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The Florists^ Review 



JANUABY 5. 1922 



was running a good chance of having too 

 much lycopodium on hand after the Iioli- 

 days, whicli would require storing and 

 thus retard the progress of turnover. In 

 order to obviate the possibility of this 

 occurring, a number of boys were cm- 

 ployed to make a house-to-houae canvass 

 of the town with the stock. These boys 

 were sent out on a twenty per cent basis, 

 with the result that the stock was all 

 disposed of, some of the boys making 

 as high as $4 for eight hours ' work. 



GRAND rOEKS, N. D. 



At Christmas McElroy's Flower Shop 

 cleaned up on everything. Artificial 

 baskets proved an exceptionally good 

 seller. Everything in blooming plants 

 was sold by Saturday noon. 



The Tri-State Florists' Association, 

 comprising florists of North Dakota, 

 northern South Dakota and northwest- 

 ern Minnesota, will hold the annual 

 meeting at Grand Forks, January 27 

 and 28. At the same time will be held 

 a flower show, which will be staged 

 largely for the general public, with no 

 admission charge. T. P. McElroy is in 

 charge of local arrangements. The sec- 

 retary of the association is E. F. Gestil, 



of Fargo, N. D. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



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The Market. 



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Cut flowers are in demand, but there 

 is a scarcity in this line. Roses have 

 been selling for from $8 to $35 per hun- 

 dred. Carnations have been bringing 

 good prices. Sweet peas have been sell- 

 ing well for corsage work at $2.50 and 

 $3 per hundred. Narcissi are in good 

 demand at from $6 to $8 per hundred. 

 Other available flowers are calendulas 

 at $4 to $6j violets, orchids and stevia. 

 Calla lili«8 are selling at $2.50 and $3 

 per dozen. 



The New Year's business was good, 

 corsage bouquets being one of the 

 leaders. 

 ^ Various Notes. 



Mrs. A. F. J. Baur, who is in St. 

 Vincent's hospital, having undergone 

 an operation, is well on the road to re- 

 covery now. 



The last day for making entry for the 

 carnation show, to be held in Hartford, 

 Conn., is January 15. Anyone desiring 

 a premium list should communicate with 

 A. F. J. Baur, 3800 Eookwood avenue, 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



The trade welcomes the return of Os- 

 car Carlstedt to the old stand after his 

 operation. 



The Indiana State Florists' Asso- 

 siation will hold its annual meeting 

 January 10, at 2 p. m., at the Indianapo- 

 lis public library. At this time there 

 will be an election of officers and the 

 rose and carnation trophies will be 

 awarded. There will also be a small 

 premium for plant displays. For the 

 first time in its history this exhibition 

 will be open to the public. The associa- 

 tion is desirous of a large display. Any- 

 one having any novelties or new dis- 

 seminations he wishes to display should 

 send them to Oscar Carlstedt, Smith & 

 Young Wholesale Co., 228 East Ohio 

 -Street. After the meeting a ban- 

 quet, followed by a theater party, will 

 be held, to which the ladies are invited. 

 Bertermann Bros. Co. enjoyed a good 

 New Year's business. This firm is cut- 

 ting some good Harrisii lilies. 

 A. Wiegand's Sons Co. has had one 



of the most beautiful window displays of 

 the season, featuring large willow bas- 

 kets of unusual merit, which were de- 

 signed by George "Wiegand. These large 

 baskets were filled with flowers and 

 artificial, painted decorative material. 



Richard Kootz, formerly with Berter- 

 mann Bros. Co., has returned from Cin- 

 cinnati, O., and is now with A. Wie- 

 gand's Sons Co. 



Mr. Ross, of Greenwood, and C. H. 

 Schwomeyer, of Indianapolis, had some 

 good cyclamens for the holiday trade. 



L. F. Benson will leave soon_Jor 

 Florida, where he will spend the remain- 

 der of the winter. E. E. T. 



FLOWERS VS. FURNITURE. 



The following is a controversy b.e- 

 tween a florist and a furniture dealer, 

 which appear,ed in a local paper at New 

 Philadelphia, O., the latter having 

 hooked a ride on the success of the 

 florists' slogan. 



The furniture dealer's advertisement 

 ran as follows: "Say It with Fur- 

 niture; Flowers Die. Hicks & Co." 



The following dialogue was inserted 

 as an advertisement in the reading no- 

 tice column by S. H. Green, the florist at 

 New Philadelphia: 



Tlie florist, "Say It with Flowers." 

 The furniture dealer, "But flowers die." 

 The florist, "Of course they die, but there 

 are always more with which to replace them, 

 ,and flowers, today, are sufflciently low-priced to 

 come within the means of all. Besides, isn't it 

 better to have lived as a flower and died, than 

 never to have lived at all? Or to have been 

 just a piece of wood all your life? We think 

 it Is, so 'Say It with Flowers." " 



STARTING POINSETTIAS. 



