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The Florists^ Review 



OoroBBB 28, 1020 



OBOANIZATION T0X7B. 



J. F. Ammann's Report. 



In this brief report of my recent trip 

 through the east in the interest of the 

 National Flower Growers' Association 

 and publicity, I want first to say that 

 I believe the foundation for the won- 

 derful inspiration you meet everywhere, 

 for more cooperation in our trade as a 

 whole, springs from the progressive 

 F. T. D. meetings of recent years, of 

 which the one just held at Indianapolis 

 was again nearer the pinnacle of suc- 

 cess than any previous one. Not only 

 the retailers, but the growers, whole- 

 salers, supply and traveling men as 

 well, become inspired with new initia- 

 tive and a vision for the future of our 

 business that means progress indeed. 



October 14 I arrived in Baltimore and 

 found the retailers, wholesalers and 

 growers cooperating for a ' * Say It with 

 Flowers" week under the leadership of 

 the Deatel Advertising Agency, with a 

 success such as will indeed set the pace 

 for future activities of this kind. Co- 

 operative local advertising in Baltimore 

 is progressing nicely indeed, and they 

 expect to get into the national cam- 

 paign on the seventy-five and twenty- 

 five per cent plan in the near future. 

 A growers' organization was perfected 

 here and is working along nicely. 



My next stop was at New York, 

 where the Allied Florists' Trade Asso- 

 ciation was formed, with great promise 

 for future advertising on the coopera- 

 tive local and national plan. I have no 

 doubt that in the near future New 

 York growers will, too, perfect an or- 

 ganization. 



At a little dinner to growers in Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., the Western New York 

 Growers' Association was organized 

 with great promise for the future. 

 Growers of Rochester, Erie and other 

 nearby cities will be invited to join and 

 should become a part of this wide-awake 

 branch of the National Flower Growers ' 

 Association. Cooperative publicity at 

 Buffalo is no new thing, as this has been 

 in progress over a year, and the grow- 

 ers, retailers and wholesalers are sold 

 on the proposition about 100 per cent. 



In Caeveland, the Ohio District of the 

 National Flower Growers' Association 

 was formed, with a lively interest 

 shown. Here, too, cooperative publicity 

 is no experiment. 



The next and last stop was at De- 

 troit, where a temporary organization, 

 with a committee on constitution and 

 by-laws, was perfected and from which, 

 no doubt, a permanent organization of 

 growers for the Michigan district will 

 soon be formed. Here, too, plans are 

 in progress for cooperative publicity. 



I forgot to mention that the growers 

 of Indiana met at Indianapolis and 

 started a growers' association by elect- 

 ing temporary officers and appointing a 

 committee on constitution and by-laws, 

 during the F. T. D. meeting, so the Hoo- 

 sier growers, too, will soon be a part 

 of us. 



So now, with the Chicago, Boston 

 and St. Louis districts added to the 



above, we have every reason to con- 

 gratulate ourselves on the progress 

 made in the short space of time. So 

 that, when our first annual convention 

 is held at Washington, D. C, in Janu- 

 ary, we can come before the meeting of 

 the American Carnation Society with 

 pride and show them how the infant 

 born at their last meeting in Chicago 

 has grown. J. F. Ammann, Sec'y. 



MOBE QBOWEBS OBGANIZE. 



Tuesday evening, October 19, was the 

 occasion of a visit to Buffalo by J. F. 

 Ammann, secretary of the National 

 Flower Growers' Association. He ad- 

 dressed a well attended meeting of 

 growers at the Iroquois hotel. 



Following his address, a constitution 

 and by-laws were adopted and officers 

 elected, as follows: President, C. F. 

 Treichler, Sanborn, N. Y.; first vice- 

 president, W. J. Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 second vice-president, C. T. Guenther, 

 Hamburg, N. Y. ; secretary, H. B. Brook- 

 ins, Orchard Park, N. Y.; treasurer, B. 

 S. Meyers, Lancaster, N. Y., and an 

 executive committee consisting of the 

 above and David J. Scott, Corfu, N. Y.; 

 W. C. Stroh, Attica, N. Y.; Chas. Chris- 

 tensen, Eggertsville, N. Y., and C. Gal- 

 ley, Gardenville, N. Y. 



The name of the new organization is 

 the Western New York District of the 

 National Flower Growers* Association 

 and its constitution follows closely that 

 of the national association. 



