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The Florists^ Review 



July 22. 1920 



maximum of our desires, and it is up 

 to the trade to determine whether we 

 shall reach this point or not. The only 

 obstacle in the way is insufficiency of 

 funds, and this is easily removed 

 through a better support of our move- 

 ment. John Young, Secretary. 



MUM SHOW AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 



To Be Held November 10 to 14. 



Wednesday, July 14, an important 

 meeting of the Washington Florists' 

 Club was called for the purpose of con- 

 sidering the advisability of holding a 

 chrysanthemum show in connection with 

 the annual convention of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America, to be held 

 November 10 to 14. The meeting was 

 well attended and. much interest was 

 shown. 



It was finally voted to hold a show 

 and the following were named as the 

 executive committee: Chairman, F. H. 

 Kramer; vice-chairman, Z. D. Blacki- 

 stone; secretary, G. V. Schultz; treas- 

 urer, A. E. Gude; superintendent of 

 exhibition, O. A. C. Oehmler; chairman 

 of hospitality committee, William F. 

 Gude; chairman of program committee, 

 J. Harper Heatherington; chairman of 

 committee on entries, judges and 

 awards, A. E. Gude; chairman of enter- 

 tainment committee, George C. Shaffer, 

 and chairman of committee on private 

 gardeners, G. M. Anderson. 



The prize list will be extensive and 

 will be somewhat larger than the one 

 offered at the New York show last year. 

 The officers have been busy and all are 

 enthusiastic. They say that they are 

 going to give Washington and the rest 

 of the people in the country, who will 

 take the opportunity to come here, a 

 show that is out of the ordinary. They 

 advise that you keep your program open 

 for these dates and you will be well 

 repaid for the trip. Entry lists will be 

 mailed upon request. 



F. H. Kramer, 

 Chairman Executive Committee. 



BEWARE UNBINOWN FIRMS. 



Offers Not Always Bargains. 



The importance of dealing only with 

 houses of recognized standing except 

 where it is possible to ascertain their 

 reputation before remitting is em- 

 phasized for florists' benefit by the re- 

 sults of the investigation of a Philadel- 

 phia firm. The case, as it has so far 

 developed, is best described by the fol- 

 lowing statement of the M. Rice Co.: 



"A circular letter was mailed to a 

 large number of florists early in June 

 by the T. Franklin Co., purporting to 

 be manufacturers and importers of 

 millinery, with offices, according to their 

 letterhead, in London and Paris, and 

 main ^ftdquarters in the Berger build- 

 ing, ffiladelphia. They stated that 

 through a delay in delivery of imported 

 chiffon, which they had intended using 

 for millinery purposes, they were over- 

 stocked and, to close out quick, would 

 sell 6-inch chiffon bands in 500-yard 

 lots or more at 7 cents per yard (which 

 is about half of today's market price), 

 net cash with order. 



"One of our out-of-town customers 

 asked us to investigate, having failed 

 to receive the goods or any answer to 

 a follow-up inquiry, though he had an 

 acknowledgment of the order, stating 



it had been shipped. This request wo 

 complied with and our investigation de- 

 veloped the following facts: 



Results of Investigation. 



"The account at the bank through 

 which our customer's check was cashed 

 was opened June 2, a week or so before 

 the circular letter was mailed. The 

 telephone numbers given on the letter- 

 head were numbers of concerns in dif- 

 ferent lines of business, which know 

 nothing of the T. Franklin Co. The 

 Berger building, the company's sup- 

 posed business location, at Seventh and 

 Spring Garden streets, is a dwelling 

 house with a first-floor store occupied 

 by Berger & Co., real estate agents. 

 Upon inquiry there, we learned that the 

 T. Franklin Co. had rented desk space 

 in this office a short time before, but 

 had not been seen or heard of for the 

 past week, during which time much 

 mail Iiad accumulated and was uncalled 

 for. 



"We immediately turned this infor- 

 mation over to the postal inspectors 

 for their further investigation, in the 

 hope that these parties could be located 

 and delivery of the accumulated mail 

 stopped. We are now awaiting the re- 

 sult of their examination. 



"Our customer informed us that a 

 good many florists in the south had 

 mailed checks, but no goods had been 

 received. From these facts, we feel 

 there is but slight chance of their ever 

 getting anything but experience for 

 their money." 



