SaPTKMBBB 22. 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



Samuel PowelL 



Samuel Powell, 63 years of age, of 

 One Hundred Sixth street, Richmond 

 Hill, Brooklyn, N. Y., died September 

 11 at the Broad Street hospital, follow- 

 ing an operation for ulcer. 



For the last three years Mr. Powell 

 had conducted a shop at Brooklyn. Be- 

 fore that time he was a resident of 

 Hempstead, N. Y., where he also had 

 conducted a retail store. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 home September 13. The deceased is 

 survived by his wife, Cornelia; two 

 children, Arthur Powell and Mrs. Bea- 

 trice Farquhar, of Bellerose, L. I.; and 

 two brothers, William S. Powell, of 

 Hempstead, and George Powell, of East- 

 port, N. Y. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Conditions in this market seem to be 

 about the same. Plenty of asters and 

 gladioli are being received and the de- 

 mand for asters is limited, due to the 

 fact that every local gardener is offer- 

 ing asters. Gladioli, however, are mov- 

 ing out fairly, but the average price is 

 out of the question. During the last 

 week dahlias have been received in large 

 ((uantities and are being sold for almost 

 nothing. Some fine varieties are seen. 

 Carnjitions are making their appear- 

 ance daily and are of an exceptionally 

 good quality. The demand almost equals 

 the supply. Yellow and white chrysan- 

 themums are now in the market and are 

 moving out daily at fair prices. The 

 roses being received at present are of 

 ;in exceptionally good quality; however, 

 there are more of the shorter-stemmed 

 varieties. This, also, is the case 

 with American Beauty and the demand 

 seems to be rather limited. The demand 

 for lilies continues to exceed the 

 supply and each day finds the market 

 cleaned up of this flower. Sonu' good 

 valley has also been on the market dur- 

 ing the last week and is moving out 

 slowly. 



Various Notes. 



C. Warren Kinder, of Charleroi, I*a., 

 has taken over his father's business in 

 that city. Mr. Kinder, Sr., was fatally 

 wounded in a battle with berry pickers 

 on his estate. The trade's best wishes 

 are with his successor. The store has 

 been entirely remodeled and is much 

 more attractive than it was before. 



Samuel Gidas, of the Rosery Flower 

 Shop, Forbes street, Oakland, has just 

 returned from his vacation in the Adi- 

 vondaoks. Mr. Gidas has been away 

 for the last month. 



John Harris, of Harris Bros., is pass- 

 ing cigars to his friends in honor of a 

 new baby girl. 



C. G. Farrell, Hazelwood, passed 

 cigars to his friends several weeks ago 

 in honor of a baby boy. 



Miss Emma B. Maxwell, of Wilkins- 

 burg, returned last week from a restful 

 vacation of four weeks at the lakes. 



The windows of the McClements Co., 

 on Wood street, have been in the lime 

 light during the summer months, show- 

 ing some new and pleasing combinations 



of fruits and flowers. This store is 

 noted for its novelties. 



Reports from many of the local flo- 

 rists seem to indicate that business is 

 again becoming a little better. Some 

 florists have reported large weddings, 

 while others are looking after the orders 

 for some large funerals. A number of 

 bodies of soldiers who met their death 

 in France are being returned to this city 

 and it is certain that these funerals have 

 stimulated business. 



T. P. Langhans, secretary of the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co., and wife are 

 motoring to Atlantic City. 



The supply departments of the wlvole- 

 sale houses are again getting their fall 

 rushes. In some instances it is necessary 

 to work a little overtime to get out 

 orders to customers who desire prompt 

 shipments. 



The E. A. Williams Co., of Penn ave- 

 nue, reports a busy week. H. J. H. 



JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 



The Charles N. Cotter Co., incorpo- 

 rated to deal in all floricultural products 

 and supplies, will open a wholesale cut 

 flower store here September 26. The 

 officers of the company are: President, 

 Charles N. Cotter; vice-president, Stan- 

 ley G. Barnes, of Bingliamton; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, Ethel Schurman. 

 The board of directors consists of the 

 officers and Sherm Offerle, of Warren, 

 Pa., and Helen M. Schluraff, of Erie, 

 Pa. 



