The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBE 29, 10l.j_ 



quantity of tuberoses is on the market. 

 Large numbers of cattleyas and oncidi- 

 ums are selling at low figures. Small 

 offerings of potted plants are seen; 

 these consist 'mainly of chrysanthe- 

 mums, cyclamens, begonias and prim- 

 ulas. All kinds of greens are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



N. A. James, of Driving Park avenue, 

 is away on a two weeks' trip, visiting 

 relatives in southwest Kansas. His 

 greenhouses during his absence are be- 

 ing well cared for. He is growing and 

 also cutting good quantities of smilax. 



Milton Selinka, of Schloss -Bros., New 

 York, was in town last week, offering 

 chiffons and ribbons and other holiday 

 novelties. He says he is doing fairly 

 good business. 



Hugo Teute is growing some good 

 cyclamens and disposes of them freely. 

 He is also cutting good quantities of 

 Pink Garzas, which find ready sales. 



At Crosman Bros.' seed store the 

 bulb sales are good. They are also 

 handling a lot of bulb glasses this year. 



Recent visitors include Julius Berg, 

 of Lion & Co., New York, and Morris 

 Cohen, of Wertheimer Bros., New York. 



The improvements are still progress- 

 ing at H. E. Wilson's,. 88 East Main 

 street. The chrysanthemum houses at 

 Hudson avenue and Avenue B are in 

 fine shape. The good, sturdy plants are 

 well budded and will blossom soon. At 

 present they are cutting some fine Tou- 

 sets. 



The Lady Florists' Association will 

 meet for a business meeting on the sec- 

 ond Tuesday in November. 



At the seed store of A, W. Oilman a 

 mammoth pumpkin has been exhibited 

 in his window, weighing fifty-three 

 pounds and grown from Oilman seed. 

 Large Boston ferns are also being 

 shown. H, J. H. 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



Trade is showing a slight improve- 

 ment. In view of the present low 

 temperature, a killing frost is expected 

 soon. This will clear the market of all 

 outdoor stock, which has been ex- 

 tremely abundant this fall, and green- 

 house stock will be in greater demand. 

 Stock has improved in quality since 

 the lower temperatures have prevailed 

 and prices have been better in propor- 

 tion to the quality of the flowers. The 

 chrysanthemum now reigns supreme and 

 brings good returns for the labor ex- 

 pended. Pompons have made their ap- 

 pearance. Of the larger varieties, some 

 extra fine Halliday and Chrysolora were 

 noted last week. The single varieties 

 are arriving and are welcomed because 

 of the lovely effects gained by their 

 use for decorative purposes. Some ex- 

 quisite dahlias are in the market. 



Boses continue to improve in quality, 

 but do not meet with so great a demand 

 as the chrysanthemums. Bussell, Ward 

 and Sunburst roses clean up better than 

 other varieties. Killarney Brilliant is 

 fine for so early in the season. Carna- 

 tions have stiffer stems and show im- 

 provement generally, although the dark 

 weather of last week did not favor 

 prolific blooming. Oreens are plentiful. 



Weddings have been numerous during 

 the last two weeks of October and 

 funeral work has been plentiful. With 

 the bulbs and imported stock arriving 

 in fairly good quantities, it is believed 



that the chances for a good holiday 

 season are promising. 



Various Notes. 



Many Port Wayne florists are plan- 

 ning to attend the annual exhibition of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 which is to be held at Indianapolis 

 November 6 to 8, under the auspices 

 of the State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana. - The officers of this latter 

 association report that no effort is 

 being spared to make the show a great 

 success. Will J. Vesey, Jr., of this 

 city, is one of the committee in charge 

 of the arrangements for the exhibition. 



Miss Helen Patten, of Toledo, O., 

 was a visitor at the Flick residence last 

 week. She was called to this city by 

 the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. 

 M. Patten, who is a patient at St. 

 Joseph hospital, and who is improving 

 slowly, although still in a serious con- 

 dition. 



A. J. Lantemier reports business as 

 good, considering the continued moder- 

 ate weather and the tied-up money 

 problem. His chrysanthemums are fine 

 and made a good showing in his store 

 rooms, which were remodeled during 

 the summer. A large plate glass win- 

 dow was installed instead of two 

 smaller ones and the entrance was 

 placed at one side, which makes an 

 attractive store front. 



The Bradley Flower Shop reports that 

 business is extra good and consists 

 mostly of weddings and funeral work. 



The Flick Floral Co. has received 

 large shipments of art-craft baskets and 

 imported Japanese baskets. 



The Orpheum Floral Co. is the name 

 of a new firm that has opened a store 

 in the Orpheum Theater building, at 

 the corner of Calhoun and Montgomery 

 streets. The location is an excellent 

 one for transient trade, and the show 

 windows are especially large and fine. 



