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The Florists^ Review 



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OBITUARY 



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Margaret Wayne Craig. 



Suddi'iily Wednesday, June 28, at 

 Ocean Grove, N. .J., Margaret Wayne 

 Craig, nee J'atterson, wife of IMiiladel- 

 phia's foremost florist, Rol>ert ("ruin, 

 passed away. It is terribly sad. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Craig had gone to the sea- 

 shore OJily tlie week before; neither liad 

 been well, but it was thougiit that the 

 invigorating seu air would benefit them 

 ijoth, and then suddenly the end came. 



Mrs. Craig was well known and highly 

 esteemed in the florists' world. She af 

 tended many of the S. A. F. conven- 

 tions with her husband and was often 

 present at the florists' social gatherings 

 in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Craig 

 celebrated their golden wedding last 

 fall. Mrs. Craig is survived by her hus- 

 band, two daughters and two sons: 

 William Patterson Craig, of the Pierce - 

 Arrow Co., and Kobert Alexander Craig, 

 present head of the Eobert Craig Co. 

 Funeral services were held at her resi- 

 dence, Fiftieth and Chestnut streets, 

 Saturday afternoon, July 1. Many 

 friends gathered to pay tlieir last trib- 

 ute of respect to Mrs. Craig. There 

 were quantities of beautiful flowers. 



Phil. 

 Alexander McCormlck. 



Alexander McCormick, 8(1 years old, 

 one of the oldest ;ind most ])r()minent 

 men in Baltimore county, died June '2'.\, 

 at his home at Ras])eburg, Md. Mr. 

 McCormick, who was looked ujuin as 

 one of the best ;iuthorities in Maiy- 

 land on horticulture and gardening, had 

 l.(en ill for about eight months with a 

 cf.m])licati()ii e,f diseases. I'ntil tlu'ji 

 he was active in his gicenhouses at Ras- 

 ]ieburg every day. 



Mr. McCormick was born at Haspe- 

 1 urg. For twenty-four years he was 

 jtresideiit of the Haltimore County Fair 

 Association, being its founder and first 

 p'.'esidi'nt. He was continuously re- 

 ele<-fed until sexcriil years ago, wh'.Mi 'le 

 refused further reelection. Me also 

 <(.i!(lucted one of the largest gardening 

 businesses in the state. 



F(uir sons survive: Carxille McCor 

 mick, of Sparrows Point, Md., and 

 Thomas, Howard and Clifton, of Haspe- 

 burg. There are also his brothei-, 

 ''liarles, and five grandchildren. 



Mrs. Nellie L. Thomson. 



Mrs. Xellie L. Thomson, the wife of 

 Ceorge Thomson, a well known florist 

 of Quincy, Mass., died by taking poison 

 June 2(5. Mrs. Thomson was loved by 

 all her friends and it is thought that 

 she was momentarily unljalanced 

 throtigh worry. She was a nurse be- 

 fore marriage and was a graduate of 

 the Charlesgate Hospital Training 

 School for Nurses. She had been in un- 

 settled health for a number of months. 



ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. 



This section has been visited lately by 

 frequent rains; conse((uentIy, growing 

 conditions have l)een good. Outside 

 flowers are arriving in barge quantities 

 and are of good quality. 



Last week hail damaged the Lake- 

 wood cemetery greenhouses to the ex- 

 tent of $l,r)00." Nessling the Florist lost 

 about .$700, and the Lvndall Floraf Co. 



and S. H. Cowgill suffered smaller losses. 



The publicity committ»'e of the No- 

 vember flower festival reports the 

 ])romise of several 7iew exhibits for the 

 show. 



A. M. Brand, of Faribault, Minn., was 

 in town bist week to attend a meeting 

 of the Peony and Iris Society. Be in- 

 formed the <?onimittee that the Amer- 

 ican I'eonv Society will hold its .show 

 and meeting at St." Paul in 19L>.^. 



William McMurray, a St. Paul manu 

 facturer, recently i)urchased thirty 

 acres of the area known as Battle ('reek 

 and ])resented it to the city as a ]iark. 

 This adds ;i splendid piece of land to the 

 city's |)ark system. L. C. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The end of .lune found a large nuni 

 ber of orders on flie in the local stores 

 for good-sized wedding decorations. 

 With the dem.-ind running heavy for 

 flowers of all kinds that could In; used 

 for wedding business, the wholesalers 

 and growers found themselves hard hit 

 because of a lack of'stock with which 

 to sujijily the retailers. As ])reviously 

 reported, early in the niontii the grow- 

 ers and wholesalers had far more stock 

 than they could possibly dispose of, and 

 great (piautities of flrst-class roses, car- 

 nations and other flowers found their 

 way to the waste heaps. 



Valley was in exceptionally good de- 

 in;ind, :it $S jier hundred. There was a 

 good deal of ste])hanotis and white bou- 

 wirdi.a used in the b(>tter grade wedding 

 bou(|uets. 



(iladioli are coming into the market 

 in larger (piantities and are of much 

 better (|uality th.an they have been. The 

 shortage of other tfowers stimulateil 

 both tlie demand and the price, and 

 j^dod stock liTought all the w;iy from $8 

 to .+ 12 per hundred. 



Roses of all kinds have been scarce 

 :ind as high as $'-i~i per hundred was (di- 

 t.iiiied for some exceptionally fine Rus- 

 sell. Short-stemmed stock of low grade 

 could be li.-id iit from .$4 per hundred u]). 

