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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 21, 1^15. 



Messrs. Traendly, Hammond, Pyle, 

 Pennock, McFarland, Reuter and May 

 attended the meeting of the American 

 Rose Society in New York, October 11. 



John Donaldson won hi^ suit against 

 the gas company, obtaining a judgment 

 for $2,700. 



John P. Cleary is the latest of the 

 old-timers to join the force of C. C. 

 Trepel. Mr. Cleary has entered the re- 

 tail department of the store at East 

 Fifty-ninth street and Lexington ave- 

 nue. J. Austin Shaw. 



A receiver was appointed last week 

 for Hanft Bros., among the oldest of 

 New Yorlc retail florists. Details are 

 under ' * Business Embarrassments. ' ' 



The prize schedule of the chrysanthe- 

 mum show to be held November 1 and 

 2, in New York, under the auspices of 

 the Country Life Permanent Exposi- 

 tion, contains a list of eighteen first 

 and second prizes, which will be award- 

 ed in nine classes. Entries must be 

 made by October 30, in writing, to 

 George A. Marsh. Exhibits must be 

 staged by 1 o'clock, November 1, and 

 should be addressed to Robert H. Sex- 

 ton, managing director Country Life 

 Permanent Exposition, Grand Central 

 Terminal building, New York. Charles 

 H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., will lec- 

 ture on "Hardy Chrysanthemums," 

 November 1, at 3 o'clock. 



ROCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The market was brisk last week and 

 the fall season seems to have opened 

 better this year than last. In the first 

 part of the week stock was extremely 

 scarce, but more was forthcoming dur- 

 ing the latter half. Outdoor stock is 

 about over, and carnations, which at 

 this time are almost entirely relied 

 upon, have been scarce and poor. They 

 are improving, however, and are more 

 plentiful, but are still insufficient for 

 the demand. Chrysanthemums are com- 

 ing to the market in good shape, in 

 yellow, white and lavender. The yel- 

 lows, chiefly Chrysolora, are especially 

 fine and have sold fast. Roses are in 

 good condition, but in some varieties 

 a scarcity is noticed. The Francis 

 Scott Key rose is well liked here and 

 it keeps well. Ophelia, Sunburst and 

 Ward are good sellers. Double White 

 Killarney is in good shape. Sweet- 

 heart roses with bachelor's buttons 

 make up attractively in corsages. 

 Bouvardia is in the pink of condition 

 and is moving well. Pansies are plenti- 

 ful. Lilies are scarce. Valley is good, 

 but moves slowly. Orchids and gar- 

 denias are good and sell well. Tube- 

 roses continue to arrive and are much 

 used in funeral work. Daisies, lark- 

 -spurs, gaillardias, cosmos and ornamen- 

 tal grasses are used a great deal for 

 basket work, for which there is a 

 growing demand. 



Varioua Notes. 



Several members of the Rochester 

 Florists* Association met at the Cen- 

 tral Park hotel and enjoyed a game of 

 bowling. It is understood that the 

 Rochester bowlers are planning a trip 

 to Cleveland in the near future. 



The fir A meeting of the Florists' 

 Association for the winter season was 

 held at the Musicians' Headquarters on 

 Monday evening, October 11. About 

 thirty were present. After the trans- 



action of the regular business, John 

 Dunbar, assistant superintendent of 

 parks, spoke on his recent trip to 

 Boston and outlined the workings of 

 the Arnold Arboretum, It proved to be 

 a highly interesting talk. The chair- 

 man, Chas. H. Vick, announced some 

 good speakers for the coming meetings, 

 which will be held monthly. 



Julius Berg, of Lion & Co., New 

 York, called on the trade last week. 

 He is booking some good Christmas 

 orders. 



George Cramer recently purchased 

 about five tons of decorative rock for 

 window boxes and artificial ponds. 



J. B. Keller Sons have had a large 

 and elaborate wedding decoration at 

 Hazleton, Pa., and four of their chief 

 help have been there for a week, with 

 F. J. Keller in charge. Wilfred Keller 

 expects to visit Philadelphia, Boston 

 and New York after this job is over. 



The Lady Florists' Association held 

 the first monthly meeting of the sea- 

 son at the home of Mrs. W. Dumoiid, 

 at Brighton, N. Y., October 12. The 

 usual business was transacted and re- 

 freshments were served. 



Charles W. Curtis is meeting with 

 splendid success in his first attempt at 

 chrysanthemum growing. His green- 

 house, which is 200 feet long, is full of 

 Chrysoloras and Bonnaflfons, all coming 

 along in fine shape. He has commenced 

 cutting Chrysoloras, which have fine 

 blooms, with stems over five feet long. 



