NOVBMBEtt 24, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



33 



OBITUARY 



Theodore M. Vogel. 



Theodore M. Vogel, better known to a 

 wide circle of acquaintances as "Ted," 

 died at Los Angeles, Cal., November 18. 

 Mr. Vogel was for many years a member 

 of the staff of William J. Smyth, Chi- 

 cago. Indeed, except for a year or so 

 during which he was store manager for 

 Belle Miller, of Springfield, 111., Mr. 

 Vogel 's entire business life had been 

 lived in the Smyth store, up to the date, 

 1920, that he removed to California. For 

 several years he had suffered from weak- 

 ness of the heart, being excused from 

 military duty in 1917 on that account. 

 He suffered a number of attacks, some of 

 them in the store, and it was with the 

 idea of prolonging his life that he went 

 to Los Angeles, feeling himself among 

 friends there because of the number of 

 Chicago florists in the trade there. Be- 

 cause of his thorough acquaintance with 

 all the details of retail store work he 

 soon was able to locate himself and last 

 June joined the staff at the Lichtenberg 

 store, at 324 Sixth street, in Los An- 

 geles. His home was at 220% West Ver- 

 non street. 



Byron H. Ives. 



Byron H. Ives, pioneer florist of Al- 

 buquerque, N. M., was found dead in 

 his bed on the morning of Armistice day, 

 November 11. He had been in poor 

 health for the last few years, but dur- 

 ing the evening prior to his death he 

 was in exceptionally good spirits. Death 

 was caused by a slight paralytic stroke. 



Mr. Ives started in the florists' trade 

 over twenty years ago and at the time 

 of his death had a range consisting of 

 40,000 square feet of glass. He leaves 

 no near relatives, but is survived by a 

 host of friends. 



BAI.TIMOBE, MD. 



The Market. 



Toward the end of last week the mar- 

 ket picked up considerably. The large 

 glut of outdoor stock that had accumu- 

 lated in cold storage vaults had been 

 cleaned up. From now on the commis- 

 .sion men look for a healthy, normal busi- 

 ness. Mums are the jirincipal items of 

 stock offered; never were there better 

 grades available. One of the priiicipsil 

 <'onunission men said that he did not 

 think the growers had come out on the 

 mum crop as well this year as they 

 might, because so many mums were 

 early. At the close of last week large 

 yellows held sway and some exception- 

 ally fine stock was offered, with prices 

 holding good and the stock cleaning u]i 

 well. Another feature of the market 

 was the inqirovement in good pinks, 

 ^eidowitz helped out in this. White was 

 111 good supply, as also were pompons. 



There was the usual supply of spray 

 stock. Roses are in fine quality and, 

 "^vliile ther(> .are more than can be used 

 through legitimate channels, yet there is 

 nothing approaching a glut. Columbia, 

 no doubt, leads this market in po])ular- 

 ity, with Premier a close second. There 

 is more Butterfly on the market this 

 year than ever before, with Double 

 White Killarney the favorite in white, 

 and Hoosier Beautv the leader in red. 



Ophelia still holds its popularity and 

 many of this useful variety are handled. 

 Carnations are improving every day 

 and, from present appearances, there 

 will be a big supply when the niuui crop 

 is out of the way. 



throw More Smilax. 



It would be a jjaying proposition for 

 someone to devote an entire range to 

 smilax; to have his range so arranged 

 that he would always have a crop* ready 

 to cut. The writer has been watching 

 the market closely on this for the last 

 two years. The quantities that are used 

 and the price smilax now commands, to 

 say nothing of its being easy to grow 

 and the fact that it can be held longer 

 than any other crop — all these are good 

 reasons for some live wire to specialize 

 in smilax. Smilax around Baltimore 

 seems to be a side line. A grower will 

 often plant it when he has nothing else 

 to fill a house. And yet you will hear it 

 often said on the market: "Smilax is 

 not to be had." Since the pall has be- 

 come such a popular funeral offering, 

 the demand for smilax has increased to 

 wonderful proportions, but the produc- 

 tion has by no means kept pace with it. 

 Think this over, Mr. Grower. Consult 

 your commission man and see if this is 

 not a good hint. If you have a house of 

 roses in crop they must be cut, no mat- 

 ter what the condition of the market 

 may be. You could hold your smilax. 

 And it is one of the easiest things to 

 ship. 



The Banquet. 



What was conceded by everyone pres- 

 ent to be the finest banquet was held 

 on the Southern hotel roof Thursday, 

 November 17. This banquet is given 

 annually in honor of the new oflScers of 

 the Florists' Club, but this year the 

 committee which represented the club 

 at Toronto was included in the list of 

 honor guests. Indeed, it might be termed 

 an F. T. D. banquet, for the officers of 

 the club were only too glad to step aside 

 and let the spotlight shine in all its 

 glory upon those men who took this long 

 journey and secured for our city the 

 1922 business meeting of the F. T. D. 