The New Haven Floral Co. is sending 

 some splendid Halliday chrysanthemums 

 to this market. R. R. F. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



The market is still badly overstocked 

 with flowers of all varieties, and there 

 has been little increase in the demand. 

 There have been a few good decora- 

 tions, but- aside f roin these there has 

 been but little business. Carnations are 

 now good, but, due to the large quan- 

 tities of chrysanthemums and dahlias 

 that are daily being offered, they are 

 to be had at a low price. Cosmos is 

 still to be had in huge bunches at 

 whatever one wishes to pay for it, but 

 the public has tired of this flower and 

 it cannot be moved to advantage. Val- 

 ley is to be had at as low a figure 

 as $3, but the main call is on the $4 

 and $5 quality. Sunburst, Radiance and 

 Hadley roses are among the best of 

 the week's offerings, the two former 

 ranging in price from $2 to $8 per 

 hundred, whUe the latter brings from 

 $6 to $12. Among the chrysanthemums, 

 October Frost and October Yellow are 

 practically off the market and Pacific 

 is also on the wane. To take their 

 place, there are some excellent Touset 

 and Halliday and plenty of good bunch 

 mums, the latter at $1.50 per dozen 

 bunches. Easter lilies are being offered 

 at $8 per hundred, but can be had at a 

 much lower price in quantities. Cat- 

 tleya orchids are good, but are affected 

 in much the same manner as the other 



indoor flowers and movb slowly t $5 

 per dozen. The snapdragon now 1 1 the 

 market is not of good quality. ' 



Various Notes. 



Leapley & Meyer are showing som^ 

 excellent ferns of their own prodn tion 

 They are also bringing in some i^ood 

 dahlias and chrysanthemums. 



Among the week's visitors were Mr 

 and Mrs. Charles L. Doyle, of Loci; oort 

 N. Y.; Milton Alexander, of Li u & 

 Co., New York; Sidney H. Bayerstl ifer 

 of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., PhiladeJ hia' 

 C. L. Robey, of Purcellville, Va.' 

 Charles D. Ball, of Philadelphia, and 

 Mrs. M. Rice, of Philadelphia. 



The members of the stock company 

 playing at Poli's theater held a r( cep- 

 tion at the store of O. A. C. Oebmler 

 between 5 and 6 o'clock Wednesday 

 October 21. During this hour the Indies 

 of the company sold flowers for the 

 benefit of the Red Cross fund, while 

 the men acted as bundle and errand 

 boys. Mr. Oehmler furnished about 

 2,000 roses for this purpose. 



Fred H., Kramer is given considerable 

 credit in the report of Maurice Otter- 

 back, chairman of the Anacostia Citi- 

 zens' Association, in charge of the town 

 flower garden, for his aid in making 

 this garden a success, as he donated 

 several thousand plants for that pur- 

 pose. This gift was augmented by a 

 collection of plants from the propagat- 

 ing garden s, s upplied through the efforts 

 of Colonel W. W. Harts, superintendent 

 of public buildings and grounds of the 

 District of Columbia. T. A. Lucas, 

 landscape gardener, has been deeply 

 interested in the care of this garden 

 since it was begun. 



Gude Bros. Co. furnished the roses 

 and carnations which were given to 

 the guests at the banquet of the Ameri- 

 can Bar Association, which has been in 

 convention here. This is the first year 

 that ladies have been allowed to attend 

 such an tiffair and, to mark this prece- 

 dent, more than 2,000 fine American 

 Beauty roses were procured for their 

 adornment. Each male guest was sup- 

 plied with a carnation boutonniere. 



The Washington Florists' Co. has a 

 neat looking * * bargain ' ' counter at the 

 store at 1408 H street, northwest, at 

 which specials are sold at reduced 

 prices. At present the offerings are 

 roses and carnations. 



George C. Shaffer has just completed 

 the redecorating of his store, at Four- 

 teenth 'and I streets, northwest, aniJ 

 has had built a new cashier's office at 

 the front. This is white enameled, to 

 match the other fixtures of the store. 

 The old cashier's desk is to be removed 

 to make room for an extension ot the 

 icebox, work on which is to be com- 

 menced following the holidays. 



C. L. L. 



Knoxville, la.— Bittenbender & Son 

 are finishing a large greenhouse at their 

 place in the west part of Knoxvillt. 



Streator, HI — A fire of unk own 

 origin threatened to destroy the g'een- 

 house establishment of the Hill 1 lor* 

 Co. Thursday morning, October 22. The 

 boiler house was wiped out and ; bou* 

 half of three of the greenhouses ^^ 

 destroyed. The other four houses were 

 unharmed. The fire had gained con- 

 siderable headway before F, C. T'lor"' 

 ton, the proprietor, was notified by s*""* 

 merrymakers returning late from a '^^^' 

 ding, and much damage was done befor 

 his telephone call brought the fin de- 

 partment. 



