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The Florists^ Review 



JAMDABY 7, 1916. 



KANSAS CITY. 



Tlie Market. 



The florists opthis city expect to do 

 a larger business in 1915 than in any 

 previous year, as this is a central 

 shipping market for horses, mules, beef, 

 agricultural and various manufacturing 

 products. Since the start of the con- 

 ^iiict in Europe, business has been all 

 ^that was expected, although not up to 

 the standard of last year. Business has 

 steadily increased since the beginning 

 of the war and it is expected that the 

 war will help business from, now on. 



New Year 's business was good and up 

 to expectations. Most of the florists 

 .- who have palms rented all they had 

 and some could have rented more. A 

 great many baskets, boxes and center- 

 pieces were made up foi New Year 

 celebrations. The cut flower supply was 

 well cleaned up, but fancy prices were 

 out of the question. 



Various Notes. 



The first 1915 baby born in Kansas 

 City is McClurg L. Kice, son of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Mack Kice. Mr. Kice is an 

 employee of the Rosery. 



Arthur Newell had the decoration 

 for a big affair at the Baltimore hotel 

 New Year's eve. He used all the palms, 

 ferns and other decorative stock he 

 could get hold of. 



Samuel Murray reports business for 

 New Year's as good. Fancy baskets 

 and boxes were more in demand than 

 a year ago and table decorations were 

 numerous. 



The W. Li. Rock Flower Co. had some 

 large decorations last week, with more 

 to follow this week. Mr. Rock is well 

 pleased with the way the new year has 



started. -^x. .. 



T. J. Noll is well satisfied with the 

 business done in the last part of 1914. 



H. Kusik & Co. were busy last week 

 taking inventory. The clean-up on holi- 

 day specialties "is said to have been the 

 best since the firm went into the supply 



nil HI TlO^fl 



Jkfrs. T. A. Mosely, across the state 

 line, reports a good business for New 

 Year's and is well satisfied. 



The Alpha Floral Co. was exception- 

 ally busy last week with funeral work 

 and decorations. Mr. Elberfield is well 

 Dleased with business done in 1914. 

 *^ W. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



There was an abundance of all kinds 

 of cut flowers for the holiday season. 

 Prices were firm and high. There was 

 some poor stock, however, such as in- 

 ferior Beauties, Mock roses and orchids, 

 which were rejected by the retail deal- 

 ers. Roses in all varieties were excel- 

 lent. Carnations were of first quality. 

 Valley, sweet peas, orchids, gardenias 

 and violets were plentiful. All kinds 

 of flowering plants were available. 



Various Notes. 



J. B. Wiese did a big business dur- 

 ing the holidays. 



The Dale Estate, of Brampton, is 

 sending some excellent orchids and val- 

 ley to this market. 



J, Brookins has some excellent or- 

 chids and sweet peas. These found a 

 ready sale during the holidays. 

 - yf. J. Palmer & Son had the decora- 

 tion for the debutante reception of the 



Misses Large, of North Tonawanda, 

 which was a big affair, 



Henry Kraus, for S. A. Anderson, 

 made a trip to Albany, for a decora- 

 tion at the Capitol January 1. 



The biggest and most elaborate deco- 

 ration Buffalo has seen in many years 

 was that of the Knox ball at the Twen- 

 tieth Century Club, December 28. Not 

 only the ballroom but the entire club 

 house was decorated and there were 

 numerous gift bouquets, from French 

 liouquets to huge bunches of orchids 

 and roses. S. A. Anderson did the dec- 

 orations, with the aid of Charles Fel- 

 ton, designer, and the able assistance of 

 •Jos. Streit and k score of others. George 

 Kramer did the Japanese garde^n, 

 through wliich access was had to the 

 supper room. E. C. A. 



WASHINGTON. 



given by Mrs. Clarence Moore, The 

 work, doiie by J. H. Small & Sons, has 

 been the subject of much favorable 

 comment on the part of not only the 

 guests but those of the trade who 

 viewed the decorations. 



Among the visitors in Washington 

 during the week were I. Rosnosky and 

 Sidney Bayersdorfer, both of Philadel- 

 phia. C. L, L. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



The Market. 



