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The Florists' Review 



June 10, 1916. 



same houses with five other varieties. 

 From what I have been able to observe, 

 these large houses take less fuel than it 

 would to heat smaller houses covering 

 an equal area. Being within about 300 

 feet of the lake, on a high bluff, we 

 get all of the wind that is stirring, so 

 naturally you would expect us to burn a 

 little more fuel than plants that are 

 sheltered. The type of the houses is 

 excellent for this location and we find 

 the soil in Cudahy exactly the thing 

 wanted for roses and carnations." 



SALT LAKE CITY. 



The Market. 



Memorial day practically closes the 

 flower season in Utah for June, July 

 and August; in September it begins 

 again, and by October it has pretty good 

 headway. Memorial day is much hon- 

 ored in Utah; every grave is decorated 

 with some kind of flower. This year it 

 was celebrated two days, and every- 

 body bought double the usual quantity 

 of flowers and spread them on the graves 

 Sunday and Monday. 



Never before has there been so much 

 rain for this particular time of the sea- 

 son. Two weeks previous to Memorial 

 day it rained, and not until May 30 did 

 it clear up. The sun came out scorch- 

 ing hot, and it was clear until June 1. 

 Then it clouded up, and we are getting 

 more rain. This rain benefited the rose 

 growers, as the previous hot, dry 

 weather had brought the crop out a 

 little early; but the cloudy weather 

 checked it, and the rose crop came on 

 just about right. Carnations were 

 scarce and a little sunshine would have 

 helped them, but as it was, no- 

 body had carnations enough. Regard- 

 less of color, carnations sold at $4 per 

 hundred straight through. 



Boses sold exceptionally well this Me- 

 morial day, and the growers could not 

 begin to meet ^he demand. Gladioli 

 came on just right; there was a large 

 cut of them and they sold readily at 

 75 cents and $1 per dozen. Roses, carna- 

 tions, sweet peas, gladioli, peonies and 

 everything else were entirely sold out 

 up to June 1. Everybody sold all his 

 stock of flowers, and nobody had enough. 

 Telegrams came in from all over this in- 

 termountain country, but the orders 

 could not be filled. The rain ruined al- 

 most all of the outdoor stock. 



Various Notes. 



The Huddart Floral Co. reports good 

 Memorial day business, but says that 

 they did not have enough flowers. They 

 had the decoration for a recent wedding, 

 at which all the guests were given small 

 bouquets to pin on. 



E. A. Lambourne says Memorial day 

 business was splendid, and there is now 

 a large call for American Beauties and 

 long-stemmed roses for graduation ex- 

 ercises. 



The Porter-Walton Co. reports hav- 

 ing done an extra heavy business for 

 Memorial day, mostly out-of-town work. 



W. W. King found business quite sat- 

 isfactory — his sales being mostly out of 

 town. 



Chas. Soter says he is well pleased 

 with the large business that he has had 

 the last year and that the sales for 

 Memorial day were good. 



Louis B. Westholder, of Evanston, 

 Wyo., came through here just before 

 Memorial day and visited the various 

 stores and growers. 



Elizabeth Huth, of Ogden, was con- 

 fined to her bed with sickness shortly 

 before Memorial day, but was able to 

 be around by the big day and reports 

 having done a good business. 



John F. Dumke, Jr., of the Ogden 

 Floral Co., says that his carnation crop 

 came on just right. He only regrets 

 that he did not have more of them. 



The Miller Floral Co., of Farmington, 

 reports the best Memorial day business 

 since they started in business. The de- 

 mand for carnations was much beyond 

 their capacity, and the cut of 50,000 

 roses was cleaned up nicely. They have 

 now put on an extra force of help and 

 are busy replanting their rose houses. 

 In replanting roses this year, they are 

 reducing Killarney to a considerable 

 extent and replacing them with Killar- 

 ney Brilliant and Helen Taft. They are 

 planting good quantities of Ophelia and 

 Hadley, and trying a few Hoosier Beau- 

 ty. They say that Hoosier Beauty and 

 Hadley are so much alike that one of 

 them will eventually replace the other. 



O. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Trade has been good during the last 

 week. The school commencements called 



for large quantities of flowers. Numer- 

 ous June weddings, with a little funeral 

 work, have kept the florists fairly busy. 

