Apuil 28, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



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which hold that, when the property 

 leased is condemned by municipal au- 

 thorities, the cost of tearing it down or 

 repairing it, as between landlord and 

 tenant, must be borne by the former. We 

 do not think these cases are pertinent. 

 It has been expressly decided in this 

 state that the destruction of leased 

 property by municipal action does not 

 relieve the tenant from the obligations 

 of his lease. Mere threat of condemna- 

 tion, therefore, would not affect the 

 contract rights of the parties." S. 



A FLORAL CURTAIN. 



The "final curtain," shown in the 

 illustration on this page, was made at 

 the store of Wolf skill's & Morris Gold- 

 enson, Los Angeles, Cal. It was for 

 the funeral of D. J. Grauman, father 

 of Sid Grauman, the well known 

 theatrical man of that city. Carna- 

 tions of various shades were used as a 

 groundwork. The roses in the raised 

 portion were mostly Ophelia, set off 

 with lilac. It was a beautiful piece 

 and was much admired. H. E. E. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The dark, wintry weather, with freez- 

 ing temperature and considerable snow, 

 which came last Sunday and Monday, 

 followed by days of rain and coolness, 

 has had its effect on the flowers. Prac- 

 tically all kinds of stock have shortened 

 up and better prices have been realized 

 throughout the week. This cold spell 

 has also relieved the high tension 

 at which most of the seedsmen and 

 nurserymen have been working recently. 

 Fruit experts report that considerable 

 damage has been done to the fruit trees 

 by the recent storm and that little fruit 

 may be expected from the early varie- 

 ties of cherries, peaches, etc., which were 

 in full blossom. Eetail florists, however, 

 have been kept busy and report a favor- 

 able business, the greater part of which 

 has been funeral work. Local shipments 

 have been much lighter and out-of-town 

 shipments have been found considerably 

 so. In some cases there has not been 

 enough to go arouud. 



Exceptionally good roses reach us and 

 the quality is particularly good. More 

 medium stock, however, can be used 

 than the long grade. Columbia, Marti- 

 net, Premier, Ophelia, Maryland, Hoosier 

 Beauty, Cook, Sunburst, Ward and the 

 Killarneys are all in fair supply. Sweet 

 peas are shortening up considerably, but 

 there is a good demand for them. Yel- 

 low daisies reach us in abundance, but 

 the sale has dropped off somewhat. The 

 supply of carnations is not nearly so 

 large as usual, but the quality is good. 

 Many Easter lilies were seen last week 

 and the demand was good. Violets are in 

 fair supply', but the lateness of the sea- 

 son is showing on them. Forget-me-nots, 

 pansies, mignonette and marguerites are 

 among the smaller flowers seen. Valley 

 is good and the demand keeps up pretty 

 well. There is no particular demand for 

 orchids or gardenias of late. Outdoor 

 bulbous stock is making an appearance, 

 but the freezing weather of a week ago 

 hurt the stock considerably. Not much 

 )i^ulbous stock is bfeing received frem the 

 greenhouses now, except potted hya- 

 cinths. 



Various Notes. 



Jacob Thomann & Sons report an ex- 



Curtain of Flowers for Funeral of Los Angeles Theatrical^ Man. 



tremely heavy week with all kinds of 

 funeral work. They have a large quan- 

 tity of bedding stock, which is moving 

 well, considering weather conditions. 



Louis Collates had a beautiful display 

 of flowers in his window last week. In 

 the center of the window was a beauti- 

 ful, tall, willow lamp finished in blue 

 gold. Yellow flowers were used in the 

 display and the combination was pleas- 

 ing and artistic. He reports business 

 good. 



J. Clcary, of Driving Park avenue, is 

 doing a nice business in that section of 

 the city, and finds that, compared with 

 last year's business, things are most sat- 

 isfactory. Funeral work is in good de- 

 mand. 



David Scott, of Corfu, N. Y., is ship- 

 ping to the market some fine snaj)- 

 dragons, peas and calendulas, which find 

 a ready sale. 



Some good Columbia and Ophelia are 

 received from the Fairport Greenhouses 

 every day, and these have a quick sale. 



Keorge Keller is cutting fine Easter 

 lilies and orchids, which were found par- 

 ticularly welcome last week. 



Miss Stevens, of George B. Hart's of- 

 fice, spent the weekend with her 

 parents at Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



Salter Bros, are showing some splendid 

 calceolarias. 



Al. Eayton, of Irondequoit, is cutting 



some fine snapdragons, which find a 

 ready sale. His bedding stock, he says, 

 is in splendid shape and a lot of it is 

 ready for moving. 



Hugo Teute is growing an enormous 

 quantity of primulas for Christmas 

 flowering. He is cutting some particu- 

 larly good Laddie carnations, which are 

 well formed and of excellent color. 



Several of the Eochester florists made 

 the trip to Buffalo Friday afternoon, 

 April 22, to attend the Western New 

 York Publicity Committee's banquet. 



Excellent newspaper pictures of 

 Hiram E. Wilson were seen in the Herald 

 April 18. He is shown cutting down a 

 small orchard which he himself planted 

 sixty years ago. He is now attaining a 

 ripe old age and is seen daily in the 

 greenhouses. He is active and in fairly 

 good health. 



Max the Florist had a large quantity 

 of funeral work during the middle of the 

 week. He reports business as good. 



H. J. H. 



Canton, 111.— The mother of George 

 W. Jacobs is in a critical condition fol- 

 lowing a fracture of the hip sustained 

 three weeks ago. Monday, April 25, she 

 was in an unconscious condition. She 

 is rthe widow of B. 'Jacobs, who estab- 

 lishted a ^eenhouse in Canton in 1878. 

 This^ jiow operated by the son. 



