The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBIB 80, 1919. 



Wheeler, chairman, Miss M. E. Case, 

 Dr. Harris Kennedy, Miss M. A. Band; 

 superintendent of exhibitions, James 

 Wheeler. W. N. C. 



BOCHESTEB, N. T. 



The Market. 



Signs of decided activity are being 

 seen daily in the wholesale market. 

 Good quality indoor stock is arriving 

 in increasing quantity froio all growers 

 and the outlook is most satisfactory. 

 The prices are good, but of course they 

 cannot be compared with those of last 

 year, as there were unusual conditions 

 at that time. The market is well filled 

 with a gorgeous array of chrysanthe- 

 mums. Handsome stock is seen in Yel- 

 low Turner, Queen, Pink Chieftain, 

 Oconto, Unaka, October Frost, Pacific 

 Supreme, Smith's Advance and Golden 

 Glow, Pompons in yellow, bronze, red, 

 white, pink and lavender are arriving 

 in fair supply. The supply of carna- 

 tions is also on the increase and they 

 are of good quality, being longer in 

 stem and with fair-sized blooms. Fair 

 prices prevail. There are still a few 

 outdoor flowers coming in, including 

 gladioli, delphinium, larkspur, candytuft 

 and some cosmos. Gladioli, considering 

 the lateness of the season, are of good 

 quality and the demand is satisfactory, 



A good supply of roses of all kinds is 

 arriving, including Columbia, Ward, 

 Ophelia, Hoosier Beauty, Russell, Had- 

 ley. Premier, Sunburst, Killarney and 

 White Killarney. American Beauties 

 receive a fair demand and their quality 

 is good. Cecile Brunner is plentiful and 

 sells well, Cattleyas are exceptionally 

 good now and sell nicely; they reach 

 us in excellent condition, Violets are 

 improving each week, but so far the 

 demand is not large. Calendulas and 

 bachelor's buttons are meeting a good 

 demand. Excellent potted pompons, 

 large mums, primulas, cyclamens and 

 cherries are seen and sell well. There 

 has been a large demand of late for 

 southern smilax. Other greens are 

 plentiful and find a satisfactory de- 

 mand. 



Various Notes, 



The Rosery Flower Shop, of which E, 

 Kendig, of Oswego, was the proprietor, 

 is now dismantled and most of the 

 stock is sold. The pressure of business 

 in Oswego compels Mr. Kendig to dis- 

 continue business in this city, 



Louis Collates, of South Clinton 

 street, reports excellent business dur- 

 ing October. His store and windows are 

 always attractive and at this time he 

 has an excellent display of mums. 



Salter Bros., at their East Main street 

 store, are showing a large number of 

 vases, baskets and bowls nicely arranged 

 with gypsophila and helichrysums, us- 

 ing Japanese air fern as the necessary 

 green. 



Max the Florist, on Lyell avenue, 

 continues to be quite busy with funeral 

 work, which includes many designs and 

 baskets. 



Visitors last week included Wm, B, 

 Leipzig, of A. Leipzig, Inc, New York, 

 and the representative of the Mono- 

 Service Co., New York. 



At the Lamberton conservatories, in 

 Highland park, a beautiful display of 

 large chrysanthemums and pompons is 

 being shown. With this is a unique col- 

 lection of tropical plants and cacti, 

 which excites great interest. 



J. B. Keller Sons had a beautiful win- 



dow display of yellow and white chrys- 

 anthemums for the week-end, with sev- 

 eral large bowls of exquisite pansies. 

 Palms and cibotium ferns made an ex- 

 cellent background. 



Mrs. Ehles, of George B. Hart's oflSce 

 force, has returned from a week's vaca- 

 tion, part of which was spent with her 

 parents in the country. H. J. H. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



Club Meeting. 



Arrangements for the big horticul- 

 tural exhibition to be held in the trans- 

 portation building at the Canadian Na- 

 tional Exhibition, November 11 to 15, 

 occupied most of the evening at the 

 regular meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Association. 



Sir John Eaton gave the association a 

 trophy for two years' competition, 

 Charles Tidy and James King will act 

 at the show as judges of the flowers and 

 plants. 



The association appointed a number 

 of critics, who will visit the show and 

 report on the features at the next meet- 

 ing. Their reports will be kept on hand 

 to assist in bettering the future flower 

 shows. 



