Mat 29. 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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committee was appointed to consider a 

 levision of the by-laws and report at 

 some future meeting. Exhibits included 

 some fine pans of Nemesia Suttonii, 

 Spireea Philadelphia from home-grown 

 clumps, and Lister's Prolific tomato, 

 from W. H. Golby; a collection of forced 

 beans from W. N. Craig and asparagus 

 from A. K. Bogers. 



Florists and the Salvation Army. 



The new Florists' Association, at 

 its meeting May 20, voted to assist in 

 the Salvation Army drive for funds and 

 appointed J. M. Cohen, M. Liebman, P. 

 Donahoe and William Penn a committee 

 to manage the work. The committee 

 voted to have a flower day on Boston 

 Common May 22, and Mr. Cohen ar- 

 ranged for a band of twenty-two pieces 

 to play at Liberty Cottage, and ad- 

 dresses by several noted military orators. 

 A little boy was dressed to represent 

 Uncle Sam and a little girl to represent 

 Miss Columbia. Sales of flowers started 

 at $50 per bouquet and realized over 

 $800. Later contributions from growers 

 and retailers will bring this to well over 

 $1,000, furnished by the florists' trade 

 to this excellent organization. 



Various Notes. 



Frank Edgar has a grand lot of 

 Spiraeas Queen Alexandra, Ceres and 

 Gladstone for Memorial day. His hy- 

 drangeas are also in splendid shape. 

 Ho has dropped the culture of bedding 

 plants and vegetables under glass and 

 now restricts his greenhouse space to 

 flowering plants, which include begonias 

 and cyclamens. 



May 25, which was lilac day at the 

 Arnold Arboretum, proved unfavorable 

 climatically and the usual big attend- 

 ance of the public was lacking. Vegeta- 

 tion of all kinds here and elsewhere is 

 now luxuriant, thanks to the frequent 

 copious rains and lack of excessive heat. 



The death of Thomas A. Cox, of Dor- 

 chester, noted in the obituary column, 

 removes one of the last of Boston's 

 "Old Guard" of florisls, which included 

 such well known men as Fred Harris, 

 William Robinson, C. M. Atkinson, 

 James Comley, Joseph Tailby, Patrick 

 Norton, Warren Ewell, W. J. Stewart, 

 John Shepherd, Jackson Dawson and 

 William E. Doyle. These made Boston 

 horticulture a real force a generation 

 or more ago. 



The B. A. Snyder Co. reports an un- 

 precedented call for artificial flowers 

 and wreaths, several times in excess of 

 a year ago. In spite of talk to the con- 

 trary in many quarters, they look for an 

 adequate supply of natural flowers. 



John A. Nelson, of Framingham, hit 

 the Memorial day trade exactly right 

 with a grand crop of ten weeks' stocks 

 and feverfew, the latter the finest I 

 have seen this season. 



Business at all seed stores continues 

 remarkably brisk in spite of the rather 

 advanced date for the sale of seeds. 

 Bedding and vegetable plants are selling 

 heavily, while many orders still come 

 in for roses, shrubs and perennials. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are tremen- 

 dously busy this week and are selling 

 a great quantity of artificial wreaths 

 and sprays in addition to fresh flowers, 

 laurel wreathing, etc. They look for the 

 heaviest volume of Memorial day busi- 

 ness they have ever had. 



The newly organized Boston Florists' 

 Association has decided to hold nine 

 meetings per year, meeting on the first 

 Tuesday in the month. Annual dues will 



be $20, with an initiation fee of an 

 additional $5. A dinner will be served 

 at each meeting. 



Welch Bros. Co. ia showing a hand- 

 some lot of well flowered hydrangeas 

 for Memorial day. They have large 

 shipments of all kinds of seasonable 

 flowers and in addition have heavy 

 calls for artificial material. 



The grandest Hadley and Russell roses 

 I have seen this season are being han- 

 dled by P. Donahoe for the Waban Rose 

 Conservatories. Killarney Brilliant is 

 also fine. They have planted a good 

 block of Premier for next season. 



The Boston Floral Supply Co. was 

 found to be a veritable hive of industry 

 when called upon May 24. The demand 



for Memorial day has proved phenomenal 

 and. some lines are completely cleaned 

 out. Sales of fresh flowers are becom- 

 ing larger each week here. 



Vegetation is fully two weeks behind 

 1918 here now. Last year we had quan- 

 tities of rhododendrons, peonies and 

 other hardy flowers open. This year 

 there are practically none, with the ex- 

 ception of a few early sorts. On the 

 other hand, many lilacs, deutzias, loni- 

 crras, viburnums and other shrubs are 

 in superb bloom this week. 



