May 5. 1021 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



incident to the war. lie indicated that 

 lio probably would not contest the suit. 



Mae Murray is being starred in '"''lie 

 Oildod Lily" at the Majestic Theater 

 hero and through the cooi)eratioii of the 

 florists and manager a new and unusual 

 advertising stunt is being enacted. The 

 manager of the theater visited the vari- 

 ous leading florists and presented them 

 with large cards bearing tneir names and 

 compliments. These were jdaced on the 

 many baskets furnished gratis by the 

 florists and Saturday, Ajjril 23, the loouy 

 of tho theater was a mass of liowers, 

 ranging from hampers of snapdragons, 

 roses, etc., to large baskets of gilded 

 calla lilies. 



E. D. Ludwig, secretary of the Colum- 

 bus Cut I'lower (Jrowers' and Dealers' 

 Association, says it has raised $550 for 

 advertising, besides the individual adver- 

 tisements for Mothers' day. The organ- 

 ization has at present twenty-tluei> 

 members. 



The wedding of Virginia Ilciner at 

 the Broad Street Presbyterian chur(di 

 was a gorgeous affair and was a "credit 

 to T. J. Ludwig 's decorators. The bride 

 carried a bouquet of orchids, valley and 

 Sunburst roses, while the seven atten- 

 dants wore corsages of different colors. 



I. Bayersdorfer, of H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., I'hiladelphia, opened up at tho Chit- 

 tenden with a fine display last week and 

 booked a good many orders. 



Julia's Flower Shoppe, although 

 limited to space, reports a good business. 



The McKellar Co. has been busy with 

 funeral work as well as with the decora- 

 tion at the new factorv of the Felber 

 Biscuit Co. ■ ,). W. T. 



OMAHA, NEB. 



The Market. 



There was a grc.-it change in the mar- 

 ket last week. Stock was scarce. (Jar- 

 nations were in strong demand, but they 

 w^ere none too plentiful. None of tlie 

 larger growers are going to hit a crop 

 for Moth(;rs ' day. 



Jn roses, Premier and Columbia had 

 the best call, but there was no surplus 

 in any of the varieties. The demand 

 was firm. Tho growers are doing their 

 nest to meet the trade demand for Moth- 

 ers' day. 



The late Easter lilies were about over, 

 although a few fortnnsums were still 

 coming in. Callas arrived in (piantity 

 and were clt^aiied iiii daily. The retail- 

 ers are falling back on callas to help 

 out in the big spray work. Sweet pe;is 

 fell off rajnilly. One large grower 

 claimed the sup|ily has fallen off thirty 

 per cent. (lood peas found a leady 

 sale. 



Sjianish iris from California moved 

 nicely. Snajidragons of lino (piality 

 were to In' had. Marguerites weie ]den- 

 tiful. Tlie supply of Dutch bulbous 

 flowers was comparatively small, as in- 

 door sup|ilies were entirely exluiusteil 

 and only a W'w growers have them out- 

 doors. T'arwins were on the market all 

 week. I'riiie of Haarlem .seemed to be 

 leading the !>aruiiis. I'atisies seenicil 

 aliLiudant. 



Various Notes. 



.1. V. Wilcox & S(]ns are cutting some 

 fine gladioli, especially Francis King and 

 Penilleton. These find a ready sale. 



('. (i. Hargadin^, of Florence, is grow- 

 ing some extra nice Darwins and de- 

 serves much crediK for his .Mrs. Moon 

 and Farncombe S^njcr. He has no 



trouble in disposing of them at if^S and 

 .$10 per hundr(!d. 



Iless & Swoboda are cutting a good 

 supply of lupines and hunemania. These 

 are meeting with a popular demand and 

 work up fine in dinner baskets. 



The Christ Child Society had their 

 flower tag day Saturday, April .'iO. It 

 proved highly successful. The girls put 

 out over 40,000 flowers before noon, and, 

 although there are no reports on the 

 net proceeds, it will be sure to turn out 

 gratifying. 



Lewis Henderson opened for business 

 Monday morning. May 2, in his new 

 store at 1519 Farnam. 



All florists* shops in Omaha will close 

 all day Sunday, beginning with Sunday. 

 July 3. Circulars are being sent out 

 to the trade and to the public to advise 

 them of the Sunday closing. Sunday, 



<luces has bem seen in the flower mar- 

 kets in all [larts of the country, namely, 

 heather. Mr. Wilcox is standing in a 

 j'atcli at Mdntf'hello, whcr • live acies are 

 devoted to this plant.' Ho is holding a 

 \isit(ir of his, Miss Siiz;inne .Miller, 

 dauj^htcr of .\. Miller, of the .\merican 

 Bulb Co., Chicago, who made recently 

 an interested inspection of the Wilco.x 

 establishment at .Montebello. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Business Condition^ wert> jiractically 

 noiinal last \ve(^k. The denumd and the 

 supply were evenly balanced aiKl this 

 naturally kept ))rice« a little higher. 



The outlook for Mothers' day is good, 

 altliough the demand for I'arn.ations far 



Suzanne Miller Inspects Heather at Montebello with Roy F. Wilcox. 



May 1, marked the first funcrallef-s Sun- 

 day. This is in accordance with a city 

 ordinance forbidding Sunday funerals 

 except in case of death from a conta- 

 gious disease or the funeral of an over 

 seas soldier. T. K. E. 



AMONG THE HEATHER. 



Conspicuous atnong the florists \\\i» 

 have followed Horace (Jreeley's .idvice 

 and prospered thereby is Hoy F. Wil 

 cox, one time of Council Bluffs and now 

 of Montebello. Cal. Mr. Wilcox is as 

 industrious in behalf of his foster state, 

 moreover, as though he were one of its 

 native sons. .\ot long since he wa> 

 elected president of the California Asso 

 ftiation of Xurscrynien, which is one of 

 the most active organizations of the 

 trade. Now he is an imjiortant member 

 of a committee promoting a wonderful 

 exhibition at Los Angeles, to show to 

 all visitors what the state of California 

 can do horticultiindly and floriculturally. 



One of tho things that the state pro- 



exceeds the supply. The cut flower sup- 

 ply at present includes Anu'rican Beau- 

 ties, Columbia, Premier, White Killarney 

 and Kichmond rose-; carnations; Easter 

 atid calla lilies; snapdrag(]n; valley; 

 sweet [>eas; jonquils; S|iaiiish iris; 

 tiilij)s, and yellow daisies. Orchids were 

 jilentiful last wet^k iind sold at moderate 

 prices. .Vsparagiis iiluiiiosns .'ind Spren- 

 geri moved out ra]>hil,\. The southern 

 jilumosus helpe<l take care of the dem:in(l 

 for these articles satisfacfoi ily. 



From the demaml for cut tlouers, it is 

 quite certain that Mothers' day this 

 }ear will at least be on a ]Mr with flat 

 of last year. Price- will l.e practically 

 tho same as those oi' la-t year. 



Various Notes. 



The Pittsburt;li (iit I'lower Co. lias 

 been offering for -ale soiiie wonder "id 

 gladioli and the demand for them at 

 this season of the year has been excep- 

 tion ally good. 



The" death of Mis. J. J. Fuchs. wile 

 ()f Jacob J. Fuchs, on Carson street, 



