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September 16, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



ST. PAUL, MINN. 



The Market. 



Conditions have not reached their 

 normal state. Business is extremely 

 quiet and stock of all kinds is coming 

 into this market in abundance. Fash- 

 ion week will take a great number 

 of palms and also cut flowers and 

 should be the real opening of the fall 

 season. 



State Fair Awards. 



The state fair premium list was 

 more complete this year than in the 

 past, amounting to $1,305. The stock 

 shown was of the finest and exhibitors 

 displayed more interest by more entries 

 then ever before. 



To encourage florists' clubs, a special 

 class was added and the St. Paul I'lo- 

 rists' Club and the Minneapolis Flo- 

 rists' Club competed. The Minneapolis 

 club was awarded first prize silver cup, 

 on a pretty arrangement of waterwheel, 

 fountain, stream and hills, all present- 

 ing a fine landscape effect, showing an 

 assortment of plant stock and cut 

 flowers. The St. Paul club showed 

 fine plant and cut flower stock, also 

 a carpet bedding effect around an elec- 

 tric fountain. 



In the competitive classes Holm & 

 Olson, Inc., was the largest exhibitor 

 and prize winner, taking thirty-one 

 first premiums, ten second and three 

 third premiums on forty-four entries. 

 The Merriam Park Floral Co. took 

 three first premiums, eleven seconds 

 and two thirds. The Minneapolis 

 Floral Co. took four firsts, thirteen sec- 

 onds and ten thirds, being the second 

 largest exhibitor. Nagel's Greenhouses, 

 Minneapolis, took five third and four 

 fourth premiums. D. W. C. Euff, of St. 

 Paul, took first in all six classes for gla- 

 dioli. F. F. Farrar, of St. Paul, took one 

 first and two seconds on asters. Other ex- 

 hibitors and prize winners included River- 

 side Greenhouses, of St. Paul, and Oscar 

 Amundson, George Long, Mrs. L. H. 

 Sherin and H. F. Baker, of Minne- 

 apolis. 



W. H. Bofferding, of Minneapolis, 

 was in charge of the department and 

 the judging was most satisfactorily 

 done by August Swanson. 



State Florists' Association. 



The annual meeting of the Minne- 

 sota State Florists' Association is held 

 during the state fair and this year 

 brought out an unusually large at- 

 tendance. Officers for 1915-16 were 

 elected as follows: 



President — William Desmond, of 

 Minneapolis. 



Vice-president — Max Kaiser, of Min- 

 neapolis. 



Secretary — Thomas Rodgers. 



Treasurer— E. P. Holm, of St. Paul. 



A. Miller, of Chicago, who was pres- 

 ent, urged the formation of a party to 

 attend the Chicago and Cleveland shows 

 in November and it is thought a dele- 

 gation of thirty-five will be obtained 

 as representing the Twin Cities. 



Various Notes. 



The Ramaley Floral Exchange, for 

 many years at the corner of Seventh 

 and St. Peter streets, was compelled 

 to vacate, to make room for a more 

 modern building, which is to be erected 

 on that site. "The new home of Rama- 

 ley's is 9 West Ninth street and this 

 should prove a fine location. 



The St. Paul Florists' Club will hold 



its first autumn meeting at O. R. Eck- 

 hardt'a store, September 21. 



Visitors: Calvin Kinsman, of 



Austin, Minn.; IL. Maths, en route to 

 Fargo, N. D., from Chicago; T. Mc- 

 Allister, of Chicago; P. Claussen, of 

 Albert Lea, Minn.; N. Clarine, of Fari- 

 bault, Minn. C. R. F. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The hottest week of the year caused 

 almost an utter collapse of the cut 

 flower market Saturday, September 11. 

 The temperature on many days of the 

 week approached close to 100 degrees 

 in the shade. The week end found 

 boxes, cellars and store windows 

 crowded with unsold and unsalable 

 stock, especially asters, to which there 

 seemed to be no limit. 



Few of the aster shipments were sold, 

 even at the unheard of concessions 

 made. At 4 p. m. Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 11, I saw a wholesale florist offer 

 everything in asters in his store, many 

 hundreds of bunches, for $3, and the 

 best offer a large buyer made him for 

 the lot was 50 cents. 



Roses showed the effect of the heat 

 badly, and only selected stock brought 

 even mentionable figures. No. 2 grades 

 fell back to midsummer rates again. 

 Some Beauties and a few of the nov- 

 elties, when perfect, brought good fig- 

 ures, but there were few of them. The 

 medium and low grades of all sold in 

 thousand lots as low as $5 per thousand. 



An increase in carnation shipments 

 is noticeable, but quality is still an 

 "unknown quantity." Prices remain 

 at 50 cents to $1.50 per hundred. 



Orchids are again abundant, and 

 prices are falling. Few Cattleya gigas 

 bring over 40 cents. An abundance 

 of oncidiums helps to make the retail 

 windows attractive. The orchid stock 

 arriving is perfect. 



