Mat 16, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Iificliael Weiland. 



Roses, to the cultivation of which he 

 had practically devoted his entire life, 

 indirectly brought death to Tkliehael 

 Weiland, 41 years old, of Evanston, 111., 

 May 13. He died of the effects of nico- 

 tine fumes, which he inhaled three weeks 

 ago while spraying roses in the green- 

 houses of the Weiland-Bisch Co., in 

 Evanston. He was the rose grower for 

 the concern and a brother of Ohamp 

 Weiland, one of the proprietors. 



Edward Freid. 



Edward Freis, a well kipown florist of 

 Cincinnati, died May 7 at his home in 

 Fort Thomas, Ky. He lacked seven days 

 of reaching his fiftieth year. He was 

 one of those who were born and raised 

 in the business, having started as a flo- 

 rist with his father, John Freis, even 

 before he left school. In 1899 he built 

 his own place on Grand avenue in Fort 

 Thomas. He operated this place with 

 success for eight years, when he sold it 

 and took over his father 's business. He 

 was married November 24, 1898. Mr. 

 Freis was industrious and thrifty and 

 had built up an excellent business. He 

 was well liked by all who knew him. He 

 is survived by his wife. C. H. H. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There was no dearth of flowers for 

 Mothers* day as far as everything out- 

 side of white carnations was concerned. 

 The buying started on the Friday pre- 

 ceding, with the result that by noon on 

 Saturday white carnations were on the 

 scarce side, with 10 cents top price, in- 

 ferior flowers bringing a cent or two 

 less. Many shipments showed the ef- 

 fect of long keeping of flowers, but, all 

 in all, there was not so much evidence 

 of a held-over cut as usual on this day. 

 Colored flowers did not mbve much bet- 

 ter than ordinarily, due to the immense 

 quantity on the market. 



The market was sluggish all the week, 

 buying being light and spasmodic. A 

 big parade May 5, which paralyzed 

 business for a few hours, and the activ- 

 ities of the Victory loan drive in its 

 last week are responsible for the poor 

 business. A pouring rain all day May 

 10, with a prospect of its continuance 

 over Sunday, did not encourage heavy 

 buying for Mothers' day. 



The supply of roses has been consid- 

 erably heavier in proportion to the de- 

 mand and prices have toppled to values 

 about normal for the time of year. 

 American Beauty specials have moved 

 at as low as 15 cents, good quality at 

 that. Other roses in special grades have 

 changed hands at 6 to 8 cents, except- 

 ing Hadley and one or two other varie- 

 ties, the supply of which was not par- 

 ticularly abundant. Carnations are in 

 good supply, the best bringing 6 cents. 

 The quality is deteriorating, the bulk of 

 arrivals being made up of small flower 

 heads. 



Orchids are in fair supply only, but 

 their movement is not active and at 

 times clearances are diflScult. Good 



gigas bringis as high as 75 cents per 

 flower. There is a fair demand for lily 

 of the valley, especially in the best 

 grades. Lower grades are in competi- 

 tion with outside-grown stock, which 

 just now is unusually fine in quality. 

 Easter lilies drag s6mewhat, the demand 

 'being chiefly for funeral work. 



Lilac from local outdoor sources is 

 flooding the market, but cleans up pretty 

 well at prices which are fairly remu- 

 nerative. Bulbous stock continues .in, 

 good supply, much of the cut being from 

 coldframes. Darwin tulips are plenti- 

 ful and when of good quality bring 50 

 cents per bunch. Spanish iris is par- 

 ticularly noticeable, and at times is in 

 such quantity as to make clearances dif- 

 ficult. Some fine Golden Spur narcissi 

 are coming in, the best of which sell for 

 75 cents per bunch. 



There is an abundance of miscellane- 

 ous stock, for which the demand is 

 limited in character. The movement is 

 slow and much stock goes to waste. The 

 variety is excellent and includes pan- 

 sies, delphiniums, calendulas, sweet peas, 

 snapdragons, stocks, primroses, myoso- 

 tis, candytuft, wallflowers, mignonette 

 and daisies. 



Various Notes. 



In many of the churches on Sunday, 

 reference was made to Mothers' day 

 and the custom of wearing flowers on 

 that day. It was especially observed by 

 the convalescent soldiers from the hos- 

 pitals, most of whom wore flowers in 

 spite of existing military orders pro- 

 hibiting their use with uniforms. 



