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The Florists^ Review 



Janoary 20, 1921 



ers of our own product, it is absolutely 

 impossible to suit all tastes. So we do 

 our best to educate our patrons to use 

 what we can best furnish." 



• • * • 

 Stuhldreher Bros., Mansfield, O., are 



kept busy with funeral work. Note- 

 worthy was a blanket made entirely of 

 Paper White narcissi, which gave com- 

 plete satisfaction to tliose who ordered 

 it, owing to the scarcity of carnations. 

 This elicited the remark that bulbous 

 stock,, being so good in quality and 

 coming in evenly and at a time when 

 other crops are off, will be appreciated. 



• • « » 



S. F. Stephens & Son, Columbus, O., 

 have placed one of the large "Say It 

 with Flowers" signs facing the main 

 entrance to Greenlawn cemetery, upon 

 a large tract of land recently purchased 

 and eventually to be a nursery con- 

 nected with the grcenliouHOH adjoining, 

 which will be enlarged by the addition 

 of a Lord & Burnham house this sum- 

 mer. An innovation is a new office 

 after a design seen by Walter Stephens 

 when visiting a Parisian establishment 

 in France while in service there. 



• » » • 

 "Everybody's doing it," observed 



William Underwood, of Underwood 

 Bros., Columbus, O., "at least all who 

 can are, for it is the only recourse of 

 the city florist to have a farm to supply 

 the requisite soil and manure. Our re- 

 cent acquisition of sixty acres with six 

 greenhouses thereon is a great feeder 

 for this home i)lace, which will grow 

 nothing but ferns and greens, which, 

 by the way, were never in oversupply, 

 judging from our experience." 



• * • • 



"Never a rose," was the reply to 

 an inquiry made ;it the establishment 

 of the Rolf Zctlitz Co., Columbus, O. 

 "We cannot fill a tentli part of our 

 regular orders. Awfully provoking, 

 but what can we do more than our best? 

 We must place the blame on the 

 weather. We hope soon to be in as good 

 shape as around the holidays, liow- 

 ever. ' ' 



• * * • 



"Freakish weather," observed Bar- 

 ney Myers, superintendent of the W. J. 

 Palmer & Son greenhouses, at Lancas- 

 ter, N. Y. "It must be the need of sun- 

 light, for our roses seem to lack the 

 vitality that is usual nt this time, fol- 

 lowing a good crop for Christmas. On 

 the other hand, our carnations are doing 

 well, so markedly so that we will plant 

 early to insure a corresponding return. 

 It is one of the growers' problems. Our 

 neighbor, Charles Sandiford, lins splen- 

 did blooms of Ophelia and Columbia 

 roses, while carnations are in second 

 place. Tlien again, diaries Christenscn, 

 at Eggertsville, a short distance off, 

 never had finer carnations than are now 

 being cut." Mr. Myers, by the way, is 

 the proud possessor of a gold watch, 

 presented to hi?n by the ladies of the 

 Eastern Star, in return for favors 

 shown. The gift wns presented with a 

 pretty little speech which confirmed our 

 worthy fellow craftsman in his opinion 

 that it "pays to please." 



• * * • 



Report, from the B. J. Myers Co., of 

 Mount Morris, X. Y., shows a profitable 

 season, everything considered. 

 « » • • 



Dnvid J. Scott, of Corfu, N. Y., is 

 picking grand sweet peas of the Rose 

 Queen variety. They are the finest seen 



in the Buffalo market for several sea- 

 sons. The prices are in keeping. 

 Golden Spur will soon be ready, with 

 good prospects as to supply and de- 

 mand. 



• • * * 



L. n. Stroh & Sons, of Batavia, N, Y., 

 liave every reason to be content with 

 the season's business thus far and are 

 sanguine as to the fulnire. 



• • « • 

 Admitting they never worked so 



liard as now, the Scott brothers, Wallie, 

 Alexander and Ollie, are convinced 

 they are showing a better return than 

 ever before in the history of the Wil- 

 liam Scott Co., of Cold Spring, N. Y., 

 the consequence of enforced self-reli- 

 ance and the boon of a thorough early 

 training. The most interesting sight 

 just now, following the holid^iy clear- 

 ance, is several houses of Golden Spur 

 narcissi and Goldfinch tulips in tiptop 

 condition, soon to be ready in response 

 to inquiries of their commission house. 

 It predicts a profitable market. Robert 

 A. Scott, while retaining an interest in 

 the business, has retired as treasurer to 

 accept a position as expert accountant 

 with a local concern. 



• * * * 



"Most assuredly we are feeling the 

 good effects from community advertis- 

 ing," observed W. A. Adams, of the 

 S. A. Anderson establishment, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., while mentioning, among other 

 items, the sale of a $300 basket and 

 receipting a bill that ran into four fig- 

 ures for one holiday patron. The de- 

 scrii>tion of the basket, as given by Mr. 

