OCTOBBB 80, 1910. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



TOLEDO, O. 



Tlie Market. 



Business reports are good in all flo- 

 rists ' shops. There is much funeral work 

 and many weddings and social functions. 



The better varieties of mums are com- 

 ing in. Some good pompons are seen. 



Various Notes. 



G. Bayer has several houses of excel- 

 lent mums and pompons. His place is in 

 fine shape. 



Wm. Krueger is cutting a fine lot of 

 pompons and some good double cosmos. 



Harry Heinl 's place is in tiptop shape 

 at present. He is cutting some good 

 mums. 



Thomas McGee, of the Scottwood 

 Greenhouses, reports several .large fu- 

 neral orders lately. 



Mrs. J. B. Freeman had the decorations 

 for two large parties at the Toledo Club 

 Friday night, October 24, which called 

 for fountains. These were filled with 

 a delicate perfume and colored water. 

 Premier roses formed the outer decora- 

 tions and colonial bouquets were used 

 as favors. 



Visitors last week were Mr. Mc- 

 Carthy, of the M. Rice Co., Philadelphia; 

 Wm. B. Lake, of Philadelphia; E. E. 

 Sackett, of the Fostoria Floral Co., Fos- 

 toria, O., attending the Shriners' meet- 

 ing; Morris Grossberg, representing 

 Grossberg-Tyler-Finnerman Co., Chicago, 

 and Fred Longren, of Chicago. 



C. M. B. 



NEW YOBE. 



TIi<; Market. 



The long wished for killing frost has 

 not materialized; consequently there is 

 a heavy supply of outdoor flowers still 

 coming into the market. It is many 

 years since a similar condition existed. 

 Dahlias are in great abundance and gen- 

 erally of good quality. Good varieties 

 sell fairly well. Gladioli and asters are 

 still seen. Large quantities of tritomas, 

 hardy chrysanthemums, calendulas, del- 

 j^iniums, candytuft, hardy asters, zin- 

 nias and other flowers are arriving and 

 clear at some price or other. Of course, 

 this state of things affects the sale of 

 stock grown under glass somewhat and 

 at times clearances are difficult except 

 at concessions in price. Chrysanthe- 

 mums particularly are sufferers. 



There is an abundant supply of roses 

 and the quality is good. American 

 Beauty is plentiful and at times moves 

 slowly, especially in the special grade. 

 Hybrid teas are arriving in quantities 

 which tax the clearing powers of the 

 wholesalers, the demand for them not 

 being particularly strong. Hadley, 

 Ophelia, Columbia and Premier seem to 

 be the favorites. Yellow varieties are 

 in rather poor demand. Prices remain 

 practically unchanged. 



The supply of carnations is increasing 

 and their movement is much slower. 

 The quality is fair, but there is too much 

 choice these days for retailers to en- 

 thuse much over them. The price range 

 is $1 to $3 per hundred and stock must 

 be excellent to bring the higher figure. 



Cattleyas are in short supply, not 

 nearly sufficient to go around. The 

 top price is $2 per flower, or even 

 more for the best of the hybrids. Few 

 spray orchids are arriving. Gardenias 

 are coming in; they are short in stem, 

 but the best bring as much as $9 per 

 dozen. 



There are no Easter lilies, but the 

 supply of rubrums keeps up, at $3 to $5 

 per hundred. A few callas are arriving, 

 but drag somewhat at $2 to $3 per 

 dozen. Lily of the valley is in better 

 supply, but prices remain high, $15 to 

 $20 per hundred, with specials $25. 



There is a good supply of white bou- 

 vardia, which in a measure takes the 



ing, 25 West Thirty-ninth street. The 

 fall exhibition of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York opened in the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History 

 October 30. 



The Quality Brands Co., Cleveland, 

 O., makers of Vitaplastic glazing ce- 

 ment and automatic glazing machines, 

 has opened an office in the Long Beach 



W. p. Kyle, of Chicago, Frank Schramm, of Crystal Lake, III ..and Their Families. 



place of lily of the valley, at 50 to 75 

 cents per bunch. Sweet peas are com 

 ing in, but shipments are light and the 

 quality is poor; the range of price is 

 $1.50 to $2 per hundred sprays. Ship- 

 ments of violets are increasing in num- 

 ber, but these flowers are not attractive; 

 the warm weather keeps quality down; 

 the best bring as much as 50 cents per 

 hundred. 



The supply of chrysanthemums is 

 much increased and after the best are 

 disposed of the surplus drags. The old 

 McNiece variety is especially promi- 

 ment and seems to be finished unusually 

 well this year. Pompons and singles are 

 in abundant supply. 



Quantities of oak foliage are offered 

 for sale and never was the quality 

 higher; the season has been good for 

 color and the natural sheen is unim- 

 paired by damaging frosts. 



Various Notes. 



Nearly a column and a half of the 

 Evening Telegram October 27 was de- 

 voted to the career of Charles Thorley 

 in connection with the announcement 

 that he is soon to retire, to turn the 

 business over to his employees and en- 

 gage in politics. Forty-six years ago 

 Mr. Thorley opened a shop on Four- 

 teenth street. His lease of a store on 

 the site of the present Times building 

 gave him his real start towards success. 

 He has long been at the northwest cor- 

 ner of Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth 

 street. 



Many of the florists attended the an- 

 nual show of the Morris County Horti- 

 cultural Society, at Morristown, N. J., 

 October 29 and 30. This is considered 

 to be one of the most important shows 

 in this section. The show of the Tarry- 

 town Horticultural Society opens in 

 Tarrytown November 5, and the annual 

 exhibition of the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America, in connection with the 

 show of the American Institute, opens 

 the same day in the Engineering build- 



building, 405 Lexington avenue, in 

 charge of E. Lohman. 



The slogan of the S. A. F. publicity 

 campaign appears to appeal to song 

 writers. The latest is a fox trot, which 

 the well known music publisher, Albert 

 Von Tilzer, proposes to put out to the 

 musical profession on its merits. 



The past presidents of the New York 

 Florists' Club held a dinner at Billy the 

 Oysterman 's Thursday evening, Octo- 

 ber 23. J. C. Vaughan, of Chicago, was 

 an .invited guest. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club is to be held Monday, 

 November 10. An effort is being made 

 to hold the meeting in the proposed new 

 quarters in the Engineering building, 25 

 West Thirty-ninth street. J. H. P. 



An exhibition will be given by the 

 New York Botanical Garden in coopera- 

 tion with the Horticultural Society of 

 New York November 8 to 10, at the 

 time of the opening of the new general 

 display house given to the Botanical 

 Garden by Daniel and Murray Guggen- 

 heim. Schedules may be had by applica- 

 tion to the director-in-chief, New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx park, New 

 York. 



CABPENTEB BUGS ON BOSES. 



I am sending you a rose branch, from 

 which hangs a bug enclosed in its shell. 

 Will you tell me what it is? Almost all 

 my rose bushes have the same kind of 

 bug hanging from the branches. What 

 should I do to kill them? P. R. I. — La. 



This is what we know as the car- 

 penter bug, for the reason that it cuts 

 out pieces of the leaves of foliage plants 

 and twigs of other plants to build its 

 cocoon with. It is quite destructive 

 and in a short while will perforate most 

 of the foliage of a good-sized bed, espe- 

 cially of cannas and roses. I should ad- 

 vise collecting and destroying them to 

 prevent their increase. M. P. 



