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The Florists^ Review 



NOTEHBES 12, 1914. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



chrysanthemums. The greenhouse at 

 the rear was filled with large chrysan- 

 themums of various colors. C. L. L. 



The market is at present badly over- 

 crowded with chrysanthemums of all 

 types. A return of warm weather is 

 responsible for this oversupply, which 

 extends to roses and carnations. Few 

 violets are to be had; those coming in 

 are but fair and stems are short. There 

 is, however, a good demand for this 

 flower. Snapdragon, which is coming 

 into the market in small quantities, is 

 not good and the call is light. Sweet 

 peas are increasing in quantity, but are 

 in little demand. Cattleyas are off the 

 market and the new crop is not ex- 

 pected until the latter part of next 

 week in this locality. Dendrobium 

 formosum is plentiful and is exception- 

 ally good. Gardenias are better, both 

 as to quality and quantity. American 

 Beauty roses are in oversupply. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 held its regular monthly meeting in the 

 rooms of the American Institute of 

 Banking last week. Among its guests 

 were Eichard Vincent, Jr., of White 

 Marsh, Md., and Prof. Anspon, of the 

 Maryland Agricultural College. Mr. 

 Vincent brought with him a large col- 

 lection of small chrysanthemums and 

 gave a short talk on the rise and fall 

 of the small varieties. He declared 

 that these were regaining the popu- 

 larity which they lost upon the advent 

 of the larger types. 



Prof. Anspon invited the florists and 

 growers to take advantage of the fa- 

 cilities of the college to avoid insect 

 depredations, improper results from fer- 

 tilizers and similar troubles, sending 

 the necessary specimens for experi- 

 mental purposes. 



An exhibit of small chrysanthemums 

 was made by Theodore Diedrich and 

 these, with a handsome vase of Killar- 

 ney Brilliant, were the subject of 

 favorable comment on the part of those 

 present. 



At the conclusion of the meeting the 

 club proceeded to the store of Gude 

 Bros. Co., where the firm's exhibition 

 of chrysanthemums was viewed, and 

 later to the Grotto, where a buffet 

 luncheon had been prepared. 



Various Notes. 



Theodore Diedrich is bringing in 

 some fine small chrysanthemums. His 

 singles and pompons are meeting with 

 ready sale. 



David G. Grillbortzer is cutting some 

 of the finest Killarney Brilliant that 

 has ever been seen in this locality at 

 this season of the year. 



George H. Cooke has taken possession 

 of his new store, at 1102 Connecticut 

 avenue, northwest, and now has one 

 of the most attractive establishments 

 in the city. 



Gude Bros. Co. has just completed 

 what has proved to be one of the most 

 successful chrysanthemum shows ever 

 held by the firm. The entire floor space, 

 about 5,300 square feet, was attrac- 

 tively decorated for the occasion with 

 large palms, ferns, autumn foliage and 

 cut flowers. The huge fountain space 

 in the center was turned into a rockery 

 and was topped with a large standard 

 of American Beauty roses. The large 

 stretch of space behind the icebox 

 usually devoted to workroom purposes 

 was given over to a showing of small 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business is improving, the condi- 

 tions having been a little more favora- 

 ble during the last week, and everyone 

 seems to be more cheerful. The weather 

 is not favorable to the grower or to the 

 retailer, as it is too hot and brings 

 stock into bloom too quickly. Chrysan- 

 themums are just two weeks ahead of 

 their time to bloom. Carnations and 

 mums both are soft and flabby, and 

 there are too many coming in at one 

 time, which makes it difficult to dis- 

 pose of them. The sales of low-priced 

 mums and inferior stock are small. The 

 retailer who does not handle this class 

 of stock can sell the better grades at 

 higher prices to his customers when he 

 explains the difference in the quality of 

 the flowers. All stock wholesales at a 

 lower price than a year ago, and there 

 is plenty of good stock of all kinds. 



The rose supply is not so heavy, 

 although both quantity and quality 

 have improved considerably over last 

 week. The prices have advanced a lit- 

 tle, but they are not up to the average 

 of the season for such good stock. Short 

 roses are not so plentiful and are bring- 

 ing a comparatively higher price than 

 the better grades. 



