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The Florists^ Review 



Septbubkb 16, 1920 



E. D. Ball attended the hearing and 

 said that he sympathized with the at- 

 titude of those who desired that the 

 proposed action interfere as little as 

 possible with their business. He de- 

 clared that "if the florists would come 

 out and say they wanted this quaran- 

 tine it would relieve the whole situa- 

 tion," that publicity given such action 

 would take the sting out of the order. 



Short statements were made by other 

 nurserymen and plant growers in addi- 

 tion to those mentioned above and all 

 favored placing restrictions on the in- 

 fested area rather than on the entire 

 states as proposed by the board. 



Slebrecht Files Protest. 



Following is the text of a protest 

 filed by W. H. Siebrecht, secretary of 

 the New York and New Jersey Asso- 

 ciation of Plant Growers, against the 

 blanket order covering the two states: 



Whereas, the Federal Horticultural Board has 

 proposed a quarantine affecting parts of the 

 states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on ac- 

 count of the Japanese beetle, and 



Whereas, the members of the New York and 

 New Jersey Association have assembled to con- 

 sider such proposed quarantine and Its necessity; 



Resolved, That the New York and New Jersey 

 Association of Plant Growers Is in favor of neces- 

 sary quarantines, but Is opposed to any quaran- 

 tines not proven necessary. 



Resolved, That the New York and New Jersey 

 Association of Plant Growers is opposed to the 

 quarantine proposed by the Federal Horticultural 

 Board upon which a public hearing will be given 

 September 10 to quarantine parts of the states 

 of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on account of 

 the Japanese beetle, because the proposed quaran- 

 tine has not been shown to be necessary, and be- 

 cause such quarantine has not been shown to be 

 actually necessary particularly as applicable to 

 plants and flowers grown under glass, and for the 

 further reason that said pests can readily be dis- 

 covered upon such plants and flowers and can be 

 held and kept under complete control. 



Resolved, That such a quarantine as now pro- 

 posed would be ruinous to the plant growers of 

 said states because their natural market la In 

 the state of New York and would work Irrepar- 

 able loss and render idle their establishments 

 which have been built and planned to grow such 

 plants and flowers and would cause great finan- 

 cial loss to their owners. 



Those Present. 



The following attended the hearing: 

 Bertrand H. Farr, president of the 

 Wyomissing Nursery Co., Wyomissing, 

 Pa.; George H. Peterson, president of 

 the George H. Peterson Co., Fair Lawn, 

 N. J.; J. D. Headley, West Grove, Pa.; 



B. F. Barr, representing the Lancaster 

 County Florists' Club, Lancaster, Pa.; 

 John Williams, representing the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society, Haver- 

 ford, Pa.; Wilmer W. Hooper, West 

 Chester, Pa.; J. F. Anderson, West 

 Hills, N. J.; A. F. Burgess, Melrose 

 Highlands, Mass.; H. G. Taylor, sec- 

 retary of the Pennsylvania State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, Eiverton, N. J.; E. 

 Runyan, president of the Elizabeth 

 Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J.; H. B. 

 Weiss, New Brunswick, N. J.; James 



C. Clark, Eiverton, N. J.; Henry 



F. Michel], Philadelphia; F. W 



B. Green, Washington; Lester C 

 Lovett, Little Silver, N. J.; L. A 

 Stearns, Leesburg, Va.; A. M. Hen 

 shaw, president of the New York Flo 

 rists' Club, New York; W. H. Sie 

 brecht, Jr., representing the New York 

 and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers, New York; A. L. Miller, Ja- 

 maica, N. Y.; H. S. Mabie, Maywood, 

 N. J.; J. W. Roat, Manheim, Pa.; George 

 E. Stern, Wrightsville, Pa.; Paul C. 

 Stark, Wrightsville, Pa.; Julius Roehrs, 

 Rutherford, N. J.; W. A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J.; Anton Schultheis, Col- 

 lege Point, L. I.; J. H. Fiesser, North 

 Bergen, N. J.; C. W. Starkwell, River- 

 ton, N. J.; E. H. Siezler, Washington; 



C. H. Hadley, Riverton, N. J.; A. A. 



Niessen, Philadelphia; E. A. Harvey, 

 Brandy wine Summit, Pa.; James Keew- 

 son, Cheltenham, Pa.; Wesley Webb, 

 Dover, Del.; Henry T. Moon, Norris- 

 ville, Pa.; C. H. Perkins, Newark, 

 N. J.; Lloyd Stark, president of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen; 

 Thomas B. Meehan, Philadelphia; John 

 Watson, secretary of the American As- 

 sociation of Nurserymen, Princeton, 

 N. J.; Robert Pyle, West Grove, Pa.; 

 William Henshaw, Murray Hill, N. J.; 

 Thomas Eakistraw, Kennett Square, 

 Pa. T. O, M. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



There was a large demand for flow- 

 ers last week, unusually large for ex- 

 position week, but several good-sized 

 weddings have taken place. Funeral 

 work has also been heavy and stock 

 has been worked up closely. Asters 

 and gladioli have had a heavy demand 

 from the eastern markets; this has 

 kept the market cleaned up about every 

 day. 



Rains last week had gratifying 

 results with the outdoor stock, which 

 continues to come into the market as 

 freely as ever; the quality is excellent. 

