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The Florists' Review 



June IS, 1914. 



deserved rest on Sundays. I'lacards 

 will be placed in all windows announc- 

 ing this fact, a cooperative advertise- 

 ment will be placed in all the daily 

 papers, asking the public to support the 

 cause by ordering their flowers earlier 

 in the day, and every possible step will 

 be taken to make a success of it. Sev- 

 eral florists have been closing at noon; 

 one has announced his intention of clos- 

 ing all day, while others stated that 

 they would start the following Sunday. 

 Some are opposing the movem.ent on 

 the ground of the peculiar nature of 

 the florists' business, which, they claim, 

 makes it impossible to close, as, for 

 instance, in case there is a large funeral 

 on Monday. However, it is not the in- 

 tention of the Florists' Club to make an 

 arbitrary rule that cannot be modified 

 by the use of a little common sense. All 

 orders that are taken in the morning are 

 to be taken care of, no matter how nu- 

 merous, but the store should not be 

 open for trade after 12 o'clock. Once 

 people are acquainted with this fact, 

 there will not be so many last-minute 

 flower buyers. At any rate, the irre- 

 sistible trend of the times is for better 

 conditions and saner methods of labor 

 in all occupations. Whether one or an- 

 other opposes the tide for a time or not, 

 still the time will come when everybody 

 will close. Once public opinion is 

 aroused, those who remain open will lose 

 more trade than they will gain. 



Various Notes. 



llorists here look for a good business 

 this week, as the Modern Woodmen of 

 America are having their convention 

 here. Thousands of visitors are in the 

 city, which is gaily decorated for the 

 occasion. Many florists have decorated 

 their shops and placed welcoming pen* 

 nants in their stores. It pays to connect 

 your business with affairs of this kind. 



Max Spanner is wearing a happy 

 smile these days. The reason is that 

 he reaped a harvest last week during 

 the annual national convention of the 

 International Order of B'nai Brith. 

 About a thousand members from all 

 parts of this country were present. Mr. 

 Spanner has been an active member of 

 the local lodge and, having been placed 

 on the entertainment and decoration 

 committees for the convention, he natu- 

 rally secured all the flower orders. These 

 included 150 corsage bouquets for the 

 visiting ladies, decorations at the Hotel 

 Secor, Progress Club and Woman's 

 building, all of which he took care of 

 in his customary able manner, to the 

 satisfaction of all concerned. When 

 the convention finally adjourned, Mr. 

 Spanner was so played out from con- 

 stant work that he could hardly keep 

 his head up. He put a beautiful decora- 

 tion in his display windows for this 

 week's convention of the Woodmen. 



Louis Bessler, employed by Emil 

 Kuhnke, died last week as the result of 

 injuries received from an interurban car 

 that passes back of Mr. Kuhnke 's place. 

 Mr. Bessler was one of Mr. Kuhnke 's 

 most valued employees. 



Elmer Welling, the new bookkeeper 

 for Schramm Bros., had a bad accident 

 last week, cutting his wrist severely on 

 a piece of glass. The sight of the blood 

 flowing profusely unnerved him and he 

 fainted away. However, he was game 

 enough to be back on the job the next 

 day with a bandaged wrist. 



The annual picnic of the Toledo Flo- 

 rists' Club will be held in the early 

 part of July, and judging from the en- 



thusiasm already rampant, is going to 

 be the banner get-together event of the 

 year. It will probably be held at Ot- 

 tawa park. 



The writer had a short chat with Mr. 

 Feniger to get his views on Sunday 

 closing. He says he is in favor of it 

 and will close if the rest do. Mr. Feni- 

 ger has a beautiful flower shop on 

 Adams street, magnificently furnished 

 and decorated throughout. Mr, Feniger 

 is one florist who believes in being inde- 

 pendent and does not believe in too 

 much organization. A. C. K. 



Masonic Temple hall, at the corner of 

 Ninth and F streets, northwest. 



C. L. L. 



DAYTON. O. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The condition of the market is about 

 the same as previously reported, with 

 respect to quantity and price, but the 

 quality of the roses and carnations is 

 not so good, due to the intense heat of 

 last week. Sweet peas are just as 

 plentiful and as good, with prices about 

 the same. Japanese iris made its ap- 

 pearance and is moving in small quan- 

 tities at $4 and $5 per hundred. Gladioli 

 are to be had in excellent shape. There 

 was a little better demand for snap- 

 dragon last week, but even at that this 

 flower is practically standing still as 

 regards sales. Peonies are done, so far 

 as this market is concerned, and orders 

 either are filled from cold storage or 

 turned over to florists in other ^cities. 



