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The Florists^ Review 



Jolt 1. 1915. 



notices in the papers of Oklahoma City 

 announcing the admission to the bar 

 of S. S. Butterfield. At the age of 56, 

 this is no small achievement and all 

 his old friends wish him great success. 



June 29 the New York and New Jer- 

 sey Plant Growers' Association held its 

 regular meeting at the secretary's 

 office in Long Island City and after 

 the meeting proceeded to Coney Island 

 in automobiles and enjoyed a banquet 

 at Feltman's. The annual outing of 

 this society next month is likely to in- 

 clude a boat trip up the Hudson. 



Samuel Stone, of 359 Jay street, 

 Brooklyn, was married June 2. 



The outing of the Greek-American 

 florists takes place next Wednesday, 

 July 7, at Witzel's grove, College 

 Point, L. I., by steamer Atlas, leaving 

 the dock at East Twenty-third street 

 at 10:30 a. m. 



June 25 the plant auctions closed for 

 the season. The MacNiflf Horticultural 

 Co. says it was more than double in 

 volume that of 1914. 



The New York Florist Supply Co. is 

 busy in the erection of its new build- 

 ing, on West Twenty-eighth street. 



L. J. Kervan is enjoying a week's 

 outing and rest in Connecticut. 



Mr. and Mrs. William Kessler have 

 returned from a two weeks' stay in the 

 mountains. 



The Brooklyn Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Market sold 100,000 roses and carna- 

 tions last week in the retail depart- 

 ment. 



C. Bonnet, of Bonnet & Blake, is 

 making a record as a fisher of black 

 bass on his weekly outings. Mr. Blake, 

 of this firm, will go to Eochester, N. Y., 

 with Mrs. Blake for a month's vaca- 

 tion. 



W. H. Kuebler contemplates a trip 

 to San Francisco. The number booked 

 for the trip from New York is now 

 fifteen. 



Victor Warendorff has returned with 

 glowing accounts of his western travels 

 and his visit to the Pan-American ex- 

 position. 



David Clarke's Sons, Young & Nu- 

 gent and Thoriey have announced their 

 Sunday closing. J. Austin Shaw. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



The market last week was full of 

 good stock; plenty of peonies in cold 

 storage, greenhouse - grown gladioli, 

 lilies, sweet peas, roses and carnations. 

 Valley was in good supply, but the 

 demand cleaned it up daily. Water 

 lilies are received daily. 



Various Notes. 



The float of Knoble Bros, took sec- 

 ond prize in the West Side Market 

 parade, June 23. It was decorated 

 with pink and white peonies and Beau- 

 ties and was one of the sensations of 

 the parade. ■* 



M. A. Vinson was in Detroit last 

 week, attending the convention of the 

 American Association of Nurserymen. 

 He went there to boost the big Cleve- 

 land flower show to be held Novem- 

 ber 10 to 14. 



The Florists' Club's picnic will be 

 held at Willow beach sometime in 

 July. The exact date has not been 

 set. It was decided, at the last meet- 

 ing of the club, that those who are to 

 participate in the ball game between 

 the wholesalers and retailers must be 



members of the club. All other events, 

 such as the tug-of-war, foot races, etc., 

 will be open to all. The next meeting 

 of the club, which was to be held July 

 5, has been postponed to July 12. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. is 

 busy shipping tile from the old green- 

 houses on Edgely road to the new plant 

 at Newton Falls, O. This tile was 

 made by the Camp Conduit Co. espe- 

 cially for benches and has been in use 

 at the old plant for ten years, but is al- 

 most as good as new. 



Walter Mott was a recent visitor. 



F. A. F. 



DETROIT. 



Various Notes. 



Breitmeyer's stafiE were exceedingly 

 busy last week with the work for the 

 Warren-Sheldon wedding. This was the 

 big event of the season and it is under- 

 stood that the cost runs well into four 

 figures. The decorations were elab- 

 orate in both church and home, and nu- 

 merous dinners and receptions for the 

 bridal couple, given before the wed- 

 ding, also called for thousands of 

 flowers. Breitmeyer's had the cream 

 of the orders. 



Ground was broken the first part of 

 last week on the new home of Fetters' 

 Flowers, on Woodward avenue just 

 north of the boulevard. Mr. Fetters 

 hopes to have the store completed be- 

 fore the holidays. The plans for the 

 building are elaborate and when fin- 

 ished it will undoubtedly be one of the 

 show places on the avenue. 



Hugo Schroeter acquired the interest 

 of Albert J. Stahelin in the Schroeter- 

 Stahelin Co., June 22, and hereafter the 

 business will be conducted in Hugo 

 Schroeter 's name only. 



