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JOLT IT, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



Fischer & Scheiek, of Sharon, Pa., on 

 account of the death of Mr. Fischer, 

 have dissolved partnership and will be 

 succeeded by Oliver Scheick. 



The Colonial Floral Co. has leased the 

 greenhouses of the former H. L. Blind 

 % Bros., at 5424 -Center avenue, which 

 have for two years been unoccupied. 

 Charles C. Wesley is manager of the 

 Colonial Floral Co., which takes posses- 

 sion at once. The rental is not given. 

 The greenhouses are among the best in 

 the city, originally costing $50,000. 



Miss McKinley, of Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements, accompanied her father, who 

 is a G. A. R. veteran, to the reunion at 

 Gettysburg and is finishing her vaca- 

 tion in the east. 



Capt. John Elliott, who has been as- 

 sociated with the florists' and nursery 

 business of Pittsburgh all his life, not- 

 withstanding a serious accident several 

 weeks ago, which sent him to the hos- 

 pital, managed to get out in time to 

 spend the week at Gettysburg. Cap- 

 tain Elliott is now abpu1|^5 years old. 

 He recruited two compiles in Pitts- 

 burgh for the Civil war.jV 



Eay J. Daschbach, whpfis one of our 

 "younger and most energexic men in the 

 business and has built u^ a fine trade, 

 has now decided to take unto himself 

 a wife. The young lady is from the 

 west and the wedding will take place 

 early in August. 



President .Neil McCallum, of the Flo- 

 rists ' Club, expects to hSQre at the Sep- 

 tember meeting Mrs. Ellne McFate, of 

 Turtle Creek, Pa., who is -the only 

 woman landscape architect in this vicin- 

 ity. Mrs. McFate has made a success 

 jn her profession. It is expected that 

 she will give a talk on gardens and the 

 art of making homes beautiful outside 

 as well as inside. 



•lohn Sisley, of the McCallum Co., is 

 back on the job and Jack Martin has 

 gone on his vacation. 



Constantie Rydzewski, the Russian 

 representative of the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co., has just done Washington^ 

 D. C, and the eastern cities. He says 

 he saw some fine buildings, but those 

 girls that run on the beach at Coney 

 Island looked good to him. Joe Gatti, 

 the Italian representative of the same 

 firm, reports back this week. 



Ben Elliott and family left in his 

 automobile for Detroit and Grosse He. 



W. Q. Potter, of the McCallum Co., 

 at Cleveland, O., arrived in the city 

 last week with his family in their auto- 

 mobile. He will visit California, Pa., 

 and his old home m Waynesburg, Pa., 

 before returning. Clarke. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The 



in 



good old summer time ' ' is here 

 ^ earnest. The veterans say that 



"ever in a quarter-century have such 

 conditions prevailed." The abnormal 

 ^une prepared us in a measure for a 

 sunimer of depression, but we hardly 

 «^ pec ted to break the July record. We 

 wui, . ^°^ it with a vengeance. Not- 

 ml f v*^^°^ thp/.SEnday-closing move- 

 J^b ^ ^"^ * great abundance jof 



ni'ni, '■®?^ai°ing unsold ofl Saturday ev<!- 

 111 "i" Ti^ *^® iceboxes were closed 

 JJJ"'! Monday aiorninff.;>^It is the wish 

 til i' +k ^^ nia/Qrity ■ (>#; iaie wholesalers 



".the closing of the stores on Sunday 



■nnue, at least through July and Au- 

 ^ • Some are in favor of making it 



"lanent. A few announce their deci- 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



JOHN BURTON. 



LAST week's issue of The Review contained a four-line item that created no 

 end of interest, especially in Philadelphia — it announced the retirement of 

 John Burton, one of the largest and most successful of the growers in the 

 City of Brotherly Love. Mr. Burton Is turning his place over to one of his sons. 

 While Mr. Burton is classed as one of the Old Guard, he is in the prime of life, 

 widely known and universallj' respected. He was president of the S. A. F. two 

 terms, in 1902 and 1903. An account of his business career appears in the 

 Philadelphia letter this week. 



sion not to close and one firm advertises 

 open doors on Sunday. 



There aaems to be a dearth of retail 

 demand for anything but the bar«|8t 

 necessities. Most of the roses arriving 

 are seeond and third grade. The few 

 first-class Beauties and novelties are 

 snapped ,up on a^rivaU - For the rest 

 there ^Js' iio pri«e ijuotation possible. 

 One lot*6f Pl thousand roses sold Satur- 

 day for a dollar, Boxes^of roses sold 

 all week ^r a dollar apiece in some 

 wholesftte houses. For r«ses and carna- 

 tioiw, 10 cents per dozen wa8>.-the win- 

 dow announcement itf -the department 

 'stores. Doubtless b^tbre the month 

 ends stock will be acatcei- and prices 

 steadier. 



Asters are here again, and enormous 

 shipments of gladioli. Only America,^ 

 seemingly, is appi^ciated; the most of' 

 the other varieties go at 50 cents per 

 hundred. Carnations were almost given 

 away on Saturday; 50 cents per hun- 

 dred was top and most of the stock 



dragged at $2.50 per thousand. There 

 was little of it salable even at so low 

 a figure. 



The best price quoted for lilies was 

 $3 per hundred, but only a few of the 

 best touched this figure; $2Qjper thou- 

 sand was the -general standttrd of value. 

 Valley ran a^.even race.^vith lilies in 

 price, but the demand f&t it -is waning. 

 Orchids are abundant' aind prices lower. 

 There is no limit Ju?" the s^weet pea sup- 

 ply, and there are piCfirtyof water lilies, 

 daisies j&nd the othef seasonable flowers. 



Retail windows are not alluring. 

 Most of tEem have only palm and fern 

 decorations. The holiday season seems 

 to be receiving universal recognition. 



Various Not«s. 



The regular quarterly meeting of the 

 Growers' Cut Flower Co. V?as held Sat- 

 urday, July 12, all twelve of the direct- 

 ors being present. The year kas been 

 a satisfactory one to the company. 

 Harry Weston, the president, was in the 



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