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March 4, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



charged to exhibitors to defray inci- 

 dental expenses. Application for floor 

 space should be made at once to the 

 secretary of the association, Robert M. 

 Plumb, 1430 Burns avenue, Detroit, 

 who will supply further information on 

 exhibits. There will be no charge for 

 admission to the exhibition, but compli- 

 mentary tickets can be secured from the 

 secretary by any member wishing to 

 give them to customers or friends. 



Robt. M. Plumb, Sec'y. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



William B. Koehler, of Frankford,Pa., 

 commenting on the prevalence of blind 

 growth in hydrangeas, thinks it is pos- 

 sible that the long dull period may have 

 much to do with it, as he fails to re- 

 call having had a similar experience in 

 the growing of thousands. 



Fred Kalmbach, grower for William 

 Wunder, of Pittville, Pa., advises tak- 

 ing cuttings now, later potting into 3- 

 ineh pots and then into bulb pots or 

 planting in the field. He believes that 

 this overcomes the tendency to blind- 

 ness. He has no use for old stock. It 

 was noted that a fine lot looks promis- 

 ing for Easter. 



0. Doerrer & Sons, of Westfield, N. 

 J., are carrying a fine lot of Carna- 

 tion Enchtuitress Supteme. "We re- 

 fused an offer from the New York 

 market for 30 cents apiece for the crop, 

 needing all for our retail trade," ob- 

 served Charles Doerrer. "To offset this, 

 our Golden Spurs are producing but 

 one spike to the bulb and mother bulbs 

 at that." 



Augustus Tremper, of Rhinebeck, N. 

 Y., had a large crop of Marie Louise 

 violets for St. Valentine 's day and made 

 his customers happy by not advancing 

 the price for that occasion. W. M. 



USINGER'S UTTERANCES. 



August Meyer, in charge of the 

 greenhouses of the Williams & Meyer 

 range, at South Bend, Ind., reports ex- 

 cellent results in the short time they 

 have had this glass. Mr. Meyer is a 



Flower Bargains 



Sunshine has helped to bring 

 out a quantity of fine flowers and 

 we are receiving daily finest varie- 

 ties of rojes. carnations, jonquils, 

 tulips, sweet peas, lilies ol the val- 

 ley, freesia. calendulas, violets, 

 mignonette and narcissus, and arc 

 offering them at one-fifth of theu- 

 former prices. Beautiful flower* 

 fashioned in bouquets, baskets and 

 fancy receptacles make an ideal 

 gift. Fancy large orchids, 75c 

 each. Individual flower vases, 50c 

 each, including a flower. Baskets 

 of spring flowers, $2, $3, $4 and 

 $5 Blooming plants in many va- 

 rieties. Every kind of floral ar- 

 rangement. 



A. Lange, Florist 



77-79 East Maditon Street 

 T«1.'C>Dlral 3777— AH DcpU. 



Tying to Co-operative PobUdty. 



NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 



THE few days of sunshine, after the 

 continuous dark weather, brousrht out 

 Tulips, Daffodils and other Spring Flowers 

 in large enough quantities to cause all 

 Flowers to DROP IN PRICE. 



THE same conditions govern in every 

 city, and in every city we have a bond- 

 ed representative to whom we can tele- 

 graph to fill your order within two hours, 

 the same as we fill orders in New York. 



MAX SCHLING, Inc. 



785 Fifth Ave. (Betw. 59th and 60th Sts.) 



New York 



Phone Plaza 7241 



New York member of the FlorUts' Telegrapk OeliTery Aasociation 



"Say It with Flowers** 



New York Retailer's Advertisini; Id Time of Abundant Supply. 



grower of wide experience and is grow- 

 ing some excellent stock. Sweet peas 

 are in fine shape and freesia a are being 

 used to fill the shortage in other stock. 

 Easter lilies are coming along well and 

 will be on time for Easter. The entire 

 stock produced is for Williams the 

 Florist, on Michigan avenue, South 

 Bend. 



Mr. Buckler, of the South Bend Floral 

 Co., South Bend, Ind., was lauding the 

 virtues and sales possibilities of canary 

 birds and birdseed. I do not know 

 whether the smiling Mr. Buckler is an 

 economist, but his comparison of the 

 eating of bird seed by canaries and fish 

 food by the humble goldfish is 100 to 

 1 in favor of the canaries. A bird eats 

 a pound of seed a month, while a gold- 

 fish eats a 10-cent box of food a year. 

 Figure out the profit in birdseed. 



Van Aken Bros., Elkhart, Ind., were 

 receiving some fine roses from three 

 greenhouses in Coldwater, Mich. "Our 

 only trouble is getting enough stock," 

 commented Miss Olson, in charge of the 

 store. 



The Wakarusa Greenhouse, at Wak- 

 arusa, Ind., in charge of Charles M. 

 Fletcher, is showing some nice ciner- 

 arias and primroses. Plans are in prep- 

 aration for a large aster season. Mr. 

 Fletcher has excellent land for grow- 

 ing quality asters. W. T. U. 



added another Dodge to his automobile 

 fleet, making a total of three cars. The 

 business has shown a continued increase 

 throughout the season, with a liberal 

 cut arriving from his own greenhouses. 

 A matter of much concern to the 

 florists of Kansas City, Mo., was the 

 recent poisoning of three of the em- 

 ployees of the W. L. Rock Flower Co. 

 by pricking their fingers on thorns of 

 White Killarney roses. L. Willis was 

 poisoned December 23, and it became 

 necessary to amputate the infected 

 finger. He has not yet recovered. Wil- 

 liam Miller has been laid up with an in- 

 fected finger for some time, caused by 

 the same thing. He was called before 

 the medical board for examination; the 

 board stated that the infection came 

 from the fertilizer and was dangerous. 

 William Huts is now in the hospital 

 with the same infection. Mr. Rock is 

 anxious about his employees and ad- 

 vises that the matter should be looked 

 into to determine the source of the in- 

 fecting germ. The doctors found the 

 germ in Mr. Willis's finger and com- 

 pared it to the germ in veast. 



J. A. L. 



LAMBERT'S LOCALS. 



The well known firm of Gentemann 

 Bros., of Quincy, 111., has been dissolved 

 by mutual consent, Philip Gentemann 

 retiring and H. A. Gentemann purchas- 

 ing his brother's interest and continu- 

 ing the business at the same location, 

 714 Main street. Mr. Gentemann has 

 moved his working force from the 

 greenhouses to the store and by concen- 

 trating his efforts shows considerable 

 improvement in his service. He has 



GREENHOUSE FIBES. 



Brazil, Ind. — Fire of an unknown 

 origin caused a loss estimated at $.300 to 

 the greenhouse of G. E. Hershey, on 

 Walnut street, February 17. 



Belleville, 111. — Considerable damage 

 to the boiler room of A. Fehr's green- 

 houses, on Main street, was caused by 

 fire recently. An overheated boiler was- 

 the cause. 



Springfield, O. — The greenhouse be- 

 longing to Thomas McBeth, East High 

 and Burnett road, was almost totally de- 

 stroyed by fire February 14. The fire 

 ignited in the rear of the greenhouse, 

 which wa,s partly destroyed before the 

 fire department arrived. 



