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AiTHL 1, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



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AMMANN AFTER MAYORALTY. 



J, F. Ammann, of Edwardsville, 111., 

 has announced that he will be a candi- 

 date for mayor on the People's ticket 

 at the election, April 20. His entry 

 makes a four-cornered* race. 



Mr. Ammann is a bank dim^r and 

 member of the board of educatibn, and 

 formerly was an alderman. He has held 

 many executive positions in trade or- 

 ganizations: He was president of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club at one time; was 

 elected president of the Illinois State 

 Florists'- Association in 1906, and has 

 served as secretary for several terms, 

 still holding the office; and last Janu- 

 ary was elected vice-president of the 

 American Carnation Society. 



FIRE AT DULUTH. 



How complete was the destruction by 

 fire at the store of Louis Visias, at 

 Duluth, Minn., may be seen from the 

 accompanying illustration. This shows 

 mainly the greenhouses at the rear of 

 the store. The origin of the fire is a 

 mystery and is being investigated by 

 the state fire marshal. The firm car- 

 ried $13,000 insurance on stock and 

 fixtures. The schedule totaled $16,- 

 062.48, but, as the stock was completely 

 consumed, it would have been difficult 

 to, pro^e the loss of some items, and so 

 the firm settled with the Western Ad- 

 justment Co. for $11,042. There was 

 some salvage, the icebox, desk, safe, 

 etc., and some loss on signs, awnings, 

 and other things outside the building, 

 which were not covered by insurance. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



The Market. 



There promises to be an exceptionally 

 heavy supply of Easter lilies this year, 

 although it is thought that desirable 

 stock will maintain the present price of 

 $12 per hundred. It is expected that 

 there will be but just enough roses to 

 go ftround, for a number of consignors 

 to this market report that their stock 

 will not come in/o full crop until after 

 Easter week. Locally grown single vio- 

 lets will also/be among the missing. 

 Orchids, too, /will be scarce. 



American Beauty roses from the east 

 are good and are moving fairly well, 

 bringing $U per dozen. Giant marguer- 

 ites, approximating the Shasta daisy in 

 size, meet with good sale at $2.50 per 

 hundred. There is a better demand for 

 pansies, and some extra fine flowers are 

 being offered at $1 per hundred. The 

 marketmen practically control the sale 

 of tulips, jonquils and narcissi. There 

 has been an oversupply of sweet peas, 

 and it is hard to get $1 per hundred 

 for choice Spencers. Snapdragons are 

 fairly plentiful and in good demand at 

 from $6 to $10 per hundred. 



There was a noticeable lull in the 

 market last week, as is always the case 

 just before Easter, but a marked im- 

 provement is expected. 



Various Notes. 



George C. Shaffer, William Marche, 

 George H. Cooke and Z. D. Blackistone 

 have been named by W. F. Gude, who 

 has in charge the arrangements for the 

 coming encampment of the G. A. R., as 

 members of the citizens' committee of 

 100. 



Among the visitors in Washington 

 last week were William Craig, of the 

 Bobert Craig Co., Philadelphia; Harry 



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W. Eubel, of Chicago; E. G. Hill, of 

 Richmond, Ind., and Sydney Bayers- 

 dorfer, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phil- 

 adelphia. 



Clarence Shaffer, the young son of 

 George C. Shaffer, has quite recovered 

 from scarlet fever, which caused his 

 confinement at home for more than 

 five weeks. 



George H. Cooke spent the early part 

 of last week at Atlantic City, N. J., 

 with a view to securing a few days'' 

 rest before going to Philadelphia to 

 purchase stock and, on returning to this 

 city, entering the Easter rush. 



William Marche spent a number of 

 days in Philadelphia, purchasing potted 

 plants and supplies for the Easter 

 trade. 



Gude Bros. Co. last week placed the 

 first of three large window displays 

 boosting telegraph delivery service, in 

 the Lansburgh furniture store, on Ninth 

 street, and so much attention did it 

 attract that it was necessary to station 

 a special policeman th|^^^ keep the 

 crowds from blocking fne thoroughfare. 

 The telegraph company installed minia- 

 ture telegraph poles at either end of the 

 window, between which were stretched 

 twenty-four copper wires. At the side 

 of these are tables, one representing 

 an eastern office, the other a western 

 office, on which are regulation tele- 

 graph sending and receiving instru- 

 ments, with dolls at the tables repre- 

 senting telegraph operators. On the 

 poles and stretching in a line across the 

 thirty-foot window are the shipping 

 tags and labels of florists from all 

 parts of the Unite* States and Canada, 

 showing the membership of the F. T. 

 D., and in the center is a framed poster 

 of the "Send Her a Flowergram" 

 type. The b&se of the window is cov- 

 ered with moss, representing the right 

 of way of the telegraph company. Bas- 

 kets and bouquets of flowers complete 

 the decoration. A second display of 

 this kind is being installed in one of the 

 large windows of the Young Men's 

 Shop, on F street, while the third will 

 be in a store on Pennsylvania avenue 



near the Raleigh hotel. Gude Bros. Co. 

 has also secured stores at Twelfth and 

 F streets and Thirteenth and F streets, 

 northwest, for the Easter rush. 



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WORCESTER, MASS. 



The Market. 



Retail trade is still good, and almost 

 everything is plentiful. Tulips, hya- 

 cinths, narcissi and other bulbous stock 

 are abundant and have a good market. 

 Spring flowers of all kinds, in pots, are 

 in demand. Violets are beginning to 

 drop off. First-class roses are becoming 

 more numerous. All the florists are pre- 

 paring for a large Easter trade. There 

 are a number of large weddings in 

 sight for Easter week. 



Various Notes. 



Oscar Soderholm, foreman for H. F. > 

 Littlefield, has a fine batch of 5,000 

 lilies for Easter. His 17,000 geraniums 

 for Memorial day are looking well. He 

 has made the experiment of grafting a 

 tomato plant On a potato plant, and it 

 is doing well. 



H. F. A. Lange has an enormous 

 stock of azaleas, acacias, genistas and 

 bulbous stock for Easter. His 30,000 

 Easter lilies are exceptionally good; 

 Mr. Lange believes they are the best 

 he has ever had. His Pride of Haarlem 

 tulips are excellent; they have stems 

 of thirty-six inches. He has an Easter 

 batch of nearly 500 pots. Mr. Lange 

 had the decoration for the banquet of 

 the Swedish Republican Club, at, the 

 Hotel Bancroft last week, at which 

 there were 500 plates. The decorations 

 were carried out in red and white, with 

 American and Swedish fiags, 



Harry Randall is making big prepa- 

 rations for Easter. He says he will 

 wrap every plant, even if he has to 

 work all night long during the entire 

 Easter week. 



Among the Worcester florists who 

 visited the Boston flower show were 

 Mr. and Mrs. John Coulson, A. H, 



