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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBIR 80, 1919. 



latter part of the week all varieties were 

 in supply. 



Carnations are scarce, the supply be- 

 ing about the same as that last reported, 

 but the demand is greater. Conse- 

 quently the price rose to $8 per hun- 

 dred. The few sweet peas being cut are 

 sold readily, but the general demand for 

 them is a bit slow. 



Violets are selling better, filling in 

 with the scarcity of corsage stock. Or- 

 chids are also in increased demand. 

 Cosmos of both the single and double 

 varieties is arriving in great quantities, 

 with a large share of it finding the 

 buyer. Calendulas also are more plen- 

 tiful and finding a ready market. Other 

 garden flowers, such as larkspur, corn- 

 flowers, candytuft and tritomas, are to 

 be had. 



Maidenhair fern and asparagus fern 

 have shortened up in supply, being quite 

 scarce at times. 



Bowling Club Meets. 



The Detroit Florists' Bowling Club 

 met October 23 with the following re- 

 sults: 



„, Won ' Lo8t 



Bisons 3 n 



Indians ] 2 ■ ' i 



American Beauties ..'. i a 



Tigers J 



Joe Streit bowled high average of 

 190 and F. Holznagle bowled high game 

 of 210. The scores of the evening were 

 as follows: 



Indians. Ist 2nd 3rd Bisons. Ist 2nd 3nl 

 Fetters ....15.o 128 177 Hertling ...170 164 174 

 Browne ....142 137 1«5 Klang ....140 160 169 



<„»»'*' 150 03 08 Moss ... 169 165 118 



w?"^* :-\-}l^ 1^1 18« Holznagle ..127 210 148 

 Kirkpatnck.ies 172 135 Streit . . . . 102 178 200 



Totals . .760 691 761 Totals .. .798 877 8W 



Beauties. 1st 2nd 3rd Tlifers 1st ''nd Srd 



Sylvester ..139 124 134 Rat>e . ...Im 158 io4 



Doemllngr ..148 189 158 Kadke ....l.-.s 147 160 



^ay'o'' 201 133 106 Berlin 178 1.^0 143 



Bezenier . . .108 122 149 .Sisler .... 132 147 l\t 



< onceded ... 150 150 1.50 Blo.v lu 163 144 



Totals ...746 718 697 Totals .. .703 765 704 



The present standing of the teams is 

 as follows: 



T-/11 Won 



Indians g 



American Beauties.!.!!! " 6 

 Bisons " * A 



Tigers !!!!!!!!!!!! 3 



Lwt 



* 



6 



e 

 » 



Various Notes. 



The opening of Finsterwald 's furni- 

 ture store in the new 10-story building 

 called for many baskets of chrvsanthe- 

 mums, American Beauties and other 

 rosea. 



E. A. Fetters had the decorations for 

 the opening of the new Orchestra hall 

 and the first night of the Detroit Sym- 

 phony orchestra. He made extensive 

 use of American Beauties and chrysan- 

 themums. At the funerals of Alexan- 

 der Ingcrsoll Lewis, Leonard Sales and 

 his sister Frances, whose deaths were 

 the result of ptomaine poisoning, the 

 floral offerings were many and elaborate. 



The L. Bemb Floral Co., of 153 Bates 

 street, has an attractive window dis- 

 play consisting of a wedding carried out 

 with kewpie dolls. This firm is adver- 

 tising Its bulbs on all its delivery cars. 



George Davis, of Lincoln avenue re- 

 ports a rush of funeral work, also a 

 demand for blooming plants. 



J. F. Sullivan has returned from an 

 eastern trip, on which he visited the 

 trade in New York. 



George Doemling, of Mount Clemens, 

 18 growing Rhea Keids which have good 

 color and size. 



Last week W. .T. Vesey, Fort Wavne, 

 Tnd., shipped in some exceptionally large 

 Chrysolora to the local markets, also 



some of Poehlmann's large white and 

 a white shaded with pink. 



John Moore, manager of John Breit- 

 nieyer's Sons' Woodward avenue store, 

 has a new Stutz car. 



Oscar Strand's new store, in the Book 

 building, is featuring a tree made of 

 magnolia leaves. 



. John Breitmeyer, of Mount Clemens, 

 is bringing in choice pompons. His car- 

 nations give promise of a high quality 

 cut later on. 



Charles Plumb, of Burns avenue, is 

 erecting nine additional greenhouses. 

 Eobert Plumb, who has been ill, is again 

 on the job. 



Summerfield & Heckt, a local furni- 

 ture firm, held a fern sale recently and 

 sold 6-inch and 7-inch stock worth 50 

 cents to $1 at wholesale for 39 cents, 

 although there has been a scarcity of 

 Boston ferns. 



Last week visitors to the trade in- 

 cluded Mr. Flanders, of Ann Arbor, 

 Mich., who has recently opened a new 

 shop there; Mr. Friedman, of Chicago, 

 and Philip Foley, of the Foley Green- 

 . house Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



Mr. Castle, a member of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club, has lost his wife. He 

 has the trade's deepest sympathy. 



H. T. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The increasing arrivals of chrysan- 

 themums, added to the continued labor 

 unrest, have had a weakening influence 

 on the flower market the last few days. 