 Stock is plentiful. Carnations are 

 enough to go around, and the quality 

 is good, considering the time of the 

 year. Beauties and other roses are 

 plentiful. Daisies, gladioli, snapdragons, 

 peonies and Canterbury bells are among 

 the seasonable flowers available. 



Various Notes. 



Herman Junge reports business satis- 

 factory at his place. This firm has been 

 cutting some first-class roses of late. 



John Eisner expects to supply the city 

 with gladioli soon, as he has planted 

 about 50,000 bulbs of this flower. 



Baur & Steinkamp have been cutting 

 large quantities of fine gladioli. 



Walter Bertermann's automobile was 

 stolen by joy-riders last week and was 

 found in Irvington after having been 

 driven about twenty-four hours. 



Clarence Thomas, with the Hill Floral 

 Co., was quite busy last week with 



flowers for commencements. This firm 

 furnished most of the flowers for the 

 Tudor Hall commencement. 



C. R. Greene, with A. Wiegand 's Sons 

 Co., is looking for a country residence. 

 He thinks that the early morning coun- 

 try air will be beneficial to his health. 



The Pahud Floral Co. reports a quite 

 satisfactory bedding business this year, 

 having cleaned up most of the stock 

 by Memorial day. 



Adolph Baur has his Indianapolis ball 

 team in training already. He says that 

 the Indianapolis team is going to wipe 

 the northern Indiana team off the map 

 at the State Florists' Association meet- 

 ing at Winona next month. H. L. W. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



M. P. Champlin voiced the general 

 opinion of the craft in Schenectady, 

 N. Y., that ideal Memorial day weather 

 conduced to a highly satisfactory busi- 

 ness. A check just received from Can- 

 ada prompted Mr. Champlin to remark 

 that his small ad in The Review is 

 among his most profitable investments. 



Fred Goldring, Slingerlands, N. Y., 

 says the automobile is largely respon- 

 sible for his fine retail trade, which is 

 ateadily increasing. He has a good 

 shipping connection among the many 

 retailers in nearby towns. 



Sam Goldring, one of the best grow- 

 ers in Albany county, is manager for 

 G. H. Person, Catskill, N. Y., and is 

 keeping up his reputation at that de- 

 lightful mountain resort. 



Alfred Goldring, Cobleskill, N. Y., 

 the youngest member in the trio of 

 Gold-ringers, successful productions of 

 and through Mother Earth, reports one 

 of the best seasons in his experience. 

 "Alf" is a striking illustration of 

 the undaunted pioneer who locates in a 

 country town and by persistent and 

 patient efforts finally educates the pub- 

 lic up to his ideals, and by delivering 

 the goods obtains their confidence and 

 patronage in return. A. H. Collett is a 

 worthy assistant. 



John Strong, Oneonta, N. Y., reports 

 (5 degrees of frost on the night of 

 May 26, making the plants look, and 

 the craft feel, pretty sick the next 

 day. Speaking of frost, through an 

 accident the carnation house experi- 

 enced a zero temperature one night 

 during the winter and the plants were 

 frozen solid, but were gradually 

 thawed out by constant use of the 

 hose. "Never had a better crop later 

 on," was the verdict. 



C. S. Derrick, Cooperstown, N. Y., 

 was many years a professor in peda- 

 gogy, but admits he is again a student 

 — a most successful one, judging by 

 his trim range of glass and the way 

 he conducts his business. W. M. 



Winona, Minn.— The West End 

 Greenhouse, owned by Edward Kirch- 

 ner & Son, has been sold to George W. 

 Hartner and Joseph Orlowski, who have 

 been with the Owatonna Nursery & 

 Floral Co., at Owatonna, Minn., for 

 the last fifteen years. After having 

 conducted the greenhouse for twenty- 

 five years, Edward Kirchner will retire 

 July 1, when the new owners will take 

 possession. A tract of land has been 

 secured on the outskirts of town for 

 growing perennials and shrubs, and 

 plans are being made for a downtown 

 store. The business will be conducted 

 by the new owners under the name of 

 the Winona Floral Co. Mr. Kirchner 

 will move to a newly erected bungalow. 



