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The Florists^ Review 



jL-.Ni: 10, 191."). 



same lidiiscs '.vitli fi\"o oilier \"nrietios. 

 ]''i(iiii w liat I lia\(' litH'ii alile t(i oliservo, 

 these la)L;(' lionses 1al\e less t'uel tlian it 

 \\"(iiili! t(i heat siiialh'r lioiises cdNoriiif; 

 ail ri|iial aica. HcIiil;' within alioiit .'iUO 

 li't t dl' the laUi', (III a. liit;h Mufl', we 

 .L;et all of tht- wiml that is stirrin,!^', se 

 iialuially you wduM I'Xjiect iis to luii'na 

 little more liicl than plants that are 

 slieltereij. The tyjie of tlH> liousos is 

 excellent for tliis location and wo find 

 the soil in ('ndahy exactly the thiuff 

 wantcil tor loses and carnations." 



SALT LAKE CITY. 



The Market. 



]\lcnioiia] day ])ractically (doses the 

 flowei- season in T'tali for .luno, July 

 aiitl Aujiiist; in Septenilter it li(><:iiis 

 ayain. and liy October it has piclty ;;(iod 

 licadway. ^leniorial day is niuidi hon- 

 ored in Utah; e\ cry ^raxc is decorated 

 with soin(> kiml of tlower. This year it 

 was (■(d(dirated two days, and e\-ery 

 body bouj,dit doulde the usnal (|iiantity 

 of ilowers and spreml thfni on the ;:ia\'es 

 ►Sunday ;ind ]Monday. 



Never liefore has there been so much 

 rain for this paiticular time of the sea- 

 son. Two wi'tdis pre\ iuus to ^leniorial 

 •lay it raiiu'd, and not until May MO did 

 it idrar u]i. Th<' >-un came out scorch- 

 ing- h(d. and it was .dear until dum> 1. 

 'I'hen it (doudetl Up. and we are ^cttin^; 

 imu'e rain. This r.ain beiKdited the rose 

 'jrowi'rs. as the ]iie\ ious hot. dry 

 weathci- h;ul brou;;lit the crop out a 

 littl(> early; luit the eloudy weatlier 

 che(d;e(| it. and the rose eroj) caino on 

 just about ri^ht. Carnations W(^re 

 scarce and .a little sunshine woidd lia\i' 

 lieljM'ij them. b>it as it was, no- 

 body }iad carnations enough. ]?eiiard 

 b'ss ot' ccdor. carnations sold at .t ^ I>ei' 

 liumirc^l straight through. 



]\oses sold except iona!!\' well this Me- 

 morial d.'iy, ;nid the flowers ctmld nid 

 bci^in to meet the d.'mand. Cladioli 

 came on just ri:4ht: there \\,-is a lar;^(' 

 cut (d' them .and they sold readily at 

 7.1 cents :ind .*1 |ier dozen. Iioses. carna- 

 tions, sweet jieas. gladioli, peonies and 

 0\ei\ t hini; cdsi' ANcre e'Ltil'(d\' sold ont 

 up to .lune 1. |-;\('rybody sohl all Ids 

 stock fif flowers, and iioIkmIv had laioULih. 

 Tele;;r:im^ came in t'rom all o\ I'r this in- 

 teiin<uintain countiy. i'Ut the orileis 

 could md b<' filleij. The I'aiii ruined al- 

 most all of till' outdoor sto(d;. 



Various Notes. 



'J'he Tluddait I'lol'.al < 'o. lepiJlts ;^ood 



Memoii.al d.a\ business, but s.ays that 

 they did lud ha\e enough tlowers. They 

 liad the liecoration 1'oi- a iccent we(l(liii;:, 

 at whi(di all the -ue>ts were Liiveii small 

 boiupicts to pin on. 



K. A. Lambouine s.ays ^feniorial da>' 

 business w.as sjilendi'l. and there is now 

 a l.-iiu'e call f'oi- .\nierican lie.anties .and 

 Ioiil; stemmed loses t'or L^i'ihiutition e\ 

 orcises. 



The T'orter A\'.a Iton ( 'o. reports ha\- 

 iiii^ (jniie an extra he,a\*y business t'or 

 ^leinorial day, mostly ont-ot'-tow n work. 



^\'. AV. Kini: I'liund business <piite sat 

 isfaidoiy --his sales bein^ mostly out i>\' 

 town. 



<'ha>. S(der s.ays he is -wtdl ]de.ase(l 

 with the Larue business that he has liad 

 the last year .and that the sales for 

 ]\bnioii;il day were ;jood. 



I.oui^ I;. Westliolder. of Evaiiston, 

 "Wyo., caim^ tliroujih here just before 

 ^loinorird ilay and \ isited the Aarious 

 stores and 'noweis. 



Eliz;ib(dh ITnth, of Otrden, was con- 

 lined to her beil with sickness shoitly 

 bid'ore Meinori.al da\. but ^\■as able to 

 be .around by the biji day and reports 

 }ia\in<^ done a ;;ood business. 



.bdiu 1". Dniiike, .Jr.. of the Ojideii 

 flor.al <'(>.. says that his carnation crop 

 came on just riyht. lie only regrets 

 th.at he did md lia\e more of them. 



The .Miller I'lor.al Co., of Farmington, 

 rejiorts the best Memorial diiy business 

 since they startetl in busiiu'ss. The de- 

 mand for carnations ^vas much b(\vond 

 their capacity, and the cut of 50,000 

 roses was (deaned up nic(dy. They h;i\'e 

 now put on an (>xtr.a force of ludp and 

 are busy leplantinj; their rose houses. 

