OCTOBBB 28, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



sending in an excellent cut of valley, 

 which commands top prices. 



Among the best cut mums last week 

 were those consigned to the W. C. Smith 

 Wholesale Floral Co. by the H. J. Weber 

 & Sons Nursery Co. These were sold at 

 $4 per dozen. ^ 



Messrs. Kalisch, Boerm, Sanders and 

 Waldman, florists along Delmar boule- 

 vard, had attractive window displays 

 last week. They report a big improve- 

 ment in business since the mum season 

 opened. 



There is to be a big display of 

 chrysanthemums at the Missouri Bo- 

 tanical Garden this week. Max Schiller 

 says the plants are in fine shape and 

 the show should have great drawing 

 powers. 



C. E. De Wever is out of the hospital 

 and seems to be fully recovered. He is 

 supplying the trade with some extra 

 fine Boston ferns. 



The Windier Wholesale F'oral Co. 

 has finished its new private oflSce in the 

 front part of the salesroom. 



Fred H. Weber, at Maryland and 

 Boyle avenues, says fall business has 

 opened in great shape. He has a num- 

 ber of wedding receptions and dinner 

 parties booked for this week. 



Walter Mott, representing Ham- 

 mond's Paint & Slug Shot Works, 

 Beacon, N. Y., spent a few days here 

 last week calling on the trade. 



George Angermueller, who has a large 

 shipping trade in the southwestern part 

 of the state, says the orders for supplies 

 last week were splendid. The cut flower 

 department, too, was busy. 



MuUanphy Florists are preparing to 

 move this week into new quarters at 

 Eighth and Locust streets. The new 

 store is quite attractive in appearance. 



Chas. Young, of the C. Young & Sons 

 Co., says tulips and hyacinths have had 

 a big sale so far this season. The new 

 range of greenhouses at Olivette is com- 

 pleted and the houses are now being 

 stocked up. Walter Young, the store 

 manager, says he has every reason to 

 believe this will be a prosperous season 

 for his firm. 



It looks as if the Kirkwood growers 

 are going to have a heavy cut of mums 

 this season, from the way the daily 

 supply of early varieties is coming in. 

 They say the late varieties are show- 

 ing fine prospects. 



Phil. Goebel, Jr., says his roller 

 skates, for which he traded his Panama 

 hat, come in handy now. It is said Mr. 

 Goebel is the most graceful skater at 

 the Webster rink, especially for a 

 heavyweight. 



W. J. Pilcher is cutting some of his 

 Mazzura viftlets, but it takes cold 

 weather to put fine color and stem into 

 this variety. Mr. Pilcher has had great 

 success with his roses. His Kaiserin 

 and Hadley have fine, long stems, and 

 Milady, Russell, Ward and Killarney 

 promise well for the season. 



Adolph Brix, who has charge of the 

 floral arrangements at the war relief 

 bazaar at the Coliseum this week, says 

 the local retailers, growers and whole- 

 salers have been generous with dona- 

 tions of cut stock and plants for the 

 flower booths. 



The trade extends its sympathy to 

 O. C. May, of Kirkwood, in the loss of 

 his mother, who died last week. The 

 funeral was held October 24 and was 

 attended by many of the florists. 



A meeting of the officers of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club will be held Oc- 

 tober 28 at the home of Frank Windier, 



4245 Virginia avenue, to arrange for 

 a working program for the next club 

 meeting. The spring flower show com- 

 mittee, the transportation committee 

 and the carnation society committee 

 have been invited to meet with them, so 

 as to arrange final reports for the No- 

 vember meeting of the club. 



J. J. B. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



The market shows a decided change. 

 The stock was insufficient to meet the 

 demand during part of last week. 



Beauties are now of excellent quality 

 and especially good in color. Other 

 varieties of roses continue about the 

 same, all selling at good prices. Ophe- 

 lia sells as well at present as any. 

 There is a large call for Mrs. Russell. 



Chrysanthemums are more abundant 

 than anything else. While some stock 

 is excellent, there also are a large num- 

 ber of second and third grade mums. 

 Pompons made their first appearance 

 and have found a good demand. They 

 are selling well. Carnations are stead- 

 ily increasing. They are much better 

 in size and length, and especially good 

 in color. The Ward carnation sells as 

 well as any. Violets are finding a good 

 market. Lily of the valley is rather 

 scarce and is selling at $6 per hundred. 

 Orchids, too, are selling well. Snap- 

 dragons are arriving in small lots. 

 Pansies and calendulas are quite plenti- 

 ful. 



Various Notes. 



