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September 9, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



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proved, and that the premiums be paid. 

 The John Scheepers silver cup, won by 

 James Watt, gardener for Mrs. William 

 G. Weld, at the gladiolus show, was 

 presented to the winner by Andrew K. 

 McMahon, treasurer of the society. 



W. H. M. 



HOUSTON, TEX. 



The following committees have 

 been appointed for the Texas state 

 flower show, to be held in Houston, 

 November 17 to 20: 



R. C. Kerr, general chairman; A. L. Perrln, 

 secretary; P. M. Carroll, treasurer. 



Trade Display — W. J. Baker, Ft. Worth, chair- 

 man; H. O. Hannah, Sherman; Chas. Alff, Jr., 

 Austin. 



Exhibition and Hall — C. I>. Brock, Houston, 

 rhalrman: A. F. Koehle, Sherman; Bird Forrest, 

 Waxahachle; E. E. Stone, Dickinson. 



Premiums and Judges — Tom Wolfe, Waco, 

 chairman; Ed Hall, Austin; J. E. McAdam, Ft. 

 Worth. 



Admissions — P. M. Carroll, Houston, chairman; 

 A. L. Perrln, Houston; C. H. Blecker, Houston. 



Publicity — S. J. Mitchell, Houston, chairman; 

 L. J. Tackett, Ft. Worth; Louis Oesch, Dallas. 



Amateur Exhibits— R. G. Hewitt, Houston, 

 chairman; W. T. Hauser, Houston; H. Dirken, 

 Houston. 



Entertainment — H. H. Kuhlmann, Sr., Houston, 

 chairman; and all members of the Houston Flo- 

 rists' Club. 



Decorations — H. H. Kuhlmann, Jr., chairman; 

 John J. Boyle, Houston; Mrs. M. A. Hansen, Gal- 

 veston; Mrs. F. L. Cotney. 



EOCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The weather last week was warmer 

 and better than any during August. 

 Consequently a larger amount of stock 

 has come to the market. The exposi- 

 tion called for a large quantity of 

 decorative plants and palms, and many 

 flowers were used at the flower show 

 each day. 



The warm weather has had a bad 

 effect on all kinds of roses. On ar- 

 rival they are in first-class condition, 

 but they open too quickly, even in the 

 icebox. Ophelia, Sunburst and Russell 

 are the best keepers, and sell nicely. 

 American Beauties are not good. The 

 stems are short and the blooms are 

 small. The supply of carnations is 

 limited; most of them are cut from 

 outdoor plants. Sweet peas are un- 

 satisfactory. Easter lilies are good, 

 but without demand. Valley is be- 

 coming more plentiful, and sells fairly 

 well. There is an abundance of gladi- 

 oli on the market. Asters are plenti- 

 ful and move fairly well. There is an 

 abundance of tritomas, phloxes, Japa- 

 nese lilies, Golden Glow, helianthus 

 and Shasta daisies. Yellow mums are 

 making an appearance and sell easily. 



Various Notes. 



R. J. Rapalji has returned from a 

 trip through New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



An artistic window display was 

 shown by the Rochester Floral Co. for 

 the opening of the horse show. Flow- 

 ers of the Rochester colors were used. 

 In the window was a wooden horse and 

 cart decorated with yellow, blue and 

 white ribbons. The display attracted 

 considerable attention. 



Salter Bros., at the opening of the 

 horse show, furnished a large horseshoe 

 made of hardy hydrangeas and Golden 

 Glows, studded with purple asters. 



Schuyler Arnold, of the Crescent 

 Seed Farm, had an extensive display 

 of cut asters at the Brockport fair. 



E. F. Kennon, of the Climax Mfg. 

 Co., Castorland, N. Y., called on the 

 trade last week. Mr. Murphy, of N. F. 

 McCarthy & Co., Boston, was a visitor 

 also. 



C. W. Sutherland, of Barnard, N. Y., 

 is cutting some exceptionally fine Peer- 

 less Pink asters. The stems are extra 

 long. Mr. Sutherland finds no difficulty 

 in disposing of them. 



The W. E. Kirchhoff Co., of Pem- 

 broke, N. Y., is shipping in choice 

 gladioli, which sell well. Frank Pen- 

 dleton, Jr., is particularly good. 



H. J. H. 



USINGEE'S UTTEEANCES. 



Karl Kuny, of Altoona, Pa., is taking 

 advantage of the dull business period 

 by spending most of his time at his 

 summer cottage. 



C. W. Eifler, of Altoona, has been 

 forced to cut away some of his land 

 and take down one of his houses be- 

 cause of the regrading of the streets. 



A. A. Whitbred, of Altoona, is 

 cutting fine gladioli and asters. 



L. S. Peterman Co., of Altoona, had 

 a large amount of funeral work last 

 week. 



Adolph Engelman, of Tyrone, Pa., is 

 building a new house, 40x200, which is 

 of the Lord & Burnham Co. construc- 

 tion. 