"The increase in retailers' demands 

 for wholesale service," says President 

 Cotter, "makes the move imperative in 

 order to preserve the convenience of this 

 inland market." The organization 

 should prove an efficient one, as all inter- 

 ested are experienced. Mr. Cotter was 

 with the Lake View Rose Gardens for 

 thirteen years, during the last seven 

 years acting as manager. Mr. Barnes, 

 Mr. Offerle and Mrs. Schluraff are pro- 

 gressive retailers and Miss Schurman is 

 well known in the trade in western 

 Xew York, having had charge of the 

 shipping department at the Lake View 

 Rose Gardens for the last four vears. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There has been a distinct improvement 

 in business since last week 's report was 

 typed. It is the seasonal change, summer 

 passing into autumn. As yet the im- 

 provement has not been pronounced, 

 there having been no frost and only a 

 few cool days, but the increase in the 

 number of orders has been satisfactory 

 and most of the wholesale houses report 

 sales for the first three weeks of Septem- 

 ber as a little ahead of last year. There 

 still is so much stock in the market that 

 prices average too low, but there has 

 been some improvement in this respect 

 and there is general confidence that 

 })rices will advance to a profitable level 

 as soon as the outdoor stock is out of the 

 way. There continue to be large quan- 

 tities of asters, many of them none too 

 good, a considerable number of gladioli, 

 most of them of indifferent quality, and 

 considerable quantities of other outdoor 

 flowers, including almost everything 

 that blooms late in the season. Only the 

 best of these are really in demand, but 

 all really good flowers are bringing a 

 little better prices than they did a week 

 ago. 



The best business still is done with 

 roses. Each day brings its slight in- 

 crease in length of stem and size of 

 flower. With improving quality come 

 better prices and there is less need for 

 forcing sale by concessions to quantity 

 buyers. Growers complain that they are 

 not yet getting what they should for 

 their stock, but the demand increases 

 day by day and larger quantities than 

 ever before are being moved. 



Carnations become more plentiful day 

 by day and the quality also is improving. 

 Chrysanthemums have become an item 

 of daily supply, but it still is too early 

 for strong demand for them. Both white 

 and yellow, locally grown, are seen in 

 small quantity, with California mums 

 seen here and there. 



A good run of wedding work makes a 

 steady demand for valley and lilies, but 

 of the latter the supply is not large or 

 steady. A few sweet peas are seen and 

 good stock sells well. 



Dahlias are arriving from numerous 

 sources, but the local demand is not yet 

 strong enough to create much of a mar- 

 ket for them. Large quantities of 

 celosia are seen and it is being used 

 extensively for basket work and for 

 window decoration. Some good cosmos 

 is offered. 



Final Iteport on Pageant. 



At a meeting of the directors of the 

 Allied Florists' Association, September 

 14, the final report of William A. Han- 

 sen, secretary of the Pageant of Prog- 

 ress committee, was read. When all 

 expenses had been met, it was found that 

 a deficit of $185.30 remained. So the 

 Allied Florists' Association contribu- 

 tion, originally set at $1,200, was in- 

 creased by that amount so as to clean 

 the slate. The report of Mr. Hansen 

 gives credit to all who helped make the 

 affair a success, and reflects the great 

 amount of work he performed himself to 

 that end. His report, approved by the 

 directors, reads as follows: 



"Chicago's Pageant of Progress, .lulv 

 .■?0 to August 14, held on the Municipal 

 Pier, has been heralded the world over 

 for its success. Within the two great 

 :irms of the pageant were thousands of 

 features, each equipped with an inex- 

 haustible supply of education to the 

 minds of the spectators. These specta- 

 tors came in millions and learned the 

 lessons set forth by the exhibitors and 

 the lessons were of great consequence. 

 The florists' trade offered an education, 

 as did others. 'Say It with Flowers' 

 was the title of our lesson-book, the 

 leaves of which are being opened daily 

 in the minds of the masses that visited 

 the flower show, which you gave me the 

 honor to operate in behalf of the trade. 

 In this lesson-book we taught the poor 

 and the rich alike to notice flowers, to 

 use them, give them, wear them, Ijuy 

 them and love them. 



"Daily the flower show took on a 

 new aspect. This was done for several 

 reasons: (1) It enabled the committee 

 to put on contests. (2) It made an im- 

 pression on the thousands of exhibitors 

 and their employees who passed often 

 each day. (3) It kept the stock in 

 this show fresh, whereas otherwise it 

 would have been difficult or impossible 

 to get sufficient stock to make a good 

 showing. (4) It made possible news- 

 paper publicity otherwise not available. 



"Having in charge both the flower 

 show, which was conducted under the 



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