OCTOBBB 28, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



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combination. It is said that the song 

 jg getting quite popular. 



Albert Kayton is shipping some extra 

 fine yellow chrysanthemums, which find 

 a ready sale. 



"William Galentine, of Greece, N. Y., 

 is cutting a splendid lot of dahlias, 

 which include some fine specimens. 

 Vick & Hill, of Barnard, are also ship- 

 ping a large quantity. 



E. R. Fry will open a new store on- 

 West avenue, at the Corner of Brown 

 and Gei^esee streets, as soon as the 

 necessary alterations are completed. 



Hugo Teute is growing a fine lot of 

 Golden Chadwick mums. He expects to 

 cut 1,000 blooms from a 125-foot bench. 

 Most of his stock is for Thanksgiving 

 trade. 



S. W. Morgan, of Le Eoy, N. Y., and 

 John Ward, of Mumford, N. Y., were 

 in this city last week. 



James Vick's Sons report an extra 

 heavy call for all kinds of bulbs. Their 

 bulb sales exceed those of last year by a 

 good margin. H. J, H. 



FORT WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Buying conditions were exceedingly 

 trying last week, for business was re- 

 markably good and there was a great 

 scarcity of roses, carnations and, in 

 fact, almost all kinds of flowers. 

 Chrysanthemums were the only flowers 

 that could be had in any quantity. In 

 these there were many new arrivals. 

 Foremost among them were Monrovia, 

 Pacific, Touset, Unaka and Polly Rose. 

 Carnations were extremely scarce, but 

 the few blooms available were of good 

 quality. Roses were more plentiful. 

 Mrs. Russell, Sunburst, Shawyer and 

 Ophelia are good sellers. The smaller 

 varieties of roses are in good demand 

 for corsages, many of which are sold 

 for the early dances. 



There were several killing frosts last 

 week and there is not a particle of out- 

 door stock left on the market. Heavy 

 firing is being done in the greenhouses 

 these days, especially at night, when it 

 is extremely cold. The growers are be- 

 ginning to receive their Dutch bulbs 

 and word has been received by one 

 grower that the azaleas have already 

 arrived in Niew York. 



Easter lilies and rubrum lilies are in 

 good supply. A few snapdragons are 

 seen on the market and the first violets 

 are making their appearance. Valley 

 and orchids are meeting with a good 

 sale. 



Various Notes, 



At the real estate banquet held at 

 the Commercial Club several florists 

 donated flowers for table decorations. 

 They were F. J. Knecht, the Flick 

 Floral Co. and W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Miss Helen Fatten, of the Patten 

 Flower Shop, Toledo, O., spent last week 

 in this city, a guest at the Flick resi- 

 dence. Miss Patten is boosting the 

 Toledo flower show, to be held the first 

 week in November. Several retailers 

 are planning to make exhibits of table 

 decorations, wedding bouquets, etc. 

 Miss Patten reports that business is all 

 that could be wished for this fall and 

 that she is looking forward to a good 

 season. 



The F. J. Knecht greenhouses are 

 making a fine showing. In the chrysan- 

 themum houses, Chrysolora and October 

 Frost are splendid. One house of Rus- 



sell roses looks promising. Shawyer 

 and Sunburst were in a prime condition. 

 This concern has 50,000 feet of glass 

 and only has been in existence a few 

 years. Frank Knecht is planning to 

 take in both the Toledo and Cleveland 

 flower shows in November. 



A number of representatives of the 

 Flower Growers' Corporation, of De- 

 troit, were visitors last week. R. F. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



TOLEDO, O. 



The Market. 



The weather at present is unseason- 

 ably warm, which is a great help to 

 florists who still have outdoor work 

 to do. The supply of cut flowers is 

 more plentiful than that of last week. 

 Choice mums can be had from $3.50 to 

 $20 per hundred. This stock is excel- 

 lent, for this time of the year. Roses, 

 especially Killarney, Richmond and 

 Aaron Ward, are nne and sell at $3 

 per hundred and up. Carnations now 

 have longer and stiffer stems and those 

 with larger flowers bring $2 per hun- 

 dred for firsts and $2.50 for fancy. 

 American Beauties are scarce. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Toledo 

 Florists' Club, Elmer Smith, of Adrian, 

 Mich., exhibited several varieties of 

 chrysanthemums. These choice blooms' 

 were later auctioned off and the pro- 

 ceeds given to Mr. Smith. 



