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The Florists^ Review 



Sbptbmbbu 4, 1019. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



The demand in the market last week 

 did not, by any means, equal the supply. 

 While this was the case at every place 

 I inquired, nevertheless I was also told 

 the sales were equal to or greater than 

 those of other summers. It is just a 

 case of too much stock at this time of 

 the year. 



There is one thing about the market 

 last week that everyone was glad to 

 see: Stock is gradually becoming of 

 better quality. This is especially no- 

 ticeable in roses; they are of a better 

 color, larger, and have better stems. It 

 seems that most of the growers have 

 rei)lanted this year and for a while the 

 cut from the young stock was poor. An- 

 other item that shows a big improve 

 ment is asters. These are mostly from 

 indoors and are a big improvement over 

 the field-grown stock. Gladioli, which 

 were so plentiful a short time ago, have 

 eased up considerably and those coming 

 on the market are of good quality. 

 There is plenty of miscellaneous stock 

 of all kinds to be had. 



Getting Together. 



The Baltimore correspondent of The 

 Review has completed arrangements 

 with John J. Perry, of the S. S. Pennock 

 Co., and James P. Towner, of the Balti- 

 more Wholesale Florist & Supply Co., to 

 take subscriptions and renewals for The 

 Review. The reason for this is that on 

 several occasions the writer has been 

 informed that someone 's subscription 

 has run out and they have forgotten to 

 renew it. There will be something in 

 each of these places to remind you, and 

 I have come to find out that wherever 

 a few florists are congregated it is not 

 long before The Review is referred to 

 by someone. The object of the writer is 

 to have every florist who does business 

 on the Baltimore market a reader of 

 The Review. 



Various Notes. 



Lohr & Fritze think well of Premier 

 and are going into this new rose quite 

 extensively this season. They have a 

 fine stock of young ])lants that promise 

 well. They are well stocked up with 

 Double White Killarney, which this firm 

 grows to perfection, also Maryland, 

 Ophelia and Hoosier Beauty. Wherever 

 florists meet and talk over the outlook 

 for the coming season you will always 

 find that the consensus is it will be 

 harder to get first-class stock than or 

 ders. If everyone will do liis hit like 

 Lohr & Fritze, this will not be the case. 



.lesso P. King, of Mount Airy, intends 

 taking a flyer in lladley ami (^ohimiwH-, 

 til is season and lias several lious^yr^etT 

 under way with fine young s^^iek.^^his 

 is Mr. King's first exjK'id+'fiee with these 

 two roses, but when /we think,/ of his 

 Radiance, Ophelia ;ilnd Kill!>^rney we 

 know it will be only \;i jnatK'r of time 

 until orders coming In ' will specify 

 King's Columbia and King's Hadley. 



I. H. Moss is another who has been 

 keeping a close watch on Columbia and 

 it will be found among his cut this sea 

 son. Mr. Moss has always been a great 

 admirer of both Radiance and Red 

 Radiance and is sticking to them this 

 season, but no one is quicker to tell you 

 of the good points of Ophelia, so he has 

 his usual crop of it this season. His 

 carnations, which are all benched, cer- 

 t;iinly promise great things. 



I have been writing from time to time 

 this summer about the poor varieties of 

 gladioli which some of the growers per- 

 sist in growing. W. E. Milburn, of Mid- 

 dle River, will allow nothing but the 

 best on his place. His idea is that to 

 grow any flower well takes lots of 

 work and care and, this being the case, 

 he prefers to spend both on varieties 

 which will insure the best returns when 

 settling day comes around. A new one 

 to me is Peace. Imagine a stem nearly 

 four feet long and a spike of twelve 

 open blooms and nine buds, but the best 

 part of all is tlie color — white, with a 

 pale pink throat. Then he has America, 

 Panama and Augusta. The glut has to 

 be large when any of Mr. Milburn 's go 

 to waste. 



Another old friend who is back in the 

 business again to full capacity is James 

 Hamilton, of Mount Washington. The 

 entire Hamilton range will be in opera- 

 tion this winter. Mr. Hamilton thinks 

 well of both Premier and Columbia and 

 among his other breadwinners he intends 

 to have these two varieties. Two 

 houses of sweet peas he intends to have 

 on the market for Thanksgiving. 



