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The Florists^ Review 



OcTui;i;K -'.', 1;m i 



MOTT LY MUSINGS. 



Oklalioiiia, tlio youngest state, bids 

 lair to bcM'oiiio oiio oL' tlio I'oronioHt hor- 

 tic'ult uially, jinlginj; by tlio showiiijj; 

 already iiiadi; by tlie Oklahoma State 

 riorisls' Society, ol' wliicli .1. W. Fur- 

 row, ot' Ciiitlirie, is jni'sident and S. S. 

 Hutterlield, ol' Oklahoma Oily, secretary. 

 S. S. lUitteilield spoke on " Floweriiij: 

 and Other Shrubs" at a recent meetinj^ 

 ;it the Leelhukiiis liotid. Oklahoma 

 City, ol' the state cIn ic imiiroveinent de- 

 j)artinent, which "was organized and is 

 conducted by several leading ladies ot 

 the state. Tlic Sunday Oklahoniafi. 

 October 11, devoted almost an entire 

 page, with illustrations, to Mr. Butter- 

 (ield's talk. A llower show was held 

 recently, ;it which j\Irs. \V. M. Smith was 

 awarded llrst ]>rize on roses lor some 

 tine specimens of American Heauty, ha 

 I'rance and jMaman Oochet. The eliinati' 

 is ideal I'or nuuiy v.arieties and the en 

 thusiasm shown by the public will tin- 

 doubteiily benelit the trade. 



C. E. Papworth, oi' Tort ^Vortll, ]»rom- 

 ises some surprises to those who attend 

 the convention of the Texas State Flo- 

 rists' Association, to be held here next 

 .luly. The date has not been set, but 

 may be arrangid so as to enable mem- 

 bers of the S. A. F. from the north and 

 middle west traveling to San Francisco 

 to include this in tlieir itinerary. As 

 there are 450 members of the state or- 

 ganization and the ma.jority expect to 

 .attend, it means profitable intercourse 

 both from a social and business view- 

 jioint. The Chamber of Commerce has 

 offered the free use of the auditorium 

 for the meetings. Mr. I'apworth gave 

 a talk on "Closer Kelations" at the 

 meeting of the State Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation October 15. 



C. W. IJobinson, i)resident of the Texas 

 Seed & Floral Co., of Dallas, Tex., ex- 

 ])resse3 the opinion that the plethora of 

 cotton will boom the seed business in 

 the south, as undoubtedly a variety of 

 I'rops will henceforth be grown. The 

 newest fodder plant, teosinte, claimed to 

 be a winner over other kinds, is one of 

 them. 



The Brown-Dawson Co., of Dallas, has 

 taken over the retail llower department 

 of the Texas Seed & Floral Co. and is 

 making extensive improvements. 



The Ilardie Seed Co., of Dall.as, after 

 being undisturbeil for nearly half a cen- 

 tury, aside from one move, is having the 

 front of the store torn out to allow the 



widening of the street. The company 

 will put in a first-class show window. 



The Green Floral Co., of Dallas, re- 

 ports shipping trade increasing steadily. 

 The comj(an\ is making excellent use 

 of what was expected at one time to be 

 the largest range of glass in Uw- south. 

 It may yet come. 



A. Millar is finishing a range of glass 

 at Hritton, near Dallas, lie expects to 

 s(dl this and accej)t one of several north 

 era oll'ers. Dreer's ('ardinal Climber 

 \\:ts iHded eu route, measuiing fully 

 tweutv feet and blooming fri'clv Octo- 

 ber b'i. 



Thomas ,1. ^\'(dfe, of Waco, Tex., says 

 the visit of the convention certainlv' 

 boosted his business. At the time of 

 my \ isit he was busy with funeral work 

 and a mourner at three funerals. 



At the Wichita exposition 1 had oral 

 evidence of a yield of five crops of al- 

 falfa in one season, which should be of 

 interest to many seedsmen. The cuts 

 were made May 24, June 18, July 28, Sep- 

 tember 21 and Sejiteinber 29, with an 

 average of thirty inches. This -was 

 grown by .Tames Brown, of Dog Creek 

 Kanch, Sumner, Kan., and is believed to 

 be a record for ordinarv culture. 



