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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbruabt 19, 1920 



noon rounding up the remaining signa- 

 tures. 



The final meeting of the association 

 before the plan goes into effect, March 

 1, will be held at the Hotel Randolph 

 Thursday, February 26. By that time 

 signatures of practically all the trade 

 are expected to be in the hands of the 

 directors. Those who have not signed 

 applications may mail them to Secretary 

 Swenson, at Boom 305, 431 South Dear- 

 born street, Chicago. 



KAN&A.S OITY, MO. 



The Market. 



The supply of stock continues short 

 and prices are good. There is less than 

 half enough flowers to meet the demand. 

 Funeral work has slackened somewhat 

 in the last two or three days, which 

 indicates that the influenza epidemic 

 is waning, but there have been enough 

 orders of this kind to use everything 

 available and to keep stock cut to the 

 limit. Plants and baskets have never 

 been sold to any extent for funeral 

 work until this winter, but they have 

 been used in many instances where 

 flowers could not be obtained and they 

 have pleased the buyers. Carnations 

 are arriving a little more freely. 



Various Notes. 



■ The Longview Farm has completed 

 plans for a new greenhouse, 85x425 

 feet, which will be devoted entirely to 

 roses. C. J. Tucker and Bussell Parker 

 have returned from the east, where 

 they purchased a large number of rose 

 plants. Among the varieties which 

 will be grown are Columbia, Premier, 

 Madame Butterfly, Dunlop and Milady. 



W. E. Tredup was in Leavenworth 

 last week. 



S. Bryson Ayres cut 15,000 sweet peas 

 in two days recently and has been get- 

 ting good cuts every day for two 

 months. 



The Pinehurst Floral Co. has cleaned 

 up on cyclamens and cannot supply the 

 calls for daffodils, jonquils or hyacinths. 



Tucker Smith and Earl Parker, of 

 Pleasant Hill, Mo., were in the city 

 the early part of last week. 



P. A. Manson came up Sunday, Feb- 

 ruary 8, to help Mr. Wade move the 

 local equipment of the Pinehurst Floral 

 Co. to 1121 Grand avenue, where the 

 company is now located. 



Miss J. E. Murray is renovating the 

 interior of her store, having the wood- 

 work painted white, and changing the 

 arrangement of fixtures. 



Mrs. Margaret Simpson, of the W. L. 

 Rock Flower Co., is visiting her daugh- 

 ter, Elizabeth, who is attending school 

 in Newark, N. J. 



J. Austin is cutting some carnations, 

 narcissi and calendulas and has a good 

 supply of pot plants and baskets. He 

 cannot get enough jonquils and hya- 

 cinths to meet demands, but has plenty 

 of other bulbous stock. He is cutting 

 from 300 to 500 sweet peas a day. 



Mrs. Hardy, of the Hardy-Bernard 

 Floral Co., is of the opinion that the 

 growers should put in larger crops of 

 bulbous stock, because it is increasing 

 in popularity each year. 



R. S. Brown & Son are getting all 

 the carnations they need for their trade 

 and plenty of cut stock of all kinds. 



Among the recent visitors were: Ed- 

 ward Fetters, of Detroit, Mich., en route 

 to California; Mrs. J. C. Rennison, 

 Sioux City, la.; Carl Hagemeyer, Paola, 



Kan.; Frank Stuppy, St. Joseph, Mo.; 

 James J. Karins, of H. A. Dreer, Inc., 

 Philadelphia; C. F. Edgar, of the Mc- 

 Callum Co., Pittsburgh; George Hamp- 

 ton, of J. G. Neidinger Co., Philadel- 

 phia; Martin Reukauf, of H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., Philadelphia; Roy Murray, 

 Olathe, Kan. 



Miss Nettie Seymour, of the W. L. 

 Rock Flower Co., has been ill for sev- 

 eral days. 



A. Newell has recovered from an at- 

 tack of influenza and is able to be 

 downtown, although still weak. 



Samuel Murray had a dinner decora- 

 tion one night last week for which hd 

 used oncidiums. Premier roses and 

 heather in striking effects. 



T. J. Noll has returned from two 

 weeks' visit in Michigan. His sister, 

 Mrs. Max Chandler, of Jerome, Mich., 

 who has been quite ill, is improved. 

 Mr. Noll stopped over in Chicago on 

 his way home. 



The Peterson Floral Co. had a big 

 display of baskets for St. Valentine's 

 day. 



