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The Florists^ Review 



July 31, 191». 



season at the Hippodrome will see a 

 rather unusual floral display as a regular 

 part of the program. 



Geo. W. Hess, of the IT. S. Botanical 

 Gardens, Washington, D. C, and a di- 

 rector in the S. A. F., was a recent 

 visitor. J. H. P. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade has been holding up well for 

 this season of the year. There is con- 

 siderable funeral work occasionally and 

 this helps to use up much of the stock. 

 Gladioli are coming in heavily and are 

 moving well at good prices. They are 

 about the mainstay now. Boses are 

 good for this season and there are gen- 

 erally enough to supply the demand. 

 Carnations are nearly exhausted. Most 

 of the growers have thrown them out 

 and are getting ready for planting. 

 Some have done most of their planting 

 already. There are a few asters to be 

 seen now and then, but not enough to 

 cause any comment. Sweet peas are 

 about burned out on account of the hot 

 and dry weather. Some snapdragons 

 are coming in, but the quality is poor. 

 There is little to select from these days 

 and it is hard to please the customers. 



Various Notes. 



The Ackerman Floral Co. has some 

 fine gladioli and is doing well with them. 



Frank S. Miller, formerly the Colum- 

 bus Floral Co., is getting things in shape 

 for a big season's business. 



The Livingston Seed Co. has been 

 showing a fine stock of gladioli, which 

 helps them to take orders for the com- 

 ing season. 



S. F. Stephens reports considerable 

 trade at his place, mostly in funeral 

 work. J. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



There is not a large supply of flowers 

 arriving at present, and those from out- 

 doors are beginning to fill the center of 

 the stage, gladioli now being more prom- 

 inent than anything else. They are not 

 by any means at their height yet, but a 

 few days more will see a veritable flood 

 of these popular and useful flowers. 

 Prices have dropped somewhat. The 

 best varieties, such as Pendleton, Schwa- 

 ben, Europa and Peace, realize double 

 the prices of some of the older sorts, 

 but $4 to $8 per hundred are about 

 average rates. Roses are still arriving 

 in good numbers, most of them being 

 short-stemmed. Prices are much the 

 same as a week ago. There are a few 

 small carnations coming in, but they 

 cut little figure. Asters are not yet 

 plentiful and sell well, whites especially 

 so. The best make $5 per hundred. 

 Sweet peas are poor, due to the humid 

 and generally unfavorable weather we 

 have had. The flowers seem to possess 

 no keeping qualities. 



A small supply of Easter lilies comes 

 in and sells fairly well. Of outdoor 

 annuals and perennials the supply is 

 smaller, due to drenching rains. Hardy 

 gypsophila remains quite abundant. 

 There are few cattleyas on the market 

 and the demand for asparagus is com- 

 paratively small. 



Club Picnic. 



Glorious weather once more favored 



the Gardeners' and Florists' Club for 

 its annual picnic at Cunningham park. 

 East Milton, July 24, the skies being 

 cloudless after an almost unprecedented 

 spell of damp, rainy, oppressive and 

 altogether disagreeable weather. There 

 was a record attendance, over 500 being 

 present. There were no accidents and 

 nothing happened to in any way mar 

 the occa8it)n. Visitors fropa a distance 

 were numerous and included Mr. and 

 Mrs. Thomas Pegler, Lewiston, Me.; 

 F. C. Green, Providence, R. I.; George 

 E. Baldwin, Mamaroneck, N. Y., and 

 large parties from Hopedale, Manches- 

 ter, North Easton, Natick, WeUesley, 

 Wakefield, Haverhill, Hamilton, Taun- 

 ton, Worcester, Framingham and other 

 centers. 



The baseball games, as usual, proved 

 potent attractions. The contest between 

 commercial growers and private garden- 

 ers proved to be a grueling one. The 

 game stood 2 to 2 at the end of the fifth 

 inning, and not until the close of the 

 ninth inning did the commercials beat 

 out their opponents. The game between 

 married and single ladies caused much 

 excitement and fun. The singles finally 

 managed to win out by 5 to 4. The 

 private gardeners once more defeated 

 the commercials in the tug of war. 

 The soccer football game ended in a 

 pointless draw, neither goal keeper hav- 

 ing much to do. 



Prizes were presented to all winners 

 by. President Rogers, who, with his com- 

 mittee, worked hard to make the picnic 

 a success. Mr. Caldwell, manager of 

 the Cunningham park gymnasium, made 

 a most ef&cient starter, and Herman 

 Bartsch as megaphone man left nothing 

 to be desired. 



The winners in the various sporting 

 events were as follows: 



Baseball, commercial growers vs. private gai^ 

 deners — Commercial team, 6 to 2. 



Baseball, married vs. single ladies — Single 

 ladies, captained by Miss F. Bisenbardt and 

 consisting of Misses B. Illffe. M. Illffe, Florence 

 Palmer, Dorothy Palmer, Mary Flood, Slusan 

 Bogers, D. Holland and O. Blrkmaier, beat Mrs. 

 J. F. Cole's team, 6 to 4. 



Quoit matcb — W. C. Rust, first; Frederick 

 Cave, second. 



Seyenty-flye-yard race, girls over 12 years and 

 under 16 years — Alice Brown, first; Marion Iliffe, 

 second; Dorothy Woods, third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys under 8 years — B. J. 

 Rogean, first; Arnold Rogean, second; Charles 

 Hanrahan, third. 



Fifty-yard race, girls under 8 years — Margaret 

 McKenzie, first; Catherine Oallagan, second; 

 Anna Louise Norberg, third. 



Seventy-flve-yard race, girls over 10 years and 

 under 12 year* — Ruth Bros, flrat; Helen Peters, 

 second; Elizabeth Shand, third. 



