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The Florists' Review 



Septbmbbb 22, 1021 



as it should. Gladioli are just about done 

 for. Asters are coming in scantily and 

 those that do arrive are not up to the 

 standard. An enormous amount of this 

 stock has found its way to the rubbish 

 box. Dahlias are slightly better than 

 they were previously, owing to the 

 slightly cooler weather. Until now it 

 was so hot that dahlias were not up to 

 the regular standard and did not keep 

 ' as they should. Fancy ferns are now 

 arriving in good shape and are moving 

 well. >''f! ' 



Various Notes, • .\ * ; 



George Bate, Albert Barber ^ and 

 Herman Knoblc have returned from a 

 two weeks' trip ' to Canada. ^Thfey 

 brought back some excellent fiifeh stories, 

 etc. ■■ '• ^^^'>' " 



Morris Cohen, of Cohen & !9i}ler, |^ew 

 York, was a recent visitor, as were t^il- 

 lard Kervan, of the Kervan Co., New 

 York; H. J. Dennis, of the Weller Pot- 

 tery Co., and Myer GottschaUf, *of the B. 

 Shackman Qo. ' . .\ W. A. E.';; 



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Marketjfonditisri^ hs^e slightly 



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stock for both funeral bouquets and 

 hospital bunches. Eoses are of fine qual- 

 ity and plentiful and have a fair mar- 

 ket. Carnations, are just beginning to 

 bloom and tbey cannot be had in large 

 quantity. _ A few mums are also appear- 

 ing, but tney are small and the demand 

 is greater than the supply. 



Various Notes. 



ATcJ^ellar i;eports an excellent busi- 

 ness at.^both stores, which are carrying 

 a large %ii^'i)ly of flower? at all times, 

 flhurch^weddings helped to keep the firm 

 busy'lltet T^ek'and several weddings 

 '. .have b&en-l}ppked ahead for'this month. 

 / iiJ9sef|li' ^il^ona had some nice plants 

 '*JRt'*tije slaM"fair, y^ich took prizes. He 

 ha^'eome^ne, ^urag^and canjutions com- 

 ing on. ^^rif 



Miss Elsie Janis will be at Columbus 

 next week to take part in a celebration. 

 Many flowers will go to her, judging 

 from the orders booked. She is a local 

 girl and well known. 



The Wilson Floral Co. had a big wed- 

 ding at Marion, 0., which kept the com- 

 pany busy. Mrs. Wilson says that this 

 was an elaborate affair and was the 

 largest the company ever had. _, 



**' J. W. tP 



language. In The Eeview, issue of Sep- 

 tember 8, C. T. M. asks "if it is all 

 right to take the crown buds off chrysan- 

 themums," C. H. T. replies, "It is 

 satisfactory at this time to take any 

 bud that shows on your plants." I am 

 wondering whether C. T. M. construed 

 the word "take" as meaning to leave 

 them on, or whether he took them off. 

 Thomas H. White. 



proved. 'The demand is better and the 

 supply has lessened. Asters and gla- 

 dioli, which were glutting the market, 

 have deteriorated and these are now 

 becoming scarce. Eoses are not quite 

 so numerous as they were previously. 

 The price range goes up from $3 per 

 hundred. Carnations are available at 

 $2 and $3 per hundred. On account of 

 the short stems and the abundance of 

 other flowers, the latter have been in 

 little demand. 



Dahlias continue plentiful. Good ones 

 sell fairly well, although the poorer 

 grades have gone begging. A limited 

 number of zinnias has moved along with 

 other seasonable outdoor stock, includ- 

 ing cosmos, phlox, hydrangeas, etc. 

 Easter lilies are available at $3 per 

 dozen. Eubrum lilies are scarcer. 



Various Notes. 



A. E. Kunderd, of Goshen, Ind., the 

 gladiolus specialist, has issued a cata- 

 logue of his own productions, which in- 

 clude scores of the finest varieties on 

 the market. He is offering this year 

 for the first time twenty-three new ruf- 

 fled varieties in various colors, besides 

 fifty-three other new varieties. Mr. 

 Kunderd had a splendid display of his 

 seedlings at the state fair. 



Mr. and Mrs Clarence E. Greene re- 

 cently motored to Spencer, where they 

 were the guests of E. T. Barnes. 



A. F. J. Baur and family have just 

 returned from Lafayette, where they 

 were guests of the Dorners. Mr. Baur 

 states that everything at this estab- 

 lishment was in fine shape. E. E. T. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 

 The market for cut flowers and plants 

 is opening up now, due mostly to the 

 fact that outdoor stock is disappearing 

 and people are getting back to work. 