Henry Kusik says he has not half 



ffBVERY now and then a weO^ 

 ■J9 pleased reader tpeakf the wotd 

 which is the means of fvinging a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver< 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florist's use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS* PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



enough flowers to take care of business. 



Miss J. S. Murray has been receiving 

 shipments of freesia and violets from 

 California, both of which have come 

 in perfect condition and have helped out 

 through the shortage. 



The Muehlebach Flower Shop had a 

 big decoration for the dinner for visi- 

 tors to the tractor show. 



Adolph Mohr says his lilies are com- 

 ing on in good shape for Easter and 

 will be on time. He is selling a good 

 many cinerarias and has a large quan- 

 tity of Christmas stock for next year. 



The Rosery was prepared for St. Val- 

 entine's day with a supply of corsages 

 made up early in the day. They re- 

 ceived a number of advance orders 

 Thursday and Friday, February 12 and 

 13, most of which were for corsages. 



R. S. Brown has been ill for several 

 days. 



E. A. Humfeld made a white blanket 

 of roses and sweet peas for the casket 

 of C. C. Chiles. This blanket was one of 

 a number of orders that Mr. Humfeld 

 liad for .this funeral. 



A. F. Barbe has been cutting carna- 

 tions in the bud in order to get enough 

 flowers for his trade. 



Charles Robinson, formerly with the 

 Apollo Flower Shop, is now with the 

 Moseley Floral Co. 



J. G. Eggleston had about fifty calls 

 for sweet peas and other cut flowers, 

 Friday, February 13, none of which he 

 could fill, as he had sold all of his peas 

 the day before. Some persevering cus- 

 tomers called five or six times and 

 one even wanted to know if Mr. Eggles- 

 ton wouldn't watch the blooms and cut 

 them if they came out. J. F. K. 



L. G. Johnston has bought land in 

 this city and expects to start this season 

 by growing annuals for the local trade. 

 He was formerly located in southern 

 California and grew for the Los Angeles 

 trade, but says that the cheap Japanese 

 labor put him out of business. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Considering the serious disarrange- 

 ment resulting from the snow storms and 

 blockades, business has held up well. 

 Even at the beginning of this week, 

 train service had not reached normal 

 and some of the branch railroad lines 

 were still snowed up. In its effect on 

 the railroads the storm of February 5 

 was even more paralyzing than that of 

 November, 1898, since mild weather fol- 

 lowed the earlier storm and soon melted 

 the snow. An additional snowfall of 

 six inches February 13 did not improve 

 matters, but the worst is believed to be 

 over. 



Roses continue in a strong position. 

 There is not much call for American 

 Beauties, but hybrid teas are in good 

 demand, with a specially strong call for 

 Ophelia, Ward and reds. The lack of 

 sunshine has prevented a heavy cut of 

 roses. Carnations have shown no de- 

 cline, still selling at from $10 to $15 

 per hundred, and the quality is of the 

 best. Violets are somewhat more abun- 

 dant. Sweet peas are coming in quite 

 freely and the best sell as high as $5 

 and $6 per hundred. Narcissi are more 

 abundant, but the prices hold up well. 

 Tulips are not yet particularly plenti- 

 ful; La Reine, White Hawk, Yellow 

 Prince and Prosperity are most in evi- 

 dence. 



Some fine mignonette is coming in and 

 snapdragons are improving. Myosotis 

 was in fair demand for St. Valentine's 

 day; so were English polyanthus and 

 primroses. Stevia has passed, but it is 

 not missed, as there are now more flow- 

 ers to take its place. Acacia Baileyana 

 and A. pubescens sell at $3 per bunch. 

 Cattleyas are plentiful. A few gar- 

 denias and some valley are seen. Lilies 

 and callas are both in good supply. As- 

 paragus moves better with the passing 

 of stevia. 



St. Valentine's day business was the 

 best that Boston ever had. February 

 13 snow fell all day, but Saturday was 

 clear and pleasant and all the stores 

 did a big business. 



Club Meeting. 



A driving snow storm and blockaded 

 roads were hardly conducive to a suc- 

 cessful carnation night at the meeting 

 of the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club February lb. Only fifty members 

 were present, the smallest attendance 

 in a dozen years. Five new members 

 were elected. It was reported that 

 tickets were selling at a lively rate for 

 the dance and buffet lunch, February 17. 



