SBPTBtiBBB 16. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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liam K&ak reporte a busy summer, both 

 in repairing and sales. 



The Elitek Gardens Co. is cutting 

 some fine roees from the new range. 

 The young carnations look well. 



Conrad Liagenfelder recently pur- 

 ( hased a new Standard Eight auto- 

 mobile. He is cutting some winter 

 . I nality carnations. 



Fred Meyers is bringing in some 

 xtra fine Oolnmbia and Key. 



Mr. Gross, of the Alpha Floral Co., 

 is fishing at Granby. 



Robert Neweomb passed through 

 dere last week oh his way east from 

 [>os Angeles. R. E. H. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The volume of business last week 

 showed a fair increase, due to the un- 

 usually large amount of funeral work. 

 The chief demand for stock was for 

 this purpose, and local members of the 

 Irade had their hands full to meet the 

 • lemand for special pieces, casket 

 overs and other miscellaneous work. 

 Some fine Easter lilies were on the 

 )iiarket and brought fair returns. The 

 supply of white roses and swainsona 

 tell far short of the demand. Several 

 oalls for orchids were received, but 

 they were scarce and had to be accepted 

 at almost any price. The supply of 

 dahlias was fair, but, due to the wet 

 weather, they would not hold up any 

 length of time. Potted ferns of good 

 «}uality moved fairly well. The market 

 was well supplied with greens through- 

 out the week. 



Club Meeting. 



The Washington Florists' Club held 

 its regular monthly meeting September 

 7. Prior to calling the meeting to 

 order, J. Harper Hetherington, presi- 

 dent of the club, made the following 

 remarks: 



"The Florists' Club of Washington 

 is to be congratulated on a number of 

 things. First, on having been selected 

 by three of the largest trade organi- 

 zations in the country to be hosts at 

 their next conTcntions. Second, we 

 can boast of having among our mem- 

 bers three national officers, Z. D. Black- 

 istone, vice-president of the Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America; D. G. 

 <Trillbortzer, vice-president of the 

 American Carnation Society, and Adolph 

 Gude, vice-president of the S. A. F. 

 T do not think that there is a club in 

 the country that can equal our boast. 

 I know that we are going to show the 

 other clubs that Washington is on the 

 map in great big letters. F. H. Kramer 

 and Z. D. Blackistoue will be able to 

 tell us of the strides being made in the 

 work of staging the chrysanthemum 

 show and convention. That is immedi- 

 ately in the limelight, because it will 

 take place shortly. 



"Before the evening '.> work is con- 

 iluded, I hope that there will be offered 

 a suitable resolution, congratulating 

 the three men I have named upon their 

 selection as national officers, and an- 

 other resolution, thanking the mem- 

 bers who went to Cleveland for their 

 efforts in winning the 1921 S. A. F. 

 convention for Washington. ' ' 



It is necKlless to say that the reso- 

 lutions were unanimously adopted and 

 the entire club feels most proud of 

 these nenabers. 



Members of the club received an in- 

 vitation to attend a dahlia show Sep- 

 tember 29, which will be given by E. 

 Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., of White 

 Marsh, Md. It was voted to send a 

 letter of thanks for the kind invita- 

 tion and no doubt the club will be well 

 represented. The trip will be made in 

 machines. 



It was also voted to send a letter of 

 appreciation to the Baltimore Florists' 

 Club for the kind offer to extend any 

 possible help in connection with the 

 chrysanthemum show and convention. 



Mum Show Committee Meets. 



Plans for the annual convention of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 and the national capital flower show 



covers. They made several last week. 

 J. H. Small & Sons also had several 

 lately. 



Everybody is glad to hear that Elmer 

 C. Mayberry's wife is home from the 

 hospital after a serious speil of illness. 



The local florists are not holding 

 back on their promise to donate flow- 

 ers for our soldier dead from abroad. 

 Mrs. Wm. F. Gude, leader of the War 

 Mothers of America, reports the num- 

 ber of flowers needed, and tko florists 

 never fail to double the araoont. 



The iCntry lists for the national cap- 

 ital chrysanthemum show, to be held in 

 the old Masonic Temple, Ninth and F. 

 streets, N. W., Washington, D. C, are 

 now ready. All growers are invited 

 to participate. Information can be 



Fifty-five Tfiousand Calla Bulbs in One Express Shipment on Way to Railroad. 



are well under way. An important 

 meeting of the general committee was 

 held at the New Ebbitt hotel Septem- 

 ber 9. A fine lunch was served at 1:00 

 p. m., and immediately after this was 

 over, the members settled down to 

 business. 



Plans for a formal opening of the 

 show were discussed, and the sugges- 

 tion to ask Mrs. Wilson to press a 

 button to open the show was favored. 

 It was voted to appoint a committee to 

 present Mrs. Wilson with a special 

 basket of flowers on the opening day. 

 Plans for music and programs were also 

 discussed. 



The following members were pres- 

 ent: Fred II. Kramer, Z. D. Blacki- 

 atone, Adoljdi Gude, Wm. F. Gude, 

 .T. Harper Hetherington, O. A. C. Oehm- 

 ler, G. E. Anderson, George White, Ed- 

 ward Neidomanski, Albert Schnell, 

 (leorge V. Schultz and Mrs. Statiff. 



Arthur Xiessen was in town from 

 Philadelphia at this time and the flo 

 rists were glad to have him present. 



George W. Hess, superintendent of 

 the botanical g.Trdens, was also present 

 at the meeting anrl showed much inter- 

 est in the work. 



Various Notes. 



Victor W. Fortwengler, of Marche & 

 Co., is back in 'own after enjoying a 

 good vacation. 



George Conilcy returned from Canada 

 last week. Mr. Comley spent his vaca- 

 tion with his mother. 



Arthur Xiesson and E. Harvey were 

 in town for several days last week. 



The Washington Floral Co. is still 

 keeping up its reputation for casket 



obtained from Z. D. Blackistone. Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



The Florists' and Growers' Union, 

 17387, held its regular meeting Sep- 

 tember 1. The meeting was well 

 attended .nnd several new members 

 wore taken in. The working rules 

 committee reported its progress during 

 the last month. Fred Myer and Frank 

 81ye were appointed on the member- 

 ship committee. The local was well 

 represented .nt the picnic and barbecue 

 which was held at Cabin John park 

 under the .■luspices of the Central Labor 

 Union. 



The Washingtrm Floral Co. has been 

 cutting some excellent Ophelia, Radi- 

 ance. Columbia and American Beauty 

 roses. G. V. S. ' 



CALLAS FROM CALIFORNIA. 



Since the intro<iuction into this coun- 

 try of the Godfrey calla, in 1908, this 

 lily has rapidly increased in popularity 

 until today it is one of the most profit- 

 able of fl(»rists' flowers. I» pace with 

 this rapid increase in popularity the 

 |>roduction of its bulbs has grown at the 

 same time. This item is one of those 

 on which the state of California has 

 given the trade valuable aid, by reason 

 of its genial climate. How valuable 

 is indicated by the illustration on this 

 page, which shows an automobile truck 

 and an express dray bearing to the rail- 

 road station one express shipment of 

 55,000 calla bulbs. H. A. Hyde has 

 been growing eallas at Wat.sonville, Cal.. 

 for sixteen years and the favorable con 

 ditions of that locality have brought Mm 

 much suit ess in producing tkem. 



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