JANUAUV 20, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



31 



OBITUARY 



Niclson, of Poehlmanii Bros. Co., Clii- 

 cago. J. E. y. 



NEW YORK. 



ISt'c jilwi puKc "J'.l. I 



George R. Butchart. 



George 11. Butcliart, of St. Joseph, 

 Mo., died in a hospital at that city 

 January 7. He was 48 years of age. 

 Mr. Butchart came to tliis country from 

 England when a young man and had 

 lived in St. Joseph for fourteen years. 

 Besides his wife, he is survived by two 

 sons, Glenn and Eayiuond, and one 

 daughter, Blanche. 



He was a prominent florist and had 

 his establishment at 821 Frederick ave- 

 nue. His range and residence were in 

 the country, one-half mile east of the 

 city. 



Mr. Butchart was a member of \V. 

 O. W., Knights and Ladies Securitv, 

 No. 2259, and the Loyal Order of Moose, 

 No. 315. The funeral services were held 

 at the Wyatt Park Baptist church, at 2 

 o'clock, Sunday, January 9, Kev. A. D. 

 Cooper officiating. Burial was at Mount 

 Auburn cemetery. 



John A. Schmidt. 



John A. Schmidt, 2408 Wentworth ave- 

 nue, Chicago, died suddenly of heart 

 stroke January l.'i, while working in the 

 basement of his establishment there. 

 Funeral services were held January 17 

 at his home, which is at the same ad- 

 dress, and he was buried in Oakwoods 

 cemetery. 



Mr. Schmidt was born in Germany in 

 1877 and came to America when 7 years 

 old. He worked as a mechanic until 

 tifteen years ago, when he went into the 

 florists' business on Wentworth avenue, 

 where he prospered until the time of his 

 death. 



Besides liis wife, he is survived by a 

 sister, who is Mrs. Andrews, of the An- 

 • irevvs Flower Shop, 3445 Grandy street, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



John Ja«ob Kissel. 



The body of Jolin Jacob Kissel, 158 

 Maynard street, San Francisco, Cal., 

 was found on the kitchen floor January 

 8 by his son, Louis, when the latter 

 came home. The gas .jets were turned 

 on. Mr. Kissel was 64 years old. 



DUIiUTH, MINN. 



The Market. 



Cold weather prevails in Duluth, with 

 stock scarce and hard to get. Funeral 

 work has been heavy for about ten 

 days, and consequently stock has Ijeen 

 used up as fast as it came in. Roses 

 and carnations are the mainstay, with 

 a few other flowers, such as Paper 

 Whites, violets, Easter lilies, valley 

 and stevia. 



Various Notes. 



Ophelias, Columbias, Easter lilies, 

 stevia and southern smilax were used 

 by the Duluth Floral Co. for the Mc- 

 Nair wedding, at Cloquet, Minn. The 

 bride's bompiet was composed of white 

 roses and valley. The bridesmaids 

 carried 0])helia and Columbia roses. 



Charles Stahbodt is bringing in some 

 fine cinerarias. 



Visitors to Duluth last week were A. 

 F. Longrcn, of the Burlington Willow 

 Ware Shops, Burlington, la., and J. C. 



The Market. 



Insofar as su^tply and demand are 

 concerned, little change was noted in 

 the cut flower market during last week. 

 The supply was less than the average 

 for this time of year and the demand 

 was of minimum character. In some 

 lines clearances were effected only with 

 difliculty, while in otiiers movement 

 was active because of limited supply. 

 If the demand generally had been at 

 all lively, it is doubtful whether there 

 would have been enough flowers to go 

 around. Dark days are always ex- 

 pected in January and the weather has 

 been about half and half of late. 



Orchids took a severe tumble early 

 in the week and, with the quantities 

 arriving, a recovery is hardly likely 

 until the cut is reduced. Cattleva 

 values went down to a range of $25 

 to $75 per hundred, with $50 for a 

 good quality. Spray orchids also went 

 down to nominal values. Lily of the 

 valley slumped to a range of $1 to $6 

 per liundred sprays, due to an over- 

 jilentiful supply. Roses were kept up 

 to the prices of the previous week, 

 although the movement of the long 

 grades was rather slow. 



Roses in general show high quality. 

 There is a jironounced decrease in the 

 shorter grades and arrivals in many 

 cases are sold ahead. It is a case of 

 "How many may I have?" rather than 

 "How many will you take?" Ameri- 

 can Beauty is not in large supply, but 

 meets with only a moderate demand. 

 Hybrid teas move within a range of 

 $10 to $50 per hundred, with Premier 

 Columbia and Ophelia most in demand. 



The supply of carnation.s has in- 

 creased considerably and sales drag. 

