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The Florists' Review 



Decbmbiib 29. 1921 



from leading authorities ou gladioli, who 

 have either growil these varieties or 

 visited our fields during the blooming 

 season. It is our intention to offer these 

 to the trade shortly in a series of ad- 

 vertisements in The Review. We used 

 this medium in introducing Princepine 

 some nine or ten years ago and we should 

 not think of offering new varieties to 

 the trade without an announcement in 

 The Review, the leading trade paper. 



At Albion the soil is ideal for the 

 growing of gladioli on a commercial 

 scale. Here we are growing Schwaben, 

 Niagara, War, Peace, Panama, Prince of 

 Wales, Lily White, Mrs. Dr. Norton, 

 Golden Measure, Louise, Early Sunrise, 

 Le Marechal Foch, etc. 



W. E. Kirchhoff, Jr. 



GAS THOSE WHITE ANTS. 



In regard to the inquiry of J. C. S., 

 Kan., asking for a remedy for white 

 ants, I am sending him a sure cure. 

 Here it is: With a pointed stick make 

 holes about ten or twelve inches apart 

 and two or three inches deep in the soil 

 of the bench where the ants arc at work. 

 Pour into each of these holes a thimble- 

 ful of carbon bisulphide and quickly 

 close each hole with the finger, so the 

 gas will not escape. One dose will knock 

 the ants out, but should they appear 

 again, give them another dose. This 

 remedy can be procured at any drug 

 store. White ants do not work on the 

 surface; so one has to "gas" them. 

 William Walker. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The Christmas business of 1921 has 

 gone into history as reflecting selling 

 policies on the safe and sane order. A 

 good business was done in the whole- 

 sale cut flower markets and there ap- 

 pears to be little complaint as to the 

 conditions under which it was done. 

 Clearances of the majority of items were 

 effected, and in the summing up aggre- 

 gates are satisfactory all around. To 

 begin with, last year a vast amount of 

 rose stock was carried over, only to be 

 disposed of at job-lot prices after the 

 holiday. This year, the figures set for 

 the holiday were maintained throughout 

 the selling period and clearances were 

 the order rather than the exception. 

 American Beauty specials moved at $150 

 per hundred, but not all were sold, be- 

 cause there were so many good offerings 

 of long-stemmed stock in the hybrid 

 teas. The latter brought an all-round 

 price of $50 per hundred for the toppers, 

 a few even bringing more, and the 

 lower grades moved at prices down to 

 $10 per hundred. Carnations were 

 fairly plentiful, except in the reds, but 

 $20 per hundred was the maximum for 

 this class. Pinks moved at $12 per hun- 

 dred, a few bringing $15, and whites 

 were hard to move at $8 to $10 per hun- 

 dred; in fact, much white stock was 

 left over. There was too much lily of 

 the valley, likewise of stevia, with $G 

 per hundred the general price for the 

 former. White lilies were not in much 

 demand, and moved at the recent regu- 

 lar prices. Retailers, generally, report a 

 good business, but their buying was 

 most conservative and many plant grow- 

 ers find themselves with a surplus a 

 little larger than usual. Taken alto- 

 gether, the Christmas business is con- 

 sidered to have been satisfactory. 



Tuesday, December 27, the supply of 



stock was light, with ademand just about 

 able to clear it. Roses are moving on a 

 pre-Christmas basis, with a small stock 

 of left-overs closing out at concessions. 



The supply of carnations is light and 

 arrivals move with little difiiculty at 

 about $8 to $12 per hundred. 



Cattleyas are in fair supply and are 

 meeting only a moderate demand, at 

 prices as about last quoted, $50 to $200 

 per hundred, and, except in the lower 

 grades, these were the Christmas prices. 



White lilies are on the scarce side, 

 but there are few calls for them. Lily 

 of the valley is in oversupply and clear- 

 ances are difficult. 



Violets are plentiful, the best bring- 

 ing $1 per hundred. There was a good 

 supply at Christmas and sales reached 

 $2 per hundred for the finest stock. 



There is a good supply of miscel- 

 laneous stock. Paper White narcissi 

 are bringing $5 per hundred for 

 the best. Tulips, of the short-stemmed 

 varieties, are plentiful, but it is hard 

 to move them at three bunches for $1. 

 Iris tingitana is in the market, and 

 meets a small demand, mainly on ac- 

 count of novelty. Other items are 

 calendulas, cornflowers, wallflowers, 

 pansies, gladioli, bouvardia, snap- 

 dragons, stevia, sweet peas, gardenias 

 and lilac, all of which are meeting a 

 fair demand. 



Various Notes. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held in the club's 

 quarters. Engineering Societies' build- 

 ing, Monday evening, January 9. It 

 will be ladies' night, and the business 

 of the club will be expedited, so that 

 the entertainment may be opened early. 

