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The Florists^ Review 



July 29, 192* 



saek as Shasta daisies, gaillardias, 

 delphiniums, scabiosa and strawflowers 

 are about at an end. Outdoor sweet 

 peas are still holding on. Rubrum lilies 

 are arriving in more abundance than 

 ever before this season, but the demand 

 is only fair. Roses are arriving about 

 the same as usual and are going well, 

 but bring a low price. 



Various Notes. 



G. E. Critchell has received the first 

 green galax of the season and also is 

 getting some extra fancy asters from 

 Charles Pommert, Amelia, O., and some 

 unusual snapdragons and delphiniums 

 from Federle's, at Hamilton, 0. 



Mr, and Mrs. Fred Gear have ar- 

 ranged for a motor trip through Mich- 

 igan and then to the S. A. F. convention 

 at Cleveland. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flow^er Exchange 

 has been receiving some elegant valley 

 from William Schumann, Newport, Ky., 

 Mr. Ostendorf of this firm reports busi- 

 ness only fair. Chester Roesner spent 

 his vacation at Lima, O. 



George Meyers, of the Avondale 

 Floral Co., has arranged to motor to the 

 S. A. F. convention in his new speed- 

 ster. 



H. W. Sheppard has left on a vaca- 

 tion trip through Indiana and Illinois, 

 lasting about three weeks. His store 

 has been busy with telegraph work the 

 last week. 



The William Murphy Co. has been re- 

 ceiving some good America gladioli. 

 Miss Laura F. Murphy is enjoying her 

 vacation at Atlantic City and plans to 

 go to Cheneaux islands from there. 



Visitors last week were Glen E. 



Moore, of Rushville, Ind.; Mrs. William 

 Gerlach and daughter, of Piqua, O.; Mr. 

 Kent, of the W. W. Barnard Co., Chi- 

 cago; Frank l^aspai*, of Chicago, and 

 Harold Lion, of New York. 



George Lutz has bought the business 

 of the Hoflfmeister Floral Co. and will 

 operate the business as the George Lutz 

 Floral Co. 



Mr. Purllant, of Poole & Purllant Co., 

 Winchester, Ky., was in the city buying 

 supplies recently. 



William Walker, of Louisville, Ky,, 

 passed through here recently and said 

 that business was excellent in his city. 



L. H, Kyrk has received the first 

 physostegia of the season, 



Julius Baer has returned by automo- 

 bile from the east, where he was enjoy- 

 ing himself at the convention of the 

 Rotary Club. The trip seems to have 

 done him much good. G. H. K. 



TORONTO, ONT, 



The Market, 



This is the quiet season, when flowers 

 are scarce and business is comparatively 

 slow. Many of the florists are seeking 

 the country and letting the staff off 

 for a holiday. There are a large number 

 of weddings and there has been a big 

 demand for Sweetheart roses for bridal 

 1)ouquets, though other roses are fair 

 for this time of the year. Carnations 

 are also good. Gladioli are now obtain- 

 able in large quantities, 



^ Convention News, 



The annual meeting of the Canadian 

 Retail Florists' Association will be held 



I at Hamilton Thursday, August 12, in 

 conjunction with the convention of the 

 C, H. A, Secretary Silas McFadden 

 has sent out several hundred notices 

 and a large attendance of retail florists 

 is expected. PreTsMent George M, 

 Geraghty, who is summering at his cot- 

 tage, Pilgrims' Rest, Georgian bay, will 

 return for the convention. 



The proposed constitution which will 

 bring about the amalgamation of these 

 bodies has been drawn up. The proposed 

 name is the Society of Canadian Flo- 

 rists and Ornamental Horticulturists. 

 The membership will 'include any per- 

 son interested in the advancement of 

 floriculture, ornamental horticulture or 

 allied trades. The annual fee is $2, 

 or $25 for life membership. Money 

 from life memberships will form a re- 

 serve fund. Resolutions will be intro- 

 duced to provide for the affiliation of 

 kindred associations and for the form- 

 ing of different sections, such as retail, 

 professional grower, private gardener, 

 etc., should this be found advisable, 



Vaxious Notes. 



Many firms have decorated their stores 

 with cedar trees, giving a summer ap- 

 })earance, 



Robert Brenton, of Hilmer V. Swen- 

 son Co,, Chicago, has been calling on 

 Toronto florists. 



The Sheridan Nurseries have pur- 

 chased a large tract of land adjacent to 

 their present property on the Toronto- 

 Hamilton highway, near Clarkson. 



Harry James, secretary of the To- 

 ronto Retail Florists' Club, and Mrs. 

 .fames are leaving on a motor trip 

 through eastern Ontario. J. J. H. 



LEO NIESSEN'S ANNIVEBSABY. 



All florists who know him will gladly 

 acknowledge how much they owe to Leo 

 Niessen on the silver anniversary of his 

 entrance into this profession, August 1 

 (1895-1920). His integrity, fairness and 

 consideration for others have done far 

 more than he knows to bring happier 

 conditions in his chosen calling. f 



Phil, 



JACOB SCHULZ. 



A Tribute. 



Jacob Schulz is no more! The dean 

 of the Louisville florists, the friend and 

 counselor of the struggling young man 

 just embarking upon a business career 

 with little or no means, the honest, up- 

 right, conscientious type of German 

 manhood transplanted upon American 

 soil for two generations, has passed into 

 "the undiscovered country, from whose 

 bourn no traveler returns." 



Verily a noble man hath gone from 

 our midst! I can never forget the moral 

 — and I might say the financial — en- 

 couragement given me by this friend 

 of the needy and struggliilg upon my 

 first visit to Louisville thirty-two years 

 ago. When the world looked dark and 

 things in general were most discourag- 

 ing, it was Jacob Schulz who came to 

 my riescue by his encouragement, advice 

 and suggestions, putting new life, as it 

 were, into me. 



Jacob Schulz has left a host of 

 friends, who will sincerely mourn bis 

 loss. S. S. Skidelsky. 



Leo Niessen. 



Milwaukee, Wis.— C. C. PoUworth bai 

 gone up to northern Wisconsin om a trip 

 to land a "big muskie. " 



