Deckmbbk 10, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



53 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business continues good. Some ol' 

 the florists report a better week than 

 the corresponding one a year ago. The 

 wholesale market showed a clean-up on 

 all cut stock and could have sold more, 

 and everything in the cut flower line 

 brought a higher price. This is due in 

 a measure to the scarcity of chrysan- 

 themums in the market, compared with 

 the supply of last year. The mums 

 this year, having started blooming so 

 early, were out of the way earlier. By 

 the middle of the coming week all the 

 mums grown here will be cleaned up. 

 Business is steady, which is surprising, 

 as the rush of Christmas shopping in 

 other lines usually interferes with tho 

 flower business. 



The flower stores are showing nice 

 specimens of poinsettias, which is a 

 little earlier than in any previous year. 

 Pot plants for the holiday trade will 

 be plentiful and will include begonias, 

 azaleas, poinsettias and others. The 

 florists are making big plans for Christ- 

 mas, especially in the supply line. It 

 is expected that basket work will take 

 the lead over pot plants or cut flowers. 



The prices of carnations have taken 

 a jump. The supply is not as great 

 as it was several weeks ago, on account 

 of the misty, cloudy weather we have 

 had of late. The quality is fine; good 

 stems and fine flowers are much more 

 plentiful than the lower grades. There 

 is not enough to meet the demand. 

 Roses have advanced somewhat in 

 price. In the better grades there are 

 no more than enough to meet the de 

 mand, but there is a marked shortage 

 in the shorter grades. American 

 Beauty and Russell have a steady de 

 mand. Pink roses are not much called 

 for, owing to their light color, espe- 

 cially in Killarney. Red is more popu- 

 lar than any other color. Violets have 

 become more plentiful and are good, 

 having plenty of stem. These and 

 orchids are the most popular for cor- 

 sage bouquets. Stevia and narcissi sire 

 plentiful and are selling well. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Hepting will have a fine lot of 

 carnations in bloom for the holiday 

 trade, as his plants are filled with long, 

 stout stems with heavy buds. He has 

 his place in good shape and is well 

 satisfied with business so far. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report that supply 

 orders for the holiday trade are 10; 

 per cent heavier than one year ago. 



Baskets and novelties are more in 

 evidence this year than last. The 

 florists realize that they need them to 

 do business. The public has tired of 

 .iust a box of cut flowers or a plant. 



Ed. Ellsworth has a fine lot of poin 

 settias for Christmas. He devotes n 

 great deal of space to this plant and 

 has good success with it. 



W. ,1. Barnes has a nice lot of B.j- 

 gonia luininosa in .5-inch to 7-inch pans. 

 They stand two feet high and are fine 

 and spready. These sell on sight and 

 he says they make more money for 

 him than any other pot jilant on the 

 place. 



A new Hower store has opened at 

 Armour boulevard and Broadway, un- 

 der the name of the Broadway Flora! 

 Co. 



The W. L. Kock Flower Co. had a 

 pretty window last week. \ large vase 



of orchids stood in one corner, with 

 plants of various kinds around the 

 edge of the window. In the center 

 were two glass duck ponds, with a 

 small corsage bouquet in the corner of 

 each. The window was a big attraction 

 to the public. 



Visitors in town last week* included 

 H. Cheeseman, representing Ralph M. 

 Ward & Co.; Chas. F. Meyer, NeV 

 York, and C. E. Pruner, representing 

 I'oehlmann Bros. (!o., Chicago. 



W. .T. B. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade is looking up at present and 

 we are all in hopes of having a good 

 trade during the holiday season. The 

 call for both roses and carnations has 

 increased considerably now that the 

 mums are cleaned up, or nearly so; 

 there are only a few stragglers left to 

 tell the tale. Roses are fine, both in 

 (|uantity and quality. Beauties arc- 

 rather scarce; it seems they were all 

 off crop about the same time. The out- 

 look for a good crop at Christmas- is 

 slim. Carnations are about as fine as 

 could be expected, and they are arriv- 

 ing in great quantities fjom several 

 growers. The demand has deaneti 

 them uj) fairly well for se\eral days 

 past. 



