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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil 16, 191S. 



WASHINGTON, D. 0. 



Tbe Market. 



There has been a marked change in 

 the temperature. Though the Satur- 

 day before Eaeter was like a mid- 

 winter day, with a heavy snow storm, 

 last Saturday found the mercury 

 reaching the 90-degree mark. This has 

 caused a heavy overcrowding of the 

 market, and but three varieties of 

 stock bring anything in the way of a 

 price — lily of the valley, violets and 

 orchids. An enormous quantity of 

 blooming plants was left on hand early 

 in the week, but a majority of these 

 are being used in the many wedding 

 and dinner decorations which have 

 f oUowed the ending of Lent. A lot ot 

 cheap stock found its way to the trash 

 heap, but this was to be expected. As 

 a whole, the week's business was ex- 

 ceptionally satisfactory and it is be- 

 lieved that it will prove to have been 

 better than for the same period last 

 yeax. 



Various Notes. 



May 14 has been set as the date for 

 the hearing on the discharge from 

 bankruptcy of the Washington Florists' 

 Co., formerly of 1408 H street, north- 

 west. 



Charles Scarborough, an employee of 

 Gude Bros. Co., had a narrow escape 

 from death last week when hit by a 

 trolley car in front of the firm's place 

 of business. Mr. Scarborough was on 

 his way to work and had alighted from 

 a car. In attempting to walk across 

 the street he stepped in front of an- 

 other car, bound in the opposite direc- 

 tion. Seeing his plight, he stepped on 

 the fender, but was severely shaken up, 

 his face was badly lacerated and it is 

 now feared that three of hia ribs may 

 have been broken. He was hurried to 

 the Emergency hospital and has since 

 gone to his home in Pennsylvania. 

 Earl Wilson, also in the employ of Gude 

 Bros. Co., is on the sick list with a 

 bad looking arm and hand, having con- 

 tracted poison from handling American 

 Beauty roses. It is expected that it 

 will be some time before he will be 

 able to return to work. 



Otto Bauer is slowly recovering from 

 an aggravated case of grip, with which 

 he has been suffering for two weeks or 

 more. 



Mr. Skidelsky, of S. S. Skidelsky & 

 Co., Philadelphia; Julius Dillofif, of 

 Schloss Bros., New York, and I. Ros- 

 nosky, representing H. F. Michell Co., 

 Philadelphia, were noted among tbe 

 week's visitors to this city. 



The breaking into the store of Fred 

 H. Kramer, at 916 F street, northwest, 

 created considerable excitement last 

 week, ending in the capture of the two 

 intruders. It seems that Wilbur I. 

 Doty, a chauffeur in the employ of Mr. 

 Kramer, had been sleeping at the store 

 during the week, looking after the 

 place at night. Hearing considerable 

 noise within the store, he began to in- 

 vestigate and found a man endeavor- 

 ing to crawl over the partition which 

 separates the private oflSce from the 

 sales department, the door to which 

 had been locked. The thief heard him 

 coming and made his escape through 

 the basement. Police and others soon 

 took up the chase, but failed to find a 

 trace of the ttief. Not being satisfied, 

 Mr. Doty continued the search and 

 found the man hiding under a box in 



the alley near the store. The man put 

 up a fight, but Mr. Doty is quite a 

 scrapper himself and soon had him 

 quieted. His accomplice, who had been 

 watching on the outside, was captured 

 later in the day. 0. L. L. 



to start Easter all over again. Bulbous 

 stock was in the majority, but plenty 

 of azaleas, lilacs, spirteas and hydran- 

 geas were to be seen. W. F. E. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



We have enjoyed balmy, springlike 

 weather during the last week. Enor- 

 mous quantities of cut flowers have 

 come on the market, and although the 

 stores are doing an ordinarily good busi- 

 ness, they cannot begin to move the 

 supply the wholesale houses have on 

 hand. Carnations are in largest supply, 

 and in quantity they can be purchased 

 at the buyer's figure. Prices have 

 dropped away down in the last week on 

 all varieties. Soses also are plentiful, 

 and the prices on them are low. Sweet 

 peas, violets, cattleyas and gardenias 

 have also decreased in price and de- 

 mand. The only scarce article is as- 

 paragus sprays. This staple article 

 held its price, and there was only a 

 limited supply at that price. 



Club Meeting. 



