Ttie Florists' Revkw 



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I do not know of anything better 

 and cheaper to run in a temperature 

 of 50 degrees than carnations. Cer- 

 tainly no other plants will give you 

 such a quantity of fiowers over a long 

 period. C. W. 



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\n the old Masonic temple, at Ninth 

 and F streets, northwest, during the 

 w«ek of November 2 to 8. Fred H. 

 Kramer, chairman of the committee, an- 

 nounces that negotiations are about to 

 be closed., C. L. L. 



The Market. 



Stock has been far in excess of de- 

 mand, with little improvement in sight. 

 The social season has come to an end 

 and the retailors have little other than 

 funeral work to keep the clerks busy. 

 Although there is little activity during 

 the heated months, one firm has devoted 

 three large houses to roses for summer 

 cutting. Exceptional care is being 

 given to the plants, with the result that 

 the flowers are above the ordinary run 

 of stock and meeting with better sale. 

 As a whole, the roses and carnations 

 now to be had are good for this season 

 of the year, but that is saying little. 

 In all lines there is a price only on the. 

 choicest of qualities, the balance going 

 at what the buyer is willing to give 

 for it. 



Various Notes. 



Tuesday, July 7, the. moathly meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club will be h^ld 

 on the spacious grounds surrounding 

 the home of William F. Gude, at 3800 

 New Hampshire avenue, northwest. 

 Special electric illumination is to be 

 provided and many novelties will be 

 introduced. The feature of the even- 

 ing will be the lecture of Richard Vin- 

 cent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., on "A 

 Trip Through Scotland," which he ex- 

 pects to give in a number of cities in 

 connection with the William R. Smith 

 ni£morial project. An invitation has 

 also been extended to the members of 

 the Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Baltimore, and their ladies, while that 

 to the Washingtonians also includes the 

 ladies. 



While chasing a young crow through 

 the fields near his home, Louis Hoh- 

 man, a clerk at the store of Gude Bros. 

 Co., ran into a i)atch of poison oak 

 and in less time than it takes to tell 

 about it he was a sight to behold. Wal- 

 ter Hawl«y was with him, but escaped 

 contagion. They are startin<j for a va- 

 cation in New England an<l northern 

 New York. 



A pair of monkeys in the window of 

 Leapley & Meyer, on G street, north- 

 west, is attracting a great deal of at- 

 tention. So great becomes the crowd 

 at times that it is imposaible to keep 

 plants in the doorway or on the side- 

 walk. 



The store of F. H. Kramer, on Ninth 

 street, northwest, was broken into last 

 week and the place turned upside down. 

 The cash registers were empty, so the 

 burglars got nothing for their trouble. 



Whoever tapped the safe in the store 

 of the Washington Florists ' Exchange 

 was a little more lucky, for Manager 

 Albert Schnell has reported to the po- 

 lice that $d65 was removed therefrom 

 June 26. He said the door of 'the safe 

 had been left open. 



J. Harper Hetherfngtcn, with the 

 Washington Florists Co., has left for 

 Philadelphia and Atlantic City, where 

 he will spend a five weeks ' vacation. 

 George Gouldman, with the same con- 

 cern, has returned from a pleasant va- 

 cation spent in Fredericksburg, Va. 



A«'Cording to present indications the 

 JF'lori^ts' Club will give a flower show 



B0SXON. 



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With the passing of June, business 

 has dropped to midsummer dullness. 

 The last week of June was the worst 

 for some weeks, there being little busi- 

 ness and a heavy surplus of nearly all 

 flowers. In roses. White and Double 

 White Killarney have sold extremely 

 well for funeral work. Others which 

 have a fairly good call are Sunburst, 

 Taft, Kaiserin, Cardinal, Russell and 

 Shawyer. The major part of the flowers 

 now are short-stemmed. Good carna- 

 tions still come from a few growers, 

 but the majority are poor. Sweet peas 

 are in heavy oversupply; a good many 

 outdoor peas are arriving. Yellow mar- 

 guerites are getting small, but they still 

 sell as well as anything. Cornflower is 

 a glut. Valley is not selling well, nor 

 are cattleyas and gardenias. 



The small gladioli, such as Peach 

 Blossom and Blushing Bride, are nearly 

 over, but such sorts as Mrs. F. King 

 and America are abundant and sell 

 fairly well. Lilies continue far in ex- 

 cess of the market 's needs. In the way 

 of miscellaneous floiyers, gypsophila is 

 popular. Several hardy perennials, such 

 as larkspurs, Seabiosa Caueasica, digi- 

 talis, etc., are seen and prove useful for 

 window decorations. Adiantum, hardy 

 ferns and asparagus all are abundant;, 

 with slow sales. 



Oonrention Preparations. 



A most enthusiastic meeting of the 

 local governing board of the 1914 S. A. 

 F. convention was held in the Parker 

 House, Tuesday, June 23. It was called 

 by Vice-president Patrick Welch to 

 talk over local matters with Charles 

 Critchell, of Cincinnati, the national 

 chairumn of the committee on sports, 

 and Secretary John Young, of New 

 York. Many plans were formulated 

 looking to the entertainment of the 

 visitors, and it may be said that Boston 

 will be prepared to oflFer one of the 

 most entertaining and enjoyable pro- 

 grams ever presented to the members 

 of the 8. A. F. 



