November 27, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



OBITUARY 



Daniel Sidney Bro\7n. 



Daniel Sidney Brown, well known for 

 years in the trade as a collector of 

 orchids, died at his home, 5221 Wash- 

 ington boulevard, St. Louis, Mo., No- 

 vember 17, from a stroke of apoplexy, 

 at the age of 66 years. Mr. Brown's 

 collection of orchids was considered the 

 finest in the country and was recently 

 given to the Missouri Botanical Gar- 

 den. A blanket of the finest orchids 

 from this collection was sent by "the di- 

 rectors of the garden and covered the 

 casket. 



Alexander Common. 



Alexander Common, of 412 Grand 

 Eiver avenue, Detroit, died Friday, 

 November 21. He had been in the trade 

 in Detroit for twenty-two years. He 

 retired last spring on account of ad- 

 vanced age, being over 60 years old. He 

 was buried at Gault, Ont. J. A. L. 



DETKOIT, MICH. 



Tbe Market. 



With warmer and brighter weather, 

 which brings on the stock, all growers 

 were cutting in large quantities. The 

 first part of last week there was plenty 

 for all, but in the latter part stock was 

 scarce. Business has been increasing, 

 with occasionally a big job coming in, 

 which would clear the market of what 

 happened to be on hand. 



Mums are in large supply, but the de- 

 mand seems to have no limit. All the 

 varieties clear each day with the ex- 

 cption of white mums. Yellow Eaton 

 and Golden Chadwick are the best yel- 

 lows which the market affords and buy- 

 ers have to be in the market early to 

 get any. They are large in bloom and 

 with long, straight stems — really speci- 

 men stock. Patty is high-grade stock, 

 but it has a tendency to wilt. However, 

 many boxes of them are soon disposed 

 of. Enguehard is of large flower, but 

 the bloom is a bit too heavy for its stem. 

 However, they bring a good price and 

 have no trouble in finding the buyers. 

 Chas. Bager, a beautiful white, is in 

 good supply, but the demand does not 

 incline toward the white varieties. 

 White Chadwicks are few and of won- 

 derful quality; the buyer feels fortunate 

 to get them. Boman Gold is smaller, 

 second-grade stock and the market has 

 plenty for sale. Bonnaffons are medium 

 in size and with short stems; they are 

 always in demand even if they are poor 

 keepers. There are a few novelties to 

 be had, such as Harvard, a beautiful 

 red, and Barbara Davis, a bronze col- 

 ored mum. They are short in supply. 

 Maud Deans are high-class in quality 

 with a good supply in the market; their 

 demand is fair. 



Pompons are a bit short in supply, 

 except in the poorer grades. Bronze 

 and yellow are most favored by the 

 buyers. Mrs. Frank Wilcox (known as 

 Mrs. Beu) is in crop, but it is quickly 

 disposed of, also Golden Climax. 



Roses are plentiful in the market, but 

 the growers are not cutting large quan- 

 tities. Premiers are the leaders and are 

 of high quality. They sell slowly, bring- 



ing a high price, but the supply usually 

 is well distributed. They are of good 

 color and size with long, straight stems. 

 Columbias are also high-class, with the 

 supply a bit short for the demand. 

 Ophelias are of all grades and qualities. 

 The high-colored buds are just equal 

 to the demand and bring a fair price 

 considering the high quality, but the 

 lighter colored ones have the appear- 

 ance of having been kept too long by 

 the grower, being partly open and faded 

 in color. Hoosier Beauties are short in 

 supply; those to be had are of good size 

 and stiff stem. The other roses, such 

 as Shawyer, Sunburst, Killarneys and 

 Eussell, are fine stock and clear slowly 

 each day. Wards are plentiful and are 

 nice, sturdy buds; hence the supply is 

 not in overabundance. White roses, like 

 the other varieties, are of good quality 

 with a steady cut, but they are in de- 

 mand one day and off the next. Bon 

 Silenes are off crop, with only a few to 

 be had. Sweethearts are being cut too 

 ripe, which depreciates their value to 

 the retailer. 



Carnations are coming finely. All 

 colors are to be had, of good stock. The 

 demand is poor and it is a good thing 

 that they are not in heavier crop. 



The other flowers in season, such as 

 calendulas, sweet peas, bouvardia. Paper 

 Whites, snapdragons and violets, are all 

 to be had, but are not appreciated by 

 the buyers or the public. 



Plants are off crop, only cyclamens 

 and mum plants being available and 

 those in too small quantity to allow 

 choice, so that the demand is poor. The 

 supply of asparagus, maidenhair ferns 

 and smilax is heavy. 



Club Meeting and Flower Show. 



