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The Florists' Review 



April 21. I'.rJl 



tration or to tlio use of tlie jiropostMl 

 iiiime is requosti'd to (•oiniiiuniciitc with 

 the isecretary at once. Failiiifi; to re- 

 ceive objection to the rej^i.str.'ition, tlie 

 same will be made three weeks from 

 ilate of April 20. .Tohn Yoiiiifi;, See 'v. 



FLOOR PLAN FOR CONVENTION. 



Complyinj^ witli the nianj' retjuests 

 that have Ijeen reci'ived, Secretary 

 Young has sent out earlier than usual 

 the floor plan of the convention h;ill, 

 Washington, 1). ('., where the tliirty- 

 seventh annual meeting of tlie Society 

 of American Florists will he held 

 August 16 to 18. 



" Apjdications for spjice now on fili> 

 indicate that the trade exhibition in 

 , connection with this convention will 

 he even better than last year, when all 

 records were broken,'' s:tys Mr. Young. 

 "We know that there will be a record- 

 breaking attendance of florists from all 

 sections of the country, as so many 

 have expressed their intention of tak- 

 ing this opportunity of visiting the 

 national capital. ' ' 



The cost of space rental is 60 cents 

 ptT scpiare foot. The selling of goods 

 by i)ersons or firms not having en- 

 gaged s])ace will be prohibited, unless 

 such j)erson or firm shall have secured 

 a jtermit or license from the secretary, 

 tlie same to cost $35. The official sign, 

 including rental of upright or standard, 

 will cost $3. Incjuiries or reservations 

 should be addressed to Secretary John 

 Young, 41! West Eighteenth street. New 

 York. 



Tlie Washington advisory committee 

 in regard to the trade display is com- 

 posed of Adolph (rude, Z. D. Tilack- 

 istone and David Grillbortzer. 



The accomi)anying reproduction of 

 the floor plan indicates the arrange- 

 ment of exhibits, the classes being lo- 

 cated according to the following let- 

 ters: 



A — Plants. 



B — Cut blooms. 



c: — IJoilers and lipating aiiparatus. 



D — Greenliouso Btructiires. 



K — Florists' supplies. 



F -Bulbs, seeds and garden requisites. 



U — Miscellaneous. 



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"A big success," commented W. J. 

 Palmer, of W. J. Palmer & Son, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., referring to the executive 

 meeting of the F. T. D. at Toronto, from 

 which he had just returned charged with 

 electricity, so to speak, from contact 

 with fellow live wires who jointly trans- 

 acted a tremendous amount of business, 

 which cannot help but benefit the pro- 

 fession at large. Mr. Palmer was grad- 

 ing the morning cut of roses in the 

 Lancaster place and remarked to Super- 

 intendent Barney Myers about the fine 

 quality of flowers which were seen at 

 Brampton and Toronto. It was rumored 

 there that Mme. Butterfly will su])(>rse<le 

 Ophelia and at the same time the opin- 

 ion was expressed that as long as Ophe- 

 lia continues to do so well with them 

 they will continue to grow it. In fact, 

 one house is now being planted to it. 

 "We have no surplus," observed Mr. 

 Myers, "for just as soon as a crop is off 

 and the room is needed for something 

 else, out go the plants." When com- 

 menting upon the gener;il outlook, op- 

 timism was uppermost. Mr. Myers inci- 

 dentally mentioned that his venture at 

 Dansville, N. Y., which was in charge of 

 his son, Leo A. Myers, has cleared ex- 

 penses the first year and has every pros- 

 pect of joining in the generally expected 

 continuing prosperity. 



• • « • 



S. A. Anderson, Buffalo, is ever on the 

 alert for choice things for the h(diday.s. 

 He had a grand stock of Bougainvillca 

 Sanderiana in various shajjes. These 

 vied with lilies in jiopularity. Manager 

 A. Adams maintains his reputation as a 

 business booster. 



• « • • 



Louis Neubeck, BufTalo, has the flo 

 rists' slogan displayed more prominently 

 than any other florist in the Bison city. 

 A fine electric sign over the show house 

 .•tnd office, with the regulation signboard 

 close by, almost touches elbows with 

 (he })assers-by. rndoubtedly it has as- 

 sisted in building u]) his business. 



The store window of W. J. Palmer & 

 Son, Buffalo, had a centerpiece consist- 

 ing of a vase filled with Ophelia roses 

 and larkspur. It was the acme of sim- 



])licity and lieauty. 



• ' • • • 



Valentine Gatz, AJbion, N. Y., is 

 renovating his houses. He has had a 

 good season thus far. Mothers' day 

 will not greatly affect the demand, but 

 Memorial day is always good and he 

 lias a nice stock prepared. 



