



A few asters have been received, but 

 not enough to be noticeable as yet. 

 Plenty of cornflowers and feverfew are 

 to be had. Shasta daisies are plentful, 

 but few are good. The first cut of out- 

 door delphinium is about over and the 

 side shoots are practically all that are 

 available. Few orchids are coming in, 

 but those that are on hand are excellent. 



Various Notes. 



Herman Hunkel says there will be a 

 big shortage of all sorts of foliage plants 

 next fall and winter. Mr. Hunkel has 

 his force busy preparing poinsettia cut- 

 tings, which are grown at the Humboldt 

 avenue place. At the Brown Deer place 

 there are thousands of cyclamens in 

 I)rime condition. 



There has been a severe drought in 

 tlie immediate vicinity of Milwaukee 

 for the last month and flowers suffered 

 a great deal. Sunday night, July 13, 

 heavy rain relieved this condition and 

 permitted cultivation of field plants. 



Henry Benz, formerly employed in the 

 trade in Milwaukee, is home from 



KaorviUe Florists at Fifth Annual Picnic at Sunshine, Teon., July 10, 



Young left on an afternoon train for 

 Baltimore, where both were to speak 

 before the Baltimore Florists' Club on 

 tlie publicity campaign. 



William Homburg, recently with G. E. 

 M. Stumpp, Fifth avenue and Fifty- 



France. After a few days with his 

 parents he will go to Racine, Wis., where 

 he is part owner and manager of the 

 Flower Shop. Mr. Benz is pleased with 

 the showing made in the business during 

 his absence. 



The Ove Gnatt Co., of La Porte, Ind. 

 had a display of florists' supplies last 

 week at the Hotel Wisconsin. Mat 

 Schiltz was in charge. 



Miss Bose Semler, of the Edlefsen- 

 Leidiger Co., is vacationing. 



Adolph Rice, of the Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., is on a two weeks' vacation. 



The store employees of Gimbel Bros. 

 enjoyed a picnic Sunday, July 13, at 

 Waukesha beach. 



William Zimmermann haa a new Hud- 

 son car. 



Gust. Rusch is spending the month of 

 July at Cedar lake. A. H. M. 



Aug. M. Dittman & Son are now in 

 their new location, at 415 Auer avenue, 

 and report business excellent. Although 

 uptown, they close Sunday during June, 

 July and August, finding it easier to get 

 work out late Saturday night than Sun- 

 day morning. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



The Market. 



Notwithstanding the exodus to vaca- 

 tion resorts and the absence of social 

 functions, the demand for cut flowers is 

 fairly active, with stock arriving in 

 poor state. The unsatisfactory class of 

 stock now coming in has forced many 

 of the houses to practically cut out sup- 

 plies from growers in the middle west, 

 and to rely to a large extent on home- 

 grown stock. Carnations are gone. The 

 best of the roses shipped in is still Mrs. 

 Russell^ with some consignments of 

 Ophelia, Sunburst and Killarney. Home- 

 grown Maman Cochet, Kaiserin and 

 Radiance have helped to fill the gaps, 

 but the mainstay for the present lies in 

 gladioli, gentians and tuberoses. Texas 

 has been supplying the bulk of these, 

 although some good gladioli have been 

 available from local sources. The local 

 crop of tuberoses promises to be. small 

 this year and has barely started moving. 

 There has been a considerable vogue of 

 Shasta daisies this season; the crop is 

 now virtually ended. 



Field and house work, especially the 

 former, have been hampered by the ex- 

 tremely hot weather. The active de- 

 mand last season for the sweet olive 

 has induced some work towards increas- 

 ing stock. The same is true of Ficus 

 elastica. Aspidistras and some other 

 stock in previous years imported from 

 Belgium, together with many varieties 

 of palms, are now cultivated success- 

 fully by local houses and the future in 

 this direction seems to be optimistic. 



The main efforts of growers now cen- 

 ter on chrysanthemums. The early va- 

 rieties, cultivated to meet the heavy All 

 Saints' day trade, are coming on nicely, 

 but her? and there the florist is faced 

 with loss through the ravages of the 

 white ant. The root aphis is causing 

 considerable damage to asters and the 

 crop at jtresent seems not by any man- 

 ner of means so satisfactory as last 

 year's. 



Various Notes. 



Dedicatory services in connection 

 with the memorial grove of live oaks, 

 planted in Audubon park to perpetuate 

 the memories of the New Orleans lads 

 who died in the great war, were held 

 July 4. To date sixty-one trees have 

 been planted. Each tree will bear a 

 bronze tablet engraved with the name 

 of a dead soldier. 



The annual meeting of the New ^^^' 



