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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBB 13, 1919. 



explained the objects of the movement, 

 and the club adopted a resolution which 

 he presented, putting the club on record 

 as approving of the movement and 

 pledging its support. Some few treas- 

 ury savings certificates were taken up 

 by members individually. 



The awards committee reported a re- 

 cent visit of the committee to the es- 

 tablishment of C. H, Totty Co., Madison, 

 N. J., to examine the new rose, F. W. 

 Dunlop, under growing conditions. The 

 committee recommended that a final cer- 

 tificate be given the rose, the score 

 reaching eighty-eight points. 



Besolutions of sympathy on the 

 deaths of J. B. Deamud and August 

 Jahn were read and adopted, and copies 

 ordered to be sent to the deceaseds' 

 relatives. Secretary Young reported 

 that Alfred T. Bunyard had recently, 

 through death, lost his father, Alfred 

 Zeller a brother, and Oscar Hauschild a 

 brother, whereupon a motion was made 

 directing President Kessler to appoint 

 committees to prepare resolutions of 

 sympathy with these members in their 

 bereavements. 



The secretary read a letter he had re- 

 ceived from Patrick O'Mara announc- 

 ing that he was on the road to recovery 

 from his recent illness, and extending 

 greetings to the club. 



Candidates for Election. 



The committee on nominations re- 

 ported the following as candidates 

 for office for the ensuing year, to be 

 voted upon at the next meeting: For 

 president, Philip F. Kessler, I. S. Hen- 

 drickson, Archibald M. Henshaw; for 

 vice-president, John G. Esler and Roman 

 J. Irwin; for secretary, John Young and 

 E. C. Vick; for treasurer, Wm. C. Rick- 

 ards, Jr., and William Kather; for trus- 

 tees, Alfred T. Bunyard, Emil Schloss, 

 Thos. Boothe DeForest and Max Schling. 



Secretary Young opened a discussion 

 on cooperative publicity, and told of 

 what the florists of BuffaJo and other 

 cities were doing. Wallace R. Pierson 

 described the publicity arrangements 

 made by the florists of Hartford, where- 

 by $2,400 a year was being expended for 

 local publicity. While no action le- 

 sulted from the discussion, it is likely 

 that the matter will again come up at 

 a subsequent meeting. 



The secretary called attention to the 

 billboards which the publicity campaign 

 committees are putting out, explaining 

 the construction and design, and asked 

 that any member having a suitable site 

 for a sign get in touch with him. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., made a splendid 

 display of chrysanthemums and roses, 

 on which the committee on awards made 

 the following report: Rose Pilgrim, 86 

 points, preliminary certificate recom- 

 mended; Rose Crusader, 86 points, pre- 

 liminary certificate recommended; 

 Chrysanthemum Golden Barbara Davis, 

 88 points, preliminary certificate; col- 

 lection of singles and pompons, highly 

 commended. J. 11. P. 



LONDON, ONT. 



ficient quantities to meet the demand. 

 Roses are in fair demand and of good 

 quality. 



Starting the Public. 



The local florists banded together to 

 start the "Say It with Flowers" week 

 by sending a bouquet to every patient in 

 the hospitals and every inmate of the 

 charitable institutions, numbering 1,500 

 in all. To each bouquet was tied a card 

 with these words: 



"SAY IT WITH FLOWERS." 

 AVo want to be sure, and so do you. 



That somebody cares the same old way — 

 So we listen to flowers and tell with flowers 



The things we love to hear and say! 



With the compliments of the florists of London 

 on their "Say It with Flowers" week, Novemlaer 

 3 to November 8, 1919. 



The local papers took up the idea in 

 fine shape and a number of good edito- 

 rials appeared, stating that next year the 

 public should catch the idea of "Say It 

 with Flowers" in such a way as to see 

 that everyone who was ill or shut in 

 should benefit by a box of flowers. 



Various Notes. 



The West Floral Co. reports a heavy 

 Week in funeral work. 



J. Gammage & Sons are cutting some 

 fine mums from their greenhouses. Their 

 cyclamens and Christmas plants are 

 showing up well and will be in fine shape 

 for the holiday season. 



The Dicks Flower Shop had a number 

 of decorations last week and reports a 

 heavy week in funeral work. 



A. Roberts & Sons are cutting a fine 

 lot of mums, which find a heavy demand. 



F. G. D. 



The Market. 



Cooler and more settled weather has 

 brought an impetus to local trade. 

 Chrysanthemums in all the seasonable 

 varieties are now arriving in large quan- 

 tities. The first Paper Whites made 

 their appearance last week and were of 

 good quality. Sweet peas and violets 

 are beginning to arrive, but not in suf- 



October Summary. 



