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The Florists^ Review 



taPTEMBBR 30, 1015. 



BEADING, PA. 



The Market. 



Increasing business is the report of 

 the local florists. The summer has 

 proved to be one of the best in funeral 

 work, one firm stating that this partic- 

 ular item was as large as at any time 

 during the winter season. Many orders 

 for decorations were executed by a 

 large number of local firms last week, 

 for the combined openings of the de- 

 partment stores. Every firm received 

 a share of the orders, many of them 

 being compelled to purchase large 

 blocks of palms to meet the demand. 



Cut flowers were plentiful, with the 

 exception of asters, which were ruined 

 by the excessive heat of the week. This 

 was much regretted, as the blooms 

 were the best ever seen in this locality. 

 Flowers four to six inches in size were 

 nothing unusual. Carnations have 

 made their appearance and are of good 

 quality, the pinks predominating. 

 Dahlias are more plentiful and sell well. 



Various Notes. 



Business at the two shops of John 

 Giles is reported as being satisfactory. 

 Many orders for handsome decorations 

 were filled last week. Irvin Giles is 

 spending his vacation at Niagara Falls. 



Layton Butts, of Wyomissing, is cut- 

 ting roses in large numbers. Sunburst 

 is the most popular. 



Lee Arnold, of "Wyomissing, has 

 started carnation cutting and is supply- 

 ing the market with high-grade blooms. 



Visitors last week were T. J. Nolan, 

 of the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., and E. M. Reed, rep- 

 resenting the Keller Pottery Co., Nor- 

 ristown. Pa. H. C. H. 



Andrew Dorward had on exhibition a 

 large vase of Solidago Golden Wings, 

 for which the society's certificate of 

 merit was awarded. W. H. M. 



SOBANTON, PA. 



NEWPORT, B. I. 



A greenhouse, 24x84 feet, costing 

 $4,500, is being erected on the estate 

 of Eleanor Elkin Widener, on Cog- 

 geshall avenue. 



William H. Maher, of Coggeshall ave- 

 nue, who has been seriously ill for some 

 time, is reported to be about the same. 



Andrew K. McMahon, treasurer of 

 the Newport Horticultural Society, was 

 a member of the Bhode Island delega- 

 tion of Grand Army men to attend the 

 big reunion in Washington, D. C. 



Cornelius Lyne, a gardener, was in- 

 stantly killed September 23, at the rail- 

 road crossing at Long Wharf, by being 

 struck by a train. 



Carl Oberheitman, with Wadley & 

 Smythe, accompanied by his wife, left 

 September 25 for a trip through the 

 Berkshires and White mountains, be- 

 fore resuming his work in New York. 



Although the storm and the cold snap 

 were detrimental, the annual dahlia 

 show held September 23 and 24 

 under the auspices of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society and the 

 Newport Garden Association, on the 

 latter 's grounds, was a success. There 

 were thirty classes and competition was 

 keen in all of them. The judges for 

 tVe society's classes were Bruce But- 

 terton, Henry Redmond and Andrew 

 Dorward. 



At the regular meeting of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society, with Presi- 

 dent William McKay presiding, the of- 

 fer of a silver cup from the John 

 Scheepers Co., of New York, to be 

 awarded at the society's midsummer 

 show next year for a display of bulb- 

 ous plants, was accepted with thanks. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade is improving slowly, with indi- 

 cations that it will soon be about/nor- 

 mal. Up to the present time it has 

 been considerably below last year. 

 Stock is becoming more plentiful daily. 

 Carnations are better and the quantity 

 is about equal to the demand. The 

 stems are of fair length and the qual- 

 ity good as a rule. Red is the only 

 color that does not meet the demand. 



Roses are of fine quality and are 

 keeping about even with the demand. 

 Richmond, Ophelia, Sunburst, Killarney 

 and White Killarney are favorites. 

 Beauties are scarce and demand is 

 rather light for them. 



Asters are nearly gone and those left 

 are of inferior grade. Mums are show- 

 ing up nicely and about the only kinds 

 on the market at present are Smith's 

 Advance and Golden Glow. By the end 

 of this week we are promised some 

 Chrysolora of good qu^ity. It will 

 not be long until we have plenty of 

 several varieties. The public is calling 

 for them now. | 



' Valley is scarce and the demand quite 

 heavy at times. The outdoor flowers 

 are almost gone and the public will 

 have to depend on indoor stock from 

 now on. 



