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The Florists^ Review 



June 8. 1922 



on the water finally disintegrate and 

 their fragrance is carried by the waves 

 to the dead. The ceremony was con- 

 ducted principally in honor of the forty 

 sailors and marines of Kansas City who 

 gave their lives in the war. During the 

 entire service flowers were continually 

 cast upon the water. Wreaths and 

 flowers were furnished by the Gold Star 

 League of Jackson County, the local 

 chapter of American War Mothers and 

 the auxiliary to the James Cummings 

 post. 



The floral parade committee of "park 

 and plan" week held a luncheon at the 

 Hotel Muehlebach Friday, June 2. This 

 parade will be the main feature of the 

 "park and plan" week, June 12. The 

 parade will be the afternoon of June 

 16. Sixty-five women, representing the 

 various wards of the city, were guests 

 at the luncheon. They were given the 

 outline of plans for the celebration. An 

 executive committee of five women was 

 chosen to select a queen and her at- 

 tendants, who will have a conspicuous 

 place in the parade. T. J. Noll, presi- 

 dent of the Florists' Club; Glen K. 

 Parker, secretary of the club, and Wil- 

 liam L. Eock are members of the floral 

 parade committee. Mr. Noll has called 

 a special meeting of the Plorists' Club 

 for June 8 to discuss plans for the 

 parade. The Florists' Club has offered 

 a prize of $100 for one class of entries. 

 T. J. Noll left for Chicago June 4 to 

 arrange for artificial decorations for 

 some of the floats. 



A. Newell has a new work cabinet, 

 the first of its kind to be seen here. It 

 is of white enamel, covered with battle- 

 ship linoleum. The drawers and trash 

 bin are lined with galvanized tin. A 

 drain along the top keeps the water 

 from running down the sides. The cab- 

 inet stands clear of the floor by several 

 inches, making for comfort on the part 

 of workers. J. M. McKcown, represent- 

 ing the A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, sold 

 the cabinet. He will have it to show 

 visitors to the S. A. F. convention in 

 August. 



Adolph Mohr is recovering slowly 

 from his recent operation. He has 

 nearly 10,000 cyclamens in 3-inch and 

 4-inch pots and a large number of Cin- 

 cinnati and Melior begonias for fall. 



William Foith has planted 8,000 as- 

 ters for late blooming. He has bought 

 a piece of land adjoining his range and 

 will grow outdoor stock this summer. 

 His carnations were fine for Memorial 

 ^^y- J. E. K. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



Cut roses were in good demand last 

 week because of the large number of 

 schools holding graduation exercises. 

 However, the demand slackened off on 

 Friday and Saturday found sales 

 draggy. The prices on ordinary stock 

 ranged from $4 to $25 per hundred, with 

 as high as $30 for good Iladleys. Fu- 

 neral work also was heavy and that 

 made good the sale of the shorter 

 gradps, and at times it was only possi- 

 ble to get those grades, so heavy had 

 been the call for roses for graduation 

 and corsage bouquets demanding good 

 stock. Some short-stemmed Hadleys 

 were obtainable at as low as $8 per hun- 

 dred. Columbia and Kussell were also 

 popular. 



Peonies are the leading flowers and 

 they predominate in all funeral work. 



The quality is good and the prices 

 range from $4 to $6 per hundred. 

 Gladioli are coming in more plentifully 

 and good stock sells at about $4 per 

 hundred. The price has been as high 

 as $25, the drop being due to increased 

 offerings in the market. 



Cattleyas are scarce and the supply 

 is readily taken up at $12 per dozen. 

 This represents a twenty-five per cent 

 increase. The demand has been made 

 heavy by the number of seminary and 

 college commencements. There is a 

 large quantity of good valley coming 

 here from out-of-town points, which sup- 

 plements the locally grown valley. The 

 supply is usually well taken up at $6 

 and $8 per hundred. 



Easter lilies are in heavy supply, but 

 there is practically no demand for them 

 even at $8 per hundred, on account of 

 the peonies, which caused the price to 

 drop from $12. This is only a temporary 

 condition, however. The sale of carna- 

 tions is similarly interfered with, but 

 the flowers are small, showing that the 

 summer season is here in earnest. They 

 are being offered in quantities at $10 

 per thousand, but even then there are 

 few buyers. 



Various Notes. 



William F. Gude, head of Gude Bros. 

 Co., accompanied by his daughter. Miss 

 Amelia Gude, participated in the annual 

 outing of Temple-Noyes lodge of 

 Masons. The lodge had chartered the 

 steamer Midland for a cruise down the 

 Potomac to Richmond, the capital of 

 the state of Virginia. Arriving at that 

 place, they were welcomed by officials 

 of the city and taken on an automobile 

 tour of the city. 