M. A. Vinson, of Cleveland, was a 

 visitor during the week of the nursery- 

 men 's convention, his business being 

 the boosting of the Cleveland flower 

 show. Announcements of the show, to 

 be held November 10 to 14, were visible 

 both in the convention hall and in the 

 lobby of the Cadillac hotel. All con- 

 vention attendants were invited to at- 

 tend the show. Mr. Vinson also called 

 upon a number of the trade locally 

 and many promised to visit Cleveland 

 next November. 



A number of Detroit florists and 

 friends went on a fishing trip June 25 

 and many are the fish stories, some true 

 and some otherwise, which are now go- 

 ing the rounds. 



Among the visitors were C, Winterich, 

 of Defiance, O., and J. L, Schiller, of 

 Toledo, who motored here for the out- 

 ing. H. S. 



IBVINGTON, N. J. 



E, Plebarny, grower at 204 Union 

 avenue, reports that the spring busi- 

 ness was first-class. He is now cutting 

 beautiful outdoor sweet peas. He has 

 planted 22,000 chrysanthemums for the 

 fall trade. During the summer Mr. Ple- 

 barny will build an additional green- 

 house, 32x100 feet. The work will be 

 done by Hitchings & Co., of Elizabeth, 

 N. J. 



C, W, Stoner, who bought out the 

 business at 143 Union avenue a couple 

 of years ago, is gradually working up 

 the business to larger proportions. The 

 spring trade this year was ahead of 

 last year, though not up to what it 

 probably would have been had general 

 business conditions been better, 



William Hass, grower at Chancellor 



avenue and Fortieth street, reports that 

 business is quiet. He is now planting 

 for the fall and Christmas trade. He 

 has a fine lot of outdoor sweet peas. 



Last week William Gahr, on Fortieth 

 street, began planting chrysanthemums 

 and ferns for the fall trade. 



Edward Jacobi had a fine spring 

 trade, exceeding that of a year ago. 

 He is now planting for the fall trade. 



E. B. M. 



NEW BEDFOSD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Local florists have been busy for 

 some time with bedding work. Trade 

 has been exceptionally lively along this 

 line. The cut flower business also has 

 been holding its own. Prices in general 

 are now becoming lower. Good Poite- 

 vine geraniums have been scarce and 

 the demand has been strong. 



Various Notes. 



Peter Murray, of Fairhaven, has 

 added another automobile to his deliv- 

 ery equipment. 



The Peckham Floral Co., of Fair- 

 haven, reports an exceedingly busy sea- 

 son, both locally and out of town. 



Henry J. Walsh, formerly employed 

 by the Kingston Gardeners, of Kings- 

 ton, Mass., has entered the employ of 

 S. E, Shaw, on Kempton street, in this 

 city. 



Wm. E, Mosher has been doing a big 

 business in the filling of piazza boxes. 



Post & Gray are busy, as usual. They 

 report an excellent demand for gera- 

 niums. Wm. M. Post recently spent a 

 few days in New York, combining busi- 

 ness and pleasure on his trip. 



The New Bedford Horticultural Soci- 

 ety held its annual peony show in the 

 Public Library building, June 17. It 

 was a beautiful and instructive exhi- 

 bition. Wonderful collections of peo- 

 nies were shown by Col. H. E. Converse, 

 of Marion, Mass., and by Wm. F. Tur- 

 ner, of New Bedford. Galen Stone, of 

 Marion, Mass., showed a splendid col- 

 lection of gloxinias. L. J. Hathaway 

 captured the honors for the best col- 

 lection of Spanish iris. Frank Tripp 

 had the best twelve peonies. 



W. M. P. 



NORTH MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Having seen in the Milwaukee news- 

 letter in The Eeview of June 17 the 

 report with reference to N. Zweifel sell- 

 ing out, I wish to add a few more par- 

 ticulars. Grunwaldt Bros,, who took 

 over Mr, Zweifel 's place, will carry on 

 the business under the name of Green- 

 wood Carnation Co. The members of the 

 firm expect to maintain the high stand- 

 ard set by Mr. Zweifel. To gain this 

 end, they have retained Mr. Zweifel 's 

 carnation grower, Leon Thorpe, an effi- 

 cient grower who had complete charge 

 of the place while Mr. Zweifel was 

 touring Europe. They have also re- 

 tained John Jacobs, another experi- 

 enced grower, who was with Mr. Zwei- 

 fel for some time. They have some 

 excellent young stock to start with, 

 and expect to bench some of it in a few 

 days, providing the weather permits. 

 They will make a specialty of rooted 

 cuttings, setting apart a few thousand 

 stock plants for this purpose. There 

 are at present sixteen varieties on the 

 place, including a few of the newer 

 sorts, such as Matchless, Champion, 

 Alice, Good Cheer and others. O. G, J, 