CLEVEI.AND, O. 



The Market. 



Not much stock has accumulated on 

 this market, flowers of all kinds being 

 scarce. A few roses of good quality are 

 arriving. Few carnations, just strag- 

 glers, are arriving. Some fair garden 

 stock is coming in. Easter lilies are 

 plentiful at the present time and are 

 selling at reasonable prices. Some hy- 

 drangeas, achillea, bachelor's buttons, 

 gaillardia and coreopsis are arriving 

 regularly. Gladioli are a little more 

 plentiful. The first asters and dahlias 

 have made their appearance and are 

 moving well. 



Various Notes. 



The annual picnic of the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club will be held July 28 at 

 Avon Beach park. Everybody is in- 

 vited to come and bring lunch baskets. 

 A Lake Shore electric suburban car 

 will take you direct. 



George Bates, of the Cleveland Cut 

 Flower Co., is on a week's vacation. 

 He is taking short fishing trips to va- 

 rious nearby points. 



Lloyd Mercer is on a short vacation, 

 staying at Put in Bay. 



Stephen Berthold, of the Cleveland 

 Plant & Flower Co., is on a week's vaca- 

 tion. 



Andrew Von Ouiram, formerly with 

 the Cleveland Florists' Exchange, has 

 opened a flower store at the corner of 

 St. Clair and East Seventy-ninth streets. 



Walter Priest has returned from an 

 automobile tour to St. Joseph, Mo., and 

 reports a fine time and no car trouble, 

 except one puncture. 



Frank Ritzenthaler, of Knoble Bros. 

 Co., is spending a month at Buggies 

 beach, on Lake Erie. 



George Eichler, of the Avenue Flower 



Shop, leaves August 1 to take a posi- 

 tion with John Blechschmidt. 



The bad check artist is still working 

 on the florists. He added another vic- 

 tim to his list last week. W. A. R. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



An oversupply has made itself evi- 

 dent for the first time in many months. 

 Usually it lasts for only a few days 

 and, with one or two exceptions, prices 

 make no serious decline. During the 

 last two weeks prices have been weak 

 and, especially during the last week, it 

 seemed as though old times were back 

 again — the times when spring and sum- 

 mer stock brought barely enough to 

 pay for the gathering. The explanation 

 offered for these conditions has been 

 that all gardens are in bloom, as we 

 have had ideal weather for outdoor 

 growth. 



Various Notes. 



John Kramer expects to take a two 

 weeks' vacation in the hills of Canada, 

 leaving this week. 



L. H. Neubeck is installing concrete 

 benches in his Main street greenhouses. 



F. P. A. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade has been brisk. Owing to the 

 large amount of business, flowers have 

 become scarce. Sweet peas and carna- 

 tions are about gone. Roses, daisies, 

 etc., are used as substitutes. All varie- 

 ties of flowers are being used in funeral 

 work, while an unusual number of din- 

 ner parties and social events help to 

 use up the bright-colored garden flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Many florists are making a special 

 $1 box of assorted flowers for Satur- 

 days. 



A large picture of Governor Cox, of 

 Ohio, holding a huge basket of Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses, in the Columbus Citi- 

 zen and the Cincinnati Enquirer, was 

 a good advertisement for the trade. 

 Above the picture was the slogan, "Say 

 It with Flowery." John Clark, of the 

 Munk Floral Co., designed the basket 

 and deserves credit for the wonderful 

 advertising it brought the trade. 



Rolf Zetlitz visited Columbus last 

 week, inspecting hfs greenhouses and 

 calling on members of the trade. 



T, J. Ludwig had a run on funeral 

 work and made two large double 

 sprays July 16. 



Mr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson are 

 spending a short vacation in Parkers- 

 burg, W. Va. J. W. T. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



The usual summer lull is prevailing 

 and the florists are glad to get a rest. 

 The weather has been wet for the last 

 month and it has been difficult to obtain 

 suitable soil to fill benches, but chrysan- 

 themums are about all planted now. 

 Outdoor gladioli are now plentiful, Hal- 

 ley and Chicago White predominating. 



Club Meeting. 



The Dayton Florists' Club held its 

 regular meeting Tuesday, July 13, with 



