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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBH 6, 1919. 



touch, many of the flowers being dedi- 

 cated to the leaders and soldiers of the 

 late war. A bloom of outstanding im- 

 portance was the General Pershing, 

 which was named after the general at 

 the 1917 show. Another handsome mum 

 is the Betsy Boss, from Adrian, Mich. 

 The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its dinner party at the Dewey hotel 

 on the evening of October 27. A good 

 many out-of-town florists attended the 

 banquet, including several prominent 

 florists from Baltimore. They all ex- 

 pressed their hearty appreciation and 

 wished the Washington boys great suc- 

 cess with their flower week campaign. 

 The banquet room was elaborately deco- 

 rated with flowers and paintings of the 

 flower week posters. The florists, true 

 to their slogan, ' ' Say It with Flowers, ' ' 

 were satisfied to make their after-din- 

 ner speeches brief. Sufficient flowers 

 were subscribed to provide a large bou- 

 quet for each ward of soldier patients 

 at Walter Eeed hospital. G. V. S. 



William F. Gude was authorized by 

 the Washington Chamber of Commerce 

 to act as its representative at the in- 

 ternational trade conference at Atlan- 

 tic City, where he was already repre- 

 senting the S. A. F. 



DUIjUTH, MINN. 



The Market. 



There was a slowing up of business 

 the first part of the week, owing to the 

 unusual weather for this time of the 

 year. Snow fell for two days and was 

 fifteen inches deep in some parts of the 

 city. About the middle of the week a 

 change came and things brightened 

 wonderfully. Chrysanthemums are in 

 full swing and some fine stock is being 

 handled. The leading varieties are Yel- 

 low and White Turner, Pink and White 

 Chieftain, Golden Queen, Chrysolora, 

 BonnafFon and a few Marigold, which 

 are of exceedingly good quality. A 

 splendid lot of pompons are coming in, 

 which move quickly. Chrysanthemums 

 have been much better in quality than 

 in other years. 



Carnations continue to improve and 

 sell well at $1.50 per dozen. The first 

 shipment of double violets arrived last 

 week, but they are only of moderate 

 quality, being a little early. Valley 

 is still scarce and cattleyas are a little 

 easier. 



The quality of all grades of roses was 

 better last week and some fine stock 

 was seen. Such varieties as Columbia, 

 White Killarney, Premier, Eussell and 

 Ophelia are extra good, both long and 

 short-stemmed, and are selling excep- 

 tionally well. American Beauties are 

 in plentiful supply and the stock is 

 good. 



In plants, primulas and cyclamens 

 take the lead. The supply is equal to the 

 demand. Potted chrysanthemums are 

 also coming along. .Funeral work has 

 been brisk all the week. In greens the 

 supply is equal to the demand, except 

 smilax, which is scarce. There was 

 a slowing up in the sale of bulbs, on 

 account of the heavy fall of snow. 



Various Notes. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports busi- 

 ness exceedingly good and a great im- 

 provement over last year. They are 

 showing some extra fine chrysanthe- 

 mums and roses. A basket of single 

 pink chrysanthemums artistically ar- 



ranged in the center of the window was 

 quite effective. 



The Duluth Floral Co. is showing a 

 fine lot of cemetery wreaths made of 

 magnolia leaves, pine cones, cycas 

 leaves, etc. At this time of the year 

 this kind of wreath is in great demand. 



The Quality Flower Shop reports 

 business entirely satisfactory. They 

 have a large display of chrysanthemums 

 and roses. They have decided to give 

 up the candy department entirely and 

 will remodel the store with mirrors and 

 wall fixtures suitable for the florists' 

 business. J. E. S. 



MEETING AT DES MOINES. 



The Iowa Horticultural Society, work- 

 ing with the Society of Iowa Florists, 

 will hold its annual autumn show No- 

 vember 11 to 13 at the Coliseum in Des 

 Moines. The officers are looking for- 

 ward to a splendid meeting, one full of 

 "pep" and enthusiasm. 



At the banquet Wednesday evening, 

 November 12, J. F. Ammann, president 

 of the S. A. F., will give an address on 

 the subject, "Cooperative Publicity." 

 Mr. Ammann, having just returned from 

 the meeting of the F. T. D. in Buffalo, 

 will be eager and enthusiastic to pass 

 on to Iowa florists some of the many 

 good things from that meeting. 



Let us have a good number of Iowa 

 florists present and show our national 

 president that the florists of this sec- 

 tion are alive. J. T. D. Fulmer, 

 State Vice-president, S. A. F. 



