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The Florists' Review 



NuVi:.Miii:it 12, 1!)I4. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



(■Iir\s;iii1 liciminis. Tlic i;i'('('iiliouso ;it 

 the icar \\;is lillfd with larj;o i-hrysaii- 

 tliciiiiiins of xarioiis colors. <'. 1j. \j. 



'I'hi' iNarlvct is at pi'csrlit iiaillv o\ rr 

 i-idwilcl with ell lysa at licMi n ins i.<\' all 

 tv|'i'>. A ii'tiiin (it warm wi-allii'i' is 

 r('s|Miii-i Ml' I'oi' this o\ i'isn|i|il y, whirh 

 <'\tMh|s to ro^rs aiiil i-a laia t ions. I"r\\ 

 Xiolrts an' to he hail: tlioso romiiiL; in 

 _.;ir(' Iml I'a i r an^l sti'Mis .'iii' shoit. Tlioi-i' 



i-^. how t'\ IT, a u I ilrtnanil lof this 



lliiwrr. Sua |Hi ia;;iin. whirh is roinin;^ 

 into till' maiki't in small i|Ua n t it ios. is 

 not ^iiihl ;in<l Ihr i-all is li^ht. Swcot 

 ]<!•;[•< ail' iini oasiiii;- in i|iiaiitit\. luit aio 

 III lilt h' ilmiaihl. < 'att loyas a lo nlf the 

 maiki't aihl thi' now rio|i is not ex 

 IM'rtfl until ihi' lattiT part ol' noxl 

 \vorK in this liH-;ility. 1 )i'iiil rol .i ii in 

 I'oiniosiini is lih'iitirnl aiol is o\ro|i! ioii - 



•illy ^oinl. ( i;i lih'll las ;iii' liittrr. I'olh 



as to i|iiali!y ;iihl ijiia iit i t >'. Ainoriran 

 lloanty losos .-nc in o\ risiiji]il\ . 



Club Meeting. 



Till' rioiists" dull of W'ashiiiLitoii 

 lii'l'l its ii'L'iilai monthly ini'i'tiiiL; in tho 

 looms ot tho Anioiiran Institiito ot' 

 liankii'L; last work. .Xiiioiil; its i^iii'sts 

 wiTi' l;ii-h;iii| Xiiici'iit. .1 r., ot' W'liitr 

 Marsh. M.I., ;inil I'rof. .\ns|ion, ol' tho 

 .Maiyi.ainl Aiiiiriilt iir;il ('oilo^i'. Mr. 

 Nin.i'Mt liioii^ht with him a lai^o i-ol- 

 jo.-tioii ol' small i-li i\ s.a lit lii'inii ms .ami 

 i;a\i' a, short t;ilk on thr riso ami fall 

 ol' till' s||i;i|| Nariotii's. Ill' iloi-larcil 

 that thi'si' wi'ii' ii'i;'.ai n i II l; tho )io|iii 

 laiity whi.-li thoy Inst ii|ioii llio aiUont 

 ot' Iho K'UL-'or tyjH's. 



riot'. .\ns|ion iii\itril tho llorists ami 

 <.^ro\\i'is to laKo ail \ a lit a i^o of tho t'a- 

 cilitirs ot' tho i-ollo^o to ;i\(iii| iiisoct 

 ilojiio'lat ions, iin|iio|)i'r results t'roiii for- 

 tili/.ors ;nhl similar trouMi's, soioliiiL; 

 tho ni'i-oss:i ly s|M.|-iiiioiis lor cxjiori- 

 moiilal |Mii|iosos. 



All oxliiliit of small i-h i ysant homiims 

 \\as m;olo hy 'I'Ih'o. loro Mioiliirh ami 

 thosi', with a hamlsoiin' \asi' ol' Killai 

 noy j'.ii lli;nit , woio tho siilijort of 

 l'a\oiali|o loiii iiioiit on tho ]pait of thoso 

 ]o-osoiit . 



At tho romliisioii of tho mi'i'tiiii^' tho 

 • ■lull proi-i'oijoil to tho sloro ol' (Imlo 

 llros. < 'o.. w hoio tho linn's oxhiliitmii 

 of I'll r\ s;i nl liomii ins was \io\\i'i|. ;iio! 

 lator to tho (iiotto, w lioro a linlfot 

 liin'-hooii h;ol hooa | iioii;i roil. 



Various Notes. 



'I'll loio hioilrii-h is liriiiL^iiiL; In 



soino lino sjiiall rh ly s;i n t hom ii iiis. His 

 sin^los .•iii'l |ioin[iiiiis ;i lo mootiiiL; \\illi 



lo;ii|v s;||,., 



I'a^hl (i. ( ii illlioit /.or IS i-nttiiiL: somo 

 of tho tiiii'st Killarnoy iliilliant tli;it 



h;is o\or 1 n soon in this loi-alit\- at 



this s,.:i..(oi ot' t ho \ oa r. 



