Janhauy 27, 1921 



The Rorists^ Review 



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(if a tapeline to get the correct data 

 on the length, in that way getting paid 

 for every fraction of an inch. Freesia 

 and daffodils arc also arriving in more 

 abundance and cleaning up well at $8 

 10 $10 per hundred. The first Dutch 

 liyacinths made their appearance here 

 last week and, being in only limited 

 quantity, went quickly. They were 

 mostly whites. Carnations are holding 

 iheir own in regard to quantity and 

 jirice and are in good condition. 



Lilies, both calla and Easter, have 

 dropped slightly off crop. Paper 

 Whites are always on the job during 

 a scarcity, but, not being of the best 

 for funeral work because of their per- 

 ishable nature, they are not used so 

 much. Funeral work is holding up the 

 business. 



Primulas, pansies, calendulas and 

 other miscellaneous flowers move well. 

 A new fern called Coonty is arriving 

 from Florida and is moving well at 

 $2 per hundred sprays, it being a good 

 substitute for cycas leaves. 



Various Notes. 



The Cincinnati delegation of the 

 American Carnation Society, consisting 

 of II. W. Sheppard, Charles Murphy 

 and R. H. Witterstaetter, have left for 

 Washington to attend the annual show 

 of the society and are boosting hard 

 to land the next convention for this 

 city. More able men for this purpose 

 would be hard to find around here. 



Peter Weiland received the first 

 Dutch hyacinths from his greenhouses 

 at Newcastle, Ind., and is also begin- 

 ning to cut peas. 



E. G. Gillett is receiving shipments 

 of a new green called Coonty, of which 

 he reports good sales. 



C. E. Critchell left January 23 for a 

 trip through the west and from there 

 to the Orient. He expects to be gone 

 two months. 



H. W. Sheppard has been exceedingly 

 busy with funeral work and wedding 

 decorations. He reports business brisk, 

 but stock anything but that. 



Julius Baer's staff has been steadily 

 occupied on large debutante party deco- 

 rations and also on funeral work. He 

 reports many F. T. D. orders for last 

 week. 



The William Murphy Co. is receiving 

 some excellent Ward carnations from 

 Charles Murphv, of Price Hill. 



W. W. Webster, of Centralia, 111., 

 was a visitor last week. G. H. K. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



Business since New Year's has been 

 good. Considerable sickness and death 

 is the principal cause. Flowers of all 

 kinds are quite plentiful. There are 

 fine crops of carnations, but roses are 

 not doing much yet, since the Christmas 

 cuttings. A touch of spring was noted 

 at one place in the shape of tulips and 

 hyacinths in bloom. The weather is 

 fine, more like early spring than winter, 

 whereas the week of January 10 to 15 

 was cold, with rain and snow. 



Various Notes. 



Julius Niednagel's roses are making 

 good growth again since the Christmas 

 (•rop was cut and the present weather 

 is a great help. 



The Blackman Floral Co. is kept busy 

 with funernl work, both in and out of 



town. This firm will discard a large 

 l)art of the White Killarney roses and 

 plant the old Bride rose again this 

 spring. They will also increase the 

 amount of Premier. Other roses are 

 getting a fine f^tart since Christmas and 

 will soon be in good crop again. Carna- 

 tions are showing fine blooms, especially 

 Laddie. The first tulips and hyacinths 

 of the season were seen here and Ed 

 Blackman says they are the earliest he 

 ever had. Easter lilies are in all 

 stages of growth. 



Mrs. J. C. Elspcrmann enjoys a 

 steady trade. 



The Lockyear Floral Co. reports a 

 rush of business every day. 



Karl Zcidler is preparing for a heavy 

 spring trade. Business holds up well 

 with him. 



Royston & Fenton say that the de- 

 mand for geraniums was far greater 

 tiian their supply, but that orders for 

 colcus are slower than last year. 



E. L. F. 



rORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The call for cut flowers and plants 

 was heavy last week. There is a great 

 demand now for plants for the sick in 

 hospitals. The supply of cut flowers 

 was not equal to the demand, there 

 being a general shortage among the 

 growers, owing to the cloudy and rainy 

 weather that has enveloped Fort 

 Wayne for some time. Some of the 

 florists have resorted to the use of arti- 

 ficial flowers to help out. Carnations 

 liave been more plentiful than roses, 

 but even they were not equal to the 

 demand. They wore of poor quality at 

 that. Cattloyas are in good supply now 

 and arc selling at a lower price than a 

 week ago. A few callas are seen on the 

 market and some Easter lilies. 



Various Notes. 



