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The Florists^ Review 



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OCTOBBB 22, 1914. 



PITTSBUBGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh is still having fine late 

 summer weather, just right for outdoor 

 life. The gardens are filled with the 

 finest dahlias ever grown in this section. 

 Cosmos is in its glory. The trade blames 

 the weather for the fact that business is 

 not up to the mark, and there is a 

 likelihood that the life of the wholesaler 

 will not be a happy one if we do not 

 get a good freeze. Eoses are fine and 

 coming in great quantities. Carnations 

 are a glut on the market. Chrysanthe- 

 mums are here, and on account of the 

 large quantity of stock on the market, 

 prices are low. The worst depression 

 seems to be in the small sales, but every- 

 one is optimistic, believing that a good 

 freeze will soon clean up outdoor stock. 



Various Notes. 



Thursday, October 29, is the field day 

 of the Pittsburgh Florists' Club. They 

 have accepted an invitation to visit the 

 establishment of P. S. Eandolph & Sons, 

 at Sandy Creek. Those who know Mr. 

 Randolph know what to expect, for he is 

 the original hospitality merchant. His 

 new place is worth seeing, being the 

 latest built range of greenhouses in this 

 vicinity. 



Randolph & McClements had an elabo- 

 ate wedding decoration at Youngstown, 

 O., October 15. This is their second 

 big wedding decoration in Youngstown 

 this fall. They are cutting some splendid 

 chrysanthemums from their Stanton ave- 

 nue greenhouses. 



The E. C. Ludwig Ploral Co., in addi- 

 tion to its large cut flower business, is 

 doing a large business in artificial door 

 crepes. The undertakers demand these, 

 and this firm reluctantly took it up and 

 is receiving a large number of orders for 

 them. 



The Ludwig Floral Co., on Federal 

 street, is taking advantage of the large 

 number of dahlias and cosmos by keep- 

 ing up immense displays, which attract 

 a great deal of attention. 



John Zimmerman, of Penn street and 

 Fifth avenue, is becoming quite a factor 

 in the landscape business. 



The Duquesne Market is headquarters 

 for home-grown dahlias and cosmos these 

 days. The farmers bring them in by 

 wagon-loads and sell them for a song. 



This week 's obituary column contains 

 a report of the death of Frank R. Faulk, 

 formerly of Faulk Bros., in this city. 



Clarke. 



QLEN COVE, N. Y. 



The monthly meeting of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 October 14 at Pembroke hall, with Presi- 

 dent Henry Gaut in the chair. Mrs. 

 H. L. Pratt was elected to honorary 

 membership. A motion was carried to 

 send a letter of sympathy to W. E. 

 Kimball on the death of his wife, an 

 honorary member of the society. 



Judges of the exhibits were J. Hollo- 

 way, J. F. Johnstone and W. Hutton, 

 who awarded first prize for three 

 bunches of grapes to Henry Gaut; for 

 twelve apples, two varieties, to Herman 

 Boettcher, and for six pears, to F. 

 Petroccia. A cultural certificate was 

 awarded to Herman Boettcher for twelve 

 varieties of apples and also honorable 

 mention for a vase of delphiniums. 

 Honorable mention was awarded Henry 

 Gaut for twelve quinces. To John 

 W. Everitt was presented the E. M. 

 Townsend cup for roses, won by him at 



the dahlia show. James Gladstone was 

 appointed manager of the fall show, 

 October 29 and 30. 



Exhibits for the next meeting, Novem- 

 ber 11, are to be chrysanthemums, three 

 white, three pink and three yellow. 

 President Henry Gaut has donated $10 

 to be divided into prizes of $5, $3 and 

 $2 for the best table decoration of 

 chrysanthemums, open to assistant 

 gardeners only. After the meeting the 

 members will hold a social evening, 

 which all are invited to attend. 



Harry Jones, Cor. Sec'y. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



Summer conditions continue; the 

 weather is mild, but we are having cool 

 nights. Consequently; there is an abun- 

 dance of outdoor stock, such as dahlias, 

 cosmos, mignonette, calendulas and 

 cornflowers, and little call for indoor 

 stock. A hard frost would be welcomed 

 by all florists, for it would help the sale 

 of roses and carnations a great deal. 

 Violets are inferior, because of the 

 warm weather, but the demand for them 

 is strong. Carnations are much im- 

 proved and are selling well. The supply 

 is meager, however. American Beauties 

 are in excellent condition and prices are 

 firm. Sunburst is good, as is Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward and Mrs. Chas. Russell. 



Dahlias are beginning to be poor and 

 are apt to drop the outer petals. The 

 cactus dahlias hold up best. In many 

 cases it is necessary to wire the stems 

 of the dahlias to prevent the flower from 

 breaking off. 



Chrysanthemums are poor, because of 

 the warm weather. October Frost seems 

 to show the effect most, being soft and 

 having a tendency to drop the petals. 