(Jooi^o II. <'ool\o li:is takoii I'ossossion 

 <if his ]||.\\ store, at Mill' < 'onnort init 

 .■i\oiiuo, northwest, .-iiol now li;is one 

 III the most at t r;o-t i \ o est a M ishnion t s 



111 the r|t\. 



<iloli' lllos. ( 'o. h;js just roni|p|oto.| 



\\h;it li:is |iiii\oi| to lie oi t' tho most 



siir.os-| 1, 1 ill 1 \ s;i lit hi'inii in shows o\ i i 

 hohl hy 111' III III. 'I'lio ontiro Ihnir s|,.-|,-|.. 

 .alioiil .">,.".iiii M|iiaio t'ort. was .-ittiar 

 ti\e|\ .ji'.or.'itoil loi' tiio ori-as|,iii with 

 lar^o |r;ilms, forns, autumn 1'o|i;i'_'o .'sml 

 lilt liowi'is. Tho hiiLlo fount.'iin s|i;ire 

 in the loiiti'i w;is tariio'l into ;) lorkorv 

 .-III. I w;is to|i|.e.| with .'i laiLlo st;iiolar'l 

 ot' .\ inoi ir.'i a lieaiity rosc^. The l.'ir^^o 

 strotili of s|iai'e liohiii'l till' irol.ox 

 oso:ill\ .|o\ote.i to workroom |.ui|iiiscv 

 wrs ;.;i\on o\ or to a showing of sin.-iH 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



iSiisiiioss is im|iro\ i IIJ4, tli(' coMili- 

 tions iiaviiiL;' lieoii a little more fax'ora- 

 lilo iliiriii^: the l;isl week, ami e\ cryoiu! 

 si'oins to lie more i-hoerful. The wealli(>r 

 is not I a \ (irjilile to the thrower or to the 

 ii'lailer, as it is too iiot ami liriiios 

 stork into lilooin too (Hiiekly. Clnysan- 

 llieiiinms are just two weeks alieail of 

 their time to hlooiii. ( 'a laiat ions ami 

 niiinis liotli are soft, ami tlaldiy, ami 

 there are too iii.'iny roiniii;^' in at one 

 time, whirh makes it ilillieult to ilis- 

 piiso of ihoin. The sales of low prieoil 

 mnnis .•iiul interior stoi-k are small. The 

 retailei- \\ho iloes not hamlle this elass 

 of stork r;ni sell the lietter oi'jiiies at 

 hiLiln'r jirires to his riistoiiiers when lie 

 i\|il;:ins tiie ilill'ereiire in the (|nality of 

 till' llowers. .\ll stork wliolesali's at a 

 lower |irire than ;i year aiio, ami there 

 is |ilenty of j; I stork of all kimls. 



The rose siijijily is not so ]iea\y, 

 .altlioMnh liotli (|iiantity ami (Hi;ility 

 lia\e improvoil ronsiileralily o\ or last 

 wii'k. The |irires have aihaiireil a lit- 

 tle, liiit tlu'y are not up to the avera;;!' 

 of the season for siirli i:(juil stork. Short 

 roses are not so pleiitifnl ami are liriii<;- 

 iiii; ;i comparatively liioher i>iice than 

 the liolter ^^railes. 



There are not enough yellow niuiiis 

 ot' the host (|Uality to supply the ile- 

 iiiaiiil, Imt the other colors seem to he 

 jilentiful. Of the inferior irrailes there 

 S(>ein to lie too maiiv at the close of 



tlio Avoek, causiiif^ sonio sales at low 

 ]iiiees in the <le|)artiiieiit stores and 

 elsewhere. I'ompons ami siii<;les arc in 

 aliumlaiire e\ cryu Ihmc. It seems as 

 tlioii;:h e\('iylioily has douhleil his sto(d\ 

 this year, which makes the market slug- 

 gish for these. \arieti(>s. 



(ariiatioiis are iiiiproxinjj in (juality 

 and there is ;i steady increase in (|uan- 

 tity. The piices are \o\\\ owiii.n' to so 

 tnany chrysanthemums beini;' on the 

 market at present. 



"Various Notes. 



I'M. I'^llsworth has ])urchas(>i| nine 

 acres of uronnd at (iriiiter Heights, a 

 suhiirl) of this city, on the interuihan 

 Homier Sj)riii<js line. Mr. I'dlsworth in- 

 temls to make it his lioim' some da.v. 

 The piiiidiase price was .+,'i,n()(). 



Mr. Ilepting has [lurchased the inter- 

 est of his partner, Mr. Stevens. .Mr. 

 11 opting has aliout L'.l.ltOO s(|uar(' feet of 

 ulass, which is desoted mostly to carna- 

 tions; h,' also has -.i coujile of henches 

 of mums. lie is ciiitiiio- carnations 

 whi( h are ;ilio\t' the axeraLie. 



Arthur Newell reports that Inisiness 

 is ^oin^' alono- nicely and he is satis- 

 lied with the results^ lie had a he;ivy 

 luii on funeral vvoik last week. 



\V. .1. I'.ariu's has had several small 

 decorations, wliiidi kee]i things }ioino-. 

 lie has a line lot of mum |)ot plants, 

 hut tliev .are not niov ini:' as f;ist as tliev 

 did last ye.ar. 



T. .1. \oll iVL' ( 'o. report that husiness 

 is on the increase and they are receiv- 

 iiio- a line lot of cut stoi k that is mov- 

 ing W(dl. The\' aio rec'ei\in<j :i j^dod 

 many .advance orders for supplies I'or 

 the holiday trade and :iro workin!,^ up a 

 nice out-of-town husiness. W. .1. P>. 



JSainly About People 



■tm. -it 



Mansfield, O. l.ee < ". IJerno, who not 

 Ioiil; ;il;o ilis|iosed of his interests in the 

 r.eiiio l''lor;il ('o., is preparing: to mov<' 

 to Kissimmee, I'la. 'J'lie family leaves 



short l.v. 



Gibson City, 111. .Vndiow Peterson, of 



til.' I'l'ti'ison I'loral i o., .-irted ;is .jlldye 

 .at the I h r\ sa lit hemiini show held .\o- 

 vemhol ."i and <i. limler the auspires of 

 t he < i V ir |-'eiler;it ion. 



Plainfield, N. J. Mis. L. .1. lionton. 

 who has r.'irried on her husliand's hiisi- 

 iiess silire his death, h;is sold out and 

 is retiriuL; from husiness, hiit will run- 

 tiiiiie to reside in this rity. 



De Kalb, 111. .1. Leonard .lohlisoii. 

 pio|irietor of the I'lower store, has aii- 

 noiiiiroil tli;it the niliseiy end of tlie 

 husiness will he run sopar.atelv under 

 the name of the <)doios;i .\ ii rseries. 



Champaign, 111. ('. l\ .Swayiicr, for 

 inerly ;^oiii'r;lkl landsr.'ipo i;,a rdem'r id' the 

 riiioii l';iiilic railroad system, is now 

 rhief li.'irdener for the Illinois Centr.al. 

 N ;i/iio iV .M ississi|i|ii \'alley r.ailioad. 



Altoona, Pa. IMwaid <'asse||, ;i -ji- 



yi'.'irold employee of .Myers I'.ros., who 

 w;is injuii'd in an ;iutohiis wreck Hrto 

 hoi L'7, has shown little improvement. 

 His iniliries, ;ihout the lu'.'ld .and s]iilii', 

 are more soi ions tloiii weii' siipiiosod. 



Rock Falls, 111. -('. I'rey lias been 

 eii^:it;ei| hy I li(> International 1 harvester 

 < 'o. to care I'or the sliiuhhery .•iml jdant- 

 iiii;s around its Keystone plant. 



■Washington, D. C. - h'ohert I'yle, of 

 West (irove. i'a., delivered an address 



on rose culture ;it a n tiii^ of the 



Itrooklali'l I hot hi'iliooil here Xovem- 

 her In. 



Dwight, 111. The trade's sympathy 

 is with .\. I,. l'.um|(, of the Dwight 

 I i leenhouses. in the loss of his father, 

 II. L. iJump, of W'ausaii, Wis., who died 

 last week at his son's home here. Tlie 

 body was taken to .'^tevens I'oint, Wis., 

 lor burial. 



Salem, Mass. .\ "smooth" gentle- 

 man. who took two tloiists in this town 

 for ■"e.asy marks '' on which to work the 

 rlierk r.'ishin^ g;inii', made a poor i:uess. 

 .losepli ll;imiltoii and Henry T. ('onant, 

 upon whom he tried it. hotli failed to 

 •• fall " for it. 



Canal Dover, O. c. Hetscher recently 

 letuiiii'd from .-I tri|i east, on which 

 he visited Henry .\. jireer. \l. Vincent, 

 .Ii , iV Sons ( 'o., l'e;icork llahlia I'arms 

 .and other plaros handling similar lines 

 to his own. He returned with the feel- 

 ing that the tloiists' and nurservmeii 's 

 business this :iiitumn is re|;i t i vel v better 

 t li;i II i n most ot her Ii lies. 



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