August 13, 1914. 



The Rorists' Review 



21 



by J. K. Allen, P. J. Smith, Walter 

 Sheridan, H. C. Biedel, W. G. Badgley, 

 A. H. Langjahr, R. J. Irwin, E. Van 

 Riper and J. B. Deamud. Others pres- 

 ent were Messrs. Merton, Ramaperger, 

 Moeller, Crossley, Strobell, McKnight, 

 Martie, A. MuUer, Haas, Dilly, Kresch, 

 Houseman, Jacobie, Murphy, Greer, 

 (laullula, Meeker, Hauck, Pierson, Mul- 

 ler. Mingle, Connolly, Johnson, H. 

 Leahy, E. Leahy, Berry, Van Muler, 

 White, Shaw, and Mr, and Mrs. R. 

 Pranke, of Rutherford. The ball games 

 and races were strenuously contested. 

 Handsome prizes were contributed by 

 Wertheimer Bros., of New York; Julius 

 Roehrs Co., of Rutherford; J. G. Neid- 

 inger, M. Rice Co. and Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., of Philadelphia. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOCHESTEB, N. T. 



The Market. 



In accordance with the usual sum- 

 mer record, trade has been quite slack. 

 The long drought caused many anxious 

 moments, and unfortunately the rain 

 (lid not come until much damage had 

 been done. Probably nothing suffered 

 more than the asters and gladioli. 

 Many of the early varieties are spoiled 

 entirely, but the later crops are quite 

 l>romising. Large quantities of hardy 

 phlox, golden glow and candytuft ar- 

 rive daily. Sweet peas have also suf- 

 fered and the supply is quite limited. 

 Ijarge quantities of gladioli are on the 

 market. 



Large shipments of Easter lilies are 

 arriving and are cleared quite well. 

 Valley is of good quality and is easily 

 ilisposed of. Asters are not over- 

 plentiful and good ones bring good 

 prices. Carnations are poor. The new 

 crop looks promising. The supply of 

 roses is good, and the quality is fair. 

 Few blooming plants are seen just now. 

 The supply of greens is quite enough 

 tor the present demand. Funeral and 

 wedding orders are not at all rushing. 



Various Notes. 



<ieo. T. Boucher had a pretty window 

 ilecoration last week. It was composed 

 »f an artificial fountain, surrounded en- 

 tirely by rustic stones and vines, and 

 •■ontaining goldfish. As a background, 

 large vases of America gladioli were 

 arranged among large palms and ferns. 



• I. B. Stringer is away on a vaca- 

 <"»'•. having a good time at Toronto. 



Kdwin P. Wilson has been away for 

 a week visiting in Philadelphia, Scran- 

 joii and other places of interest in 

 I'tMuisylvania. 



^^ illiam Keller is spending his vaca- 

 ti'"' at Sodus, N. Y. 



I'he wedding of Cecil Lester to Miss 

 ^^il'ox took place July 22, and they 

 "'\f just returned from their honey- 

 '""'>n trip. 



'^''«s Bishop, of .L B. Keller Sons, 

 . lust returned from her vacation, 



Mi '*' ^^^. ^P®"*^ ** Albany, X. Y., and 

 '''^ Huitweiller has gone for two 



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nas. W. Curtis is growing some fine 

 , 7'<^a gladioli, for which he finds a 

 •^'•■'.'.'.y sale. 



' "omann & Sons are growing an im- 

 j.l'"'"' quantity of Rochester White 



•I' loh This and America are un- 

 ' i)tedly the two most popular 

 Nineties. * '^ 



S,,',*^'.'"'"^ the last week J. B. Keller 

 '^ store was just ablaze with Golden 



Glow, which was arranged in the win- 

 dow and the entrance of the store. ' 



Horace J. Head, who recently under- 

 went a serious stomach operation, is 

 improving and is at the present time 

 staying with friends at Hilton, N. Y. 



James Vick's Sons' asters, grown at 

 their farm at Greece, N. Y., for seed 

 only, are making a beautiful showing 

 now. There is, in all, about seventy- 

 five acres of asters, which in a few 

 weeks will all be in full bloom. James 

 Vick's Sons invite all flower lovers 

 who happen to be in this district to 

 make a visit to their grounds. 