 In re])lantinu roses this year, they are 

 i-educinji Jxillarney to !i considerable 

 extent .and repho inj^ them with Killar- 

 nev jirilliant and Ibden T.aft. They are 

 jdantinji' ^ood (|U.antities of Opheliii and 

 lladley, and trying a few Iloosier Beau- 

 ty. 'J'hey s.ay that Iloosier lieauty and 

 llailley are so much alike that one of 

 them will e\entuall\' I'cplace tlu' other. 



O. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Tr.ade has been yood duriiiL; the last 

 Week. 'J'he srliool comuKUic-ement s called 



I'or laiue i|U,a 111 it ies ot' lloweis. Numer- 

 ous .lune weddings, with ;i little funeral 

 ■woik, have ke|it the llorists f.airl\' busy. 

 Stoid\ is pleiitil'ul. ('aiiiations are 

 enough to ^o around, and the ipiality 

 is L^ood. con-iderin;^ the time of the 

 ye;ir. I'.eauties .and other roses are 

 jilentiful. I'.ai^ies. ^Ladifdi, sn.a])di';iLrons, 

 peonies and C,i ntei bui \- bells ilia' ainoiijL,' 

 the seasonable Ilowers available. 



Various Notes. 



Herman .luiiL;e reports business satis- 

 f.ai tory at his |ilace. '{''his firm li.as been 

 cutting some fust ( la>s i(p-.es of late. 



.Iidin k]lsiiei- expects to sujiplv the (dty 

 with ;:ladioli sonn, .as he has id.antial 

 alxnit .")(i,(ioii bulbs of this flower. 



Ji.aur k Steinkamj. lia\c been cuttiiijx 

 larjie <|Uaiitities of fine gladioli. 



W;ilter I 'eiterinann "s .automobile was 

 stolen by joy riders Last week and was 

 found in lr\in;iton .after haviii;^ been 

 dri\'en about twenty-four hours. 



Clarence Thomas, with the Hill Floral 

 Co., was quite busy last week with 



flowers for commeiiceiuents. This firm 

 furnished most of the tiowers for the 

 Tudor Hall commencement. 



C. Jl. Greene, with A. Wieyand "s Sons 

 Co., is lookin^r for a country residence. 

 ]Ie thinks that the early moruinji^ coun- 

 try iiir will be beneficial to his health. 



The r.ahud Floral Co. reports a quite 

 satisfactory bedding business this year, 

 ha\iug (deaned up most of the stock 

 by ^Memorial day. 



Adolph Baur lias his Indianapolis ball 

 team in tiaining 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. 



^r. 1'. 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 che(d< just received from Can- 

 ada jjrompted Mr. Cliain]diii to remark 

 that his small ad in The Review is 

 anuing his most profitabl(> investments. 



Frecl G(ddriiig. Slingerlands. N. Y., 

 s.ays the aut(miobile is largely respon- 

 sible for his fine retail trade, which is 

 steadily increasing. He has <a good 

 shipi)ing connection among the many 

 retailers in nearby towns. 



Sam (ioldring, one of the best grow- 

 ers in Alb.any county, is m.anager for 

 <.. H. Person, Catskill. N. ^'.. and is 

 keeping up his reputation at that de- 

 li!:litful mount.ain resort. 



Alfred Coldring, ('(d.leskill. N. Y., 

 the youngest member in the trio of 

 < Mdd-ring( IS, successinl proiluctions of 

 and through ^fotlier Karth, reports one 

 of the best S(>,asons in his exp(Mdence. 

 "Alf' is a stiiking illustration of 

 the undaunte(| pioneer who locates in a 

 country town .and by ]MMsist(Mit and 

 jiatieiit efforts finally ednc;ites the pub- 

 lic up to his i(l(^ds. and i)v cleliverinff 

 the Liooils obtains their confidence and 

 |iatronage in return. A. 11. C(dl<^tt is a 

 wiirthy assjst.ant. 



.lohn StioiiM. ()iieont.a. N. Y.. reports 

 li degrees of fiaist (Ui the nl^ht of 

 M,a\ l'<i. making the plants look, and 

 the craft fetd, jiretty sick the next 

 d.av. Sjieaking cd' frost, through an 

 accideid the carnation house experi- 

 enced a /.ero temjiei-atuic one night 

 during the winter and tln^ plants were 

 fio/eii scdid. but were irradnallv 

 thawed <nit liy cou^t.ant usi. of the 

 hose, •'\e\er had ,a bi'tter iTop later 

 on . " " w a-- t he \ crdict. 



( '. S. i)erricd<. ( 'ooperstown. N. Y., 

 was man\' \<'ar'< a ]irofe-;soi' in ]icda- 

 •j.i>'^y. but .admits he i< ai^ain a student 



;i most successful one, judiiing by 

 his trim range of gl.ass and the way 

 he condiiid>< his busines-. ^^'. 'M. 



■Winona, Minn. — The W e^r End 



Ciceiihon^e. owiicl bv I'.dward Kirch- 

 nei' \' Son. ha< been Mild to (_ie(irge W. 

 llartner .and .loseph f)rlow-!<i. who have 

 iieeii with the Owatonna Nursery & 

 Floral Co.. ,at Owatonna, Minn., for 

 the Last tifteeii yeais. .\ fter having 

 conducted the greeiihous.' for twentv- 

 lixc year-. IMward Kircdiner xvill retire 

 • Inly ]. when the new owners will take 

 possession. .\ tr.act ol' land has be(>n 

 secured on the outskirts i>f town for 

 growing |ierenniaK and -hrubs, and 

 ]dans .are being made for a downtown 

 store. The business will be conducted 

 by the new owners uioler the name of 

 tiie WiiKui.a Floral Co. Mr. Kirchner 

 will mo\e to a ne\vl\- erei'te.l bungalow. 



