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The Florists^ Review 



29 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



While the business of Saturday, June 

 18, was fairly good in the cut flower 

 market, the preceding days were dull, 

 and arrivals in all lines slow of move- 

 ment. The demand, generally, is not at 

 all such as it might be expected to be 

 at a 'period when spring has scarcely 

 departed. One • noticeable feature of 

 the market is the unusually small de- 

 mand for flowers for wedding func- 

 tions. June ordinarily sees a good de- 

 mand for orchids, lilies of the valley, 

 lilies and other flowers used in bridal 

 work, but this year it is running, so far, 

 only about fifty per cent strong, and the 

 demand for decorative material is 

 equally light. Some stock is bought for 

 graduations and commencements, func- 

 tions that are as prominent as usual, 

 although regulations governing the use 

 of flowers on these occasions are grow- 

 ing more stringent yearly. Eoses are 

 fairly plentiful, but the demand for 

 them is spasmodic; on some days the 

 movement of them is lively, on others 

 they hang fire. American Beauty is 

 going off crop with some growers, but 

 there are plenty of flowers to supply 

 requirements, although the quality is 

 not of the best. In hybrid teas, all 

 usual varieties are in good supply, ex- 

 cepting white, which is scarce. The 

 weather for a few days has been favor- 

 able to roses under glass. Rambler, 

 Excelsa and Dorothy Perkins from out- 

 side plantings are arriving in liberal 

 quantity. 



The orchid supply is somewhat lim- 

 ited, and prices are maintained. Mis- 

 cellaneous species are to be seen, but 

 command only small sales. 



While lilies are not particularly 

 abundant, the supply is sufiicient. Lily 

 of the valley moves slowly. Lilium 

 regale is in small supply, but attracts 

 small attention. 



The supply of carnations is shorten- 

 ing up, and prices are higher in conse- 

 quence. The quality is poor and selected 

 flowers only bring the top price. 



Sweet peas. continue in heavy supply 

 and arrivals are hard to move. Left- 

 over stock is daily abundant. 



Herbaceous flowers continue to ar- 

 rive in great quantity. Enough del- 

 phinium arrived Saturday, June 18, to 

 supply three or four markets of the 

 size of New York's. Still, where any 

 one thing is not in preponderance, there 

 is a fair demand for outside flowers of 

 good quality. The list of offerings in- 

 creases weekly. Among the availables 

 are gypsophila, stocks of fine quality, 

 good snapdragon, coreopsis, pyrethrums, 

 gaillardias, cornflowers, centaureas, 

 feverfew, alyssum, candytuft, yellow 

 daisies, calendulas, poppies, ranunculi, 

 gladioli, Japanese iris, lupines, fox- 

 gloves and campanulas. 



Various Notes. 



William Bogart, buyer for P. Bogart 's 

 Bros., the Sixth avenue florists, is 

 missed from the market by his many 

 friends. He is lying in the Post Grad- 

 uate hospital, where he has been oper- 

 ated on for appendicitis. He is making 

 favorable progress toward recovery. 



Harold W. Trepp, for the last five 

 years a member of the staff of Clar- 

 ence Slinn, wholesaler at the Eighteenth 

 street market, died Sunday, June 19, 

 in the New York hospital, supposedly of 

 pneumonia and complications. The 



young man was 20 years old, and was 

 highly esteemed by his fellows in the 

 trade. He expected to be married 

 within a few weeks. In his school days 

 he worked between sessions for Gun- 

 ther Bros., and, upon leaving school, 

 worked with Herman Weiss, both of 

 West Twenty-eighth street, so he prac- 

 tically belonged to the florists ' business. 



About fifty retailers are now paying 

 into the publicity fund of the Allied 

 Florists' Trade Association on the basis 

 of one-half of one per cent on purchases. 

 This is considered to be a pretty good 

 beginning, and strong hopes are ex- 

 pressed of getting the majority of the 

 retail trade into line. 



Major P. F. O'Keefe, of Boston, was 

 a recent visitor in town. The major is 

 to be a speaker at one of the sessions 

 of the S. A. F. convention, in Washing- 

 ton, next August. J. H. P. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



While there are still a good number 

 of June weddings, the rush is past and 

 the irregular business of summer will 

 soon set in. Business is slow, with an 

 abundance of all kinds of stock that at 

 times is hard to move. Gladioli and 

 Easter lilies move well, as the supply is 

 still limited. Carnations are not fit to 

 carry over. Outdoor flowers are arriv- 

 ing in large quantities and are the prin- 

 cipal reason for a lowered price on the 

 greenhouse stock. Some fair peas. are 

 arriving on the market daily, but most 

 of them are poor and soft. The hardy 

 sweet peas are making a favorable show- 

 ing and seem popular in a number of 

 cases. Some of the growers are getting 

 good, long, straight stems and while 

 they do not have the fragrance, they 

 ship much better. Roses of the best 

 quality are not numerous, but there is a 

 large amount of second-rate flowers. 

