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The Florists^ Review 



August 13, 1914. 



an opinion as to bow tho war will 

 affoct the trade at large and the ques- 

 tioner's private interests. Of course it 

 is quite the fashion, and one that has 

 been encouraged by answering every 

 inquiry to the best of this paper's 

 ability, to consult The Keview no mat- 

 ter what infornuition is wanted, but the 

 number of letters concerning the war 

 shows an unusual degree of uncertainty 

 in the trade. The following is indica 



Wreath by Marchc & Co. for Wilson 

 Funeral. 



five of the general torn- of the inquiries 

 from florists: 



"I am writing for a Jittle informa- 

 tion. Have been conteiiiidating build 

 ing iii'W houses and enlarging our ra- 

 pacity', in your o]>iuion, and as far as 

 you can see, what will be the result 

 of the Kui(>i)ean war on the llorists' 

 i>usiness.' \\ill there lie a j>ermaneiit 

 depression in the domestic trade? WC 

 i'ontem])late goiiij: into the fiMii and 

 hardy line, but do not want to go 

 ahead if there is dangei- (d' a luoionged 

 tieiucssioii. W'nuld you .advise build 

 ing now, oi waiting until sjuiiig, and 

 seeing then Ikiw tlie business situati(ui 

 is.' Kindly gi\i' us \dur c-indid epin 

 ion on this matter. .\ny inl'oiinat i(ui 

 will lie highly apiufciated. 



No one lan piedic-t with ;iny err 

 tainty the nitiniate etVect of the Imito 

 pean war, Ipiit The Review does not 

 anticijiate that the llorists" tiade in 

 this conntiy will lia\f a iia(l season. 

 In fart, geneiJil opinion seems to In- 

 that if the w;ii should judve pi(donged 

 it will have the result of st imnlatin;^ 

 •.'I'licral busiiu^ss in this country. 



The Review h;is made certain |ilaiis 

 ti)i' the expansion of its own busiries> 

 this fall and has as yet seen no reasnii 

 to change them in the least. It is to 

 lie expected that some unnsnal coinii 

 tions will develop in the next few 

 w('(di>, with inobatdy some temporary 

 loss of business because of the uncer 

 t.aintics of th(> situation, but after 

 general bnsincss has become adjusted 

 to the new conditions Tht> lie\iew ex 

 |iects to see traile in all lines go along 

 much in the same w;i\ it did last sea 

 son. Till' (lorist "s business in his ow n 

 communitv ma\' be aflVctecj, one w;iv 



or the other, by the effect of the war 

 on the sj)ecial industries of his home 

 town, but in general the trade shoubl 

 have a good season. In recent years 

 the Horists' business in the larger 

 cities has had its ups and downs, but 

 in the country towns the demand has 

 increased steadily. Of late the in 

 crease has been most rapid in the mid- 

 dle west, where the croj)s this season 

 are the finest ever harvested. That 

 western crop money will work its way 

 through the trade. 



WAR AND THE TRADE. 



In The Jieview, issue of August li, the 

 article on "War and the Trade" leaves 

 out the important item of peonies, in 

 which I am specially interested. What 

 will become of the large import orders 

 for September and October deliveries'.' 

 If the fields of France are not devas- 

 tated by marching armies, who will dig, 

 divide, label and pack them? If Hoi 

 land oi)ens her dikes, as threatened, 

 where will her peony fields be for the 

 next two or three years? Will this 

 help the American grower to dispose of 

 stock, and will the supply on hand fill 

 the demand? Do you not believe this 

 will increase the business in the home 

 market.' M. W. C. 



Theie were many trade items not re- 

 f(>rred to in the article on "War and 

 the Trade," that a])peared in the issue 

 of August t). Naturally each one of 

 these trade s}>ecialties will be affected 

 in the same way that the main trade 

 items are affected. The Holland peo- 

 nies will share much the same fate as 

 the Holland bulbs, whatever that 

 pioves to be, and the French peonies 

 and I'renc h nursery stock will be moved 

 about as the French seed crojts are. It 

 s(>enis apparent that the war will result 

 in delaying such inii)orts as are not 

 stopjied altogether this season, and the 

 natural result will be that American 

 |)idducers of competing articles will 

 have an exce|itionally good opportunity 

 for :i cleaii-uji. 



