Jolt 17, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



leans Horticultural Society is set for 

 July 17, with the election of officers as 

 a part of the program. 



Walter Harris, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York, has been in the city during 

 the last few days. E. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Business continues good for summer- 

 time. A few decorations are still in de- 

 mand and funeral work has been a fair 

 item. Stock is in good supply, although 

 local roses are an exception. These have 

 been scarce and practically all those 

 available are shipped in. Carnations are 

 inferior. Qladioli are more plentiful, 

 but the price remains high — $5 and $6 

 per hundred. Snapdragons are good and 

 are fairly abundant. A few asters and 

 dahlias have put in an appearance, but 

 in no great quantity. A miscellaneous 

 variety of summer stock is offered, in- 

 cluding cornflowers, coreopsis, baby's 

 breath, calendulas and some statice. 



Various Notes. 



0. E. Steinkamp, Herman Young, Carl 

 Sonnenschmidt, Charles Pahud and Len 

 Elder were in Muncie last week, attend- 

 ing the meeting of the hail insurance 

 company. 



Anders Basmussen is off on a fishing 

 trip. 



Warren Huckleberry, of North Ver- 

 non, and Fred Heinl, of Terre Haute, 

 visited in the city last week. 



The Circle Flower Store has an un- 

 usual window display that attracts every 

 passer-by. A fountain and a miniature 

 rustic old mill are prominent in a quaint 

 rustic setting. Wandering Jew, ivy and 

 other vines intertwine over the bank of 

 the little stream, in which goldfish flit 

 about. The latter add a touch of life 

 and color. This store had several wed- 

 ding decorations last week. 



H. C. Heileman, of the M. Rice Co., 

 and L. Gueltig, of New Albany, were 

 callers last week. 



Bert Hitz and family will motor to the 

 lakes this week. E. E. T. 



FITT8BUBOH. 



The Market. 



During the last week business condi- 

 tions have been comparatively sober, 

 and on the whole the glut is pretty well 

 over. Gladioli, which continue to be 

 "the" flower, are more plentiful and 

 a little higher in prices, which run from 

 $4 to $8 per hundred, according to qual- 

 ity. Carnations, which are plentiful, 

 remain at $2 per hundred straight. 



Club Meeting. 



The July meeting of the Pittsburgh 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club, in the 

 auditorium of Carnegie library, north 

 side, was the final session of the season. 

 The proposed change in the by-laws was 

 not adopted, but carried over until the 

 next session, in September. John Ba- 

 der, who moved to Oregon some years 

 ago and who is the only honorary mem- 

 ber of the club, was present and gave "a 

 most interesting and instructive talk on 

 "Vegetation in Oregon." Instead of 

 the usual midsummer picnic at Walnut 

 beach, Sewickley, those present decided 

 to have an automobile excursion in Oc- 

 tober, visiting some of the principal 

 commercial greenhouses in western 



Karl p. Baum. H. O. Bramm. O. M. Beotley. A. J. McNutt. 



Four Lhre Leaders in the Tennessee Trade at the Knozville Outing. 



Pennsylvania. Edward J. McCallum was 

 appointed chairman of a committee of 

 his selection to arrange for the outing. 



Home from France. 



James and William Biley and Thomas 

 Keleher, all from the cut flower depart- 

 ment of the McCallum Co., have arrived 

 home from France. David Box, of the 

 greenhouse force, has also returned, 

 leaving only two of the firm's employees 

 in the service. One of the latter, Her- 

 schel Williams, is still in France, while 

 Marcelle Morgoot, who was sent with 

 the regular army to Alaska, was at Cape 

 Nome at last report. 



Bugler Frank P. SmoUer has returned 

 from demobilization at Camp Dix and is 

 again located on the north side with 

 Walter A. Faulk. Mr. SmoUer spent two 

 years in service and during his overseas 

 experience was gassed. Although he 

 was unable to use his voice for two 

 weeks, Mr. Smoller kept out of a hos- 

 pital, fearing to become permanently de- 

 tached from his comrades of the l27th 

 Field Artillery, belonging to the 28th 

 Division. 



Donald Fowler has resumed his posi-_ 

 tion as shipping clerk with Scobie &' 

 Parker, having returned after a year's 

 service. 



Various Notes. 



Theodore P. Langhans and his son, 

 Oliver H. Langhans, left Saturday morn- 

 ing, July 12, for a two weeks' muskel- 

 lunge fishing trip in the Canadian lake 

 territory north of Toronto. Mr. Lang- 

 hans, who has been one of the most en- 

 thusiastic exponents of the war and 

 victory garden movement, is rejoicing 

 over the fact that Pittsburgh is first in 

 the records of products. Both the war 

 garden and the later and lusty victory 

 garden had their origin in Pittsburgh. 

 Out of the vacant lot garden, which was 

 inaugurated here years ago through the 

 patronage of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 the war gardens were started. 



Anthony W. Smith, Jr., was the chair- 

 man of the Botary Club committee in 

 charge of the automobile trip and out- 

 ing at West View park July 10 for the 

 600 wounded soldiers at the Parkview 

 hospital. 



George J, Ball and wife, of Glen El- 

 lyn, 111., stopped to see Theodore Lang- 

 hans last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ball are 

 motoring across the Allegheny moun- 

 tains to New York in their Moline- 

 Knight. Mr. Ball was surprised to learn 

 how rapid was the rise in altitude out of 

 Pittsburgh, nearly 2,200 feet in the 

 first eighty miles. 



George B. Telfair, manager of the re- 

 tail department of Scobie & Parker, ex- 

 pects to leave shortly to spend a month 's 

 vacation at Alexandria Bay-on-the-St. 

 Lawrence. Mr. Telfair will be accom- 

 panied by his family. 



Mr. and Mrs. De Forest W. Ludwig 

 expect to leave next week to visit Mrs. 

 Ludwig 's parents, at Meyersdale, Pa. 

 Mr. Ludwig and his brother, Edward 

 Earl Ludwig, attended the half-century 

 anniversary of their alma mater, Cor- 

 nell University, spending several days 

 in Ithaca. E. E. S. 



Adolph Donart. 



Adolph Donart, of Coeur d'Alene, 

 Idaho, died June 29. Mr. Donart was 

 manager of the Donart Greenhouses, at 

 Coeur d'Alene, and owner of the House 

 of Flowers, in Spokane, Wash. He was 

 buried July 1 at Coeur d'Alene. A 

 number of Spokane florists attended the 

 funeral and presented a large and beau- 

 tiful floral piece and several pillows in 

 remembrance of their fellow tradesman. 



B. W. N. 



