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The Rorists* Review 



NOVBMBEB 4, 1016. 



has been showing some tastefully deco- 

 rated windows lately. 



The South Park Floral Co. has been 

 sending quantities of first-class roses 

 into this market. 



The Smith & Young Co. has been 

 handling a great deal of stock lately. 

 The report is that business is good. 



E. A. Nelson has returned from a fish- 

 ing trip. 



August Grande has been bringing 

 some first-class pot mums to the market. 



H. L. W. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Large quantities of stock are arriv- 

 ing. The warm weather last week 

 brought the chrysanthemums in large 

 supply and the same may be said of 

 roses and carnations. Mums are the 

 leaders in the market now, but the de- 

 mand is well up to the supply. Eoses 

 were in full blast last week. Large, 

 fine stock, with 2-foot stems, sold at $4 

 per hundred. Carnations also were 

 ■old at low figures. The stock coming 

 into this market is of good quality, 

 with the exception of mums, which 

 seem to have deteriorated. Carnations 

 are more plentiful than they have been 

 in any previous year. Greens continue 

 to move and a big improvement in 

 quality has been noted^ 



Pot plants were in good demand last 

 week, especially chrysanthemum plants. 

 Cyclamens are in bloom and bring a 

 good price. 



Various Notes. 



E. H. Frandsen & Co. have their 

 greenhouses in fine shape. The roses 

 and carnations are in an excellent con- 

 dition. This firm has about 30,000 

 square feet of glass, a good part of 

 which is devoted to potted plants. 



The department stores had large 

 sales of flowers October 30. Carnations 

 were sold for 1 cent, roses 3 cents and 

 ehryFanthemums 10 cents. 



Halloween window displays were 

 nmnerous. Most of the displays con- 

 sisted of autumn leaves, etc. 



"W. J Barnes has removed his flower 

 pots from the sheds to a large space be- 

 hind the boilers. The sheds will be 

 used as a storage place for fertilizers, 

 moss and other greenhouse necessities. 



A. F. Barbe has a new icebox in his 

 store. It is ten feet wide, four feet 

 deep and seven feet high. It is made 

 of oak and of the latest pattern. He 

 has good storage facilities in his base- 

 ment, where stock will keep for a long 

 time. 



The Costello-Moore Floral Co. had a 

 heavy run on corsage bouquets last 

 week. There also was a good demand 

 for orchids, valley and violets. 



Wm. Foith is sending a large supply 

 of carnations of unusually fine quality 

 to this market. His roses and mums 

 also are good. He has made many im- 

 provements on his greenhouses and in- 

 tends to do more next summer. 



A. Newell reports that Halloween 

 trade was especially good in decorating 

 snd corsage work. 



The W. L. Bock Flower Co. had a 

 heavy out-of-town business last week. 

 The roses sent in from the green- 

 houses are exoellent. Fred Fromhold, 

 •f the store force, went to Beam lake 

 to Took out for the ducks. 



T. J. Noll & Co. report a good run 

 mt business last week. Out-of-town 



trade was good. A large consignment 

 of violets ftom California, the first of 

 the season, arrived in fine shape. 



Henry Kusik & Co. are receiving 

 large quantities of carnations, roses 

 and mums. They report an increase in 

 business. 



Visitors last week were Mr. Eaupp, 

 of Nevada, Mo., and E. L. Isherwood, 

 of Chillicothe, Mo. W. J. B. 



The greenhouses on the estate of H. E. 

 Converse, of Marion, Mass., were open 

 to the public October 30 and 31. There 

 was an unusual showing of mums, prob- 

 ably the best in this part of the state. 



W. M. P. 



NEW BEDFOBD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Business still is on the increase and 

 everyone is getting a share of it. Mums, 

 of course, are the most popular flowers 

 at this time of the year. There has 

 been no severe frost as yet and outdoor 

 violets are plentiful, but there is no 

 great call for them. Carnations and 

 roses are plentiful and of good quality. 



Various Notes. 



Ernest Chamberlain is doing his usual 

 good business, but is anxious to obtain 

 a stand nearer the center of the city. 



