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Seftembsb 16, 1915. 



The Florists' Revkw 



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to the Panama-Pacific exposition. They 

 had a fine journey. 



All of the florists who indorsed Prof. 

 G. M. Bentley as state entomologist 

 were much disappointed when he failed 

 to get the appointment. Prof. Bentley 

 has held this position for a number of 

 years and is an unusually good man in 

 this line of work. He has been a great 

 help to the florists and ornamental 

 nurserymen throughout the state. 



The officers and committeemen of the 

 Tennessee State Florists' Society will 

 meet in the near future to discuss the 

 meeting to be held in January, at 

 Nashville, They will plan for a flower 

 show and will discuss means of solicit- 

 ing new members. 



Sydney Bayersdorf er, of Philadelphia, 

 was in Knoxville September 9, 



B. E. M. 



BAI.TIMOBE. 



shoulder. She was removed to the hos- 

 pital. For a time it was feared that 

 it would be necessary to amputate her 

 arm, but now the attending physicians 

 think this can be avoided. 



I. H. Moss is shipping some good 

 Golden Glow mums to the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. 



H. J. Quick and Charles H. Cook are 

 again attending their stalls in Lexing- 

 ton market. W. F. E. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



A week of unseasonably warm 

 weather brought large quantities of 

 stock to the market, and as the de- 

 mand was light, there was a small-sized 

 glut. Asters, roses and dahlias formed 

 the bulk of the supplies. The Jenkins 

 funeral created a rush in the whole- 

 sale market and among a few of the 

 retailers. Only the best stock was 

 called for. Beauties, valley, cattleyas 

 and lilies were mostly used, but as the 

 majority of this line came from out- 

 of-town, the local supply was unaf- 

 fected by the increased demand. The 

 Hebrew New Year trade, while light, 

 helped to relieve the congestion. 

 Dahlias are coming in heavily, but are 

 not meeting, with, ^h© sale of former 

 years. Mtitas 'are bfecomiilg noticeable. 

 Carnations still are rather poor. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club was held Septem- 

 ber 13. The night was hot and close, 

 which brought out only a few mem- 

 bers. President Hamilton occupied the 

 chair. As the carnival parade was 

 held that evening, the routine business 

 of the meeting was transacted as 

 quickly as possible. Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., extended an invitation to the club 

 to attend his firm 's annual dahlia show, 

 at White Marsh, the week of Septem- 

 ber 28. It was decided to name Sep- 

 tember 29 as Florists' Club day at the 

 show. Mr. Vincent spoke on the show 

 of the American Dahlia Society, to be 

 held at New York, September 24 to 

 26, and invited all interested to ex- 

 hibit and attend the show. 



Various Notes. 



Several florists will shortly add auto 

 delivery to their services. John Cook 

 will use an Overland and M. P. John- ^ 

 ston will put his second car of that 

 make on the street. William J. Halli- 

 day will install a Ford with a specially 

 built body, the Leo Niessen Co. will 

 have a Ford and Pierce & Co. will 

 shortly replace their machine with one 

 of larger capacity. 



E. A. Vincent lectured on dahlias 

 before the Lancaster Florists' Club 

 September 16. 



Louis Strunz, has installed a new sec- 

 tional boiler and is rearranging his en- 

 tire heating system. 



While returning from the market in 

 their auto truck, Mrs. Fred Michel fell 

 underneath the machine, and one of 

 the wheels passed over her arm and 



Vegetable Growers Meet. 



The annual meeting of the Vegetable 

 Growers' Association of America, held 

 at the HoUenden hotel September 7 

 to 9, brought to town a number of 

 those who are florists as well as mar- 

 ket gardeners and the points of trade 

 interest around Cleveland had many 

 visitors last week. The members of the 

 association in a body visited the Kocky 

 Eiver gardening district. 



The Gardening Contest. 



The vacant lot and home gardening 

 contest arranged by a local newspaper 

 was concluded last w;eek and attracted 

 considerable attention from those in 

 the trade. The products from the gar- 

 dens entered in competition for prizes 

 were exhibited in the new municipal 

 bath house, under most favorable condi- 

 tions. Competition was exceedingly 

 close, as was evinced by the fact that 

 the much coveted silvet cup offered by 

 A. C. Kendel, the seedsman, was being 

 awarded to a daughter of Eve when, 

 upon closer view, a flaw was discov- 

 ered, "right in the core of the apple," 

 to use Adam Graham's expression, and 

 the award was made to a son of For- 

 tunas. The mouth of the epicure fairly 

 watered at the tempting fruits and 

 vegetables and it was not surprising 

 that right in the middle of the judging, 

 at the suggestion of Herman Hart, the 

 judges took lunch. W. M. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Business has improved since the, last 

 writing, but the increase is mostly in 

 funeral work, which has been heavy. 

