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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 1, 1016. 



Lange, H. F. A. Lange, Harry Bandall 

 and Henry Midgley. 



Madaus, the Florist, features violets 

 in small bunches and reports trade sat- 

 isfactory. 



Visitors last week were: S. S. Skidel- 

 sky, of Philadelphia; Roman J. Irwin, 

 of New York; J. J. Karins, of H. A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia. H. L. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



Business last week was flat up to 

 March 26, but then it picked up won- 

 derfully. There was an abundance of 

 stock, though prices were only fair. 

 White roses and carnations for Palm 

 Sunday were the only items in special 

 demand. There is a plentiful supply of 

 bulbous stock, which is selling fairly 

 well. Peas were in demand, with a 

 good supply. The wholesale stores were 

 able to clean up March 27 at reasonable 

 prices. Quite a bit of the stock accu- 

 mulations of the earlier part of the 

 week was disposed of to the street 

 venders. Southern jonquils can be seen 

 everywhere in the downtown section of 

 the city and are being sold as low as 

 two dozen for 5 cents, but the public, 

 generally, has learned that they are 

 worth little more than the price asked 

 and do not buy as readily as when they 

 were first offered on the market. 



Various Notes. 



James Hamilton opened his new store 

 March 25. Though all the contemplated 

 improvements have not been finished, 

 the interior is quite attractive. An 

 excellent line of cut flowers and plants 

 was seen on the opening day. Some fine 

 specimen plants of Pink Pearl rhodo- 

 dendron attracted quite a bit of atten- 

 tion. 



August and Mrs. Tisehinger are re- 

 ceiving congratulations on the birth of 

 a fine son, who arrived March 24. 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, whose.nursery 

 is at Berlin, Md., have opened a city 

 salesroom at 419 North Howard street, 

 where there is on display a large va- 

 riety of evergreens and other nursery 

 stock. 



A number of florists are finding the 

 motor car a necessary factor in the 

 business. Halliday Bros, have recently 

 put on the street a new delivery car 

 with enclosed panel body finished in 

 Brewster green. L. H. A. Klein has 

 received his new truck, using it for the 

 first time March 27. Edward Kress has 

 purchased a truck and is having a spe- 

 cial panel body built, which will be 

 finished just after Easter and in time 

 for the spring planting season. 



T. F. "Wilcox has opened a store at 

 348 North Calvert street and will do 

 business under the name of the Uni- 

 versity Floral Co. 



Wm. Terry has reengaged in business, 

 having opened a store at 1409 West 

 Baltimore street last week. 



Miss A. Muth, who purchased the 

 interest of William Terry in the store 

 at 1137 West Baltimore street, has 

 changed the firm name to Eschenback & 

 Muth and will move April 1 to 1119 

 West Baltimore street, a few doors east 

 of the present location. 



Fred Eeitz, who left the city a few 

 years ago and went to California, has 

 returned and will start in business again 

 at his former place in Franklintown. 



F C Bauer, who has been ill for some 

 time, is able to get around the green- 



HARRY BAVBRSDORPBR 

 PAUL BEKKOWm 

 SYDNEY H. BAYBRSDORFBR 



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THE FLORIST SUPPLY HOUSE OF AMERICA 



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1 129 ARCH STREET 



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Uaroh 18. 1915. 



Florists • Review, 

 Cbloago, 111. 

 Grentlemen:- 



V7e wish to thank you for the excellent showing 

 given our advertisement of Ifaroh 11. We have had big returns 

 from this advertisement, a number of Inquiries au:id a lot of new 

 customere, although we must say we always find our ads In The 

 Review give very good resu lts . 



With best wishes, we remain 



Yours very truly, 

 SHB:K 



houses again, though not entirely well. 

 John Eberhart has divided part of 

 his land into building lots at Franklin- 

 town and, as an inducement to pros- 

 pective purchasers, he offers to erect a 

 greenhouse on each lot and show the 

 purchaser how to grow flowers. More- 

 over, he will purchase all flowers so 

 grown. W. F. E. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Florists have had a busy time during 

 the last week, and there is every pros- 

 pect of a good Easter trade. Consign- 

 ments hfive not been so heavy during 

 the last few days; there has been an 

 extreme shortage of carnations and a 

 slight shortage of roses. The quality 

 of both carnations and roses is excel- 

 lent. Valley, for some unknown reason, 

 hangs terribly, and much goes to waste. 

 Easter and calla lilies are abundant, 

 and sell well. Violets move more easily 

 than in recent weeks. Daffodils and 

 jonquils are plentiful and sell rapidly; 

 there is some exceptionally fine stock 

 on the market. Orange blossoms do not 

 sell at all well. Sweet peas of all 

 shades meet with a ready demand. Mar- 

 guerites and pansies sell well and are 

 much used for basket work. Snapdrag- 

 ons in all shades sell fairly well. There 

 is a fair demand for orchids. The mar- 

 ket is full of potted plants, and the 

 supply for the Easter rush is considered 

 large enough to meet what we hope will 

 be a record business holiday. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors last week included J. W. 

 Kellogg, of Clifton Springs, N. Y.; 

 Morris Cohen, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 New York, and T. T. Fryer, of the 

 Tajami Co., New York. 



I regret to record the death of Carl 

 Desens, at the age of 48 years, which 

 took place Monday, March 22, after a 



lingering illness of about two years' 

 duration. He had previously been em- 

 ployed at the greenhouses of H. E. 

 Wilson for a number of years. 



The Hoard-Plumb wedding flowers 

 were supplied by J. B. Keller Sons. 

 The bride's bouquet was of white lilac 

 and orchids with a valley shower, and 

 the maids ' bouquets were of Ward 

 roses and dark brown pansies tied with 

 Ward color ribbon. 



Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Keller will 

 leave Rochester about April 10 for a 

 month 's trip to California. They ex- 

 pect to visit Los Angeles, San Diego 

 and other places of interest. 



The Aster Candy Store, after under- 

 going alterations, has added a window, 

 which is well stocked with flowers. 



George B. Hart has added to his 

 wholesale store a balcony 10x71, which 

 is well stocked with all kinds of fancy 

 baskets. 



F. R. Bohnke has a good showing of 

 Easter plants and bulbous stock. He 

 has opened a store on State street for 

 the Easter rush. 



The campaign for beautifying Roch- 

 ester was given great impetus in the 

 Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday, 

 March 26. The campaign in general 

 seems to be approved by the public, 

 and various captains and team mem- 

 bers have already reported. Should this 

 new feature be accepted, it should 

 bring big results to our growers, and 

 Rochester, the Flower City, should 

 bloom still more freely. 



William J. Keller has returned from 

 New York. While there he visited the 

 flower show. H. J. H. 



Hlllsboro, Tex.— Miss M. C. Wood 

 has leased the store on the east side 

 of the square next door to the Star 

 Confectionery and opened a shop there, 

 through which to dispose of the stock 

 from her greenhouses on Milford road. 



