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The Florists^ Review 



March 18, 19t9 



flowers of his race of Malmaison carna- 

 tions. This exhibit was one of the most 

 interesting in the show. 



The McCallum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 

 showed an extensive line of baskets and 

 other florists' supplies. 



The New Britain Machine, Co., New 

 Britain, Conn., exhibited its small 

 tractor suited to florists' work. 



The Niagara Sprayer Co., Middleport, 

 N. Y., showed a line of spraying ap- 

 pliances. 



The Oldsmobile Co., New York, 

 showed a handsome delivery car, evi- 

 dently, judging from the name on it, 

 80I4 to President A. L. Miller of the 

 S. A. F. The slogan, "Say It with 

 Flowers," was painted across the body. 



The Pontiac Lawn Mower Co., De- 

 troit, Mich., showed its new moto- 

 mower. 



The Quality Brands Co., Cleveland, 

 O., exhibited Vitaplastic glazing com- 

 pound and greenhouse paint. 



L. J. Eeuter Co., Watertown, Mass., 

 showed samples of plant stock for flo- 

 rists. 



George L. Stillman, Westerly, R. I., 

 occupied his usual space with a sample 

 line of dahlia bulbs. 



The Shawnee Mower Co., Shawnee-on- 

 Delaware, Pa., showed the Shawnee 

 triple motor and Worthington tractor. 



Seedsmen Present. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co., New York, 

 had a most interesting exhibit of bulbs, 

 etc., with potted plants of tulips and 

 daffodils to demonstrate the quality of 

 the stock exhibited. 



S. S. Skidelsky & Co., New York, ex- 

 hibited samples of seeds, bulbs and 

 plants. 



S. P. Townsend Co., Orange, N. J., 

 exhibited a line of lawn mowers. 



B. Hammond Tracy, Inc., Wenham, 

 Mass., showed gladiolus bulbs and 

 dahlia roots. 



Vaughan 's Seed Store, New York, had 

 a fine exhibit of bulbs and other requi- 

 sites, most artistically staged. 



Nicholas Wapler, New York, showed 

 pottery for florists' use. 



Societies' Booths. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York, the American Rose Society, the 

 New York and New Jersey Plant Grow- 

 ers ' Association and the S. A. F. all had 

 booths. 



A large electric sign, "Say It with 

 Flowers," was located facing the stair- 

 way, which was greatly appreciated by 

 the florists. The official song, "Say It 

 with Flowers," by Harry Von Tilzer, 

 was on the musical program for rendi- 

 tion twice daily during Jhe show. 



Henshaw in behalf of the New York 

 Florists' Club. The dinner was served 

 in the west ballroom of the hotel. 



DINNER TO JUBOBS. 



The jurors were invited guests at a 

 dinner given by the show management 

 at the Hotel Commodore, Monday eve- 

 ning, March 15, at which there were 

 seventy-five present. Among them were 

 a number of out-of-town florists, includ- 

 ing the following: George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago; Irwin Bertermann, Indianapolis, 

 Ind.; J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 111.; 

 Fred Meinhardt, St. Louis, Mo.; Joseph 

 H. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Herman P. 

 Kiioble, Cleveland, O.; C. E. Critchell, 

 Cincinnati, O., and Fred C. W. Brown, 

 Cleveland. 



The dinner was entirely informal, and 

 there was no specchmaking. C. H. 

 Totty welcomed the guests in behalf of 

 th« flower show committee, and A M. 



ROSE SOCIETY ELECTS. 



Annual Meeting at New York. 



The American Rose Society held its 

 annual meeting Tuesday afternoon, 

 March 16, at the Grand Central Palace, 

 New York, with seventy-five members in 

 attendance. The old officers were re- 

 elected to their positions, as follows: 



President — Robert Pyle, West Grove, 

 Pa. 



Vice-president— F. L. Atkins, Ruther- 

 ford, N. J. 



Secretary — E. A. White, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Treasurer — Harry O. May, Summit, 

 N. J. 



The members of the executive com- 

 mittee elected are: J. A. Curry, of 

 Portland, Ore.; S. S. Pennock, Philadel- 



The Genista with Yellow Accessories. 



phia. Pa., and Thomas Roland, Nahant, 

 Mass. 



