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The Florists^ Review 



0«ax)BaB 10, 1919. 



days. A generous prize list has been 

 provided. 



The joint flower show committee of 

 the New York Florists' Club and the 

 Horticultural Society of New York held 

 a meeting Monday afternoon, October 

 13, at the club's office, 1170 Broadway. 



The strike in the printing trades is 

 still effective. Besides the Florists' 

 Exchange, the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 has been forced into temporary suspen- 

 sion. The September number of the 

 Journal of the S. A. F. was caught in 

 the congestion preceding the strike, but 

 appeared ultimately a few days late. 



Secretary Young, of the S. A. F., left 

 at midnight October 13 for Buffalo, to 

 attend a meeting of the publicity com- 

 mittees. J. H. P. 



Sam Seligman has opened an office at 

 239 Fourth avenue as a resident buyer 

 for the trade and as a jobber in florists' 

 supplies. Mr. Seligman has had many 

 years of experience in the business and 

 knows what florists need. There are 

 few men in the trade who have a wider 

 circle of acquaintances. 



LOWELL, MASS. 



The Market. 



Bright, clear skies and sunshine are 

 bringing chrysanthemums on apace. 

 Carnations continue to improve as to 

 length of stem and size of flower. Octo- 

 ber 7 there occurred a killing frost 

 which completely demolished outside 

 flowers, thereby delighting both grow- 

 ers and retailers. Prices continue to 

 soar. Blooms of Golden Glow which 

 are not large retail at $4.50 per dozen. 

 About three years ago one would have 

 thought $1.50 per dozen was a good 

 price for the same size. Business has 

 been good and all kinds of flowers have 

 sold readily. ^ 



The demand for all kinds of fruit 

 trees and ornamentals is good, chiefly 

 because so little planting has been done 

 for several years. 



Various Notes. 



Many greenhouse owners are painting 

 and repairing the roofs and making 

 other repairs and alterations. 



The Morris & Beals Co. October 10 

 had an attractive window display com- 

 posed chiefly of Begonia Mrs. Patten. 



Mr. Atkinson, who for fifteen years 

 was gardener and superintendent at 

 the Lowell jail, has been working since 

 August 1 as gardener at the James 

 Walker estate at Amesbury, near the 

 coast. Mr. Atkinson visited here last 

 week to buy violet plants. 



The wave of the Sunday closing 

 movement seems to be spreading over 

 the country in all directions. J. L. 

 Kenney would like to see it alight in 

 this city. At present all the florists 

 close at noon. 



Mr. Tyrrell, who had a store on Cen- 

 tral street for the last five years, has 

 discontinued the business. 



The McManmon greenhouses, which 

 cover over one acre, have all been 

 made water-tight this summer with 

 Permanite. The work has just been 

 completed. The houses are packed full 

 of stock and everything is in good con- 

 dition. This firm is cutting Unaka 

 mums. 



Owing to the closing of the jail at 

 Lowell, the whole of the plants from 

 the greenhouses were sold. Harvey B. 



Greene was the purchaser in coopera- 

 tion with the A. G. Pollard Co., at 

 whose department store they were re- 

 tailed. The plants were chiefly Boston 

 and other ferns, begonias, dracsenas, 

 rubber plants, and several other kinds. 

 Patrick J. McManmon, father of J. 

 J. McManmon, died at his home, 57 

 Second avenue, Pawtucketville, Octo- 

 ber 10. He was over 80 years of age. 



£j. Xi. Si. 



MILWATJKEE, WIS. 



The Market. 



Market conditions arfe quite favorable 

 at present. A year ago prices were 

 stronger, but at the same time the pro- 

 duction was less in every instance. The 

 first and second weeks of October, 1918, 

 saw the height of the first influenza epi- 

 demic, when flowers were scarce and at 

 a premium. A higher quality of stock 

 is now available and prices, while not so 

 high as a year ago, are flrm. 



October 9 a frost of killing degree 

 affected some localities, materially 

 shortening the supply of outdoor stock. 



Roses are of good quality in all va- 

 rieties and the cuts are fair. Better 

 American Beauties are to be had now 

 than this market has offered in several 

 years. Premier and Columbia, while not 

 abundant, are of good quality. Ophelia 

 and Killarney are well colored and 

 Hoosier Beauty is showing its usual 

 good fall crop. 



The carnations have shown marked 

 improvement of late. The flowers are 

 now fair-sized and the stems are ap- 

 proaching a usable length. The sup- 

 ply is gaining daily. 



Chrysanthemums are appearing slow- 

 ly. With the exception of October 

 Frost, there have been few in the mar- 

 ket. This week will see Chrysolora 

 come in heavily, meeting probably a 

 quick demand. 



