Mauch 16, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



43 



James Marcey. 



John H. Marcey, chief florist of the 

 Arlington national cemetery, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and Walter Marcey, an ex- 

 pert on plants at the experimental farm 

 of the Department of Agriculture, at 

 Arlington, are receiving the sympathy 

 of the Washington trade upon the death 

 of their father, James Marcey. 



Mr. Marcey, who was born in 1831, re- 

 sided all of his long life on the farm in 

 Arlington county, near Cherrydale, Va., 

 and was one of the oldest and most 

 highly esteemed citizens of that section 

 of Virginia. He is survived by two 

 other sons, a daughter, and an older 

 brother, Samuel Marcey, who is 95 years 

 of age. 



Services were held in Walker's chapel, 

 following which Mr. Marcey was buried 

 in the cemetery adjoining. A. E. G. 



Otto Sauer. 



Otto Sauer, one of the veteran 

 growers in the Chicago district, died 

 March 8, at his home at Des Plaines, 

 m. He was a native of Germany, 74 

 years of age, and retired from active 

 business last season. For many years 

 he sent his output to the A. L. Eandall 

 Co., for sale. A daughter is Mrs. Carl 

 Hoffman, wife of the well known sweet 

 pea grower. 



Mrs. J. H. Baker. 



Mrs. J. H. Baker, aged 24, wife of 

 J. H. Baker, died last week at the 

 Maxwell Maternity Home, Olympia, 

 Wash., from shock following an opera- 

 tion. Mrs. Baker had been ill for three 

 months. 



Mrs. Baker went to Olympia with her 

 husband last October, aiid had been as- 

 sociated with him in the flower shop 

 in the Mitchell hotel since January 1. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



The Market. 



The end of February indicated no 

 change in the condition of this market, 

 as things continue to drag along slowly 

 without the customary "pep" of for- 

 mer years, although few flowers are go- 

 ing to waste. Roses have not been 

 plentiful, with the exception of whites, 

 while carnations are in good crop, es- 

 pecially the reds. Daffodils, violets and 

 valley seem to be the three hardest hit 

 at present. The quality of the violets 

 is not good at present. 



Some extra fine calendulas are com- 

 ing to this market, some of them 

 measuring as much as four or five 

 inches across; in fact, they are the best 

 that have been seen on this market for 

 some time. Pussy willows are just about 

 done for, while some good forsythias are 

 putting in an appearance, and have been 

 moving well. Adiantum is still scarce 

 and plumosus is being substituted for 

 it in many cases. 



Vaxious Notes. 



Morris H. Levine, of New York, was 

 a recent visitor. 



T. T. Fryer, of the Taiyo Trading 

 Co., made a brief stay in town. 



The funeral of Webb C. Ball, pioneer 

 jeweler of this city, created exceptional 



activity in the trade one day last week. 

 It was decided at the Florists' Club 

 meeting not to hold another dance un- 

 til after Lent, as there was considerable 

 doubt as to whether a large crowd could 

 be expected until after this period. 



W. A. R. 



CLEVELAND CLUB'S DOINGS, 



The meeting of the Cleveland Flo- 

 rists' Club, March 6, was held at the 

 club rooms in the Hollenden hotel. The 

 get-together committee reports another 

 dance right after Easter. Our 250 mem- 

 bers will each get five tickets with a 

 snappy letter saying, ' ' That 's your fair 

 share of responsibility. If you all 

 keep them we can make a $500 clean-up 

 for the building fund." 



The club home supporters are all 

 busy planning new surprises to boost 

 the fund. 



The one per cent advertising commit- 

 tee was instructed to get out letters to 

 every grower, wholesaler and florist 

 right away. The chairman, J. Kent, 

 said he would get busy. 



The big national show was next 

 taken up. Two carloads of plants, one 

 from Mentor, O., and one from Cleve- 

 land, are to be sent. Every grower is 

 urged to send an exhibit. Keep Cleve* 

 land to the front. If you have any- 

 thing special to send, get in touch with 

 either Mr. Merkel, Mentor, 0., or Paul 

 Backofen, Daisy Hill Farms, Chagrin 

 Falls, O. We expect to get the next 

 national show. Carl Hagenburger has 

 done fine work in rounding up Cleve- 

 land growers. 



The big day at Indianapolis is going 

 to be Cleveland day, March 29. A spe- 

 cial effort to send several cars from 

 Cleveland is under way. 



