OCTOBUR 29, 1914. 



the Rorists' ifevfe^ 



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Greenhouses and Grounds of Bethlehem Steel Co., where Wm. J. Mangan is in Charge. 



Mr. Noll has just received hia supplies 

 for Christinas, and he has a fine lot of 

 thrill, including baskets, ruscus, rib- 

 bons and everything in the supply line. 



Samuel Murray made up a number of 

 corsage bouquets horse show week, but 

 the demand was not up to his expecta- 

 tions. 



A visit to the greenhouses of A. D. 

 Mohr will well repay one, as he has a 

 fine lot of stock, including poinsettias 

 and Lforraine and Cincinnati begonias. 

 His other plants also are in excellent 

 shape. 



Arthur Newell was busy all the week 

 with plenty of funeral work; he sent a 

 great deal of work out of town. He re- 

 ports business good, considering condi- 

 tions. 



The greenhouses of the W. L. Rock 

 Flower Co. are in fine shape. The com- 

 pany has the best mums that have been 

 seen in the city; the roses and carna- 

 tions also are in good shape. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports a run 

 on corsage bouquets last week, but the 

 demand was not up to expectations by 

 any means, especially in cut mums. 



Henry Kusik & Co. report business in- 

 creasing, with a steady demand for 

 stock. , 



W. J. Barnes was busy all last week 

 with decorations. He has his green- 

 houses in excellent shape; all are filled 

 up with pot plants. W. J. B. 



PROVIDENCE, E. I.. 



The Market. 



With carnations, roses and chrysan- 

 themums coming in more plentifully and 

 the social whirl not yet begun, there 

 J8 a considerably larger supply of cut 

 blooms in the market than there is 

 demand for. In consequence, prices are 

 barely up to normal. Funeral work 

 continues brisk, but aside from this 

 tbcre is comparatively little movement. 



Various Notes. 



Samuel Kinder has just completed a 

 n .' new oflSce building on Hope street, 

 ■^^istol, that IS entirely of concrete con- 

 8i uction. He is making numerous im- 

 P- ivements. 



a' R^ Hampden Meadow Greenhouses, 

 oi ^^"°gton, have several fine houses 

 0' chrysaiithemums that are just com- 

 J- ■ on. They expect to cut several 

 i-'^usand ttlooms before Thanksgiving. 



^eil Ward, of Lonsdale, has returned 

 " m a vacation trip to New York city 

 ^' ! up the Hudson river. 



William B. Hazard has been nomi- 

 nated by the Republicans as a member 

 of the city council from the Tenth 

 ward. 



Everett & Frost, forewirs, 441 Gros- 

 venor building, Weybo^get street, have 

 dissolved partnership and will go out 

 of business; H. L. Frost, of Arlington, 

 Mass., is liquidating agent. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibition 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in the parlors of the 

 Mathewson Street church, November 3 

 and 4. 



Matthew Macnair has returned from 

 Europe, where he has been since early 

 last summer. W. H. M. 



STEEL COMPANY'S GBEENHOUSE. 



The Bethlehem Steel Co. has erected 

 a U-bar greenhouse, 40x250 feet, on the 

 company 's grounds at South Bethlehem, 

 Pa. The idea is to beautify the grounds 

 and the building. Fully an acre of lawn 

 and garden has been laid out around the 

 greenhouse, where ash heaps formerly 

 dwelt. This is only the beginning. Wil- 

 liam J. Mangan, who is in charge, will 

 grow palms, ferns, bedding plants and 

 cut flowers, mainly his beloved carna- 

 tion. Window boxes are to be filled, 

 and in winter vases of flowers are to 

 brighten the offices. The aim is to make 

 attractive both outside and inside of 

 the place where so many people spend 

 their working hours. Phil. 



baskets. Mr, Schulz had the event ad- 

 vertised in the local papers and each 

 visitor was given a rose as he left the 

 store. 



Wm. Walker announces that the mar- 

 riage of his daughter, Edith, to Louis 

 Kirch, a local grower, will take place 

 about December 1. 



Beutel & Frederick are showing some- 

 thing new in the way of a miniature 

 garden. The garden is about two feet 

 square and made of zinc in the center. 

 There is some water to represent a lake. 

 , Small flowers and grass are used as a 

 border for the lake. The roots of car- 

 rots, parsley and various other vege- 

 tables are used, and when these begin 

 to sprout, a pleasing effect is given to 

 the whole, which has the appearance 

 of a Japanese garden. It is got up 

 to retail at $2. R. J. S. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



The week enditkg October 24 was ex- 

 tremely warm, the sun shining brightly 

 all the week. The warm weather brought 

 out plenty of stock. Mums were a glut 

 on the market, everybody having plenty 

 of them, and the growers received only 

 bottom prices. Chrysolora easily worth 

 $1.50 on a good market sold as low as 

 50 cents per dozen. The blooms offered 

 were not seconds, but fine, large fiowers 

 with long stems. 



Various Notes. 

 Jacob Schulz 's flower show was a 

 huge success. This display was some- 

 thing out of the ordinary. The interior 

 of the store was arranged as if for a 

 wedding. In the rear was an exquisite 

 wedding bower of southern smilax and 

 palms. All of the flowers were ar- 

 ranged on tables, in baskets and bou- 

 quets, showing the different arrange- 

 ments of wedding bouquets and flower 



BALTIMOBE. 



The Market. 



Up to the present we have escaped 

 the annual visit of Jack Frost; conse- 

 quently outside stock is still on the 

 market, and while not of the same 

 quality as indoor stock, it considerably 

 lowers the prices, especially of the bet- 

 ter grades. Dahlias are on the wane, 

 and if we do not. have frost they will 

 be completely bloomed out by another 

 week. Quantities of outside mums have 

 made their appearance and are of fairly 

 good quality, but are meeting with a 

 poor sale. Business has not been brisk, 

 and as the supply of stock was large 

 and had to be moved, the street boys 

 were in their glory. Thousands of 

 roses, carnations, mums and dahlias 

 were sold to them at low figures. There 

 is an oversupply of yellow mums, prin- 

 cipally Chrysolora. White ones are not 

 so plentiful, but are sufficient for all 

 demands. The demand for good pink 

 mums was the only redeeming feature 

 of the week. As there was not a large 

 supply of these, they were soon a 

 scarce article. The stores, seemingly, 

 are afraid to carry a large supply, as 

 the wholesale houses report mostly small 

 orders and not many of them. By the 

 end of the week a better demand is in 

 sight, and this, coupled with a diminish- 

 ing supply of outdoor stock, will greatly 

 improve business. 



Club Meeting. 



A real get-together meeting was held 

 October 26, with President Johnston in 

 the chair and an unusually large at- 