The demand for ferns has been in- 

 creasing and several of the stores are 

 having special sales on them. There 

 is little in the way of blooming plants 

 at present, with the demand increasing 

 ilaily for potted stock in bloom. 



Various Notes. 



The Munk Floral Co. is cutting its 

 first mums and reports that business is 

 looking up some. 



The Livingston Seed Co. has been 

 handling some fine carnations for this 

 time of year. 



The Block-Crane Co. is doing business 

 again, after being closed during the 

 dull season. 



Charles A. Roth reports business fair 

 at the greenhouses and says they get 

 a good many orders over the telephone 

 from old customers. 



Reports from Sherman F. Stephens 

 indicate that he is gaining right along 

 now. 



Underwood Bros, have been busy 

 lately with funeral work. 



T. .7. Ludwig is still handling quite 

 a quantity of gladioli to good advan- 

 tage. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. is cut- 

 ting some good roses and carnations 

 and has been cutting Smith's Advance 

 mums for the last week or two. This 

 firm is installing a smoke consumer at 

 its Fifth avenue plant, which not only 

 will make things cleaner about the 

 neighborhood, but is expected to effect 

 a saving in fuel. .1. M. 



In its first appearance in competition 

 at the Ohio state fair, this year, 

 Hardesty & Co., of this city, won five 

 premiums, one on everything entered. 

 The firm considers the record the more 

 noteworthy because it competed against 

 concerns much older and with greater 

 experience in competition at the state 

 fair. 



The Market. 



This city and vicinity were visited 

 September 22 by the first frost of the 

 season, which did eonsiderable damage 

 to outdoor crops. The rural districts 

 suffered most, tomatoes, corn, grapes, 

 etc., being frostbitten. Business 

 dropped off considerably during the 

 week. There was a little funeral work 

 and a few small weddings, which kept 

 some of the florists busy. We are re- 

 ceiving fine dahlias. Carnations are ar- 

 riving in large quantities, but they are 

 not much in demand. Good valley is 

 scarce. 



Club Meeting. 



The season's first meetihg of the 

 Scranton Florists' Club was held at the 

 Schultheis store September 24. Presi- 

 dent T. B. McClintock presided. There 

 was a good attendance and much busi- 

 ness was transacted. It was decided to 

 hold a spring flower show in 1916. A 

 committee was appointed to look into 

 cooperative advertising in the daily 

 newspapers. The next meeting will be 

 held October 15, at the A. L. Besancon 

 & Co. store. All members are requested 

 to attend, as arrangements will be 

 made for the fall and winter season. 

 Officers will be nominated for the en- 

 suing year. F. J. Moran was elected 

 to membership. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Anna Griffiths had the decora- 

 tions for the Stein wedding last week. 

 The bride carried a shower bouquet of 

 white roses, orchids and valley. The 

 maid of honor carried Sunburst roses 

 and the bridesmaid had Shawyer roses. 



Arthur Evans, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 

 was a business caller last week. He 

 reports good business for last month. 

 Ira G. Marvin also was a visitor last 

 week. 



On a visit to the T. B. McClintock 

 greenhouses I saw the finest chrysan- 

 themums in the city. Mr. McClintock 

 is cutting a large quantity of carna- 

 tions daily. His outdoor coleus were 

 nipped by the frost of last week. 



Baldwin reports a number of large 

 wedding decorations booked for Octo- 

 ber. The store had an attractive win- 

 dow display of mums last week. 



G. R. Clark received his first ship- 

 ment of Dutch bulbs last week, but his 

 French bulbs have not yet arrived. 

 Miss Loftus has returned from a sum- 

 mer spent at Moosic lake. 



J. T. Cokely has returned from a 

 successful trip through the east. 



D. W. Evans expects to cut his first 

 chrysanthemums this week. He is har- 

 vesting some nice carnations. 



F. W. Mackey reports a heavy call 

 for Boston and Whitmani ferns. He 

 has a good crop of cactus dahlias. 



Mrs. A. F. Conwell, of Lincoln ave- 

 nue, reports a fair week of funeral or- 

 ders. She is erecting a good-sized 

 greenhouse. F. J. M. 



New Haven, Ind. — By a freak of for- 

 tune a tornado September 10 flattened 

 out two new houses of the Ne^ Haven 

 Floral Co. without doing any damage 

 to the older houses. By tall hustling 

 the two houses have been rebuilt with 

 the same material, so that labor is the 

 only loss, and are now half planted. 

 This addition gives the concern 50,000 

 feet of glass in roses, carnations and 

 mums. H. J. C. Leitz is manager. 