The southern part of the building will 

 be under the direction of the Toronto 

 Retail Florists' Club. At their meeting 

 October 27 final arrangements were 

 made for their part of the show. The 

 prize money will be paid to the club for 

 decorations. It is understood that the 

 individual members will contribute the 

 flowers, while the club will carry on per- 

 sistent advertising of the greatest flower 

 exhibition held in Toronto, greater than 

 the large one of 1913, Daily changes of 

 flowers will be made. Proper floral dec- 

 orations will be shown in large rooms for 

 dining, living, sun and bridal rooms. 



This will be something unique. There 

 is great enthusiasm being shown and the 

 fact that the annual mum show is being 

 merged with this greater undertaking 

 will add to the interest in it by the pub- 

 lic as well as the florists. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Associa- 

 tion passed a resolution of condolence 

 to be sent to the widow of the late Her- 

 man A. Simmers. Mr. Simmers was one 

 of the charter members and an active 

 worker for the association. He was 

 honorary treasurer of the C. H. A. con- 

 vention committee which finished with 

 a surplus and was also honorary treas- 

 urer of the coming exhibition. It was 

 with regret that it was necessary to fill 

 his place. 



In his review of the trade papers, 

 Chas. King drew attention to the neces- 

 sity of reading the advertisements and 

 the market reports. Only in this way 

 could gardeners and florists purchase 

 their bulbs, plants and supplies to ad- 

 vantage. He also said to watch the pa- 

 pers carefully, for they frequently 

 bloomed forth with excellent articles 

 giving invaluable information. Speak- 

 ing of the discussions on Quarantine 37 

 in the various American papers, he said 

 he hoped such laws would not be passed 

 in Canada, for they would seriously aif- 

 feet trade. 



Various Notes. 



Charles K. Cooper has opened a shop 

 on King street. For eight years Mr. 

 Cooper was with H, G, Dillemuth and 

 previous to that he was at Dunlop's. 

 The store is all finished in white. W. 

 Powell has taken a position with Mr. 

 Cooper. 



Mr. Kellam. of the Nova Scotia Nurs- 

 ery Co., Halifax, was a recent caller 

 on the trade in Toronto. After visiting 

 friends here he will tour the United 

 States. . J. J. H. 



San Antonio, Tex. — Green the Florist 

 has opened a shop at Avenue C and 

 Eighth street. He is one of the increas- 

 ing number of florists who are closed on 

 Sundays, 



Centralia, 111. — J. W. Boss opened a 

 retail store October 1, located in the 

 heart of town. He has 22,000 feet of 

 glass and twenty-three acres of land, on 

 which he is installing the Skinner irri- 

 gation system to protect asters and gla- 

 dioli from drought. Mr, Ross believes 

 strongly in Centralia as a shipping point, 

 since nine railroads lead from here and 

 the time is only two and one-half hours 

 to St, Louis and two to Chicago, 



Yankton, S, D, — The Gurney Green- 

 house Co. next summer will build a large 

 modern range on the 20-acre tract re- 

 cently purchased, next to the North- 

 western and Milwaukee tracks, inside 

 the city limits. The company intends 

 to put up about 100,000 square feet of 

 glass. The houses will be used for 

 roses and carnations. The company now 

 has about 25,000 square feet, which will 

 be moved to the new place. It also 

 operates the old Newberry place, at 

 Mitchell. 



Reading, Pa. — At a recent meeting of 

 the Reading Florists ' Association at the 

 residence of Harry F. Heck, Wyomiss- 

 ing, plans were discussed for a flower 

 show to be held sometime in November. 



Provo, Utah.— The Quality Floral Co. 

 has recently been incorporated by local 

 business men and will open its store be- 

 fore the end of the month. David A. 

 Brown, formerly employed by the Miller 

 Floral Co., Farmington, Utah, has moved 

 to this city to act as manager for the 

 new firm. 



Springfield, O. — New fixtures and 

 stock which will cost approximately 

 $20,000 are being installed in the store 

 of Gustav Schneider, at 22 East High 

 street. In addition to the installation 

 of the new fixtures and stock, various 

 improvements are being made. The 

 front of the store is being remodeled so 

 that two large show windows will be 

 provided. The entrance is to be tiled. 

 The entire interior of the store will be 

 given a trellis effect and an electric 

 fountain will be sunk in the center of 

 the floor. The fixtures will be in white 

 and the floor will be in green and white 

 tile. 



