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The Florists^ Review 



June 8. 1922 



Ellis, Griliiii, (ia.; Carl II. Oelschig, 

 Savannah, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. G. Leslie 

 Whipp, Jacksonville, Fla.; Wallace Pat- 

 terson, Montgomery, Ala.; E. M. Eich- 

 ling. New Orleans, La.; Chas. A. Moss, 

 Spartanburg, S. C; Robert Lockerbie 

 and Miss Jean Lockerbie, Greenville, 

 S. C; Otto Busack, Asheville, N. C; 

 Hilnier \'. Swenson, Chicago; O. F. 

 Shellnutt, Columbus, Ga.; J. T. Keheley, 

 Newnan, Ga.. and Miss Carrie Chance, 

 A. W. Cline, M. W. Stallings, Ellis G. 

 Carswell, C. J. Harrison, L. D. Thom- 

 son, Ralph Deans, F. V. Jacobs and 

 Jacob Weinstock, Atlanta. 



From 8 to 11 in the evening the vis- 

 itors were the guests of members of the 

 newly organized Atlanta Florists', and 

 Horticulturists' Club at the Daffodil, 

 where a bounteous repast Avas served, 

 seventy-nine partaking. 



At the conclusion of the dinner Mr. 

 Ammann gave a splendid talk, picturing 

 the florist of the past, with his great 

 handicaps and discouragements, and the 

 florist of the present day, with his fa- 

 cilities and opportunities, and he gave a 

 vision of the florist of the future, with 

 cooperation and brotherly love as the 

 watchword. Mr. Ammann startled his 

 audience when he said that he is operat- 

 ing his range at Edwardsville on an 8- 

 hour shift and has been doing so for 

 some time with great success. Follow- 

 ing Mr. Amman's speech, short talks 

 were made by many of the visiting flo- 

 rists. 



Ralph Deans, secretary of the Atlanta 

 Florists' and Horticulturists' Club, who 

 had the entertainment in charge, was 

 complimented on the way he handled 

 the situation on such short notice. 



Tlie out-of-town visitors sjtont the fol- 

 lowing day with the growers at their 

 various establishments. 



HAIL AT GREEIiEY, COLO. 



A terrific h;iil storm ]iassed over (iree- 

 ley, Colo., and neighboring towns May 

 29. It w.'is by far the worst experienced 

 by the florists there, lasting nearly an 

 hour and totally wrecking the various 

 greenhouse establishments, besides ruin- 

 ing farm crops valued at half a million 

 dollars. Many of the hailstones, it is 

 asserted, measured three to four inches 

 in diameter and struck with such force 

 that even heavy plate glass shop win- 

 dows were shattered. 



The loss of Hansen's Greenhouse is 

 partly covered by insurance, but the 

 Dunham Floral Co. carried none. The 

 exact amount of the loss is hard to de- 

 termine, but the various places no doubt 

 were damaged to the extent of $20,000. 

 While present crops are ruined, the 

 young ])lants of mums and carnations 

 came througli surprisingly well at Han- 

 sen's Greenhouse and they will lie 

 planted as fast as tlie wreckage is 

 cleared away and new glass put in. 



In sjtite of the storm, Hansen's Green- 

 house was able to fill all orders for Me- 

 morial day, as Fred C. Meyer, of Den- 

 ver, obligingly made the GO-mile run by 

 automobile in response to a telephone 

 call, when there were no trains run- 

 ning- 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



ing May 31, at the greenhouses on the 

 estate of Henry A. C. Taylor, and de- 

 cided upon final plans and arrange- 

 ments for the June exhibition, which 

 will be principally devoted to roses, 

 peonies, strawberries and potted plants. 

 It was decided to hold the exhibition 

 in the school rooms of the First Pres- 

 byterian church, June 27 and 28, con- 

 ducting it for two days this year, in- 

 stead of one, as was the case last year. 

 President Andrew L. Doorwood presided 

 at the meeting. After the dates and 

 ])lace had been decided upon, consider- 

 able time was spent in a general discus- 

 sion of plans for the event. The show, 

 it is expected, will be considerably 



larger than it lias been for several 

 seasons. 



Various Notes. 



Robert Clifford, manager for Lei- 

 ken's, arrived last week and began 

 preparations for opening the firm's 

 store on Bellevue avenue. Expecting 

 the Newport season to be an early one 

 this year, the firm is opening much 

 sooner than usual. 



H. J. Hass, 61 Almy street, reports 

 an unusually brisk demand for house 

 and porch boxes this season. 



8niith reports a heavy run on cut 

 flowers for homes, while funeral work 

 has held up well. W. H. M. 



