Mat 24, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Toward the end of last week the sup- 

 ply of stock increased tremendously, so 

 that by the first of this week everything 

 was plentiful and was crowding in the 

 wholesale houses. Local business seems 

 to be quiet, but the shipping business 

 is fair. 



Eoses, which are in heavy supply, in- 

 clude excellent blooms of Russell, 

 Ophelia and Sunburst. Carnations, too, 

 are extremely plentiful, and Easter 

 lilies are in excessive supply. Snapdrag- 

 ons are beginning to accumulate and 

 gladioli are now piling up. To the stock 

 from the south has been added the cut 

 of several local growers. Peonies are 

 more than plentiful. Other offerings 

 include callas, valley, sweet peas, corn- 

 flowers and irises. Greens are plenti- 

 ful. The new southern ferns are meet- 

 ing with an excellent demand. 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell is experiencing a good 

 sale of the new southern ferns he is re- 

 ceiving from the south. 



P. J. Olinger reports that he has 

 booked many large orders for Decora- 

 tion day for out-of-town points. 



George Klotter has begun to cut 

 cornflowers. L. H. Kyrk received the 

 first batch last week. 



Among recent visitors were Mr. and 

 Mrs. Floyd Anderson, of Xenia, O.; 

 George H. Moores, of Wilmington, O., 

 and Joseph Hill, of Richmond, Ind. 



C. H. H. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The crop that was anticipated for 

 Mothers' day is now on in full force. 

 Local florists are bemoaning the fact 

 that a little of last week's sunshine did 

 not come a week sooner. A day or 

 two of sunshine awakened all the stock 

 and now the market is in a glutted con- 

 dition. Sweet peas are especially plen- 

 tiful in the short and medium stems. 

 Roses are abundant and an enormous 

 supply of Easter lilies is on hand. Car- 

 nations are in ample supply, but they 

 are not too numerous. Nearly all other 

 flowers are in excessive supply, with 

 the exception of gladioli, which move 

 well at $1 per dozen, but are in limited 

 quantities as yet. Outdoor valley is 

 holding a small place in the market, as 

 it is in demand for corsage work. 



During the early part of the week 

 business was brisk, but it diminished 

 toward the middle and dragged toward 

 the end. Saturday there was an accu- 

 mulation of stock and the demand was 

 sluggish. Numerous street boys and 

 venders tried to encourage buyers. 



The warm weather, coming so sud- 

 denly, but not unexpectedly, brought 

 with it a better demand for bedding 

 stock, although as yet the business can- 

 not be called rushing. Prices are uni- 

 formly higher this year than last. Gera- 

 niums that brought $1 at retail last 

 year are bringing $1.50 this year, while 

 the $1.50 grade is bringing $2. Other 

 stock that sold at 50 cents per dozen 

 is now making 75 cents. There is a 

 demand at present for the filling of 

 cemetery vases for Decoration day. 

 Porch boxes and flower beds are also 

 being attended to and it is thought 

 that a week or two more will see this 



stock well under way. From indica- 

 tions, the numerous vegetable gardens 

 will not affect the number of flower 

 gardens, etc. The people seem to have 

 the garden fever. 



Once again the green situation is 

 about normal, with the exception of 

 fern leaves. These are inferior and 

 higher priced. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel Seligman, of New York, 

 called on the trade on his way back 

 from a two weeks' vacation at Hot 

 Springs. 



Hensley's have a patriotic electric 

 sign in their display window, represent- 

 ing the "spirit of 1776." 



Isaac Bayersdorfer, of Philadelphia, 

 was a recent visitor. 



The committee making plans for a 

 tornado insurance organization held a 

 meeting last .week at the Smith & 

 Young Co. place. It will have its report 

 ready for the next meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association of Indiana. This 

 meeting will be held Friday, June 1. 

 The place of meeting will be announced 

 later. 



W. W. Coles and family, of Kokomo, 

 motored to the city May 21. 



The Claypool Hotel Florist had a 

 record-breaking day May 19. The offi- 

 cers' reserve corps at Fort Benjamin 

 Harrison was given a few hours' leave 

 of absence and the young soldiers with 

 their sweethearts nearly bought Mr. 

 Bookedis out. 



Paul Tauer, of Lebanon, accompanied 

 by his family, recently visited the city. 



Baur & Steinkamp have completed 

 their installation of the Skinner system 

 of irrigation. 



