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March 18, 191S. 



The Florists^ Review 



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ber of Herbert Council, C. B. L., and 

 St. Raphael's church, Blissville, where 

 requiem mass was celebrated March 13. 

 Interment was in Calvary cemetery. 



H. J. Beer. 



H. J. Beer, of Marshfield, Wis., died 

 March 11, after a year's illness with 

 tuberculosis. He is survived by - a 

 widow, one son and a daughter, Miss 

 Martha Beer, who doubtless will con- 

 tinue the business. 



Walter Boblnson. 



Walter Robinson, known to many in 

 the trade at New York as gardener on 

 the Browkaw estate at Great Neck, L. 

 I., took his own life March 13, by leap- 

 ing from a third-story window of a 

 sanitarium at 293 Central Park west. 

 New York city. 



GEEENWICH, CONN. 



'There was a goodly attendance of 

 members at the monthly meeting of the 

 Westchester and Fairfield Horticultural 

 Society March 12. Seven new mem- 

 bers were elected and seven names 

 were proposed for membership. Visi- 

 tors present were Alexander Cummings, 

 Jr., of A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn., and A. L. Rickards, of the 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., New York. The 

 entertainment committee made its final 

 report, was discharged by the presi- 

 dent and accorded a rising vote of 

 thanks from the members. It was 

 voted to hold the summer exhibition in 

 June, at Greenwich, Conn. The annual 

 fall exhibition will be held in Stam- 

 ford, Conn., November 2 to 4. An in- 

 teresting feature of the meeting was 

 a paper read by Alexander Cummings, 

 Jr. "Rose Culture Under Glass and in 

 the Garden" was the subject chosen. 

 A lively discussion was started after 

 the lecture. Cultural hints and the 

 respective merits of the newer roses for 

 outdoor culture were discussed to the 

 advantage of the members. Mr. Cum- 

 mings was tendered a hearty vote of 

 thanks for his interesting paper. 



The competition for the prizes offered 

 by James Stuart brought out a won- 

 derful lot of choice flowers and plants. 

 The judges awarded the first prize to 

 A. Wynne for a fine vase of Gerbera 

 Jamesoni, and the second to W. J. 

 Seeley for a fine specimen Lilac Marie 

 Legraye. The judges also made honor- 

 able mention of A. Wynne for schizan- 

 thus; honorable mention of William 

 Whittin for Formosa lilies; honorable 

 mention of William Graham for display 

 of cyclamen, and vote of thanks for 

 Carnation Princess Dagmar and vase 

 of Mrs. Russell roses; honorable men- 

 tion of Robert Williamson for a fine 

 specimen plant of Chorizema splendens 

 and vote of thanks for a new cineraria, 

 Sutton's Reading Gem, a type interme- 

 diate between hybrida and stellata 

 that should prove a useful pot plant; 

 honorable mention of Robert Allen for 

 specimen plant of Dendrobium Wardi- 

 anum and specimen plant of Dendro- 

 bium nobile from Louis Whittman, also 

 a vote of thanks for specimen plant in 

 bloom of Crimson Rambler; vote of 

 thanks to J. B. McArdle for Hyacinth 

 Gertrude; vote of thanks to P. W. 

 Popp for Keizerskroon tulips. 



The next meeting will be held April 

 9. A. L. Rickards offers a cash prize 

 of $10 for the best exhibit at this 

 meeting. A fine display may be ex- 

 pected. P. W. P. 



KANSAS CITY. 



UNDJER THE 

 SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE 



All Appropriate. 



Tourist (in village notion store) — 

 "Whaddya got in the shape of auto- 

 mobile tires?" 



Saleslady — ' ' Funeral wreaths, life 

 preservers, invalid cushions and dough- 

 nuts. ' ' — Judge. 



Truth or Poetry? 

 One man will garner from a line 



Scant profit day by day. 

 Another takes the same, in fine, 



And quickly makes it pay. 



Here is the moral to our tale. 

