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The Florists^ Review 



JUNM 10, 1915. 



force for the last week in May, due to 

 the rush of business. 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. is putting 

 in the summer roses. 



Perl Bros, have been working day and 

 night in their new place, with landscape 

 work. C. B. L. 



PITTSBUEGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has had more or less rain 

 for thirty-one successive days, but 

 June 6 and 7 were delightful and it 

 is hoped that we will now have more 

 seasonable weather. Reports from 

 western 'Pennsylvania and Ohio speak 

 of frozen crops, such as grapes, toma- 

 toes and tender plants. Memorial day 

 was not up to former years in many 

 respects, as it rained continually, 

 which interfered greatly with the 

 plant trade. But there has been a 

 scarcity of blooming plants, the dark 

 weather keeping the geraniums, etc., 

 from coming into bloom. The cut flow- 

 er business was not affected so much. 

 Carnations were scarce and the local 



geonies were about three days late, 

 [owever, there were enough of both 

 to supply all demands. Many of the 

 retailers complained of the falling off 

 in transient sales, which were below 

 the average, but all semed to clean up 

 well. The market last week was good. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held its monthly 

 meeting June 1, at the Fort Pitt hotel. 

 There was a good attendance. Fred 

 Burki described his trip to the fair 

 and the coast cities. He covered the 

 ground fully, and as he is a man who 

 does not miss much, there was more 

 than one who felt he would like to 

 take the trip with the S. A. F. delega- 

 tion. 



John Jones, foreman at Schenley 

 park, had a number of plants on ex- 

 hibition to show the results of the dif- 

 ferent fertilizers with and without 

 radio-active earth. Of course those 

 plants grown with radio-active earth 

 were the better. Mr. Jones is enthusi- 

 astic about the subject and gave an in- 

 teresting talk. 



James Moore, foreman of the Phipps 

 conservatory, on the north side, had 

 an exhibit of plants grown with the 

 ordinary commercial fertilizers, which 

 were so good it caused quite a discus- 

 sion. Mr. Jones, however, says what 

 he sees he knows and that radio-ac- 

 tive earth will surely come into its 

 own. 



Fred Burki exhibited eschscholzias, 

 or yellow California poppies. Pyre- 

 thrums, Barberton daisies and other 

 novelties were shown by Carl Beckert. 

 Some handsome orchid plants, cattleyas 

 and dendrobiums were shown by 

 Dr. Schaffers, who always has some- 

 thing good to show us. Neil McCallum 

 had a collection of outdoor flowers, but 

 the best part of his exhibit was the 

 description and talk that went with it. 



The Elliott Nursery. 



A recent visit to the Elliott Nursery 

 Co., of Springdale, was a treat, even 

 in the rain. Acres of irises, in won- 

 derful colorings, were in bloom. 

 The peonies were not quite ready, but 

 the thousands of varieties of herbace- 

 ous plants in bloom is a sight one 

 can only see by going to Springdale. 

 A visit to the oflSce, with its numerous 

 desks and typewriters, was an evidence 



of the wonderful strides this concern 

 has made in a short time. From here 

 we went to see Mr. Elliott's home and 

 its surroundings, the fine specimen 

 trees and the great hedge of shrubbery 

 of all kinds. One can only look and 

 wonder at the great banks of rhodo- 

 dendrons, ten feet in height and a 

 mass of bloom in all the colors of the 

 rainbow. After seeing all of the won- 

 derful things in the garden, we re- 

 luctantly went into the house, and 

 even then we did not get away from 

 the garden, for Mr. Elliott's sons were 

 all there and all are enthusiasts, so 

 we had gardening with our dinner and, 

 if possible, it made it taste better. 

 After dinner, Mr. Elliott showed lan- 

 tern slides of some of the finest gar- 

 dens in Europe. The pictures were 

 collected during his visit to the Robin- 

 son and other notable English gardens. 

 He also showed many of the finest 

 American gardens. We were sorry 

 when th" time came to start for home. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Elliott will start soon 

 on an automobile trip through the New 

 England states, when he expects to add 

 to his collection of pictures of Ameri- 

 can gardens. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams recently had a 

 pretty window display of specimen 

 pandanus plants and Pa;onia festiva 

 maxima, with an abundance of black 

 and white ribbons, which made it quite 

 striking. 



Randolph & McClements had another 

 wedding in Youngstown, O., last week. 

 This firm still is busy filling window 

 and porch boxes. 



