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Adodst 5. 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



WASHTNGTON, D. 0. 



Tlie Market. 



Last week was one of the hottest 

 that Washington has seen in several 

 years, and the heat had its effect both 

 upon the production of flowers and 

 upon business. Dahlias are not as good 

 as they should be. Their loss is not 

 felt to any great extent, for there is 

 an oversupply of asters. American 

 Beauty roses are practically oflf the 

 market. The average quality of many 

 of the other varieties is fair consider- 

 ing the season of the year. Mrs. George 

 Shawyer, Killarney Brilliant, Double 

 White Killarney, Radiance and Sun- 

 burst are among the best sellers. With 

 such enormous quantities to be had, 

 prices are low, and $4 per hundred is 

 considered high for even the choicest 

 stock. Carnations are nearly a thing 

 of the past, and it is hard to get 

 enough of good quality to fill the oc- 

 casional orders. Sweet peas are done 

 for in this locality, although some are 

 coming from northern growers. 



While business during the summer 

 has been dull, there are those who say 

 that conditions this year are more than 

 slightly better than during the same 

 period of 1914. Funeral work has con- 

 tinued heavy right along, and this has 

 caused a better movement of flowers 

 used in designs. Of course, there are 

 far more to be had than the market 

 can possibly absorb, but last year the 

 percentage of sales is said to have 

 been lower. 



Various Notes. 



The sympathy of the local trade is 

 with Frederick Leapley, of the firm of 

 Leapley & Meyer, 905 G street, north- 

 west, who last week suffered the loss 

 by death of his father, Peter F. 

 Leapley. Mr. Leapley was 60 years of 

 age. 



Frank Slye, of the Center Market, is 

 absent from the city on a two weeks' 

 vacation. 



Milton Eedman, with the S. S. Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., will spend part of -his 

 vacation at Atlantic City, N. J. Miss 

 Minnie £. Shea, bookkeeper for this 

 concern, left Saturday, July 31, for 

 Springfield, Mass. During her three 

 weeks' stay in the east. Miss Shea will 

 visit a number of summer resorts in 

 and around Boston. 



Miss Jessie Windsor has returned 

 from a month spent at Colonial Beach 

 on a most enjoyable vacation. Miss 

 Windsor is employed at the store of 

 Gude Bros. Co. 



Among the week's visitors were 

 P. T. Corey, Fredericksburg, Va.; 

 A. M. Anderson, representing A. L. Ean- 

 dall Co., Chicago; Robert Shoch, repre- 

 senting the M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, 

 and F^ank C. Hargett, of Frederick, 

 Md. C. L. L. 



NABOISSI FOB CHRISTMAS. 



When should Trumpet major narcissi 

 be potted to bloom for Christmas f Is 

 it possible to get them in bloom so early 

 as thatf F. K. — Mass. 



French Trumpet major narcissi, if 

 obtainable in August, can be flowered 

 for Christmas. They are a somewhat 

 uncertain crop, however. I think it 

 doubtful if you can secure bulbs this 

 season in time to flower them for 

 Christmas. 0. W. 



OBITUARY 



Alfred C. F. Burkhardt. 



Alfred C. F. Burkhardt, for more 

 than thirty years a florist at Portland, 

 Ore., was suddenly stricken with heart 

 failure while working in his green- 

 houses Wednesday, July 28, and died a 

 few minutes later. 



Mr. Burkhardt was 57 years of age. 

 In 1882 he went to Portland, and the 

 year after joined his brother, G. J. 

 Burkhardt, in forming the greenhouse 

 business which became known as Burk- 

 hardt Bros. They secured what was 

 then a suburban tract of land for their 

 greenhouses, but what is now Twenty- 

 third and Gleason streets, Portland. 

 The partnership existed until 1903, 

 when it was dissolved, Alfred Burk- 

 hardt retaining the original ^location, 

 which he occupied at the time of his 

 death. 



He leaves a widow and six daughters, 

 the youngest a baby of two months. 

 Mr. Burkhardt was insured for $17,000, 

 and his property has advanced consid- 

 erably in value because of the rapid 

 growth of Portland. S. W. W. 



WUliam H. Barnes. 



William H. Barnes, a retired florist 

 of Independence, Kan., died at his 

 home, 409 South Second street, July 28, 

 after an illness of Bright 's disease. 

 Mr. Barnes was well known in state 

 horticultural circles, having been secre- 

 tary of the Kansas State Horticultural 

 Society from 1895 to 1907, president 

 and secretary each fqr two years of 

 the American Federation of Horticul- 

 tural Societies, state commissioner at the 

 Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, 1901, 

 and state delegate to national irriga- 

 tion congresses at Chicago and £1 Paso. 