Can you inform me wlu;n is the proper 

 time to start hardwood poinsettia cut- 

 tings for next year's plants? 



J. S.— Cal. 



Hardwood poinsettia cuttings may be 

 put in the sand any time after the 

 l)looms are cut. After the first watering, 

 keep them just fairly moist, and they 

 will start roots in due time. Cut them 

 into lengths of two or three eyes and 

 pay no attention to the bleeding. 



A. F. J. B. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Minneapolis, Mini*. — Moore, Terwilli- 

 ger. Inc., have filed a voluntary petition 

 in bankruptcy, listing a.ssets at $1U,- 

 747.79 and liabilities at $14,759.87. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — Involuntary bank- 

 ruptcy proceedings have been instituted 

 against the Florists' Supply Co., dealers 

 in wholesale cut flowers and florists' sup- 

 plies. W. H. Carney and his wife, E. B. 

 Carney, expect to continue and to pay 

 all creditors themselves in (.the next six 

 months. 



Chicago, 111.— The Kaspar Mfg. Co., 

 3234 West Thirtieth street, is in the 

 hands of a receiver. No statement of 

 assets and liabilities is available, but it 

 is understood the receiver expects to 

 wind up the business, having given up 

 plans of reorganization. The matter is 

 of interest to florists because the princi- 

 pal specialty of the debtor was the 

 manufacture of the white wood easels 

 now widely used in the trade. Mr. 

 Kaspar designed the easel while he was 

 running a flower store on the west side 

 and found it so popular that he organ- 

 ized his company amd started manu- 

 facturing on a considerable scale. Later 

 he added other lines of woodworking. 



Harrie B. McOullough. 



Harrie B. McCullough, president of 

 the seed firm of J. M. McCullough 's 

 Sons Co., Cincinnati, O., died suddenly 

 of paralysis January 3 at 3 a. m. Mr. 

 McCullough had been in poor health for 

 more than two years, but was able to be 

 at his office a few hours each day. He 

 was at his desk December 31 and wished 

 his employees a "Happy New Year." 



H. B. McCullough was the grandson 

 of the founder of the corporation he 

 headed. J. M. McCullough entered the 

 seed business at Cincinnati in 1838. His 

 two sons, Albert and J. Charles, who 

 succeeded him, were widely known fig- 

 ures in the seed trade. The latter, with- 

 drawing from the corporation, estab- 

 lished a separate firm. Albert, the 

 father of Harrie B. McCullough, was the 

 only man ever elected twice to the presi- 

 dency of the American Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation. At his death, in 1916, his son 

 succeeded hini as president of the J. M. 

 McCullough 's Sons Co., having previous- 

 ly acted as secretary and treasurer. 



Mr. McCullough was a constant at- 

 tendant at conventions of the A. S. T. A. 

 He was prominent in local business cir- 

 cles and a member of a number of lead- 

 ing clubs. 



Henry L. Phelps. 



Stricken with paralysis December 22, 

 Henry L. Phelps, of Springfield, 111., 

 died the following Sunday. In June of 

 1919 Mr. Phelps had been struck by an 

 automobile, from which he suffered a 

 broken hip. Later he recovered suffi- 

 ciently to walk with crutches, but he 

 was crippled for the rest of his life. 

 After his injury he sold the florists' 

 business, which he had conducted for 

 forty-five years, and moved, with his 

 wife, to the home of his daughter, Mrs. 

 George J. Kable, of Springfield. 



Mr. Phelps was born March 26, 1845, 

 at Springfield. He went at first into the 

 dry goods business and later into the 

 florists' trade. During his career Mr. 

 Phelps managed many of the decora- 

 tions at the state capital. He was an 

 active church member and a stanch re- 

 publican from the time of Lincoln, of 

 whom he often spoke. During the Civil 

 war he assisted in the manufacture of 

 ammunition. He was a member of the 

 old Springfield Zouaves. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 home of his daughter and interment was 

 made in Oak Ridge cemetery. Surviv- 

 ing are his widow, Sadie Little Phelps; 

 two brothers. Charles C. Phelps, of 

 Green B.ay, Wis., and Will W. Phelps, of 

 San Pedro, Cal.; one sister, Mrs. Louise 

 Smith, of Bloomington: one daughter, 

 Mrs. George J. Kable, 417 West Mon- 

 roe street, Springfield, and his grand- 

 daughter, Mary Edith Kable. 



Mrs. Henry Fenker. 



Mrs. Henry Fenker, of Jamestown, 

 O.. died December 24, of pneumonia. 

 She was the wife of the well known 

 florist, Henry Fenker, and assisted him 

 in his work. 



A TRIBUTE. 



There i)assed away on the eve of 

 Christmas, Adolphus Gude, one of the 

 leading florists and citizens of Wash- 