 There is a fair demand for Shasta 

 daisies, which are getting scarce. Corn- 

 flowers are being received in large 

 quantities, and are being ueed to a great 

 extent in combinations with coreopsis 

 and delphiniums, and are in good de- 

 mand. Some fine larkspur is offered in 

 different shades of blue. Callas are a 

 thing of the past. Snapdragons, though 

 limited in quantity and quality, sell 

 well. 



Various Notes. 



The Omaha and Council Bluffs Flo- 

 rists' Association held its monthly 

 meeting June 16, and considerable busi- 

 ness was gone over. At the election of 

 officers the result was: President, C. 

 Hargadine; vice-president, Fred Lain- 

 son; secretary, T. E. Evans, and treas- 

 urer. Will Zimmer. It was decided to 

 give a banquet in honor of J. F. Am- 

 mann and Hilmer V. Swenson, both of 

 whom will be in Omaha June 29. Invi- 

 tations are being sent to all nearby flo- 

 rists, and it is to be hoped that a goodly 

 attendance will be present. The Omaha 

 club is fortunate in securing a place at 

 the Carter Lake Club, which assures 

 everyone of a splendid banquet and a 

 fine, cool evening. 



J. A. Lambert, representing the Ove 

 Gnatt Co., of Laportc, Ind., made an en- 

 thusiastic speech on the importance of 

 the florists' club and the good work in 

 this campaign of Messrs. Ammann and 

 Swenson. 



At the auction sale of Paul Floth's 

 greenhouse, which had been taken over 



by the Omaha Commercial high school, 

 the greenhouse was resold to Mr. Floth. 

 Mr. Floth intends to rebuild in the west 

 part of the city. 



At the weekly bowling contest of the 

 Florists ' Club, J. Bath 's team won over 

 F. Swanson's team. 



Frank Swanson, the south side florist, 

 reports that he is more than pleased 

 with the results he has gained as an F. 

 T. D. member. His first month's orders 

 more than repaid him. 



Fred Shaw, who was formerly man- 

 ager of Wilcox & Son's store, has 

 opened a store for himself in Council 

 Bluffs and has become a member of the 

 F. T. D. He is more than pleased with 

 his business. Mr. Shaw had the decora- 

 tions for the graduation class of the 

 Council Bluffs high school. 



All flower stores in Omaha will close 

 all day Sunday after July 1, 1921. 



J. E. E. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



August in June is not good for the 

 flower business. Since last report in 

 these columns Chicago has had a suc- 

 cession of hot days which would have 

 done credit to midsummer. The 

 weather clerk in his aerie found his 

 shaded thermometer registered 95 de- 

 grees one afternoon and for several 

 days in a row the mean temperature 

 was 15 to 20 degrees above normal. 

 Under glass the heat was terrific and 

 in the open, there being no rain, field 

 crops not under irrigation suffered se- 

 verely. The inevitable result was to 

 crowd the market with poor stock. 



The marvel is, not that business 

 should have been poor, but that it 

 should have been so good. At this sea- 

 son of the year it is more noticeable 

 than at other seasons that Monday is a 

 good day, Tuesday a dull one, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday ditto, with a revival 

 on Friday and a brisk business Satur- 

 day. It was so last week and doubtless 

 will be so this week, although this is the 

 week bringing the greater number of 

 school closings, which may help matters 

 during the usually quiet middle period. 



It would be untrue to report the 

 flower business is dull. Several of the 

 larger wholesale houses say their sales 

 last week, even with the unseasonable 

 heat, were as good as or slightly better 

 than for the same week last year. Show 

 us another line of business for which as 

 much can be said! It is true, however, 

 that average prices of flowers are much 

 below those of this date in recent years. 

 The quantity of stock handled is the 

 largest ever known in June and ac- 

 counts for the excellent volume of 

 money handled. 



When it is stated that the market has 

 been continuously overcrowded with 

 stock rendered of low average quality 

 by the heat, that tells the whole story; 

 anything more is repetition. The larger 

 growers, who began early with replant- 

 ing, have begun to cut in considerable 

 quantity from young stock and there 

 seems little danger that roses will be 

 in short supply at any time this sum- 

 mer. At present the strongest demand 

 seems to be for Sunburst and White Kil- 

 larney; seems to be because it is more 

 difficult to find 1,000 Sunburst than 

 20,000 Columbia or Premier. 



The heat has made carnations so 

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