Decembeb 18, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



OBITUARY 



Mark F. Kyle. 



Mark F. Kyle, one of the oldest flo- 

 rists and gardeners in the middle west, 

 passed away December 12, at Chicago. 

 Mr. Kyle was 83 years of age. He was 

 born in Scotland and came to America 

 in 1861, locating at St. Louis. After 

 a short time he removed to Chicago and 

 was for many years with John Good & 

 Co., afterwards Andrew McAdams, the 

 business now conducted by William La 

 Grotta. During his later active years 

 he had charge of the Charles Eeisig 

 place at Riverside. He retired in 1912 

 to make his home with his only son, 

 William P. Kyle, 5435 Lake Park ave- 

 nue, Chicago, where he died. The 

 funeral was held December 15, inter- 

 ment being at Mount Greenwood ceme- 

 tery. Among the pallbearers were 

 Charles Klehm, William La Grotta and 

 William Kidwell. There were many 

 flowers, attesting the high esteem in 

 which the deceased and the family are 

 held. 



John Kent. 



John Kent, of Knoxville, Tenn,, one 

 of the oldest florists and gardeners in 

 the state, died December 8 at the age of 

 87 years. He was born in Harnston, 

 Lincolnshire, England, in May, 1832, 

 and came to this country early in life. 

 For many years he was manager of the 

 Island Home Gardens, near Knoxville, 

 later joining the growing staff of the 

 C. W. Crouch Co. During the later 

 years of his active life he held a posi- 

 tion at the greenhouses of Baum 's Home 

 of Flowers. He retired from active 

 service about five years ago and since 

 then had spent most of the time in 

 Florida. At the funeral services Decem- 

 ber 10 there were some beautiful floral 

 tributes from friends in the trade and 

 others. R. E. M. 



John J. Wade. 



John J. Wade died at his home in 

 Carbondale, Pa., November 6, at the 

 age of 66 years. Mr. Wade had been 

 in business in Carbondale for the last 

 thirty years. He is survived by his 

 wife, four sons and three daughters, 

 who will cooperate to continue the busi- 

 ness. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Stock was scarce last week and prices 

 advanced on all kinds. Carnations are 

 bringing from $10 to $12 per hundred 

 and orchids are selling at from $1.75 to 

 $2 each. Business has been good and all 

 available stock was cleaned right up at 

 good prices. From present indications, 

 stock will be tight for some time. Out- 

 of-town orders for Christmas are coming 

 in fast. The orchid situation has im- 

 proved somewhat, but the outlook for 

 Christmas is not bright. Sweet peas 

 have shown a decrease and there has 

 been a large demand for violets. 



Various Notes. 



The Louise Flower Shop has an inter- 

 esting and attractive display, which 

 puts the ability of the F. T. D. Associa- 

 tion right before the eyes of the public. 

 Miss Daugh3rty has had a complete tel- 



egraph outfit installed by the Western 

 Union Telegraph Co. to connect two min- 

 iature cities which she has arranged in 

 her window. The outfit consists of an 

 instrument in each city and is connect- 

 ed up ready for immediate use. The 

 display is complete in every detail, in- 

 cluding the wiring and small telegraph 

 poles between the towns. At night the 

 little towns are brightly illuminated and 

 when the instruments are working the 

 exhibit shows how the orders are flashed 

 from one part of the country to another 

 in a short time. Large crowds are on 

 hand most of the time to view and study 

 this unusual display. 



George C. Shaffer had large decorat- 

 ing jobs at the Merchants' Bank of this 

 city and at the Washington Club. He 

 has a large amount of funeral work on 

 hand and was busy last week with sev- 

 eral distinguished weddings. 



It has not been mentioned in this col- 

 umn that the Oehmler Floral Co. made a 

 corsage which was worn by the Queen 

 of Belgium while she was in this city. 



Albert Schnell, manager of Leo Nies- 

 sen's Washington store, is getting 

 things in shape to cope with the Christ- 

 mas rush. Large quantities of fine arti- 

 ficial stock as well as all other kinds 

 are coming in. 



F. H. Kramer reports business good. 

 His palm garden is visited by hundreds 

 of people daily. G. V. S. 



Gude Bros. Co. ran a decidedly effec- 

 tive page advertisement in the local 

 press. "Say It with Flowers" appeared 

 in script repeatedly and around the elo- 

 quent copy of the advertisement ran a 

 border of telegrams received and sent 

 by this firm from and to all parts of the 

 country, as well as a written order to a 

 London firm. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



Last week 'a business was below par. 

 There was the usual sale of dried flower 

 Christmas novelties and also the usual 

 number of pricers — customers looking 

 around and comparing prices. The sale 

 of fresh flowers has been slow, but fu- 

 neral work has been a little better than 

 normal and has helped to move the 

 supply along. 



