NOTBMBBB 24, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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hind; consequently, long-stemmed flow- 

 ers are fairly plentiful in the pink sec- 

 tion. American Legion is looking well 

 and sells for color, which is bright and 

 seasonable. 



Cattleyas are scarce. Cypripe- 

 diums are more plentiful than usual and 

 meet a moderate demand. Oncidiums 

 are more plentiful. 



Lilies are on the short side, and quo- 

 tations of the last three weeks are well 

 maintained, demand and supply being 

 about equal. Lily of the valley seems 

 to have recovered from its slump. 



Carnations are in plentiful supply and 

 arrivals show improvement in quality 

 every week. Prices have been fairly 

 steady, but growers expected advances 

 for the Thanksgiving day trade. 



Violets are abundant, although not 

 nearly so much so as in former years. 

 Eetailers say that the public has soured 

 on violets as a direct result of the price 

 manipulations of growers and specula- 

 tors. Sweet peas are more plentiful and 

 last week's quotations are maintained. 



Various Notes. 



Secretary John Young, of the S. A. F., 

 returned November 19 from Cleveland, 

 where he had been in attendance at a 

 meeting of the national flower show 

 committee November 17 and 18. He 

 spoke highly of the hospitable treatment 

 accorded the committee and is more en- 

 thusiastic than ever over the prospect 

 of another successful national flower 

 show. On the first day of the meeting 

 the members of the committee were the 

 guests at luncheon of the Eotary Club. 



C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., was in 

 attendance at the annual exhibition of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 held in Chicago last week. On his re- 

 turn he was joined by Prank H. 

 Traendly and W. H. Duckham, to- 

 gether with whom he visited the estab- 

 lishment of the E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., November 19. The trio ar- 

 rived home November 12. 



The New York Floral Co., of Yonkers, 

 N. Y., has acquired a building on Main 

 street, White Plains, in which they have 

 opened a flower store, 25x100 feet. The 

 company now has four stores, two of the 

 others being in Yonkers and one in New 

 Eochelle, N. Y. 



Some magnificent specimens of well 

 flowered cyclamen plants are coming 

 into New York from the W. W. Edgar 

 Co., Wavcrley, Mass. 



A. L. Miller, Jamaica, has added two 

 General Motors trucks to his delivery 

 service and expects with them to lighten 

 his delivery problems over the holidays. 



The Allied Florists' Trade Associa- 

 tion is arranging to increase the size of 

 the advertisements now running in local 

 papers. J. H. P. 



ITHACA, N. Y. 



Prof. E. A. White arrived in New 

 York on the steamer Baltic November 

 14, reaching Ithaca the following day. 

 He reports having had a wonderful trip. 

 He was particularly impressed by the 

 genuine hospitality' that was accorded 

 him by all the horticulturists with whom 

 he came in contact. Prof. White is al- 

 ready in great demand as a speaker by 

 the various agricultural and horticul- 

 tural organizations at the college. His 

 first public address on his trip will be 

 for the newly organized floricultural 

 flub of the department of floriculture 

 at Cornell University. He will also meet 

 ^he classes in the various courses and 

 discuss with them the European phases 



JOSEPH S. MEREITT. 



ORN April 1, 1893, Joseph S. Merritt, of Baltimore, Md., failed to live up to 

 the popular belief in regard to the first day of April. He has proved a natural 

 leader and has been an enthusiastic promoter of any niovciueut that would ad- 

 vance the trade. He was educated in the public schools of Baltimore county and 

 was graduated from Baltimore City College in 1912, wlien he was i)resident of his 

 class. In 1913 he built a greenhouse on his father's truck farm at Colgate, Md., 

 and launched into the florists' business, making roses a specialty. He was suc- 

 cessful from the start. He married in 1916. Last month lie was elected president 

 of the Florists' Club of Baltimore to serve the ensuing year. He is an active 

 member of the S. A. F. and, as president of his local club, will be a director of 

 that organization. 



of the subjects which are considered in 

 tlie regular class routine. 



The Bool Floral Co. is about to com- 

 plete work on the new conservatory 

 which is being built at the rear of the 

 store on East State street. This con- 

 servatory will be nearly twice as large 

 as the old one and will give the company 

 some iiiuch-neodcd sjiace for its in- 

 creasing business. Kalph Roskelly, 

 president of the company, devoted a 

 great deal of time to the elaborate cele- 

 bration which was held here in connec- 

 tion with Armistice day. In addition to 

 planning the temporary monument 

 which was erected in De Witt Clinton 

 park, he looked after many details 

 which aided materially in making the 

 celebration so successful. The tem- 

 porary monument made such an impres- 

 sion on the public that a plan was im- 



mediately put under way to erect a per- 

 manent monument in the exact position 

 wliere tlie temporary shaft stood. Alex. 

 Ijurie, the manager of the store, keeps 

 the windows decorated in an i-nteresting 

 way at all times. His Thanksgiving 

 window, in the form of an artistic table 

 decoration, created a great deal of at- 

 tention. 



Sussex, N. J. — George L. Searing, of 

 Newton, N. J., and formerly of Dover, 

 has purchased the building lot on the 

 corner of Third and Sycamore streets 

 owned by Charles Miller. Mr. Searing 

 will erect a greenhouse here and carry 

 on a general florists' business, making a 

 specialty of floral designs for all occa- 

 sions. He is an expert in this line and 

 expects to be able to meet demands from 

 neighboring towns as well. 