After the meeting and lunckeon, 

 Vice-president Welch took a party, com- 

 prising Mr. Critchell, Mr. Young, Mr. 

 Shea, E. Allan Peirce and others, in kis 

 auto to Nantasket beach and other re- 

 sorts with a view to selecting the 

 grounds where the annual outing and 

 sports may be held. 



The committee on the convention 

 garden has certainly done yeoman ser- 

 vice during the last two weeks. Chair- 

 man James B. Shea, with his numerous 

 assistants, has been over his head in 

 detail. Foreman Murphy and Kenneth 

 FindlKyson, who have charge of the 

 planting, have worked from early morn 

 until late at night setting out the large 

 shipments of new and rare plants sent 

 by many of the leading growers for 

 this event, and when all is told their 

 earnest work for the success of this 

 great undertaking will prove the 

 thought and care that has been put 

 into it. From environment and acces- 

 sibility the garden should have the 

 greatest attendance of any affair of its 

 kind ever attempted, and it is regretted 



son, and to 



Geiger, Jr., 



le naost artis- 



'^yo»9s, while 



tion of roses 



that more of the distant growers did 

 not appreciate this. It is not t(to.'UJte, 

 however, as a few desirabteJplot* mfty 

 still be obtained, a«ui with the excettent 

 care that will be accorded any plant- 

 ings the exhibit should be at its l^est 

 during AugMst. ' • -^r .i"-*^ ': : 



Rose and Strawberry Show. 



Although a few da^« lAte to suit 

 some of the near-by growers, the exhi- 

 bition of both roses and strawberries 

 June 27 and 28 was well up to the 

 average, and far better than had been 

 expected, considering that practically 

 no rain has fallen since May 12. 



For not less than twenty varieties of 

 roses, filling fifty vases, M. H. Walsh, 

 gardener to Miss S. B. Fay, was fiirst; 

 J. L. Smith, gardener to A. W. Preston, 

 second; J. D. Gordon, gardener to 

 Thomas N. Cook, third. In the various 

 other rose classes, in addition to the 

 foregoing exhibitors, a number of prizes 

 went to M. Sullivan, gardener to W. 

 Whitman; George Barker, gardener to 

 A. F. Estabrook; George Page, gardener 

 to Mrs. Frederick Ay^ E. L. Lewi^, 

 gardener to Frederick 

 Albert Geiger. Mts. / 

 took first And seeoud' ' 

 tically arranged bsis!: 

 for the most artistic 

 with their own foliage, .the successful 

 competitors were George Page, M. H. 

 Walsh and T. N. Cook. 



The hybrid teas and teas were shown 

 in greater numbers than ever before. 

 The varieties showing uj^ best were The 

 Lyon, Kaiserin, Miss Cynthia Ford, 

 Gustav Grunerwald, I>ean Hole, General 

 MacArthur, Mme. Eavary, Etoile de 

 France, Dorothy Page Roberts, Prince 

 de Bulgarie, Marquise de Sinety, Mme. 

 Caroline Testout, Mrs. Aaron Ward and 

 Jonkheer J. L. Mock. The finest hybrid 

 perpetuals were Frau Karl Druschki, 

 Clio, Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Priace Ca- 

 mille de Rohan, Margaret Dickson, Mrs. 

 Sharman-Crawford, Magna Charta, Paul 

 Neyron, Francois Levet, Baron de Bon- 

 stettin, Ulrich Brunner, Captain Hay- 

 ward, Duke ot Edinburgh and Baroness 

 Rothschild. 



In the amateur classes Robert Seaver 

 practically swept the deck with splen- 

 did flowers. His baskets also were 

 tastefully arranged. Martin Sullivan 

 and William Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. 

 J. L. Gardner, had the best sweet Wil- 

 liams; Mr. Sullivan took first for 

 twelve vas;es of delphiniums, showing 

 excellent spikes. For collection of 

 hardy herbaceous plants, first place 

 went to the Old Town Nurseries, sec- 

 ond to the Eastern Nurseries, each nak- 

 ing imposing displays. M. Sullivan had 

 the best Campanula Medium, and Wil- 

 liam Thatcher took first for six glox- 

 inias, with excellent plants; he also 

 showed a fine lot of streptocarpus. 



T. C. Thurlow's Som^Co. had an ex- 

 ceptionally fine collection of late 

 peonies. H. Stewart, gardener to Miss 

 Cornelia Warren, .displayed a large num- 

 ber of cut roses and a group of Hydran- 

 gea Hortensia. Farquhar & Co. had 

 numerous bay trees and conifers in 

 tubs, also an extensive display of havba- 

 ceous plants. The Mount Desert Nur- 

 series had a large collection of pecmies, 

 iris, saxifrages, incarvilleas and other 

 hardy perennials. Mrs. E. M. Gill and 

 Mrs. Chadboume had miseelTaseous dis- 

 plays. E. L. Lewis and John L. Smith 

 showed nice sweet peas. WiHiam Nich- 

 olson had a display of edelweiss. 



T. C. Thurlow & Sons Co. received a 



