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The Florists' Review 



Decembeb 10, 1914. 



WASHINGTON, D. C, 



The Market. 



Ketail business last week was better 

 than it has been for a long time. There 

 were a number of good wedding deco- 

 rations, and stock was both plentiful 

 and cheap. The year as a whole has 

 not been up to standard, but the more 

 optimistic among the florists look for 

 increased prosperity in 191.'). The con- 

 tinued warm weather has filled the 

 markets with plenty of good stock, so 

 that the retailer can have his pick of 

 varieties and grades at reasonable 

 prices. From all accounts, there will 

 be a plentiful supply of all flowers for 

 the Christmas trade. 



There has been a better de,iiand for 

 novelty roses during the last week or 

 ten days, and a good price is being 

 obtained for Irish Fireflame and Sweet- 

 heart. Aaron Ward continues to pre- 

 dominate in the day 's sales. American 

 Beauty roses can be had in quantity at 

 from $1 to $3 for choice stock. Carna 

 tions are averaging from .$2 to $3 per 

 hundred and are in fair demand. Some 

 exceptionally good mignonette is to be 

 had at up to $4 per hundred. Valley 

 is fine. Orchids are being oflfered at a-s 

 low as $4.50 per dozen, with $7.50 as 

 the top price. Formosa lilies are now 

 in the market, bringing the usual $1.50 

 per dozen. Violets are still scarce, and 

 those of even average quality are 

 snapped up by the retailers. Sweet 

 peas are good and the demand is fair. 



Club Meeting. 



"A city-wide clean-up" was the 

 principal topic of discussion at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club of Washington, held at 1214 

 F street, northwest. William F. Gude 

 addressed the club at length on this 

 subject, speaking of the recent visit 

 here of Frank Hargett, the originator 

 of the educational gardens, at Fred- 

 erick, Md., and Leonard E. Kolmer, of 

 the Frederick Post, who is doing much 

 to boom the flower industry and the 

 love of flowers in that city. 



Plans were discussed for attendance 

 at the Panama-Pacific exposition in 

 1915. From a canvass made of the 

 members, it is doubtful if the number 

 to go will be large, yet Washington 

 will be creditably represented. 



J. Malcolm Nicholson, R. J. Leimer, 

 of Hyattsville, Md., and J. H. Van 

 Zant, of the Botanical Gardens, were 

 admitted to membership. 



Various Notes. 



M. J. McCabe is showing some ex- 

 ceedingly fine carnations. Mr. McCabe 

 has had his own labor problem this 

 season, for several of his men have 

 been on the sick list for several weeks 

 at a time. The latest of these to report 

 back for duty is Burch Talbert, his 

 rose grower, who returns after an ill- 

 ness covering fourteen weeks. 



Charles M. Wernig, of Springwood 

 Farms, York, Pa., made a round of the 

 stores last week exhibiting Fome fine 

 primroses and poinsettias. 



John Van Zonneveld, of Sassenheim, 

 Holland, who is making his periodic 

 business trip to this country, tells 

 some interesting stories of the European 

 diflSculties and has a number of impos- 

 ing documents, through the use of 

 which he was able to reach the United 

 States in safety. 



Visitors last week were: William J. 

 Muth, the Philadelphia repre-ientative 



of the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., and Charles E. Mee- 

 han, of the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 Philadelphia. C. L. L. 



J. L<ouis Loose requests the publica- 

 tion of the following: 



"Proceeds have been entered by J. 

 Louis Loose, president of the Wash- 

 ington Florists Co., to foreclose a trust 

 given by said company to secure $50,- 

 000 worth of bonds of which he is the 

 holder. This would result in a revert- 

 ing title of the property to Mr. Loose 's 

 name. The company was formed in 

 1905 by J. Louis Loose and Otto Bauer, 

 the latter being treasurer and manager 

 until October 1, 1914, when his resigna- 

 tion w^as accepted. J. Louis Loose will 

 take care in any event of all the obli- 

 gations of said company and also pro- 

 posed to buy at par all stock issued 

 for cash. The business is now under 

 the management of J. Harper, who has 

 been with the company for a number 

 of years, and it will be continued with- 

 out any interruption.'" 



WHEN TO SOW SALVIA SEED. 



