January 6, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



OBITUARY 



[See also page 25.] 



Daniel Branch. 



In Washington Park hospital, at Chi- 

 cago, January 3, Daniel Branch passed 

 away following an operation attempted 

 as a last resort to relieve him of a can- 

 cer. He was 63 years of age and one 

 of the oldest retail florists in his city. 



Mr. Branch was born near Molina, 

 111., in 1857. He removed to Chicago 

 while still a young man and it was 

 thirty-five years ago that he started a 

 florists* business of his own. For two 

 decades his place at Indiana avenue 

 and Fortieth street was a landmark, es- 

 pecially so after the pressure of neigh- 

 borhood construction so encroached on 

 his space that he built his greenhouse 

 on the roof of his store. Moving with 

 the tide of population, Mr. Branch went 

 south, first to Fifty-first street and then 

 to Fifty-eighth. The store at Fifty-first 

 street has been operated by him for 

 seventeen years. It will be continued, 

 for a time at least, by his brother, Ed- 

 win. The Fifty-eighth street store, 

 started a few years ago, was sold to 

 Miss W. Whitman, who formerly was 

 Mr. Branch's manager there. 



Mr. Branch had never married. He 

 is survived by three brothers. The 

 funeral was held at 316 West Sixty- 

 third street January 4 and the body was 

 taken to Minneapolis for interment be- 

 side his parents in Lakewood cemetery. 



Mrs. Amy J. Bichaxds. 



Mrs. Amy J. Eichards, wife of E. A. 

 Eichards, formerly a prominent florist 

 of Greenfield, Mass., died at her home 

 December 22, at the age of 64, following 

 a lingering illness. Mrs. Eichards was 

 a native of Hopewell, Lower Cape, A1-, 

 bert county, N. B., and was a resident' 

 of Lynn, Mass., prior to her removal to 

 Greenfield about twenty years ago. 



She was a member of the Baptist 

 church and of the Degree of Honor, A. 

 O. U. W. Besides her husband, she is 

 survived by one son, Perrin C. Clark, 

 two grandchildren and two sisters. Mr. 

 Eichards was a successful member of the 

 trade for nineteen years. About a year 

 and one-half ago he sold his business 

 because of his wife's ill health. 



The funeral services were held at the 

 residence, Eev. J. B. Lemon, of the Bap- 

 tist church, officiating. Interment was 

 at Federal Street cemetery. 



are seen and still fewer callas, but 

 these are too limited to be quoted. 



A few Patty mums are being offered, 

 but meet with slow sale. 



Miscellaneous offerings include calen- 

 dulas, orchids, valley, lilies, stevia and 

 mignonette. These have been good prop- 

 erty during the holidays for corsage 

 work and table bouquets for social func- 

 tions. 



Potted plants have held an important 

 place in the market. These continue in 

 popularity for home decorations and 

 sick rooms. Cyclamens, begonias, prim- 

 roses, cherries and ferns are included in 

 this group. Funeral work has been 

 rather heavy, utilizing considerable 

 stock. Complaint against business has 

 not been great; perhaps the usual after- 

 Christmas lethargy has not yet been 

 felt. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Warrick, of Warrick Bros., Wash- 

 ington, Pa., visited this city last week. 



Don't forget the annual meeting of 

 the Indiana State Florists' Association 

 January 12 at the Gatling Gun Club. 



Baur & Steinkamp are issuing a cata- 

 logue this week of their novelty carna- 

 tions and chrysanthemums. 



Harry Pahud has a new pleasure car. 



Tom Hepler has a flower stand in the 

 Metropolitan 5 to 50-cent store. He did 

 a considerable volume of business there 

 during the holidays. E. E. T. 



NEW YORK. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



The market is in a fair condition. 

 Stock is adequate to meet demands and 

 prices are more normal. Good roses are 

 now available at from $6 to $30 per hun- 

 dred. Carnations arc appearing in 

 larger supply, but the price remains 

 firm at $6 to $8. Predictions are that 

 in a few days the range will drop to $4 

 to $8 per hundred. Narcissi are less 

 abundant. The heavy supply has de- 

 creased until there is just enough to 

 meet the demand. These sell at $4 to 

 $6 per hundred. 



Sweet peas continue to be scarce. 

 They are in brisk demand and many 

 more than are available could be used. 

 These remain steady at $3 per hundred. 

 Lilies are scarce. A few Easter lilies 



The Market. 



During the interval between Christ- 

 mas and New Year's there was only 

 normal business. New Year's business 

 for the last few years has declined, so 

 that in extent it now about equals an in- 

 creased Saturday's business. The Eight- 

 eenth amendment probably has fur- 

 ther decreased the demand for that day. 

