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ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



May 18, 1911. 



pansies, myosotis and geraniums. Miss 

 Nettie Maher has entered the employ 

 of this concern. 



Horace Head^ of H. E. Wilson 's store, 

 has gone to Hilton, N. Y., for a few 

 weeks for his health. It is reported 

 that he is improving rapidly. 



J. B. Keller Sons decorated seventeen 

 tables for a Men's Club dinner May 12. 

 The table of the principal speakers was 

 decorated with a steamer five feet in 

 length, made of pink and wBite car- 

 nations, to reproduce in miniature the 

 hospital steamer of Dr. Grenfel, the 

 guest of honor. 



The cold snap and frosts of last 

 week did little damage to flowering 

 bulb stock, shrubs and fruit trees. For- 

 sythias suffered most and turned brown 

 in a few hours. Contrary to the gen- 

 eral belief that this season is behind the 

 average, the records for blooming dates 

 for this locality preserved from pre- 

 vious years show that the blossoms are 

 just about on time, according to the 

 average. E. C. A. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Cut flower business in the last two 

 weeks has, on the whole, been quiet, 

 and it looks more so when the supply 

 is compared with the demand. The ex- 

 ceedingly warm weather, together with 

 the fact that there is so much outdoor 

 stock in bloom, may be accountable for 

 these conditions. Lilac, bridal wreath, 

 iris, valley, snowballs and roses are all 

 in full array. One consolation to the 

 florist is that Decoration day will see 

 these all a thing of the past. Outdoor 

 stock is quite "previous" this year, 

 owing to the warm weather. 



Indoor cut flowers are scarce in some 

 varieties and overabundant in others. 

 Carnations, while slightly improved, are' 

 still scarce, while roses are at just the 

 other extreme, with the market com- 

 paratively slow. Lilies are the scarcest 

 they have been in some time, while 

 callas are plentiful enough to meet all 

 requirements. The outdoor valley is 

 knocking the demand for cold storage 

 valley in the head. Gladioli are plenti- 

 ful and the demand could not be better. 

 While cut flower trade is slow and de- 

 pendent only on a few parties, com- 

 mencements and funerals, the pot plant 

 business is making up for it. Bedding 

 plants, boxwood, palms and plants of 

 all descriptions are moving rapidly and 

 trade along this line is most gratifying. 



Mothers' Day. 



The increasing popularity of Moth- 

 ers' day is quite evident in Dayton. 

 People seem to be more attracted by it 

 each year; consequently the demand for 

 flowers increases rapidly. Churches, 

 more than any other institution, seemed 

 to call for the flowers, but many busi- 

 ness houses presented a flower to each 

 of their employees, and boxes of flow- 

 ers were sent to mothers, etc., while 

 about every other person one met was 

 wearing a flower on Mother 's day. How- 

 ever, though the deqiand was good and 

 prices were high, there was one draw- 

 back, namely, that many people have 

 conceived the idea that nothing but 

 white carnations are appropriate for 

 the occasion. As it is an utter impos- 

 sibility to meet the demand for these, 

 much talking becomes necessary in or- 

 der to convince the buyer that a white 

 flower of any kind may be worn for the 

 mother deceased, and a bright one for 



the mother living. This diflBculty, if 

 properly taken up by the florists 

 throughout the country, could easily be 

 remedied, and we believe that, should 

 the matter be taken up at the next 

 S. A. F. convention, much good would 

 result, for, with Mothers' day increas- 

 ing in popularity from year to year, it 

 would be an impossibility to supply 

 enough white carnations to meet the 

 demand. * #* 



Various Notes. 



Fruit trees promise a good crop this 

 year, as they have been favored with 

 the right kind of weather. 



The Miami Floral Co. has succeeded 

 in getting all the carnation plants out 

 in the field and is now in hopes the 

 weather man will send the much needed 

 shower. Arthur Carey, of this firm, 

 spent May 14 at Yellow Springs, O. 



Perhaps one of the busiest men along 

 the line of funeral work in this city is 

 Warren G. Matthews, proprietor of the 

 Dayton Floral Co. He reports that as 

 a general rule nearly all his orders for 

 this sort of work come in on Sunday, 

 making it his busiest day in the week. 



Mrs. E. Young reports a splendid 

 trade for Mothers' day. 



Mrs. B. Haschke has had splendid 

 success with sweet peas this season. She 

 is cutting some fine ones at present. 



Fred Johnson, of Kansas City, Mo., 

 was the guest of Mrs. L. D. Johnson 

 last week. 



J. J. Lampert, of Xenia, O., was in 

 town last week. He reports a good 

 business and says he is building an- 

 other greenhouse, 40x200. 



Among the visitors last week were: 

 Mr. Kidder, of the Ionia Pottery Co., 

 Ionia, Mich.; Chas. H. Hudson, repre- 

 senting Hammond's Paint & Slug Shot 

 Works, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., and 

 Frederick U. Creighton, of Arthur T. 

 Boddington, New York city. E. A. B. 



GLEN COVE, L. I. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held in Pembroke hall Wednesday 

 evening, May 10. President Trepess occu- 

 pied the chair and there was a good at- 

 tendance. Messrs. HoUoway, Gray and 

 Bobinson were appointed judges and 

 their decisions were as follows: For the 

 society's prize, outdoor fiowering shrub, 

 first to A. McKenzie, with Persica san- 

 guinea; lettuce, first to J. W. Everett; 

 for exhibition vase of sweet peas, cer- 

 tificate of culture to J. McDonald; 

 brace of cucumbers, certificate of cul- 

 ture to J. W. Everett; asparagus, cer- 

 tificate of culture to J. W. