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The Florists^ Review 



October 9, 1913. 



MONTANA FLOBISTS ELECT. 



At the fourth annual meeting of the 

 Florists ' and Nurserymen 'a Associa- 

 tion of Montana, held in Helena last 

 week, the following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, M. 

 Kranz, of Great Falls; vice-president, 

 J. P. Ring, of Helena, and secretary 

 and treasurer, E. A, Calmettes, of 

 Helena. 



There was a large attendance from 

 all parts of the state. The matter of 

 getting a better hall in which to ex- 

 hibit at the state fair was considered 

 and it was decided to take up the ques- 

 tion with the fair management and also 

 to try to persuade the management to 

 increase the premium list, so as to 

 create more interest in the displays. 

 If these steps are taken the- florists 

 will exhibit at the fair next year. After 

 the meeting the members were enter- 

 tained at luncheon by Mr. and Mrs. 

 T. E. Mills, of the State Nursery Co., 

 who also provided automobiles to take 

 them to the fair. 



BIO FALL SHOW AT CLEVELAND. 



The date of the autumn flower show 

 at Cleveland has been set for November 

 13 to 15, a week later than the show at 

 Chicago under the auspices of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America and 

 the Horticultural Society of Chicago. 

 The Wigmore Coliseum, which is shown 

 in the accompanying illustration, is the 

 building in which the show is to be 

 held, and as it has an immense floor 

 space, 64,000 square feet, there will be 

 plenty of room for a big show. The 

 Cleveland florists are planning a big 

 show, too, one fit to occupy so large a 

 building. The inside of the building is 

 well adapted to the purpose, being well 

 arranged so as to admit of the displays 

 being made in the most effective 

 fashion. 



The Wigmore Coliseum is not yet 

 completed, although the work is so 

 nearly finished that the building will be 

 ready in plenty of time for the show. 

 H. P. Knoble says: "It was built for 

 a large garage to be used for car stor- 

 age purposes by people shopping in the 

 downtown districts, and to be used by 

 business men for the storage of their 

 cars during the day time. The floor 

 space of 64,000 square feet is broken up 

 by 100 round columns, the building 

 being of concrete construction. The 

 part in which we are going to hold the 

 show is just in the course of construc- 

 tion, having been added about a year 

 later than the rest of the building. 

 This building when finished will make 



as fine an exhibition hall as can be de- 

 sired. It is so large that we feel it 

 will be a matter of considerable in- 

 terest to the florists all over the coun- 

 try." 



The Cleveland florists will have the 

 advantage in their exhibition of new 

 and fresh surroundings for the displays, 

 thus further adding to the excellence 

 of their show. "Exceptionally fine" is 

 the phrase they use to describe the com- 

 ing show. 



HEAVY PLANT SHIPMENT^. 



The Antwerp boat that reached New 

 York September 29 brought a heavy 

 shipment of plants, indicating that the 

 import season in this line is in full 

 swing. The consignments were as fol- 

 lows: 



Consignee. Cases. 



Rolker, A.. & Sons Or, 



Lunham & Moore 117 



Maltus & Ware 570 



Roehrs, J., Co 82 



Richard. C. B., & Co 33 



Kuyper. P. C, & Co 157 



Bernard, Judae & Co S 



Goldenberg, A 30 



Adams Express Co . ". 5 



Darrow, H. F 68 



Flerson, F. R., & Co 49 



Ward, R. M., & Co .. 27 



Hutchison, W., & Co 201 



Livingston Seed Co 8 



Weyman, C. H.. & Co 18 



F'rankllu Park Floral Co 4 



Fifth Avenue Floral Co 8 



Vaughan's Seed Store 9 



American Express Co .- 94 



Total 1.583 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Southwestern Market. 



The revival of the flower business 

 showed itself plainly last week, when 

 the retailers crowded around each ship- 

 ment at the wholesale market, eager to 

 buy anything that looked good. These 

 conditions should prevail from now on, 

 if the weather continues cool so that 

 the florists can make window displays 

 of cut flowers. This week should be a 

 busy one, as many social functions will 

 take place. The wholesalers were not 

 so crowded with stock last week and 

 everything was cleaned up daily ex- 

 cept roses, which are fine and are 

 coming in large quantities from both 

 local and outside consignors. The 

 prices of these have not advanced 

 much. Killarneys are in the majority, 

 though there is a fine supply of long 

 Beauties. 



Carnations were scarce all the week, 

 and any good blooms with fair stems 

 brought as high as 4 cents. Shorts 

 brought 2 cents and were cleaned up 

 daily at these prices. Local growers 



wholesale dis- 



W. Guy, of 



in the city 



that he 



his new 



sport of 



ays 

 of 



say that carnations will be scarce for 

 some time, or at least until mums begin 

 to come in heavily. Violets are begin- 

 ning to come with good color and fair 

 stems; some of the wholesalers had sev- 

 eral thousands of them and it seems 

 likely that this market will be well sup- 

 plied with fancy Calif ornias this win- 

 ter, with Kirkwood furnishing the bulk 

 of them. Mums have been coming in, 

 but hardly enough to fill ordera with. 

 Another week or ten days will see 

 plenty of the early varieties. Some 

 fancy cut dahlias are coming in and sell 

 well. The valley coming in now is 

 really fancy and demands $4. Easter 

 lilies clean up daily and are of high 

 grade. Asters are over for this season. 

 Smilax is not yet overplentiful. As- 

 paragus in bunches and strings meets 

 with a big demand; so do fancy ferns. 



Various Notes. 



O. H. Amling, secretary of the Albert 

 F. Amling Co., Mayw^d, 111., was a 

 visitor last week in tt 

 trict. 



Henry Emunds and] 

 Belleville, 111., spent 

 last week. Mr. Emui 

 has a large stock of ri 

 yellow canna. Queen 

 King Humbert. His mum plants are in 

 fine shape for a big crop this season. 



Harry P.' Schaad, for the last few 

 years with Conrad Bergstermann, has 

 resigned his position and will open a 

 place of his own at the corner of Chero- 

 kee street and Iowa avenue October 15, 

 in a new building, just completed. 



Martin Moran, of the St. Louis Seed 

 Co., says that the company is making 

 preparations to move into its new build- 

 ing, on Washington avenue near Broad- 

 waj', which will be one of the most 

 complete retail seed establishments in 

 the city. 



The County Growers' Association held 

 its regular monthly meeting October 1. 

 President Vennemann took charge of 

 the meeting and the attendance was 

 large. Treasurer Pilcher reports the 

 association well off financially. 



Frank Buckshadt, who until recently 

 was with Vandervoort 's flower depart- 

 ment, has resigned and taken a position 

 with the Grand-Leader flower depart- 

 ment. It is reported that two other 

 large department stores will open flower 

 departments this winter. 



Edward Buechel, head of the Riessen 

 Floral Co., has his hands full this week 

 as chairman of the executive committee 

 of the German centennial celebration, 

 which takes place this week. A better 



Building of One and One-half Acres in which the Cleveland Show is to be Held November 13 to 15. 