Grace Bauer, daughter of the man- 

 ager of the local store of the S. S. Pen- 

 nock Co., has taken a turn for the better 

 and is now on the road to recovery. She 

 was one of about forty who were 

 stricken with typhoid fever, presumably 

 as the result of eating fform-infected 

 food at a church supper. The little girl 

 has had rather a hard time of it, but is 

 said to be doing nicely. T. N. S. 



EARLY MUMS. 



What are the best early-flowering 

 chrysanthemums to grow? 



S. G.— Mich. 



The earliest chrysanthemums to grow 

 would be as follows; 



YHIXOW. 



P.olrtpn Olow. 

 Cranfordla. 

 Yellow Enrly Frost. 

 Yellow AdTnncp. 



BRONZE. 

 A. Bnrham. 

 Hronze T'nnkn. 

 Octr)I)pr Henld. 

 Williiim n. Wnite. 



give entire satisfaction. 



C. H. Totty. 



PINK. 



Ilenri Vincent. 

 T'nriflo Supreme. 

 TInaka. 

 Early Rose. 



WHITE. 

 Smith's Advance. 

 Early Frost. 

 Poll.y Rose. 

 Oconfo. 



This list will 



MXJMS AND CHERRIES 



Would you advise me to grow pompon 

 chrysanthemums and Jerusalem cherries 

 in pots in a shady greenhouse and shift 

 them later into larger pots, or to sot 

 them out in the open ground until fall 

 and then take them up? Does cow 

 manure water help the growth of these 

 plants? C. D.— Mo. 



You will get the finest Jerusalem cher- 

 ries if you plant them outdoors in full 

 sunshine, dig them up and pot them in 

 earlv fall, then shade and spray them 

 until established. Pot-grown plants 

 nip .Tlways much smaller. If, however, 



you prefer to grow them in that way, 

 plunge the pots to their brims outdoors 

 and be sure to have water convenient. 

 The pompon chrysanthemums would 

 give best returns if planted in the 

 benches, but do not need shade except, 

 possibly, when the flowers are opening, 

 in order to prevent burning. C. W. 



C0LX7MBUS, O. 



Thousands of people thronged the 

 Archeological museum at Ohio State 

 University Saturday afternoon and eve- 

 ning, May 27, to view the display at the 

 fifth annual rose show of the Columbus 

 Horticultural Society. It was pro- 

 nounced the most successful show ever 

 held by the society, with a greater num- 

 ber of flowers on display than in any 

 previous show and a larger number of 

 exhibitors represented. The fine quality 

 of the roses was particularly noticeable 

 this year, as compared with the 1921 

 show, when blooms were not up to 

 standard, because of damage due to late 

 frosts. The show was open all day Sun- 

 day, May 28, from morning to night. 



McKellar's Flower Shop has a new 

 Dodge truck, which proves a great help. 

 This company now has two Dodge ma- 

 chines for delivery purposes. James 

 McKellar motored to Chillicothe, Mo., 

 Memorial day. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, 

 of the same company, motored to 

 Marion, O., the same day. 



Rudolph Zisch has withdrawn from 

 the firm of Zisch & Dozer. J. Dozer is 

 now running the place by himself. 



Memorial day business was good here, 

 but so far no large weddings have been 

 announced for June. J. W. T. 



OBITUARY 



Philip Fflasterer. 



Funeral services for Philip Pflasterer, 

 prominent florist of Winchester, Ind., 

 who died May 13, after a lingering ill- 

 ness, were conducted at his late home, 

 on East Washington street. May 16. 

 Burial was made in Fountain Park 

 cemetery. 



Mr. Pflasterer was born in Germany 

 and came to the United States when a 

 boy 10 years old. He was 81 at his 

 death. Besides the widow he is sur- 

 vived by one daughter, Mrs. Emma 

 Pfifer, and two sons, William and Henry 

 Pflasterer, all of Winchester, Ind. 



William H. Hilton. 



William H. Hilton, for many years in 

 the retail florists' business on the south 

 side in Chicago, died June 6 at his home, 

 5319 Blackstone avenue in that city, 

 from cancer of the stomach. Mr. Hil- 

 ton, who was about 55 years of age, 

 opened his first store on Fifty-third 

 street in 1892. Later he operated two 

 flower and candy stores on Sixty-third 

 street, but after fourteen years at 1320 

 East Sixty-third street he found it de- 

 sirable to sell his lease there and cen- 

 tralize his activities on East Fifty-third 

 street near Jefferson avenue. This was 

 in 1912. About two years ago he sold 

 out and went to Florida to deal in land. 

 Failing strength sent him back to Chi- 

 cago about three weeks ago and he en- 

 tered Mercy hospital for treatment. Mr. 

 Hilton leaves a widow and a daughter. 

 The funeral was held Thursday, June 8. 

 Burial was at Forest Home. 



