February 18, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



calendulas, primroses, forget-me-nots 

 and wall-flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Little Dan Cupid was busy last week 

 in florist circles. The marriages of 

 James Tierman and Miss Laura Pfeiflfer 

 and R. C. Witterstaetter and Miss 

 Agatha Hopp were solemnized. 



C. E. Critchell reports valentine busi- 

 ness as by far the best he has ever 

 had. 



George Klotter has been sending L. 

 H. Kyrk some fine single violets. 



Wm. Murphy's many friends will be 

 pleased to learn of his steady gain in 

 strength after his long illness. 



Visitors: E. G. Hill, Eichmond, Ind.; 

 Walter Mott, representing the Ham- 

 mond Paint & Slug Shot Works, Bea- 

 con, N. Y.; I. Bayersdorfer, of H. Bay- 

 ersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



E. G. Gillett had 12,000 single violets 

 from Grand Rapids for St. Valentine's 

 day. C. H. H. 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has had a week of mild 

 weather, most of it murky and wet. 

 Roses and carnations were short in 

 supply, especially roses, of which there 

 were not nearly enough to go around. 

 St. Valentine's day has developed into 

 an important flower day, especially for 

 corsages, bouquets and boxes of flowers. 

 The business this year was greater than 

 ever before. In fact, it was the first 

 time that there was an unusual demand 

 for violets, which were used with or- 

 chids, valley, roses and sweet peas. 

 Sweet peas were scarce, the supply be- 

 ing short of the demand. Cattleyas 

 were quite plentiful and found a ready 

 sale at fair prices. Local growers have 

 been short on lilies. Golden Spurs, 

 Paper Whites and tulips were in good 

 supply. Beauties are getting scarcer 

 every day, and prices continue to climb. 

 The retail stores made special efforts 

 for St. Valentine's day, and the results 

 show the importance of advertising 

 flower holidays, as people need only en- 

 couragement to persuade them to buy. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams' window display 

 of valentine boxes, decorated and tied 

 with the prettiest of ribbons, was a pic- 

 ture. One would almost be pleased to 

 receive one of the empty boxes, but 

 with the arrangements of flowers and 

 ribbons with which they were filled, 

 they could not fail to please the most 

 artistic and exacting person. 



The A. W. Smith Co., through its spe- 

 cial street car advertisements, had the 

 largest sale of valentine boxes in the 

 firm's experience. The company also 

 had special window decorations, in 

 which were shown a great variety of 

 styles in corsages and bouquets. They 

 employed fifty boys besides the auto- 

 mobiles to make deliveries, and at that 

 they were rushed to deliver on time. 



Randolph & McClements report an 

 unusual rush. They had a number of 

 exclusive styles and arrangements of 

 flowers put up in valentine boxes made 

 specially for them. The quantity and 

 quality of the ribbons used for the pur- 

 pose must have gladdened the hearts 

 of the ribbon men. 



G. P. Weaklen had his special fea- 

 tures for the occasion. To the credit 

 of our retailers, one could see individ- 

 uality in the arrangements sent out from 



the various stores; each had its own 

 style of boxes and arrangements. 



The Blind Floral Co. was extremely 

 busy looking after Cupid's affairs, and 

 the force worked until late Saturday 

 night. 



Miss Emma Maxwell's trade in floral 

 valentines exceeded anything in her 

 experience. Her only difficulty was to 

 get enough choice, dainty flowers to 

 take care of the orders. 



De Forest Ludwig has taken charge 

 of the retail end of the E. C. Ludwig 

 Floral Co. He is increasing the popu- 

 larity of this old establishment. This 

 gives his father, E. C. Ludwig, a better 

 opportunity to look after his green- 

 house and outside work. 



Gilbert Ludwig, buyer for the Lud- 

 wig Floral Co., is kept busy in these 

 days of scarce stock in order to meet 

 the requirements of his firm, which re- 

 ports an increasing business. 



Walter Faulk had an order for a 5- 

 foot pillow February 11. It was an 

 immense piece when made up and was 

 beautifully executed. 



P. S. Randolph, Jr., son of Mr. and 



Mrs. P. S. Randolph, was married 

 Thursday, February 11. His bride is 

 Miss Mary Margaret Donehoo. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Randolph, Jr., will go to Cali- 

 fornia for their honeymoon. 