Arthur Zirkman, of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, had a fine layout at the 

 Seneca hotel last week. He reports ex- 

 cellent business in this city. 



George T. Boucher, in his East ave- 

 nue window, has a fine display of well 

 colored crotons in various sizes. He 

 reports business exceptionally good. 



H. E. Wilson has received a large 

 shipment of fancy baskets and basket 

 vases. His new window continues to 

 attract large crowds. 



H. P. Neun has returned from his 

 business trip to New York and Boston. 



The Maurer-Haap Co. has a splendid 

 showing of Dutch bulbs in the window. 

 Most of the 10-cent stores also are 

 handling them. H. J. H. 



PITTSBXTROH. 



The Market. 



. Last week the weather was delight- 

 ful. It almost seemed a shame that the 

 frost should have put an end to all out- 

 door flowers, especially when people 

 still are outdoors a great deal. Stock 

 of all kinds is scarce. The growers did 

 not have the usual number of early 

 chrysanthemums, which are now almost 

 over, and the later sorts are slow in 

 arriving. Carnations continue much 

 short of the demand; the same is true 

 of roses, especially in the shorter 

 grades. The only flowers plentiful are 

 beauties and orchids. 



The wholesale houses clean up early 

 each day and the men have plenty of 

 time to devote to the supplies, which 

 are beginning to move better as the 

 season advances. The retailers all 

 seemed to be busy last week, a number 

 of large funerals being responsible for 

 most of the activity. 



Various Notes. 



W. C. Beckert has been busy with 

 bulb orders. His display windows are 

 attractively dressed with all kinds of 



bulbs and no doubt they are responsi- 

 ble for the rush in that department. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 Mrs. Mary A. Miller and son, of 

 Moundsville, W. Va., who were purchas- 

 ing supplies for the fall and holiday 

 season; Miss Weber, of Fairmont, W. 

 Va., and B. H. Walker, of Johnstown, 

 Pa. Clarke. 



MILWAXTEEE. 



The Market. 



Business was good last week. Stock 

 has remained extremely scarce and or- 

 ders have so far exceeded the supply 

 that it has been a serious problem to 

 try to give everybody something. De- 

 spite the cuts on orders, there was not 

 nearly enough stock to go around and 

 many orders had to be turned down en- 

 tirely. 



The supply of roses has increased to 

 some extent, but the demand has in- 

 creased much faster. Thejr are in fine 

 shape and, even though prices have ad- 

 vanced, everyone got his money's 

 worth. Carnations are slowly increas- 

 ing in supply and the cut will be much 

 larger within a week or so. The qual- 

 ity is fine and no complaints are heard, 

 although the prices run from $3 to $4 

 per hundred. The late chrysanthemums 

 are coming in more heavily and are of 

 excellent quality. Pompons also are 

 making their appearance. It is ex- 

 pected that this stock will be sufficient- 

 ly plentiful in a few days to ease mar- 

 ket conditions. In violets the single 

 stock is much better than the double, 

 but neither variety is in sufficient sup- 

 ply to cut much figure in the market. 



Frosts have killed the outdoor stock, 

 and the loss of asters and dahlias has 

 helped, of course, to increase the de- 

 mand for roses and carnations. Stock 

 in general has been so high-priced that 

 some dry goods stores that have here- 

 tofore disposed of lots of cheap flow- 

 ers have been obliged to go without 

 much stock lately, as it is impossible 

 for them to offer bargains at present. 



Various Notes. 



William Lubliner, at 123 Grand ave- 

 nue, will be obliged to vacate his store 

 shortly, with all the other tenants of 

 the block, as work will shortly be 

 started there on a large modern build- 

 ing. He has secured a store at 225 

 Grand avenue, which is one of the 

 busiest spots in the city. There should 

 be no question of his success at the 

 new stand, as it has every advantage 

 of the old one and some added attrac- 

 tions. 



The Holton & Hunkel Co. is just 

 completing two new houses at the 

 Brown Deer range. This addition will 

 be used for plants and will enable 

 the firm to increase its output mate- 

 rially. The entire range at Brown Deer 

 and the one at Humboldt avenue have 

 undergone a thorough overhauling and 

 are in exceptionally fine shape. Some 

 Chrysolora chrysanthemums that were 

 cut at Brown Deer last week were un- 

 usually fine and brought fancy prices. 



J. M. Fox & Son had a large wed- 

 ding decoration last week. This, cou- 

 pled with the steady sales, kept the 

 firm exceptionally busy. They report 

 that they have some large orders for 

 future delivery. 



A. McDonald, manager of Gimbel's 

 flower department, says that the busi- 



