Ski'Temukk 2;{, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



Banquet in Honor of Visitors to Gardeners* Convention in Display House of Missouri Botanical Garden. 



Amoricaii Bo;iiity rosi'S ;iro in iiiod- 

 crato supj)ly only, and tlio ])rico for 

 roally good flowers in special <j;rades 

 has pjoue to $.")0 ])er Imndred. Hybrid 

 teas are not overpleutiful, and Hi)ecial 

 "jrades, when available, are bringing 

 more than the toj" range quotations of 

 the last few weeks. New varieties, 

 such as Crusader, are bringing prieos 

 a little better than the staples. White 

 roses, in which White Killarney seems 

 to be the rejjresentative variety, are 

 quite scarce, and there is little above 

 the No. 3 grade to be had. 



Carn.ntions from newly benched stock 

 arc making an apjiearauee. Two or 

 three growers who usually bench early 

 are in with a cut, but $4 per hundred 

 is about the to]i price for the best 

 stock. The demand, liowe\'er, is po()r, 

 as buyers want stems as well as flower 

 heads. 



Cattleyas are in better supply, but 

 there is little improvement in the de- 

 mand. The labiata variety is in cut 

 now, but market prices have to fall to 

 the demand. The best flowers are 

 bringing about $1 each, and plenty may 

 be had for funeral Wdrk at •'>(( cents or 

 less. 



White lilies arc plentiful and are 

 likel>' to 111' so from now on. There is 

 a 'wide choice. Lilium speciosum ru- 

 brum is in good supply, Lily of the 

 valley is scarce, but there is little de- 

 mand for it, recent high prices having 

 made it unpojiular with retailers. 



Out<l(>(ir flowers are more or less in- 

 teresting tci buyers who want to give 

 much for a little money, and dahlias, 

 good varieties, at $1 to $tj per hun- 

 drcMl, mov(> fairly well. So also do 

 boinardia and' zinnias. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are in larger supply. 



Various Notes. 



]{obert ^'raig, of Philadelphia, last 

 week spent a f(>w days iu New York, 

 \isiting various growers ami his many 

 friends. 



Frank L. Deory, fornurly with J. II. 

 Small ifc Sons, is now manager of the 

 New York store of D(dansky & Mc- 

 Donald, in the Kighteenth street mar- 

 ket. 



Kicliard N'incent, Jr., White Marsh, 

 Md., is enthusiastic o\er the prospect 

 for the success of the show of the 

 American Dahlia Society, of which he 

 is president, which opens in the roof 

 garden of Hotel rennsylv.auia Mon<lay, 

 September L'7. The exliibition quarters 

 arc su])erb. It is a "pay" show this 

 year, l)ut the trade may obtain trade 

 tickets of admission, laTge numbers of 

 which ;ire in the hands of seedsmen 

 and others throughout New York. 



The fall exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York will be held 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. Xo\ember 4 to 7. 



.lohu H. Jiockman, of the II. F. 

 Miehell <'o., Philadelphia, was a visi- 

 tor last week. J. H. P. 



Harry H. White, for the last nint; 

 years em]doyed by Schloss P.ros.. Rib- 

 bons. Inc., has formed a company for 

 the importation and manufacture of 

 ribbons, under the name of the White- 

 house Kibbou Co. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



The Market. 



Flowers are fairly plentiful, but last 

 week saw an a<lvance in prices. This 

 synchronizes with a little better busi- 

 ness, there being a better denuand than 

 has existed during the last few weeks. 

 There have been a good number of wed- 

 dings in September and considerable 

 demand for design work. People are 

 getting settled in the city again and 

 an improvement in trade conditions 

 may be expected. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Toronto 

 Retail Florists' Club was held at 12 

 Adelaide street, west, Mondav. Septem- 

 ber K), with President II. G."Dillemuth 

 in the cliair. This was the annual meet- 

 ing and reports of the officers showed 

 the affairs of the club to be in a pros- 

 ]>erous condition. The treasurer, George 

 Hatcher, reported several hundred dol- 

 lars in the general account-and $2G7, in 

 addition, in the advertising account. 



tlolin 11. l)iinl(q) otlered tiie club the 

 use of quarters for its regular meetings. 

 The offer was accepted and the secre- 

 tary was asked to send a letter to Mr. 

 Dunlop thanking him for his offer. 



The following cdlicers were elected: 

 President, Silas A. McFaddeu; vice- 

 president, J. J. Iliggins; secretary, 

 Harry W. James; treasurer and finan- 

 cial secretarv, Leu Waters; directors, 

 Mrs. Waters', Mrs. Moore, K. S. Sim- 

 mons, (ieorge (Jard and S. A. Frost, and 

 the past presidents, G. M. Geraghty and 

 H. G. Dillemuth; auditors, E. S. Sim- 

 mons and G. M. Geraghty. 



The retiring president, H. G. Dille- 

 muth, thanked the members of the club 

 for their sujiport last year and asked 

 that they gi\e the same loyal support 

 to the incoming jiresident. He spoke 

 of the necessity of pulling together to 

 secure the cooperation of the growers 

 in improving conditions in the business, 

 of securing a staml.ard grading and of 

 spreading the gospel of good will among 

 all connected with the business. 



The incoming jiresiilent, S. A. Mc- 

 Faddeu. tlumked the members for their 

 expression of c<infidence in him and 

 stated that he had several plans he 

 wished to have carrieil out. A jirogram 

 would be mapped out and an eude.avor 

 made to interi'st all the retailers in the 

 club ami secure th(Mr regular atteml- 

 ance. The executive will be asked to 

 a}>prove of a set jirogram of pa]>ers and 

 a<ldresses apart from the social fea- 

 tures, and he thought that they would 

 be able to arrange for something to 

 benefit all. In addition they wouM at- 

 tack the problems confronting the re- 

 tailer and endeavor to secure better 

 conditions in the retail trade. 



The next meeting will be held Octo- 

 ber 4, as many of the members will be 

 at the F. T. D. convention at Indian- 

 apolis the week after that. 



John Milligan was proposed as a 

 member. 



Various Notes. 



Fred C. Brown, of Cleveland, was a 

 welcome visitor to Toronto for a few 

 days last week. 



C.tMirge Ya\ner has returned from six 



