Jdne 24, 1910. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



MOTT-LT MUSINGS. 



C. F. Baker & Son, Utiea, rebuilt 

 their entire establishment, including 

 one of the prettiest and most commo- 

 dious offices in the state. With first- 

 class stock, sales are beyond the aver- 

 age. 



Williams & Weider, successors to 

 Frank McGowan, Utica, are making 

 many improvements and report satis- 

 factory business. 



The proprietors of the Williams 

 Welded Wire Works, at Utica, feel they 

 have revolutionized the manufacture of 

 wire goods by their new electrical 

 method. As an illustration, forty 16- 

 inch wreaths were completed in thirty 

 minutes. 



W. P. Pfeifer, Utic , keeps up his 

 reputatioju as a carnationist. His Phil- 

 adelphia, White Wonder, White En- 

 chantress and Matchless are in splendid 

 condition. 



W. A, Eowlands, Whitesboro, N. Y., 

 is growing Rosette and Philadelphia car- 

 nations in place of Mrs. Ward, which 

 does not flourish here. White Wonder 

 and Enchantress Supreme are staples. 

 * * Doc " is an equally successful dentist. 

 As the Standard Oil Co. has purchased 

 the building in which he has his office, 

 with a two years* lease to run, he may 

 be so situated that he will be quite 

 a plunger in new varieties. 



Whitton & Sons, Utica, disposed of 

 practically everything in the shape of 

 a bloom in their wholesale and retail 

 departments around Memorial time. 



Brant Bros., Utica, kept the craft 

 well supplied with fine cuts of roses for 

 the Memorial day trade. W. M. 



BOCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



This has been one of the busiest 

 weeks that we have had since Easter. 

 Graduations and commencement exer- 

 cises have been numerous and weddings 

 galore. Funeral work, too, has added 

 to the rush. The weather has been 

 warm, and outdoor stock is pouring in. 

 There is a mammoth glut of peonies, 

 and they are offered at low figures. Out- 

 door roses are becoming more plentiful. 

 Gaillardias, oriental poppies and garden 

 pinks are sold cheaply. 



Indoor stock continues to arrive in 

 satisfactory condition. American Beau- 

 ties are plentiful and of good color. 

 The Mock rose, owing to its richness of 

 color and strong stem, has been much 

 sought after for bouquet work. Sun- 

 burst, Taft, Mrs. Ward and My Mary- 

 land are fine and sell fast. Badiance 

 and Hadley are in good demand. Sweet 

 peas are plentiful and of good quality, 

 but the stems are getting much shorter. 

 Orchids sell quite well just now. Calen- 

 dulas, bachelor's buttons, yellow daisies 

 and mignonette are among the finer 

 flowers, and are much used in basket 

 arrangements.^Spanish iris, pink and 

 white baby gladioli and a good supply 

 of Americas complete the stock. The 

 supply of green goods meets the demand. 

 Galax, ivy and magnolia leaves are all 

 plentiful. A big scarcity of potted 

 plants is noticed everywhere. 



Various Notes. 



William H. Dildine is getting much 

 stronger and is able to walk around, 

 but unable to be at the office at present. 



Harry Brush, who until recently man- 



aged the West Main street store of 

 Henry P. Neun, has commenced busi- 

 ness for himself at 245 East Main 

 street. 



William Pitkin, president of the 

 Chase Bros. Co., has donated to the 

 Honeoye Falls Improvement Association 

 400 shrubs, which have been planted in 

 prominent places about the town. 



Visitors last week included J. E. 

 Giles, of the Nashua Gummed & Coated 

 Paper Co., Nashua, N. H., and J. Bie- 

 ber and A. Leipzig, of the Leipzig Co., 

 New York. The latter firm had an ele- 

 gant display of all kinds of baskets at 

 Powers' hotel and did a fine business 

 among the city florists. 



The Lady Florists' Auxiliary held its 

 monthly meeting Tuesday, June 15, un- 

 der the trees at Highland park. After 

 business was over, an enjoyable time 

 was spent visiting the beauty spots. ^ 



George Arnold, Jr., for many years 

 superintendent of James Vick's Sons' 

 aster farms, at Spencerport, N. Y., will 



leave their employ July 1 and will take 

 entire charge of the Letchworth estate, 

 (it Ensenore, N. Y. He will undertake 

 a little commercial growing on the side. 



