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The Florists^ Review 



NOTUMBEB 19, 1914. 



truck. She will be assisted by her hus- 

 band. 



John Monson has built an addition 

 to his greenhouses, to be used for hous- 

 ing chickens, in the hope of getting a 

 supply of fresh eggs this winter. This 

 addition cost $500. He has also built 

 a large house for chrysanthemums. 



The park board's chrysanthemum 

 show, at the park greenhouses, is now 

 open and is finer than ever before. The 

 display consists of many new varieties, 

 all carefully and conspicuously labeled. 

 Superintendent Wirth conducts these 

 exhibits of flowers in the height of 

 their blooming season. People come 

 from all over the state, and e^en from 

 outside the state, to see these shows, as 

 Mr. "Wirth has the finest of help and 

 oversees everything personally. 



C. B. L. 



The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society will meet December 1 to 4, at 

 the State Farm School, St. Anthony 

 Park. The program for Tuesday eve- 

 ning has been turned over to the State 

 Florists' Association, and papers will 

 be read by A. S. Swanson, E. Meyer 

 and Prof. Moore, of the State School. 

 During the week premiums will be 

 awarded for the best exhibits of palms, 

 f^rns, blooming plants, roses, chrysan- 

 themums and carnations. 



pretty window last week, displaying 

 handsome cut mums of good size. 

 . Stevens & Larkin have their green- 

 houses in good shape. They have 

 62,000 square feet of glass. A large 

 space is devoted to carnations and 

 chrysanthemums, two houses to Aspara- 

 gus plumosus and Sprengeri, one house 

 to cyclamens and one house to azaleas 

 and Christmas plants. 



Arthur Newell had some small, pretty 

 baskets of mums in his window all last 

 week, and they seemed to be just what 

 the people wanted for various purposes. 



Henry Kusik & Co. report good busi- 

 ness in both supplies and cut flowers. 



Walter Heite is bringing in a great 

 many mums from Merriam, Kan. 



The Alpha Floral Co. had a fern sale 

 Saturday that was a boomer. It was 

 a big drawing card and made business 

 good. The company reports a good 

 funeral business for last week. 



W. J. B. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business has steadily increased, al- 

 though the continued warm weather has 

 a tendency to check general trade. 

 More cut flowers were in the market 

 last week than the week before. 



Chrysanthemums have been heavy on 

 this market for the last two weeks, but 

 by next week a good many of the grow- 

 ers in this vicinity will have cut all 

 their stock and there will probably be 

 a shortage for Thanksgiving day of 

 the home-grown mums. Pot plants 

 have sold slowly this season. Baskets 

 of mums are the best sellers. Many 

 retailers keep them made up ready to 

 sell, which seems to pay, as they are 

 attractive as advertising. Pompons 

 and singles were not so heavy on the 

 market as they were a week ago. 



Roses are plentiful. Heavy consign- 

 ments have been received daily, selling 

 at low prices. The quality seems to 

 improve daily. American Beauties are 

 plentiful, but they seem to hold up in 

 price better than the rest of the roses. 



Carnations are improving in size and 

 length of stem, but they are soft and 

 easily bruised. Prices remain low. 

 Narcissi, stevias and sweet peas are ar- 

 riving. Orchids are plentiful and their 

 price is low, for there is little call for 

 them at present. 



Various Notes. 



John R. Hanley purchased, Novem- 

 ber 14, from Willard J. Bush, Sr., new 

 greenhouse property at 2215 Jackson 

 avenue, with a frontage of 132 feet. 

 The consideration was $7,500. Mr. 

 Hanley will have a good location, as 

 he will be near the entrance to St. 

 Mary's cemetery. 



Samuel Murray was busy all last 

 week with decorations. He had a large 

 decoration out of town, which took 

 some time to get ready, as so much 

 stock had to be shipped for the occa- 

 sion. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. had a 



The Market. 



Business conditions are much im- 

 proved. Last week was a good one, 

 especially in transient trade. There 

 has been considerable funeral work, 

 besides debutante decorations, etc.- The 

 ('^^HJjuence of the cold weather helped 

 trade considerably. Flowering plants, 

 such as begonias, primroses, chrysan- 

 themums, ere., are selling well. Carna- 

 tions are not plentiful as yet. They 

 are small and short-stemmed. For- 

 tunately, pompons are taking the place 

 of carnations, for the varied colors of 

 the pompons can be used for any pur- 

 pose and in many ways. Roses continue 

 to be plentiful and of splendid quality. 

 Sunburst is a great favorite this season. 

 Hadley is next in favor. Bon Silene 

 and Sweetheart, or Mignon, roses are 

 used a great deal for debutante work. 