Roses are in oversupply because of 

 the high prices in this market, since 

 the retailers arc taking advantage of 

 the out-of-town growers. The local 

 growers seem to overlook the fact that 

 they have out-of-town growers to com- 

 pete with or else they are preparing 

 the buyers for the high Christmas prices 

 to come. American Beauties are poor 

 in quality, but they manage to find buy- 

 ers. Ophelia and Shawyer are moving 

 most successfully. 



Chrysanthemums continue to come in, 

 but they do not amount to much. Car- 

 nations of high quality are coming in 

 and bringing top prices. Paper Whites 

 find the demand slow, but they clear 

 each day, since the supply is limited. 

 Stevia, calendulas, snapdragons and 

 English wallflowers are coming to the 

 market. Violets are uncertain from day 

 to day, in both quality and quantity. 

 Sweet peas are meeting what is only 

 a fair demand, considering the fine qual- 

 ity. The market is well stocked with 

 greens. 



Bowling Club Meets. 



The Detroit Florists' Bowling Club 

 met Thursday evening, December 11, 



with the following scores for the eve- 

 ning: 



Tigers. 1st 2nd 3rd Bisons. 1st 2nd 3rd 



Rabe 137 146 117 Strelt 183 176 175 



Radke 161 147 122 Davis 121 149 150 



Charvot ...157 124 176 Moss 135 118 157 



Bloy 133 187 146 Hertllng . . .120 139 117 



Conceded 150 160 150 Klang 158 146 I72 



Totals ...738 754 711 Totals ...717 728 771 



Indians. Ist 2nd Srd Beauties. Ist 2nd 3«d 



Fetters ... 98 138 155 Sylvester ..143 169 111 



Papes 185 118 118 Bezemer ...159 108 175 



Klrkpatrick 143 182 193 Taylor 154 144 180 



Conceded 150 150 150 Doemling ..206 166 162 



Totals ...576 588 616 Totals ...662 587 568 

 George Doemling bowled high game 

 with 206 and J. Streit had high 3-game 

 average with 178. That evening also a 

 florists' team bowled a team from the 

 force of the Chas. H. Plumb Co.; the 

 florists' team won all three games, as 

 follows: 



Florists. 1st 2nd 3rd Plumb. 1st 2nd 3rd 



Fettera ... .149 172 171 W. Whlfeil.116 157 178 



Bloy 150 156 179 E. Whlfell. 89 113 119 



Oharvot ...123 188 104 .T. Miller. . .133 178 125 



Klrkpatrick 132 146 170 F. Debuel..l86 187 132 



Streit 178 160 148 P. Nanman.143 130 135 



Totals . . .732 822 772 Totals . . .667 765 689 



Various Notes. 



The Detroit Florists' Club held a 

 meeting at the Hotel Statler Tuesday 

 evening, December 16. Professor C. P. 

 Halligan, of Michigan Agricultural 

 College, Lansing, Mich., gave an inter- 

 esting address on "The Principles of 

 Plant Growth and the Chemical Ele- 

 ments in the Soil, ' ' and Elmer D. Smith, 

 Adrian, Mich., who presented an ex- 

 hibit of late-blooming chrysanthemum 

 novelties, continued his helpful discus- 

 sion of their culture and production. 

 Harry Smith read an article on mums 

 which he had first read to the club 

 twenty-five years ago. After the talks 

 the members discussed preparations for 

 the Christmas trade. A feature of the 

 meeting was a display of Hamburg 

 Late Pink mums by the Wm. F. Kasting 

 Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 



John Klang has a new Dodge delivery 

 car. H. T. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There has been a radical change in 

 market conditions since last report. 

 Even before the heat and light restric- 

 tions were canceled the market had be- 

 gun to stiffen and the present week 

 opened with a sharply reduced supply 

 and with prices on the up grade. 



At length the chrysanthemum season 

 seems actually to be passing. Of course 

 there still are quite a few large mums ' 

 and many pompons still in the market, 

 but the quantity is so much less than it 

 has been during the last two months 

 that the weight of the load no longer 

 is felt. Also, those among the out-of- 

 town buyers who have been using their 

 own chrysanthemums evidently have 

 cleaned them out, because they have in- 

 creased the orders sent to Chicago. The 

 shipping trade really is phenomenal. 

 Heavy as were last season 's shipments 

 at this date, the present volume of ship- 

 ping is running ahead of all previous 

 records and the word comes from all the 

 cities and towns served by this market 

 that the flower business never has been 

 so active as now. It is not the same in 

 Chicago. The local retailers have not 

 been breaking records during the first 

 half of December. 



No doubt one of the reasons why sup- 

 ply is reduced this week is that the 

 growers are holding back for Christmas. 

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