 Had there been a rush for stock, the 

 supply would have been inadequate. 



Christmas values, in the main, were 

 sustained, but some dropping was no- 

 ticed toward evening December 31. 

 However, business on the whole was 

 satisfactory. 



January 3 business was dull and the 

 supply of stock small. There was a 

 good supply of roses and their move- 

 ment, too, approached the active stage. 

 There were not many American Beau- 

 _ties; so sales in the special grades, to 

 a small extent, were made at the top 

 price of $125 per hundred. Hybrid teas 

 are now bringing good prices, except the 

 short grades, which are not so attractive 

 to purchasers as they were last week. 



Carnations are not in heavy supply 

 and are maintaining their remunerative 

 range of prices. About $12 per hundred 

 is the highest. The quality is hardly 

 to be commended for exhibition pur- 

 poses. 



There is a limited supply of cattlcyas, 

 but it is sufficient and prices are not 

 materially changed. Oncidiums are 

 more plentiful, for the reason that $20 

 per hundred flowers does not induce 

 sales, and unless concessions are made 

 they do not move. The supply of cyp- 

 ripediums is increasing, but as they 

 are not plentiful, pre-holiday prices are 

 maintained. 



While lilies remain about the same 

 in both supply and demand, $25 per hun- 

 dred blooms is the top price. Lily of 

 the valley is plentiful and moves within 

 a range of $4 to $12. 



A few bright days have increased the 



crop of sweet peas, and $4 is the best 

 price obtained for them. 



Freesias, both white and colored, are 

 coming in and augment the suppW of 

 miscellaneous flowers. Paper White 

 narcissi are moving at 50 cents to 60 

 cents per bunch, while Soleil d'Or in 

 limited quantities moves at 75 cents. 

 Calendulas, myosotis, iris, bouvardia, 

 pansies, snapdragons and daisies meet 

 the demand. 



Various Notes. 



The sympathy of the many friends of 

 Alex. Donaldson, Englewood, N. J., son 

 of John Donaldson, of Patchogue, is 

 extended him because of the death of 

 his 9-year-old son, December 28, of in- 

 fectious rheumatism. The child was 

 playing two days before his death, 

 which was totally unexpected. 



The Pennsylvania railroad has been 

 selected as tlie route by which local flo- 

 rists will go to the meetings of the 

 American Carnation Society and the 

 National Flower Growers' Association, 

 at Washington, January 26 and 27. 

 The train leaving at 12:15 a. m., Janu- 

 ary 26, has been selected for the mem- 

 bers, and this can be boarded at 10 p. m. 

 on the evening previous, passengers 

 having the privilege of remaining on 

 board at Washington until 7:15 a. m. 

 Eeseryations for berths can be made 

 with C. Lowthor, chairman of the trans- 

 portation committee, Box 100, Times 

 Square station, New York. J. H. P. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



The week between Christmas and New 

 Year's was not notable for its activity. 

 Business was fair, but the weather con- 

 ditions, which had been unfavorable for 

 some time before Christmas, swung to 

 the other extreme, with the result that 

 production was stimulated and the 

 market was abundantly supplied with 

 flowers. As the year's end approached 

 demand picked up. There was a moder- 

 ate amount of shipping December 30, 

 and December 31 city trade was more 

 active than it had been for a long time. 

 It is the general report that the last 

 day of 1920 was one of the notably good 

 days of the year, but the quantity of 

 stock on hand was so large that it could 

 not be cleaned up. Most of the whole- 

 sale houses say they did not do so much 

 business, in money value, in the last 

 week of the year, as they did in the 

 corresponding week of 1919, but the 

 New Year's business itself exceeded 

 that of a year ago. The slump in the 

 early part of the week, with the neces- 

 sity of carrying some stock into the new 

 year, resulted in average prices for the 

 week about half what they were for 

 Christmas week. Had it been possible 

 to clean up, the showing would have 

 been better. A few houses are able to 

 report December sales as a little ahead 

 of last year, but the majority report 

 some decrease. The year 1920, as a 

 whole, shows a good gain over 1919 for 

 nearly everyone in this market. 



The new year has started off with a 

 splendid supply of stock. Earely, if 

 over, has the weather been so good in 

 January and roses are of superlative 

 quality. Premier is particularly good, 

 but Eussell and Columbia also are fine 

 and all the other varieties are better 

 than usual at this date. The mild 

 temperature and bright sun have forced 

 the flowers along and production has 



