^UNE 24, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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offerings include carnations, coreopsis, 

 feverfew and snapdragon. Greens of 

 all kinds are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The marriage of Frank Kyrk and 

 Miss Edna Ganzmiller was solemnized 

 at the Poplar Street Presbyterian 

 church Tuesday, June 22. The church 

 decorations, by Miss Edith Kyrk and 

 L. H. Kyrk, consisted of plants and 

 lilies. The couple are taking a short 

 trip to Columbils, O., now and plan a 

 longer honeymoon in July. 



William Speck hds been cutting some 

 fine auratum lilies. 



C. E. Critchell has been receiving 

 some excellent America gladioli from 

 the south. 



Visitors include Jos. Molck, New Al- 

 bany, Ind., and Chas. Pommert, Amelia, 

 Ohio. C. H. H. 



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The Market. 



More seasonable weather has caused 

 the rapid growth of flowers, and this 

 has resulted in a larger stock in the 

 market and lower prices. The fact 

 that so many people have rose bushes 

 and flower gardens of their own, which 

 are now beginning to bloom profusely, 

 also hurts the florists' business. Most 

 of the florists, however, have been quite 

 busy on funeral or wedding work, and 

 there is some demand for flowers for 

 graduation gifts, though this demand is 

 far smaller than it was before the pub- 

 lic presentation of flowers during grad- 

 uation exercises was forbidden in many 

 of the schools of the city. The quality 

 of greenhouse roses is not up to what 

 it was during the winter months, and 

 the prices are lower. Ophelia is popular, 

 as are Sunburst and Killarney. Carna- 

 tions, which a few weeks ago cost $4 

 and $5 per hundred, can now be bought 

 for from 50 cents to $2. The quality is 

 much inferior to what it was, many 

 growers nearing the end of their crops. 

 There is much fine sweet william in the 

 market and the quality is good. Lark- 

 spur is beginning to appear. Some fine 

 maidenhair fern is coming into the 

 market. Wild spiraea is nearly gone. 

 Mountain laurel is cheap and quite 

 plentiful. There is a plentiful supply 

 of the various varieties of iris, though 

 the quality is beginning to deteri- 

 orate. Gladioli of excellent quality 

 and in fairly large quantities are seen 

 in the different stores. Peonies are 

 plentiful and are getting a little 

 cheaper, though the price still keeps 

 fairly firm because of the fact that 

 large quantities are being kept in cold 

 storage. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Essex County 

 Florists' Club, which was held June 17 

 in the Krueger audiiiorium, further 

 plans for the summer outing of the 

 members of the club and their friends 

 were discussed. It was decided to hold 

 the outing during the early part of 

 August at Gillette, N. J. There will be 

 plenty of refreshments, a ball game and 

 various athletic contests. Prizes will 

 be awarded the winners in the sporting 

 events. The exact date of the outing 

 and its details will be^ fixed by a com- 

 mittee consisting of Richard Yule, 

 Ernest Hausmann, August Begerow and 

 James McLaughlin. 



At the request of the Yard and Lot 

 Improvement Association, a committee, 



C. S. HABBISON. 



OEOBABLY no man in the trade has had a more remarkable career than C. 8. 

 * Harrison, and certainly few men in it at 83 will possess anything like his vital 

 forces. Harrison was born in 1832. He was educated for the ministry and at 

 66 he was on the superannuated list! But just then he began to live — he started 

 a nursery at York, now one of the most important in Nebraska. His preacher's 

 training in handling words and in talking standing up caused him to be in great 

 demand at the trade conventions and at meetings of horticultural societies, so it 

 is probable this octogenarian is personally known to more people than is any 

 other member of the trade today. He has specialized on the peony, the phlox, 

 the iris, and has written monographs on them that are in all horticultural libra- 

 ries. And at 83 he's still one of the youngest of us. 



consisting of August Begerow and 

 William G. Muller, was appointed to 

 supervise the department of its work 

 affected by the prizes offered by the 

 Florists' Club. There are 300 entries in 

 the floral contest. The Florists' Club 

 two months ago voted $50 for prizes for 

 the best plot of blooming flowers grown 

 under the direction of the Yard and Lot 

 Improvement Association. The com- 

 mittee appointed by the club to inter- 

 view the Newark school board regard- 

 ing the prohibition of the presentation 

 of flowers at graduation exercises in 

 the various schools reported that the 

 board stated it had not officially for- 

 bidden the giving of flowers at gradua- 

 tion, though it had discouraged it. Prin- 



ciples of various schools have forbidden 

 such presentations. 



Various Notes. 



Henry F. Strobel, 931 Broad street, 

 has had several weddings to provide 

 flowers for during the last few weeks 

 and has others coming along during the 

 rest of the month. 



William A. Manda has been elected 

 a vice-president of the Civic Associa- 

 tion of South Orange, which was re- 

 cently organized for the purpose of 

 bringing the needs of the residents be- 

 for the South Orange village board of 

 trustees. 



John W. Walsh spent several days in 

 Newark and vicinity last week in the 



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