JANCAHY 27, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



NEW YORK. 



Albert J. Loretz. 



Albert J. Loretz, for some years con- 

 ducting an establishment in Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., died recently at his home in that 

 city. He was 54 years of age. Mr. 

 Loretz is survived by his wife, three 

 sons, Francis, Albert and Eobert, and 

 one daughter, Mary Rita Loretz. The 

 funeral was held January 21, with a 

 requiem high mass in the R. C. Church 

 of the Nativity. Interment was at 

 Holy Cross cemetery. 



George Bennett Watts, Jr. 



George Bennett Watts, Jr., an expert 

 florist and assistant manager of the 

 Jack Trepel store, in Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 died at the Kings County hospital, fol- 

 lowing an operation for appendicitis. 

 Mr. Watts was born in Springfield, L. I. 

 He is survived by his parents, Mr. and 

 Mrs. George B. Watts. The funeral 

 services were held January 18, and in- 

 terment was at Springfield cemetery. 



Carl Strahle. 



Carl Strahle, one of the veteran flo- 

 rists of Minneapolis, and a member of 

 the Minnesota state association, died 

 January 20, following a paralytic 

 stroke. He was born in Germany gixty- 

 onc years ago and came to Minneapolis 

 about thirty-eight years ago. For many 

 years he was foreman of the R. J. Men- 

 denhall greenhouses near Minnehaha. 

 When this concern was dissolved, fol- 

 lowing the death of Mr. Mendenhall in 

 1904, Mr. Strahle worked for various 

 other establishments. He was also an 

 employee of Mr. Rogers on Mount Curve 

 avenue, for many years. Mr. Strahle 

 was a gardener of exceptional ability, 

 and was of pleasing personality. A 

 memorial service was held Sunday, 

 January 23, which was attended by a 

 large number of friends. Burial was in 

 Lakewood cemetery, January 24. 



CLEVEI4ND, O. 



The Market. 



Last week found stock scarcer than 

 it has been in years. Roses especially 

 soenied not to be obtainable. The whole- 

 salers were only able to give about 

 twenty-five roses to a customer and 

 then they did not have enough to go 

 around. Retailers who have any large 

 amount of funeral work at one time are 

 almost compelled to use some artificial 

 stock. The only hope held out is that 

 in a few weeks there will be a let-up on 

 the market. Business has been good and 

 if the stock were to be had it could be 

 sold easily. Carnations are getting bet- 

 ter and the quantity is increasing slight- 

 ly, but not enough to take care of the 

 demand. From all indications, there 

 will not be much stock for St. Valen- 

 tine's day. 



Various Notes. 



Paul Kunze has a new Ford delivery 

 car. 



Jim Wilson left January 22 for Cali- 

 fornia, where he will join his wife and 

 son on an extended vacation. 



R. E. Blackshaw, of the Ove Gnatt 

 Co., was a recent visitor. W. A. R. 



The Market. 



The market continues dull and unin- 

 teresting in all its phases. Arrivals are 

 light and the demand is more than 

 slow. With crops about to mature, 

 there is a feeling that a drastic change 

 in price conditions must take place 

 soon, something retail buyers are eager- 

 ly anticipating. Already shipments of 

 bulbous material are beginning to af- 

 fect the movement of staples and there 

 are signs of breaks in several direc- 

 tions. Tulips, January 24, were arriv- 

 ing in large quantity and this is really 

 only the advance guard; the main army 

 is yet to come. Carnations, January 

 22, felt the competition of the spring 

 flowers and clearances were only made 

 at concessions from the morning prices. 

 There seems to be no difiiculty in mov- 

 ing stock at prices less than what have 

 been more or less normal for the last 

 few weeks. Retailers say that it has 

 been impossible in the main to make 

 sales on regular margins based on 

 wholesale prices. The public seem de- 

 termined to pass up flowers when values 

 soar above a certain mark and they set 

 this themselves. 



Roses are in light supply, but the 

 signs are that they will be plentiful in 

 a few days, with the exception of Amer- 

 ican Beauty, the scarcity of which is 

 likely to be prolonged. Beauty is 

 bringing 75 cents to $1.25 per hundred 

 for specials, but, as there are so few of 

 them, price is not overimportant. Hy- 

 Itrid teas have weakened a little, even 

 the shorter grades declining a point or 

 two. The greatest demand is for the 

 Ophelia variety, which, in point of 

 color, is doing double service. 