Mr. Barnes was born in New York 

 city, November 1, 1845. He enlisted 

 in the Union army at the age of 19, 

 being a member of the Thirty-fourth 

 New York Independent Field battery. 

 At the close of the war he married 

 Miss Clarissa G. Anderson, of Onarga, 

 HI. He went to Kansas in 1870 and 

 to Independence in 1872. In 1876 he 

 started a garden farm near Elk river, 

 north of the city. In 1879 he started 

 the business now conducted by Robert 

 Bunyar. By the time he sold it, in 



1894, he had over an acre covered with 

 glass. 



Mr. Barnes was active in G. A. B. 

 work and was a member of the A. O. 

 XJ. W. He had been a member of the 

 Methodist church for thirty-one years. 

 He is survived by Mrs. Barnes and 

 eight sons and daughters. They are 

 George E. Barnes, of Perry, Okla.; W. 

 E. Barnes, of Independence; H. H. 

 Barnes, of Wichita; A. F. Barnes, of 

 Independence; Lotta L. Johnson, of 

 Pueblo, Colo.; Irma T. McDougall, of 

 Los Angeles, Cal.; Walter M. Barnes, 

 of Hot Springs, Ark., and Chas. S. 

 Barnes, of Denver, Colo. 



Patrick Beynolds. 



Patrick Reynolds, one of the oldest 

 and best known landscape gardeners in 

 Newport, R. I., died at his home, 62 

 Bath road, Sunday, July 25, after an 

 illness of only two weeks. He leaves 

 two sons, John Reynolds, of New York, 

 and James Reynolds, of Newport, who 

 was associated with his father in busi- 

 ness. For several years Mr. Reynolds 

 had conducted an independent business 

 as forester and landscape gardener. - 

 W. H. M. 



COLD STOBAGE MULTIFLOBUM. 



Will you kindly tell me how to grow 

 cold storage multiflorum lilies f I nave 

 them potted outside, covered with 

 ashes. They are in 6-inch pots, two 

 bulbs to a pot. They have been potted 

 for three weeks. Can I have them in 

 bloom by the middle of September t I 

 shall be thankful for any information 

 regarding these flowers. 



C. A.— Pa. 



I would have preferred to stand these 

 lilies in a cellar or even below a green- 

 house bench, clear of drip, rather than 

 outdoors under ashes. Any drenching 

 rains will seriously harm them and the 

 shoots are liable to be broken in re- 

 moving the ashes. These cold storage 

 lilies do not need covering in this way. 

 You should have no trouble in flowering 

 these lilies by the middle of Septem- 

 ber. Allow three to four weeks from 

 the time you see the buds. C. W. 



Philadelphia, Pa — Elmer E. Bitchie, 

 who has been operating the old Karl 

 Guckert property, at 7631 Ridge ave- 

 nue, Roxboro, for nearly two years, ia 

 doing well. 



THE HOTELS OF SAN FBANCISCO. 



The Hotel Committee of the Pacific Coast Horticultural Society supplies the 

 following list of the hotels of San Francisco, with their rates, for the benefit of 

 those who will attend the S. A. F. convention August 17 to 20. All are European 

 plan. For further information write the chairman, Frederic J. Bertrand, care 

 Joseph's, 233 Grant street. 



For Am. 

 Plan 



Name and Location 



Argonaut, 44 Fourth St.... 

 Baldwin. 821 Grant Ave... 

 B«llevue, Geary at Taylor.. 

 Cllft, Geary and Taylor Sts. 



Court, 565 Bush St 



Fairmont, Calif, at Mason. 

 Golden Weat, 112 Powell St. 

 Goodfrlend, 246 Powell St.. 



Granada, 1000 Sutter St 



HiUcrest, 1200 California.. 

 Inside Inn, at Exposition.. 

 Lankershlm, 65 Fifth St... 

 Manx, Powell at O'Farrell. 

 Palace, Market at Montg'y. 

 Plasa, Post at Stockton.... 

 Stanford, 250 Kearny St... 



Stewart, 888 Geary St 



St. Francis, Geary at Powell 



Turpin, 17 Powell St 



Victoria, 598 Bush St 



Washington, Grant at Bush 



Without Add per 

 Bath Peraoo 

 $1.60 to $2.50 



$2.00 

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8.60 

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8.00 to 

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4.00 

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