^H. J. H. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business last week was good, espe- 

 cially for this time of year. Practi- 

 cally every florist was well pleased with 

 the amount of business done during 

 the week. The supply of stock is 

 l)lentiful, with no scarcity in any de- 



Judge the Tree 

 by Its Fruit 



The Clattifisd Columns of The 

 Review have brought us a host 

 of good customers, so that we 

 have no trouble selling all we can 

 grow with our present plant; in- 

 deed, we are compelled to enlarge 

 our facilities.— Newell & Ustler, 

 Apopka. FJa., August 1, 1914. 



partment, but everything was cleaned 

 up by Saturday evening. The quality 

 of the stock is much better than that 

 handled last year, although little rain 

 fell during July and up to the present 

 time. The supply of Beauties is in- 

 creasing and the quality is excellent. 

 The Killarneys are doing well and 

 there are plenty of them on the mar- 

 ket. These are holding their color well. 

 Carnations are not considered in the 

 way of cut flowers at present. Asters 

 are in the lead. Of these, there are 

 enough good ones to supply the de- 

 mand, but the small, open-centered 

 asters are not wanted at any price. 

 The market is loaded with gladioli and 

 prices are low, except for some that 

 are exceptionally good. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club held its meeting 

 August 3, at the store of the Geo. M. 

 Kellogg Flower & Plant Co., with an 

 attendance of twenty-eight members. 

 Some subjects of big importance were 

 discussed, which would have interested 

 every florist if he had been there to 



take a part. A special meeting was 

 called August 4, to decide 'the date on 

 which a florists' picnic can be held. 

 The place decided on was Mr. Cham- 

 bler's grounds in Rosedale. 



T. A. Moseley was overcome by the 

 heat August 4, but has fully recovered. 

 He reports trade as good. 



The George M. Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co. entertained the Eagle florists 

 while they were here at a convention, 

 A visit was made to the Kellogg green- 

 houses at Pleasant Hill. The prospects 

 at the greenhouses are good. They 

 have a fine lot of carnations, ros^s and 

 chrysanthemums planted. 



Samuel Murray reports business good 

 for this time of year. He is now at 

 the greenhouses looking after his be- 

 gonias and giving the greenhouses » 

 general clean-up. Everything is in 

 fine shape at present. 



Arthur Newell has been busy with 

 out-of-town funeral work. Miss Mamie 

 Klein, bookkeeper at the store, has just 

 returned from her vacation, and Mr. 

 McDonald has left for his home in Ohio 

 for a few weeks' stay. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. is cut- 

 ting some fine roses, gladioli and 

 asters. They had a heavy run of fu- 

 neral work the last two weeks. 



T. Noll & Co. have a large supply of 

 Beauties, which are readily disposed 

 of. Consignments of asters are coming 

 in better shape. They also receive a 

 fine lot of gladioli every day frona 

 Kansas. Their business is steadily 

 increasing. 



W. J. Barnes and A. Holtman, with 

 their wives, left July 2o on an auto- 

 mobile trip to St. Paul and Minne- 

 apolis. They returned August 4, hav- 

 ing covered 1,.'149 miles on that trip. 



W. J. B. 



OBITUARY. 



Zack Davis. 



Zack Davis, aged 73, the founder of 

 the seed Concern known as the Zack 

 Davis Co., at Delaware, O., died at his 

 home, near that city, at midnight Sun- 

 day, August 2. Mr. Davis had been ill 

 for two weeks, although his condition 

 did not become critical until the day 

 of his death. Organic heart failure 

 and a complication of diseases are 

 given as the causes of his death. 



Mr. Davis was born in Wales and 

 came to this country when 3 years old, 

 having been a resident of Delaware 

 county, O., since that time. He was a 

 veteran of the Civil war, having 

 served as a member of Company E, 

 One Hundred Forty-Fifth Ohio Volun- 

 teer Infantry. His wife; two daugh- 

 ters. Miss Jennie and Miss Anna Da- 

 vis, and two sons, John an<l Thomas 

 Davis, survive him. Funeral services 

 were held Tuesday afternoon, Au- 

 gust 4. 



Springfield, O. — James Tillingham, 

 foreman of the greenhouses of Schnei- 

 der, Florist, has resigned to accept a 

 l)Osition with F. Walker & Co., of Louis- 

 ville, Ky. 



Omaha, Neb. — No word has come 

 from George Swoboda and wife, who 

 are summering at Berlin, Germany. It 

 is not supposed that they are in any 

 trouble, as they are visiting Mr. 

 Swoboda 's brothers, who are among 

 the well known and wealthy citizens 

 of the German capital. 