 Boston and Massachusetts have an im- 

 portant election in a few days, a con- 

 test in which the supporters of law, 

 order and decent government are 

 squarely arrayed against those of un- 

 rest and bolshevism. A sweeping vic- 

 tory for the former element will do 

 more than anything else to give the 

 cut flower trade a fillip. 



Roses have weakened considerably. 

 In fact, their value has been practically 

 cut in halves. Such varieties as Pre- 

 mier, Columbia, Hadley and Francis 

 Scott Key continue to sell well, but the 

 Killarneys have dragged. Carnations 

 have declined in the same proportion as 

 roses and few flowers now sell above 

 $3 per hundred. The quality of the 

 flowers is now good and the stems ex- 

 cellent. Matchless, Pink Delight and 

 Ward seem to be the most popular in 

 their respective colors, with Benora 

 alone as a variegated and Beacon, Belle 

 Washburn, Eureka, Merry Christmas 

 and Aviator each with their champions 

 among scarlets. 



Some double as well as single violets 

 are coming in. There are also excellent 

 pansies, which sell readily. Bouvardia 

 in several colors sells well. Lilies are 

 temporarily quite scarce. Chrysanthe- 

 mums now overshadow all other flowers. 

 Small flowers sell cheaply, but the av- 

 erage single-stomined blooms sell at $12 

 to $25 and some fancies higher. The 

 old, reliable Bonnaffon has already ap- 

 peared. It remains the most popular 

 mum on the market. White and Pink 

 Chieftain are also popular, as are pom- 

 pons. Snapdragons with quite short 

 stems sell well. 



There is little valley seen and the few 

 gardenias arriving sell at $0 per dozen. 

 Cattleya labiata is plentiful and selling 

 more reasonably. A fair supply of cyp- 

 rijjodiums and other ordiida are also 

 coming in. Pot chrysanthemums are 



excellent this season. These and cycla- 

 mens are the most popular flowering 

 plants at present, with crotons and ferns 

 coming next in favor. 



Club Meeting. 



There was a large and enthusiastic 

 attendance at the meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, October 21, 

 no less than 115 members being present. 

 Six new members were elected. The 

 sum of $25 was voted to the committee 

 on public safety for the benefit of the 

 loyal police and state guards now pre- 

 serving order in Boston. 



Exhibits were numerous and of fine 

 quality. Awards were made as follows: 

 Wollrath & Sons, specimen cyclamen of 

 remarkable size and quality, awarded 

 a cultural report of merit; handsome 

 ])ans of Rex begonias from the same ex- 

 hibitors received a vote of thanks; F. E. 

 Palmer, vases of Early Snow and Halli- 

 day mums, vote of thanks; Carnation 

 Ethel Fisher (Red Cross) from Peter 

 Fisher, vote of thanks; Lselioeattleya 

 Canhamiana Rex, from L. D. Towle, 

 honorable mention; Laeliocattleya Ser- 

 bia, from L. D. Towle, report of mer- 

 it; standard pelargonium, A. Ricard, 

 Chrysanthemums Mrs. Gilson and Mrs. 

 P. Mitchell, from Walter H. Golby, vote 

 of thanks; grand flowers of Chrysanthe- 

 mum Nag-ir-roc, from the same exhib- 

 itor, cultural report of merit. Mr. Gol- 

 by also received honorable mentions for 

 Solanum Cleveland, lettuces and a col- 

 lection of pears, apples and quinces, 

 and a report of merit for Cattleya Man- 

 tini. 



W. N. Craig received honorable men- 

 tion for a large collection of apples and 

 pears, votes of thanks for Sunrise to- 

 mato and Dobbie 's Selected parsley, and 

 honorable mention for Sutton 's Plenti- 

 ful bean. A. K. Rogers received hon- 

 orable mention for a collection of apples, 

 pears and quinces, and H. F. Schafer 

 honorable mention for pears. 



Answering inquiries about cyclamens, 

 Mr. Wollrath said seed from which his 

 large plants were grown was sown in 

 August, 1918. He had sold twenty-four 

 plants like those exhibited, to be de- 

 livered a little later, at $17.50 each, 

 wholesale. These cyclamens were the 

 most remarkable ever shown here at 

 this season and all were from American 

 seed, which Wollrath 's consider better 

 than the European. 



Prof. J. G. Jack, of the Arnold Arbo- 

 retum, delivered a most interesting il- 

 lustrated lecture on the beauty of na- 

 tive trees and shrubs in flower and fruit, 

 which held the attention of his audience 

 for one and one-half hours, and an- 

 swered some questions at the close. Some 

 suggested changes in the by-laws were 

 adopted, with one exception, which was 

 referred back to the special committee. 

 It was announced that November 18 

 the annual nominations of officers would 

 take place. 



Cooperative Flower Market Banquet. 



The annual meeting and dinner of the 

 Boston Cooperative Flower Market was 

 held at the Arlington hotel, Saturday 

 evening, October 18. Over 100 members 

 and ladies were in attendance. Two 

 changes were made in tlie board of 

 directors, Alexander J. Montgomery be- 

 ing elected to fill the vacancy caused 

 by the death of his father, Robert Mont- 

 gomery, and Edward Wood succeeding 

 Elijah Cartwright. The annual report 



