Pecemder 15, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



55 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



Business is (luiet lioio, but all tlic 

 florists appreciate a coiulltioii ot tins 

 sort at this time, as it gives tiieiii lee- 

 way to i)roi)are for tlie big Christmas 

 trade. Several large tnickloads of 

 <'vlameiis and other plants have been 

 ordered from growers in Boston and 

 other local points, and will arrive 

 here a week hence. Everything ])Oints 

 to a big business here. At a meeting at 

 the Boiid hotel recently, all the promi- 

 nent florists and growers agreed iinani- 

 mouslv to carry advertisements in all 

 the dailv and .Sunday ])!ii)ers concerning 

 plants and their usefulness, bringing 

 good cheer, etc., into the hearts of every- 

 one, carrying this advertising jointly. 

 Good cooperation among growers and re- 

 tailers is noted here. 



Chrysanthemum Named. 



At a moose game dinner, given by 

 Wallace R. Piersou at Cromwell, Conn., 

 December 3, the now chrysanthemum. 

 Governor Lake, was christened. 



This new mum was developed at the 

 establishment of A. N. I'ierson, Inc. The 

 flower is distinctive for its rich bronze 

 color and form of blossom. It is a pom- 

 ])on and a quality that also makes it re- 

 markable is the 'lateness of the season 

 in which it blooms. It is the latest 

 of any of the good varieties and its keep- 

 ing qualities are superior to any. 



A. N. I'ierson has developed fifty new 

 varieties of chrysanthemums this year, 

 naming four. As the new varieties 

 show their merit, more will be named 

 next year. 

 , It is an immense undertaking and at 

 / Cromwell upwards of 10,000 seedlings 

 of the jtonipon varieties alone are being 

 grown. 



The chrysanthemum season :it the range 

 of A. N. Pierson, Inc., is at an end. The 

 last cutting other thnn of the porni>on, 

 Governor Lake, was of the December 

 Beauty variety. Tiiis flower is distinc- 

 tive because of tlie size of its blooms, 

 some of wliich are i'xce])tioniil in their 

 diameter. The stems are likewise un- 

 usu.'tl in length and strong. A. G. Bloom- 

 berg has charge of the clirysantheniums 

 here, (iovernor I^ake was the guest of 

 honor at tiie dinner iiml res|ponde(l ri]i- 

 ])ro])riat('ly to Wallace I'ierson "s witfy 

 stories. 



Show Committee Meets. 



Wallace K. Pierson, chairman of all 

 of the committees of the carnation and 

 rose sliow, called a meeting at the Hotel 

 Bond December G. All the members of 

 the different committees were j.resent 

 and several new names were added to 

 serve. N. C. Osborn will be superin- 

 tendent of the show and will have as- 

 sisting him, Charles Cawte and Al 

 Linder. Members of the committees 

 are as follows: Hall, .Joseph Coombs, 

 ehairman, "V. H. Olmstcad and I. Pied- 

 mont ; jiublicity, (Jeorge Lane, chiiirm.'in, 

 Al Linder and Charles B. McDonald; 

 finance, W. W. Thomson, chairman, .Jo- 

 seph Coombs, J. Albert Brodrib; hotel, 

 Andrew Welch, chairman, Roy Thomson, 

 Fred Cawte; transportation and reco])- 

 \ tion, J. Albert Brodrib, chairman, 

 ' George McClunie and Harry Anderson. 

 .Tosejih McManus had to absent himself, 

 owing to ji court case. He is chairman 

 of the ])anquet committee and anyone 

 who misses this affair will be disaj)- 



pointed, as we know he is having ])re- 

 pared something new in cooperation 

 with Harrv Bond, of the Bon. I hotel. 

 The following ladies will also serve on 

 tlie ladies' recejttion committee: Mrs. 

 .Joseph McManus, Mrs. Kllen Welch, 

 Mrs. J. Albert Brodrib, Mrs. Cawte 

 and Mrs. Wallace Pierson. Bring your 

 best girls along, boys, and these ladies 

 of Hartford will welcome you and yours. 

 Jt was voted to hold the show January 

 L'.l to 27. It will be free to the ].ublic 

 lit 7 p. ni. the first day of the show. 



Wallace Pierson is jiromised roses 

 from the following: Peirce Bros., 

 Waltham, Mass.; Gude Bros Co., Wasli- 

 ington, D. v.; A. X. Pierson, Inc., Crom- 

 well, Conn.; F. R. Pierson, Tarrytowii, 

 X. Y.; Duckham-Pierson Co., Madison, 

 X. J.; Thomas Roland, Xahant, Mass.; 

 E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind.; Gordon 

 Fisher, Woburn, Mass.; .loseph H. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind.; the St tippy Floral 

 Co., St. Joseph, Mo.; L. B. (.'oddington, 

 Murray Hill, N'. .L, and Robert Hinii)soii, 

 Clifton, X'. J. Jjet us hear from some 

 more. We have a beautiful hall here 

 to display your flowers to advantage. 

 Try to come in ]>erson, l)ut if unable 

 to attend, send :ilong your flowors; they 

 will be well tiikeii care of and staged 

 hy X. C. Osborn, suiterintendent of the 

 siiow and vice-president of the Carna- 

 tion Society. 



