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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 21, 1915. 



and proceed to plant. If any soil has 

 jworked up around the stems through 

 cultivation, remove it, and plant with 

 jthe top of the ball on a level with the 

 Wiurface, of the soil. It is better to see 

 a lew roots above the soil than to have 

 ..the stems buried, for deep planting, ac- 

 tsording to my observation, is the chief 

 'cause of stem-rot. 



A FrecLuent Mistake. 



i The fungus cannot attack the stem 

 |Unles8 the stem is in actual contact 

 with the soil. Many growers make the 

 imistake of allowing the plants to grow 

 ieggy, and then planting deeply to 

 mi^e them look bushy or to prevent 

 their falling over. If the plants are 

 weak and inclined to fall over, it is far 

 better to support them than to resort 

 |to deep planting. 



I will mention one instance that 

 proved my method to be good. Once, 

 when working under a foreman, I had 

 charge of a section of carnations and 

 .the foreman had charge ol another. He 

 planted his section first, using the best 

 plants and planting deeply, according 

 |to his own theory. I used the left-over 

 plants in my section and planted ac- 

 cording to my theory. The foreman 

 lost thirty per cent of his plants from 

 stem-rot and I lost none. 



T. Stentiford. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



Seth Miller has acquired the business 

 of the Green Floral Co., of Dallas, Tex. 

 Alex. Millar has charge of the houses. 

 The stock looks promising. Asparagus 

 plumosus, Adiantum hybridum, chrysan- 

 themums, roses and carnations are 

 grown for the wholesale trade. Mrs. 

 Eussell heads the list of roses. Its 

 popularity will call for larger plant- 

 ings. The benches in the houses are 

 tile-drained. Oil is used as fuel. This 

 establishment will be one of the at- 

 tractions for the S. A. F. visitors in 

 1916. 



Harry Papworth, of the Metairie 

 Bidge Nursery Co., New Orleans, La., 

 was in the thick of cleaning up at the 

 time of my visit. One could get some 

 idea of the enormous damage done to 

 buildings and stock by the recent storm. 

 All hands are busy getting the houses 

 into shape before frost, but a fine lot 

 of specimen palms and many chrysan- 

 themums grown outdoors were a total 

 loss. Mr. Papworth remarked that the 

 terrific force of the storm was shown 

 by the fact that bricks were carried 

 from a building four blocks away and 

 dropped on his greenhouses in such 

 numbers that the men could not re- 

 main indoors any longer. The men 

 were bracing up houses wherever the 

 pressure seemed greatest. Mr. Pap- 

 worth's chief anxiety during the storm 

 was for the safety of his family at 

 home, only a block away, but unap- 

 proachable because of the storm, which 

 also had carried down all wires. He 

 was glad to find they had not been 

 harmed in the least, only badly scared. 

 A curious freak of the storm was a 

 plantation of fine young orange trees 

 close by, which was untouched in the 

 midst of ruin. 



A. H. Ahten, a market gardener, lo- 

 cated at Shrewsbury, La., lost sixteen 

 houses, each 23x200. They were com- 

 pletely flattened out. 



James Newsham, of New Orleans, 

 who has one of the. best commercial 

 collections of orchids in the south, was 

 also a severe sufferer. The wind flat- 

 tened several houses, which damaged 



the stock underneath. These good folks 

 were located on the edge of the city 

 and in the direct path of the hurricane. 



Hugh Scales, of Birmingham, Ala., 

 says he is feeling the beneficial effects 

 of better times. His stock is in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



Meridian, Miss., boasts of three flo- 

 rists, all women. They are Mesdames 

 Henrietta McKinney, Florence Marshall 

 and Mary Watts. AH are doing good 

 business. W. M. 



MOUNE, ILL. 



John Staack, of Moline, 111., has been 

 named chairman of the entertainment 

 committee which will have charge of 

 the convention of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association, to be held in Mo- 

 line, March 7 and 8, 1916. Other mem- 

 bers of the committee, who were ap- 

 pointed last week at a meeting of the 

 Tri-City Florists' Association, are the 

 following: Becording secretary, Wil- 

 liam Knees, Jr.; corresponding secre- 

 tary, W. C. Wilson; financial secretary, 

 A. Anderson; treasurer, Ludwig Stapp, 

 of Bock Island. 



Many applications for space at the 

 convention have already been received. 

