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The Florists' Review 



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OCTOBEK 2. 191,8. 



flowers. S. D. Woodruff & Song had an 

 exhibit of bulbs and seeds. A fine as- 

 sortment of evergreens and some large 

 tree-moving machines were shown by 

 several Long Island nurserymen, 



Martin C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., 

 was married September 25 to Miss Ida 

 Rose Meyers, of that city. 



Mr. Kennedy, of Kennedy & Hunter, 

 reports fine success in a canvass of Long 

 Island and Connecticut. 



Alex. .M.' West wood, the Pennsylvania 

 terminal floriist, is back from his Cana- 

 dian holiday. 



Paul Meconi is handling the entire 

 output of the Beechwood He\ights Nurs- 

 eries, of Bound Brook, N. J,, with, or-, 

 chids and gardenias as his specialties. ' 



John Young is receiving some fine 

 lilies from John Miesem, of Whitestone, 

 L. I. 



The Kervan Co. has added a valuable 

 horse from the Vanderbilt stables to its 

 many conveniences. 



W. E. Marshall, the seedsman, has 

 returned from a sucpessful western trip. 



The windows of the large new store 

 of the Stumpp & Walter Co., on Barclay 

 street, are now the center of attraction 

 on that busy horticultural thoroughfare. 



Chas. Schwake, for eleven years with 

 the corporation of Chas. F. Meyer, has 

 incorporated under the firm name of 

 Chas. Schwake & Co., importing and 

 exporting horticultural products. Mr. 

 Schwake has secured several impor- 

 tant foreign connections and is well 

 and favorably known to the American 

 and Canadian trade. He will maice^ a 

 personal canvass as heretofore, liis 

 confreres in the trade all wish him 

 success. 



C. W. Ward, who has been at home 

 since the marriage of his daughter, 

 left September 26 for the soiith. 



In the nursery of 130 ' ficres ^t the 

 Cottage Gardens there are ten acres of 

 peonies alone. Over sixty men are em-- 

 ployed in this department. The land 

 is worth $10,000 an acre, not to mention 

 the stock, and the assortment, of ever- 

 greens especially, is wonderful. The 

 freenhouse section covers 100,000 square 

 eet. The houses are 50 x 340, devoted 

 almost entirely to carnations. Of 

 Matchless over 35,000 plants have been 

 housed and September 15 the first 

 flowers were sent to the New York Cut 

 Flower Co. It is to be disseminated 

 this season and it is said that already 

 over 150,000 cuttings have been or- 

 dered. Manager Brown says he expects 

 the total sales will go over 300,000. 

 Two of thq large houses are planted to 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward, which is as popular 

 as ever. There is a house of Beacon 

 and one of Enchantress. The cut al- 

 ready is 10,000 weekly and soon ship- 

 ments of 6,000 a day will begin. As 

 high as 25,000 in a single day have 

 been shipped from this carnation fac- 

 tory. Vivid is looking extremely well. 

 A house of seedlings gives promise of 

 future surprises. Mr. Ward's son is 

 one- of the office staff. Under R. T. 

 Brown's management the Cottage Gar- 

 dens have gone steadily upward and 

 onward. J. Austin Shaw. 



The big fall show beginning October 

 31 and continuing until November 4, 

 will be held in the spacious halls of 

 the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory. Schedules and entry blanks will 

 be sent upon application to the secre- 

 tary, George V. Nash, New York Bo- 

 tanical Gfarden^ Bronx Park, New York 

 city. The National Association of 



The alarm clock went off at 

 four o'clock in the morning. 



"I fooled you that toime," 

 said Mike with a grin, "for 

 I wasn't aslape at all." 



The florist fools himself who 

 thinks there is any way of 

 selling goods in the trade 

 more effective than adver- 

 tising in The Review. Also, 

 it's the most inexpensive way 

 in proportion to results. 



"We are completely sold out and have 

 had to send money back. The Review 

 is, without doubt, the best advertising 

 medium in the trade."— J. C. Renni- 

 soN Co., Sioux City, la. 



Review readers are not 

 asleep. Note this: 



"Please tell us confidentially what you 



think of — . Why doesn't he 



advertise in The Review if he is O. 