Carnations have been quite plentiful 

 for a few days and even at the opening 

 of the present week, when shipments 

 were light, large sales have been made 

 at $5 per hundred for good stock, while 

 the asking price was $8, carrying with 

 it the privilege of selection. The best 

 Mr.s. C. W. Ward and Laddie, in occa- 

 sional sales, bring $10 and $12. 



There is a large supply of cattleyas, 

 the demand for which is lighter than 

 really ought to be expected. Spray 

 orchids are in good supply, but slow in 

 movement. 



White lilies are scarce and the price 

 range continues high. Lily of the val- 

 ley is too plentiful for active move- 

 ment. Gardenias are abundant in all 

 grades. Tulips are available in quan- 

 tities, and in a variety of grades. Paper 

 White narcissi are abundant and move 

 fairly well. Quantities of trumpet 

 narcissi are also coming in. Freesias 

 are also in fair supply. 



The supply of miscellaneous flowers 

 is quite large, and embraces lilacs, 

 Buddleia asiatica, iris, bouvardia, corn- 

 flowers, pansies, stocks, stevia, wall- 

 flowers, myosotis, calendulas, prim- 

 roses, daisies, hyacinths and forced 

 shrub flowers. 



Various Notes. 



George Baldwin, of Mamaroneck, N. 

 Y., is able to be about again, following 

 an automobile accident, which confined 

 him to his home for about two weeks. 

 To avoid jumping a bridge, after the 

 fender had become dislodged, which 

 made the car unmanageable, he steered 

 the machine into the creek, throwing 



the occupants into the water. Mr. 

 Baldwin and one of his guests received 

 ugly cuts and bruises. 



Miss Agnes Kesslcr, daughter of 

 Philip F. Kessler, is convalescing, fol- 

 lowing an operation for appendicitis. 



There was a meeting of the board of 

 trustees of the New York Florists' 

 Club, at the secretary's ofiice, to con- 

 sider the budget to be presented at the 

 next meeting of the club, covering ex- 

 penditures for 1921. 



The tea garden will again be an im- 

 portant feature of the international 

 flower show, to be held in the Grand 

 Central Palace, March 14 to 20. Mrs, 

 Joseph R. Truesdale is chairman of the 

 committee in charge and the proceeds 

 of the garden will be contributed to 

 the Convalescents' Relief Fund of 

 Bellevue hospital. 



Joseph A. Manda, of West Orange, 

 N. J., in discussing with some trade 

 friends recently the advisability of 

 being connected with as many trade 

 organizations as possible, proudly ac- 

 knowledged that he was a member of 

 thirty-two horticultural clubs and so- 

 cieties. Has anyone in the trade a 

 record to beat this? 



The national publicity committee 

 may be temporarily inactive, but its 

 slogan appears in the press and in the 

 comic sections every few days. In the 

 Sunday World, January 2.3, a three- 

 column heading over a picture showing 

 a number of floral tributes to Police 

 Commissioner Enright, on the occasion 

 of the beginning of his fourth year in 

 oflSce, reads, "Enright begins his fourth 

 year as friends say it with flowers." 



A. M. Henshaw, of the Henshaw Flo- 

 ral Co., is out again and at work, fol- 

 lowing a speedy recovery from an opera- 

 tion for appendicitis. 



Mrs. Mary N. Kervan, widow of the 

 late Lawrence Kervan, who founded the 

 business of the Kervan Co., died at her 

 home at Bgtyside, L. I., .January 23, of 

 heart failure. She was 70 years of age. 

 Surviving are four sons, all of whom 

 are connected with the Kervan Co. 



J. H. P. 



CHICAGO. 



Tbe Market. 



The market turned January 22, some 

 days earlier than most of those con- 

 cerned had expected it would. The 

 change was due to the combined effect 

 of a variety of factors. Demand had 

 decreased, because of high prices, at a 

 time of reduced buying power in the 

 hands of the public, and crops had been 

 hastened to maturity by unusually 

 warm, bright weather for January. The 

 increase in production last week was 

 not large, nor was the decrease in de- 

 mand so great as to cause alarm, but 

 the sum of the two resulted in a fall in 

 prices January 22, in spite of which 

 most wholesale houses closed that night 

 with roses in the icebox, the first carry- 

 over since the Christmas crop went off. 



What the immediate future holds for 

 the market will depend to a consider- 

 able extent on the weather. Warm, 

 bright weather will accelerate the cut 

 of roses, while cold, dark weather, of 

 which we have had little of late, will 

 hold the crop back. The consensus is 

 that the annual midwinter shortage, 

 sharp while it lasted, has come to an 

 end in a shorter time than in any recent 



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