Lilies are again in oversupply. The 

 best were selling at $4 per hundred Sep- 

 tember 11. Valley is not moving, they 

 say, and the price corresponds, the top 

 not rising above $3 per hundred. 



The gladiolus shipments continue 

 larger than expected, but another week 

 should see the last of them for this 

 season. The heat and storms made 

 havoc with them and asters. Dahlias 

 of the commoner grade are already in 

 surplus. Cosmos, tritomas, coreopsis, 

 bouvardias, calendulas, hydrangeas and 

 goldenrod complete the list of season- 

 able flowers. 



Club Meeting. 



The first meeting of the Florists' 

 Club for the season was held September 

 13, President Bunyard in the chair. 

 The attendance was close to 100. The 

 guest of honor was Mrs. B. Hammond 

 Tracy, of Wenham, Mass., who gave an 

 interesting stereopticon lecture on the 

 gladiolus, supplemented by a brief ad- 

 dress on the same subject by ' Prof. 

 John S. Adriance, of Williams College, 

 Williamstown, Mass. The lecture by 

 Mrs. Tracy was most practical and the 

 lady graciously answered many ques- 

 tions from the club 's critics and ex- 

 perts. Her exhibit of unnamed gla- 

 dioli in many varieties, staged by Max 

 Schling, received special mention. 



A new pink mum grown by Frank 

 Dinda, of Farmingdale, was staged by 

 Guttman & Raynor. The committee 

 awarded it eighty-two points. C. H. 



Totty exhibited the new pink rose, 

 Gorgeous, awarded eighty-seven points. 

 P. W. Popp snowed seventy-five vari- 

 eties of gladioli and fifteen varieties 

 of giant single dahlias. Arthur Cowee 

 sent some fine gladioli in twenty-four 

 varieties. Knight & Struck Co. had a 

 fiaif exhibit, staged by Maurice Fuld, 

 and some of the fii;e«t unnamed gla- 

 dioli, by T. A. Havemeyer. The club 's 

 thanks were awarded all the exhibits. 



Chairman A. L. "Miller made a satis- 

 factory report for the flower show 

 committee, including the securing of 

 the Grand Central Palace, on similar 

 terms to those of 1915. The work of 

 the committee was approved and it was 

 empowered to act, the chairman of the 

 joint committees being F. R. Pierson, 

 of Tarrytown, N. Y. Messrs. Totty, 

 O'Mara, Weathered and Traendly took 

 part in the interesting discussion. 



A. J. Guttman read the report of 

 the outing committee. A change of 

 location and methods was suggested 

 for the outing of 1916. 



C. P. Heitzmann, George Hilden- 

 brand and John Scheepers were elected 

 to membership and A. F. Baldwin was 

 nominated. 



The secretary read an interesting 

 letter from R. C. Kerr, of Houston, as 

 to the coming convention of the S. A. 

 F. and suggested a change of date to 

 the last week of June or the first week 

 of July. The suggestion will be con- 

 sidered at the October meeting. 



Announcement was made by Presi- 

 dent Bunyard of the deaths of Samuel 

 Thome, Lawrence Kervan and Edwin 

 Lonsdale and a committee was appoint- 

 ed to draw up suitable resolutions. 



A letter was read from Secretary 

 Lane, of the American Dahlia Society, 

 now over 100 members, announcing the 

 society 's first show, September 24 to 

 26, and asking the cooperation of the 

 club 'a members in making it a success. 



Secretary Young reminded the club 

 of the meeting of the New York Fed- 

 eration of Floral Clubs at Syracuse 

 September 16 and also gave an inter- 

 esting account of his stay in California. 



Various Notes. 



Oscar Schultz and family, of New- 

 port, R. I., have enjoyed their vaca- 

 tion in New York city and on an auto- 

 mobile trip through New England. 



A. Kakuda, of the Yokohama Nurs- 

 ery Co., has returned from the San 

 Francisco exposition, where he had 

 charge of the firm's extensive exhibit. 



President Vincent, of the American 

 Dahlia Society, was in the city Thurs- 

 day, September 9, attending the special 

 meeting of the new organization, at 

 the Grand hotel. Much enthusiasm 

 was manifested, and the indications 

 for a great success were most encour- 

 aging. The society has already nearly 

 100 members. The show will open Fri- 

 day, September 24, and continue 

 through Sunday, September 26. Some 

 of the leading retailers, including Max 

 Schling, Geo. E. M. Stumpp, A. Kott- 

 miller and Myer, will exhibit. 



A. Kottmiller has built a new ice- 

 box and added pergola effects to his 

 stores. He will have his new Stude- 

 baker automobile in commission Sep- 

 tember 16. Mr. Kottmiller has the 

 flower department at the Vanderbilt 

 hotel. Adolph Behr is in charge. 



Joseph Barnitt, of Alex. McCon- 

 nell's force, and Mrs. Barnitt have re- 

 turned from a two months' trip to the 

 coast. Drew Scott and wife are en- 