 All mums seem small in size. Some of 

 the local dealers have pompons on sale 

 now. 



Harrisii lilies are plentiful. Sweet 

 peas are over with. Snapdragons and 

 yellow marguerites are arriving daily. 

 With some of the local dealers valley is 

 still plentiful, but the price is high. Cat- 

 tleyas and oncidiums are selling now. 

 Cypripediums are seldom seen here and 

 there is no demand for them. There are 

 few flowering plants at present; some 

 Begonia Vernon, however, are on sale. 

 It is hoped that business will pick up 

 and that the fall rush will soon begin. 



Various Notes. 



The Lenox Flower Shop is showing 

 some good baby ramblers for this time 

 of the year. 



Ed. Slattery had an excellent wedding 

 decoration in Smethport, Pa., October 15. 



Barney Myers, of Lancaster, is cut- 

 ting the first of his carnations. They 

 are of fine quality, although the stems 

 are short. His snapdragons grown under 

 glass are doing well and quantities of 

 blooms are being cut daily. He is grow- 

 ing Hadley roses to good advantage. 

 As this is a new rose in western New 

 York, it attracts much attention. 



S. A. Anderson had an artistic deco- 

 ratioa-October 15 for the Wilson-Cowans 

 wed(nng. It consisted largely of pink 

 and white dahlias and palms. The four 

 bridesmaids carried American Beauty 

 roses. 



W. J. Doty, of Sheridan, N. Y., has 

 several acres of cactus dahlias of choice 

 varieties, which will go to waste if they 

 are not harvested soon. Mr. Doty is so 

 pressed with the work of gathering the 

 grape crop that he cannot give his dah- 



lias any attention because of the lac ;; of 

 competent help and packing facilitii: s. 



At the store of W. J. Palmer & ;Son 

 trade is good. There are several l.irgg 

 weddings booked for later in the sea- 

 son. Bon Silene and Safrano roses are 

 sold at special prices each week. Mr. 

 Palmer is on the jury doing special ork 

 just now. 



The fiftieth anniversary of the . lar- 

 riage of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Andeson 

 was celebrated October 12 by a diinier 

 at which fifteen friends were pre i^nt! 

 The table decoration consisted of ar hes 

 of autumn leaves and a mound of i.ink 

 roses. 



Stroh's Quality Flower Shop has a 

 splendid display of snapdragons, carna- 

 tions, pompon mums and cosmos of ectra 

 fine quality, all of which are grown at 

 the greenhouses in Attica. The new 

 Ford delivery car, which is painted 

 Brewster's green, will soon be put to 

 use. H. Petrie, formerly of the Lenox 

 Flower Shop, is now in the employ of 

 the above firm. 



J. Berg, of Lion & Co., New York, was 

 a visitor last week. He wore the genial 

 smile that won't come off. 



S. M. Crosby, of Washington, D. C, 

 has entered the employ of Felix Alberts. 



H. R. Francis, of the state college, 

 lectured on "Shade Trees" at the City 

 building in Clean, Friday, October 16. 

 E. C. A. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



Local florists have all started their 

 fires, the continued cool spell of last 

 week having made it necessary. It 

 started to rain October 12 and continued 

 during the greater part of the week. 

 Notwithstanding the bad weather, busi- 

 ness was fairly good.. The fall racing 

 season, with its usual quota of visitors, 

 was responsible for this improvement in 

 business. Funeral work was light, but 

 this part of the business is never steady. 



Stock at the various plants is in fine 

 shape. Most of the local florists have 

 put in their carnations, and their houses 

 are in condition for the winter. Outside 

 stock did not do well this last season, 

 on account of the dry summer. Dahlias, 

 however, are plentiful at present. 



Varloos Notes. 



The new Nanz & Neuner Co. has just 

 finished extensive improvements at the 

 plant in St. Matthews. When the pres- 

 ent firm was organized it bought an 

 extensive piece of land in the rear of 

 the property formerly occupied by th^ 

 greenhouses of the old firm. These 

 houses have all been moved to the new 

 property and rebuilt^ A new s^eam 

 heating plant has been installed to take 

 the place of the hot water system that 

 was formerly used. The old syste u i* 

 still used in some of the houses. 



A. Rasmussen, of New Albany, In^-j 

 has his new carnation houses plaited 

 and his stock is in fine condition. 



John Skrobanek has his houses ir fi"^ 

 shape again and is ready to start the 

 coming winter with a brighter ou look 

 than he did last winter after tht. diS' 

 astrous fire of a year ago. 



Mrs. M. D. Reimers has an aristi"! 

 window featuring Hallowe'en. 



G. R. Miller, manager of the Kun man 

 Floral Co., who was hurt during t"* 

 state fair by a tub of palms falling o" 

 him while he was unloading his •wi? 

 and crushing his shoulder, is "Oi - 

 nicely. P. F. S. 



