SEl-rBXIBKK 10, 1!)()7. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J5 



Gorman weight than when ho wont away. 



Tuborosos are here again, but J. K. 

 Allen says that for years it lias not paid 

 to grow thoni. There is no doniand for 

 thoni. 



Among the Rhinobeck violet growers, J. 

 Vender Linden has ;}5,000 plants there 

 and 40,000 at Staatsburg. The output is 

 all handled by B. S. Slinn, Jr. Septem- 

 ber 10 Mr. Slinn received st /en boxes. 



George Cotsonas & Co. have already 

 two and a half million fancy ferns in 

 storage. Sixteen men are out gatiieriug 

 fern stock for the winter season. Large 

 quantities of new green galax arc ar- 

 ri\ing. 



'[Iio GeJler Florist Supply Co. has in- 

 creased its working force in the st(oo, put 

 a traveler on the road and addoil a now 

 wagon to its conveniences. Mr. (iellor 

 says the importations solocteil by himself 

 in l-]nropo this summ(>r are beginning to 

 arrive. 



David D. TTowell entortaine<1 Mr. an<l 

 Mrs. Krnest Ludwig. of Allegheny, Pa., 

 last \vt>ck and showed them the sights. 

 Mr. Howell is an ex-resident of Pitts- 

 burg and announces that lie will shortly 

 open a retail store in Xeu \'(irk. 



in Hrooklyn on Thursday lasi. .T. V. 

 Pliillips had the decorations for the Ifeld- 

 (ircene and Seavor-l'"'isko wod<lings. These 

 were lioth houH> wetMings and tin' deco- 

 rati\e work was elaborate. \V. A. Phil- 

 lips, his sdii. and Miss (irncc llrskine 

 were mariied recently. 



S. Masur, of lirooklyn. has an astor 

 farm near Kahway. N. .1., that lias kept 

 his stciro filled with lino stock for weeks. 

 His neu establishment is far in aclvanco 

 I'f the old and his business has doubled 

 since his removal to '2'AS Fulton strc^ot. 



AVilliain llanft, formerly with Fleisch- 

 man. has taktMi a jiosition in the store 

 of Thomas Young, Jr., on West Twenty- 

 eighth street. 



J(din P. Seherer, of T'nion Hill, has 

 largo contracts for wreathing. He will 

 make his headquarters hereafter at his 

 .Vow York store, 4<)S Sixth aviMine. 



William Starke has a stock of several 

 hundred fine Whitmani ferns in his con- 

 r^orvatory at .I'J West Twenty-ninth street, 

 that are soiling fast. There is a seem- 

 ingly universal doniand for the Boston 

 fern and its many children, this fall, in 

 • •xcoss of any former season. 



Next week, commencing Tuesday, Sep- 

 tember 24. the seventy-sixth annual ex- 

 hibition of the American Institute takes 

 place at the Bakeloy Lyceum building, 

 1!> West Forty-fourth street. Dahlias 

 are featured. There will also be fruits, 

 vegetables, orchids, herbaceous llowers, 

 palms, ferns and floral novelties. 



J. AusTix Shaw. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



State of Business. 



Stuck is i-oniing in inudi better, anil 

 iinproxing right along. Soine good roses 

 ari" ^iiti. and also sdriie cariialions from 

 new >toik wliic-h are good llowers but 

 ■^lioit in '-iiiM. Some (ino gladioli .are 

 still loniing in. Asters are rather si-aree 

 at |irtscnt and are running poor; few 

 L,'oocl ones to be seen. The weather has 

 been exlleinely hot t'of this season of 

 tlio year. 



Various Notes. 



Sherniaii Stephens reports a Inisy time 

 for a wi'ek or so, on fuiieiMl work, lie 

 has reliuilt one ol' his vixi- lioii-ies ntnl 



built on(> hii'ge house in pi: f two 



smaller ones. 



