OCTOBBR 16, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



WASHINOTON, D. C. 



Tbe Market. 



l';ihlias and cosmos last week com- 

 plorely killed the sale of all indoor- 

 giovn flowers. The warm weather, fol- 

 lowing the cool spell of the week be- 

 fov ', brought these and outdoor chrys- 

 aniiifiniumB into bloom in uncountable 

 quantities. As a result, the refuse 

 he:i! 3 are piled high with roses and 

 otl; I flowers. Mock roses have been 

 exci'tionally fine, but are somewhat 

 off color, due to climatic conditions. 

 Kej^.irdless of this fact, they are the 

 be : pink roses on the mar^fit at the 

 protjent time. Russell, Hadley, Shawj^r 

 and Sunburst roses are also good, and 

 it is predicted that Sunburst will have 

 a fine run during the coming season. 

 The bottom seems to have droijpqd out 

 of the valley market, for early in the 

 week there was more than enough to 

 fill all demands, and now only the best 

 brings $5 per hundred. Carnations are 

 coming in more plentifully and in much 

 better quality; stems are stiff er and 

 blooms are much larger. Orchids are 

 somewhat cheaper than they have been 

 and cattleyas can be had at $25 per 

 hundred. Sweet peas made their ap- 

 pearance during the week, and yellow 

 marguerites are among the new arrivals. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club of Washington 

 decided that it would be inadvisable 

 to hold a flower show this year at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the club, 

 at J 214 F street, northwest, last week. 

 The project met with little enthusiasm 

 among the storemen and growers. The 

 vsunimer has been a quiet one and many 

 are taking a pessimistic view of the 

 coming season. 



A general discussion on the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition followed the reading 

 of a letter from the local agent of the 

 Baltimore & Ohio railroad, quoting 

 rates between this city and San Fran- 

 cisco. Although this is far in the fu- 

 ture, it was believed that a car could 

 be made up of florists from this city, 

 Baltimore and Philadelphia, to join 

 those from other cities at Chicago. 



Frank H. Bailey and C. A. Jackson 

 were elected to membership. 



It was ordered that a vote of thanks 

 be extended to Richard Vincent, Jr., of 

 White Marsh, Md., for his courtesy to 

 the members who attended his annual 

 canna and dahlia show. Mr. Gude, 

 speaking of the show, expressed a be- 

 lief that it was the best he had ever 

 seen. 



. R- L. Jenkins, vice-president, pre- 

 si'led, in the absence from the city of 

 tfifi president, George H. Cooke. 



Various Notes. 



•^•eorge Field is cutting some good 

 ''j''*-'<'ya8 and his house of cypripediums 

 thitt will soon come into bloom promises 

 a sood cut. His houses of cattleyas 

 ihiit are due to come in about Christ- 

 ^■■]^ also- look good. Mr. Field is also 

 snipping some good roses to this market. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 ^""rles E. Meehan, of the S. S. Pen- 

 V '^-^eehan Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; P. 

 Y>'i Melle, of Bobbink & Atkins, Eu- 

 ^'■rford, N. J.; James W. Heacock, 

 ^'yi Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa., 

 *"'! Joseph Goudy, with H. A. Dreer, 

 ''"..Philadelphia, Pa. 

 ^ ''"bert Berberich's Sons held an an- 

 ''"sary sale last week, giving to 



THE MEN YOU MEET 



JOHN C. OBACEY. 



SOME years ago there was a young man iu the flower shop of Goff & Maggi, at 

 2032 Columbia aveuue, Philadelphia, who showed unusual promise. He was 

 energetic and capable, taking great interest in his work. Later this young man 

 attracted the attention of his townsmen by taking over the business of his former 

 employers. This field proved insufficient, so with another young man he presently 

 bought out Mrs. John Plender's flower shop on Twenty-sixth street above Girard 

 avenue. Later still he bought out his partner's interest, running both stores 

 himself. This was John C. Gracey. He now is president of the Retail Florists' 

 Association, vice-president of the Philadelphia Florists' Club and a successful 

 business man. His hobby is automobiles. He has four, three for his business and 

 one to carry himself flying all over the city when need be. He believes, with 

 automobiles as with flowers, that you must do things yourself in order to succeed. 



each purchaser of a pair of ladies' 

 shoes a box of candy and bouquet of 

 American Beauty or other roses. The 

 roses were furnished by Gude Bros. Co. 

 It is estimated that 2,000 bouquets were 

 given away during the week; each bou- 

 quet contained three or more roses. 



Notice has been given by William P. 

 Richards, assessor for the District of 

 Columbia, that the licenses issued by 

 him to florists expire October 31, and all 

 persons desiring to continue in that 

 business must promptly renew their 

 licenses. The cost of these is $15. 



C. L. L. 



GLADIOLI A SECOND TEAR. 



I have a fine lot of gladiolus bulbs 

 which I had in greenhouse benches, 

 but which refused to bloom. Would it 

 do to try them again this year! They 

 are perfectly dry and have been out 

 of the benches in a dry place since 

 July 15. I usually take bulbs that I 

 have used in the greenhouse and plant 



them out in the field the following 

 year, but as these look so well and 

 have not flowered, I thought I would 

 ask your advice. B. R. L. 



The probable reason that your gladi- 

 oli did not flower under glass was too 

 early planting, before the bulbs had a 

 sufficient rest. I have tried gladioli, 

 both the large-flowered and nanus 

 types, a second season under glass, 

 but the results in every case were dis 

 appointing, in spite of the fact that 

 the bulbs were larger than in the pre 

 ceding year, and well ripened. Per 

 sonally I should prefer buying new 

 bulbs for indoors and planting yoiir 

 others outside. C. W. 



Chambersburg, Pa. — Daniel S. Zear- 

 foss, who has been engaged in growing 

 vegetables on his property at South and 

 Fourth streets for some years, recently 

 erected a greenhouse, 22x80 feet, -on 

 Curtin avenue, to be used for vegetables. 