There are not enough yellow mums 

 of the best quality to supply the de- 

 mand, but the other colors seem to be 

 plentiful. Of the inferior grades there 

 seem to be too many at the close of 



the week, causing some sales at low 

 prices in the department stores and 

 elsewhere. Pompons and singles are in 

 abundance everywhere. It seems as 

 though everybody has doubled his stock 

 this year, which makes the market slug- 

 gish for these varieties. 



Carnations are improving in quality 

 and there is a steady increase in quan- 

 tity. The prices are low, owing to so 

 many chrysanthemums being on the 

 market at present. 



Various Notes. . ^ 



Ed. Ellsworth has purchased nine 

 acres of ground at Grinter Heights, a 

 suburb of this city, on the interurban 

 Bonner Springs line. Mr. Ellsworth in- 

 tends to make it his home some day. 

 The purchase price was $3,000. 



Mr. Hepting has purchased the inter- 

 est of his partner, Mr. Stevens. Mr. 

 Hepting has about 25,000 square feet of 

 glass, which is devoted mostly to carna- 

 tions; he also has a couple of benches 

 of mums. He is cutting carnations 

 which are above the average. 



Arthur Newell reports that business 

 is going along nicely and he is satis- 

 fied ■vyith the results. He had a heavy 

 run on funeral work last week. 



W. J. Barnes has had several small 

 decorations, which keep things going. 

 He has a fine lot of mum pot plants, 

 but they are not moving as fast as they 

 did last year. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report that business 

 is on the increase and they are receiv- 

 ing a fine lot of cut stock that is mov- 

 ing well. They are receiving a good 

 many advance orders for supplies for 

 the holiday trade and are working up a 

 nice out-of-town business. W. J. B. 



Mainly About Ffeode 



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Mansfield, O. — Lee C. Berno, who not 

 long ago disposed of his interests in the 

 Berno Floral Co., is preparing to move 

 to Kissimmee, Fla. The family leaves 

 shortly. 



Gibson City, IlL — Andrew Peterson, of 

 the Peterson Floral Co., acted as judge 

 at the chrysanthemum show held No- 

 vember 5 and 6, under the auspices of 

 the Civic Federation. 



Plainfield, N. J. — Mrs. L. J. Denton, 

 who has carried on her husband's busi- 

 ness since his death, has sold out and 

 is retiring from business, but will con- 

 tinue to reside in this city. 



De Kalb, HI. — J. Leonard Johnson, 

 proprietor of the Flower Store, has an- 

 nounced that the nursery end of the 

 business will be run separately under 

 the name of the Odorosa Nurseries. 



Champaign, HI. — C. F. Swayger, for- 

 merly general landscape gardener of the 

 Union Pacific railroad system, is now 

 chief gardener for the Illinois Central, 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad. 



Altoona, Pa. — Edward Cassell, a 21- 

 year-old employee of Myers Bros., who 

 was injured in an autobus wreck Octo- 

 ber 27, has shown little improvement. 

 His injuries, about the head and spine, 

 are more serious than were supposed. 



Eock FaJls, HI. — C. Frey has been 

 engaged by the International Harvester 

 Co. to care for the shrubbery and plant- 

 ings around its Keystone plant. 



Washington, D. C— Robert Pyle, of 

 West Grove, Pa., delivered an address 

 on rose culture at a meeting of the 

 Brookland Brotherhood here Novem- 

 ber 10. 



Dwight, ni. — The trade's sympathy 

 is with A. L. Bump, of the Dwight 

 Greenhouses, in the lo^s of his father, 

 H. L. Bump, of Wausau, Wis., who died 

 last week at his son's home here. The 

 body was taken to Stevens Point, Wis., 

 for burial. 



Salem, Mass. — A "smooth" gentle- 

 man, who took two florists in this town 

 for "easy marks" on which to work the 

 check cashing game, made a poor guess. 

 Joseph Hamilton and Henry T. Conant, 

 upon whom he tried it, both failed to 

 "fall" for it. 



Canal Dover, O. — C. Betscher recently 

 returned from a trip east, on which 

 he visited Henry A. Dreer, R. Vincent, 

 Jr., & Sons Co., Peacock Dahlia Farms 

 and other places handling similar lines 

 to his own. He returned with the feel- 

 ing that the florists' and nurserymen's 

 business this autumn is relatively better 

 than in moat other lines. 