Tlieii' wMs a l;(io(1 tni'ii out at onr club 



William C. Young. 



mooting Tuesday e\ening, September lo, 

 and everyone was glail to have our vice- 

 president, K. .\. < 'urrie, with us again 

 after six weeks' illness. After the moot- 

 ing all went to the bowling alloys. The 

 throe high .oilers wore McKellar, Reich- 

 ert and Bauman. 



The parks iiere are looking tine at this 

 time. 



The Munk IMoral Co. is busy comidot- 

 ing its range and lias a nice lot of carna- 

 tions .and mums coining on. 



Gus Ackerman is cutting some fine 

 roses and cariuitioiis, which find ready 

 sale. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral < 'o. has Ju<t 

 completed its T-l-foot stack and is busy 

 with ])iping. The roses and carnations 

 are looking fine and some stock is lieing 

 cut from the new place. 



A. .T. Baldwin, of Newark, ( ).. w;is a 

 \isitor this week. .T. M. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



WM. C. YOUNG. 



\Villiam • '. idling, wlm was installed 

 president of the St. Louis Florists' ( lidi 

 at its meeting September I 'J. was lioiii in 

 Toronto, Canada, .lune 1. l>-.'7. Wiien 

 ho was eight years of age his parents re- 

 moved to St. T-ouis. loc.'iting in wliat 

 wa.s then far out in the suburbs. .\t'tir 

 three years of <'ountiy schocding he en- 

 tered the employ of a firm known as C. 

 ^'oung v*c Sons. He has i-oiitiniied with 

 this ostalilishment, e\er since. He wa< 

 admittovl to partnership in l^s7. The 

 firm is now ( '. \'oung \- Son-^ ( n. and 

 they do a largi» business, including all 

 departments of the trade. They ha\e a 

 largo retail cut tlower busine-^^. an ex- 

 cellont plant trade and ilo a large vol- 

 ume in the seoil department. 



'I'lie market has not changed much in 

 the last two weeks. (ioo(l roses are still 

 j >carce, Inune-growu ones being poor. Some 

 I line stock is shipped in from Chicago. 

 I < arnations are making their apjiearance 

 once more, but are rather short in stem. 

 ' (iladioli are jdeiitiful, but extra good 

 I ones are scarce. Dahlias are now com- 

 { ing in, but in small (piantities. Asters 

 i are plentiful and Sidling at $1 to $1..50 

 per liundied. This market is well sup- 

 plied with greens. 



Various Notes. 



The demand for funeral work is good. 

 Florists are (piite busy arr:iiigiiig and 

 preparing for the interstate fair and ex- 

 positiiui, wlii<'h will open Septendx-r -',i 

 ill this (dty. The outlook is good and 

 , everybody is looking forward to that 

 \veek. There are quite a number of j)re- 

 inilims otVerecl ;nic| eveiviuie who entt:'rs 

 tally expects to win. Tin' i;iininds are 

 locatecl just south of thi> residence p;irt 

 ot' the city, on the l-',liii Iiidge race tr.ack. 

 Nelson .larrett is ijuite bii^-y installing 

 a new hot w.ater bdiler in the two larg(> 

 i|oli><eS just coliqileteil. He lia< all otlico 

 .and sah'sroom attaclieil to tlie>e houses 

 and soon will lie in sliapi' to do business. 

 Mr. .I.arrett sells the bulk of his outjuit at 

 the ('ity market, as his jilace is c|niti> far 

 in the outskirts o|' tin' c-ity; but the city 

 IS t'a<t cipining his way. 



Miss Lillie illlllll'eld. liodkk.'ej.el- t'.if 



the \\ . 11. Ilumfel.l Floral ( o.. has ^one 



nil ,an extendeil tl'ip (\ast t'or liei- \;|c;iti(Ul. 



She will \isit Indianapolis, ('iucinnati, 

 Washington. l'hiladcl|ihia. New ^'ork, 



I'.osliUl and othel- |MiinIs. Slu' exin'cts to 

 !"■ L:one aiiolit ti\.' week-. W. H. 