The Detroit Florists' Club met at 

 the Hotel Statler, Tuesday evening, 

 November 18, in connection with an ex- 

 hibition of roses, mums and other flow- 

 ers. A. Miller, of the American Bulb 

 Co., Chicago, addressed the club on his 

 recent trip to Japan and his observa- 

 tions of the large-scale lily bulb grow- 

 ers of that country. The next speaker 

 was O. E. Steinkamp, of Baur & Stein- 

 kamp, Indianapolis, Ind., who dis- 

 cussed the Ruth Baur carnation and 

 then extended a welcome to all to at- 

 tend the F. T. D. convention in Indian- 

 apolis next year. Philip Breitmeyer, of 

 John Breitmeyer 's Sons, called atten- 

 tion to the beautiful exhibits and com- 

 plimented the growers on their contri- 

 butions to the success of the show. 

 Albert Pochelon, secretary of the F. T. 

 D., spoke highly of the careful way in 

 which the mums were packed and urged 

 that commercial packing should be 

 brought up to the same standard. 

 Finally, Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian, 

 Mich., gave an interesting and instruc- 

 tive talk on chrysanthemums and the 

 problems of the development of new va- 

 rieties; his talk was illustrated with 

 two boxes of sample mums. 



Among the exhibits were the follow- 

 ing: Collection of new varieties of 

 mums, by Elmer D. Smith, Adrian, 

 Mich.; vases of Golden Chadwick and of 

 Patty mums, by Thomas Browne, Green- 

 field, Mich.; vases of Dolly Dimple and 

 of Golden Chadwick mums, by W. J. & 

 M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Sun- 

 shine anemones, by J. B. Goetz Sons, 

 Saginaw, Mich.; Madame Butterfly, a 

 sport from Ophelia, but deeper in color, 

 by the Joseph H. Hill Co., Richmond, 

 Ind.; Frank W. Dunlop, a seedling of 



the Russell type, but larger and heavier, 

 by John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Ont.; Ruth 

 Baur, by Baur & Steinkamp, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., and Glory of Wandsbek 

 cyclamen, by the Geo. Wittbold Co., 

 Chicago. 



Bowling Club Meets. 



The Detroit Florists' Bowling Club 

 met Thursday evening, November 20, 

 with the following scores for the even- 

 ing: 



Beauties. Ist 2nd 3rd Tigers. 1st 2nd 8rd 



Sylvester ..165 189 149 Rabe 199 138 165 



Taylor ....185 168 205 Radlie 119 128 134 



Bezemer . . .169 168 180 Berlin 135 146 141 



Doemling ..213 236 148 Charvot 164 192 171 



Conceded 150 150 150 Bloy 171 168 186 



Totals ...822 901 782 

 Bisons. Ist 2nd Srd 



Streit 158 147 150 



Davis 150 182 151 



Moss 116 98 144 



HertUng ...157 147 151 

 Klang 178 158 128 



Totals . . 



Indians. 

 Fetters . . . 

 Papes .... 

 Browne . . . 

 Kirkpatricli 



Conceded 



.788 772 787 



Ist 2nd Srd 



.160 130 141 



.114 135 112 



.137 127 112 



140 195 139 



150 160 160 



Totals . . .769 732 724 Totals .. .707 737 654 



The present standing of the teams is 

 as follows: 



Won Lost 



Bisons 13 11 



Indians 13 11 



American Beauties 11 13 



Tigers 11 13 



George Doemling bowled the high 

 game of the season with 236, also 213; 

 his 3-game average is also high for the 

 season, being 199. 



Various Notes. 



Albert Winkler, of John Breitmeyer 's 

 Sons, was at Bay City, Mich., for three 

 days working on a wedding decoration. 



Alex Common, of Grand River avenue, 

 died November 21. Further account ap- 

 pears in the obituary column this week. 



Philip Breitmeyer has returned from 

 New York. His views on the trade and 

 market of eastern cities are optimistic, 

 but for Detroit growers he has many 

 compliments for their stock as com- 

 pared with that in other markets. 



E. A. Fetters has been ill with the 

 grip, which accounts for his bowling 

 less than 180. 



Walter Taepke, of Gratiot avenue, 

 had all hands busy with a large decora- 

 tion for the Knights of Columbus last 

 week. 



Wayne MacLaughlin, of John Breit- 

 meyer 's Sons, is on a trip to Kansas 

 City and will visit other cities en route. 



Beard Bros., of Fort street west, has 

 a fine lot of cyclamens in bloom. 



Thomas Browne, of Greenfield, Mich., 

 is cutting mums in large quantities. 

 His white and yellow Chadwicks are 

 indeed fine stock. He is also cutting 

 fine pompons in large quantities. 



The Breitmeyer Floral Co., of Mount 

 Clemens, Mich., is cutting Major Bon- 

 naffons in great quantities. This firm 

 is also bringing stevia into the market. 



The Doemling-Schimmel Co., of Mount 

 Clemens, Mich., is cutting a fine grade 

 of Columbia and Hoosier Beauty, also 

 Ward buds. H. T. 



CHICACK). 



The Market. 



Activity increased steadily as Thanks- 

 giving approached and prices improved 

 with the demand, so that it is the gen- 

 eral report that conditions have been ex- 

 cellent during the last few days. In- 

 deed, many of the wholesalers, both 

 growers and commission men, are able to 

 report that, except for a few days in the 

 middle of the month, November sales 

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