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OOTOBKB 16, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Out flowers moved well last week and 

 prices improved somewhat, especially 

 for roses and carnations. The weather 

 has been erratic. Two mornings with 

 killing frosts, which finished dahlias, 

 asters and most of the gladioli, were 

 succeeded by several days of 80 de- 

 grees in the shade, which made green- 

 house stock somewhat soft. Cooler 

 weather this week is more favorable 

 for business, but sales October 13 were 

 light, owing to its being a local holi- 

 day, Columbus day. 



Boses did well through the last week 

 until October 11, when they broke 

 somewhat, owing to large supplies com- 

 ing from New York to a local whole- 

 sale house. The, quality is extremely 

 good. The ruling favorites are Premier, 

 Columbia, Hadley, Ophelia, Stanley, 

 Miller and Double White Killarney. 

 Carnations are of better quality and 

 the best flowers realize $5 per hundred. 

 "Violets as yet are few and sell quickly. 

 Chrysanthemums are more abundant — 

 such sorts as October Frost, Oconto, 

 Unaka, Pacific Supreme, Golden Glow, 

 Monrovia and Advance. Pompons in 

 several colors are coming in and sell at 

 75 cents to $1 per bunch. 



Gladioli, in spite of recent frosts, are 

 still coming in freely, but are about 

 done for the season, and a few indoor 

 asters only are seen. Dahlias are 

 finished. Some good bouvardia comes 

 in and sells quickly. Cattleya labiata 

 is now in good supply and prices have 

 dropped. A nice assortment of cypripe- 

 diums is also available. There has 

 been a rather better demand for aspara- 

 gus. 



Cyclamens now are in good condition 

 and are made a prominent feature in 

 the stores. Pot mums are also coming 

 in. Foliage plants are being used in 

 large numbers, especially crotons, 

 dracsenas and palms. 



Boston Florists' Association. 



The members of this new association 

 held their first fall meeting at the 

 Parker House October 10, when there 

 was a large and quite enthusiastic at- 

 tendance. T. M. B. Hicks, of the Bos- 

 ton Chamber of Commerce, made a 

 splendid address, emphasizing the value 

 of cooperation among retailers for mu- 

 tual benefit and protection and in 

 fighting dangerous legislation. He also 

 strongly advocated cooperative adver- 

 tising, locally and otherwise. A discus- 

 sion followed Mr. Hicks' address, on 

 points that he had brought up, especial- 

 ly on cooperative advertising. It was 

 voted to ask for subscriptions in the 

 meeting for local advertising and $700 

 was pledged in a few minutes. 



The question of holding a fall flower 

 show came up. Among those speaking 

 on the subject were H. E. Comley, W. 

 C. Stickel, H. H. Bartsch, E. A. Peirce, 

 W. R. Nicholson, J. M'. Cohen and L. J. 

 Eeuter. A committee, consisting of W. 

 C. Stickel, H. H. Bartsch, J. Letson, 

 J. M. Cohen and W. R. Nicholson, was 

 appointed to confer with the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society and to see 

 if arrangements could be made for a 

 show in Horticultural hall. H. H. 

 Bartsch showed a fine vase of Chrys- 

 anthemum Oconto. Henry Penn pre- 

 sided at the meeting. It is hoped that 

 more growers and retailers will join 



this organization without delay, as it 

 has the interests of both at heart. 



Various Notes. 



C. S. Andem, of Putnam, Conn., is 

 one of our largest local shippers of car- 

 nations. Last week he sent in about 

 20,000 flowers, principally Pink Delight, 

 Benora and Matchless. He likes Avia- 

 tor and Doris and also grows a rose- 

 pink seedling similar to Ward in color. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Penn, Louis J. 

 Reuter and Col. P. F. O'Keefe left 

 October 12 to attend the convention of 

 the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Asso- 

 ciation at Buffalo. 



Business with the Beacon Florist, at 

 7 Beacon street, is beyond expectations 

 so far. Important changes have been 

 made in the store, which will soon be 

 quite up-to-date. Mr. Eisemann has on 

 exhibition in his show window this week 

 a set of old and valuable books, includ- 

 ing * ' Parkinson 's Paradise, ' ' a splendid 

 work on flowers published in England 

 in 1656. 



Anderson Bros., of Woburn, are cut- 

 ting a fine lot of such pompon mums as 

 Skibo, Melba and Nitza, also Unaka 

 and Oconto. They are among the larg- 

 est chrysanthemum growers for the 

 Boston market. 



William R. Nicholson, of Framing- 

 ham, has been sending in large quanti- 

 ties of splendid chrysanthemums for 

 some time. At present he has specially 

 fine Oconto, Unaka, Pacific Supreme 

 and October Frost. His carnations 

 never looked better. 



