Septbmbbb 8, 1921 



The Rorists' Review 



29 



William A. Vining. 



William Allen Vining, aged 82, a vet- 

 eran of the Civil war, for twenty-five 

 years in the florists' business at Hing- 

 ham, Vt., died August 30 at his home, 

 on South street. 



He was born in South Weymouth. 

 He enlisted from that town in Co. I, 

 Ist Massachusetts Cavalry, September 

 1, 1861, and served for more than four 

 years, receiving his discharge November 

 30, 1865. He was present at Lee's sur- 

 render at Appomattox. He belonged to 

 Edwin Humphrey Post, G. A. R., of 

 Hingham, and to Orphan's Hope Lodge, 

 A. F. & A. M., of East Weymouth. He 

 was past president of the 1st Massachu- 

 setts Cavalry Association. 



He celebrated his golden wedding an- 

 niversary July 3, 1917. Mrs. Vining 

 died a few months after. He is survived 

 by two daughters, Mrs. M. Lois Walker, 

 who has kept house for her father and 

 attended to his business for some years, 

 and Mrs. H. K. Briggs, of White Plains, 

 N. Y.; also by a son, Herbert A. Vining, 

 of Dorchester, Vt. 



The funeral took place at the Vining 

 home September 2 at 2 p. m. 



William D. Lockwood. 



William D. Lockwood, of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., who retired from the wholesale 

 florists' business twenty years ago, died 

 August 24 at the residence of his 

 daughter, Mrs. Herbert S. Wilson, at 

 387 Ocean avenue, Brooklyn. Mr. Lock- 

 wood was born at Stamford, Conn., 

 eighty-four years ago and had been a 

 resident of Brooklyn since 1868. In his 

 time he was prominent on the New York 

 Produce Exchange. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



Business has been only fair the last 

 week. Stock is coming in better, but the 

 demand is not what it should be, and 

 some is going to waste. Gladioli are 

 about on their last lap and the few that 

 are seen are of second-grade quality. 

 Dahlias, however, have taken their place 

 and are now coming in better and in 

 larger quantities. Some of the fancy 

 varieties are quite good and find ready 

 sale. Recent rains have caused this im- 

 provement and if they continue, dahlias 

 will be exceptionally good tliis season. 

 Carnations are still in small supply. 

 Roses are good and have been received 

 in large quantities. Those with good 

 stems and large flowers are bringing a 

 fair price and are cleaned up well at all 

 times. Asters are in ample supply, but 

 are of second grade and only sell when 

 the market is in need. Zinnias continue 

 in large quantities, as well as buddleias, 

 which are quite good. Delphiniums are 

 in small supply. Some tritonias have been 

 seen, but find little sale and are going to 

 waste. 



.Various Notes. 



Mrs. Iring, manager of the F. Walker 

 Co., has suffered the last week with a 

 bruised foot. She expects, however, to 

 return to her duties within the next few 

 days. 



The Wm. Walker Co, reports business 



good the last week. Several large out- 

 of-town orders have kept the force busy. 



E. T. Wiggington has been cutting 

 some fine dahlias and contemplates a 

 good season. During the early part of 

 the summer he cut what could be called 

 the best gladioli in or around Louisville. 



Louis Kirch has just returned from 

 an extended trip through the east. Mr. 

 Kirch attended the S. A. F. convention 

 and enjoyed a visit to the large growers 

 in Alexandria, Va., to Arlington ceme- 

 tery and to the home of General Lee. 

 He also spent a most enjoyable day with 

 R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., at White 

 Marsh, Md., and from there went to 

 Philadelphia. He also took in Atlantic 

 City, where he said a few days on the 

 beach were most interesting. 



E. G. Reimers & Son Co. has started 

 work on .the new boiler shed, which is fo 

 be 28x65. The concrete foundation has 

 already been laid and M. A. Reimers, 

 who is engineering the job, said that he 

 expects to have the most modern and 

 up-to-date place in or about Louisville. 



G. M. Lewis, of Lion & Co., New York, 

 was here last week with a line of ribbons 

 and corsage accessories. E. G. R. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has gone from 

 bad to worse, and last week probably 

 saw the bottom of conditions as they 

 might be expected during the slowest 

 month of the year. The holiday, in- 

 stead of increasing business, at least to 

 a slight extent, was, as usual, a deter- 

 rent, as everybody with the means was 

 as far from home as possible. The 

 100,000 transient visitors per day in 

 New York yield nothing to the florists, 

 and when New York proper is holiday- 

 bent, funeral orders are all that can be 

 expected. Of late the death lists have 

 been light; consequently, funeral work 

 has not been heavy. 



