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The Florists^ Review 



August 21, 1919. 



finishing. Cheesecloth is almost pro- 

 hibitive in price and replacements will 

 be at a minimum, the grower utilizing 

 his last season's carry-over to the ut- 

 most. 



Various Notes. 



The City Parking Commission is to 

 take measures towards beautifying La- 

 fayette square, which is practically the 

 center point of the city, facing the mu- 

 nicipal executive buildings. Formerly 

 the square was dubbed "the Parnassus 

 of Poets and the Mecca of Loafers." 

 Prom its situation, the square lends it- 

 self particularly as the ground plot of a 

 beauty spot, especially when the senti- 

 mental side is thrown in as lagniappe. 



The plan of a public parkway as a 

 permanent memorial of war achieve- 

 ments 'has been defeated in favor of a 

 memorial hall or auditorium. 



Henry Scheuermann, the popular flo- 

 rist of Baronne street, will operate after 

 September 1 the well-known flower es- 

 tablishment of Mrs. F. Gruaz, Washing- 

 ton avenue and Carondelet street. 



Max Scheinuk, the Broadway florist, 

 has broken ground for his new display 

 establishment at the corner of St. 

 Charles avenue and Third street. He ex- 

 pects the new buildings will be com- 

 pleted before the All Saints' day dis- 

 play. 



Peter Chopin will shortly move his 

 auxiliary nursery, situated on Broad- 

 way, to Fontainebleau avenue. His 

 main establishment still will be "At 

 the Sign of the Fleur de Lis." 



Harry Papworth and E. C. Farley are 

 at Detroit to attend the S. A. F. con- 

 vention. E. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Market conditions are much more fa- 

 vorable. Cool weather and rain have 

 helped wonderfully to bring in a larger 

 supply. 



Roses are a little more plentiful and 

 the quality has improved. The demand 

 has been good. A limited quantity of 

 carnations has been available, but as 

 yet can hardly be counted. The main- 

 stays of the market continue to be as- 

 ters and gladioli. Asters have improved, 

 although there is still an inferior grade 

 selling as low as $1 per hundred. There 

 are, however, a larger number of bet- 

 ter ones and these range from $2 to $5 

 per hundred. Gladioli are fair; a few 

 good ones are seen and prices range 

 from $6 to $8 per hundred. 



A general line of summer offerings 

 meets fair approval; in fact, almost 

 everything is being utilized. In this 

 latter class are buddleia, tuberoses, 

 snapdragons, calendulas, statice, baby's 

 breath and such garden flowers as zin- 

 nias, marigolds, hydrangeas, delphin- 

 iums, wool flowers and helianthus. 



Business has been good for summer. 

 Funeral work has been an important 

 item. Weddings and social functions 

 liave also called into use a good many 

 flowers. With the running of trains 

 again, green goods are back in normal 

 supply. 



Various Notes. 



Len Elder, A. F. J. Baur and family, 

 and Irwin Bertermann and family, have 

 gone to Detroit to attend the S. A. V. 

 convention. The latter two families 

 motored through. 



Wm. Hack, in the Commandary, O. Fi. 

 Steinkamp, in the Oreen Squad, and E. 



E. Temperley, in the Shriners' Patrol, 

 went to Greensburg August 20 to at- 

 tend the county home-coming of their 

 local soldier boys. They were the guests 

 of the Greensburg Shriners. 



Bert Stanley and E. E. Temperley are 

 cutting good asters. 



Clarence R. Greene, as chairman of 

 the local Credit Men's Association's 

 picnic committee, staged the largest 

 picnic ever given by them. Mr. Greene 

 received several letters of praise and 

 was highly congratulated upon the suc- 

 cess of the affair. 



Chris. Schwomeycr is rebuilding his 

 establishment and it is advancing 

 nicely. 



Wm. Hamant is building a new green- 

 house. 



Hartje & Elder have been having 

 some good roses in their commission 

 house. E. E. T. 



EOOHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Owing to the railroad conditions, east- 

 ern shipments have not put in an ap- 

 pearance for the last ten days, thus 

 severely handicapping the wholesale cut 

 flower market. This applies chiefly to 

 roses, for which the local supply is not 

 large and does not by any means meet 

 the demand. The retail business dur- 

 ing the last week has been extremely 

 good and everything in sight has been 

 cut and sold to meet present demands. 

 Local stock is in good condition, with 

 an excellent supply of gladioli arriving 

 daily, among them being Schwaben, 

 Halley, America and many beautiful 

 seedlings. These are selling at fairly 

 good figures. Roses also are in fine con- 

 dition and among the arrivals are Mary- 

 land, Ophelia, Sunburst, Shawyer, Fran- 

 cis Scott Key and Killarney. Insuffi- 

 cient white roses arrive for the demand. 