 Members will receive early notice from 

 the chairman of the entertainment com- 

 mittee as to invitation acceptances for 

 their ladies, and, without doubt, the 

 function will be a most enjoyable one. 

 At the following meeting, February 13, 

 Prof. White, of Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, N. Y., will give an illustrated 

 lecture covering his recent trip among 

 English growers. J. H. P. 



OBITUARY 



Mentor, O. — Carl Hagenburger had an 

 excellent Christmas business. Three 

 huge trucks were constantly on the go 

 for over a week between his greenhouses 

 and Detroit, Toledo, Sandusky and 

 Cleveland. The home of the Cleveland 

 cherry was one of the busiest places in 

 this locality. 



Blissfield, Mich. — J. F. Sprunk has 

 three children ill at home with typhoid 

 fever, while he and his other two chil- 

 dren are at the hospital quite ill. Mr. 

 Sprunk is still in business, however, and 

 even though he is unable to take care 

 of it at present, all orders for stock can 

 be sent and he will take care of them 

 when he recovers. 



Price, Utah. — A tract of land north 

 of the city upon which twenty green- 

 houses, each 50x300 feet, can be built, 

 has been purchased by the Carbon Floral 

 Co., and this firm will begin the con- 

 struction of two such houses immedi- 

 ately. The Carbon Floral Co. came to 

 Price just in time to open for the 

 Thanksgiving trade this year and has 

 already taken its place as a regular in- 

 stitution. In view of the fact that the 

 manager of this firm has had twenty- 

 four years of experience in this line of 

 business, a good showing can be ex- 

 pected by this firm. 



Adolpbus Gade. 



The day before Christmas brought thr 

 regrettable tidings of the death oi 

 Adolphus Qude, of Washington, D. C. 

 He passed away at 6:50 a. m., Decern 

 ber 24. 



Mr. Gude had been at the Emergenc_^ 

 hospital for just five weeks. His illnes 

 had extended over two years, but he hai; 

 been confined to bed only a short time 

 The evening before his death he hail 

 held out hope for his recovery, and s(. 

 the sudden end was a shock to his fam 

 ily and other relatives, none of whom 

 had time to reach him ere he died. 



The funeral was held at 2 p. m. De 

 cember 27 at his late residence, Gude 

 mont, in Anacostia, D. C. Interment 

 was in Rock Creek cemetery, by the side 

 of his oldest daughter, who was buried 

 just a year before, December 22, 1920. 

 Masons and Knights Templar were in 

 charge of the funeral, which was indeed 

 a notable one, since Mr. Gude had been 

 at one time grand commander of the 

 Knights Templar of the District of Co- 

 lumbia. 



Members of the trade deeply mourn 

 the loss of "Dolph," as he was 

 familiarly known, who was never known 

 to depart from the precepts of the 

 golden rule and who expressed the out- 

 standing trait of his character in his 

 own words thus: "My motto all 

 through life has been to start or promise 

 nothing that I could not fulfill, and to 

 fulfill everything that I had promised." 

 As the founder of one of the biggest 

 greenhouse establishments in the coun- 

 try, as a vice-president of the Society of 

 American Florists and as a man of high 

 character and pleasing disposition he 

 had a host of friends. 



Adolphus Gude was born at Knoxville, 

 Tenn., April 20, 1863. When 3 years of 

 age he moved with his parents to Lynch- 

 burg, Va., and at the age of 7 was on a 

 farm in Prince George county. Until 

 10 years of age he attended the country 

 school, immediately thereafter entering 

 the employ of the late N. Studer, in 

 which he continued until 1888, with the 

 exception of a short time spent with 

 Peter Henderson & Co. at their Jersey 

 City greenhouses. 



Adolphus Gude was the founder of the 

 present Gude Bros. Co., starting in the 

 buying and selling of flowers in 1887. 

 The following year he purchased four 

 acres of land and personally erected his 

 first three greenhouses, thereafter selling 

 his own grown flowers. 



In 1889 he took his brother, William 

 F. Gude, into the business with him, giv- 

 ing the latter a third interest in the ven- 

 ture, later giving him an equal share, 

 whereupon the business became known as 

 A. Gude & Bro. William F. Gude took 

 charge of the selling end of the business, 

 while Adolphus Gude continued in 

 charge of production. For seventeen 

 years the business remained a partner- 

 ship. The corporation of Gude Bros. Co. 

 was formed in 1906, with a capital of 

 $50,000 and a surplus of $26,000. 



September 5, 1921, Adolphus Gude an- 

 nounced his withdrawal from the Gude 

 Bros. Co. He had held the offices of vice- 

 president and general manager, devoting 

 his attention exclusively to the produc- 

 ing branch of the business and operating 