 The exhibition will be held in the Mo- 

 line Turner hall. Invitations will be 

 extended to Dr. W. E. Taylor, Mayor 

 M. E. Carlson, of Moline, and Wesley 

 Greene, of Des Moines, to address the 

 convention. The next meeting of the 

 Tri-City Association will be held in 

 Davenport. Iso date has been an- 

 nounced. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Not in years has this market expe- 

 rienced such a shortage as prevailed 

 all of last week. There was not one 

 flower that was on the long side, stock 

 being so short that the wholesaler could 

 have auctioned off the boxes without 

 opening them. A heavy frost last 

 week killed practically everything out- 

 doors and the only hope was in the 

 mums, galax and magnolia leaves. Some 

 of the stores used artificial fiowers to 

 help fill orders. The only outdoor flow- 

 ers obtainable were some dahlias which 

 the frost did not so much affect. 



The supply of roses and cafnations 

 was short and consequently prices were 

 higher than they were last Christmas. 

 The midseason varieties are in bloom, 

 but most of them seem to be slow 

 about opening into flower. Chrysolora 

 and Bobinson are the two chief mums 

 at present. The few Easter lilies to be 

 had sold as high as 20 cents, October 

 15. Across the state line the stock 

 on hand was hardly enough to fill all 

 orders. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel Murray has some begonias 

 which are equal to any ever seen in this 

 city. His lot of 10-inch Cincinnati be- 

 gonias is exceptional. He has also 100 

 plants of the new begonia, Mrs. J. A. 

 Peterson, in 6-inch pans, which should 

 be popular on account of its dark, 

 bronze foliage and red flowers. One 

 bench contains a fine lot of Melior be- 

 gonias, which will, no doubt, make the 

 Cincinnati push to hold its own. He 

 has a house of poinsettias that are in 

 good shape and of a nice height. An- 

 other house is devoted to orchids, which 

 h« has commenced to out. He will have 

 a large assortment of Christmas basket 



plants, such as dracsenas, etc. His place 

 is well worth a visit. 



E. D. Ellsworth says business so far 

 this year is better than ever before. 

 He sold out clean on all his small poin- 

 settia plants, of which he grows about 

 30,000 every summer. Mr. Ellsworth 

 had a reunion of brothers last week, 

 five in all, one from Boston, one from 

 St. Louis and three from this vicinity. 



Miss Edith Boberts has opened a 

 store at 11 East Eleventh street. She 

 was formerly with the Costello-Moore 

 Floral Co. 



Arthur Newell went to Columbia, Mo., 

 to see a football game in which his son, 

 Walter, was a player. Youngs Mr. 

 Newell is a student at the state, uni- 

 versity. 



The Chandlier Nursery cut over 8,000 

 dahlias last week. 



Allen Sexton, manager of St. Mary's 

 Greenhouse, has the stock in good grow- 

 ing condition and declares that business 

 has been good. 



Mr. Parker has a fish story to tell. 

 He caught thirty-one pounds of catfish 

 one day last week at the lake by their 

 greenhouses. He reports that stock is 

 scarce at present, but he expects relief 

 soon, as there is promise of a heavy 

 crop. 



Joseph Austin will return to the city 

 next week much improved in health. 



A. F. Barbe is cutting a great- many 

 mums, roses and carnations, but not 

 enough to fill all orders. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report stock of all 

 kinds scarce. They are using mums to 

 advantage as a substitute for the less 

 plentiful flowers. 



Biedermann & Son have several deco- 

 rations for the coming week. 



The Alpha Floral Co. experienced a 

 large shipping business last week, espe- 

 eially in funeral work. Their cata- 

 logue is the means of obtaining much 

 trade. 



W. J. Barnes has purchased a touring 

 car, which will be used for quick de- 

 liveries when his truck is on the street 

 or in need of repair. Funeral work is 

 keeping him busy. W. J. B. 



SPBINGFIELD, MO. 



The Market. 



Business was much better last week. 

 A heavy frost helped trade wonder- 

 fully. Funeral work for the last few 

 days has been extra heavy and all have 

 had their share. Some fine white mums 

 are coming in from the Kansas City 

 market. 



Various Notes. 



Bauch Bros, have moved from their 

 old location in the Colonial hotel to 

 South street. They have a splendid 

 window. Their stock is obtained from 

 their greenhouses in Monett, Mo. 



The J. W. Stokes Floral Co. has the 

 cut flower department in Herr's new 

 department store and reports business 

 good. This company had the decora- 

 tions for the Mann-McGregor wedding 

 last week. The church and home were 

 decorated with palms, ferns and white 

 mums. The bridesmaids carried hats 

 made up of Killarney roses; the bride's 

 bouquet was a shower of lily of the 

 valley. 



The greenhouses of the Summerfield 

 Floral Co. are in first-class condition. 

 Their mums are excellent and will be 

 ready soon for cutting. This store had 

 a large decoration last week at the 