C. E. Akehurst, the carnation special- 

 ist, is ready for another season. His 

 entire stock is benched and is in the 

 pink of condition. His leading varie- 

 ties this year are Enchantress and his 

 own white seedling, which he depends 

 on entirely for white. Mr. Akehurst, 



who has had all sorts of experience in 

 carnations, says it is the best on the 

 market and he is not a man given to 

 sentiment. Another seedling which has 

 a prominent place in this range is his 

 deep pink, Mrs. C. i!^. Akehurst. Thea 

 there are several other varieties, but the 

 above are depended on to uphold the 

 traditions of the Akehurst range. 



L. H. A. Klein, of Towson, is sending 

 in as fine asters as it ever has been my 

 pleasure to look at. 



Erdman & Ulrich, who were formerly 

 in the habit of wholesaling at the range, 

 are now sending their entire cut to the 

 S. S. Pennock Co. This firm has a prom- 

 ising outlook for the coming season. 



James Glass has a fine l«t of snap- 

 dragons coming on, among which is his 

 famous pink seedling. There are no bet- 

 ter carnations about the city than those 

 found at the Glass range. 



R. E. Faust, secretary and treasurer 

 of the S. S. Pennock Co., was in town 

 one day last week, looking things over. 

 Mr. Faust can see nothing in sight but 

 the biggest season in the history of the 

 business. 



M. I. Brewer, a retailer of Hagers 

 town, Md., with a branch in Martins 

 burg, W. Va., was in town last week to 

 visit his friend, John J. Perry, and to 

 make arrangements for his season 's sup- 

 ply of stock. Mrs. Cook, of Easton, 

 Md., was also here on the same errand. 



Tate. 



Del Rio, Tex,--Mrs. Francis Dorland 

 has started in the florists' business and 

 intends to handle pot plants and cut 

 flowers. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Johnson's Green 

 houses is putting up another rose house, 

 ;}5x200, using material supplied by the 

 Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



Muskogee, Okla.— George W. Mar 

 shall has moved his flower store from 

 the Beatty drug store annex to 108 

 N'orth Grand avejiiie. He has iner(>ased 

 his e(|nipmenf . - ., 



Chattanooga, lean.— Joseph S. Mitch 

 ell and L. J. ^ence have purchased ih« 

 •Johnson ^Fltiral Co., which has a store . 

 '^t 17 Erfst l^ighth street and greenhouses 1 

 ar544r^K:ist Thirty-third street. 



Manhattan, Kan. — Mr. and Mrs. K.' 

 Kimble, who conducted a flower shop in 

 the Manhattan Furniture Store, moved ; 

 August 2 into their new location. They/ 

 now occupy one-half of the Baum ciga^ 

 store. Their business has progressed rap- 

 idly and necessitated moving into larger 

 quarters. / 



Oklahoma City, Okla.— The Foster 

 Floral Co. will remodel two stores at the 

 corner of First street and North Rob- 

 inson avenue, providing elaborate 

 quarters for the company. Approxi- 

 mately $10,000 will be spent in the op- 

 eration. A ladies' rest room will be 

 maintained at this store. 



Miami, Fla. — H. W. Johnson, who was 

 formerly connected with the Johnson 

 Floral Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., re- 

 cently opened a store in this city. 



Marshall, Tex. — George Witherspoon 

 will operate one of the most modem and 

 up-to-date florists' establishments in the 

 state when his greenhouses are com 

 pleted. The firm will be known as the 

 Meat rice Floral Co. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — Bnrley Johusun 

 will erect a greenhouse at the corner of 

 N'orth Eleventh and A streets. The 

 cost is estimated at .$7,000. Mr. John 

 son is owner of the Quality Floral Shoji, 

 on North Ninth street. 



Houston, Tex. — Walter W. Westgate, 

 2610 Washingt(m avenue, is (ireparing 

 to retire from active business. He is 

 53 years old and, as he says, has been 

 working hard ever since he was 8 years 

 old. Mr. Westgate has been in business 

 here for many years. In 1917 he con 

 ducted the Roselynn .\ursery & Floral 

 Co., of this city. 



Savannah, Ga. — A. C. Oelschig & Sous, 

 once nationally famous for their outjiut 

 of rubber plants, this season have dis 

 carded Ficiis elastica as no longer profit 

 able. They say the slow rate of propa 

 gation and the high cost of skilled labor 

 made the j'oung stock cost so much 

 there was nothing in it at the prices the 

 trade was willing to pay. 