A report of the death of Mrs. Mary 

 Sloan Criswell, who died here February 

 12, will be found in this week's obit- 

 uary column. 



Harry Davis opened his new theater 

 February 15. In connection with the 

 tea garden, there will be a flower stand, 

 which will be under the supervision of 

 Miss Rose Bradley Brooks. 



J. M. Johnston, the McKeesport flo- 

 rist, who also has stores in Homestead 

 and Braddock, says the hard times 

 never touched him. With his energy 

 and line of talk, we are not surprised 

 at this statement. 



Next week will be farmers' week. 

 Representatives of the Pennsylvania 

 State College will deliver lectures Feb- 

 ruary 23, at the Monongahela House. 

 M. S. McDowell, director of agricultural 

 extension, will speak on "Soil Fertil- 

 ity," and J. P. Stewart will speak on 

 "Spraying Orchards." Clarke. 



Bichmond, Va. — For advertising pur- 

 poses Mann & Brown furnished flowers 

 for the recent opening of the refur- 

 nished Council chamber and received a 

 vote of thanks. 



St. Paul, Minn.— The St. Paul Flo- 

 rists' Society held its monthly meet- 

 ing February 10, at the store of the O. 

 R. Eckhardt Co., 318 Minnesota street. 

 Plans were completed for a spring show 

 of bulbous stock. 



Louisville, Ky. — At a recent meeting 

 of the Kentucky Society of Florists, 

 held at the store of Mrs. C. B. Thomp- 

 son, it was decided to participate in the 

 school garden work of the summer. The 

 society will take charge of the borders 

 of the garden, two strips each 3x285. 



Honesdale, Pa. — O. M. Spettigue and 

 G. William Sell were the purchasers of 

 the local greenhouses which formed one 

 of the several establishments owned by 

 Ira G. Marvin, of Wilkes-Barre, sold bv 

 Sheriff Kimble January 29. The local 

 business will continue to be managed 

 by Franklin W^alters, assisted by his 

 sister, Miss Henrietta. The Honesdale 

 greenhouses are in an excellent condi- 

 tion and the sale was due to causes ex- 

 isting elsewhere. 



Albany, N. Y.— Edward F. Meany, F. 

 A, Danker, E. P. Tracey, Lewis H. 

 Schaefer and Fred Henkes have been 

 appointed by Frank R. Bilson, presi- 

 dent of the Albany Florists' Club, to 

 confer with officials of the Albany In- 

 stitute relative to a flower show to be 

 held in the institute building in No- 

 vember. Frederick Henkes and E. P. 

 Tracey represented the club at the 

 meeting of the State' Federation of 

 Floral Clubs at Ithaca last week. 



Duluth, Minn. — J. J. Le Borious says 

 the volume of business has increased 

 steadily of late, so that his sales now 

 compare favorably with other seasons. 



Franklin, Ind. — D. B. Kelly says the 

 St. Valentine's day trade was a record- 

 breaker and that he believes a little 

 effort \vill make February 14 one of the 

 big flower days of the year; he says ho 

 could have sold a lot more stock if it 

 had been on hand. 



Union Grove, Wis. — A special meet- 

 ing of the stockholders of the Union 

 Grove & Yorkville Greenhouse Co. was 

 held February G at Minton's hall. A 

 complete report of all receipts and dis- 

 bursements up to the present time was 

 given. The range of greenhouses has 

 been leased to French & Salm, of Mor- 

 ton Grove, for a term of years from 

 March 1, with the option to purchase. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Bids have been 

 opened for erecting an addition to the 

 park greenhouses on the river common. 

 The two low bids were those of the 

 King Construction Co., $1,141, and W. 

 H. Lutton, $1,200. Nothing has been 

 done toward awarding the contract for 

 material, because of two features of 

 the bids: It developed that Lutton 

 erected the present greenhouses and 

 used patented curved eave sockets, and 

 if King cannot secure these sockets the 

 park department does not intend to give 

 the contract to this firm, as it is the 

 desire to have the same construction 

 throughout the entire buildings. It was 

 also discovered in going over the King 

 bid that no reference is made to supply- 

 ing bench frames, which will cost, ac- 

 cording to estimates of other bidders, 

 from $175 to $200. 