 Explaining which is which: 



The botanist earns little kale, 

 The florist waxes rich. 



— Kansas City Journal. 



The Limit. 



Could anything be more fascinating 

 than the daily reports of winter base- 

 ball? 



Answer: Yes; a seed catalogue. 



To test the notion, we read a column 

 about the trial of the baseball cause 

 c^l^bre yesterday. 



Then we read two pages of a seed 

 catalogue. 



The seed stuff was gripping. 



B. L. T., in Chicago Tribune. 



Tulips Now His Favorite. 



"Do you like plants and flowers!" 

 "I should say so. Why, I was born 



with a palm in my hand." — Chicago 



Examiner. 



A Canine Botanist. 



"Yes," said Brown, "I have a won- 

 derful dog. Only this morning, when I 

 came down to breakfast after a sleepless 

 night, and forgot to give, him his usual 

 tidbit, he went out into the garden, 

 pulled up a bunch of flowers and laid 

 them at my feet." 



"What were theyf" inquired his 

 friend. 



' * Forget-me-nots, ' ' answered Brown, 

 as he hurriedly left the room. 



The Market. 



Business last week was up to all ex- 

 pectations. There was considerable fu- 

 neral work, which is the leading line 

 during the Lenten season, and good 

 weather helped to make the transient 

 trade good. Stock is not so plentiful, 

 which was Indicated by the lack of 

 dry goods store sales. Pot plants and 

 baskets have sold better than usual dur- 

 ing this Lenten season. The stores are 

 making good displays of these, which, 

 no doubt, helps their sale. 



American Beauties still are scarce 

 and prices are high. The supply of 

 roses has increased a little, especially 

 of Richmond and Killarney. White 

 roses are exceptionally hard to get. 

 Carnations are more plentiful. The 

 white ones were held back for St. 

 Patrick's day, but the other colors have 

 been going down in price. Bulbous 

 stock was not so plentiful last week, 

 but lilies of all kinds are abundant. 

 The sweet pea supply is heavy and the 

 good stock sells readily. 



Various Notes. 



The George M. Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co. is receiving a large cut of 

 carnations and roses from its green- 

 houses at Pleasant Hill. A heavy run 

 of funeral work has been noted during 

 the last two weeks. 



Patrick Larkin, of the Larkin Floral 

 Co., has finished installing the new ice- 

 box in the window and it is a big im- 

 provement to the store. 



James B. Masson was busy last week 

 with about as much funeral work as 

 he could handle. He had his green- 

 houses in good shape and has a gen- 

 eral line of pot plants, bedding stock 

 and cut flowers. 



Henry Kusik & Co. report business 

 as being better than they had expected, 

 especially in the supply department. 



Arthur Newell says the prospect for 

 Easter is such that he looks for a 

 larger business than ever before. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. reports 

 that the general run of Easter stock 

 will be better than in any previous 

 year. An increased number of pot 

 plants is being finished. 



Adolph D. Mohr is pleased with the 

 way his pot plants are selling. 



Stevens & Larkin are bringing in a 

 larger quantity of carnations of good 

 quality. Practically their whole place 

 is devoted to this crop. 



The Forest Hill cemetery has its new 

 greenhouse completed and is busy fill- 

 ing it with bedding stock. 



August Luther, Jr., is devoting his 

 new greenhouse to pot plants and bed- 

 ding stock. He is surprised at the 

 amount of retail business there is in 

 his new location, especially in the pot 

 plant line. 



T. J. Noll & Co. are selling a large 

 number of pots. In two different sales 

 they sold 45,000 pots to the park board, 

 and 38,000 to the R. A. Long Farm 

 Greenhouses. W. J. B. 



Durand, Mich. — N. E. Wooton re- 

 ports that business has been unusually 

 good with the Wooton Floral Co. since 

 the first of the year, and the indica- 

 tions are that Easter trade will be 

 brisk. An addition to the range has 

 just- been completed. Mr. Wooton ex- 

 pects to erect another house, 34x100 

 feet, early in the spring. 