The presentation of the Hubbard 

 medal to E. Gurney Hill, of Richmond, 

 Ind., which was to have taken place at 

 the meeting, was deferred until there is 

 an opportunity to present it to him per- 

 sonally, which will be next June. 



John Cook, of Baltimore, Md., and Dr. 

 Van Fleet, of Washington, D. C, were 

 elected honorary members in acknowl- 

 edgment of their services as hybrid- 

 izers. 



Some minor changes in the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were made. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Market prices here continue to de- 

 cline slowly. They are not yet as low 

 as those in some other parts of the 

 country. Carnations are selling at $2.50 

 per dozen, as against $3 a few weeks 

 ago. Sweet peas have dropped from 

 75 cents and $1 for common stock to 

 50 cents a bunch; orchid peas from $1.50 

 and $2 to $1 a bunch. Other flowers are 

 dropping in proportion and are expected 

 to be much lower within the next week. 

 Green carnations were plentiful for St. 



Patrick's day. They sold at $3 per 

 dozen. There is plenty of stock here 

 and the demand is fair. 



The lily crop is coming along well and 

 other bulbous stock will be plentiful for 

 Easter. 



Various Notes. 



The Munk Floral Co. is doing some 

 extensive remodeling and redecorating. 

 The salesroom has been made larger. 

 This is now one of the most beautiful 

 stores in town for its size. J. W. T. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



Carna- 

 cents per 

 cents per 

 for good 



The Market. 



Stock has been plentiful during the 

 week, but not overplentiful. Prices 

 held firm throughout the list, with only 

 a few sacrifices left over. The prin- 

 cipal flower to be offered at a bargain 

 was the daffodil. The drop in the whole- 

 sale price of these has been more rad- 

 ical than in anything else. 



The week's supply made, it possible 

 for flower buyers in some na|}iborhoods 

 to purchase at real bargt 

 tions were offered as low 

 dozen and sweet peas at , 

 bunch. The wholesale pi 

 stock was not low enough 'to warrant 

 this. However, there was a supply sell- 

 ing low enough to make these bargains 

 possible. 



These bargains are not favored by 

 some, but others believe that they are 

 exceedingly profitable to the trade by 

 bringing back the customers whose in- 

 comes did not warrant paying the prices 

 of the last few months. 



St. Patrick's day trade brought 

 record receipts. The local supply of 

 shamrocks was not large, but, with the 

 exception of one size of plants, the 

 prices were the same as those of last 

 year, the exception being in the price 

 for 3-inch stock. For these 25 cents 

 each was asked at the wholesale house. 

 Some growers report that they have 

 been disappointed so many years in the 

 number of shamrocks sold that they 

 have decided to drop them from their 

 list, as it is difficult to grow a snail 

 batch. This has practically left the 

 shamrock field to one firm. 



Various Notes. 



William *R. Poore, of West Delavan 

 avenue, was obliged to wear a bandage 

 around his neck during the week, on 

 .iccount of a cold. 



William G. Gangnagle's shop and 

 greenhouse, on Bailey avenue, are being 

 put in shape for a big Easter. Hya- 

 cinths of the best quality have been ar- 

 riving for some time. These, arranged 

 with pussy willows and chiffon, are mov- 

 ing at a profit which is an inspiration 

 for branching out. To put it in Miss 

 Gangnagle's words, "They sell so well 

 that I know we shall not have half 

 enough for Easter." Two years ago 

 Miss Gangnagle had no practical ex- 

 perience in the trade, but now she says 

 that she is sure that the florists* busi- 

 ness is wonderfully interesting. 



Edward Paufler, of Ericson avenue, 

 was on the sick list Saturday, March 13. 

 A severe attack of neuralgia was the 

 cause. 



James Pickleman has a new Ford de- 

 livery car. P. P. A. 



Anderson, Ind. — Charles Williams will 

 grow vegetable plants and carnations 

 for the wholesale market. 