Salter Bros, are displaying some beau- 

 tiful hanging baskets filled with ferns 

 at the West Main street store. At the 

 east side store they have a good dis- 

 play of ferns, baskets and bird cages. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 held its monthly meeting at the store 

 of George B. Hart Monday, June 14. 

 About thirty members were present. 

 Topics of unusual interest to both 

 grower and retailer were.rliscussed. It 

 was decided not to hold any meetings 

 during the summer except for the ex- 

 position and flower show. The monthly 

 meetings will be resumed next October. 

 Refreshments were served by the house 

 committee. 



» Jacob Thomann & Sons are growing 

 some splendid blue double lobelias in 

 21^-inch pots, which find ready sale. , 



H. J. H. 



Waltham, Mass. — Peirce Bros, dis- 

 tributed 10,000 rose bushes to the 

 citizens of Waltham through the Home 

 Garden Association June 16. 



Davenport, la. — Forber & Bird sent 

 out neatly printed invitations to the 

 formal opening of their new store June 

 19 and welcomed a large number of 

 visitors. As the card said, there were 

 souvenirs and the glad hand for all. 



Hillsboro, IlL— B. B, Pohlmann, who 

 conducts a greenhouse establishment 

 under lease at Rockford, 111., has pur- 

 chased the J. A. Wibe place here and 

 has taken possession. At the end of 

 his Rockford lease he will devote all 

 his energies to the business here. He 

 considers the prospect excellent, there 

 being a good local trade and all facili- 

 ties for the wholesale plant business. 

 The range includes 12,000 feet of glass. 



Washington, D. C— To fill the 250 

 public beds in and near Washington, 

 between 600,000 and 700,000 bedding 

 plants were propagated in the green- 

 houses of the government last winter. 

 The man in charge of the work is 

 Charles Henlock, who began his serv- 

 ice under Cleveland's administration 

 and who has been in charge of the 

 thirty-two greenhouses maintained by 

 the government for the last six years. 

 Under him is a force of twenty men. 



Thompson Falls, Mont.— E. S. Doods, 

 cashier of the Thompson State bank, 

 is promoting a greenhouse and nursery 

 business here, and when he has ar- 

 ranged other business affairs will prob- 

 ably devote his whole time to it. There 

 are 4,000 acres east of town being cut 

 up into 10 and 20-acre tracts for set- 

 tlers, and as at present all horticul- 

 tural stock must be shipped from either 

 Spokane, 150 miles west, or Missoula, 

 Mont., 100 miles east of here, the out- 

 look for a successful business seems 

 good. 



Utica, N. Y. — Fire June 15 in the cel- 

 lar under H. G. Martin's flower store, 

 at 39 Genesee street, threatened the de- 

 struction of the 4-story brick building 

 in which it is situated. No cause for 

 the fire could be ascertained. The dam- 

 age amounted to about $500. 



Superior, Wis. — G. Tjensvold, founder 

 and for a number of years exclusive 

 owner of the Superior Floral Co., which 

 operates a store at 1410 Tower avenue 

 and greenhouses on Twenty-first street, 

 Billings Park, has sold his interest to 

 his partner, William Berg, who will con- 

 tinue the business. A. C. Gardiner will 

 continue as manager of the store. 



Fairmont, Minn. — John Leng and 

 Hartvig Sjevik, who not long ago pur- 

 chased property and built a greenhouse 

 here, preparatory to operating under the 

 title of Fairmont Greenhouse Co., have 

 sold out to J. C. McCullough, of Rein- 

 beck, la. They have purchased prop- 

 erty at Canton, S. D., where they intend 

 to build later on. Mr. Leng will not 

 move to South Dakota until autumn, 

 being in the meantime at his old ad- 

 dress, Truman, Minn. 



Portsmouth, Va. — The Supreme Court 

 of Appeals of Virginia has awarded a 

 writ of error and supersedeas in the 

 case of George E. Richardson versus 

 the Portsmouth Cotton Oil Co., upon 

 appeal of the defendant from the Cir- 

 cuit Court of Norfolk county. In his 

 suit for $20,000 damages, Mr. Richard- 

 son won a verdict with judgment for 

 $3,000 in the lower court last December. 

 He charged that the oil company pol- 

 luted the water of Paradise creek and 

 caused noxious stenches to pervade the 

 air, thus hindering him in his flower 

 growing business. The oil company in 

 its appeal alleges errors in the admis- 

 sion of evidence and errors in the in- 

 structions given by the court, and con- 

 tends that the verdict was contrary to 

 the law and the evidence. 