Frank Edgar, of Waverley, has a 

 splendid lot of 9,000 cyclamens for the 

 holiday trade, also large batches of 

 poinsettias and begonias. 



A large attendance is looked for at 

 the next meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, October 21, the special 

 attraction being Professor J. G. Jack's 

 stereopticon lecture on "Native Trees 

 and Shrubs." There will be exhibits 

 of chrysanthemums and. fruits and 

 some proposed changes in the by-laws 

 will come up for discussion and vote. 



The proposal to hold a fall show in 

 Boston next month meets with much 

 favor. Horticultural hall is the proper 

 location for such a show and if held 

 November 8 and 9, when the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society will hold an 

 exhibition of fruits and vegetables, a 

 creditable display, even at short notice, 

 could be made. 



Penn's had an attractive window of 

 specimen cyclamens October 11. They 

 report business as good in both plants 

 aad flowers. Weddings are quite nu- 

 merous at present. A special bride's 

 window was staged October 14, with a 

 real bride and groom and a fine display 

 ^of shower bouquets and other wedding 

 accessories. This attracted large crowds 

 of passers-by. 



WoUrath & Sons have a superb lot of 

 cyclamens this season and report the 

 sale of twelve plants at $17 each last 

 week, which would seem to be a record 

 wholesale price for these plants. They 

 have fine stocks of Dracaena Massan- 

 geana, ferns, begonias, poinsettias, 

 oranges, gardenias, etc. For Christmas 

 they expect to flower batches of carried- 

 over azaleas and lilacs. 



Charles Holbrow, of Brighton, is 

 sending in fine flowers of his charming 

 pink seedling rose, as yet unnamed, a 

 cross bel^ween Christie-Miller and Rich- 

 mond. K^^y^ 



Dahlia growers are unanimous in 

 stating that they have never had finer 



flowers or a greater abundance of them 

 than during the season just closing. 

 Abundant rainfall and the absence of 

 intense heat right through the summer 

 are responsible for this. John K. 

 Alexander, of East Bridgewater, who 

 has thirty acres of dahlias, states that 

 this has been his most successful sea- 

 son and that he never booked so many 

 orders. It is worthy of note that 

 singles are coming back into favor and 

 that the decorative and peony-flowered 

 types are in greater favor than the 

 cactus. 



William T. Walke, of Salem, is send- 

 ing in a fine lot of cyclamens to J. M. 

 Cohen. Mr. Walke 's houses are all well 

 stocked with splendidly grown plants 

 for the holiday trade. 



The cut flower department of the Bos- 

 ton Floral Supply Co. is now developing 

 rapidly and a splendid lot of roses, car- 

 nations, mums and other seasonable 

 flowers are being handled. In the bas- 

 ket and sundries department, business 

 is good. 



One of the largest and best equipped 

 florists' establishments in Boston is 

 that of John J. O'Brien, at 67 Beacon 

 street. The^e is a large street frontage 

 here and advantage is taken of this to 

 display effectively a fine lot of ever- 

 greens. 



The last issue of the Boston telephone 

 directory contains the names of 221 flo- 

 rists. Several additions to this number 

 will be necessary in the next issue, all 

 of which goes to show that the cut flow- 

 er business here is in a healthy condi- 

 tion. 



E. P. Matson, of Reading, is in the 

 market with some good pink and white 

 sweet peas. The small shipments of 

 these flowers now arriving are eagerly 

 bought up. W. N. 0. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business was rather quiet last week, 

 but it is hoped that, as soon as cooler 

 weather comes, trade will be more lively. 

 Heavy rains knocked the outdoor stock 

 to pieces last week. Roses and carna- 

 tions are improving in quality and quan- 

 tity. Some fine gladioli grown inside 

 are seen in the store windows. There 

 should be a large cut of calendulas this 

 winter, as almost all of the growers 

 have planted some. 



Various Notes. 



Ernest Lentz was in the city last 

 week looking for heating supplies for 

 his new greenhouses at Boonville, Ind. 



Karl Zeidler has his roses, carnations 

 and chrysanthemums in good condition. 

 He is getting ready to plant a few 

 benches to lettuce. His trip with the 

 hunting crowd this year will take him 

 either to Arkansas or to Louisiana; 

 which it will be is not yet decided. 



C. L. Niednagel will soon have a fine 

 crop of roses. Columbia looks espe- 

 cially well. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons are cutting 

 large quantities of carnations. 



Mrs. J. C. Elspermann has finished 

 rebuilding the last house. As soon as 

 everything is in shape, she will have a 

 model plant. 



A. J. Lockyear, of the Lockyear Floral 

 Co., is suffering with a nervous break- 

 down and is taking a complete rest. 



Theodore Kuebler has almost com- 

 pleted his new house. He will soon be 

 bringing in large cuts of mums. 



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