W. J. Palmer & Son report a busy 

 week in funeral work for some promi- 

 nent families. Among the pieces were 

 a huge blanket consisting of 2,000 lily 

 of the valley and 400 White Killarney 

 roses, a casket cross of 100 orchids and 

 1,000 valley, and several wreaths of 

 orchids and valley. 



Galley Bros., of Gardenville, will 

 open a flower shop on Genesee street 

 November 1. 



David Scott, of Corfu, has planted a 

 large number of Golden Spur bulbs. As 

 yet he has not cut many carnations, 

 but he expects to be cutting steadily all 

 winter. 



The Buffalo Florists' Bowling Club, 

 the championship trophy winners, met 

 October 19 at Ordell's alleys for a fare- 

 well game with Joseph Streit. Though 

 they are losing one of their best play- 

 ers, they are confident of holding their 

 own with most of the teams. The 

 scores made October 19 were as fol- 

 lows: 



Player. * 1st 2rt 3d 



Sandiford 172 130 168 



Speidel 126 124 166 



Stuntz 167 139 220 



Xeubeck 15R 196 148 



Streit 167 206 138 



Totals 7C0 -n.'i 840 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 



Scott 182 129 184 



KrenPan 144 125 126 



Steplian iri9 188 186 



Strathmeyer 144 120 179 



Keibllngrr 133 144 146 



Totals 762 706 651 



Geo. Economopoulos. 



George Economopoulos, one of the 

 proprietors of the Alpha Floral Co., at 

 Chicago and at Des Moines, la., died of 

 ptomaine poisoning at 6 a. m. October 

 27. Mr. Economopoulos became quite 

 ill the afternoon of October 25 and was 

 taken that night to the University hos- 

 pital. All treatment, however, failed 

 and he sank rapidly. Only about 42 

 years of age, he was well known in the 

 trade. 



Joseph F. Smith. 



Joseph F. Smith, of Norwich, Conn., 

 died at his home at 409 Washington 

 street, October 17, death resulting from 

 a complication of diseases. Mr. Smith 

 was born in Germany, December 6, 1838. 

 He came to this country when 13 years 

 of age and resided at Philadelphia until 

 1865, when he moved to Norwich and 

 became gardener for Joseph Ripley. 

 In 1871 he started in business for him- 

 self at Norwich, which business he con- 

 ducted up to the time of his death. He 

 is survived by his wife, four daughters 

 and five sons, Joseph J., of Middletown, 

 Conn.; Edward A., of New London, 

 Conn.; Frederick W., George A. and 

 Frank, all of Norwich. 



Henry Baldinger. 



Henry Baldinger, who was classed as 

 one of the pioneer florists of Pittsburgh, 

 Pa., died at his home October 21. Mr. 

 Baldinger was in his eighty-second 

 year. He was apprenticed to the trade 

 in Germany, where he was born, but 

 came to this country when a young 

 man. He first worked as a private gar- 

 dener at Baltimore, Md., and was later 

 associated with Peter Henderson. He 

 moved to Pittsburgh to enter the em- 

 ploy of Jeremiah Knox, who made the 

 .Tacinda strawberry famous. After the 

 death of Jeremiah Knox, Mr. Baldinger 

 went into business for himself at what 

 was then Knoxville. He conducted a 

 flower stand in the Pittsburgh market 

 up to the time of his death. Although 

 for many years almost an invalid, Mr. 

 Baldinger was able to look after several 

 small greenhouses. He is survived by 

 two daughters and two sons. Clarke. 



• Cleveland, O.— The McCallum Co., of 

 Pittsburgh, announces that William Q. 

 Potter has purchased its Cleveland 

 branch and from October 21 will con- 

 duct it for himself, entirely independent 

 of the Pittsburgh store, with which he 

 has severed his connections. Mr. Potter 

 has made a success of the Cleveland 

 venture. 



Trimble, O.— Clyde Haskins is back 

 at his post after a two months' pleas- 

 ure trip to San Francisco and other 

 Pacific coast cities. 



Des Moines, la. — H. E. Lozier is put- 

 ting $1,000 into his display window; 

 that is, he is spending that much for 

 remodeling and outfitting the window. 

 It is Mr. Lozier 's ambition to have the 

 finest window in the state for display- 

 ing florists' wares. 



Cbattanooga, Tenn. — A bill has been 

 filed in the Chancery Court seeking an 

 equitable distribution of the interests 

 in the Karsten flower store, at 614 

 Cypress street. The complainants are 

 William Karsten and Mrs. J. Shell, his 

 sister, and the defendants are John, 

 Charles and Matilda Karsten. The es- 

 tablishment has been operated for a 

 number of years as a family affair, 

 with no definite agreement as to owner- 

 ship. The bill seeks to separate the 

 interests in the business through a re- 

 ceivership. 