New York is in the throes of ^ strike 

 of express drivers and other employees. 

 It has been impossible to obtain de- 

 livery of incoming shipments over any 

 of the express lines and the employment 

 by wholesalers of local express service 

 has been attended with difficulty, many 

 of the wagon drivers having to seek 

 police protection. It has been almost 

 impossible to fill orders for outside ship- 

 ment, perishable goods being barred at 

 the depots. An enterprising dealer 

 from up state, in order to get home with 

 a heavy shipment of carnations, ob- 

 tained two large trunks, which he 

 packed and shipped on his ticket as 

 passenger's baggage. There is a pos- 

 sibility that the strike may be brought 

 to an end this week, but since its incep- 

 tion it has seriously hampered the flow- 

 er business. 



While figures are not obtainable at 

 this writing, there is every reason to 

 believe that the Victory loan commit- 

 tee in charge of the florists and allied 

 trades section has reached its quota 

 of $250,000. The Manhattan florists on 

 the closing afternoon were over the 

 $175,000 mark and Brooklyn was ex- 

 pecting to more than make up the dif- 

 ference. 



Max Rosen is a newcomer in the 

 wholesale district, having opened for 

 business in the basement of 54 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White 

 Marsh, Md., is in the city to attend a 

 meeting of the executive committee of 

 the American Dahlia Society. 



J. H. P. 



The fall exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York will be held 

 from October 30 to November 2, at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 The announcement is made thus early 



so that those desiring to exhibit may 

 have ample time in which to prepare. 

 Schedules will be ready shortly and' may 

 be had by addressing the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx park. New York city. 



AI.BANY, N. Y. 



Mothers ' day was ushered in by much 

 and attractive advertising on the part 

 of the florists. The Albany Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association placed a big ad in the 

 daily paper, which was greatly enhanced 

 by a cut representing father, sisters, 

 brother with his overseas helmet and 

 mother, around whom the four were 

 grouped. Several florists advertised in- 

 dividually in the newspapers. The re- 

 sult was the best Mothers' day business 

 on record. 



OHIOAGK). 



The Market. 



The business for Mothers ' day was the 

 most remarkable in the history of this 

 special flower event. It was a repetition 

 of Easter. The demand considerably 

 exceeded the supply, with the result that 

 prices were practically on the Easter 

 level, even higher on carnations, and^the 

 market sold out even cleaner than at 

 Easter. It was a notable feature that 

 the high prices were paid with greater 

 good will than at previous holidays, per- 

 haps because the retailers realized that 

 any wholesaler who wanted to cut down 

 the orders of his regular customers could 

 get more money from transients. 



This has been a most unusual season, 

 the supply of flowers being reduced, as 

 compared to other years, at a time when 

 the demand was considerably increased. 

 This condition was more apparent on 

 Mothers' day than at Easter or Christ- 

 mas. Usually the market is well sup- 

 plied with flowers at this time of year, 

 but last week the receipts, taken as a 

 whole, perhaps amounted to two-thirds 

 the quantity of flowers which came in 

 during the corresponding week of last 

 year. There was no slump between 

 Easter and Mothers' day, good prices 

 being obtainable for all the flowers re- 

 ceived in the interim. The anticipated 

 prices were in force a week before 

 Mothers ' day and when the special buy- 

 ing for that day began prices were car- 

 ried above the advance quotations. This 

 was particularly true of carnations. 



In a general way the supply was most 

 nearly normal on roses and shortest on 

 carnations. The demand did not run to 

 the special grades of roses, and of these 

 there were enough for all who were will- 

 ing to pay the price. Of medium and 

 shorter roses the supply was consider- 

 ably short of requirements, because 

 large numbers of buyers turned to roses 

 when they found they could not get 

 carnations. 



Carnations brought more than on any 

 previous Mothers' day. When this day 

 was young, carnations were thought 

 well sold at $50 to $60 per thousand. 

 This year they brought $120 per thoti- 

 sand early in the week and, as Mothers* 

 day approached, the price of first-class 

 stock advanced to $15 per hundred. 

 Many wholesalers say they might have 

 obtained more, but that they did not 

 feel like charging regular customers as 

 much as transients bid for the stock. 

 Of course these prices applied only to 

 first-class stock, but the average quality 



