Decbmbbb 3b, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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short supply and moved at $1 to $2.50 

 per bunch. 



Various Notes. 



A. M. Henshaw, of the Henshaw Floral 

 Co., was stricken Vith appendicitis Fri- 

 day, December 24, and was operated upon 

 at an Orange hospital Christmas after- 

 noon. Late reports are that he is pro- 

 gressing as favorably as could be ex- 

 pected. 



Lincoln Pierson, of the Duckham-Pier- 

 son Co., Madison, N. J., was an interested 

 visitor at the Eighteenth street market 

 throughout the night preceding Christ- 

 mas. He expressed himself as delighted 

 at the opportunity to see big business. 



Ex-Justice Josiah T. Marean, of 

 Greens Farms, Conn., whose originations 

 in dahlias exhibited at the New York 

 shows attracted much attention, is seri- 

 ously ill at his apartments in the Bossert 

 hotel, Brooklyn. He is 78 years old. 



John Van Leeuwen, Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land, one of the largest bulb growers of 

 that country, is spending a few days in 

 New York prior to making his annual 

 trip through the country. He was the 

 delegate of the Pilgrim Fathers' com- 

 mittee of Leyden, Holland, to the recent 

 tercentenary celebration at Plymouth, 

 Mass. It wag from Leyden that the May- 

 flower sailed. 



The executive board of the American 

 Dahlia Society will meet at the Grand 

 hotel, January 10. J. H. P. 



A 5-8tory apartment building, con- 

 taining stores, at the northeast corner 

 of Lenox avenue and One Hundred and 

 Twenty-sixth street, has been leased by 

 Mary A. Kocher, for John Gardner, to 

 the Massas Floral Co., for a term of 

 twenty-one years at the annual net ren- 

 tal of $10,500. 



XJTICA, N. Y. 



Christmas Business. 



This year's was the best Christmas 

 business this city has ever enjoyed. 

 This is all the more remarkable in view 

 of the great number of people out of 

 work. There was an ample supply of 

 plants in bloom, but the variety was 

 limited, the plants including poinsettias, 

 cyclamens, heather, begonias and cher- 

 ries. Cyclamens were easily the best 

 plants offered and sold at from $3 to 

 $12 each. As is usually the case, more 

 plants than cut stock were sold. 



The cut flowers offered included Beau- 

 ties and other roses, violets, carnations, 

 sweet peas, orchids, calendulas and ste- 

 via. Roses were the most popular cut 

 flowers and ranged in price from $5 to 

 $12 per dozen. Violets, usually popular 

 flowers for corsage work, at $3 per bunch 

 of fifty, did not sell so well as formerly. 

 Carnations retailed for $3 to $5 per 

 dozen, the higher price being for Ward 

 and the red varieties. Narcissi went at 

 $2 per dozen. The prices of both plants 

 and flowers were about the same as those 

 a year ago. 



The sale of greens was good, quanti- 

 ties of wreaths made of princess pine, 

 boxwood and laurel being sold. Holly 

 was scarce and high in price and not 

 handled extensively. Baskets made of 

 boxwood, ruscus and dry material sold 

 unusually well. 



Various Notes. 



The store of the Utica Floral Co. was 

 a beautiful sight last week. Quantities 

 of cyclamens, begonias, heather and 



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SINCE the days when, as a boy, he helped his father grow vegetables, shrubs and 

 plants in Oskaloosa, la., W. E. Kemble has been a successful florist. When he 

 reached the age of 22 years, he took over the business, which then consisted of four 

 small greenhouses at Oskaloosa. In 1900 these were rebuilt and the amount of glass 

 ■was increased. In 1912 the business began its real expansion and a range in Center- 

 ville, la., was opened. It was not long before Mr. Kemble acquired ranges at Grinnell 

 and Chariton, la., and built grcenliouses and a store at Ottumwa. The firm was in- 

 corporated July, 1920, under the name of the Kemble Floral Co., controlling 250.000 

 square feet of glass. Mr. Kemble was born October 14, 1859, at Oskaloos;i, and has 

 lived on the same place since he was 6 years of age. 



poinsettias were beautifully arranged 

 and attractively displayed. Every sal- 

 able plant was sold by Christmas day 

 and at a good price. More telegraph 

 orders were sent out than ever before 

 at this establishment. Taken as a whole, 

 it was the best Christmas this firm ever 

 enjoyed. 



Brant Bros., who do both wholesale 

 and retail business, reported a general 

 clean up of a good crop of roses and 

 carnations for Christmas. 



Jess Williams, who makes a specialty 

 of Christmas wreaths and decorations, 

 had a good business. Quantities of 

 laurel roping for store decorations was 

 disposed of. 



William Gray, who still retains the 

 firm name of Pierce & Gray although Mr. 



Pierce withdrew from the business some 

 time ago, has a well located shop and a 

 good Christmas business was reported. 



The Holland Gardens, on Holland 

 avenue, had some good cyclamens, all 

 of which were disposed of. A new de- 

 livery car was purchased by this firm 

 a short time ago. 



Jack Scheer, Jr., is back again with 

 the Utica Floral Co. He resigned his 

 position last summer for another line of 

 work, but could not resist the lure of 

 his former occupation. 



"Last year at Christmas time every- 

 one had money, and with the largest 

 business in forty-five years," said C. F. 

 Baker, of C. F. Baker & Son, "I thought 

 we had hit the high mark. But this 

 year we surpassed last year's record. 