THE WORLD ABOUND. 



For some unexplained reason, adver- 

 tisers never cease to be specially inter- 

 ested in the inquiries they receive from 

 readers at the ends of the earth. Of 

 course The Eeview is read in every 

 country where there are people who 

 want to keep iv^ touch with trade af- 

 fairs in Ameriesf and correspondence 

 comes to advertisers from everywhere. 

 Like this: 



We don't know where The Review does not 

 circulate — we get good business through It from 

 readers In Kngland, New Zeuland and Canada who 

 answer our ad. — Reeves Foliage C!o., Breton, 

 Ala., October 25, 1919. 



It is an old saying that "it isn't 



where a paper is printed, but where it 



is read, that counts." 



BRIEF ANSWEBS. 



O. & S., Wis. — One of the standard 

 nicotine extracts, used according to the 

 directions on the can, probably will rid 

 the ferns of the "white bugs" in two or 

 three applications. 



J. B. T., 111. — Fumigate with tobacco. 



E. A. Richards, of Greenfield, Mass., 

 had just returned from Boston, where 

 he had attended the annual dinner of 

 the stockholders of the Boston Cut Flow- 

 er Exchange, and observed that both 

 the repast and the dividend declared 

 were satisfactory. The chrysanthemums 

 grown by William Nicholson, of Fram- 

 ingham, Mass., were a show in them- 

 selves. Bonnaffon brought $8 per dozen 

 wholesale and Touset, Early Frost and 

 Brutus ranged from $5 to $8 per dozen, 

 with quick sales at that. Some stock 

 was noted that sold at the rate of five 

 dozen for $2.50, a price that gives one 

 an idea of the range of prices and 

 quality of stock. 



• • • • 



Charles A. Thayer, who has been the 

 grower at the range of E. A. Richards, 

 Greenfield, Mass., for several years, has 

 succeeded to the business. He has some 

 promising seedling chrysanthemums and 

 standard varieties coming along in fine 



shape. 



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H. F. A. Lange, of Worcester, Mass., 

 is in the optimistic class. The houses 

 are stocked with the best that money 

 could buy, but it was a diflScult job. 

 There does not seem to be any prospect 

 of a let-up for some time, although much 

 depends upon a mild winter. The win- 

 dows of the Lange store are notably at- 

 tractive in their autumn dress. 



• • • • 



D. M. Potter, of Auburn, R. I., is 

 changing his heating apparatus to use 

 oil as fuel. This has become popular 

 in Rhode Island; several ranges have 

 already been adapted to oil heating for 



this winter. 



• • • • 



The Ritter Flower Shop, of Fitchburg, 

 Mass, reports an unusual amount of 

 funeral work of late. 



Joseph Fuller, of Leominster, Mass., 

 assisted by Robert Edgar, will make a 

 special effort to produce enough flower- 

 ing pot stock to offset the dearth of 

 lilies. White lilies, whether in pots or 

 as cut flowers, will be none too plentiful 

 this season, in their opinion. 



• • • • 



"Just as fast as they come in, they 

 go out again, ' ' observed Alexander Dal- 

 las, of Alexander Dallas & Son, Water- 

 bury, Conn., referring to the fine lot 

 of chrysanthemums. His remark, how- 

 ever, was applicable also to the general 

 condition of business. 



• * • • 



Mark Aitken's shop at Springfield, 

 Mass., set up a handsome memorial 

 window in honor of ex-President Roose- 

 velt. Some of the finest chrysanthe- 

 mums, the pride of the grower, Eber 



Holmes, did excellent service. 



• • • • 



"Keep pricking," remarked William 

 Schlatter, of Wm. Schlatter & Son, 

 Springfield, Mass., referring to the big 

 demand for staples and pins. "We can- 

 not fill the orders, they come in so fast. 

 It is the result of pin pricking, publicity 

 or advertising in The Review, depending 

 on the way one looks at it, but anyhow 

 we have to enlarge our space for this 

 branch." A fine stock was noted in 

 the houses. A novel idea in lined bas- 

 kets, filled with ferns and small pompon 

 chrysanthemums, caught the eye of buy- 

 ers as soon as it was exhibited. 



• • • • 



R. Carey, of the Beach Greenhouses, 

 South Hadley Falls, Mass., finds ready 

 sales for all he can grow; the higher 

 the grade, the better the price. He has 

 a large and appreciative clientele from 

 a girls' college near by. Joseph Beach, 

 the original proprietor, was seen on his 

 way to Florida. W. M. 



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