 The revival of Dutch, colonial and 

 French bouquets has captivated this 

 season's debutantes. Large numbers 

 are being sold for each young lady 

 entering society. The French corsages 

 to be worn on the left shoulder are 

 gaining popularity. These are made of 

 a single Ward, Sunburst or Taft rose, 

 with a few sprays of valley and about 

 eight or ten violets. A Brazilian bug 

 adds to the quaintness, as does also a 

 tiny bow of ribbon where the stems of 

 the flowers are tied. 



Chrysanthemums are plentiful and 

 good. Bonnaffon, Turner, Maude Dean, 

 Ivory, Chadwick, Touset, Eaton, Engue- 

 hard and Chrysolora are coming in now. 

 Beauties are scarce. The dark weather 

 has kept them from developing. They 

 are small and lack color, as well as 

 strength of stem. Violets are good, 

 but are high in price. Valley has 

 dropped in price, in spite of the influ- 

 ence of the war. 



Various Notes. 



K. M. Cantlin, on Wadsworth street, 

 reports that business has shown a de- 

 cided improvement since November 1 

 and is increasing in volume each week. 

 Thanksgiving trade is always good at 

 this store. A special line of cut flower 

 baskets will be disposed of November 

 26. The window displays are always 

 attractive, "'i" 



Mrs. Katherine Raeker finds business 

 good. She has a large number of 

 funeral and debuta,nte orders. Cedar 

 bark logs filled with bronze and yellow 



pompons are among her creations and 

 are being disposed of rapidly at her 

 store. 



J. H. Rebstock was busy with funeral 

 work last week. Fall trade here is 

 increasing right along. 



The Gray and Coit debutante recep- 

 tions were two big jobs for W. J. 

 Palmer & Son. 



S. A. Anderson had the Knox recep- 

 tion and dance decoration, which was 

 the biggest affair of the season, re- 

 quiring about 500 Beauties, among 

 other flowers. The table decorations 

 were made of oncidiums, phalaenopsis 

 and cattleyas. The gift baskets and 

 bouquets were most handsome and 

 costly. Several gift bouquets came 

 from New York. 



The latest thing in debutante crea- 

 tions is the Mexican sombrero and leg- 

 horn hats filled with orchids, Sunburst 

 and Ophelia roses and tied with con- 

 trasting or harmonizing ribbons. Pom- 

 pons and Hadley roses are also used in 

 the hats to good advantage. 



Stephen Greene, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia, was a visitor last 

 week. 



J. Benson Stafford had a good sized 

 wedding decoration at Barnesville, O., 

 recently. He also had an artistic deco- 

 ration at Niagara Falls. 



The J. G. Pickelman Co. had a sale 

 of Japanese vases with one flower in 

 each. These were quite artistic. 



William Sievers, on Genesee street, 

 had a pleasing window display of Bon- 

 naifons. He always has a large stock 

 of first-quality flowers on hand and 

 the store is one of the neatest on the 

 east side. 



Ed. Stroh is running his new delivery 

 car. 



Anna Louise Faul entertained a few 

 friends at dinner Saturday, November 

 7. The table was prettily decorated 

 with white pompons, pink snapdragons 

 and smilax. E. C. A. 



WACO, TEX. 



The Waco Floral Co. has changed 

 managers. Mr. Keld, formerly with 

 Wolf, the Florist, is the new manager. 



T. J. Wolf, of Wolf, the Florist, was 

 in attendance at the state flower show 

 in Houston last week. 



The Cotton Palace, which closed No- 

 vember 15, drew large crowds to this 

 city. Business here is good, although 

 we have our share of calamity howlers. 



The Mohan Floral Co. has just com- 

 pleted two additional houses 21x165 

 feet. One is full of mums and the other 

 of carnations. This company won first 

 prize for a decorated float in the pa- 

 rade of the Lady Maccabees of Waco 

 recently. On the float was a bridal 

 party, with complete floral accompani- 

 ments. The frame of the bridal arch, 

 which has been used by the company 

 several times previously, is of gas pipe 

 with four legs and feet to fasten to 

 the floor. It is easy to decorate and 

 saves the trouble and expense of erect- 

 ing a wooden frame for each occasion. 



Westboro, Mass.— Frank L. Midgley, 

 son of Leonard C. Midgley, of the 

 Westboro Conservatories, was married 

 November 7 to Miss Marion L. Hero. 

 After their return from a honeymoon 

 in New York and Washington, they will 

 reside at 18 Walnut street, Worcester,, 

 where he, is engaged in the florists'^ 

 business. 