 K.?"— Miller Flor.vl Co., Farmincr- 

 ton, Utah. 



The alarm clock rings in The 

 Review office at 4 o'clock (p.m., 

 not a. m.) every Tuesday. It is 

 to let everybody know adver- 

 tising forms close for that 

 week's issue in just sixty 

 minutes. 



Gardeners holds its annual meeting 

 during the exhibition, a hall having 

 been reserved for its use at the Amer- 

 ican Museum of Natural History. For 

 the first time in its history, the society 

 is offering a silver cup valued at over 

 $100. This is to be awarded for the 

 best exhibit of twelve vases of chrys- 

 anthemum blooms, in twelve varieties, 

 three blooms of each, stems eighteen 

 inches long. An appeal is made by the 

 secretary for prompt entries of ex- 

 hibits. 



It is announced that Maurice Fuld, 

 formerly with the Henry F. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia, has become vice- 

 president of the Knight & Struck Co., 

 1 Madison avenue, and that the field of 

 operations of the concern will be con- 

 siderably extended., A complete line 

 of flower seeds and bulbs will be added, 



as ^well aj^ flowering plants, while 

 heather an(f «cacia will be featured as 

 heretofore. Mr. Fuld will be in direct 

 charge of the seeds, bulbs and peren- 

 nials. The Knight & Struck Co. was 

 incorporated in 1911. Thomas Knight 

 is president and George F. Struck sec- 

 retary and treasurer. H. D. Darlington, 

 of Flushing, is heavily interested. 



Charles Schwake & Co., of Manhattan, 

 have been incorporated with a capitali- 

 zation of $35,000, to deal in horticultural 

 products. The incorporators are Wm. 

 B. Gugel, Wm. F. O'Connor and Charles 

 Schwake. •-"«» 



WHAT THE WANT ADS DO. 



If a florist has an outgrown boiler 



or any other second-hand article of 



greenhouse equipment that is in good , 



condition he can turn it quickly into 



cash. This is how: 



Kindly discontinue our For Sale ad offering 

 a second-band Morehead steam trap for sale, as 

 w© have already disposed of same. We thank 

 you for the prompt returns we received from the 

 ad. — La Urosse Floral Co., La Crosse, Wis., 

 September 27, 1013. 



Six average words make a line in 



The Review's Want department and 



the cost is only 10 cents per line per 



week. 



OBITUABY. 



John Corbett. 



John Corbett died at his home in 

 Mount Sterling, Ky., September 29, 

 at the age of 74 years. He was appar- 

 ently hale and hearty until five weeks 

 ago. He was born in Ireland and came 

 to the United States when quite young, 

 settling in Kentucky, He is recog- 

 nized as one of the pioneer florists of 

 Kentucky, having watched the progress 

 of the business from its infancy, in 

 that state. He was active in the busi- 

 ness at one place for about thirty years. 

 He was a progressive member of the 

 trade and was well known throughout 

 his state. He was a widower, his wife 

 having died about twelve years ago. 



Justus Qeist. 



Justus Geist, formerly a florist, died 

 September 26 at the Melrose hospital, 

 of pneumonia. He was born in Ger- 

 many sixty-nine years ago, and had re- 

 sided in Melrose for many years, making 

 his home recently at 313 East Foster 

 street. For a number of years he was 

 in the florists' business, and had a 

 large place on Grove street. He re- 

 tired from this business because of 

 poor health, and afterwards was a 

 gardener for some years. The burial 

 was in Jamaica Plain. 



Watseka, Dl. — Forest L. Henry has 

 purchased the business and plant of 

 S. M. Wyatt. 



Denver, Colo. — C. F. Maler has ob- 

 tained a permit for a $4,000 greenhouse, 

 upon which work will be started soon. 



Harrodsburg, Ky. — L. D. Singer, of 

 Frankfort, has bought the business of 

 Mrs. Arthur Harbison and taken charge 

 of it. 



Kirkwood, Mo. — Alois F. K»m has 

 just finished building a range ofgreen- 

 houses and is now embarked in the flo- 

 rists' trade. 



La Salle, ni.— Miss Ellen M. Stan- 

 ton has opened a flower store in con- 

 nection with her millinery business on 

 Fourth street. 



