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NOVEMBBB 26, 1014. 



The Florists' Review 



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MOTT-LY MUSINaS. 



Chas. H. Kennerly, the seedsman of 

 Pal^tka, Fla., has returned from Mel- 

 bourlie, Fla., whither he went to look 

 ov^r an estate of 4,000 acres owned by 

 a New Yorker, and to give advice on 

 planting. 



At the annual chrysanthemum show at 

 Lake City, Fla., November 4 and 5, 

 there were ninety-two entries and 

 twenty-three prizes. Miss Lilian Beyer 

 was among the winners, receiving a' 

 prize in gold. 



Schulze & Obermaier, Orange Park, 

 Fla., carry one of the largest and most 

 varied stocks of plants suitable to this 

 climate, and report good sales. 



Chas. A. Moss, Spartanburg, S. C, 

 says it hurts to return good money, as 

 he was obliged to do when his ad in 

 The Keview brought orders that more 

 than cleaned out the stock. He turned 

 down remittances from seven states. 

 He is preparing some fine primulas and 

 other stock for holiday sales and ex- 

 pects that they will all go. Chrysan- 

 themums and roses are grown in limited 

 numbers. Carnations are grown largely 

 and they are good. . Ernest Preston, the 

 grower, tells me Enchantress is subject 

 to stem-rot and they look for relief 

 in Philadelphia. Matchless is expected 

 to supersede other whites now being 

 grown. The whole range has been 

 overhauled this season. A new prop- 

 agating house, 200 feet long, is be- 

 ing added, and plans have been made 

 for a storage cellar and an office, 25x 

 42, which will give an imposing ap- 

 pearance to the entrance. 



F. 0. Woods, of the Cumberland Seed 

 Co., Nashville, a veteran in the busi- 

 ness, is of the opinion that wheat grow- 

 ing in the southern states will not be a 

 big success, owing to the lack of nitro- 

 gen in the soil and the extreme heat. 



McKay, Eeece & Co., Nashville, will 

 move January 1 to a more commodious 

 store, at 148 Second avenue, north, 

 where they will have every facility for 

 carrying on their extensive seed busi- 

 ness. 



Chas. L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn., ex- 

 presses himself well pleased with the 

 returns from his ad in The Review. 

 Orders came from all parts of the coun- 

 try and cleaned up the stock. He is 

 working up another block to dispose of 

 through the same channel. Building 

 operations are almost done for the sea- 

 son. A concrete boiler shed and garage 

 has been added. The leading chrysan- 

 themums are Chieftain, Bamapo, Wm. 

 Turner, Chas. Razer and a yellow sport 

 of Razer named Lena Baum. Philadel- 

 phia is in the lead in carnations, mak- 

 ing vigorous growth and full of flower. 

 Store business is active, many funerals 

 and weddings calling for a variety of 

 stock. Karl P. Baum looks for their 

 usual busy Thanksgiving, with plenty 

 of stock to fill all orders. 



Chas. W. Crouch and wife expect to 

 leave Knoxville to spend the winter in 

 Florida. He has arranged for the oper- 

 ation of the establishment during their 

 absence. The change and rest will bene- 

 fit them both. They have been hard 

 workers and successful. 



Miss Marian Joy, Nashville, Tenn., 

 was a prize-winner in the recent tomato 

 contest, having received $108 from the 

 sale of the product from one-tenth of 

 an acre. The variety was Champion. 

 Miss Joy is the daughter of Thomas 

 Joy, and the third generation of Joy 

 gardeners. W. M. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Slarket. 



The Market. 



Trade has been fair since last writ- 

 ing, but not enough to brag about. The 

 supply of stock for the last few weeks 

 has been heavy, an4 it has been impos- 

 sible to move it all. This week will 

 see the mums pretty well cut out and 

 with them out of the way it will no 

 doubt be better all around. 



Roses are coming in fine and it looks 

 as though we would have good cuts of 

 them later on. Carnations are more 

 plentiful and next week they no doubt 

 will be back to their standard, both in 

 quality and demand. Beauties are fine, 

 but the supply has not been quite as 

 heavy as it was a few weeks ago. Sweet 

 peas are fine and in fairly good supply. 

 Valley has been a little scarce, with the 

 demand light. Blooming plants are 

 making their appearance. 



Various Notes. 



The Livingston Seed Co. reports sev- 

 eral good days last week in the flower 

 department. 