At Penn 's an extra force and all night 

 work rules this week. Great numbers 

 of orders have been received for special 

 wreathp advertised through the leading 

 New England dailies. W. N. C. 



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Houston, Tex. — The R. C. Kerr Co. is 

 putting in a heavy stock of chrysanthe- 

 mums, roses and plants. The manager, 

 A. F. Koehle, anticipated returning to 

 Sherman and opening up for himself, 

 but has changed his plans and will re- 

 main with this company. 



Waco, Tex. — Our good friend Tom 

 Wolf is still quite ill. The florists of 

 Texas have been grieved over Tom's 

 condition, but we sincerely hope that he 

 is on the road to recovery. Waco has 

 had a wonderful business; every avail- 

 able flower and plant sold Mothers' day 

 and Easter. Things at the greenhouses 

 look flne and Mr. Wolf is stocked up 

 for a great business next winter. 



Austin, Tex. — George Asmus, of Chi- 

 cago, chairman of the S. A. F. finance 

 publicity committee, has promised to ap- 

 pear before the Texas State Florists' 

 Association convention here July 9 and 

 10, in the interest of the national pub- 

 licity campaign. Texas expects to go 

 over the top in the quota. Mr. Asmus 

 will make a report of the work up to the 

 present time and will stress the impor- 

 tance of every florist cooperating in 

 this great campaign. In fact, the flo- 

 rists of Texas realize the importance of 

 this campaign and attribute a large por- 

 tion of their increase this year to the 

 campaign carried on the past winter. 



Houston, Tex. — Kerr the Florist re- 

 ports a big business for Mothers' day, 

 Easter and the entire winter, which has 

 been by far the greatest in the history 

 of the business. R. C. Kerr recently re- 

 turned from a trip through northern 

 Texas. The Brazos Greeuhouses report a 

 wonderful business; their great obstacle 

 was the difficulty of getting enough 

 stock. Taking the Mothers' day, Eas- 

 ter and the winter business, it was the 

 most satisfactory they have had in the 

 history of the business. Boyle & Pen- 

 darvis report an excellent business, as 

 usual. They cleaned up in all their 

 stock Mothers ' day. Q. & S. and Carroll 

 report an unusually large business. Tak- 

 ing everything as a whole, the florists of 

 Texas are certainly well pleased with 

 the winter's business and from all in- 

 dications are in good condition. The 

 florist who mtled to pull out of the hole 

 this winter is hopeless, but indications 

 are that every florist in Texas has put 

 himself in fine condition. 



Dallas, Tex. — The Lang Floral Co. re- 

 ports the greatest demand in the history 

 of the business. Mothers' day doubled 

 up over last year. Everything in the 

 way of a plant or flower sold at a good 

 price. Taking the winter as a whole, 

 this year is a record-breaker. Henry 

 Greve, proprietor of the Dallas Floral 

 Co., reports wonderful business. The 

 Green Floral Co. is fllling its greenhouses 

 to full capacity for next winter. Condi- 

 tions in Dallas are above normal; every- 

 one is making and spending plenty of 

 money. 



Sherman, Tex. — The Texas Nursery 

 Co., Mr. Carpenter in charge of the flo- 

 rists' department, reports a great busi- 

 ness, as usual. This concern sold out 

 everything that was available for 

 Mothers' day, and had a satisfactory 

 business at Easter and during the winter 

 months. While H. 0. Hanna has been 

 quite ill, his business has gone ahead. 

 He says he has made more money this 

 year than in any year since he has been 

 in business and that he does not owe a 

 dollar in the world and has money in 

 three banks. This sounds pretty good. 



Fort Worth, Tex. — J. E. McAdams re- 

 ports a wonderful Mothers' day and 

 Easter business. Everything sold at 

 good prices. Mr. McAdnms is cutting 

 several thousand carnations of good 

 quality and selling them as fast as cut. 

 He has not bought a carnation this sea- 

 son, so he states. The Drumm Seed & 

 Floral Co. reports heavy business Moth- 

 ers' day, Easter and the entire winter. 

 Mr. Drumm also is growing all of his 

 carnations. Baker Bros. Co. reports an 

 enormous business, having sold every- 

 thing available for both Easter and 

 Mothers' day. Fort Worth has been go- 

 ing through an oil boom for several 

 months and money is plentiful. The 

 Greenwood Floral Co. is making a fine 

 showing in the greenhouses and is grow- 

 ing 80,000 gladioli outside. This con- 

 cern has, without exception, the great- 

 est outdoor stock in the state. The 

 entire place is irrigated and it shows 

 results in the extra quality of the stock. 

 However, they have not needed to use 

 irrigation for some time, due to the 

 heavy rains. Texas is to be congratu- 

 lated upon the modern greenhouses of 

 this concern, the most modern and fully 

 equipped in the state. 



