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The Florists' Review 



OCIOBW 8r 1914, 



PirrSBXTBGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh is enjoying most delight- 

 ful fall weather, not too warm and with 

 an occasional light frost. There has 

 been no rain for so long that every- 

 thing is drying up and the leaves are 

 falling more from the drought than 

 from any frost we have had. 



General trade conditions are fair, not 

 quite all that could be desired, possibly 

 better for the wholesalers than for the 

 retailers, who continue to complain that 

 business is not picking up as it should. 



Flowers are about equal to the de- 

 mand. Asters are gone and only an 

 occasional lot of gladioli are seen. Cos- 

 mos is not grown much in this locality 

 and few dahlias. Chrysanthemums have 

 been more plentiful during the last 

 week, in white, pink and yellow. Valley, 

 which was scarce, is quite plentiful 

 again. There are plenty of good roses 

 and Beauties for all. 



Various Notes. 



Pittsburgh florists have had several 

 large funerals lately, which called for 

 immense quantities of flowers. Among 

 them was the funeral of Harry Darling- 

 ton, at which there were more really 

 good flowers than at any funeral in 

 years. There were probably about 150 

 separate orders. Mrs. E. A. Williams 

 had the majority of them. There was 

 a pall, 5x10% feet, made solid of valley 

 and cattleyas on green plush, with a 

 casket cross five feet long, of solid 

 white carnations, resting on the top 

 when it was in position. There were a 

 number of designs from out-of-town. 

 These came from some of the best stores 

 in the business, but, in comparison with 

 the beautiful, fresh flowers from the 

 local florists, they were not a credit to 

 the senders. It might not be out of 

 place to suggest to some that jt would 

 be advisable to follow the example of 

 others and telegraph their out-of-town 

 orders to some reliable man in the city 

 in which they are to be used. A num- 

 ber of these designs arrived so late that 

 had they been for anyone less promi- 

 nent than Mr. Darlington they would 

 never have been delivered in time. As 

 it was, a number of them were taken 

 direct to the church after all the other 

 flowers had been arranged. 



W. F. Drewes has discontinued his 

 Wilkinsburg store, believing that most 

 of the business he got there he would 

 get at his Braddock store without the 

 additional expense. 



Visitors: Edward Swayne, Kennett 

 Square, Pa.; H. C. Neubrand, represent- 

 ing A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, 

 Conn.; Mr. Kiel, manager for Chas. 

 Peterson, East Liverpool, O., and Geo. 

 S. Huscroft, Steubenville, O. 



Clarke. 



BOCHESTEB, N. 7. 



The Maricet. 



Trade is still quiet, but it is a little 

 more brisk than it has been of late. 

 Most of the stores were cleaned out of 

 asters last Saturday, the powers having 

 picked about every available one. A 

 few America gladioli are on the market, 

 but little is seen of other varieties. 

 Sweet peas in October ar©, rather un- 

 usual, but some good outdoor grown 

 flowers reach us twice a week. Now 

 that some of the other flowers are 

 scarce, they sell fairly well. Carnations 



are fairly large, but their stoms are 

 quite short. They sell well. Valley, 

 which has been slow in arriving, is now 

 su£3cient to meet the demand. Dahlias 

 are good sellers, and we are receiving 

 good varieties. The first violets of the 

 season arrived Thursday, October 1, and 

 were in good condition. Eoses are 

 plentiful. During' the last week Mv 

 Maryland has been especially good. 

 Mrs. Taf t sells well. American Beauties 

 are in splendid condition and are 

 quickly cleared, prices ranging from $3 

 to $9 per dozen. Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums have sold fast during the 

 week, but Smith's Advance does not 

 move so readily. Yellow and red flowers 

 are favorites in this city. Ferns, galax, 

 asparagus and smUax all are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The 5 and 10-cent stores have been 

 doing a big business in 10-cent ferns. 

 They also have a large quantity of 

 Dutch bulbs, which they are selling 

 cheap. 



Salter Bro^.; at their East Main street 



stord, are showing large quantities of 

 Japanese lilies, both growing and cut. 



John Dunbar, president of the Flo. 

 rists' Association, has been at Boston 

 where he met Professor C. S. Sargeant 

 of the Arnold Arboretum. 



William Ballantyne, of Greece, N. Y., 

 is growing some fine dahlias, which he 

 disposes of quittkly. 



The greenhouses of Joseph W. Criug^ 

 of Irondequoit, N. Y., are in good condi- 

 tion, with an excellent supply of stock. 

