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AOGUST 12, 1920 



The Rorists^ Review 



29 





NEW TOBK. 



The Market. 



The market continues to be on a low 

 level, as to both supply and demand. 

 The volume of business done is small, 

 much more than half of the sales re- 

 corded covering stock for window dec- 

 orations. There is plenty of this ma- 

 terial available. 



Gladioli are now arriving heavily in 

 the usual grades of quality. Many 

 varieties seen might well be abandoned 

 by the grower, as they have not the 

 power of attraction and must be cleaned 

 out. Asters are also arriving heavily, 

 but really good flowers are only seen 

 occasionally. While a great deal is not 

 usually expected of early asters, the 

 quality this year is poor. 



The supply of roses just about meets 

 the demand and clearances are there- 

 fore easily made. Special grades of 

 American Beauty continue at about 

 $15 to $40 per hundred, with the supply 

 on the short side. Hybrid teas are of 

 the usual summer quality, but move 

 well. Much difference is noticed in 

 the quality. The opening of the buds 

 is questionable. Some Hoosier Beauty 

 was seen recently with flower heads so 

 small, even on long stems, that they 

 looked like gigantic matches. The bulk 

 of arrivals is made up of yellow varie- 

 ties, if we may include Ophelia in this 

 description, and it seems to be anything 

 but pink just now. 



Cattleyas are scarce, even with a poor 

 demand. Prices are unchanged, the 

 range continuing to be 50 cents to $1.50 

 per flower. 



Lilies are plentiful and drag at times, 

 in spite of attempts to regulate the 

 supply. Last week they went from $10 

 per hundred to $25 and back again to 

 $10. Buyers seemed to do without 

 them. Lily of the valley is scarce, but 

 there is little demand for it and it 

 moves slowly at $4 to $12 per hundred 

 sprays. 



Carnations have about vanished. A 

 few still straggle in, but they no longer 

 attract buyers. The best have brought 

 as much as $2 per hundred. 



There is a large amount of herba- 

 ceous material, which is bought mainly 

 for store and window decorations. The 

 assortment includes calendulas, Dimor- 

 photheca aurantiaca, mignonette, candy- 

 tuft, alyssum, gypsophila in both annual 

 and perennial varieties, gaillardias, 

 pyrethrums, chrysanthemums, delphin- 

 iums, centaureas, tiger lilies, snapdrag- 

 ons and zinnias. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel McClements, of Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., was a visitor recently and paid a 

 visit to the Eighteenth street flower 

 market. 



During the last week the transporta- 

 tion committee of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club has had many applications 

 for reservations on the club's special 

 train to leave over the D. L. & W. next 

 Monday morning at 10 a.m., eastern 

 standard time, which is 11 a.m. daylight 

 time. It is expected that, including the 

 delegates from other cities who are to 

 be picked up en route, the party to 

 arrive at Cleveland will not be less 

 than 100. The delegation so far in- 

 cludes: L. W. C. Tuthill, A. L. and Mrs. 

 Miller, Jamaica; A. M. Henshaw and 

 party, F. H. and Mrs. Traendly, Miss 

 Cora Fichtl, C. Lowther, G. E. M. 

 Stumpp, A. T. De La Mare, Charles and 



Mrs. Schwake and daughter, Sam Salz- 

 berg and J. H. Pepper, all of New York; 

 J. H. Fiesser, North Bergen, N. J.; Carl 

 C. Reck, Bridgeport, Conn.; Oscar Boeh- 

 ler, Hoboken, N. J.; T. B. De Forest, 

 Irvington, N. Y.; John Canning, Irv- 

 ington, N. Y.; Robert and Mrs. Simp- 

 son, Clifton, N. J.; Fred and Mrs. 

 Marquardt, Middle Village, N. Y.; Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson and A. E. Anderson, 

 Cromwell, Conn.; J. G. Esler, Saddle 

 River, N. J.; Joseph and Mrs. Manda 

 and (laughter, West Orange, N. J.; G. 

 Garreau, Jersey City, N. J.; E. Allan 

 Peirce, Waltham, Mass.; George B. 

 Cannon, Stamford, Conn.; .Tuliua and 

 Mrs. Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. Knight, Rutherford, N. J.; Robert 

 G. Wilson, W. A. Rodman, Arthur Buch- 

 holz, C. E. Falls, James Smith and 

 David Klein, Brooklyn, N. Y.; T. J. 

 and Mrs. Nolan, Charles Siebold, Thomas 

 and Mrs. Davis, C. H. and Mrs. David, 

 T. Phillips, George Crissman and Miss 

 Griffiths and sister, of Scranton, N. Y. 



A. Hanig, buyer for Bershad & Tre- 

 pel, Brooklyn, was last week receiving 

 congratulations on the arrival of a 

 daughter at his home in Brooklyn, 

 July 30. 