• • • • 



W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y., 

 is enjoying a wonderful season in 

 all lines of nursery stock, as expressed 

 ill the language of the trucknijin, who, 

 cranking his machine, ejaculated, "Awl 

 Golly I Now is the time to dig and we 

 are all doing our share.'' 



• • • • 



Thomas Hick, of T. Hick & Son, Au- 

 l)urn, X. Y'., was plunging geraniums 

 ill the greenhouse and remarked that, 

 though he was entering his eighty-fifth 

 summer, he is just as eager and cer- 

 tainly is as nimble as lie was when the 

 writer first met him, about thirty years 

 ago. This caused the younger Hick to 

 express the hope that we might all 

 round out the century and that it would 

 be ill the florists' business. "What is 

 there miire enjoyable and profitable?" 

 ,idde(l he. " Lookeil at in the right 

 light, it is a continuous floral proces- 

 sion. " 



• * • * 



■'What surprises me," observed 

 H(d)ert H. Bard, of Syracuse, N. Y., 

 •'is that, even in this day of enlight- 

 ened floriculture, s(mie growers persist 

 in jiickling stock prejiaratory to the 

 jieriods when we look for the best re- 

 sults. No, it is not the weather, for 

 my (Wperieiice as a grf)wer convinces 

 me that it is not that. When one sees 

 the rose petals spotte<l as if with the 

 j>alsy, it is the result of confinement 

 in a dark place." There was a faint 

 twinkle in the eye of our confrere as 

 he denied the inqiiitation of being 

 guilty of doing such a thing when he 



was a grower and the shoe was on the 

 other foot. There has been fine busi- 

 ness right along and, aside from the 

 pickled stock which brought down in- 

 veetives upon the heads of the growers, 

 everything is serene with Mr. Bard, who 

 paid a tribute to the Pink Section of 

 The Review by observing that its value 

 has been practically demonstrated. 



• • • • 



Schwerdt & Berner, Forks, N. Y., 

 cater to the Buffalo market, chiefly 

 through the W. F. Kasting Co. Among 

 their offerings are thousands of Pelar- 

 gonium Easter Greeting, Lucy Becker 

 and their offspring in four «r five shades, 

 calceolarias in both the hybrid kinds 

 grown from seed and the shrubby form 

 from cuttings. It has been suggested 

 that the cloudy atmosphere prevalent 

 here during the growing season is in a 

 great part responsible for the splendid 

 conditions. Certain it is that finer- 

 grown stock would be hard to find, 

 either here or in Europe. 



• • • • 



W. E. Day, of Syracuse, N. Y., ex- 

 jiressed entire satisfaction with the sea- 

 son's business. As he is located in the 

 town 's leading hotel, there is some- 

 thing doing continually and, with an 

 unlimited supply, it is comparatively 

 an easy matter to fill the large.st con- 

 tract. 



• • • • 



Gusfave Bartholme, Syracuse, N. Y., 

 one of the pioneers in the trade, who 

 has a splendid cemetery business, ex- 

 pects a spring demand fully equal to 

 that of previous years and is preparing 



to meet it. 



• • • • 



M. B. Kay, Syracuse, is the son of 

 Peter Kay, formerly superintendent of 

 Woodland cemetery, who left behind 

 him an excellent reputation, with the 

 nucleus of a business that is going ahead 

 rapidly. Mrs. Kay is a great help to 

 her hustling husband. 



• • • • 



The proprietor of John.efon 's, Syra- 

 cuse, is well pleased with the returns 

 following special advertising during the 

 Easter period and is making an effort 

 to boost business for Mothers' day. 



• • • • 



E. Bultmann, P. R. Quinlan & Co., 

 Albert H. Davis and Henry Morris, 

 who are all located downtown, speak 

 favorably of business in Syracuse. Fore- 

 man Dyer, of Quinlan 's, had a grand 

 stock of pot roses for the holidays. 



• • • • 



Carl Beckstedt, Oswego, N. Y., was 

 unfortunate in losing some of his best 

 Easter stock on account of a fire. "It 

 might have been worse," observed our 

 ])hilosophical friend, who received some 

 compensation in insurance and the fact 

 that the expenditure in coal is much 

 less than last season. A fine stock of 

 Geranium Mrs. Lawrence was noted. It 

 was far superior to Beaute Poitevine 

 and sold at sight. 



• • • • 

 "Overanxiety and the desire to bring 



in all we could for Easter is the rea- 

 son for having an oversupply of lilies," 

 commented A. Stoeckle, Watertown, N. 

 Y. "In all our experience we never 

 had finer formosums and the fact that 

 practically every bulb was healthy 

 helped swell the total returns and sur- 

 passed our expectations. Withal, the 

 general trade has been good. Prospects 

 for Mothers' day are promising and we 

 are boosting the occasion for all it is 

 worth." W. M. 