Much enthusiasm was shown by the 

 retailers over the fall show and a great 

 success is expected. Nearly every re- 

 tail florist is preparing a table decora- 

 tion for the show and, besides, each 

 and every one is planning an exhibit 

 to please and inspire the public. All 

 chrysanthemums and cut flowers ex- 

 hibited will be shown in fine ivory-fin- 

 ished china vases, thus adding greatly 

 to the attractiveness of each exhibit. 



The board of directors of the show 

 has secured many costly reels of mo- 

 tion pictures to be shown during the 

 show, treating of the cate and culture 

 of mums, bulbs and all kinds of grow- 

 ing plants. 



While George Bayer was presiding, 

 thieves entered his home on Fulton 

 street and ransacked the entire house, 

 but did not take anything of im- 

 portance. 



Various Notes. 



J. L. Schiller has exceptional success 

 with Jerusalem cherries. Mr. Schiller is 

 an expert in this line and finds a ready 

 sale for novelty plants such as these. 



Feniger, the Adams street florist, has 

 had a large electric sign installed above 

 his place. The sign represents a vase 

 about six feet in height containing a 

 cluster of American Beauties. 



Jacob Helmer, with the Patten 

 Flower Shop, is rejoicing over the ar- 

 rival of a baby girl, while Albert Leh- 

 man, with Schramm Bros., is happy 

 over the arrival of a baby boy. 



Paul Timm, of Monroe street, is cut- 

 tins: choice chrysanthemums. 



The city has finished the erection of 

 a 5-house range for .Jacob Fischer, of 

 Central avenue. The city agreed to 

 build him modern greenhouses for his 

 old ones, which stood on the ground 

 wanted by the city for the new boule- 

 vard. 



George Bayer & Son are erecting two 

 greenhouses, each 25x180 feet. They 

 will be devoted to violets. G. B. S. 



The Market. 



Flowers still are scarce and high- 

 priced, though arriving in slightly 

 larger quantities and greater variety. 

 The larger chrysanthemums are begin- 

 ning to make their appearance and the 

 quality is considerably improved. The 

 prices are high, though a little more 

 moderate than before. It is hard to 

 get good roses and the prices in the 

 wholesale market are consequently 

 high; nothing worth looking at by the 

 first-class florist can be secured at less 

 than 8 cents each. Valley also is high, 

 the best costing about 4 cents a spray. 

 Carnations are only a little more plen- 

 tiful. The better blooms bring about 

 4 cents each. It is probable that the 

 great amount of cloudy weather in the 

 early part of last week had a tendency 

 to keep the flowers from developing. 

 The greenhouses are filled with fine, 

 budded plants, and when they are fully 

 in bearing there will be no dearth of 

 carnations. 



There still are some good dahlias in 

 the market, but they are not plentiful. 

 Asters have disappeared. A few sweet 

 violets have come in. A considerable 

 number of fern jars are being sold. 

 Cosmos is plentiful and is about the 

 only cheap, pretty flower. Branches of 

 colored oak leaves are arriving in quan- 

 tity from the Adirondack mountains. 

 There have been several October wed- 

 dings within the last ten days, as well 

 as considerable funeral work. There 

 were several warm days last week, but 

 these were followed by cold weather 

 that threatens such flowers as still re- 

 main in the open. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Essex 

 County Florists' Club was held last 

 week in the Krueger Auditorium. The 

 business meeting was followed by re- 

 freshments, to which all the members 

 did justice. It was decided to hold a 

 chrysanthemum show. Several mem- 

 bers were added to the committee pre- 

 viously appointed, and the full commit- 

 tee will have charge of the arrange- 

 ments, including the selection of the 

 place and date. The members added to 

 the committee were Henry Hornecker, 

 Fred Philips and Edward Jacobi. 



Next year the city of Newark will 

 celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth 

 anniversary of the founding of the city 

 and is planning one of the most elabo- 

 rate programs ever carried out by any 

 city in this country. The Essex Coun- 

 ty Florists' Club wants to have some 

 prominent part in this celebration, and 

 it was thought that a fine chrysanthe- 

 mum show this fall, given in a central 

 location and widely advertised, would 

 place the club in a better position to do 

 something worth while next year. 



Various Notes. 



Henry A. Strobell, at 931 Broad 

 street, has had four large weddings of 

 late, besides considerable funeral work. 

 The counter trade is reported as slowly 

 but surely increasing. 



Philips Bros, have sold their old de- 

 livery automobile and purchased a new 

 one, with several novel features that 

 make it unusually attractive. Business 

 is reported as greatly improved and is 

 considered fair for this time of the 

 year. 



Fred P. Wolfinger has had a large 



