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January 15, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



New Year's Party of the Employees of Gullett & Sons, LincoIn> III. 



N. J.; H. B, Marmelli, Montvale, N. J.; 

 F. M. Pennock, San Juan, Porto Eico; 

 Dwight M. Hills, 205 West street, New 

 York; Wm. H. Johnston, 131 West 

 Twenty-sixth street, New York. 



Treasurer Rickards presented a report 

 detailing the finances of the club, which 

 showed a balance in the treasury of 

 $16,289. 



Carl Engelman, of Saffron Walden, 

 England, made a short address, in which 

 he expressed his desire to become a life 

 member of the club. The club's by-laws 

 were suspended and Mr. Engelman was 

 elected to life membership on the spot. 



Roger W. Peterson, of J. A. Peterson 

 & Sons, Cincinnati, was also a guest and 

 was formally introduced. 



The Festivities. 



Adjournment was then taken, and the 

 floor cleared for the festivities of tha 

 evening. A real jazz band was sta- 

 tioned at the platform and dancing was 

 commenced without delay. An elimina- 

 tion dance was a feature of the pro- 

 gram. The winner of the first prize was 

 Miss Rudolph. The other prizes were 

 won by Miss Esch, Mrs. F. H, Traendly 

 and Miss Johnson. 



Light refreshments were served 

 throughout the evening. During inter- 

 mission the song, "Say It with Flow- 

 ers," of which the music was written 

 by the late Meyer Cohen and the words 

 by Mrs. F. H. Traendly and Mrs. C. 

 Schenck, was rendered by a professional 

 soloist. 



The only exhibit for award before the 

 club on this occasion was the new be- 

 gonia, Peerless, from J. A. Peterson & 

 Sons, Cincinnati, which was awarded a 

 certificate of inerit. J. H. P. 



DUMSEB'S DATA. 



Charles N. Cotter, superintendent of 

 the Lakeview Rose Gardens, Jamestown, 

 N. Y., says that the labor situation is not 

 satisfactory, as he could easily use 

 twenty more men, but even at that his 

 crops are in fine condition. He says 

 that when greenhouse help will learn 

 to produce more goods per man they will 

 surely be able to demand better pay. In 

 factories help has to keep up with ma- 

 chinery; not so with a man growing 

 plants. Mr. Cotter is a firm believer in 

 growing callas in pots; he has about 



3,000 callas producing on the average six 

 blooms per plant. His Christmas sales 

 were satisfactory and his fancy pot 

 plants cleaned up well. 



A. L. Jones, North Tonawanda, N. Y., 

 who in former years grew large quamti- 

 ties of cut flowers for the wholesale 

 market, finds it more profitable to spe- 

 cialize on high-grade pot plants for the 

 Buffalo stores. He is filling his houses 

 with pot roses for Easter. Some cycla- 

 mens which were not in flower in time 

 for Christmas will find ready sale dur- 

 ing the winter months. Just two days 

 before Quarantine No. 37 became effec- 

 tive, he received a fine shipment of 

 Hexe azaleas, which are just coming into 

 flower and prove good property. 



Fred G. Lewis, Lockport, N. Y., re- 

 ports a good Christmas trade, but finds 

 the people buy more cautiously now than 

 in former years. 



At the range of the United States Cut 

 Flower Co., Elmira, N. Y., Mr. Koenig 

 who presides over the growing, has been 

 quite successful in combating the dan- 

 gerous mum midge. On close inspection 

 of his mum stock, I was unable to find 

 any midge, not even a sign of any. His 

 successful method is to use nicotine in 

 liquid spray form. (Use your favorite 

 brand; he uses Nico-fume.) He uses it 

 strong enough to burn the foliage un- 

 derneath as well as on top. To the nico- 

 tine he adds one tablespoonful of lysOl 

 to each gallon of solution and sprays 

 often. He sprayed regularly every two 

 days and in three weeks cleaned out 

 every one and now is entirely free of 

 the midge. Lysol is cheap and 20 cents' 

 worth can be bought at any drug store. 



White Bros., Medina, N. Y., have a 

 fine crop of Maryland and Ward roses. 



.1. H. Gould, Middleport, N. Y., is so 

 well pleased with returns on his al- 

 ready large range that he is planning to 

 build another, to grow cut flowers 

 chiefly. 



The Wilson Floral Co., Rochester, 

 N. Y., specializes in novelties, as well 

 as in all standard potted plants and cut 

 flowers. It had some fine hyacinths in 

 flower for the holidays. 



Jacob Thomann & Son, Rochester, N. 

 Y., anticipate a good trade for Easter, 

 especially in potted plants. 



Edward Sick, Canandaigua, N. Y., is 

 well pleased with the way his late mums 

 sold and will try to have late varieties 



even after the holidays next season.. 



The Melrose Nurseries, Auburn, N. 

 Y., had some fine freesias, as well as 

 Proserpine and Mon Tresor tulips for 

 the holidays. Their hyacinths produced 

 10-inch spikes of flowers for Christmas. 



Arthur H. Bool, Ithaca, N. Y., was 

 fortunate to get a fine lot of azaleas 

 before June 1. As they are well budded^ 

 they will be in fine shape for Easter 

 and his local trade will readily take all. 

 His Melior begonias are of excellent 

 quality. 



Rawson the Florist, Elmira, N. Y., is 

 fortunate to have a conservatory in 

 connection with his store. This permits 

 him to carry a large display at all- 

 times. D. W. D. 



U^MBEKT'S LO0AI.S. 



R. I. Gresham, of the C. A. Dahl Co., 

 Atlanta, Ga., has been smiling recently, 

 since R. I. Gresham, Jr., arrived Janu- 

 ary 4. It's his first boy. Both the 

 mother and the child are in good health. 



J. A. L. 



NUKSEBY STOCK AS SIDE UNE. 



Flower store owners have long neg- 

 lected a profitable branch of business 

 by not selling nursery stock, which 

 would easily fit in with the florists' 

 line and would be sold at seasons when 

 the business is not particularly rushing^ 

 fall and spring. In some towns, trees, 

 shrubs, grapevines, etc., are handled 

 by men who sell flour, feed and poultry 

 supplies. Why not help to keep the 

 money in the family, or where it more 

 nearly belongs! Of course this applies 

 more to smaller towns than to large 

 cities, where nursery concerns have 

 stores. Evergreen shrubs for boxes and 

 vases would be an ornament and a 

 source of profit. E. E. R. 



Lawrence, Kan. — Ralph W. Ward, of 

 Clinton, Mo., has purchased the Mc- 

 Claskey tract of seven acres, at Barker 

 avenue and Fifteenth street, and will 

 erect a $30,000 greenhouse there. Mr. 

 Ward will locate the greenhouse on the 

 east side of the tract and build a resi- 

 dence on the west side, facing Barker 

 avenue. He expects to continue his 

 wholesale trade from Lawrence, supply- 

 ing firms in Kansas City and other 

 cities. -V 



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