The Lanternier Florists report a busy 

 time with funeral work, having some 

 especially large ])ieces for the Rabus 

 funeral. They are showing a fine line 

 of sjjring plants, which are moving well. 



The Blossom Floral Co. finds that 

 special sales stimulate trade, this 

 firm's general business being quiet, ex- 

 cept for funeral work. They have se- 

 cured the services of Miss Lois Sink; 

 formerly of Ada,-0., as designer. Miss 

 Sink expects to be with the firm per- 

 manently. 



Herman I>oitz, of the New Haven 

 Floral Co., is held in high esteem by 

 his fellow citizens. He was recently 

 elected secretary of the New Haven 

 chamber of commerce. Mr. Leitz re- 

 ])ort* that this firm, like everyone else, 

 is short of all kinds of stock. 



The Flick Floral Co. has a fine lot of 

 Itlooniing plants and Easter lilies. 



The Doswell Floral Co. has been 

 showing some pretty window displays. 



The Premier roses grown at W. .1. & 

 M. S. Vesey's are of excellent quality 

 now, although the cuts are not heavy. 

 This firm expects to grow several more 

 houses of this variety next year. They 

 are cutting a fine 'lot of orchids now.. 

 Tnostly Cattleya Trianffi and Cattleya 

 Schroedera>, with some spray orchids. 

 Fred Helgren, foreman at W. .T. & M. S. 

 ^'esey's, spent a few days last week with 

 the trade in Toledo, O. 



E. WenninghofF reports business 

 quiet with the exception of a few par- 



ties. This firm had the decorations for 

 the Dental Coterie banquet. The dec()- 

 rations were largely southern sniilax 

 and Premier roses. 



The Flick Floral Co. has been busy 

 with a number of s])ecial social events, 

 which used a large number of flowers. 

 The funeral services for Miss Marie 

 Markey were held this week. Miss r 

 Markey was a former employee of the 

 Flick Floral Co. for a number of years. 

 This firm had a large number of orders 

 for her funeral, orchids being used pro- 

 fusely. 



A number of rejtresentatives from 

 Holland bulb houses have called on the 

 trade this week. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 O. L. Bullock, W. Mott and H. A. 

 Frishkorn. S. X. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



Business is holding up exce])tionally 

 well, due principally to the large num- 

 ber of funerals. Prices are gradually 

 advancing, especially in roses, and now 

 it is almost impossible to get stock. 

 Nearly every florist is turning down 

 orders. The weather has been exception- 

 ally mild for .lanuary, but there is no 

 stock to be had, and about the only 

 rose orders filled entirelj' are the stand- 

 ing orders. Bulbous stock is starting to 

 arrive, but not enough to relieve the 

 situation. The retail^ florist hardly 

 knows where he is at, when it comes to 

 stock. Tulips are still short and there 

 arc many cripples. Jonquils are of 

 fair quality. Freesias are coming in 

 fine shape, with nice, long stems. Carna- 

 tions are of extra good quality in stem 

 and color. Callas are selling much better 

 than Easter lilies. 



Carnations are $8 to $10 per hun- 

 dred and some sell at $12. Roses bring 

 $12 per hundred for short stock and 

 from $21 to |25 per hundred for the 

 longer ones. Sweet peas sell at $3 to $4 

 per liundred, violets at $1 per hundred, 

 and vallej- at $10 per liundred. Calen- 

 dulas range from $4 to $8 jier hundred 

 and Paper Whites are $8, while the jon- 

 quils bring $10 and $12. Magnolia and 

 galax wreaths have been in demand, 

 various combinations being worked out 

 through necessity. 



Fred Lainson is cutting some extra 

 nice long-stemmed freesias. T. E. E. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The twentieth anniversary of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held at the Florence Inn January 18, 

 with an attendance of about sixty-five 

 •members and guests. The night was 

 the coldest of the winter so far, a con- 

 dition which F. R. .Pierson remarked 

 to be a custom as far as the society's 

 dinner is concerned. The menu was of 

 the usual high order and good appetites 

 did justice to the elaborate repast. 

 After cofl'ee, speeches were in order, 

 being interspersed with offerings by 

 professioiial entertainers. William 



Scott, of Elmsford, acted as toast- 

 master. F. R. Pierson spoke at some 

 length on horticultural matters, and 

 Rev. G. M. Whitemore and Rev. W. W. 

 Reid made interesting addresses which, 

 from the wit and humor they embodied 

 in their talks, highly pleased the gath- 

 ering. The dinner was generally con- 

 ceded to be one of the best in tlie his- 

 torv of the societv. ,T. H. P. 



