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The Florists^ Review 



Febrcart 24, 1921 



promised well as either a bedding-out or 

 pot plant. 



Howard on Sterilization. 



The first speaker of the evening was 

 W. D. Howard, president-elect of the 

 American Carnation Society, who dis- 

 cussed soil sterilization for carnations. 

 He said that sterilization would not 

 make old soil as good as new, but plants 

 in treated soil showed a striking ad- 

 vance over those in soil not sterilized. 

 All soil should be well loosened before 

 steam is turned on and soil should be 

 in just the right consistency as regards 

 moisture. On raised benches, such as 

 he used, pans were much better than 

 pipes, and about thirty minutes steamed 

 the soil sufiiciently. It cost about the 



' same to sterilize a house as to empty the 

 soil from it. 



S. J. Goddard spoke on the Washing- 

 ton convention and said that the Bos- 

 tonians who left the South Station got 

 things pretty much as they had planned. 

 He referred to the criticisms of the lack 

 of artistic arrangement at the conven- 



/tion, and said the American Carnation 

 Society was purely a trade body, which 

 held these meetings for the trade and 

 not the public, and that flowers dis- 

 played as at present suited the inter- 

 ested carnationists the best. The four 

 best of the newer carnations seen he 



classed as Laddie, Eosalia, Mrs. Ward 

 ajid White Delight. He named Maine 

 Sunshine as the best 1921 seedling. The 

 variety Thomas C. Joy promises well. 



Varieties at Cliftondale. 



William Sim discussed varieties as 

 grown at Cliftondale. In whites. White 

 Delight would, with him, largely super- 

 sede Matchless. White Benora was too 

 slow, he said. Laddie and Pink Delight 

 are the best pale pinks. Euth Baur was 

 too slow. Supreme would be dropped. 

 Morning Glow was wonderfully popu- 

 lar and free. Ward was not free and 

 split badly, but sold well. Eosette was 

 better than Eosalia. These two latter 

 really took the place of reds and always 

 sold well. He had four scarlets. Aviator 

 led. Belle Washburn was too slow. 

 Ethel Fisher was unhealthy. The Her- 

 ald was free, but too single. Far fewer 

 reds would be grown next season, he 

 predicted. Benora is the best varie- 

 gated, but he had some good seedlings. 

 Laddie-^ave as many as thirteen flow- 

 ers per plant. He believed that with 

 care any variety could be carried two 

 years; the trouble was to keep plants 

 clean and soil constantly stirred during 

 the summer. 



Mr. Goddard and Mr. Howard urged 

 a big convention at Hartford next Janu- 

 ary. W. N. C. 



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MOTT-LY MUSINGS 



"Mother, what is the baby crying 

 fori" "Because it has no clothes." 

 "When we overheard this dialogue," 

 said Mrs. Ernest Ashley, of the Ashley 

 Flower Shop, Allentown, Pa., referring 

 to the posters and a center figure of a 

 cupid in the St. Valentine 's day window 

 display, "we decided to drape the little 

 rascal, and make our slogan, ' Say It 

 with Flowers,' more prominent." Ernest 

 Ashley, who has charge of the green- 

 house department, has a fine supply of 

 lilies and other bulbous stock for Easter. 



• • • • 



John F. Horn & Bro., Allentown, Pa., 

 expressed satisfaction with business for 

 both Lincoln's birthday anniversary and 

 St. Valentine's day. "We look for a 

 larger Easter and spring trade than 

 ever," said John F. Horn, "owing to 

 increased population and advanced 

 tastes, and arc making every effort to 

 meet the demand." Mr. Horn is plan- 

 ning a party trip to the national flower 

 show, which ho has never missed. 



• • • • 



.John H. Sykes, Allentown, Pa., has 

 rearranged the front of his store to give 

 space for a convenient workroom to 

 take care of the increasing business. 



• • • • 



"The last thing in cold storage," 

 observed floor manager Alva .Tones, of 

 the S. S. Pennock Co., Philadelphia, re- 

 ferring to the refrigerating system, 

 which works automatically and includes 

 the manufacture of ice. "It is a 

 splendid piece of mechanism and it will 

 interest the grower to know that every 

 means conceivable is being tliouglit out 

 to better care for his product, and by 

 conserving labor to save as much of 

 overhead cost as is possible." Com- 

 menting upon the stock on hand for St. 



