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tories in tlie same district. Incontro- 

 vertible proof that the Germans planned 

 to destroy every American and English 

 industrial ])lant in Belgium, figuring 

 they were thus eliminating competition 

 with themselves when they should take 

 over the Belgian industries, has been 

 l)rought out through investigations into 

 the manner in which this and other 

 American plants in Belgium were de- 

 stroyed. Work on the Pittsburgh com- 

 ])any's Charleroi factory has been in- 

 jirogress more than two and a half years 

 and it will be but a short time before the 

 plant is in running order." 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Market conditions continue quite dull, 

 with a spasmodic demand not at all 

 lively. The best day of the week was 

 Saturday, but this has been the case for 

 many weeks. As indicating what the 

 condition of the market is, it might be 

 mentioned that September 23 roses were 

 selling on the streets at 10 cents a 

 dozen, and the offerings were anything 

 but passe. Avalanches of outdoor flow- 

 ers daily arrive at both markets, and 

 the ash barrel is the biggest consumer. 

 Asters still dominate the market, with 

 dahlias a good second, and there is much 

 waste with both. Many shippers of this 

 material do not realize enough to pay 

 express charges on their shipments, but 

 if a conscientious wholesaler warns a 

 shipper as to conditions, it is ten 



regulars and commands a better price, 

 as a novelty, than other varieties. 



Carnations are in better supply, but, 

 with asters so abundant, meet only a 

 moderate demand. The quality of ar- 

 rivals generally is good for this early 

 in the season. 



Cattleyas are in heavy supjily, and 

 prices have dropped to a lower level 

 than for some time, even the hybrid 

 varieties going downward. The quot- 

 able range of prices is 25 cents to $1 per 

 flower, but sales have been made at 20 

 cents. A few oncidiums are coining in, 

 but the demand for them is small. 



White lilies continue in rather short 

 supply, and prices are unchanged. 

 Lilies of the valley are in good supply, 

 and prices vary from day to day as 

 growers manipulate their cut. Today 

 $6 is the top price, but tomorrow it 

 may be $8. 



With the exception of asters and dah- 

 lias, there is a notable shortening in the 

 supply of outdoor flowers. There is a 

 moderate demand for delphinium, cos- 

 mos, tuberoses, gypsophila, marigolds, 

 zinnias and centaureas. October Frost 

 chrysanthemums are arriving and the 

 best bring $4 per dozen, with a limited 

 demand. 



Various Notes. 



Traendly & Schenck are receiving a 

 cut from a new rose which originated at 

 their Rowayton, Conn., establishment. 

 It is a yellow, somewhat paler than the 

 parent, but pleasing both in color and 

 form. 



Floral Decorations for *'BIessfng of the Graves" at Rochester. 



cliaiiccs to one that his warning will he 

 disregarded, and shipments made to a 

 competitor. It is truly a ease of "pass- 

 ing the buck." This comment, of 

 idurse, applies only to the ordinary run 

 of stock. Superior material moves with- 

 out sjx'cial elTort, and there is enough 

 of it to meet the demand, and the j)ass- 

 iiig of gladioli brings an atom of com- 

 fort to the wholesaler. 



Koses are quite jilontifiil and prices 

 are about at the minimum. American 

 Beauty is more abundant than for some 

 time and the range of prices reflects this 

 condition. Hybrid teas are also in 

 heavy supply and move slowly at 

 ((noted prices; long-stemmed stock is 

 rather short, but tliis is not at all re- 

 grettable. American I^egion, the new 

 red, has made an appearance among the 



.Julius Roelirs last week was serving 

 as a juror in the county court of Bergen 

 county, X. .). He had the distinction 

 of serving on the first jury in the 

 county to have women jurors. 



Many planters of gardens along the 

 co>intry roads around New York have 

 this season been offering cut flowers at 

 their gates for sale to ]tassing automo- 

 bilists, and it would hv interesting to 

 know whether the ]iurcliases made by 

 the road tourists were in (juantity suffi- 

 cient to affect the business of the legiti- 

 mate florists. Dahlias, gladioli, asters 

 and cosmos were the offerings noted on 

 a Long Island road trip a week or two 

 ago. Judging from the large number 

 of dahlia plantings seen, with a good 

 sprinkling of the better varieties among 

 many of them, the sellers of plants and 



tubers have not done amiss. These con- 

 ditions, jierhaps, account for a great 

 increase in the cut flower market suj)? 

 ply of dahlias this year. 



Charles H. Totty, Madison^ N. J., is 

 the author of an interesting article on 

 "Chrysanthemums for the Autumn Gar- 

 den," in the October number of House 

 and Garden. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York, cooperating with the New York 

 Botanical Garden, staged a most credit- 

 able dahlia show in the mnseum at the 

 Botanical Garden Saturday and Sunday, 

 September 24 and 25. It was the best 

 show seen there for some years, and the 

 attendance was surprising, the hall be- 

 ing crowded continually. Despite re- 

 cent wind and rain storms, the quality 

 of the exhibits was good. C. Louis 

 Ailing, West Haven, Conn., took first 

 in the big open class for largest and 

 best collection, with A. T. Clark, Net- 

 cong, N. J., a good second. Mills & Co., 

 of Mamaroneck, N. Y., took several 

 firsts in the other classes. The amateur 

 classes were well filled, and many seed- 

 lings of promise were on exhibition. 

 Prof. J. B. S. Norton, of the Maryland 

 State Agricultural College; Mrs. C. H. 

 Stout, of Short Hills, N. J., and J. H. 

 Pepper, Hempstead, N. Y., were the 

 judges. 



The flower show committee of the 

 New York Florists ' Club had a meeting 

 Monday afternoon, September 26, at 

 which preliminary arrangements for a 

 show next spring were discussed. 



J. H. P. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Akron, O. — In the case of Grossberg 

 & Cahill, bankrupts, notice has been 

 given in the District Court of the United 

 States that the receiver has filed his final 

 report and that a meeting of creditors 

 to consider the same will be held October 

 3, 1921, at 10 a. m., at 316 Metropolitan 

 building, Akron, O. Harry L. Snyder 

 is the referee in bankruptcy. 



New York, N. Y.— The first meeting of 

 creditors of J. M. Thorburn & Co., whose 

 petition in bankruptcy was reported in 

 these columns last week, will be held 

 October 4, at 11 a. m., at the office of 

 Peter B. Olney, referee in l)ankruptcy, 

 68 Williams street, New York. 



ROCHESTER DECORATES GRAVES. 



Thousands of asters and other flowers 

 were used last week at Rochester, N. 

 Y., to commemorate the dead. The cus- 

 tom of "blessing the graves," as the 

 jiractice is known, originated among the 

 Catholics of Rochester about ten years 

 ago. On September 25 of each year 

 not only the Catholics, but the Protes- 

 tants alike, decorate the graves with as 

 many varieties of flowers as are avail- 

 able. It is not a national uustom, l)ut 

 one which is sj)reading to many of the 

 neighboring towns and should be en- 

 couraged by all florists. 



The illustration shows how exten- 

 sively some of the graves are deco- 

 rated. The decoration in the foreground 

 is made up entirely of asters, and is 

 worked out in a pink and white design. 

 T^arge l)askets and bouquets are also 

 used, as shown bv the illustration. 



McPherson, Neb. — C. E. Charlson has 

 purchased the business that formerly 

 was owned by C. A. Simonsen. The store 

 does both a retail and a wholesale busi- 

 ness. 