Among miscellaneous flowers are cut 

 cyclamen, good calendulas, cattleyas 

 and cypripediums, gypsophila and some 

 larkspur and zinnias. The few dahlias 

 coming in lack substance. 



Various Notes. 



F. H. Holton went to Watertown, 

 Wis., October 8, to visit the greenhouses 

 of Albert Loeffler and Loeffler & Benke, 

 both of whom are consignors to Mil- 

 waukee. Both places are planted full 

 and in good condition. Albert Loeffler 

 consigned a quantity of white mums 

 last week and sent his first violets 

 October 11. 



Mrs. Arthur Leidiger will go to St. 

 Mary's hospital this week for an opera- 

 tion. Mr. Leidiger hopes that it will 

 enable her to do without the use of a 

 wheel-chair, which has been her only 

 means of getting about for some time. 



Erwin Hamme, of the Hamme Floral 

 Co., Wauwatosa, says he is all set for 

 fall business with a good stock of potted 

 plants and cut flowers and that one 

 more good frost will start it. 



The city parking ordinance has been 

 put into effect in the block on Milwau- 

 kee street between Mason and Oneida 

 streets. The growers who consign stock 

 to the wholesalers located within this 

 zone find more room now to unload and 

 have to do less maneuvering in getting 

 to and from the curb. 



Some Milwaukee growers were given 

 an inspection last week by three gentle- 

 men from Illinois: C. J. Michelsen, of 

 the E. C. Amling Co., Chicago; Henry 



Wehrmann, sweet pea grower, and H. 

 Luedtke, snapdragon and stock special- 

 ist, both of Maywood. The Milwaukee 

 tour was an extension of the visit to 

 the American Beauty farm at Union 

 Grove. Mr. Michelsen is enthusiastic 

 over the prospects for the coming 

 season. 



John MeVea and Henry Niebuhr, of 

 the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, were in 

 Milwaukee for several days. last week. 



Mr. Vilendfrer, buyer for the Golden 

 Rule Flower Shop in St. Paul, Minn., 

 was in the city last week making fall 

 purchases. 



Mrs. Muth has resumed her position 

 at the store of the Holton & Hunkel 

 Co., after a six weeks* vacation. 



Adam Cuirrie & Co. are busy just novr 

 with Dutch bulbs. Counter trade is 

 brisk and an advertisement in the daily 

 papers has stimulated bulb planting. 



Now that the world series is over, it 

 is a blessing that business is good — 

 some of the boys in the trade bet o» 

 the Sox to win. A. H. M. 



LOCUST VALLEY, N. T. 



The annual dahlia show of the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Matinecock Neighborhood 

 House, Locust Valley, October 2 and 3, 

 concluding with a dance. 



There was an excellent display of 

 flowers, fruit and vegetables. Com- 

 petition was keen in most classes and 

 the quality was up to the usual high 

 standard. The vegetables were excep- 

 tionally fine, especially the collection of 

 twelve. The judges worked more than 

 an hour on this class alone, judging 

 each vegetable point, with the result 

 that Alexander McKenzie, gardener for 

 A. V. Davis, was awarded the Stumpp 

 & Walter silver cup. The Mrs. J. P. 

 Morgan special for the best table deco- 

 ration brought out keen competition 

 and was, as usual, one of the features of 

 the show. The judges were W. G. Hale, 

 P. W. Popp and James HoUoway. Wil- 

 liam Noonan was the manager. 



The exhibits were all by private gar- 

 deners, but seed stores and supply 

 houses in New York and elsewhere con- 

 tributed most of the premiums. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



Noting a plant of Oattleya labiata 

 carrying a spike of sevetal blooms, J. D. 

 McCallum, manager of the store of 

 Scholtz the Florist, Charlotte, N. C, 

 observed that it was placed in the win- 

 dow as a decoy, so to speak, for it 

 catches the eye of the best buyers and 

 is a splendid advertisement. The flow- 

 ers were sold some days back for a spe- 

 cial event, but, as they can be replaced 

 from the greenhouses, where W. W. 

 Scholtz presides, they are made to serve 

 a double purpose. P. R. Aiken reports 

 an increase of wedding decorations this 

 season. A recent one in which Sunburst 

 and Columbia roses were freely used, 

 with Areca lutescens forming arches, 

 was admitted to be the best yet seen 

 here. The areca does splendidly in 

 the south and is the farthest removed 

 of all palms from the artificial. Some 

 choice Glory of the Pacific chrysanthe- 

 mums were seen. There is a scarcity 

 of white flowers and the advent of a 

 white rose, something to beat White 

 Killarney, is hoped for. Miles J. Rudi- 

 sill, the head of the seed department, 

 was lately married. W« M. 