For June Exhibition. 



With a larger schedule of premiums 

 and a broader field of classes in view, 

 the executive committee of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society held a meet- 



"The largest stock and the best sales 

 ever experienced," observed Fred Gold- 

 ring, Slingerlands, N. Y., referring to 

 their Memorial day business, adding 

 that gloom was cast upon thv establish- 

 )nent by the death of Robert Oliver, who 

 had charge of the fern growing of the 

 firm for thirty years. He was held in 

 high esteem by all who knew him. His 

 death was caused by an accident. While 

 riding his motorcycle he crashed into 

 the rear end of a truck, which was run- 

 ning at night without a tail light. 



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Alfred Goldring, Cobleskill, N. Y., 

 had a record-bre.'iking business Me- 

 morial day, liniite(l ojiiy by the inabilitj^ 

 to furnish more stock. 



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The Hatcher Flower Shops, at Amster- 

 dam, N. Y., and Schenectady, X. Y., 

 eleaned out the large supply at the 

 greenhouses at Hoffmans, X. Y., at Me- 

 morial day. It has b(>en followed by 

 wedding work, in which Asparagus 

 Hatclieri is freely used. 



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A. J. Hilton, Amsterdam, X. Y., is 

 well pleased with the entire season's 

 business. 



• * • * 



The Hotaling Flower Shop, Amster- 

 dam, N. Y., had Avhat was termed a 

 clean-up sale with satisfactory prices 

 at Memorial day. 



* * * * 



"X'o kick coming," observed Joseph 

 Tr.'iudt, Cana.ioharie, X'. Y., when 

 quizzed regarding his Memorial day 

 business. That day's business absorbed 

 all of the fine stock usually grown here. 



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Members of the Kosendale Flower 

 Shop, Schenectady, X, Y., were of the 

 opinion that the close proximity of 

 Mothers' day to Memorial day affected 

 the sale of cut flowers Memorial day, 

 but the sale of plants came fully up to 

 expectations. 



• • » » 



"Best ever," commented George 

 Matthews, of the Mohawk Greenhouses, 

 Schenectady, X. Y. "We had nothing 

 salable left, and we are now engaged 

 in planting our ferns, which are a 

 leader with us," continued Mr. Mat- 

 thews. 



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Fj. V. B. Felthousen, Schonoctadv, N. 

 Y., who has held a position at the local 

 post ofiice for twenty-five years, took a 

 vacation to help out at the greenhouses 



during the Memorial day rush. A fine 

 lot of chrysanthemums. Sun Gold and 

 Richmond, are going out here. Two 

 promising sons are taking an active in- 

 terest in this growing range. 



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W. W. Hannell, Watervliet, N. Y., 

 remarked upon the popularity of the 

 hydrangea for Memorial day. He said 

 that this popularity was presumably 

 owing to the scarcity of geraniums, and 

 that the plants were in tlie pink of con- 

 dition. 



* * * • 



J. G. Barrett, a leading Trojan crafts- 

 man, voiced the sentiment of the trade 

 by saying that Memorial day found 

 them sold out of blooming plants. They 

 also h.'id a good sale on cut flowers. 

 Contracts for planting out were fully 

 up to the usual high mark. 



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Samuel Hanson, L.'insingburg, N. Y., 

 found his Memorial day cemetery busi- 

 ness fully up to its jirevious high mark. 



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Sambrook Bros., Troy, N. Y., did a 

 big business in floral wreaths for Me- 

 morial day. June weddings will keep 

 all hands at this establishment busy for 

 a while. 



* • • • 



Louis Menand, located near the rural 

 cemetery, Troy, N. Y., expressed satis- 

 faction with his Memorial day business, 

 while John Murname, who is located di- 

 rectly oi>po.site Mr. Menand, echoed the 



sentiments. 



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The meeting of the Albany Florists' 

 Club held June 1 was not largely at- 

 tended, owing, doubtless, to the fact 

 that the members were still engaged in 

 recovering from the rush occasioned by 

 the Memorial day business. This was 

 the opinion of William C. Gloeckner, 

 who added that between local and lonsr- 

 distance orders, all previous records 

 were surpassed. 



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"Extremely busy," observed George 

 Burgevin, of Valentin Burgevin's Sons. 

 Kingston, X". Y., adding that anything 

 well grown sold at Memorial day. 



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Henry Hansen, Catskill, N. Y., was 

 to the fore as usual with stock for Me- 

 morial day, and the many out-of-town 

 patrons who usually summer here were 

 not disappointed in having their com- 

 missions filled. Home customers were 

 also well taken care of. W. M. 