 The quality has improved somewhat, 

 although in general it is not up to the 

 standard of other years. The variety 

 Laddie is in rather small supply and 

 blooms of it command $12 or more per 

 hun(lre<l. It is easily the best thing in 

 the line of carnations. 



Cattlcyas continue in large supply, 

 mainly the TriansB variety, and much 

 stock is carried over from day to day, 

 despite concessions made on box lots. 

 Oncidiums, calanthes, vandas and 

 la^lias are plentiful among the offerings 

 and there is a good supply of eypripe- 

 (liums at $3 to $4 'per dozen. Gardenias 

 are quite plentiful and move rather 

 slowly at $3 to $6 per dozen, the higher 

 figure for selected stock. 



White lilies are in moderate supply 

 and the price range is maintained. Lily 

 of the valley is now plentiful and the 

 price range has fallen to $1 to $(5 per 

 hundred sprays. A small quantity of 

 cold-grown stock is arriving. 



Tlie supjdy of sweet peas is increas- 

 ing and arrivals move fairly well. 

 Violets are in moderate supply, but 

 their movement is not active. Paper 

 White narcissus is quite plentiful and 

 is moved well. The supply of tulips is 

 increasing and sales are fairly active. 

 Some fine Dutch hyacinthffi^^e avail- 

 able at 35 to 60 cents per bunch, the 

 biggest stock bunched three stems to 

 the buncli. Stevia is fairly plentiful 

 and its movement is good. 



In miscellaneous stock there are 

 Buddleia asiatica. iris, mignonette. 



stocks, wallflower, snapdragon, freesia, 

 mj'osotis, calendula, jiansies, bouvardia 

 ;ind callas. 



Various Notes. 



The (liniier committee of the New 

 York Florists' Club, at a meeting held 

 last week, decided that the anniuil din- 

 ner should be held W'ednesday evening, 

 March 16, at the Hotel Biltnuire. The 

 price of tickets will probably be fixed 

 at' $7, at which figure the comniitteo 

 hopes the dinner can be ]iut u])on a 

 self-jiaying basis. The evening selected 

 will be during flower show week and a 

 large attendance is expected. Ronum J. 

 irwin is chairman of the committee and 

 to liim application for tickets should 

 ^be made. 



Among the trade visitors last week 

 were Messrs. Dolansky and' McDonald, 

 of Dolansky & McDonald, Boston, 

 Mass., and B. Hammond Tracy, of 

 Wenliam, Mass. 



Frank H. Traendly, of Traendly & 

 Schenck, and Eugene Dailledouze, of 

 Flatbush, maile a trip last week thrf)Ugh 

 Xew England, visiting growers and 

 others. 



George Watt, for some time connected 

 with the Fulton street, Brooklyn, store 

 of Jack Trepel, died suddenly .January 

 16, while undergoing an operation for 

 intestinal trouble. He was 21 years old 

 and a much-liked young man, and his 

 death comes as a blow to his associates. 



Several florists were present at a 

 meeting of the Freeport Lodge of the 

 B. P. O. E. on the evening of .January 

 13, for the initiation of George Helden- 

 brand, of .John Young & Co. Paul A. 

 Rigo, of the Henshaw Floral Co., who 

 is exalted ruler of a New Jersey lodge, 

 took part in the initiation. .T. H. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The market is tighter than it was a 

 week ago. Tiight as was the production 

 of rr^es in .January, 1920, it is even less 

 in .l.inuary, 1921. This market never 

 had heavier rose crops for Christmas; it 

 never has had lighter ones in January. 

 .Ml the rose growers were on for Christ- 

 mas; they all are off for .January. A 

 comparison of certain growers' records 

 for last week and for the same week a 

 year ago shows that they cut about two- 

 thirds as nnu'h this year as last. There 

 was not quite that much difference in 

 the returns, showing that prices average 

 a trifle higher than a year ago. Sliort 

 roses are practically unobtainable in 

 quantity and meilium leiiirths are far 

 l(\ss than the demand. The lonir ami 

 sjxM'ial grades sell clean at top figures, 

 because the buyers must take them or 

 go without. Russell, Premier and Milady 

 liave sold as high as C/) cents in a few 

 small lots. Such new sorts as Crusader 

 are practically out of the market, the 

 wood being emjdoyed for propagating. 



The talk of the market is not of the 

 present scarcity, but of the impending 

 glut. It seems to be the general view- 

 that business is by no means active now, 

 that a comparatively small increase in 

 the supply would serve at present to 

 ease the situation, that when rose crops 

 come on the supply quickly will become 

 the largest this market ever has known, 

 and that a highly unsatisfactory condi- 

 tion is likely to develop. Retailers are 

 being urged to prepare special sales ef- 

 fort to follow St. Valentine's day. 



Although rose crops are less than in 