A SHIPPER'S IDEAS. 



Those whose business depends on 

 ocean shiiiping find themstd\'es with 

 ont an occupation, ;is a result of the 

 IliiKipean war. There aic a great many 

 who aif alVected in mm h greater de- 

 cree than art> lloiists. seedsuuMi or 

 niiiserymen. liut the sliip]iing trade 

 does not look I'or any considerable 

 duiation of the jncsent almost com- 

 plete tie-up. It is ex]iected that com- 

 nieice btdween i'lngland, l-'rance ami 

 Ameiica so(m will begin to move again. 

 •'There are two alteiiiati\es to look 

 for,*" sail! W. K. i'eidx, heail of the 

 \ew \'ork shij>ping firm of W. K. l'e(d\ 

 iV <'().. (liscussing th(» jirospect of a 

 restoration of at least a partial ocean 

 tiallic. "One is a deidsive victory of a 

 I'.rifish fleet over that of Germany, rid- 

 ding tlu' seas of a menace of German 

 wai' \t'ss(ds to jirey on the commerci^ 

 of Kngland an<l France. The other is 

 the assigning of a jiortion of the 

 I'.rifish iia\y to convoy merchantmen 

 .-icidss the sea from this jiort. 



■'Shoubl the conflict b(> drawn out 

 over a long jieriod, I ludicne the British 

 admiialty will detaidi some of its fast 

 cruisers to convoy \'essels from this 

 port to Knglaml. At the siime time 1 

 btdieve an arrang(>m(Mit will be jier- 

 t'ected whereby the T.ritish i^dv t'linnent 



will issue insurance against goods con 

 signed upon such merchantmen. Fur 

 ther than that, it may bo seen tha. 

 British war vessels will be stationed a 

 points along all the principal lanes ( 

 commerce, to protect 13ritish shipj)ing. 



OPENING CONVENTION GARDE^ 



The convention garden will be openi 

 oflicially by His Honor, Mayor Curb- 

 Tuesday morning, August 18, at 1 

 o '(dock. Delegates are requested to 1 

 there promptly at that time. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At the S. A. F. convention to be hcl 

 next week there will be a nu;eting . i 

 the American Rose Society, at whi' . 

 time tho Hubbard gold medal will li 

 l^resented to M. H. Walsh, of Woo.i 

 Hole, Mass., and the silver medal u 

 ,lohn Cook, of Baltimore, Md. 



Theodore Wirth, president of ti-, 

 S. .\. F. and superintendent of parks .1 

 Minneapolis, writes: "I have soin- 

 thing which may be of value to soiii 

 rose growers, particularly amateuis 

 We have been successful in subduii';j 

 mildew by using tho following pri'pi 

 ration: SVater, 'A gals.; soft soap, t 

 ozs.; potassium sulphide, 2 ozs. \\ < 

 dissolve the soa}i in water, then aM 

 the potassium sulphide. This spray abi 

 is good for aphis and will help alon^; 

 blighted buds. For mildew it is Ki 

 best thing we ha^■e ever tried." 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'v 



GARDENERS' BOSTON MEETING. 



Through the courtesy of the Society 

 of American llorists, the National As 

 sociation of Gardeners will hobl its 

 meeting in Revere hall. Mediants 

 building, Boston, on Wednesday, .\.i 

 gust Ht, at 1 o'clock, this being tin' 

 convention hall of the S. A. F. '\11 

 gardiMUM's and all interested in the p " 

 fession of gardening are cordially n 

 vited to this meeting. Several a'le 

 speakers from different parts of 'lie 

 country will ad<lress the meeting "i 



Wreath by Blackistone for Wilson Foi' f*'' 