 Two new members have been obtained 

 in Baltimore since the meeting was se- 

 cured. They arc Miss Groves, of W. J. 

 Halliday's, and Schulcr Thomas. Be- 

 fore the business meeting convenes 100 

 l)er cent of the retail stores will be on 

 the rolls. 



But returning to the banquet — the hall 

 was transformed into a bower of l)eauty 

 l)y George Black. The tables were ar- 

 ranged sUiJIfuUy. One ran along the 

 end of the big ballroom. At this table 

 were seated the speakers for the eve- 

 ning, the F. T. D. committee and the 

 ofticers of the club. From this were 

 four other tables, at which about 200 

 guests sat. Manager Farrell, of the 

 hotel, is always dolighted to ha\e the 

 florists for his guests, for, while it may 

 not be generally known, he is iin old 

 florist himself, lie and the writer served 

 apprenticeshi))s in adjoining ranges. 



Isaac 11. Moss, the Nestor of the in- 

 dustry in this vicinity, acted as toast- 

 master and first introduced Robert L. 

 (iraliam, ,Ir., tiie retiring president, who, 

 after a few happy remarks, pledged him- 

 self to uphold tlie new jiresident in 

 every way in his power. Then Mr. Moss 

 introduced the Grakelow of Baltimore, 

 Joseph S. Merritt, the club 's selection 

 for president, and those who heard his 

 burst of oratorv were convinced that 



we had not erred when we christened 

 him "platinum-tongued orator of Col- 

 gate. ' ' 



The next speaker was Dr. George C. 

 Peck, an author of considerable fame, 

 who, in his latest book, "Across Lots," 

 wrote as the title of one of its chapters 

 "Say It with Flowers." When Dr. 

 Peck got through telling his audience 

 what could be said with flowers, as 

 only a literary genius could tell it, one 

 thought more of the slogan. It is an 

 inspiration just to know what such men 

 think of the sentiment contained in this 

 short phrase. Then Edward Sceery, of 

 Paterson, N. J., was called upon. He is, 

 certainly, a wonderful speaker, but he 

 has just one theme and that is F. T. D. 

 He knows his subject. Next came our 

 old friend, William F. Gude. Although 

 Mr. Gude can speak on almost any sub- 

 ject, it was all F. T. D. on this occasion. 

 Next came our own Charles Feast, with 

 a great F. T. D. talk. One of the most 

 enjoyable features of the evening was 

 the 1-act sketch, "In a Flower Shop," 

 by the Vagabond Players. The lines of 

 this sketch are just the everyday 

 things that are heard in any flower store. 

 It was surely appreciated, especially by 

 the ladies, it was the right thing iii the 

 right place. Tate. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



This issue of Tlie Review goes to press 

 while the Thanksgiving shipping is at 

 its height and before it is possible to 

 form any estimate of its extent as com- 

 pared with last year. As early as No- 

 vember 19 it was apparent that there 

 would be a good volume of business, as 

 orders had been coming in numerously 

 for several days. November 21 there 

 was a heavy mail in all the shipping 

 houses and then the telegraph and the 

 long-distance telephone came into use, 

 with the result that the market gives 

 the appearance of having shipped more 

 orders than ever before for Thanksgiv- 

 ing. In most cases the wholesalers say 

 individual orders have been at least as 

 largo as in any other year, but in many 

 cases the proportion of high-priced stock 

 has been less. It seems probable, there- 

 fore, that it will turn out that a large 

 business has been done, at prices aver- 

 aging considerably below those of the 

 years since 1917. It is too early to tell 

 how the market will clean up, and this, 

 of course, will have considerable bear- 

 ing on average jirices. 



Last week started poorly; there was 

 only a moderate demand and more stock 

 than was needed, with the result that 

 some of the lowest prices of the season 

 were made while the market had numer- 

 ous visitors called here bv the meeting 

 and exhibition of the CJirysantliemum 

 Society of America. Th(>rt'' w;ts a dis- 

 tinct improvement November 18 and 

 S.aturday, November 19, the market was 

 cleaner tlian it had been for weeks. 

 There are those who believe the mar- 

 ket is undergoing a change to a condi- 

 tion which will last until the approach 

 of St. Valentine's day. hut others feel 

 that the change is likely to ]>vove onlv 

 ttinjiorary and that there will be plentv 

 of stock until after New Year's. 



Chrysanthemums are on the down 

 grade, some growers being nearlv cut 

 out last week, while most of theiii will 

 be nearly done by the end of the present 

 week. Of course there will be a few 

 (Continued on page 38.) 