It is understood that no immediate 

 effort will be made to establish local or- 

 ganizations of growers between Buffalo 

 and New York or between Buffalo and 

 Cleveland. The western New York or- 

 ganization proposes to reach out and 

 care for the growers in western and cen- 

 tral New York and northern Pennsyl- 

 vania until such time as they may be 

 able to support local headquarters 

 themselves. Growers who are inter- 

 ested should communicate at once with 

 the secretary, who will supply them with 

 further information. H. B. B. 



NEW YORK, 



The Market. 



The week ending October 23 was con- 

 spicuous through an immense supply of 

 flowers and a demand which did not 

 seem to take care of even a small part 

 of it. The warm weather brought in an 

 avalanche of chrysanthemums, which 

 had to meet an equally large supply of 

 dahlias and other outdoor material. 

 Weather conditions are largely blamed 

 for the situation. Up to October 25, no 

 killing frosts had been experienced, 

 and dahlias, cannas, cosmos and many 

 other outdoor flowers continue to bloom 

 profusely. Gardens everywhere in the 

 neighborhood of New York are flourish- 

 ing as in summer. Midseason varieties 

 of chrysanthemums are crowding in 

 upon the earlier sorts and some of the 

 late varieties are making an appear- 

 ance. Unless the weather becomes 

 more seasonable, it is feared that the 

 supply of mums for Thanksgiving may 



be quite short. Prices of last week are 

 almost unquotable, each day's arrivals 

 piling up so that it was a matter of 

 movement, rather than sale at remu- 

 nerative prices. Thousands of fine flow- 

 ers, such as in the previous week 

 brought $4 and $5 per dozen, were 

 moved at as low as $2 per dozen, some- 

 times less, and bunched flowers went 

 for anything that could be obtained for 

 them, 



Boses, naturally, suffered under the 

 strain of the market. While arrivals, 

 under ordinary conditions, would not 

 have been considered at all heavy, the 

 demand was weak and prices dropped 

 materially. On Saturday, October 23, 

 there was some recovery, receipts being 

 lighter. Monday, October 25, the de- 

 mand was sluggish. American Beauty 

 specials are moving slowly at $25 to $50 

 per hundred, and hybrid teas at $1 to 

 $15 for ordinary varieties. White roses 

 are a little more plentiful. 



There is a good supply of carnations, 

 but the demand for them is weak, re- 

 sulting in considerable waste. The 

 range of prices is $1 to $3 per hundred. 



The supply of cattleyas continues 

 adequate for the rather small demand, 

 and prices remain about the same as 

 last quoted, $35 to $100 per hundred. 

 Oncidiums bring $5 to $8 per hundred. 



Easter lilies are in rather light supply 

 and the demand just about absorbs ar- 

 rivals at $8 to $10 per hundred. Lily 

 of the valley is in better supply, but its 

 movement is slow at $3 to $8. 



There is a plentiful supply of miscel- 

 laneous flowers, embracing snapdragon, 

 eelosia, pansies, myosotis, nmrigolds, 

 cosmos, dahlias and a few late asters 

 and gladioli. Violets are plentiful, but 

 the quality is poor generally and the 

 demand inactive in consequence. Vio- 

 let growers are praying for cooler 

 weather. 



Various Notes, 



The A. L. Bandall Co., Chicago, has 

 an extensive exhibit of willow furniture 

 in the furniture trade exhibition now in 

 progress at the Sixth Avenue building, 

 one floor above the flower market. 



Karl S. Landolt, formerly with G. E. 

 M. Stumpp, but lately superintendent 

 of an estate at Islip, Long Island, N. Y., 

 is nursing a broken arm, resulting from 

 a fall from a ladder. 



The funeral services for the late Ed- 

 ward C. Horan were held in Campbell's 

 Funeral church, Broadway and Sixty- 

 sixth street, on Wednesday afternoon, 

 October 20. The floral tributes were 

 numerous and the casket was sur- 

 rounded by banks of made-up pieces 

 extending almost to the ceiling of the 

 chancel, with bunches of flowers in 

 other parts of the church and along the 

 entrance aisles. Several connected with 

 the trade were present, among them 

 Frank H. Traendly, J. K. Allen, Anton 

 Schultheis, Joseph S. Fenrich, M. C. 

 Ford, Mr. Bridgman, of Small's, A. F. 

 Faulkner and J. H. Pepper. 



Philip Kearny Mindil, dramatic critic 

 and journalist, who made a most inter- 

 esting address before the New York 

 Florists' Club a few years ago, when 

 the subject of publicity first engaged 

 the attention of the club, died Octo- 

 ber 22. He was one of four founders 

 of the world-renowned Lambs' Club. 



Harry Hoffman, who for some time 

 conducted a retail flower store at Broad- 

 way and Eighty-sixth street, has gone 

 out of business and is now connected 