Roses, with the small demand existing 

 for them, seem overplcntiful, and clear- 

 ances have been troublesome. The 

 wholesalers' iceboxes at night have 

 plainly told the story of the day. Amer- 

 ican Beauty is in supply plentiful 

 enough for the small demand, and 

 prices are unchanged. Hybrid teas 

 arrive in quantity vastly in excess of 

 movement, and congestion is the order 

 of the day. Quality is generally good 

 for the time of year. The price range 

 for good stock continues as previously 

 quoted, but inferior blooms move at as 

 low as 50 cents per Imndred, and to 

 make clearances bargain lots work out 

 even lower. 



Cattleyas are a little more plentiful, 

 but their season of demand is not yet; 

 consequently, sales drag considerably. 

 A few gardenias are arriving, but prices 

 are unquotable. Bouvardia Ilumboldtii 

 is in good supply, and is valued as a 

 cheap item for wedding work. 



White lilies cannot be said to be 

 plentiful, yet are difficult to move, de- 

 mands for funeral work not being par- 

 ticularly active. Lilies of the valley 

 are in small supply, but arrivals clear 

 slowly and prices are unchanged. 



Arrivals of dahlias, gladioli and 

 cosmos are heavy, but these items figure 

 most largely in the trading. Retail flo- 

 rists must have something for window 

 display and cheap decorations, and the 

 subjects mentioned seem to fill the bill. 

 Rudbeckia, delphiniums, phloxes, gail- 

 lardias, candytuft, calendulas, mari- 



golds, centaureas, tuberoses and a few 

 chrysanthemums form about the rest of 

 the offerings. 



Various Notes. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Dahlia Society held a meeting at 

 the Grand hotel September 1, at which 

 final details of the society's show to 

 open at the Pennsylvania hotel at the 

 end of the month were arranged. Presi- 

 dent Richard Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md., presided. 



I. S. Hendrickson, president of the 

 New York Florists' Club, invited the 

 Long Island committee on member- 

 ship to visit the Childs establishment 

 at Flowerfield, L. I., Wednesday, Sep- 

 tember 7, to inspect the place and also 

 discuss action for Long Island night, 

 which is to feature the next meeting 

 of the club, on the evening of Septem- 

 ber 12, at the club's quarters in the En- 

 gineering Society's building, 25 West 

 Thirty-ninth street. 



John H. Marsden, Far Rockaway, 

 L. I., is confined to his home through a 

 long spell of sickness. His son is look- 

 ing after the business. Mr. Marsden 

 is remembered throughout the country 

 as the originator of the "green" carna- 

 tion. 



Robert G. Wilson, the Brooklyn re- 

 tailer, is remodeling the interior of the 

 conservatory connected to his store, in- 

 stalling plant tables of iron and slate. 



The prospect for an early fall and 

 demise of outdoor flowers received a 

 setback with the torrid weather of the 

 last few days. 



George Ehrle, for a number of years 

 with Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, 

 N. J., has started in business for him- 

 self as a grower of hardy outdoor stock, 

 perennials and roses, at Richfield, N. J., 

 R. F. D, 2, Paterson service. 



J. H. P. 



A. Warendorff has rented the center 

 store in the Hotel Astor, with a 20-foot 

 frontage on Broadway, for a term of 

 ten vears. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



All things considered, September has 

 started well. As one of the observing 

 and thoughtful young salesmen com- 

 mented: "There has been everything 

 against us: Weather hot, stock over- 

 plentiful, many flowers showing the 

 effect of the heat, vacation season con- 

 tinuing later than usual, other lines of 

 business depressed, money tight, many 

 people out of work and those able not 

 spending because of the psychology of 

 the situation; and still the flower busi- 

 ness has been good, at least as good as 

 in the first week of September last 

 year." It is, indeed, remarkable how 

 well sales have footed up, considering 

 the many adverse influences. We, as a 

 trade, may count ourselves fortunate. 

 Not many lines of business in Chicago 

 are doing as well as are florists. 



Most of the market's troubles seem 

 due to the heat. This has been largely 

 responsible for the oversupply of roses, 

 for the soft and open character of many 

 of them, and for the low average prices. 

 There have been so many good roses 

 that there was small chance for selling 

 the poorer ones in the trade. Florists 

 have bought the best roses at reason- 



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