OCTOBER 22, 1914. 



The Flor&ts^ Review 



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The Market. 



le market is steady. There seems to 

 )lenty of good stock coming in to 

 ily all demands. Chrysanthemums 

 inate the market at the present writ- 

 Good blooming plants are moving 

 (lily. Several of the stores report 

 1 sales of bulbs this fall. 



Various Notes. 



Robert Mauff, formerly of the Mauff 

 Flo .;1 Co., is at present taking a pleas- 

 ure : lip through the northwest. 



A. B. Jacques, of Steamboat Springs, 

 Coll'., was among the visitors last week. 

 He reports business good. Mr. Jacques 

 formerly grew vegetables only, but he 

 added a large house to his range' this 

 aunimer, which he has planted to carna- 

 tions. Next spring he expects to build 

 three more 300-foot houses. 



K. Carlson, who suffered a broken 

 ankle a few weeks ago, when his motor- 

 cycle ran into an automobile, is able to 

 be around a little, although he has to 

 use crutches. 



The Globe Greenhouses have opened a 

 downtown store at the corner of Tre- 

 mont and Fifteenth streets. 



Carl Gross, of the Alpha Floral Co., 

 served on the jury in the West Side court 

 for the last two weeks. 



S. Knudson, of Boulder, Colo., was in 

 town last week. He says business is 

 good in Boulder. R^ S. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The coming of cooler weather toward 

 the end of last week had a tendency to 

 speed up sales as well as to lessen the 

 influx of stock of all kinds. A return 

 of midsummer weather had caused the 

 market to be flooded with dahlias, cos- 

 mos and outdoor chrysanthemums. It 

 was predicted some weeks ago that the 

 dahlia crop would prove a failure, but 

 it is believed that the year 's crop is one 

 of the heaviest for some time. Carna- 

 tions are much better in quality and are 

 meeting with increased demand. Roses 

 have been offered at the buyer's price, 

 although some choice stock is holding up 

 well. An overproduction of outdoor 

 chrysanthemums served to force prices 

 down. Orchids are quite plentiful and 

 can be had in quantities at low prices. 

 Few violets are to be had, but those 

 seen are of good quality. There is some 

 demand for yellow and white marguer- 

 'tes, limited quantities of which are on 

 the market. 



Various Notes. 



t. John's church presented an at- 

 tive appearance on the occasion of 

 wedding of Robert A, Taft, son of 

 ex-President, and Miss Martha Bow- 

 daughter of the late Solicitor-general 

 d W, Bowers. The altar was deco- 

 d with 200 auratum lilies and on 

 I side of the chancel was a group of 

 cibotium ferns. The pillars around 

 gallery were entwined with string 

 iix and the choir stalls were hidden 

 ' a hedge of ferns and white cosmos, 

 palms were used, for in the opinion 

 ■ D. Blackistone, who furnished this 

 •ration, their use gives a much too 

 i/er effect to such a scene. The bride 

 'ed a shower bouquet of orchids and 

 '\V, while the bridesmaids carried 

 '^ bronze chrysanthemums. 



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George H. Cooke is experiencing some 

 delay in getting into his new store, 

 which adjoins the site of his former 

 place of business. He had been prom- 

 ised that the workmen would have the 

 premises in condition for an opening 

 October 15, but delays in the erection of 

 the icebox and the completion of certain 

 interior decorations will make it impos- 

 sible for him to take possession before 

 another week. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 Robert Shoch, of the M. Rice Co., Phila- 

 delphia; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Doyle, 

 of Lockport, N. Y.j Walter G. Cook, of 



the Stumpp & Walter Co., New York 

 city; Howard Aschmann, of Aschmann 

 Bros., Philadelphia; Charles Hochstedt, 

 of Hamilton, Md.; J. H. Dick, of New 

 York city; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. E. Haugh 

 and Stuart Haugh, of Anderson, Ind.; 

 I. Rosnosky, of Philadelphia, and L. J. 

 Seiger, of the Robert Craig Co., Phila- 

 delphia. 



Excellent results have been obtained 

 from the palm and fern sales that have 

 been held in the stores for the last week 

 or ten days. This in a measure offsets 

 the loss of business in greenhouse stock. 



C. L. L. 



Qrand Forks, N. D E. O. Lovell will 



open a downtown store soon, having 

 leased a store in the Elks building. 



Lansing, Mich. — John Breitmeyer 's 

 Sons, of Detroit, came here last week to 

 do two wedding decorations, the largest 

 ever put up in this city. 