The business of last week was mostly 

 brought about by commencements and 

 weddings. These affairs are using up 

 the really good stock; seconds and lower 

 quality stock hang fire and usually 

 end up on the scrap pile. This condi- 

 tion of affairs is causing the growers to 

 pay even more attention to their pro- 

 duction, for it is the man who has really 

 got the goods who is getting what little^ 

 business there is. 



Various Notes. 



William Marche & Co., Fourteenth 

 and H streets, northwest, utilized June 

 14 to lay a new cement flooring, green 

 in color, which adds to the attractive- 

 ness of the store. 



Those of the florists who accompanied 

 the members of Kallipolis Grotto to 

 Richmond to attend the convention of 

 the Mystic Order of the Enchanted 

 Realm, the playground of blue lodge 

 Masonry, were shown the true southern 

 hospitality. Among those who made 

 the trip were Edward S. Schmid, who 

 was elevated to the office of grand ora- 

 tor; George C. Shaffer, W. W. Kimmel, 

 O. A. C. Oehmler and Fred H. Kramer. 

 The latter was one of the captains of 

 the Minute Men who headed the big 

 procession. Following the close of the 

 convention many of the prophets visited 

 Washington and several hundred were 

 taken to the White House by William 

 F. Gude, by whom they were presented 

 to President Wilson. 



Washington last week was visited by 

 a number of severe storms and dur- 

 ing one of these lightning struck the 

 fuel shed on the premises of J. R. 

 Freeman, at Georgia avenue and Dahlia 

 street, and started a fire which caused 

 some damage. 



Plans are being perfected for a large 

 flower show during November. Fred H. 

 Kramer is chairman. The project is 

 being received with no little favor and 

 it is believed that this show will ex- 

 ceed all previous efforts. In all prob- 

 ability it will be staged in the Old 



The Market. 



School commencements, June wed- 

 dings and funeral orders have been the 

 chief factors in business during the last 

 two weeks. While we are not over- 

 rushed with business, there has been 

 enough doing to keep the Dayton florists 

 from getting discouraged. The heat has 

 been intense throughout the month, and 

 consequently stock is commencing to 

 diminish in size and lose its color. Red 

 carnations were in great demand last 

 week, as they were used by the high 

 school graduates. There is still some 

 call for bedding plants, but as the de- 

 mand previous to Memorial day was so 

 brisk, the florist finds great difficulty in 

 satisfying the requirements of his cus- 

 tomers. The supply of Easter lilies is 

 good and stock is fine, while the demand 

 for them last week was exceptionally 

 good, due to the fact that there were a 

 number of large funerals in the city. 



Various Notes. 



A special meeting of the Dayton Flo- 

 rists' Club was called June 9, at the 

 home of George Bartholomew, for the 

 purpose of making arrangements for the 

 funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Young, whose 

 death is recorded in this week's obitu- 

 ary column. June 10 the members of 

 the club met at the store of the Heiss 

 Co. and, assisted by Forrest Mittman, 

 made a handsome blanket of lilies, or- 

 chids, roses and sweet peas for Mrs. 

 Young's casket, after which they went 

 to the Young home in a body. 



Clifford Bittner, of the Miami Floral 

 Co., was on the sick list all of last 

 week, tfn account of being overcome 

 by the intense heat in the greenhouses. 



Frank Young, of Vicksburg, Miss., 

 who was called here on account of the 

 death of his mother, returned home 

 June 13. 



Henry Ehrhardt, of Sidney, O., called 

 on some of his Dayton friends last 

 week. 



Miss Elsie Bartholomew returned June 

 13 from a two weeks' visit with friends 

 in Terre Haute and Indianapolis, Ind. 



D. Rusconi and son, of Cincinnati, O., 

 and Mr. Kennedy, representative of J. 

 M. McCullough 's Sons Co., of Cincinnati, 

 O., were Dayton visitors last week. 



The Miami Floral Co. is replanting 

 the entire rose section this season, and 

 already has the work about completed. 

 They have also started their carnation 

 planting. 



Mrs. Stafford, mother of Mrs. W. J. 

 Engle, who was stricken with paralysis 

 two weeks ago, is reported to be still in 

 a serious condition. R. A. L. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



The market has been comparatively 

 steady. All the good stock sells fast 

 and at a fair price, while the lower 

 grade is plentiful and some of it goes 

 to waste. Carnations grown in this 

 vicinity are small, on account of the 

 hot, dry weather in May, and nearly 

 every grower dumped them last week. 

 Carnations have been exceptionally soft 

 and the retailers will not use them for 

 out-of-town orders. Roses are still hold- 