 Russell is fine, and the wholesalers clo 

 not h:i\-e .any trouble in getting the 

 higher ]irices for the blooms ofl'ereil. In 

 .Miy event, there are not enough roses 

 to go ;ii'ound. Easter lilies are scarce 

 and the )»rice r<'mains af $20 ]ier hun 

 dred, the retailers ])icking uji such stock 

 .IS is ()ff'ere(l as soon as it re.-iclH's the 

 wlicdes.-ilers. 



Carn.afions are now small, but despite 

 tli;it, they an- bringing from .$2 to $4 

 per hundred. Some ]iurple buddleia 

 made its ;i])]iearance last we(d<. It is 

 long-stemmeil and is ^'ood for basket 

 work. 



Various Notes. 



An announcement from the wholesale 

 establishment of A. (Jude Sons Co. states 

 th:it it will soon open an up-to-date su]i- 

 jdies dei)artment on the second floor of 

 the store at 1318 I street, northwest. 

 .V. K. (Jude has just returned from a trip 

 to New York, where he made large jtur 

 chases of ribbons, pottery, baskets and 

 other supj)lies. CarpiMiters are now at 

 work fencing off the office, which oc- 

 cui)ies the front of the second floor of 

 the store, and as soon as the firm gets 

 its display cases, counters and so forth 

 in place, the newly equipped department 

 will be thrown open to the trade. 



The wholesale houses are now closing 

 at noon Saturdays, because by that time 



they have fu-A. vveeiv disposed of all tho 

 stock th.-if iti<y liavi! to oflfei-. From 

 now on, till' lowntown st!ction of Wash- 

 ington will lie (iioro or less deserte(l, duo 

 to the :ill-d,- y i, losing on Saturday of all 

 of the larg«' ib^partment and s])<'ci;ilty 

 stores. In fi.ct, tlio r(!tail florists' stores 

 and i-est;iiir;inf M are ."imong the few 

 business i st/iblisinnents wherein some 

 sort of all " ii.irl day closing on Satur- 

 days will no' tii; i)!)serve(l. 



The minimum v/age bo.-ird of the Dis- 

 trict of Colu'tibi." has (h'clined to order ;i 

 reduction ir' tlir minimum wage for 

 women an.; girls and the b.ase pay of 

 $!().. ")(t per w<'.'(( win K^oijiin opei-ati\'e. 



The Senai'- has .i^^reed to the bad- 

 clieck legislat iitii ^or the District of Co- 

 luuibiji, and n, is estini.-i ted th.at lieie- 

 afti'i- liirgi' sijKiH I)' money will be saxcd 

 the florist^', heeaiise in the p.asf they 



lia\'e I II nion- in b-s's hard hit by ac 



!■( ptiiig chc.'i-,-: I'hich file b.anks 'l.afir 

 ri'fuseij to .'jirim A. E. C. 



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Tin: Market. 



I 'I spit. M piioi start, June turned 



cut fo hi' ..II t'.Mtellenl month, some of 

 the wholesnlr iioiiseM b.'ing able to re- 

 port increrises over tlie sales for tho 

 same month last, year. TIk' gains wen; 

 ni.ade in fh.' seeoml h.alf of the monfh, 

 which w.i^ busk enough to overcome 

 losses in tlie fiisf two wtseks occasioned 

 by hot we:ith.M, .. trbitted market and 

 low prici's. 



The last w ilv ol .Juno v/as good; in 

 deed, flic .i.-.r, , ,|,| hipped over info July, 

 .itfordiny ; ^ .hnowt complete clearance 

 on Safur.lay. ttir first day of the new 

 month. Tli?- vviek, coiif.aining the 

 Fourth of .Tim/, iiKiially is considered .-is 

 the dullest o:' t,!)!- ye;ii', but there seems 

 to be no .lisjiosition to compl.ain. The 

 iiiJirkef w.is Motive July 8, considering 

 that the ii.'X- da,y v/.ti the one ludiday 

 (if the >. ,'• whii.i means absoluftdy 

 nofliin;^ ill t ,,. ijves o1 florists, and most 

 of file wli(des;ne liousos h;id enough busi- 

 ness on th- Fonrll: itself to keep them 

 open until ;iooii 



Of coins.- 'he niaiUet is down fo sum- 

 iiiei condiTioiis ol sup|)ly and demand, 

 but file «;i.r.e;;ii opinion is that sup[ily 

 is a little bvs tti;i,i usual .at this date, 

 while (lem:i7i.| is, it .Miything, a liftl(> 

 better. \-\>: several years tliere has 

 been .i st>.;,<iy ^Tov/tli in the summer 

 business, V 'loir; l.ictors h.ave iiri- 

 ptdled in. r- 'si/i:.- nuinbers of retailers 

 to keep u]. Tiieii s.ile.s effort in summer, 

 with flu' ^.sult ihal the hot we.afher 

 market for flowers in Chicago at least, 

 is jiroporriojia'.i'ly much bro.ader fli.iii 

 if was in tiie old ilay.s of the wholesale 

 commission busiiieHK. With the stead- 

 ily, even r;Miidly, inere:ising number of 

 ret, ail stores, .>;i.di 1 vying to do enough 

 business to a.void a loss in .luly aii'l 

 August, it seems ;i>i if the tendency to- 

 w.ard more summer business should coii- 

 finiie. At ■uiy rate, tho wholesalers are 

 counting on better summer business 

 tli:in last year. 



\t ]tresent th., supply of good flowers 

 is (lose to low writer mark. The princi 

 pal item is loses. Tho growers have fiii 

 ished rejdanting .uid are resting tho 

 jdants tha.t are to be carried over. Tho 

 cut from th" earliest planted young 

 stock has begun, so that the supidy will 

 { not go much lower and soon will begin 

 fo increase. There aro plenty of good 

 roses; goo<f. that in, for the time of 

 (ContlDUKd on paye 40.) 



