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The Florists^ Review 



Febbuabx 4, 1915. 



about 50 degrees. Will these plants 

 bloom for Easter if left in this house 

 and not watered too muchf Should we 

 cover them with coal ashes? As we 

 want these plants in bloom for Easter, 

 we should like to know the best way 

 in which to do this. S. B. 



You have planted your bulbs late; 

 too late, in fact, to expect much from 

 them. They would start far better if kept 

 about 10 to 15 degrees cooler and cov- 

 ered with some coal ashes or sand. They 

 will need seven to eight weeks in the 

 soil before they are rooted and started 

 sufficiently to be brought to the light, 

 and to flower them for Easter you 

 should place the plants in the green- 

 house about March 10. You may be 

 able to get something out of them, but 

 you cannot expect any such flowers as 

 you would have had from bulbs potted 

 at the correct time, viz., in October 

 or early November. C. W. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Market conditions continue good; 

 there is a steady, active call for stock 

 that easily takes up nearly all the offer- 

 ings. Shipping business is good. 



Roses and carnations are a little more 

 plentiful than last week. The supply 

 of lilies continues large and besides 

 Easter lilies includes callas and ru- 

 brums. Valley has a fair market. 

 Double violets do not fare well, but 

 single violets and sweet peas are al- 

 ready enjoying an active call for St. 

 Valentine 's day. The list of small bulb- 

 ous stock includes narcissi, Roman hya- 

 cinths, tulips, jonquils and freesias. 



Green stock, especially smilax, is fine 

 and plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club's regular meeting 

 will be held February 8, at the Hotel 

 Gibson. 



C. E. Critchell was the first whole- 

 saler in the market to offer tulips this 

 winter. 



L. H. Kyrk has been getting in some 

 fine smilax from Water Valley, N. Y. 



Roger Peterson, of J. A. Peterson & 

 Sons, was among the Cincinnatians in 

 Buffalo last week. 



Visitors include Mrs. L. A. Fennel, 

 of Cynthiana, Ky.; C. E. Ruch, of Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; H. A. MoUer, representing 

 the American Foil Co., New York; G. 

 Van Bochove, of Kalamazoo, Mich. 

 C. H. H. 



MINNBAPOLIS, MINN- 



The Market. 



A scarcity of all kinds of flowers lis 

 being experienced by florists in t^iis 

 vicinity. Spring bulbous stock is com- 

 ing, in slowly. The first of the Dutch 

 hyacinths made their appearance on the 

 market last week. A fine crop of lilies 

 is predicted for Easter. 



Florists' Dance. 



The florists' annual ball was a great 

 success. The hall was packed to its 

 fullest capacity, and was tastefully 

 decorated with smilax, bay trees, palms 

 and crotons. The Lady Florists ' Club 

 decorated the dining room and fur- 

 nished tho luncheon, which was greatly 

 enjoyed. 



In the guessing contest, C. N. Rued- 

 ^inger won the dozen hotbed sashes of- 



A WORD FROM THE EMPIRE STATE 



LEON D. HUDSON 



HUDSON & WELSH 



Wholesale Florists = 



RALPH H. WELS" 



GREENHOUSE: LAKE AVENUE. 



Bell rnone — HMtdem*, it-w 



Our Speciahia : 

 CARNATIONS - ASTERS - SWEET PEAS ' 



Lyndonville, N.Y., January 30, 1915. 



Florists' Publishing Co., 

 SOB S. Dearborn St., 

 Chioago, 111. 

 Oentlemen:- 



Please dlaoontinua our ad of gereuiiuins as. 

 we are all sold out. 



We always get results from an ad in The 

 , Review. 



Very truly yours. 



fered by Philip J. Foley, of the Foley 

 Mfg. Co., Chicago. He guessed Mr. 

 Foley's weight as 349 pounds, which 

 was correct. 



The grand march was led by Mr. and 

 Mrs. W. D. Desmond and Mr. and Mrs. 

 Theodore Wirth. Miss H. B. Whitted 

 had charge of the luncheon. 



Various Notes. 



The Lady Florists' Club will give its 

 first annual ball February 14, at the 

 West Side Commercial Club. Tickets 

 will be 50 cents. 



The Gates-Judd wedding, which took 

 place January 27, was of much interest 

 to florists. Miss H. B, Whitted had 

 the decorations and Perl Bros, the bou- 

 quets. The rooms were decorated with 

 smilax, palms and white lilac. The 

 bouquets were works of art, of orchids 

 and valley. C. L. L. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has had a great assort- 

 ment of weather in the last week, vary- 

 ing all the way from zero to the pres- 

 ent thaw, with snow and rain, which be- 

 gan two days ago. These weather vaga- 

 ries have had a bad effect on trade. 

 There are plenty of flowers, as the 

 quantities of bulbous flowers make up 

 for the shortage in most other lines. 

 The only really noticeable shortage is in 

 Beauties, and somehow we do not seem 

 so badly off without them. All other 

 roses are particularly fine and there 

 are just about enough of them to keep 

 prices firm. There is some good lilac, 

 which for some reason does not move 

 even at low prices. Tulips and daffo- 

 dils must be sold cheaply to move any 

 quantity of them and the cold weather 

 gave the violets another bad week. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel McClements is spending a 

 few days at Atlantic City, recuperating 

 from his recent illness and getting in 

 shape for the filling of a number of 

 large orders he has on his books. 



Wm. M. Turner, the Wilkinsburg flo- 



rist, was coasting with a party of 

 friends on Friday night, January 29, on 

 a large bobsled holding fifteen people, 

 when, in trying to avoid running into 

 a vehicle, they were thrown into a 

 ditch. Four of them were taken to the 

 hospital, seriously injured, and the 

 others were badly shaken up. 



Fischer & McGrath, of New Castle, 

 Pa., report trade as being excellent. 

 They have tad a large run on funeral 

 work. Mr. Fischer's residence was 

 slightly damaged by fire January 26, 

 but the fire department promptly ex- 

 tinguished the blaze. 



J. W. Glenn, of Kittanning, Pa., will 

 increase the size of his store by build- 

 ing an addition in the rear and will 

 make other changes that will greatly 

 improve its appearance. 



The Pittsburgh representatives at the 

 carnation convention returned home 

 January 30, well pleased with the con- 

 vention, and they report having had a 

 good time. Clarke. 



INDIANA FLORISTS MEET. 



Guests of the Domers at La Fayette. 



The State Florists' Association of In- 

 diana held its regular monthly meeting, 

 February 2, in La Fayette, inspecting 

 the establishment of F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co. The delegation was met at the 

 station and rolled out to the green- 

 houses in taxicabs. The carnation 

 range, with its houses devoted to this 

 year's introductions and seedlings, was 

 certainly a sight to behold. The house 

 of Good Cheer is all that the name 

 implies, being a veritable sea of buds; 

 it surely will prove a money-maker. 

 Pink Sensation took everybody's eye. 

 Blooms of this variety will easily bring 

 $2 per dozen during the winter season 

 in any good-sized^ity. White Wonder, 

 a leader in whites and introduced by 

 this firm some years ago, showed up 

 well. Seedlings of every color and 

 habit of growth were in full bloom. 

 The sight was bewildering. Among the 

 seedlings was a bench of No. 271-10, a 

 leather-petal ed medium pink; a tango 

 red cross between Rosette and No. SI- 

 OS, a deep cerise that looked red under 