 Anderson, was convincing proof that 

 there is api)arently no limit to tlie possi- 



bilities of the business. The remodeled 

 store, at the old location, is beautifully 

 decorated in cream with gold mirrors, in 

 which milady may be viewed and re- 

 viewed. 



• • • • 



W. J. Palmer & Son, of Buffalo N. T., 

 featured an orchid window recently in 

 their Main street store. The arrange- 

 ment was both simple and effective, 

 every flower showing up to advantage. 



• * * * 



Edward Stroh, secretary and treas- 

 urer of the Buffalo Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, reports excellent progress at the 

 meeting held January 6. The publicity 

 committee for St. Valentine's day was 

 appointed, those selected to serve be- 

 ing R. A. Anderson, William Grever 

 and Edward Stroh. Further plans will 

 be made at a dinner and meeting to be 

 held February 3, at the Hotel Iroquois. 

 The growers also held a meeting in the 

 same building, of which Mr. Stroh said, 

 "They were over our heads, but we 

 realize they are at our backs, and con- 

 tinuing harmonious, as we now are, suc- 

 cess can be nothing but certain." 

 • * • • 



Joseph Traudt, Canajoharie, N. Y., 

 had the usual fine holiday stock, which 

 found ready sale. Poinsettias, begonias 

 and cyclamens sold in the order given. 



• * * • 



John V. Laver, Erie, Pa., observed 

 that "up to now we have not had a 

 breathing spell, but as most of the 

 crops of cut flowers are off and bulbous 

 stock is coming on in fine shape, a con- 

 tinuation of the good business enjoyed 

 ever since the season opened up may 

 reasonably be looked for." W. M. 



MaiiJy About Pfeoole 



Corona, N. Y. — J. Weinmann has 

 given up his business and moved with 

 his family to Flushing. 



Wilson, N. C— Mr. and Mrs. G. J. 

 Starr are visiting their son, G. II. Starr, 

 of Turlock, Cal., a wholesale florist in 

 that city. 



Marion, Ind. — Glen H. Wilson has 

 sold his greenhouse property here to 

 Edward Siebrecht and has gone to 

 Phoenix, Ariz. 



Washington, D. C. — William F. Gude 

 was the reci])ieut of congratulations 

 January 4, the date of his fifty-third 

 birtlidny. The Washington Herald 

 jirinted his jihotograph under the 

 title, "Birthday Greetings," and gave 

 a short ajipreciation of this ]iromincnt 

 Tiieniber fif the trade beneath the jihoto- 

 grnph. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — Fred G. lleiiil has 

 been elected vice-president of the 

 Davis Gnrdeirs, succeeding his father, 

 J. G. Ilcinl. It was through the interest 

 shown by Fred Heinl, after he mot J. 

 W. Davis on a Mississippi boat trip, 

 that the Davis Gardens were estab- 

 lished at Terre Haute. Development 

 by Mr. Davis and his son-in-law, Keith 

 Owens, has made this one of Terre 

 Haute 's most important industries. 

 Mr. Heinl also succeeds his father as 

 a member of the executive committee 

 of the Morris Plan bank. 



Cedar Rapids, la. — W. Bezdek has re- 

 tired and his son, A. A. Bezdek, will con- 

 tinue the business as the Bezdek Green- 

 houses. 



Conneaut, O. — C. J. Frew, Jr., has 

 sold a half interest in his greenhouses 

 and store to his brother-in-law, J. W. 

 Jackson. The combination will be 

 known as Frew & Jackson. They are 

 contemplating extensive improvements 

 during the coming season. 



Centralia, m.— Wendell W. Webster, 

 son of \. \V. Webster, was married last 

 week to Miss Fae Virginia Maxwell, of 

 Centralia. The ceremony was one of 

 the social affairs of the week. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Webster are on a honeymoon, 

 traveling through Tennessee. 



Bridgeport, Conn.— "As a boy Bob 



loved flowers and their language — he's 

 a natural born florist." The foregoing 

 api)eared in a cartoon portrait, in one of 

 the local papers recently, of Robert H. 

 Hawkins. Over the cartoon was the cap- 

 tion, "Pen Pictures of Prominent 

 Bridgcportors," indicating that Mr. 

 Hawkins is one of the highly esteemed 

 men of the community. He started his 

 career as a florist at an earlv age, being 

 emi.loyed in the local trade until four- 

 teen years ago, when he started busi- 

 ness for himself. He is a member of 

 the Klks' club and other fraternal or- 

 ganizations.. A son, Robert, Jr., is a 

 student at Cornell University. 