 Rubrum lilies in pink, white and 

 brown are plentiful. Roses last week 

 showed some improvement * and the 

 demand has been good. Carnations are 

 not plentiful and the quality is poor. 

 The outdoor flowers, such as candytuft, 

 bachelor's buttons, scabiosa, zinnias, 

 buddleias, gaillardia and coreopsis, all 

 sell readily at low prices. Greens of all 

 kinds are plentiful and meet all de- 

 mands. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Louise Henriette Suhr, daugh- 

 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Suhr, of 

 Summerville boulevard, was married 

 Thursday afternoon, September 9, to 

 Roswell George Schneider, of this city. 

 The bride carried a shower bouquet of 

 White Killarney roses and snapdrag- 

 ons. The bride's table was decorated 

 with Ophelia and Columbia roses. The 

 color scheme used in the decorations 

 was pink and yellow. Smilax, gladioli, 

 asters and hydrangeas were used in 

 profusion throughout the home. After 

 a stay in the Adirondacks, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Schneider will be at home at 22 Ridge 

 road, east, after October 1. 



James Macgregor, of Grand avenue, 

 spent September 5 and 6 with friends 

 in Syracuse, N. Y., making the trip by 

 automobile. 



George B. Hart is building a 6.3-foot 

 concrete block chimney at the Fair- 

 port range. He is also building a con- 

 crete chimney at the wholesale store. 

 The wire shop will soon be removed 

 to an adjoining building, thus giving 

 the supply department much needed 

 room. 



Among the visitors to the exposition 

 and flower show were S. A. Anderson 

 and party, from Buffalo, N. Y.; Mr. 

 and Mrs. Clayton E. Risley, of Ham- 

 ilton, N. Y. ; Mr. and Mrs. James P. 

 Boyle, of Lyons, N. Y., and S. W. 

 Morgan, of Le Roy, N. Y. 



Miss Lillian Wheeler, of H. E. Wil- 

 son's force, is seriously ill at her home, 

 622 Plymouth avenue. Specialists have 

 been called into consultation, but no 

 report has so far been given out. 



Approximately ninety acres of asters 



and ten acres of hardy phlox at the 

 trial grounds of James Vick's Sons, at 

 Ogden, N. Y., are in their best bloom 

 now. Some good rains last week 

 helped them along. 



J. W. Vick, of Charlotte, N. Y., has 

 been busy for the last week or so with 

 a good quantity of funeral work. 



Charles W. Curtis, of Irondequoit, N. 

 Y., is supplying the trade with some 

 excellent Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums and Rochester asters, which sell 

 readily. H. J. H. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Maxket. 



There was a noted improvement in 

 the demand last week, due to a large 

 number of weddings and several store 

 openings, in addition to a number of 

 funerals of prominent persons. Gen- 

 eral trade is also better. 



While there is still a great over- 

 supply of outdoor flowers on the mar- 

 ket, the supply of gladioli is slowly 

 dwindling. Asters are flooding the 

 market. 



Roses are showing great improvement 

 in quality, and good stock brings good 

 prices, although there is a quantity of 

 poor stock that can be used only for 

 set pieces. Lilies, especially the Jap- 

 anese lilies, are almost a drug on the 

 market, as the supply is so far ahead 

 of the demand. Cattleyas and valley 

 are scarce. 



Dahlias and cosmos are appearing. 

 Single-flowering tuberoses are used by 

 some of the florists here. Carnations 

 are scarce yet, and the quality is poor. 

 The demand for greens was good all 

 the week and there is plenty of Spren- 

 geri and plumosus. 



Various Notes. 



The opening of the Lincoln National 

 bank called for a large quantity of 

 flowers September 11. Huge baskets 

 of roses, lilies, asters and gladioli were 

 sent from the stores of the Blossom 

 Floral Co., Lanternier's, Flick Floral 

 Co., Doswell Floral Co., Ralph, Tink- 

 ham, Ed Wenninghoff and Knecht & 

 Freese. 



Miss Margaret Vescy loft a few days 

 ago to resume her duties at the Y. M. 

 C. A. in St. Louis, Mo. Miss Catherine 

 Vesey is spending several weeks visit- 

 ing her father, Judge W. J. Vesey. 



Herman Leitz, of the New Haven 

 Floral Co., has had an active demand 

 for both weddings and funerals the last 

 two weeks. His greenhouses at New 

 Haven, Ind., are all in prime condi- 

 tion. From present indications, he 

 will have an excellent carnation crop 

 this winter. 



The decorations for the opening of 

 the Strand theater Septeinber 11 were 

 in the charge of the Blossom Floral 

 Co. Several cases of southern smilax 

 were used, and a large number of floor 

 baskets and vases were filled with 

 gladioli, roses and lilies. The decora- 

 tions of the Jewish synagogue, for the 

 Jewish New Year, were also executed 

 by Mr. Blossom. 



Mrs. Mary Patten has returned home 

 after several weeks' visit with her 

 daughter, Miss Helen F. Patten, of the 

 Patten Flower Shop, Toledo, O. 



"Visitors to this city last week were 

 H. A. Anderson, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Chicago, 111., and L M. Bayers- 

 dorfer, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phil- 

 flflelphia, Pa. R. f. 



