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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 28, 1916. 



SCENES AT CEDAB AOSES. 



An uncontrollable fire may wipe out 

 of existence, in a few minutes, property 

 that has cost months and years of men 's 

 most strenuous efforts. But the men, 

 however greatly distressed or even dis- 

 couraged they may be at the time, are 

 not usually baffled by such a catastrophe 

 — if they are the right sort of men. In- 

 stead, they proceed to outwit and 

 thwart the fire-fiend, if they can, by 

 building a larger and better edifice than 

 the one that was destroyed, and build- 

 ing it of such materials that it will be 

 a less easy prey to fire than the former 

 structure was. Thus did B. Hammond 

 Tracy, bring good out of evil on his 

 gladiolus fields at Cedar Acres, Wenham, 

 Mass., when he erected the handsome 

 bulb hpuse which is here seen in the 

 illustrations. 



The new building, which takes the 

 place of one that was demolished by fire 

 in November of last year, is believed by 

 Mr. Tracy to be thoroughly fireproof. 

 It is constructed of concrete and terra- 

 cotta blocks, with a "slap-dashed" 

 finish. Its dimensions are 60x80 feet. 

 On the upper floor is a show room, 

 .36x45, ■n^hich, as indicated by one of the 

 illustrations, seems to be excellently 



LOUISVILLE, ET. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



The Market. 



A steady increase in business, accom- 

 panied by a growing cash trade and a 

 favorable outlook for the winter, was 

 noticeable last week. More social 

 affairs have been announced for this 

 winter than we had all of last winter. 



With the exception of carnations, 

 stock is plentiful. Chrysanthemums are 

 plentiful, while good roses equal the 

 demand. 



It has been several years since carna- 

 tions have been as scarce at this time 

 of year as they are now. It is well, 

 however, that this is the case, for with 

 a full crop of chrysanthemums on, the 

 demand for carnations is much cur- 

 tailed. 



Various Notes. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists will 

 hold its monthly meeting at the store of 

 Secretary August R. Baumer, in the Ma- 

 sonic Temple, on Wednesday, Novem- 

 ber 3, at 8 o'clock. 



George E. Schulz, president of the 

 .Jacob Schulz Co., is a member of the 

 Ohio Falls Fanciers' Association, which 

 will give a big poultry and dog show at 



Bulb House and Residence of B. Hammond jTracy, Wenham, Mass. 



fulfilling the purpose for which it was 

 intended. In the rear of the show room 

 are the oflfices, and the remainder of this 

 story of the building will be used for 

 bulb storage. On the ground floor are 

 the wholesale flower room, carriage 

 rooms,, garage, carpenter shop and addi- 

 tional space for bulb storage. 



Mr. Tracy stated, when he had nearly 

 completed the harvesting of this year's 

 crop of bulbs, or corms, that he had 

 never stored cleaner or more healthy 

 looking stock. "We are grateful," he 

 said, "to be able to harvest so fine a 

 crop of the best commercial varieties, 

 though we still feel keenly the loss of 

 the many choice varieties that were de- 

 stroyed by the fire." 



the Louisville Armory during Thanks- 

 giving week. He has been appointed 

 chairman of a committee to interest the 

 florists in making a display for adver- 

 tising purposes. The association agrees 

 to give each florist as much space as he 

 may wish to have, without cost. Sev- 

 eral florists have availed themselves of 

 this liberal offer. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Miller, of the C. 

 H. Kunzman Co., have issued invita- 

 tions to a reception to be given in honor 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Kunzsian, who 

 were married October 5. 



John D. Bettman is the only local 

 grower of carnations who is cutting the 

 usual quantity. A. R. B. 



Pomona, N. C. — J. Van Lindley took 

 a day off October 20 to celebrate his 

 twentieth anniversary in the florists' 

 business. 



Laconla, N. H. — The branch store of 

 C. L. Howe, of Dover, known as the 

 Laconia Flower Store, has a new motor 

 car as an addition to its delivery 

 service. 



Club Meeting. 



The Lancaster Florists' Association 

 met October 21 in the room of the 

 Chamber of Commerce, with a large at- 

 tendance. Robert Fyle, of the Conard 

 & Jones Co., of West Grove, Pa., was 

 present and gave an interesting ac- 

 count of his trip to the Pacific coast 

 last summer, as well as his impressions 

 of floriculture in the west. Mr. Pyle 

 showed some fine pictures, which added 

 much to the evening's pleasure. On the 

 motion of Rodney Eshleman, a vote of 

 thanks was tendered Mr. Pyle. 



Messrs. M. J. Brinton, Elmer J. 

 Weaver and Frank L. Kohr were ap- 

 pointed as a committee to draw up res- 

 olutions of sympathy on the death of 

 our lamented fellow-member, the late 

 George G. Goldbach. 



R. L. Mowbry, assistant treasurer of 

 the Conard & Jones Co., congratulated 

 the association on its attendance and 

 the enthusiasm shown. Frederick 

 Hardy and Adam Felsinger were elected 

 to membership. 



Quite a discussion followed on the 

 workingmen's compensation bill passed 

 recently by the Pennsylvania legis- 

 lature. 



The visiting committee is arranging 

 a trip to Reading for early in Novem- 

 ber, to visit the florists there. A large 

 number of the members expressed their 

 intention of going. At the next meet- 

 ing, November ,18, mums will be the 

 subject for discussion. 



Charles B. Herr, of Strasburg, enter- 

 tained the Glad Hand committee. The 

 members of this committee are all past 

 masters at croquet. Of the five classy 

 games played, J. Butlet Hess and Mr. 

 Herr won four. Their opponents were 

 Ira H. Landis and J. Wade Gayley. 

 After the games refreshments were 

 served by Mr. Herr. 



Members Visit Greenhouses. 



A party of more than twenty mem- 

 bers of the association paid visits to 

 seven of the florists' establishments 

 around the city the day of the meet- 

 ing. 



The first stop was at the houses of 

 the Wheatland Greenhouse Co., where 

 George Ream showed the sights to the 

 visitors. Matchless, Enchantress Su- 

 preme, Mrs. Akehurst and Alma Ward 

 carnations are grown here. Cutting 

 was going on in a house of exception- 

 ally well-grown Chrysolora mums. 

 Their Golden Glow, the best ever grown 

 by the company, were all sold several 

 weeks ago and the space filled with 

 potted carnations. 



Thomas R. Fries was visited next. 

 His houses are located on the historic 

 property where President Buchanan 

 lived. Mr. Fries is a specialist in ferns 

 and other decorative plants, of which 

 he has some fine varieties, all in the 

 best possible shape. He grows mums 

 also, and is one of the largest bulb 

 forcers in this section. 



Third among those visited were B. 

 Frank Barr & Co. Their carnations 

 are starting splendidly. Matchless, 

 Mrs. Ward, Benora, Delhi and White 

 Ward are the principal varieties. The 

 rose houses are full of good, thrifty 

 plants, loaded with young, blooming 

 wood. Ophelia is well thought of by 

 them. Mums in great variety were in 

 fine form. 



Albert M. Herr's place was the next 



