October 16, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Marmaduke Tilden. 



Marmaduke Tilden, formerly well 

 known as a rose grower of Madison, N. 

 J., died last week. The funeral was 

 held in New York. Twenty-two years 

 ago Mr. Tilden was one of the success- 

 ful Beauty growers of Madison. His 

 greenhouses, under the management of 

 Martin McNulty, produced gilt-edge 

 stock that was seen daily in the New 

 York market at Walter F. Sheridan's. 

 The place has since been pulled down. 

 Mr. Tilden is survived by his wife and 

 two sons. Phil. 



Herman J. Simmers. 



Herman J. Simmers died suddenly 

 October 7 at his home, 1261 Yonge 

 street, Toronto, Ont. He was a member 

 of the firm of J. A. Simmers & Sons, 

 seed merchants. Following so soon 

 after the death of his brother, the late 

 Anton J. Simmers, it was a great shock 

 to his family and to his many friends. 



He was born in Toronto fifty-seven 

 years ago. He attended the Upper 

 Canada College, Toronto, and the On- 

 tario Agricultural College, Guelph. His 

 whole business life has been spent in 

 Toronto, After the death of his father, 

 he and his brother carried on the busi- 

 ness, greatly enlarging it and making 

 an ever increasing number of friends. 



At the recent convention of the Cana- 

 dian Horticultural Association in To- 

 ronto, he took a most active part. In 

 addition to acting as honorary treas- 

 urer, he gave an interesting address on 

 bulbs. He also acted on the committee 

 to meet representatives of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, regarding 

 the importation of certain shrubs, etc. 



He was a member of the Lutheran 

 church. Surviving him are his wife 

 and a sister. J. J. H.. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



The week started out with a rush. 

 Monday morning found the buyers at 

 the market buying heavily. Stock 

 which came in Saturday and Sunday 

 was picked up quickly and even then 

 there was much grabbing for the stock 

 that arrived Monday morning. 



Roses found a ready market and the 

 increase in business took care of the 

 increased production. American Beau- 

 ties were all sold for the McMillan fu- 

 neral before they arrived; hence the 

 smaller shops had to do without or have 

 them shipped in from Chicago. The 

 latter part of the week also found them 

 much in demand. Columbia, Premier 

 and long-stemmed Hoosier Beauty sold 

 quickly. Ophelia cleared readily, with 

 all grades in demand. So it went all 

 down the line, including Shawyer, 

 Maryland, Sunburst, Killarney, Ward 

 and Kaiserin. Corsage roses, such as 

 Sweetheart and short Ward buds, are 

 scarce and the retailer is falling back 

 on short Ophelias. 



Carnations are in oversupply, their 

 demand being only fair. The price, 

 however, is a bit stiff, $6 per hundred 

 for the best. 



Gladioli are continuing to reach the 

 market. Their demand increased last 



week and all orders were cut down in 

 order to distribute them among all buy- 

 ers. 



Chrysanthemums are fair in quality, 

 but all grades clear as soon as the boxes 

 are opened. No yellow is to be had as 

 yet. Baby mums are scarce, there be- 

 ing only a few white ones in the market. 



Tritomas are becoming fewer, since 

 their season is about over. Some shops 

 are showing Japanese lilies, but as yet 

 they have not reached the market. 



Seasonable flowers, such as cosmos, 

 zinnias, snapdragon, celosia, candytuft, 

 centaureas, calendulas and scabiosa, are 

 to be had and the retailer finds them 

 useful to fill in with. 



Asparagus fern is a bit scarce, but 

 maidenhair is plentiful. 



Bowling Club Meets. 



Thursday night, October 9, the De- 

 troit Florists' Bowling Club met, with 

 the following results: 



American Beauties, won 2, lost 1; 

 Indians, won 2, lost 1; Bisons, won 1, 

 lost 2; Tigers, won 1, lost 2. 



George Doemling bowled high game, 

 getting 198, and tied with Kirkpatrick 

 for high average, both having an aver- 

 age of 176. The scores of the evening 

 were as follows: 



Beauties. 



1st 2nd 3rd 



Al Sylvester 123 133 152 



H. Taylor 147 158 158 



Mlesel 150 132 150 



G. DoemliiiK 189 140 198 



Totals 609 563 658 



Tigers. 



Ist 2nd 3rd 



Rabe 151 157 135 



J. Berlin 136 153 157 



L. Charbot 148 168 148 



W. Bloy 150 187 148 



Totals 585 655 588 



Bisons. 