 Although there were few funerals last 

 week, flowers moved steadily and an 

 average week was the result. Gladioli 

 have disappeared and asters are of poor 

 quality. Dahlias have been poor, owing 

 to unfavorable weather conditions, but 

 they are now improving to such a great 

 extent that they are being carried in 



HAVE YOU A SUEPLUS? 



Many florists make it a point to pro- 

 duce each season a surplus over and 

 above the requirements of their home 

 trade, knowing that all good stock is 

 easily converted into cash by the use 

 of Classified ads in The Eeview. Lik-e 

 this: 



I am sold out of the stock advertised In The 

 Review. Advise wliat I owe for your services. — 

 C. M. Follmer, Tbarptown Greenbouses, Stiamo- 

 Jiin, Pa., September 19, 1821. 



The Classified ^. has served its pnrpose. — 

 Rolf Zetlltz Co.,4>(%lninbu8, 0., September 17, 

 1921. ■; 



Please stop the adit'&t once, as we are turning 

 back about $1Q0 in 'Checks every day now. — J. 

 Zwierzycki & Sons, Springfield, 111., September 

 17, 1921, 



If you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Eeview. 



A TECHNICAL TERM 



I tliink it is rather unfortunate that 

 it is so easy to misconstrue our technical 



Crawfordsvllle, Ind. — The Jeff Mc- 

 Donald Floral Co. has filed preliminary 

 certificate of dissolution. 



NEW YORKERS' JOINT MEETING. 



OfAcers Reelected. 



The New York Federation of Horti- 

 cultural and Floricultural Clubs held its 

 annual meeting at 2 p. m., September 

 15, in the oflSce of Commissioner Wil- 

 liams on the state fair grounds at Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. Eepresentatives were pres- 

 ent from member clubs, including the 

 New York Florists' Club, the New York 

 and New Jersey Plant Growers' Associa- 

 tion, Tarrytown Horticultural Society, 

 Buffalo Florists' Club, Syracuse Flo- 

 rists' Association, Eochester Florists' 

 Association and Syracuse Eose Society. 



Officers of the organization were re- 

 elected, as follows: President, Frank 

 E. Pierson, Tarrytown; first vice-presi- 

 dent, Dr. Earl A. Bates, Syracuse, and 

 treasurer, W. A. Adams, Buffalo. Prof. 

 Arno H. Nehrling, of Cornell University, 

 was elected secretary to succeed Prof. 

 PI A. White, who declined reelection. 



A resolution that the federation go 

 before the fair commission and the gov- 

 ernor to request immediate erection of 

 a horticultural building to house exhib- 

 its at the fair was adopted unanimously. 

 A committee, consisting of presidents of 

 allied horticultural associations, was ap- 

 pointed to take up the matter. 



Plans for the Future. 



Other matters of importance were 

 discussed at the meeting, among them 

 the question of local and national ad- 

 vertising. It was the general consensus 

 that community advertising, as carried 

 on by the Buffalo Florists' Club, the 

 Allied Florists' Association of Illinois 

 and the Detroit Florists' Club, was the 



most effective. W. A. Adams, of Buf- 

 falo, stated that this type of advertising 

 had placed Valentine's day and Moth- 

 ers' day among the biggest flower days 

 of the year. 



The floricultural work at Cornell Uni- 

 versity was also taken up for discussion. 

 Prof. Arno H. Nehrling reported that 

 the plan for remodeling the present 

 dairy building for floricultural work had 

 been abandoned- According to the new- 

 plans for development of the college of 

 agriculture, which have been worked out 

 by the state architect, the department 

 of floriculture is to be housed in the 

 wing of the new Plant Industry build- 

 ing. This building will be in close prox- 

 imity to the present greenhouses and 

 this general scheme, which has been 

 approved by the governor of the state, 

 will give the department an opportunity 

 to develop and correlate its work. 



Speakers at Dinner. 



At the close of the meeting the Syra- 

 cuse Florists ' Association, headed by W. 

 F. Bultmann, president of the associa- 

 tion, took the visiting delegates in auto- 

 mobiles to the Anglers' Club, located on 

 the shore of Oneida lake. The party 

 arrived at the club house at sunset and 

 from those who had not had the privi- 

 lege of visiting this beautiful lake one 

 heard many exclamations of wonder and 

 delight. 



At 7 p. m. a fine dinner was served. 

 After dinner President Bultmann intro- 

 duced Professor David Lumsden, super- 

 intendent of floral displays at the New 

 York state fair, as toastmaster for the 

 evening. The speakers included F. E. 

 Pierson, of Tarrytown; Prof. Arno H. 

 Nehrhng, of Cornell University; W. A. 