Valentine's day, Mr. Jones said he hoped 

 that Dame Nature and the buying pub- 

 lic would appreciate the position of the 

 wholesaler, 



• • • • 



Elliot Worden, Jamestown, N. Y., 

 emerging from the boiler pit, enveloped 

 with the fumes of sulphur, said that 

 he understood in some measure what 

 our boys suffered in the great war and 

 recalled vividly the lesson learned at 

 Sunday school, at the same time, be- 

 lieving himself immune through this 

 constant experience. "It is what many 

 of the old-timers in the business have 

 to contend with," continued Mr. Wor- 

 den, "and it is only when we grow large 

 that we can install one of the up-to- 

 date boilers advertised in The Eeview. 

 With continued good business, that 

 happy (lay is not far off." 



• * • • 



George IT. Heelas, Jamestown, N. Y., 

 while making up a bouquet of White 

 Killarney roses and white sweet peas, 

 said, "Possibly this is for the young- 

 est bridal pair ever wedded in James- 

 town, the groom being 14 and the bride 

 13 years of age." A bouquet of Colum- 

 bia roses for the bridesmaid, a basket 

 of Lilium giganteum and Paper White 

 narcissi for the flower girl, and a house 

 decoration completed this unique con- 

 tract. 



• • * • 



Gustav Lundquist, Jamestown, N. Y^ 

 is a recent addition to the trade. It is 

 a combination of business and pleasure 

 with him at present. 



• • • • 



Manuel Oppenlieim, Olean, N. Y., 

 made a striking window display of cor- 

 sage bouquets the day preceding th^ 

 Elks' ball and, though it was not an 



original idea, at the same time the 

 publicity given by placarding the event 

 with suitable posters resulted in sales 

 almost beyond realization. Striking 

 evidence was given that there is not the 

 slightest shadow of" a doubt that, to 

 use Mr. Oppenheim's trite expression, 

 "The fish will bite if the right kind 

 of bait is used." 



• • • • 



Eobert P. Mauser, Jamestown, N. Y., 

 anticipates larger sales this spring, and 

 is preparing accordingly. Plans for 

 more glass are in preparation for the 

 newest, yet oldest, concern, as Mr, 

 Mauser is well known as a former 

 grower at Lake View Eose Gardens. 



• • • * 



"It is the easiest thing in the world," 

 observed Charles J. Cotter, superintend- 

 ent of Lake View Eose Gardens, James- 

 town, N. Y., "to tell the other fellow 

 how to do what sometimes you cannot 

 yourself accomplish. Just the same, it 

 creates an atmosphere of curiosity, in- 

 quiry, doubt and sometimes conviction, 

 that, after all, there is logic in the ad- 

 vice and that it is worthy of a trial, 

 with, sometimes, surprising results." 



• • • • 



Thomas Bros., of Oswego, N. Y., are 

 running about the usual average at this 

 time. Stock looks clean, with a heavy 

 crop in sight for Easter. W. M. 



NEW YORK. 



Tbe Market. 



Although a few changes are to be re- 

 ported, the market has not materially 

 changed. Arrivals are not particularly 

 heavy, but the demand does not seem to 

 improve, and clearances at times are 

 difficult. St. Valentine's day trade did 

 not seem to cut much of a figure, and in 

 ordinary times would have been consid- 

 ered the equivalent of a good Saturday 

 business. The heavy snow storm of Sun- 

 day, February 20, threw the market all 

 out of gear on Monday, little material 

 arriving. The left-over stock of Satur- 

 day, however, sufficed to meet the short 

 demand and everything cleaned up. 



The supply of roses is increasing, with 

 the exception of American Beauty and 

 the red varieties. Hybrid teas are quite 

 plentiful. 



Carnations are plentiful, but move 

 fairly well. There is an undue quantity 

 of split flowers coming in, but this con- 

 dition is not unusual in February. 



Orchids continue somewhat in over- 

 supply. Cattleya arrivals are quite 

 heavy. Oncidiums and phalaenopsis 

 bring $8 to $10 per hundred flowers. 

 Cypripediums are plentiful. 



The supply of white lilies is increas- 

 ing. A few formosums are arriving, 

 which bring $20 to $25 per hundred flow- 

 ers and move rdadily. Lilies of the val- 

 ley are arriving in great quantity and 

 are moved with difficulty. Sweet peas 

 are in large supplv. Violets are plenti- 

 ful. 



Tulips, hyacinths and daffodils are par- 

 ticularly abundant. The line is aug- 

 mented by Narcissus poeticus, now ar- 

 riving. 



The list of miscellaneous flowers is 

 growing and the offerings are quite 

 large. 



Various Notes. 



Ove Gnatt, of Laporte, Ind., landed 

 at Boston on his return trip from Eu- 

 rope February 16 and arrived in New 

 York February 19. Mrs. Gnatt and the 

 children went on to Laporte, while her 