 Carnations are few and far between, 

 being small and inferior. Good gyp- 

 sophila reaches us and sells well. Ca- 

 lendulas are good and move fairly well. 

 Only a few asters are on the mar- 

 ket; the long drought has caused 

 the meager supply. Sweet peas are ar- 

 riving a little more freely, but are not 

 of good quality. Excellent and highly 

 colored zinnias are seen and sell well 

 at summer prices. Good blooms of hrrrdy 

 hydrangea are soon and move well. 

 Snapdragons are reaching us, but not in 

 any large supply. The demand is good. 

 Hardy and annual phlox is in fair sup- 

 lily. Good hardy summer ohrysanthe- 

 iiiunis are seen occasionally and move 

 well. There is a fair supply of all kinids 

 of green goods on hand, for which there 

 is a ready market. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Orwin, head bookkeeper of 

 George B. Hart 's force, is away on a 

 two weeks' vacation. 



Miss Ingram, of Hart & Vick, Inc., 

 is spending a two weeks' vacation at 

 Conesus, N. Y. 



The picnic planned by the Rochester 

 Florists' Association was held at Grand 

 View beach, August 12, and proved to 

 be a great success. It was one of the 

 largest ever held and many florists from 

 nearby towns took the privilege of unit- 

 ing on this occasion. Sports and bath- 

 ing were indulged in and were followed 

 by an excellent luncheon. 



Tlorace J. Head was in charge of the 

 exhibit of George B. Hart at the con- 

 vention of the Canadian Horticultural 



Association held in Toronto, August 11 

 to 14. He also visited the S. A^F. con- 

 vention at Detroit. 



The store of H. E. Wilson has recently 

 undergone many improvements, which 

 are now complete. An attractive stair- 

 case with a mahogany rail leads to the 

 second floor. The office has been 

 changed and is enclosed with attractive 

 woodwork finished in white enamel. A 

 balcony surrounds the workroom in the 

 back of the store, while the upstairs is 

 nicely papered and enameled in blue 

 and white. New electric fixtures make 

 a big improvement. The large window 

 on the second floor makes the salesroom 

 light and is a vast improvement. 



William H. Dildine, president of 

 James Vick's Sons, reports an excellent 

 business during the last season. He 

 says that work at the experimental 

 grounds is going along in fine shape. 

 They are planning extensive exhibits at 

 the Victory Exhibition at Exposition 

 park and the New York state fair to be 

 held in Syracuse, N. Y., in the near 

 future. 



George Case is spending a two weeks' 

 vacation in Canada. H. J. H. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



During the first half of last week 

 business was dull and prices sagged con- 

 siderably, but commencing August 14 

 trade improved, due in great measure to 

 so many flowers being ruined outdoors 

 by the torrential *ain. Outside of gla- 

 dioli and asters, there is little coming in 

 and the quality of the latter is not equal 

 to that of a week ago, all open flowers 

 showing traces of the drenching, driv- 

 ing rain. Good asters are worth $4 and 

 $5 per hundred, but a lot of the inferior 

 ones sell cheaply. Gladioli are in heavy 

 supply and prices are rather low, a large 

 proportion of them realizing no more 

 than asters. Roses have shortened con- 

 siderably and fewer flowers are coming 

 in than at any time this year. Prices 

 have improved and short-stemmed stock 

 easily brings $3 to $4 per hundred. 

 There are small lots of American Beau- 

 ties arriving and some nice Maryland, 

 Ophelia, Premier and Columbia. 



There are small lots of bouvardia and 

 an assortment of annuals such as cos- 

 mos, scabiosas, etc. Dahlias are flower- 

 ing abundantly, but have never proved 

 popular commercially in Boston. There 

 are no lilies obtainable and few orchids. 

 Sales of asparagus are light. 



Quarantine Hearing. 



There was a quarantine hearing at the 

 State House, Boston, August 15, to con- 

 sider drastic regulations to prevent the 

 spreading of the corn borer. C. L. Mar- 

 latt, chairman of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board, was present and associated 

 with him were Karl F. Kellerman, 

 George B. Sudworth, William R. Walter 

 and R. C Althouse, from Washington, 

 in addition to officials from New York, 

 New Hampshire and Massachusetts. 

 Officials favored drastic regulations, 

 the enforcement of which meant an em- 

 bargo on all vegetables, herbaceous 

 perennials, gladioli, dahlias, cereals, 

 etc., but met with exceedingly deter- 

 mined opposition from market growers, 

 nurserymen and others vitally inter- 

 ested. J. K. M. L. Farquhar pointed 

 out tlie absurdity of placing an embargo 

 on all herbaceous perennials when the 



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