The Munk Floral Co. has opened a 

 branch store in the Brunson building. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. reports 

 stock fine and that this week will about 

 finish up the mums. 



The Columbus Floral Co. reports 

 plenty of stock, with business looking 

 up a little. J. M. 



The cold weather of last week was 

 a record-breaker for November, the 

 coldest in forty years. Business is not 

 what it ought to be, but everybody can 

 notice some improvement Thanksgiv- 

 ing is always a busy day and a number 

 of weddings are slated. The football 

 game between the Manual and High 

 schools is an event that helps the local 

 florists, and already a large number of 

 orders are slated for chrysanthemums, 

 yellow being the favorite for that day. 



Various Notes. ; 



F. Walker & Sons report that they 

 are settled in their new quarters aniS 

 that everything is ready for business. 

 Mr. Walker has installed the new nat- 

 ural gas in his store and conservatory 

 and likes it much better than the old 

 system. 



Robt. Miller, of the Eunzman Floral 

 Co., says he is thankful for one thing 

 this Thanksgiving, being glad he is 

 alive after the series of misfortunes 

 he has had in the way of sickness and 

 accidents. 



The local florists are congratulating 

 Louis Kirch on his marriage to Miss 

 Walker, which occurred November 18, 

 at the home of the groom. 



The next meeting of the Florists' So- 

 ciety will be December 2. R. J. 8. 



Mews from 



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Beading, England. — Many in America 

 will recall with pleasure meeting Leon- 

 ard Sutton, the new mayor, when he 

 visited the States in 1910 as one of a 

 deputation to visit agricultural colleges. 

 He is senior partner in the seed firm of 

 Sutton & Sons. 



Montaigne, Belgium. — When the Ger- 

 man army passed through the Diest dis- 

 trict a visit was paid to the greenhouses 

 and nurseries of Michels Bros., one of 

 the largest in Belgium, where 250 hands 

 are employed. Considerable damage re- 

 sulted, mostly from plundering, but the 

 establishment still is in operation. 



Nancy, France. — E. Lemoine, writing 

 October 21, said: "The guns are roar- 

 ing almost day and night, but thus far 

 no Germans have penetrated to the 

 nursery. Aviators have dropped bombs 

 on the town, which is unfortified, and 

 shells have whistled over our garden, 

 but none fell there. Many near-by 

 towns are in ruins.'* 



Botterdam, Holland. — Consignees in 

 America will find that taking effect 

 November 2 the Holland-America line 

 has again advanced freight rates, the 

 first advance being from thirty to fifty 

 per cent. The latest rise is 50 cents per 

 cbm. on goods of the first two classes, 

 regular rate $3 per cbm.; $1 on goods 

 beginning from class 3, regular rate $4 

 per cbm.; 5 to 10 cents per 100 pounds 

 on weight rates. If payment is not 

 made promptly on arrival of steamer 

 further consignments to that addressee 

 will be left on the dock. 



Ghent, Belgium. — There has been 

 much fighting within a few miles, but 

 up to November 1 the nurseries here 

 were safe. The fact that both Bruges 

 and Ghent are full of German wounded 

 may safeguard the trade interests to a 

 certain extent. 



Ollionles, France.— The great flower 

 industry of the Riviera is prostrated by 

 the war. Transportation to Paris, for 

 the tons of flowers usually sent there in 

 winter, can not be depended on and the 

 market is poor for such stock as gets 

 through in good shape. 



Paris, France.— The Federation Na- 

 tionale des Syndicats Horticoles de 

 France suspended the publication of its 

 organ, L'Horticole Francaise, on the 

 approach of the German army, bnt will 

 resume, says E. Turbat, secretary-gen- 

 eral, "as soon as eventments will per- 

 mit." Most of the trade publications 

 on the continent have suspended. 



Nancy, France. — V. Lemoine & Son 

 had planned to bring out several new 

 plants this year, but were prevented by 

 the war, which has for months com- 

 pletely closed transportation, so that no 

 sales or shipments have been possible 

 since early August. Principal of the 

 novelties, perhaps, is Begonia Nancy, 

 winter-blooming, a seedling of B. Soco- 

 trana crossed with B. Baumannii. Lilac 

 Mont Blanc, considered better than any 

 older white variety; Philadelphus Giran- 

 dole, double-flowered, and Hydrangea 

 Eincelant, red flowered, also are await- 

 ing the close of the war for distribu- 

 tion. 