A well attended and interesting meet- 

 ing of the Gardeners ' and Florists ' Club 

 was held April 12. Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., spoke on the possible formation of 

 a national dahlia society and outlined 

 its purposes. He also spoke of getting 

 a party together to attend the S. A. F. 

 convention in San Francisco. It is 

 doubtful if many will attend from this 

 city, owing to the distance. The fol- 

 lowing were elected to membership: 

 Charles F. Feast, John B. Harmon, 

 Robert W. Johnston. A paper on bed- 

 ding plants was read by Harry Ekas, 

 for which he received a vote of thanks. 

 The following were appointed to act as 

 an entertainment committee for the en- 

 suing year: F. C. Bauer, chairman; 

 James Boone; William F. Ekas; James 

 Glass; I. H. Moss; John Rider; C. 

 Harry Wagner. A committee to bring 

 Mothers' day before the public was 

 appointed, consisting of William F. 

 Ekas, J. J. Perry, William J. Johnston. 

 The committee will endeavor to have 

 the mayor of Baltimore issue an official 

 communication recognizing the day. At 

 the next meeting, April 26, Edward 

 Kress will give a talk on rose growing 

 in the garden. F. J. Michell, of Phila- 

 delphia, was the club's guest. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel Feast & Sons are cutting 

 some fine orchid-flowering sweet peas. 



P. C. Erdman has taken the stall in 

 Lexington Market formerly occupied 

 by John Donn. 



Edward Kress is erecting two brick 

 dwellings and a garage in the rear of 

 his North avenue store, on the site for- 

 merly occupied by the greenhouse, 

 which faced Belair avenue. 



Visitors of the week: Goo. Hermann 

 and Walter E. Cook, New York; S. S. 

 Skidelsky, Philadelphia; Henry Eich- 

 holz, Waynesboro, Pa. 



Matthew Richmond is cutting a fine 

 lot of snapdragons in all colors. A 

 lot of 4-inch geraniums are showing up 

 well. 



There was a plentiful supply of bulb- 

 ous stock left over from JEaster in 

 Lexington Market Saturday, April 10. 

 Judging from the looks of some of the 

 stalls, many florists have enough stock 



The Market. 



As we have no Memorial day here, all 

 growers are turning their attention 

 toward the bedding plants and toward 

 propagating for next year's business. 

 There is such an abundance of outdoor 

 flowers at present that they affect the 

 market materially. In stores of every 

 sort, on the streets and from wagons, 

 narcissi and daffodils are being sold 

 by the tens of thousands, and sweet 

 peas and violets are almost as abun- 

 dant. Roses and carnations are in good 

 supply, and are selling as well as could 

 be expected under the circumstances. 



Although it is a little late for such 

 reports, it may be noted that Easter 

 was one of the best that this city has 

 ever known. Not only was the retail 

 business fully up to that of a year age, 

 with the larger growers, but the whole- 

 sale business was the best that we have 

 had for years. Some of the smaller 

 growers, who depend on selling their 

 stock from wagons among the poorer 

 residence districts, had poorer sales 

 than usual, but on the whole no one 

 can complain. The weather since 

 Easter has been all that could be de- 

 sired, and already there is demand for 

 bedding stock. The wise ones are hold- 

 ing off for the late frost that they say 

 is sure to come, but the feeling is 

 general that winter has gone for good. 

 Tomato plants have been selling well 

 the last few days, and a few porch 

 boxes have been filled. 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. had a "Flowers 

 by Telegraph" window at Easter that 

 brought them good results. They had 

 collected the tags and pasters from 

 florists all over the United States, to- 

 gether with copies of telegrams they 

 had received and that they had sent, 

 ordering flowers delivered, so the public 

 could see just how it is done. 



Since Easter Geny Bros, say they 

 have had a good business in bulbous 

 stock and plants. The bedding season 

 is right on us and they are already 

 beginning to have a good business in 

 that line. 



Hillcrest School Farm is receiving 

 many visitors on account of the quan- 

 tities of daffodils and narcissi that are 

 blooming. They say that they are 

 booking good orders for fall delivery 

 in some of the newer varieties that have 

 seldom been grown here. The newer 

 Poetaz varieties are attracting their 

 share of attention. They have a block 

 of 8,000 Golden Spur that bid fair to 

 mature as good bulbs as can be grown. 

 The Ijlconi is even better than on 

 forced stock. 



Mclntyre Bros, have just cut the 

 heaviest crop of good orchids that I 

 have ever seen in the city. 



Mt. Olivet Cemetery Greenhouses 

 will soon have the bulk of their bed- 

 ding stock out. The cemetery was in 

 good condition Easter. F. B. 



Chllllcothe, DL— Hal Piper will make 

 use of the experience he has gained in 

 the employ of various greenhouse con- 

 cerns during the last few years by 

 starting a greenhouse business hero. 