Will you please tell me when to sow 

 salvia seed so as to have the plants 

 ready for bedding out next spring? :\ 



K. L G. ' 



From March 1 to 15 is sufficiently 

 early to sow the seed to get large plants 

 in 4-inch pots. Even if it is sown a 

 month later, you can have good stock 

 by the middle of May. C. W. 



HELI.EBOBUS NIGER. 



We are sending you in a box a flower 

 and leaf for name. The plant was 

 brought in by a customer. It is hardy 

 and blooms in the fall in this Colorado 

 climate. The flowers keep for a long 

 time in water. E. & W. 



This plant is Helleborus niger, popu- 

 larly called the Christmas rose. It is 

 especially hardy, blooming here, in 

 northern Illinois, from early in Decem- 

 ber till the following March, in spite 

 of frost and snow. J. H. 



Wyomissing, Pa. — Heck Bros, have 

 been exceedingly busy planting bulbs, 

 shrubs and trees. 



Wheeling, W. Va, — Albert Lash has 

 added a greenhouse, of concrete and 

 steel construction, at his range in South 

 Warwood, 



Austin, Minn. — A. N. Kinsman has 

 incorporated his business under the title 

 of A. N. Kinsman, Inc. The capital 

 stock is $75,000. 



Hillsboro, Ind. — George Connell, who 

 has been dealing in garden plants in a 

 small way for several years, is erecting 

 a greenhouse, so that he can extend his 

 business. 



Galeshurg, 111. — I. L. Pillsbury has 

 just finished rebuilding one greenhouse, 

 which is used for palms and decorative 

 stock. The new house is higher and 

 wider than the old one, which was 20 

 years old. 



Houston, Tex. — The florists' trade 

 was represented in the " Made-in-Hous- 

 ton" display in the new permanent ex- 

 hibition building by Robert C. Kerr, 

 who supplied palms, ferns and flowers 

 for the interior decoration. 



Oariihage, IlL — Rober|; C. Crum, pro- 

 prietor of the Carthage Greenhouse, 

 reports prospects excellent for the best 

 year in the business. Trade is good at 

 present, and Mr. Crum says he sells 

 more stock than he can grow. A num- 

 ber of large funerals in the last few 

 weeks have made the demand strong. 



Allentown, Pa. — Louis S. Baker has 

 remodeled his store, at 148-150 Turner 

 street, and now has two large plate- 

 glass windows at the front of his show 

 room. A hot water system has been in- 

 stalled in the greenhouses in the rear of 

 the store and electric light put in. Mr. 

 Baker is assisted by his father, John M. 

 Baker. 



Uniontown, Pa. — A flower stand has 

 been opened in the Central hotel, on 

 Broadway, by the American Flower Co. 



Galva, 111. — G. F. Pearse has just com- 

 pleted a storage cellar under his green- 

 house office, in which he will keep cat 

 flowers. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — John Stamm has 

 leased the building at 14 North Main 

 street, which he will remodel and use 

 as a flower shop. 



Huntington, Ind.— Bieberich & Weber, 

 proprietors of the East End Green- 

 houses, have rented a downtown store, 

 which they will open soon. 



Painesvillei O.— Wilson 's Flower Shop 

 has its greenhouse in the rear completed 

 and filled with palms, ferns and plants. 

 Two greenhouses will probably be built 

 on Sanford street in the spring. 



Crawford, Neb. — Alex. Cross, manager 

 of the Crawford Greenhouses, has en- 

 larged his range and installed a hot 

 water heating system. He will use part 

 of the new space for vegetables during 

 the winter months. 



Caro, Mich.— A. J. Packer's new 

 range is about completed. It consists 

 of four houses, each sixty-six feet long, 

 and a palm house 12x24. A gravity 

 steam plant of 3,000 feet of radiation 

 has been installed. The benches are 

 cement. Carnation plants and lettuce 

 form the larger part of the stock. 



Nashville, Tenn. — A recent editorial 

 in the Nashville Banner deprecating 

 the use of the phrase ' ' Please omit flow- 

 ers" in funeral notices, and strongly 

 upholding the custom of sending flowers 

 for funerals, is thought by the Joy 

 Floral Co. to have been helpful in check- 

 ing a practice that has bothered the 

 florists of Nashville particularly dur- 

 ing the last three months. 