 His poinsettias are doing well and 

 promise to be in good shape for the 

 Christmas season. 



R. E. Blackshaw, of the A. L. Randall 

 Co., Chicago, had a good display of 

 baskets and supplies at the Seneca hotel 

 last week. He says he is having a quite 

 successful business trip. 



Visitors last week were: John R. Frid- 

 lington, of the Wright & Graham Co., 

 New York; W. Knight, of Knight & 

 Struck Co., New York; Wm. Baum 

 Lake, of the W. B. Lake Co., New York, 

 and the representative of the Climax 

 Mfg. Co., Castorland, N. Y. H. J. H. 



MaiiJy About IPfeople 



Steubenville, O. — George L. Huscroft 

 has completed a rose house, 40x120 feet, 

 at his establishment west of town. 



Trinidad, Colo. — Miss Gertrude Bar- 

 rett succeeds Miss Kittie Reeves as 

 bookkeeper for the Central Park Floral 

 Co. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — M. Dippman, for- 

 merly in business at 1244 Nineteenth 

 street, has retired and moved to Rock- 

 field. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — J. G. Lamont, who 

 recently bought a store and greenhouses 

 in Topeka, has left to take charge. Mrs. 

 Lamont and Miss Cecile Lamont fol- 

 lowed him a few days later. 



Kenosha, Wis. — Oscar Hoefer, who 

 has charge of the gardening operations 

 on a number of the larger private places 

 here, reports general trouble this season 

 with the yellows among asters. 



Simsbury, Oonn. — O. H. Stacy's new 

 house, on the Phelps-Croft tract, is 

 nearly ready for occupancy. He is build- 

 ing greenhouses on the lot and will 

 continue in this line of business. 



Washington, Kan. — After the dull 

 two months just past, Mrs. M. L. Pen- 

 well welcomes the approach of the busy 

 season, which is already forecasted by 

 gradually increasing sales. Fall stock 

 is in fine condition. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — C. C. Thomas, for- 

 merly with the Bertermann Bros. Co., 

 now is manager of the Indianapolis 

 store of the E. G. Hill Floral Co. C. M. 

 Balluff, the former manager, now is 

 with the company's Cincinnati store. 



Hutchinson, Kan. — The Kline brothers, 

 who conduct Kline's Flower Shop, have 

 purchased a greenhouse in Topeka, and 

 Nerval N. Kline has gone to that town 

 to take charge. G. L. Lamont is now 

 associated with the Klines and it is 

 planned to build a range in this city, 

 at Eleventh and Monroe streets. 



North Attleboro, Mass. — John Nolan 

 is making extensive alteriations in his 

 greenhouses on Smith street. 



Farkersbnrg, W, Va. — ^A new auto- 

 mobile delivery truck has just been put 

 into service by the J. W. Dudley Son! 

 Co. 



Glassboro, N. J. — A recent recruit in 

 the ranks of the trade is Miss Emma A. 

 Leap, who is planting peonies for whole- 

 sale cut flower purposes. Gladioli for 

 shipping cut spikes to market will 

 planted in the spring. 



Boulder, Colo. — Stock is looking fine I 

 here. French and Dutch bulbs are ail 

 in and potted up. Charles Fawcett says 

 prospects are exceUent but that trade 

 has «ot picked up so well as it should, | 

 as the weather still is too warm. 



Galesburg, HI. — J. Byers, of Chicago, i 

 has come to this city to take charge oi 

 the flower shop in the store of the O. T. 

 Johnson Co. Mr. Byers was formerly 

 connected with the Bohannon Floral Co., | 

 Chicago, and Fischer Bros., Evanston. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — L. Foster, for | 

 nine years with the Barteldes Seed Co. 

 and for six years at the head of thiij 

 concern 's flower department, will be the 

 manager of the store just opened by 

 Furrow & Co., at 120 West Main street 



Des Moines, la. — In the baby contest 

 during the recent style show Lorenzo 

 Thomas Chrisman, Jr., was among the 

 prize winners and his portrait appeared 

 in the local papers. His father is L. '^• 

 Chrisman, manager of the flower <ie| 

 partment of the loWa Seed Co. 



Manitowoc, "VWs. — Henry Levenhage^ 

 who recently returned to this city *"! 

 engage in the florists' business, bs'l 

 secured a downtown oflSice and displ'Tl 

 window with George Bros. Co., on SoutBl 

 Eighth street. His greenhouses aro oil 

 South Tenth street, where he expects ^1 

 erect a store next year. 