 Stock is more plentiful. 



Carnations are being received, and 

 although the stems are rather short, 

 the quality of the flowers is good. 

 There is a large supply of them. Gla- 

 dioli still are to be had in any quan- 

 tity, and large numbers of them are 

 disposed of daily. Mums are begin- 

 ning to come. There are good yellow 

 and white varieties to be seen, and it 

 will not be long before we shall have 

 them in large quantities. Lilies are 

 scarce, but a good supply is expected 

 in the near future. Valley is a trifle 

 shy at present. Asters are not plenti- 

 ful, but the carnations are taking their 

 place. There is a demand for- bloom- 

 ing plants, but little of that kind is 

 to be had now. 



Various Notes. 



The awards of the flower show of 

 the Ohio state fair were split among 

 four commercial growers of Ohio. The 

 Livingston Seed Co., of Columbus, 

 heads the list with thirteen first awards 

 and eleven second awards. The In- 

 dianola. Florist, also of Columbus, was 

 a close second with twelve firsts, eleven 

 seconds and one third award. The ex- 



hibits of Gray & Son, Salem, O., were 

 given one first award, three second 

 awards and one third award. Har- 

 desty & Co., of Cincinnati, won one 

 first prize and one fourth prize. Joseph 

 Coleman, of Lexington, O., could not 

 enter his exhibits of cut flowers for 

 the reason that he had not been noti- 

 fied of the change in the date of the 

 cut flower exhibit. Although Mr. Cole- 

 man's flowers arrived a day late, the 

 showing was passed upon by the judges, 

 who considered his dahlias and gla- 

 dioli superior to all others of the show. 

 Mr. Coleman was given additional first 

 prizes in- both classes. 



Sherman Stephens is much improved 

 in health, and it is hoped that he will 

 be able to leave the hospital before 

 long. J. M. 



NEWABK, N. J. 



The Market. 



Florists are beginning to report 

 slightly increased business. As most of 

 the flower buyers have returned from 

 their vacations and as the fall season 

 is near, there should be a noticeable 

 improvement in business within a short 

 time. Collections are still slow, but 

 there has been some improvement along 

 this line within the last week or two. 



The new stock of the growers is de- 

 veloping splendidly. A few are begin- 

 ning to cut Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums, but not in sufficient quantity 

 to send to market. The mum plants 

 in practically all the greenhouses are 

 of fine quality, and the same may be 

 said of carnations. One grower has al- 

 ready begun to cut carnations in small 

 lots, but the others will pot have any 

 to send to market foi;, several ;^fiek|8, 

 Hardly any of the new crop are seen 

 in the retail stores. Asters and gladi- 

 oli still remain the staples, though the 

 quality of the latter is beginning to de- 

 teriorate. The asters, however, are of 

 good quality. Dahlias continue to 

 come in, and within a week or two it 

 is expected that they will be over- 

 abundant. 



Various Notes. 



William Weismantel has repaired and 

 repainted his greenhouse in preparation 

 for the work of the coming season. He 

 has had several funeral orders. 



McLaughlin & Murphy report that 

 they have had a great deal of funeral 

 work and a few wedding decorations 

 during the summer months. Their store 

 is being renovated. 



May's Flower Shop, 265 South 

 Orange avenue, has done fairly well 

 during the summer months. Good busi- 

 ness is expected when the fall season 

 opens. 



Kimmerle & Minder anticipate a 

 large fall business. The new green- 

 house which this firm is erecting will 

 connect the store with the other green- 

 houses. 



The J. J. Wilson Seed Co. has a fine 

 exhibit of dahlia blooms in one of its 

 windows. The display contains some 

 of the best dahlia blooms ever seen in 

 Newark. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society will hold its annual 

 flower show in James assembly hall, 

 October 28 and 29. There will be 

 thirty-eight classes of chrysanthemums 

 and thirty-one classes of carnations. 



The sessions of the Essex County 

 Florists' Club have been resumed. 

 The first meeting was held at Kruger's 