Seventy-flve-yard race, boys over 10 years and 

 under 12 years — Nelson Bartsch, first; Norman 

 Craig, second; Graham Wyness, third. 



Fifty-yard race, girls over 8 years and under 

 10 years — Dorothy Coles, first; Mabel Noyes, 

 second; Elsa Waldecker, third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys over 8 years and \inder 

 10 years — Mario Pederzinl, first; Thomas Meade, 

 second; John Wyness, third. 



Hundred-yard race, club members over 30 

 years — Edward F. Norberg, first; Thomas S. 

 Brown, second; John T, Slayter, third. 



Hundred-yard race, boys over 12 years and 

 under 15 years — Walter Swan, first; Prescott 

 Whyte, second; Roger Swan, third. 



Seventy-five-yard race, married ladies — Mrs. 

 J. F. Coles, first; Mrs. B. J. Rogean, second; 

 Mrs. Donald Sutherland, third. 



Seventy-five-.vard race, girls 15 years and over — 

 Edith IlifTe, first; Mary Flood, second; Elsie 

 Bartsch, third. 



Hundred-yard race, boys 15 years and under 18 

 years — Carl Christensen, first; Donald Rust, sec- 

 ond: A. K. Rogers, third. 



Flag race, girls under 15 years — Final heat, 

 Dorothy Woods, first; Doris Bartsch, second; 

 Dorothy Coles, third. 



Hundred-yard race, open to all club members — 

 Victor Heurlin, first; George B. Palmer, second; 

 Thomas Milne, third. 



Potato race, boys under 15 years — Final heat. 

 0. Rossi, first; Kenneth Craig, second; Walter 

 Swan, third. 



Hundred-yard race, men 175 pounds and over — 

 Victor B. Olson, first; A. K. Rogers, second; 

 J. Methven, third. 



Obstacle race — E. F, Norberg, first; Thomas W. 

 Little, second; W. H. Golby, third. 



TtiR of war — Private team beat commercials. 

 Wimiinfr tonm; Captain, F. Cave; W. D. Nick- 



erson, D. Finlayson, F. Coles, D. Whyte, M. s. 

 Brown, P. Lanigan, J. J. Pilgrim, J. Methven, 

 Tliomas Milne, A. J. Brown, W. Sutherland. 



Fifty-yard race, girls under 12 years, open 

 to members' and friends' children — Hilda Smith, 

 first; Elsa Waldecker, second; Dorothy Coles, 

 third. 



Fifty-yard race, boys under 12 years, open to 

 members' and friends' children — Nelson Bartsch, 

 first; Archie Will, second; Orpheus Rossi, third. 



Vaxious Notes. 



John T. Slayter, of the W. W. Edgar 

 Co., is passing cigars. It is a 7-pound 

 boy, born July 21, making the fifth. 

 All are doing well. 



Recent visitors have included F. G. 

 Sealey, New York; George E. Baldwin, 

 Mamaroneck, N. Y.; 0. H. Totty and 

 Arthur Herrington, Madison, N. J.; 

 Thomas Pegler, Lewiston, Me.; Joseph 

 Manda, East Orange, N. J. 



The annual show of gladioli and other 

 seasonable flowers will be held at Horti- 

 cultural hall August 9 and 10 and prom- 

 ises to be an excellent one. The prod- 

 ucts of children 's gardens will be shown 

 August 30 and 31. 



Peter M. Miller and wife are enjoy- 

 ing a vacation at Bar Harbor, Me. 



Wollrath & Sons, of Waltham, are cut- 

 ting a fine lot of gladioli. They have a 

 field of these comprising twenty to 

 thirty of the best commercial sorts. In 

 the greenhouses are to be seen splendid 

 large stocks of poinsettias, gardenias, 

 oranges, cyclamens, begonias and other 

 winter plants. 



Mrs. W. W. Edgar and daughters are 

 spending a few weeks with Mrs. James 

 McHutchison at Kennebunk Beach, Me. 



B. A. Snyder & Co. report a satisfac- 

 tory summer shipping trade, with calls 

 from beach and mountain resorts much 

 ahead of 1918. 



Henry Penn left this week for a 

 month ^s vacation to be spent at Grand 

 Lake stream. Me. He will indulge in 

 salmon fishing part of the time. Wil- 

 liam Penn had good success with the rod 

 and reel while there. 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery, of 

 Natick, are at their summer cottage on 

 Bastins island, near Portland, Me. 



Peter Pederzini, of Medfield, is busy 

 glazing a new greenhouse, 32x100 feet. 

 He will plant tomatoes as his first crop. 



There is a great shortage of field- 

 grown carnations and, with a strong de- 

 mand, many would-be purchasers seem 

 doomed to disappointment. 



Martin Wax left this week for a va- 

 cation and salmon fishing trip to Moose- 

 head lake. Me. Mr. Wax usually man- 

 ages to land a good number of the finny 

 tribe while away. 



Johnston Knight, manager of the Co- 

 operative Flower Market, and W. J. 

 Thurston, of the Flower Exchange, are 

 enjoying their annual vacations at local 

 beach resorts. 



We have had a number of days of 

 excessive humidity, and copious rains 

 have transformed vegetation so that 

 crops of all kinds are now well up to or 

 over average. 



R. C. Bridgham, of the Newton Rose 

 Conservatories, reports a most success- 

 ful season. The greenhouses here are 

 located in the heart of Newton, one of 

 the most exclusive and extensive of 

 Boston 's residential sections, and every- 

 thing produced can be sold at retail. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co. report ex- 

 cellent shipping trade during July. 

 Their roses are of extremely fine quality 

 for midsummer. 



H. E. Meader, of Dover, N. H., is 

 much pleased with Gladiolus Lily White, 



