OCTOBBB 16, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



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themums, petunias, begonias, verbenas, 

 etc., in the thirty-two large green- 

 houses, also received much attention 

 from the visitors. 



NEXT TO FOOD AND CLOTHING. 



Next to food and clothing, what is 

 the prime necessity of life has long 

 been a matter for argument. After he 

 has something to eat and something 

 to wear, what is it that a florist needs 

 most of all! A house to shelter him, 

 perhaps? No. Well, then a greenhouse 

 to do business in? No; it is The Ee- 

 view! That, at any rate, is the infer- 

 ence you naturally draw from this 

 letter: 



My dwelling and greenhouse were destroyed by 

 flre the morning of August 10, making me a loss 

 of $2,200, but I can not get along without The 

 Review.— C. S. Grace, Sdo, 0., October 8, 1913. 



AMERICAN GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



The following committees have been 

 appointed by President Chamberlain: 



Exhibition committee — Henry Youell, 

 Syracuse, N. Y.; Clarjt W. Brown, Ash- 

 land, Mass., and J. L. Moore, North- 

 boro, Mass. 



Membership committee — Arthur 

 Cowee, Berlin, N. Y.; S. E. Spencer, 

 Woburn, Mass., and H. E. Meader, 

 Dover, N. H. 



Press and bulletin committee — H. 

 Youell, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Madison 

 Cooper, Calcium, N. Y., and L. Merton 

 Gage, Wellesley, Mass. 



L. Merton Gage, Sec'y. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The continued warm weather and the 

 overcast skies of last week were re- 

 sponsible for the slackening of the de- 

 mand for cut flowers in the local mar- 

 ket. Stock is quite plentiful and good. 

 American Beauty roses of high quality 

 are to be had. Carnations are of a bet- 

 ter quality than they have been and are 

 being welcomed in lieu of asters, which 

 have gone off the market. Violets, 

 which made their debut here about two 

 weeks ago, are still poor in quality, al- 

 though the demand for them is quite 

 good. The stores are making a great 

 showing of dahlias, which are now at 

 their best. 



Many of the stores have undergone 

 minor improvements during the last 

 few weeks, in line with the annual fall 

 house-cleaning, and the dealers are now 

 ready to take care of the fall and win- 

 ter trade. While business is quiet at 

 the present time, a great improvement 

 is not only hoped for, but expected. 



Club Meeting. 



The space at the store of the Gude 

 Bros. Co., 1214 F street, northwest 

 frequently used as a meeting place by 

 the Florists' Club of Washington, pre- 

 sented a beautiful appearance on the 

 occasion of the regular monthly meeting 

 of that organization, held last week. 

 This section was covered with a display 

 of chrysanthemums, orchids, roses, vio- 

 lets, etc., the central attraction being 

 the exhibition of early outdoor chrys- 

 anthemums, recently imported from 

 France, made by Charles H. Totty, of 

 Madison, N. J. The awards committee 

 of the club, of which N. L. Hammer 

 was chairman, and William F. Gude, 

 David G. Grillbortzer, Otto Bauer and 

 Elmer C. Mayberry were members, de- 



cided .that Mme. A. Nonin, A. Bar- 

 ham, L'Aisne and H. H. Crane were 

 justly entitled to certificates of merit. 

 Mme. A, Nonin was declared to be 

 one of the prettiest and clearest pink 

 outdoor chrysanthemums ever seen by 

 the committee. 



Among the other flowers shown were 

 the new varieties of roses, Mrs. George 

 Shawyer, Mrs. Charles Eussell and 

 Milady, all of which were favorably 

 commented upon. The American Beauty 

 roses of Gude Bros. Co. were shown in 

 excellent quality of bloom, foliage and 

 stem, and the locally grown orchids, eat- 

 tleyas and oncidiums were also ex- 

 tremely fine. Lady Hillingdon, Sun- 

 burst, Kaiserin, My Maryland, Radi- 

 ance, Perle and White Killarney roses, 

 snapdragons, cosmos and violets com- 

 pleted the display, which of itself was 

 decorated with oak leaves, palms and 

 ferns. A letter of condolence was or- 

 dered sent to Mr. Ponnet, who recently 

 met with the loss of his father, Con- 

 stant Fonnet. Mr. Hammer gave an 

 interesting report on the annual dahlia 

 show given by R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 Co., at White Marsh, Md. He stated 

 that about sixty Washingtonians made 

 the trip in the special cars provided for 

 them and were joined by 300 people in 

 Baltimore. He especially commented 

 upon the courtesy showii the party, of 

 which he was a member, and declared 

 the show to have been the finest and 

 best attended ever held there. 



M. C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., secre- 

 tary of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, was present as a guest of 

 the club. He commented favorably on 

 the show and spoke highly of the club's 

 activities. I. Rosnosky, of Philadelphia, 

 who is a member here, made a few re- 

 marks, following which refreshments 

 were served and a number of recitations 

 given by a local entertainer. Although 

 the attendance was somewhat smaller 

 than usual, the meeting was a decided 

 success. 