While it was anticipated that October 

 would prove a good business month, it 

 was not expected to compare with Octo- 

 ber, 1918, when total sales mounted to 

 more than three times the average, yet 

 October, 1919, may be recorded as hav- 

 ing gone over the top and broken the 

 month's record. 



In no month since the outbreak of 

 the war in 1914 have there been so many 

 weddings, nor has the use of flowers 

 been so general as in the month just 

 past. While the demand for funeral 

 work was not to be compared with that 

 of 1918, yet there has been a constant 

 call for pieces of better quality, so that 

 the total value has not fallen off to any 

 great extent. Added to the everyday 

 run of affairs, there were two or three 

 social functions of a more than ordinary 

 nature, the visit of the Prince of Wales 

 and the Shrincrs' ball being two of the 

 most outstanding. The decorations for 

 both affairs called for a good deal of 

 work and a considerable quantity of 

 material. 



The Dicks Floral Co. had the decora- 

 tion for the Prince's banquet, which 

 called for a great deal of detail work 

 and which was executed in a manner 

 that commanded praise from all who 

 saw it. 



Gammage & Sons had the decorations 

 for the Prince's reception at the ar- 

 mories and also the decoration at the 

 Masonic Temple for the Shrincrs' ball 

 October 31, the latter calling for large 

 quantities of wild smilax, shocks of 

 corn, sheaves of oats, pumpkins and 

 thousands of yellow pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums, together with draping of Hal- 

 loween colors, all forming a most ef- 

 fective and elaborate decoration. 



While carnations have been scarce, 

 bringing holiday prices, $7 to $10 per 



hundred, roses and chrysanthemums 

 have been in oversupply, although 

 wholesale prices remain firm and are at 

 least twenty per cent higher than in the 

 United States. 



Advice that azaleas have arrived at 

 Montreal has been received and grow- 

 ers are anxiously awaiting their arrival 

 here. W. W. G. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Although that long looked for frost 

 has not yet arrived, the market, while 

 somewhat congested with outdoor stock, 

 has been all that could be desired. 

 Large mums last week cleaned up well. 

 Some of the finer blooms bring $3, $4 

 and $5 per dozen; there are plenty of 

 medium size to be had at prices ranging 

 from $10 to $15 per hundred. The mum 

 market seems to be a good indication of 

 what we may expect in the flower mar- 

 ket this winter. The public is willing to 

 pay $8 and $10 per dozen for really fine 

 flowers and of course they are paying 

 in proportion for the smaller blooms. 



Roses, while not by any means plen- 

 tiful, are sufficient for all requirements, 

 and I do not think there were ever finer 

 grades on this market. Carnations are 

 fast coming into their own, as far as 

 quality is concerned, but the demand for 

 them will not be what it should while 

 mums last. If what is seen this early 

 in the season is a harbinger of what the 

 later crop is to be, there should be no 

 complaint about carnations this winter. 

 The advance crop of sweet peas has al- 

 ready made its appearance and, while 

 the quantity is not yet large, the quality 

 is good. Violets are to be had, but, like 

 sweet peas, are not by any means plen- 

 tiful yet. 



Various Notes. 



At the funeral of Mrs. Andrew Whit- 

 ridge, about two weeks ago, I saw as 

 fine a lot of funeral work as it has ever 

 been my good fortune to see. One re- 

 markable thing about this great mass of 

 flowers was that, aside from wreaths, 

 there was not a design among them. A 

 pall made by Samuel Feast & Sons was 

 certainly a fine piece of work; it was 

 composed of a background of smilax, 

 over which was maidenhair fern, with 

 a cross of orchids worked in the center 

 and a border of violets. Mary Johns- 

 ton had three truck-ioads of sprays and 

 wreaths; her sprays of roses were cer- 

 tainly fine, made of Stevenson Bros.^ 

 Premier and Columbia roses. Never 

 have I seen finer roses than these boys 

 are now putting on the market. Every- 

 one had a share in the work, for the 

 Whitridges are one of the largest and 

 oldest families in the city. 



A verdict was rendered in the Court 

 of Common Pleas recently which will be 

 far-reaching. Benjamin Stoll, a florist 

 of Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county, sued 

 the Davidson Ciiemical Co., of Curtis 

 Bay, for $100,000 for damages done to 

 his growing crops by fumes from the de- 

 fendant 's factory. The trial was in the 

 nature of a test case. After deliberat- 

 ing until late in the night, the jury 

 brought in a sealed verdict in favor of 

 Mr. Stoll for $100. This established the 

 right of Mr. Stoll's father, the owner of 

 the property, to recover for depreciation 

 in its value. There has been complaint 

 for some time in this section of the dam- 

 age done to florists' crops by this fac- 

 tory. 