J. R. Mellon, of the east side, has a 

 bed of hardy azaleas about seventy- 

 five feet long. The plants are almost 

 ten feet in height. It is undoubtedly 

 the most striking mass of color ever 

 seen in this vicinity — even the police- 

 man says he is glad it is not near the 

 street, as it would undoubtedly stop 

 the traflic. 



DeForest Ludwig arrived home June 

 4 from his trip to the San Francisco 

 fair and Pacific coast cities. 



Clarke. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business in the cut flower and deco- 

 rating lines was good last week, and 

 there were plenty of cut flowers to meet 

 all demands. Weddings are plentiful 

 this month, and palms and decorative 

 plants are in demand, as everyone seems 

 busy in this line of work. Roses are 

 plentiful and of good quality, consider- 

 ing the time of year. The prices are 

 low. Gladioli were in somewhat heavy 

 supply for the demand last week. Car- 

 nations have suddenly become small, 

 and the demand is also small. The 

 florists who have been doing bedding 

 work are not satisfied with the way 

 bedding stock is selling, as it is moving 

 slowly. This may be due to the bad 

 weather we have been having, and the 

 growers feel satisfied that the stock will 

 sell before the month of June is over. 



Various Notes. 



T. J. Noll & Co had a fine week. They 

 received some of the largest consign- 

 ments of the year of roses, and found 

 a ready market for them. Mr. Noll 

 says he is well satisfied with the increase 

 in business, and also says he is having 



less trouble in getting stock consigned 

 to him. 



W. J. Barnes was busy last week with 

 decorations for weddings and other 

 occasions, and he reports business satis- 

 factory in all lines. 



Peter Martin's range is located on a 

 slope, and when it rained his houses 

 became so damp from water running into 

 them that many fine blooms on the 

 geraniums were ruined. He was unable 

 to start a fire, as his boiler room vStis 

 also flooded. 



J. Austin has a great many geraniums 

 still on hand, but feels confident that 

 he will be able to dispose of them. He 

 also has some good small begonias and 

 cyclamens. 



Stevens & Larkin are sending in a 

 large quantity of carnations. Next year 

 Mr. Stevens will devote the whole range 

 to carnations, with the exception of one 

 house, which will be given up to Aspar- 

 agus plumosus. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co is sending 

 in good cut roses and carnations. Their 

 pot plants are in excellent shape, espe- 

 cially hydrangeas. 



The Alpha Floral Co had a heavy run 

 in funeral work all last week, both in 

 and out of town. W. J. B. 



PLAINFIELD, N. J. 



The Plainfield Flower Shop, 122 

 Madison avenue, has gone out of busi- 

 ness. 



. Charles L. Stanley says that, consid- 

 ering general business conditions, he is 

 doing well. The blizzard on Easter 

 Saturday cost him $800. If it had not 

 been for this setback, his business so 

 far this year would have been nearly 

 normal. 



The Lincoln Flower Shop, 327 Park 

 avenue, has had much funeral work of 

 late. Business generally is good. The 

 Memorial day trade was large. 



Mrs. L. J. Denton, who has conducted 

 a florists' business at 216 Park avenue 

 for a number of years, has gone out of 

 business. 



At the Plainfield branch of W. A. 

 Manda, Inc., Somerset and Howard 

 streets, Mr. Manda is raising a whole 

 benchful of a new geranium known as 

 the Everblooming Scarlet. A whole 

 house will be devoted to the raising 

 of these next year. Mr. Manda has a 

 fine lot of Anthericum Mandaianum 

 and Dracaena Rothiana. 



James Smith, who conducts the busi- 

 ness which formerly bore the name of 

 Smith & Haff, reports business fair. 

 He is still cutting sweet peas and car- 

 nations, but his spring and early sum- 

 mer stock is well cleaned out. He is 

 beginning to get ready for the fall 

 trade. 



Brooks Carson had a good season and 

 is now well cleaned out. He will soon 

 begin to plant his chrysanthemum and 

 carnation plants for the next season's 

 trade. 



Albert Brinkley, 308 Berckman 

 street, has had a large sale t)f gera- 

 niums and other bedding stock, a con- 

 siderable quantity of it for beds in 

 St. Mary's cemetery, which is directly 

 across the road from the greenhouses. 



August Dressel, a grower at Seventh 

 street and Terrill road, has found busi- 

 ness satisfactory this season. While 

 he grows a great variety of flowers, 

 hardy plants are his specialty. He 

 plans to build a new greenhouse this 

 summer. 



While business is a little quiet at 



