DECEMBEn 30, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



23 



^iiort supply and moved at $1 to $2.50 

 |i,r bunch. 



Various Notes. 



A. M. Ilenshaw, of the Henshaw rioral 

 (0., was stricken with appendicitis Fri- 

 day, December 24, and was operated upon 

 ;,t an Orange hospital Christinas after- 

 lioon. Late reports are that ho is pro- 

 .'ressing as favorably as could be ex- 

 , ected. 



Lincoln Picrson, of the Duckham-Pier- 

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

 isitor at the Eighteenth street market 

 liroughout the night preceding Christ- 

 nas. lie expressed himself as delighted 

 t the opportunity to see big business. 



Ex-Justice Josiah T. Marean, of 

 ' ireens Farms, Conn., whose originations 

 in (lalilias exhibited at the Now York 

 shows attracted much attention, is seri- 

 ously ill at his apartments in the Posse rt 

 notel, Brooklyn. He is 78 years old. 



John Van Leeuwen, Sassenheim, IIol- 

 land, one of the largest bulb growers of 

 tliat country, is spending a few days in 

 New York prior to making liis annual 

 I rip through the country. He was the 

 delegate of the Pilgrim Fathers' com- 

 mittee of T;eydcn, Holland, to the recent 

 tercentenary celebration at I'lymouth, 

 Mass. It was from Leyden that the May- 

 flower sailed. 



Tlie executive board of the American 

 [.)alilia Society will meet at the Grand 

 hotel, January 10. J. II. P. 



A 5-story apartment building, con- 

 taining stores, at the northeast corner 

 of Lenox avenue and One Humlred and 

 Twenty-sixth street, has been leased by 

 ]\Iary A. Kocher, for John Gardner, to 

 the Massns Floral Co., for a term of 

 twentv-(me vears at the annual net ren- 

 tal of $10,500. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



Christmas Business. 



This year's was the best Christmas 

 business this city has ever ciijoyed. 

 This is all the more remarkable in view 

 of the great number of iWDpIe out ai 

 work. Tiicri' was an ample supply of 

 plants in bluom, but the variety was 

 limited, the ]ilants including poinsetti.-is, 

 cyclam<'ns. Jieather, begonias and cher- 

 ries. Cyclamens were easily the best 

 plants ofl'ered and sold at from $.3 to 

 $12 each. As is usually the case, more 

 ^"^lants th:in cut stock were soM. 



Tile cut tlowers offered included P.eau- 

 ties^and other roses, violets, caru.-itions, 

 sweet peas, orchids, calenduliis and ste 

 via. Roses were the most popular cut 

 flowers and ranged in price from $5 to 

 $12 per dozen. Vi(dets, usually jjopular 

 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 ])rice being for W.'ird 

 and the red varieties. Narcissi went at 

 $2 per dozen. The ]>rices 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 pino. 

 boxwood aTid laurel being sold. Hcdly 

 was scarce and higli in ]trice and not 

 handled extensively. Paskets maile of 

 boxwood, ruscus and dry material soM 

 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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W. E. KEMBLE. 



SIXCIO the days when, as a boy. he luiin d lu^ lather ^row vegetable.-, shrubs and 

 plants in Oskaloosa, la., W. K. Kombh' has bem a successful llori-t. When he 

 icaclie<l the age of 22 years, he look omt the busliics«, which then con>i-ted ol four 

 small grtMMdiouscs at Oskaloosa. In I'.hmi the-e wore iibuilt and tho amount ot ylass 

 was incroa-cd. In I'.'lL' the liii-iiii->- b.'u'an it-; real ex|iaii~inii and a rauue in ''enter- 

 ville, la., was opened. It \va- net loiii; before .Mi-. Kemldc aci|uire.l ranue- at Criiinell 

 and Charitt)!!, la., and built ^'reenhou^es and .a store at Ottuinwa. The linn wa- in- 

 corporated July, 19-20, under the name ot' the Keinble I'hiral t'o., contridlmg 2r,(i.(i(io 

 Sfuiare feet of "glass. Mr. Keinlde ^^as born October II, l^."'.', at Oskaloo.-a. ,nid has 

 lived on the ..ame place since he was »i years of ;ige. 



]>oiuset!ias were beautifully ;irran 

 and attracti\i'ly dis|daye>l. livery sal- 

 able jdant was s(dd by Christinas .lay 

 auil at a good I>rice. More telegraph 

 orders were sent out than evei before 

 at this establishiiient. Taken as a whide, 

 it was the best Christmas this tirm ever 

 enjoyed. 



Prant Bros., who do both wholesale 

 and retail business, reported a general 

 clean up of a good crop of roses and 

 carnations for (.'hristmas. 



.Jess Williams, who makes a sjiecialty 

 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. 



1 I'ierci" witlidr<>w from ihe liu>iness some 

 time ago. h;is a well hn-aled siiop ;ilid a 

 U'ooil t.'hristmas busine-s was re[iorted. 



The Holland (.anb-n-. ou llollan.l 

 .avenue, had sono' good i-w'ainens, all 

 cif which were disjiosed i,t'. A low' tle- 

 li\ery car was purchaseil by this firm 

 a short time ago. 



Jack Scheer, Jr., is back again with 

 the Utica Floral Co. He resigned his 

 po.sition last summer for another line of 

 svork, but could not resist the lure of 

 his former occupritioii. 



"Last year at Christmas time every- 

 one had money, ami with the largest 

 business in forty fi\e year-,"' said C. F. 

 Paker, of C. F. jiaker iv Son. "I thought 

 we had hit the high mark. Put this 

 year we surpassed last year's record. 