The fare will be about $22, including 

 sleeper. Be sure to go. It will be an 

 education, also a grand time. Make 

 reservations with E. B. A. Kellum, 1010 

 Williamson building. Herman P. 

 Knoble will preside on Cleveland day 

 and a special program will be given. 

 Train goes March 28. 



We are expecting big things from 

 Brother Kester. He has been taking 

 special courses in business training. 



The writer made several calls on the 

 trade last week, among those being Fel- 

 ton's for Flowers, W. H. Temblett, the 

 Posey Shop and Park Flower Shop, 

 Euclid anil Superior. Trade is on the 

 boom everywhere. Flowers are fine and 

 there is plenty of stock. 



How about a special peony day, sweet 

 ])ea day, gladiolus day, rose day, aster 

 day and a big fall show? They will 

 educate the public to love flowers. They 

 will make Cleveland a flower center. 



We are going to fine all members and 

 put the money in the building fund if 

 thej' don't come to the monthly meet- 

 ings. A. T. F. 



LINCOLN, NEB. 



Every florist here has made improve- 

 ments. The Eiche Floral Co. has moved 

 into new and elaborate quarters, in- 

 stalling new fixtures and drapery. 



Frey & Froy have remodeled the en- 

 tire interior of their store, placing new 

 fixtures and draperies. The firm points 

 with pride to its new violet, which is 

 beyond expectation. It is of good 

 color, fragrant, single and a profuse 

 bloomer. 



C. H. Frey has taken in, as manager, 

 George Duncan. O. H. Enslow has also 

 been .-idded to the stiiff. Mr. Enslow 



has closed his own store and has bought 

 stock in the C. H. Frey firm. The en- 

 tire store is being improved. 



J. K. Ililtner is moving into new 

 quarters ou Thirteenth street. Among 

 many improvements, an air-cooling ma- 

 chine is being installed. Mr. Hiltner 

 grows practically all his cut flowers at 

 his greenhouse. 



Chapin Bros, kept busy all winter 

 with funeral work. This firm grows 

 American Beauty and Pearl roses, for 

 which there is a steady demand. 



J. A. L. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Considering that this is Lent and that 

 the country is supposed to be suffering 

 from general business depression, the 

 market has been in excellent condition 

 during the last week. The demand ever 

 since Lent started this year certainly 

 has been stronger than it was in the 

 same number of days preceding Ash 

 Wednesday and the market has been 

 well cleaned up at each week's end. 

 Prices, while not high, have resulted in 

 fair averages for the growers because of 

 the fact that little stock has been left 

 over from day to day. 



The supply of roses has been small in 

 some of the wholesale houses, due to so 

 many growers cropping their plants for 

 Easter, but there have been other places 

 in the market where roses could be ob- 

 tained if the one who was short could 

 pay a fair price. Weather conditions 

 have been favorable and the quality of 

 most of the stock has been excellent. 

 The demand has been principally for the 

 short and medium lengths, a fact which 

 is causing the growers to cut down on 

 their production of extra-length stems. 

 There is little change in the relative 

 jiroportions of the varieties offered. 

 Pink continues to predominate, with 

 white and red in small supply and, ap- 

 parently, decreasing demand. It often 

 has been noted that when an article is 

 l>lentiful on the market it creates for 

 itself a large demand, while for an 

 article not continuously available the 

 demand gradually decreases. 



Carnation crops are low and the mar- 

 ket has been kept quite clean at mod- 

 erate prices. White has been in good 

 request for St. Patrick's day. Milder 

 weather has brought street salesmen out 

 with violets. Bulbous stock is in 

 smaller supply — jonquils, early tulips, 

 freesias and Paper Whites. The latter 

 two are passing. On the pther hand, 

 Darwin tulips are more plentiful and are 

 selling well. Calendulas, to^ are more 

 • ibundant. l)ut niiuiy nro of indifferent 

 (|uality. \ 



Sweet peas are neither so ^plentiful 

 nor so good as they were; the grower 

 who has really good stock is getting 

 fair prices now. Valley is in light re- 

 ((uest. There is some splendid mi- .• 

 gnonctte, well worth 12 cents, but the ^ 

 buyers go above 8 cents only with re- 

 luctance. Cattleyas are equal to the de- 

 mand. 



Giganteuni lilies again are abundant; 

 some wholesale houses have few or none, 

 but others have enough to supply any 

 deficiency. However, the prices are 

 maintained because of the good demand 

 for funeral flowers. It seems plain that 

 the growers who are cutting lilies now 

 will he through by Easter and the gen- 

 eral belief is that the supply for the 



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