Various Notes. 



W. M. Jones, representing Rogers 

 Bros., Chicago, was a recent visitor. 

 Burpee's stringless green po<l beans are 

 in short su])|)ly and jirices are advanc- 

 ing, reports Mr. Jones. 



Edward Rose, for twenty years with 

 tlie Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., in charge 

 of the flower seed and bulb depart- 

 ments, has resigned and is now the Xew 

 England representative of 'SV. \'an 

 Waveren, Enkhuizen, Holland, bulb 

 gidweis, and w;is a ri'ceiit visitor here, 

 calling on the trade. C. B. M. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



Chicago, was a recent visitor, as was 

 R. E. Blackshaw, of the Ove Gnatt Co., 

 Laporte, Ind. W. A. R. 



Visitors to Cleveland sjiread the fame 

 of John Kirchner and his sons, who 

 steadily increase tlic volume of their 

 trade "at Sixty-seventh and Quincy 

 streets, where they recently h;ive re- 

 niochded iind modernized the store and 

 converted one of the greenhouses into 

 a conservatory for the display of plants. 

 There are those among the trade's 

 trav(ders who aver that the Kirchners do 

 more funeral work than is turned out 

 at any other one store in America and 

 they also have a large* business in deco- 

 rations. Eight White trucks arc in 

 use, as well as three roadsters, one for 

 eacli member of the firm. ^ 



The Market. 



Business st.arted out Monday of last 

 week with a rush and everybody thought 

 the annual busy season was on, but the 

 remainder of the week l)rought disap 

 jiointinent, with the excejttion of Satur- 

 day, which was ag.iin busy. I'.usiness in 

 general has been spasmodic the last few 

 )iioiiths, some days being exceedingly 

 good and others much the other way. 



Roses are still quite scarce. Carna- 

 tions are better. Xarcissi arc coming in 

 strongly, while mums ,'ind ]ioin]ioiis nrc 

 on their l;ist legs. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. M. Herbold, of Galioii, w.is a 

 week-end visitor. 



The assets of Louis Brandt, of the 

 Heights Garden Shop, were sold for $70(1. 



Mr. Larson, of the Brown Floral Co., 

 Canton; Mr. Ahern, of Akron, and Leo 

 Wagner, (if S;inVusky, were recent vis- 

 itors. \ 



We regret to rhiort several deaths in 

 the trade last wJeek ; namely, those of 

 :Mrs. T. W. Lis\f, the youtliful son of 

 Peter Xichols j/nd the grandfather of 

 Homer Fox. Tlie tra<lc extends heart- 

 felt sympathy. 



Christine Cares is oi>eniiig ;i branch 

 store downtown in the Hotel ('ievelnnd 

 building, on the Public square. 



Joseph Marks, of A. Henderson & Co., 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



As last week progressed business ac- 

 celerated. There was no rush, but a 

 steady increase, both in shijiping and 

 in local trade. It was apparent that the 

 chrysantheinuiu season had at last come 

 to .-111 end :ind that, as chrysanthemums 

 and pompons were used up in the many 

 cities and towns within the Chicago 

 r;i(lius, the result was felt in the Chicago 

 market. Wholesale houses in other 

 cities, which have bought little or noth- 

 ing in the last five or six weeks, were 

 again on the long-distance telephone 

 seeking roses. After the period of ex- 

 tremely low prices there was much op- 

 ]iositi()n to the advances wliich naturally 

 f((l!owed the incre;ised denumd. Xotli- 

 iiig took ])lace which could be described 

 !is a sharp advance, but there was con- 

 tinuous improvement. Prices strength- 

 ened a little each day, and by the close 

 of the week the market was nearly 

 cleaned up, for practically the first time 

 since chrysanthemums took the center 

 of the stage. 



The jiresent week ojiened with con- 

 tinued good demand and there is pros- 

 j)ect of steady improvement until Christ- 

 mas. The market is not now heavily 

 siqiplied with flowers. It is a little too 

 early for (^hristinas crops to begin to be 

 felt and chrysanthemums are practically 

 gcuie. Here and there one sees a few 

 liedr.aggled niiims, but really first-class 

 lati' flowers .are scarce and anything that 

 is really good is selling at nice prices. 

 I'omjions also are in such light supply 

 that anything good sells at sight. There 

 are enough long roses for the demand, 

 hut buyers again are hunting shorts. 



CariKitions are not in large supply and 

 sweet peas and violets are scarce. Poin- 

 settias are beginning to arrive in some 

 c|uautit>' and there now is plenty of 

 st(>via. Narcissi have benefited by the 

 decrease in the sup]dy of chrysanthe- 

 mums and PajuT Wliites now enjoy 

 something like ;i steady market. 

 Heatlier h.as begun to npii(\"ir in some 

 (juantity. 



The gre(m goods market is (juiet. 

 There has been !in .'idvance in the ]irico 

 of ferns. Smilax, on the other hand, 

 is more jdentiful th.an it has been for a 

 long time. Boxwood is finding .a good 

 m.arket, because holly and bouquet green 

 arc in small supply. 



Christmas i^ospects. 



<'liristrnas now occupies most of IIk? 

 att(Mition not demanded l)y daily rou- 

 tine. Orrlers are not exactly pouring in, 



