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Januaby 14, 1015. 



The Florists^ Review 



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and efficient member of the sales force 

 of B. F. Barr & Co., entertained the 

 employees of the store at her home, at 

 138 East New street, January 6. Mrs. 

 0. F. Edgar and Miss Grace Taylor won 

 the prizes in "500." 



Harry A. Schroyer furnished the 

 elaborate decorations at the reception 

 given by the Hamilton Club, January 

 8, to the Supreme and Superior court 

 judges of Pennsylvania, in honor of 

 Chief Justice J. Hay Brown, of Lan- 

 caster. 



One of the largest debutante events 

 of the season took place January 4, 

 when Miss Leavitt Wickersham was 

 introduced. Chas. F. Edgar, for B. F. 

 Barr & Co., had the decorations at the 

 auditorium, which were superb. Nearly 

 all the local florists were represented 

 in the corsage work and fancy basket 

 offerings. H. H. Battles, J. J. Haber- 

 mehl's Sons and Pennock Bros., all of 

 Philadelphia, were also contributors. 



Mrs. L. H. D. Moore, of the Eosery, 

 had several important decorations last 

 week. H. K. K. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Stock was plentiful last week and 

 business was really above expectations. 

 The local growers are cutting a lot of 

 fine roses, more than during the holi- 

 days. Some fine American Beauties are 

 arriving, but the price on them is low, 

 as it also is on other roses. Killarney, 

 White Killartiey and Riclmiond -are 

 plentiful in the special grades; the 

 demand is greater for the short- 

 stemmed flowers. The local growers 

 are cutting more carnations every day, 

 and of better quality, but there has 

 been so much funeral work that the 

 white varieties are practically cleaned 

 up. Sweet peas have improved won- 

 derfully in quality, but fancy stock 

 is short in quantity and there are not 

 any too many of the smaller grades to 

 fill the demand. Violets are plentiful 

 and the quality is excellent. Narcissi, 

 both white and yellow, were never more 

 abundant or less in demand than at 

 present. The price has fallen to a 

 point where the grower gets nothing 

 for his labor. Stevia still is plentiful 

 and of good quality. This flower, it 

 seems, always finds a market. Cat- 

 tleyas are plentiful and the demand for 

 them is good, while the prices are a 

 little lower than a year ago. E&ster 

 lilies are coming in- large quantities. 

 Preesias have made their first ap- 

 pearance on the market and were 

 readily bought up. 



Various Notes. 



J. L. Pepj»ard, vice-president of the 

 Peppard Seed Co., has purchased an 

 elegant residence in the country club 

 district. 



Samuel Murray reports business is 

 still good, with plenty of decorating 

 lo do. Business in general is better 

 than he expected at this time of vear. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. had an- 

 other of tlft)se large ' decorations last 

 week. They are cutting some fine 

 roses, carnations and snapdragons. 



Arthur Newell reports business all 

 that could be expected and it is sur- 

 prising how fancy boxes of plants and 

 basket work are still selling, especially 

 for hospital work. 



Ed. Ellsworth has a nice lot of 

 Easter lilies that will be in for Easter. 



His place is devoted to pot plants and 

 everything is looking well. 



T, J. Noll & Co. report that con- 

 signments are coming in heavily, but 

 they are able to dispose of it at a fair 

 price without any trouble. 



Nelson Jarrett has his greenhouses 

 well filled with spring bedding stock 

 and ferns, all of which look good. 



S. Bryson Ayres Co. is sending in a 

 large quantity of sweet peas, which are 

 excellent, especially the butterfly type. 



William Foith is sending in a fine 

 lot of roses and carnations. Mr. 

 I'oith's hip trouble is much improved. 



W. J. B. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



During the last week business has 

 taken a slight spurt. While stock is 

 still plentiful, on Saturday the whole- 

 sale houses were able to clean out, but 

 at rather low prices compared witii the 

 usual standard at this season. Carna- 

 tions are still plentiful, but are selling 

 a little better. Roses are in good sup- 

 ply in all grades and only the better 

 grades are being sold out; the shorts 

 arc in little demand, except for funeral 

 work, of which only a little is being 

 made up, in spite of the many deaths. 