George Crissman and Miss Crissman 

 are at the Rochester flower show. 



They made the trip in their new 

 Mitchell automobile. 



W. H. Brouse & Son, of Tyrone, are 

 erecting a house to take care of the in- 

 creasing business. 



Mrs. G. G. Parker, of Philipsburg, 

 Pa., who was recently operated on, 

 is slowly recovering. 



Mrs. William Blacker, of Clearfield, 

 Pa., is making a number of improve- 

 ments at her greenhouses. 



Mrs. C. W. Espy, of Brookville, Pa., 

 is spending a few months with her 

 daughter at Fairwood, Va. 



C. W. Espy & Sons have taken first 

 premiums for a showing of ten vari- 

 eties of roses and for ten potted flower- 

 ing plants, and a second premium was 

 awarded them for an exhibition of ten 

 varieties of shrubs at the Brookville 

 agricultural fair. 



H. W. Girton, manager of the Moun- 

 tain Park Greenhouses, at Ridgway, 

 Pa., is growing some excellent chrys- 

 anthemums. 



The St. Marys Greenhouse Co., of St. 

 Marys, Pa., had quite a run of funeral 

 work last week. One order was for a 

 wreath of five dozen orchids. 



The Kane Greenhouse, of Kane, Pa., 

 is building a store in connection with 

 the greenhouse. W. T. U. 



Pekin, 111. — George A. Kuhl and wife 

 have returned to their home after an 

 outing at Harbor Springs, Mich. They 

 made the long trip home by motor, 

 stopping to see a number of florists on 

 the way. 



Baraboo, Wis. — At the summer meet- 

 ing of the Wisconsin State Horticul- 

 tural Society, held at Madison, August 

 25 and 26, William Toole, Sr., of Pansy 

 Heights, read a paper on "Herbaceous 

 Perennials for Home Grounds." 



Hackettstown, N. J. — Under a lease 

 with an option clause, the Center 

 street greenhouses have been taken 

 over by A. D. Herrick and Arthur L. 

 Ross, of New York. Mr. Ross, who 

 has been with Siebrecht & Son, of New 

 York, will be the practical man in the 

 enterprise, while Mr. Herrick will take 

 charge of the outside business of the 

 new firm. 



Columbia, Mo. — Charles E. Miller and 

 Brice Edwards, former students of the 

 College of Agriculture of the University 

 of Missouri, will invest $10,740 in a 

 greenhouse business this fall. A green- 

 house 82x300 and a propagating house 

 20x80 will be erected by the John C. 

 Moninger Co., of Chicago. A 120-horse- 

 power boiler will heat the buildings. 

 Work will begin in November. 



Champaign, IlL — J. E. Yeats has torn 

 down the greenhouses which he leased 

 to Gustave .Johnson for the last few 

 years, and is building a new range. 

 When it is completed, Mr. Yeats will 

 have, he says, 60,000 feet of glass, in- 

 cluding the range near Mt. Hope ceme- 

 tery. The old range is planted entire- 

 ly to his new red rose, Mrs. Sarah Yeats. 

 Plants only will be grown at the new 

 range, and cut flowers at the cemetery 

 establishment. 



Jersey City, N. J. — Charles Reitman, of 

 110 Bond street, Trenton, has filed a pe- 

 tition in the United States District 

 court at Trenton against Bonnot Bros, 

 and also against the individual mem* 

 bers of the firm, Emil Bonnot and Leon 

 Bonnot. He claims they are insolvent, 

 and asks that they be declared bank- 

 rupt. He charges that they owe the 

 New York Cut Flower Co. $6,935, and 

 that this claim has been assigned to 

 him. 



Berlin, N. Y. — A company of motion 

 picture producers recently secured the 

 permission of Arthur Cowee for the use 

 of his fields of gladioli as a stage set- 

 ting for a rural photoplay. They con- 

 sidered Mr. Cowee 's grounds an ideal 

 scenic background for the play, which 

 was entitled "Gladiola. " For a week 

 the players were busy filming the nu- 

 merous scenes, and there were many 

 spectators on hand daily to witness the 

 unfolding of the plot. 



Albion, Mich,— The florists' craft 

 was well represented in the recent in- 

 dustrial and civic parade by the dec- 

 orated automobile of Arthur H. Dew, 

 of 407 Perry street. Mr. Dew's car 

 received the commendation of the 

 judges of the entries not only because 

 of the artistic arrangement of palms 

 and ferns, but for the symbolic thought 

 carried out with the children in the 

 car. A young girl dressed as an angel 

 sat in the back of the car holding chif- 

 fon ribbons running to the tfiwer girls 

 on the front of the running boards, and 

 then on to two smaller girls seated on 

 the front guards. The entire front of 

 the car was trimmed with rOses. A 

 placard bearing the words, "Flowers 

 are angel messengers expressing joy, 

 love and sympathy," preceded the car. 