Various Notes. 



The store of Z. D. Blackistone, at 

 Fourteenth and H streets, northwest, 

 has been a place of special interest dur- 

 ing the last ten days because of the 

 dahlia exhibition held there. The store 

 was elaborately decorated for the occa- 

 sion. Dahlias were everywhere, in the 

 windows, on the tables and in many 

 wall pockets. On the center table was 

 a huge decoration made up of Lumieres, 

 set off with cibotium and oak leaves, 

 the whole reaching almost to the ceil- 

 ing. In the H street windows were 

 large baskets of the different varieties. 

 To all who visited the 'establish- 

 ment, Mr. Blackistone presented two or 

 more flowers. The display consisted of 

 a good showing of Delice, Country Girl, 

 Clifford Bruton, Black Hawk and Cuban 

 Giant. 



Edgar G. Leapley will be kept quite 

 busy until the first of the coming year, 

 as he has qualified as a juror in the 

 police court. 



While riding on his motorcycle, pur- 

 chased but two weeks before, David A. 

 Bissett was knocked down by an auto- 

 mobile of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. He was taken to the Emergency 

 hospital, where he was treated for a 

 compound fracture of his left leg. Mr. 

 Bissett is the son of a member of the 

 florists' club and is an employee of the 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Fred H. Kramer and Adolphus Gude 

 have returned from an extended tour of 

 England and the continent. 



Representative Moore, of Pennsylva- 

 nia, himself the father of eight children, 

 has introduced into the House of Rep- 

 resentatives a resolution designating the 

 first Sunday in June as Fathers' day, 

 with the rose as its emblem. 



C. L. L. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Chrysanthemums are holding sway. 

 Some choice Chrysolora are bringing $6 

 per dozen, retail. They are away ahead 

 of any other variety at this date. De- 

 mand is keen for anything that looks 

 like a mum. Never were they cut so 

 tightly as this season. In order to keep 

 up the supply, many varieties are sent 

 to the market fully a week sooner than 

 they should be cut. Roses are improv- 

 ing in quality. The day of Killarney 

 and White Killarney is passing. Ward, 

 Sunburst, Russell, Shawyer and others 

 are rapidly taking their places as 

 standards. Carnations, valley, greens 

 and violets are equal to all demands. 



Show Preparations. 



Flower show plans have developed 

 wonderfully during the last week. The 

 committees in direct charge are as fol- 

 lows: 



Chairman of exhibition committee and repre- 

 sentative of the Ohio Horticultural Society — 

 John Boddy. 



Publicity committee — H. P. Knoble, chairman; 

 George Bate, H. B. Jones. 



Decorations committee — Charles E. Russell, 

 chairman; Timothy Smith, F'. Brown. 



Hall and premiums committee — Frank A. Fried- 

 ley, chairman; Herbert Bate. 



Reception committee — George W. Smith, chair- 

 man; T. J. Klrchner. 



The show will be held in the new 

 Wigmore coliseum. Thirteenth street 

 near Euclid avenue. The building is 

 rapidly nearing completion. It covers 

 64,000 square feet and is an ideal loca- 

 tion for a flower show, being in the 

 center of the shopping district, one 

 block from Hotel Statler and directly 

 across the street from the Hotel Euclid. 

 The flower stores of C. M. Wagner, 

 Jones-Russell Co., the James Eadie Co., 

 .T. M. Gasser Co. and Smith & Fetters 

 Co. are all located within a few blocks 

 of the hall. The premium list, with 

 $3,500 in cash and a dozen or more 

 silver cups and gold medals offered in 

 prizes, is being mailed this week. If 

 you do not receive one notify John 

 Boddy, City hall, Cleveland, O. 



Various Notes. 



Guy Bate, in charge of the new plant 

 of the Cleveland Cut Flower Co., at 

 Newton Falls, O., is to be congratulated 

 upon the high quality of the roses he is 

 sending in. They evidently have struck 

 upon the ideal soil in their new loca- 

 tion. 



The Cleveland Plant & Flower Co. is 

 receiving fine carnations from O. C. 

 Barber's range of glass, at Barberton, 

 cut from indoor-grown stock. 



The J. M. Gasser Co. is cutting heav- 

 ily on early mums. 



The Cleveland Florists' Exchange is 

 receiving heavy cuts of roses. Beauties 

 are exceptionally fine. F. A. F. 



Missoula, Mont.— The E. & S. Flower 

 Store has been opened on East Cedar 

 street, to handle the products of the 

 greenhouses of the proprietors. 



Wilkea-Barre, Pa — A. W. Moore has 

 filed plans for alterations to his green- 

 houses on Park avenue. 