1st 2ad 3rd 



J. Klang 106 149 177 



B. Moss 136 147 122 



Hertllng Ill 154 191 



J. Strelt 143 165 161 



Conceded , 150 150 150 



Totals 646 765 801 



Indians. 



1st 2nd 3rd 



E. A. Fetters .' 172 174 



J. Stock 118 168 148 



W. B. Brown 109 133 186 



Coble • 113 75 105 



Kirkpatrick 158 179 190 



Conceded 150 



Totals 648 727 803 



The present standing of the teams is 

 as follows: 



Indians, won 4, lost 2; Tlpers, won 3, lost 3: 

 American Beauties, won 3, lost 3; Bisons, won 

 2, lost 4. 



Various Notes. 



The sudden death of Philip McMil- 

 lan, a Detroit millionaire, kept several 

 of the downtown florists working over- 

 time. Quantities of American Beauty, 

 Premier and long-stemmed Columbia 

 roses were used, also many dozens of 

 orchids, 



Mr. Schumacher,' of E. A. Fetters' 

 downtown store, completed the decora- 

 tion for the Detroit symphony orches- 

 tra in Chicago and is now in St. Louis. 

 When he has finished St. Louis, he will 

 return to Detroit and then go on to 

 Hamilton, Ont. 



Albert Winkler, of John Breitmeyer's 

 Sons' Broadway store, is at home sick 

 from poison sumac that was brought 

 in from the country. 



Adam Bezemer, of E. A. Fetters', 

 was a busy man for two days on a wed- 

 ding decoration at Pontiac, Mich. 



W. B. Brown, of Woodward avenue, 

 reports that his move to that location 

 is bringing in increased business. 



George Doemling 's greenhouse, at 

 Mount Clemens, is producing some fine 

 stock. Tlie quality of his Columbia, 

 Hoosier Beauty, Ward and Killarney is 

 high. He has also several houses of 

 sturdy Boston ferns. 



Tom Browne, of Redford, Mich., is 

 cutting soine of the best mums that 

 reach this market, in lavender, white 

 and bronze colors. He is cutting also 

 large quantities of carnations. 



Harry Breitmeyer has returned from 

 his trip east, having hurried home from 

 Pittsburgh to help on the McMillan 

 funeral orders. He canvassed both re- 

 tailers and wholesalers in New York 

 and Philadelphia. 



William Dilger, of the Breitmeyer 

 nursery, expects to grow outdoor flow- 

 ers for the market next year, such as 

 larkspur, celosia, gladioli and asters. 

 This will no doubt prove successful, as 

 the sale of seasonable flowers has in- 

 creased greatly over last year. 



Joe Anderson, at one time with J. 

 Breitmeyer's Sons, has returned to the 

 trade, taking over the management of 

 the Rosery Flower Shop, on Woodward 

 ^venue. 



Jack Beecher, of Grand River avenue 

 is now buying more heavily, as his large 

 cut of asters is over. Increasing trade 

 keeps him busy. 



Similar reports from many other 

 shops give evidence of the end of out- 

 door flowers and of the return of flower 

 buyers and social events demanding 

 flowers. We are beginning a season 

 which is expected to establish a new 

 high business average. H. T. 



CHXCAGO. 



The Market. 



There have been high spots and low 

 spots in business during the last few 

 days. October 6 was a big day. Then 

 demand subsided, and there were two 

 or three days' which did not compare 

 at all favorably with recent business 

 standards. Then demand revived. ' Oc- 

 tober 10 and 11 were good days. Octo- 

 ber 13 was one of the heaviest days 

 for shipping the market has had so far 

 this season. A few of the houses say 

 their sales still are running ahead of 

 last year's big October record, but 

 others fell behind last week, especially 

 those who depend principally on city 

 trade. The shipping business never was 

 of greater importance than now in mar- 

 keting the flowers which come to this 

 center. 



The supply of stock is not so large as 

 it was a week ago, but such advance in 

 prices as has taken place has been most- 

 ly due to the advancing season and the 

 normal improvement in the quality of 

 stock. Prices are not so high as a year 

 ago. 



Roses constitute the principal item in 

 the market. It seems to be generally 

 tlie case that those who have home sup- 

 plies of other flowers look to Chicago 

 for their roses. There are hundreds of 

 buyers whose orders call for little else. 

 This tendency has been apparent for a 

 number of seasons, with the result that 

 the growers here have been trending in 

 the same direction. The supply of roses 

 this season is larger than ever before, 

 both in quantity and in relation to the 

 supply of other stock. A few weeks 

 ago a large percentage of the roses were 

 shorts and it was impossible to find a 

 satisfactory market for the low grade 

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