LatesL advices from C. H. Totty 

 announce his arrival at London. 



J. H. P. 



A gladiolus exhibition will be held 

 by the Horticultural Society of New 

 York in the Museum building. New 

 York Botanical Garden, Saturday and 

 Sunday, August 21 and 22. Schedules 

 are now ready for distribution and will 

 be sent on application to the secretary, 

 George V. Nash, New York Botanical 

 Garden, Bronx park, New York city. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



There was a noticeable increase in 

 business last week. This was mostly 

 due to funeral work. An acute scarcity 

 of greens was felt during the latter part 

 of the week. Some extra fine asters 

 were on the market and cleaned up well 

 at $4 and $5 per hundred; Easter lilies, 

 $2 per dozen; gladioli, $4 and $5 per 

 hundred; orchids, $12 per dozen, and 

 roses from $2 to $12 per hundred. Out- 

 of-town business was also brisk during 

 the latter part of the week. 



Club Meeting. 



The Washington Florists' Club held 

 its regular monthly meeting August 3. 

 Despite the extremely warm weather, 

 this meeting was well attended and 

 much interest was shown. 



A committee, consisting of Wm. F. 

 Gude, Adolph Gude and Theodore Died- 

 erich, was appointed to attend the S. A. 

 F. convention at Cleveland this year 

 and extend a personal invitation to the 

 society to hold its 1921 convention at 

 this city. 



The war mothers no longer have to 

 worry about flowers to decorate the 

 graves of the returned soldier dead 

 from abroad. F. Kramer made the fol- 

 lowing statement in reference to the 

 subject: "Fellow members, I had the 

 opportunity to witness the burial of a 

 number of our soldier dead at Arlington 

 last week, and I feel that it is my duty 

 to bring this matter up before the club 

 tonight. The organization known as the 

 War Mothers of America, of which Mrs. 

 Wm. F. Gude is the leading worker of 



this city, has worked faithfully to secure 

 sufficient flowers to decorate every 

 casket and show the proper respect for 

 our heroes who gave their lives for the 

 protection of our country and our homes. 

 Now, gentlemen, I feel that it is the 

 duty of the florists of Washington to 

 donate sufficient flowers for this purpose 

 and see that we are represented at each 

 burial until the last hero is laid in his 

 resting place and I move that we do this 

 without further delay." Mr. Kramer 

 was applauded, and it is needless to say 

 that his motion was carried unani- 

 mously. 



Plans were discussed for the chrysan- 

 themum show, which will be held here 

 November 10 to 14. The tickets have 

 been printed and all the committees re- 

 port good progress. 



Several applications for membership 

 in the club were received. 



A. E. Gude, Jr., vice-president, pre- 

 sided at the meeting in the absence of 

 the president, J. Harper Hetherington, 

 who is spending his vacation out of town 

 with his family. Refreshments were 

 served after the meeting. 



Various Notes. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 and Growers' Union, 17387, was held 

 August 4. The officers for the ensuing 

 year were installed. Membership and 

 working rules committees were appoint- 

 ed. The membership committee con- 

 sists of the following: George McCabe, 

 Lawrence Leapley and George Rector. 

 The working rules committee consists 

 of: George White, F. H. Jenier, W. R. 

 Wescott, George Dalghish and Law- 

 rence Leapley. George White, manager 

 of the Marche & Co. store, was appoint- 

 ed as business representative. 



Edward Schmidt has extended an in- 

 vitation to the members of the Wash- 

 ington Florists' Club to attend his an- 

 nual crab feast, to be held the first Tues- 

 day in September. G. V. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



If August maintains the record made 

 by July there is need for a prompt im- 

 provement in the market, which does 

 not seem to be in sight. There has been 

 steady retrogression since the first of 

 the month and while business still is 

 ahead of last year, the market is dis- 

 tinctly dull. There are huge quantities 

 of flowers, far more than in any other 

 summer. Weather conditions have been 

 so favorable that the supply of outdoor 

 flowers is much greater than in recent 

 years. This is particularly true of gladi- 

 oli and asters, which are coming to 

 market from hundreds of irregular 

 sources, as well as from the florists who 

 always have grown them. In general 

 the quality is excellent, but the supply 

 is so large that the average price is 

 extremely low. It is impossible to sell 

 all of the stock coming to market and 

 the waste pulls down the average 

 materially. In addition to asters and 

 gladioli, there are many other summer 

 flowers, affording a greater variety of 

 stock than usually is available at this 

 season. 



In the last few days there has been a 

 considerable iijcrease in rose crops. 

 Chicago never before has had so many 

 roses at this date. The supply is much 

 larger than the regular needs of the 

 trade, though shipping demand con- 



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