Fred Kiel is now with the Rocpke 

 Floral Co. 



John Chisholm has returned from Cin- 

 cinnati. 



A heavy Memorial day business is 

 anticipated on account of the height- 

 ened patriotic spirit. 



The florists are being greatly bothered 

 by individuals who try to make money 

 out of little patches of valley. 



Local growers are receiving numer- 

 ous calls for tomato plants. One would 

 think that florists specialized in this 

 line, from the calls received. 



While Indianapolis is one of the best 

 cities in the United States, sometimes 

 its political management gets on the 

 nerves. Peter Bogies, who conducts a 

 flower booth at 17 North Illinois street, 

 was arrested for selling flowers on 

 Mothers' day. He was tried in the 

 justice of the peace court and fined $10. 

 A law prohibiting Sunday selling has 

 been in existence for a number of years, 

 but has never been enforced until just 

 recently in a few cases. All the florists 

 in the city have been keeping open 

 until noon, and a few all day, but this 

 has been the first time there has been 

 any trouble. A movement has been 

 started by local tradesmen to eliminate 

 Sunday business, but it has not as yet 

 made much headway. E. E. T. 



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The United States Cut Flower Co., 

 of Elmira, was able to supply only a 

 small part of the carnations for 

 Mothers' day. Superintendent King 

 commented on the many inquiries and 

 orders, indicating a general shortage 

 or anticipating an unusual demand. 

 Stock was fine. The roses look promis- 

 ing — Ophelia, Hoosier Beauty and 

 Mock, in the order named. Shawyer 

 is giving satisfaction, so much so that 

 it is regretted there are not enough 

 young plants to fill one of the new 

 King houses nearing completion. The 

 truss house stands high in the opinion 

 of this company. 



John B. Rudy, of Elmira, believes 

 that the demand for bedding plants, 

 and flowering stock generally, will be 

 fully equal to that of previous years, 

 judging from the inquiries and orders 

 he has received. He has an excellent 

 supply. 



Frank Durand, of Rawson's, Elmira, 

 remarked that it was a most unfor- 

 tunate circumstance that the white car- 

 nation is the floral emblem for Mothers' 

 day, as many would-be purchasers are 

 unable to be supplied and cannot be 

 induced to take any other flower. As 

 to the advisability of founding a 

 Fathers' day, Mr. Durand thinks that 

 a practical survey and analysis of the 

 subject should be made, and that the 

 association sponsoring the day should 

 decide on a flower or plant comparative- 

 ly easy to supply. 



R. J. Roskelly, of the Bool Floral 

 Co., Ithaca, N. Y., remarked that Prof. 

 Lumsden had returned to Cornell from 

 his sojourn at the new W. J. Palmer 



& Son flower emporium at Buffalo. 

 Something surpassing anything yet at- 

 tempted in floral display work is ex- 

 pected. All hands are on the qui vive. 

 Everyone esteems the opinion of the 

 professor. 



W. & T. Cass, of Geneva, N. Y., have 

 a large nursery connection and men- 

 tioned that on account of the scarcity 

 of labor they have filled orders and con- 

 tracts with trees that could be dug by 

 machinery. The birch is one among 

 many. The season is late and planting 

 drags along. Absence of imported 

 stock necessitates a change in the 

 program of wliat to grow for next 

 season. Such stock as primulas has 

 sold better than ever and with gera- 

 niums, grown as they are by the 

 Cass men, there is no reason why fine 

 stock cannot be had for Christmas. A 

 scarlet geranium in a 6 or 7-inch pot or 

 pan will sell well. Nephrolepis bos- 

 toniensis and Whitmanii are grown in 

 large numbers. The usual batch of 

 lilies cleaned up well; now the question 

 is, "Will the 'gigs' arrive on time from 

 Japan?" 



"We plow the fields and scatter the 

 good seed on the ground," observed J. 

 Dann, of Dann & Son, Westfield, N. Y.; 

 * * sometimes we are rewarded for our 

 labors. We planted an ad in the classi- 

 fied columns of The Review, for cannas, 

 and received orders for more than 10,- 

 000, the orders coming from all parts of 

 the district between the Great Lakes 

 and the Gulf of Mexico. Tliat is 'going 

 some.' Another special is tomatoes, in 

 boxes, grown largely for home trade." 



W. M. 