The New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its monthly meeting Novem- 

 ber 1, President Eoy presiding. Plans 

 for the coming show were discussed. 

 After the business meeting an interest- 

 ing talk was given by Joseph Forbes, 

 who recently returned from a trip to 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where 

 he won several prizes for dahlias. 



WOBCESTEB, MASS. 



Demand was fair last week and the 

 indications are for a winter of good 

 business. Chrysanthemums are plenti- 

 ful now and violets have been on the 

 market for two weeks. Bulbs have 

 been in great demand. 



H. F. A. Lange reports business good 

 and the outlook encouraging. His sale 

 of bulbs has greatly exceeded that of 

 last year and most of the stock has 

 been sold. Mr. Lange has had many or- 

 ders for wedding decorations. 



Harry Eandall had distinctive win- 

 dow displays last week. Mr. Eandall 's 

 business has been good and he antici- 

 pates a highly profitable winter. 



The Quarrey Floral Co. has opened a 

 small branch store on Main street. 

 H. L. 



Pueblo, Colo. — To obtain another 

 outlet for his surplus stocks, G. 

 Fleischer has opened what he calls the 

 Majestic Flower Palace, next door to 

 the Majestic theater. Mr. Fleischer 

 has another store on Main street and 

 is a large shipper of cut . flowers to 

 Colorado Springs, Colo., and Wichita, 

 Kan. 



FROM FOREIGN -I^NDS 



Quedlinburg, Germany. — Word has 

 gone out of the death from wounds in 

 the war of the eldest son of the senior 

 partner in the widejy known horticul- 

 tural firm of Gebruder Dippe. 



Marseilles, France. — United States 

 Consul General Gaulin reports that the 

 production of flowers in southern 

 France is about sixty per cent of the 

 usual yield and is an enormous loss to 

 the district. Prices have also fallen, 

 owing partly to the closing of several 

 important foreign markets. 



Haarlem, Holland. — It is the general 

 report that hyacinths have been moving 

 slowly, and it is likely a good many 

 will be left on the hands of the growers, 

 but tulips may be said to have been 

 cleared out. Narcissi have all been sold 

 at comparatively better prices than any 

 other bulb, and there will be no sur- 

 plus of any except the high-priced 

 fancy sorts. 



London, England. — Em. Draps-Bou- 

 dry, widely known nurseryman at Oost- 

 dunkerke, Belgium, now residing at 

 Dulwich, with the special permission 

 of the army authorities, was able to 

 visit Oostdunkerke a few weeks ago. 

 He states there is nothing left of his 

 nurseries. The greenhouses were bom- 

 barded months ago, and all the bricks 

 have been carted away for the purpose 

 of making roads. Mr. Draps-Boudry is 

 employed at the British war oflice in 

 London. 



Paris, France.— Le Jardin, which, in 

 common with other European horticul- 

 tural journals, found the first year of 

 war one of many di^culties, now is is- 

 sued regularly as a monthly. The Octo- 

 ber issue gives an interesting bio- 

 graphical sketch of Captain Bernet, the 

 first grower in Europe to raise the 

 chrysanthemum from seed. 



London, Engl3,nd.— The Horticultural 

 Trades' Association has done a unique 

 thing in raising a fund by subscription 

 among the trade, used for a strong ad- 

 vertisement appearing in many publica- 

 tions of general circulation, warning 

 the British public against patronizing 

 Holland firms that have been advertis- 

 ing extensively in England. The trades' 

 advertisement says in part: "With 

 regard to the allegation that Dutch 

 growers are 'suffering awfully,' it is 

 interesting to note that the wholesale 

 prices for Dutch bulbs are, generally 

 speaking, quite normal, and some varie- 

 ties are actually dearer than in ordi- 

 nary years. Moreover, the Dutch grow- 

 ers are by no means solely dependent 

 on English customers; in addition to 

 the American market, which is open to 

 all, they are still dealing largely with 

 Germany and Austria, as they are of 

 course fully entitled to do. The grow- 

 ers in Holland are comparatively well 

 off, as, living in a neutral country, they 

 are not called upon to bear the heavy 

 financial strain which is being cheer- 

 fully shouldered by British traders." 