W. M. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Market conditions are unchanged ex- 

 cept for the flood of early mums, which 

 increases day by day. Think of it, 

 October 2G and not yet one touch of 

 frost in this vicinity! Dahlias, cosmos, 

 gladioli, etc., are piled high on the 

 wholesalers ' counters, a fine sight for 

 Mr. Early Mum as he enters the store. 

 Business is on the upward trend, all 

 the retailers say, but there is still 

 ])lenty of room for improvement. A'alley 

 and gigantenm lilies have been scarce; 

 good stock is cleaned up early at top 

 prices. Carnations are not as yet a 

 glut. The stock of roses is good and 

 eijual to all demands; shorts are plen- 

 tiful. 



Various Notes. 



The industrial committee of the Flo- 

 rists' Club carried out its first club 

 outing in a most successful manner 

 October 21, when forty local llorists 

 met in the ( lub rooms in the IloUenden 

 hotel and in fourteen autos, belonging 

 to various members, made a trip of 

 in>pei-tion to the grecnliouse establish- 



ments of the Naumann Co., the ( i 

 land Cut Flower Co. and the .!:■ 

 hladie Co. Stock at the three p' 

 was reported to be in first-class sh 

 JNIums and carnations in the houst 

 the Cleveland (.'ut Flower Co. Avei > 

 extra line condition. The Naumann 

 has a fine lot of cyclamens and ■ 

 cinnati begonias. The Eadie Co. h 

 force busy i)otting up the last of 

 newly im[)orted a/aleas, which ai( 

 be a specialty of this place in a wl 

 sale way. The trip was voted a sui 

 by all and the committee is arran- 

 another one, to take place in the i 

 future. 



II. r. Knoble, Herbert Bate, I 

 15rown, Geo. \V. Smith, Frank Fric; 

 and ]iossibly a few more of the faiti 

 are going to Indianapolis next weel 

 attend the exhibition of the Chr_\ > 

 themum Society of America; also, 

 invite the societv to come to Clevel; 

 in lOir.. ' F. A. r 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Cleveland Florists Visit the Establishment of the James Eadie Co. 



Business is irregular, dull one ilay ;> 

 busy the next, fine for several days a 

 then slack, which makes it hard . 

 know how much stock to handle i r 

 the day. Last week was horse she \ 

 week, but it had little effect on [••■ 

 market one way or the other, exec -i 

 for the making of a few corsage be ;- 

 iiuets. The retail stores expected ■• 

 sell a great deal more stock for tl. 

 show, especially of cut mums. 



The supply of roses has fallen oi'. 

 and the demand as well. Red roses an ! 

 Beauties are the leaders, and there i- 

 hardly enough to supply the wants. Tic 

 average price is lower now than a ye.ir 

 .ago. Most of the stock arriving is ■' 

 medium quality. Carnations are 

 heavier supply, although the price i - 

 mains as usual, about the same as la-t 

 year. In quality they are a little be 

 ter than at this time a year ai; . 

 Dahlias have become too plentiful ai . 

 the i)ublic last week bought less th i 

 two weeks ago, yet those arriving la-t 

 week were of better shape and si/ . 

 Chrysanthemums are becoming plem • 

 ful; high prices cannot be obtained f ' 

 these, as everyone seems to have :. 

 great many. The supply is larger th; . 

 this market has ever known so early 

 the season. There is a fine lot of Robi 

 son, Chrysolora and Pacific on the mn 

 ket, that are hard to beat. It seei- 

 as if all the mums are coming in 

 once. A good many places are cutti. ' 

 mums that last year were not able 

 cut them much before the mum shi 

 began. Pompons and singles are sr 

 ing fast and are much better than tho 

 of last year, especially the singles, 

 lew |iot i)lant3 of mums are now on t 

 market, and the demand for them 

 greater this year than ever before, es| 

 cially in the r>-inch and G-inch po 

 The re[)orts of the retailers differ c> 

 siderably in regard to trade, whi 

 shows irregular business for this moi 

 in all lines. 



Various Notes. 



Business across the state iiue is qui 

 uneven, althoiigli at the eiiil of t^ 

 week the report showed an iie-rease ov 

 the we(d< previous. 



T. .1. Xoll & Co, have doubled the 

 floor space, which relieves their cramp 

 i-ondition. They li.avc ad<ied a new ii 

 box. ofTj.e fixtures, counters and shelv' 