 Beauties were among the slow movers 



o(; the week and some good ones were 

 being offered at low prices, with few 

 buyers. Tulips and freesias Avere first 

 seen this week, but only in limited 

 quantities, which were soon sold. There 

 was a large supply of greens and some 

 were left over. A fine lot of Spencer 

 sweet peas are coming in and are be- 

 ing moved quickly. Paper Whites are 

 piactically a drug and can be bought 

 at any price. A few Golden Spurs 

 are coming in and are much in demand. 



Various Notes. 



&onie of the local growers are already 

 thinking of erecting new houses dur- 

 ing the coming spring and summer. 

 Among others, Charles Hochstedt, of 

 Hamilton, and Wm. C. Erdmau, on 

 Belair road, are planning additions to 

 their ranges. 



Jesse P.- King, of Mount Airy, is 

 sending some good Spencer sweet peas 

 to the Pennock -Meehan Co. 



John Wilheim is cutting some of the 

 first tulips of the season. 



Charles -Ball, .of Philadelphia, and 

 George; Hermann, of New York, were 

 among;, the trade visitors during the 

 week. 



The incorporators V)f the firm of 

 Pierce & Co. are E. W. Pierce, Law- 

 rtiice Kreuder and William Larkins 



AV. F. E. 



Huntingburg, Ind. — The firm of Mor- 

 gon & Seubold was dissolved Decem- 

 ber 31, Peter Morgen continuing the 

 business as sole owner. 



Topeka, Kan. — James Hayes had the 

 decorations for the inauguration of the 

 new state officials January 1, one of 

 the largest jobs ever done here. He 

 used principally wild smilax, American 

 Beauties and Easter lilies. 



Charleston, W. Va.— Mrs. J. W. Alex 

 ai;(ler will carry on the business es- 

 tablished a number of years ago by her 

 liusband, who died December 11. The 

 original range, consisting of three small 

 houses, has grown to over 75,000 feet 

 ot glass. 



Phoebus, Va. — Mrs. Carrie Monroe, 

 the "Phoebus progressive florist," 

 whose divorce from William Terry was 

 noted in a recent issue, was married 

 December 31 to William Grigsby, at 

 the Knox Presbvterian church, at Nor- 

 folk, Va. 



Fort Collins, Colo. — Papers liave been 

 filed for the incori)oration of the Es- 

 pelin-Warren Floral Co., to do business 

 in trees, shrubs and flowers, with a cap- 

 ital stock of .$10,000. The incorpora- 

 tors are Thomas J. Warren, Ethel T. 

 Warren and Carl A. Espelin. 



Tarrytown, N. Y. — The annual meet- 

 ing of the Tarrytown Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held December 31, resulted in 

 the election . of the following officers 

 for this' year: President, W. Jamison; 

 vice-president, J. Featherstone; secre- 

 tary, E. W. Neubrand; treasurer, C. 

 J Weeks; press secretary, Thos. A. 

 Lee. 



Grand Ledge, Mich. — Doty & Hug- 

 gott have erected an office at their 

 greenhouses. They speak well of their 

 holiday trade. 



Mitchell, S. D.— The Newburys re- 

 cently opened a downtown store and 

 iind it a quite satisfactory investment. 

 An. office"^ is still maintained at the 

 greeirhouses, to care for the large ship- 

 ping trade of the concern. 



Albany, if. Y.— At its annual ban- 

 quet, .lanuary 7, the Albany Florists' 

 Club installed the following officers for 

 the coming year: President, Frank R. 

 Bilson; vice-president, Thomas F. 

 Tracey; secretary and treasurer, Rob- 

 ert Davidson, reelected; trustees, Fred 

 Henkes and Fred Goldring. 



Orlando, Fla.— Ed. Berno, who for- 

 merly conducted the Berno Floral Co., 

 at Mansfield, O., is commencing a flo- 

 rists' and nursery business here under 

 tl;e same name. The concern is cap- 

 italized at $25,000 and has a tract of 

 land on East Colonial drive, which 

 will be improved at once. 



Johnstown, Pa. — George Walker, for 

 some time employed in W'illiam 

 Schmidt's greenhouses, and his brother 

 Biuce, connected with the Johnstown 

 Tribune, have purchased the store of 

 William Schmidt, in the Franklin build- 

 ing, and are moving the stock and 

 equipment to quarters in the Crystal 

 Annex, on Market street, where they 

 will open to the public February 1. 

 Among the' furnishings in their modern 

 and handsomely fitted store will be, ac- 

 cording to a local newspaper, "special 

 casings for flowers of airproof con- 

 struction." 