Valley is a little more plentiful and 

 the demand has increased in propor- 

 tion. Violets are plentiful, with tfn^ 

 demand fair. Narcissi are more plen- 

 tiful and fill in nicely since mums are 

 gone. Stevia is quite plentiful. 



Potted plants are moving better and 

 some goo<l a/.aleas, Cincinnati begonias, 

 cyclamens and primulas are on the 

 market. 



Various Notes. 



The Livingston See<l Co. reports busi- 

 ness picking up somewhat, with plenty 

 of stock. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. is cut- 

 ting heavily on carnations and roses at 

 present, with indications of a heavy 

 crop for Christmas. 



The Munk Floral Co. reports business 

 coming along nicely in the branch 

 store, as well as at the main store. 



The Block -Crane Floral Co. reports 

 business looking up, .1. M. 



WHEN TO SOW SCHIZANTHUS. 



Will you please tell me when to sow 

 schizanthus so as to have it come right 

 for Memorial dav? F. K. 



Sow the schizanthus ejtrly in .lauu- 

 ary. It recjuires a cool house all the 

 time, not over 4.5 degrees at night;, in 

 order to have it stocky and in the best 

 possible con<lition. S. Wisetonensis and 

 some special strains which are improve- 

 ments as regards the size of flowers, 

 are the best for indoor culture owing 

 to their dwarf habit, <^. W. 



Fairfield, la. — .James M. Brown, rep- 

 resenting the Lord & Burnham Co., was 

 here last week, drawing plans for a 

 new greenhouse for E. H. .Montgomery, 

 to be erected next spring. Business has 

 picked up consi<leral>ly since the advent 

 of cold weather. 



Mews' from 



roa 



Bush Hill Park, England.— Of tlie 

 staff" of Stuart Low &. Co., fifty have 

 entered the service of the nation. 



Antwerp, Belgium. — In preparing for 

 the defense of the city the horticultural 

 establishment of Juchem & Sons was 

 obliterated by the Belgian army, as it 

 adjoined Fort de Vieux-Dieu. 



Striegau, Germany. — Paul Teicher, 

 stocks specialist and seedsman, is at the 

 front with a majority of his employees. 

 Those who remain expect.him back, with 

 irood fortune, about January 1. 



London, England. — It will be notoi 

 that the trade all over Europe is basing 

 operations and (juotations on the as- 

 suni|>tion that the war will be in prog- 

 ress a year hence, or that general busi 

 ness will be so upset on the continent 

 that a somewhat earlier conclusion of 

 peace will not greatly affect tlie mar- 

 kets for next season's crops. 



Erfurt, Germany. — Ernst Benaiv 

 states that the military operations have 

 heen without manifestation in the <lis- 

 trict except for the withdrawal of ;i 

 part of the young men. There his been 

 jdenty of labor. Transportation is open 

 via the northern as well as the Holland 

 route. Parcel post shipments of flower 

 seeds are going to America every day. 

 Business is going on as usual, incdmi 

 ing preparation for next season. 



Berlin, Germany. — If one thinks Ger- 

 many is exhausting herself he has only 

 to stand at the door of the J. C. Schmidt 

 Hower store, noting the business being 

 done and the crowds passing in Unter 

 den Linden, especially the younger men. 

 Business with florists is better than one 

 outside wotild imagine possible. 



Paris, France. — Abel (Jhatenay, tirst 

 \ ice president of the Societe Nationale 

 d 'Horticulture de France, has stated: 

 ■'We have examined the possibility of 

 making an appeal to all the members 

 of our profession in favor of those of 

 their colleagues who have sutt'ered 

 most by the war, but it will be better 

 to wait, if we wish the appeal to be 

 successful and the subscriptions ob- 

 tained to be employed in the best 

 manner. ' 



Folkestone, England. — A nurseryman 

 who has arrived here from Ghent is 

 quoted as saying that for ten days he 

 saw five trains daily pass through 

 (Jhent, each carrying over 2,000 

 wounded Germans. According to his 

 statement, the city was full of wounded 

 Germans. German reinforcements were 

 passing through daily. "The Germans 

 are beaten," he said, "but it will be 

 a long time before they are driven out 

 of Belgium." This will be of interest 

 as bearing on next season 's exports of 

 jizaleas. 