The funeral business of the last week 

 has been quite heavy and proved ac- 

 ceptable in view of the fact that a 

 large source of income to the stores 

 heretofore occurring from large New 

 Year 's decorations was lost to them 

 this year. 



The supply of flowers was larger 

 than has ever before been experienced 

 at this time of the year and it is said 

 that there were enough to take care of 

 another holiday rush. This has caused 

 a marked drop in prices. Particularly 

 is this true of carnations, which can 

 be had as low as $2 per hundred. Ru- 

 brum lilies are good, but are offered 

 with few takers. Jonquils have made 

 their appearance. The/'Sloiiriy weather 

 of the last few days/has seriously af- 

 fected the color of pink roses. 



Various Notes. 



The event of the week was the ball 



The receipts in the market are far . 

 heavier than present needs. The de- 

 mand is active but is insufficient to 

 take up the entire receipts, or any more 

 than a substantial part of them. A lot 

 of stock that is held at other points too 

 long and is then dumped into the mar- 

 ie et naturally fails to find a sale. Ship- 

 ping business, particularly in greens^ 

 if good. 



Beauty receipts are goo<L The gen- 

 eral quality is high. Botii Killarney 

 and White Killarney are in heavy 

 sup^y and generally are good. Rich- 

 mond and Shawyer are excellent. Qar- 

 r;ations are plentiful, but the quantity 

 of real fancy stock offered is rather 

 limited. The lily receipts are sufficient 

 for immediate needs. Other offerings 

 , include violets, valley, orchids, narcissi, 

 callas, Roman hyacinths and poinsettias. 



Various Notes. 



Wm, Murphy is getting along nicely, 

 and well on the road to recovery from 

 his recent illness, 



C. E. Critchell reports an unusually 

 good call for leucothoe. 



Fred Gear was among those who had 

 considerable work for the incoming of- 

 ficeholders, who took their seats at the 

 courthouse January 1. C. H. H. 



Newburgh, N. Y, — The Newburgh 

 Floral Co., of which Dr. Wesley Wait 

 was proprietor, has gone out of busi- 

 ness. 



Beading, Pa. — John Giles has leased 

 a store in the new Berkshire hotel. 

 The room has a large display window 

 opening on Fifth street. 



Amsterdam, N. Y. — O, H. De La 



Mater, of the Hill Top Greenhouses, will 

 add a Ford delivery car to his service 

 before the Easter rush comes around, 

 and may add a house for roses in the 

 spring. He started in business three 

 years ago and has now four Lord & 

 Burnham Co. houses. 



Minot, N, D. — George E. Valker has 

 just completed what he says is the larg- 

 est range of glass in North Dakota. It 

 consists of five houses, covering 130x 

 150. Carl Hougan, formerly with Holm 

 & Olson, St. Paul, now is the growing 

 boss and produces fine stock. The main 

 lines are holiday plants, ferns, bedding 

 plants and vegetable plants, also carna- 

 tions, lilies, violets, peas and bulbous 

 stock. There are two greenhouse con- 

 cerns'liere and each does a nice bttsiness 

 for a city of 6,000 population. ' 



Albion, N. Y.— R. H, Marsh, formerly 

 at Brockport, N. Y., has bought the A. 

 T. Vick place and will carry on a whole- 

 sale and retail business. 



Fort Wajme, Ind.— The Doswell Flo- 

 ral Co. reports its new 80-horsepower 

 boiler working finely, taking the place 

 of two smaller boilers now held in re- 

 serve. Two new rose bouses are being 

 benched and piped, the plan being to 

 turn on the steam about March 1. This 

 is the first season roses have been grown 

 here and excellent success has been 

 achieved. Easter and spring stock 

 looks well. 



Moline, HI.— Julius Staack & Sons 

 have brought suit against the city of 

 Moline for $20,000 damages, and also 

 entered suit against the city and the 

 Tri-City Railway Co. together. It is 

 charged that storm water flowing from 

 Twenty-second street to a point be- 

 tween Sixth and Seventh avenues 

 flooded the property and destroyed 

 plants in the greenhouses. One suit is 

 for a date when the railway company 

 was laying traclcs on Twenty-seventh ' 

 street and the other for a time several 

 months later, Impro{>er grading is 

 given as the cause of the damage. 