Lake Linden, Mich. — The Pearce Flo- 

 ral Co. has added a greenhouse, 27x175 

 feet, and a propagating house. Business, 

 the company reports, is good. 



Lincoln, Neb.— C. H. Frey lost 3,000 

 lights in the hail storm of October 7. 

 The total damage is placed at about 

 $600. 



Port Huron, Mich. — Bids have been 

 asked for by the park commission for 

 a greenhouse in Fine Grove park. Plans 

 and specifications are on file in the city 

 clerk's office. 



Woodstock, 111 — George Moncur is 

 now well established in his new store, 

 which has two entrances, one on Main 

 street and one on Benton street. He 

 has two excellent show windows. 



Jefferson, la. — E. S. Foulks has added 

 another greenhouse the same size as the 

 first, doubling the size of his range. 

 Mr. Foulks looks forward to a continua- 

 tion this year of the growth of his busi- 

 ness which made the addition necessary. 



St. Paul, Minn. — At the meeting of 

 the St. Paul Florists' Club held October 

 13 at the store of the O. R. Eckhardt Co. 

 the following officers were elected: 

 President, A. Lauritzen; vice-president, 

 C. F. Vogt; secretary, J. W. Hoffman, 

 and treasurer, N. C. Hanson. 



Des Moines, la. — The homecoming of 

 Iowa authors was an occasion of much 

 importance here and the florists of this 

 city were liberal in their gifts. The 

 Guthrie-Lorenz Co., Lozier the Florist, 

 the J. S. Wilson Floral Co. and the 

 Iowa Seed Co. provided the decorations 

 for the various events of the celebra- 

 tion. 



Grayling, Mich. — The greenhouse busi- 

 ness which was started here four years 

 ago by John H. Cook was sold by him 

 last spring to R. Hanson, who this sum- 

 mer enlarged the range and installed a 

 new Moninger hot water boiler. The 

 establishment now comprises two houses, 

 one 18x100 and one 24x100, and a build- 

 ing, 20x60, for store, boiler room and 

 workroom. John H. Cook is manager of 

 the business. 



Normal, Neb — The hail storm of Oc- 

 tober 7 caused a damage of approxi- 

 mately $300 at the establishment of R. 

 S. Griswold. About 2,000 lights were 

 broken. 



Marion, Kan. — Fred Gowan, manager 

 of the Marion Plant & Flower Co., says 

 that trade is not only good now but that 

 the prospect is for one of the best sea- 

 sons on record. Thus far all cut stock 

 sold has been purchased, but new houses 

 soon will be built to establish a home 

 source of supply. 



Oklahoma City, Okla — At the first fall 

 meeting of the Oklahoma State Florists ' 

 Society, held at the Lee-Huckins hotel 

 October 5, the society after much con- 

 sideration decided upon the coreopsis as 

 its choice for state flower, because it is 

 a native of this state, is in bloom for a 

 considerable length of time, has good 

 color and represents no other state. This 

 choice may have some weight with the 

 authorities who are selecting the state 

 flower. 



Terre Haute, Ind — The Rosery is the 

 name under which the new retail flower 

 store at 11 North Sixth street will be 

 conducted. At the formal opening there 

 was a large attendance and 20,000 cut 

 flowers were given away as souvenirs. 

 The store has a floor space of 25x50 

 feet and the workroom in the basement 

 is 30x75 feet. The Rosery is in charge 

 of C. J. Houck, who has had experience 

 in both New York and Minneapolis. It 

 is owned by Dr. Edward Reiss, who is 

 president of the Terre Haute Rose & 

 Carnation Co. The two establishments, 

 wholesale and retail, will be operated 

 together, though as separate businesses. 



Glen Cove, N. Y — Although the 

 drought of the last few weeks lowered 

 the quality of the dahlia display at the 

 early fall show of the Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society, the displays in 

 other lines were especially good. Henry 

 Gaut, Frank Petroccia, William Noonan 

 and Herman Boettcher won prizes for 

 vegetables and fruits. James Duthie, of 

 Oyster Bay, gardener for Mrs. E. M. 

 Townsehd, was awarded three special 

 prizes for dahlias, and John Lewis 

 Childs, of Floral Park, N. Y., received 

 honorable mention for his display of 

 seedling dahlias and a certificate of' 

 merit for celosia. John W. Everitt was 

 manager of the show, and George Wil- 

 son, Angus MacGregor and Thomas 

 Griffin were the judges. 



