DXCKMBEB 2, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



31 



ment completes this model retail estab- 

 lishment, supported by and supplied with 

 the quality of stock appreciated by an 

 educated clientele, primary results of 

 several seasons' hard work by the 

 owners, who are now reaping their re- 

 ward. W. M. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are in their prime 

 now. Prices are high, and retailers 

 complain that such prices kill trade. 

 Customers blame the retailers for the 

 high prices, not knowing that they have 

 to pay twice as much at wholesale as 

 the flowers cost formerly at retail. 

 Most retailers formerly had customers 

 who came regularly once, twice or three 

 times a week to buy 50 cents or $1 

 worth of flowers. In the aggregate this 

 trade amounted to considerable. Now 

 it has disappeared. Florists can give 

 practically nothing for these sums. 

 Paper Whites are coming into the mar- 

 ket in large quantities. 



Various Notes. 



Fred P. Wolfinger reports that while 

 business is good, there is not the life 

 to it that there should be. He attrib- 

 utes this in part to the fact that high 

 prices of flowers have driven away a 

 considerable part of the transient cut 

 flower trade. 



Henry A. Strobell reports a good 

 Thanksgiving trade. E. B. M. 



DULUTH, MINN. 



The Market. 



Stock of all kinds was plentiful for 

 Thanksgiving day and almost every- 

 thing sold well. Chrysanthemums of 

 fine quality were the best sellers. En- 

 guehard. Eager, Marigold, Wells' Late 

 Pink and Christmas Gold were the 

 chief varieties. Pompons in white, yel- 

 low and pink sold well, also white and 

 yellow Mensa. Paper Whites have 

 made their appearance, but as yet there 

 is little or no call for them. There 

 are a few good sweet peas coming in, 

 also calendulas and bouvardia. Violets 

 and orchids were useful for corsage 

 work. 



Various Notes. 



O. J. Olson, of Holm & Olson, St. 

 Paul, Minn., was a visitor in Duluth 

 last week, on his return from a huntine 

 trip. * 



The staff of the Duluth Floral Co. 

 gave a surprise party in honor of Mrs. 

 J. E. Stapleton Sunday night, Novem- 

 ber 28. Supper was served for twenty- 

 one. During the evening there were mu- 

 sic, cards and dancing. 



Southern smilax and pink and white 

 mums were used by J. J. LeBorious for 

 the Bridgeman wedding, which was an 

 elaborate event. 



The Quality Flower Shop reports that 

 Thanksgiving day business was much 

 better than last year. J. E. S. 



TOEONTO, ONT. 



Business last week was comparatively 

 quiet. There has been a fair amount of 

 design work, and some of the florists 

 have been having a number of decora- 

 tions. These are for dances, receptions, 

 teas, etc. There have been a great num- 

 ber of coming-out parties and these 

 have resulted in many orders for flowers 



WHO'S WHO 'A'Z AND WHY 



OVE GNATT. 



THOUGH not actually a florist, Ove Gnatt has become as well known to the 

 trade as if he were, for the prepared foliages from his factory at Laporte, 

 Ind., take his name all over the country. Ove Gnatt expects to spend Christmas 

 in his native land. The president of the Ove Gnatt Co., Laporte, Ind., accom- 

 panied by his family, will leave December 9 for Europe. He plans to go directly 

 to Denmark and will spend Christmas in Copenhagen, where he was born in 1885. 

 Mr. Gnatt 's trip will include business as well as pleasure. Besides the Scandi- 

 navian countries, he will visit France, Belgium and Italy in search of new ideas 

 for use in his business. Mr. Gnatt and his family will return in about three 

 months. 



both for delivery in the city and by ex- 

 press or telegraph. The debutantes 

 have been showered with flowers. 



Although retail business seems small, 

 there is no surplus of stock. 



A recent visit to several of the green- 

 houses showed the stock coming on well 

 for Christmas. There will be an abun- 

 dance. It looks like the proper time 

 for another cooperative advertising 

 campaign. A number of the retailers 

 are in favor of it for the good of the 

 industry, and the cooperation of the 

 growers in advertising schemes was 

 manifested by the manner in which 

 they contributed to the Mothers' day 

 fund. 



Tariff matters concerning florists will 

 come before the tariff commisBioii boos, 

 and it is hoped that the plants not ob- 

 tainable in Canada will be put on the 

 free list. A committee, with Major 

 Connon, of Hamilton, Ont., as chairman, 

 has tabulated the information and will 



present it when the commission meets 

 at Hamilton. J. J. H. 



Dasrton, O. — To insure a fuel supply 

 for his greenhouses, Eolf Zetlitz pur- 

 chased a coal mine at Buchtel, O., last 

 July. The increase in production of late 

 has supplied Mr. Zetlitz with more than 

 he needs, so that he is offering to other 

 florists eight or ten cars a week of this 

 coal, which comes from the Nelsonville 

 No. 6 vein, serving them from the 

 Hocking valley fields. 



Marquette, Mich. — Alphonse Peters 

 donated flowers to accompany each 

 Thanksgiving basket to needy families, 

 through the Visiting Nurses' Associa- 

 tion, receiving appreciative remarks 

 from many patrons for the act, which 

 was given publicity in the local news- 

 paper. Thanksgiving business was ex- 

 cellent, and Mr. Peters looks forward 

 to a splendid Christmas. 



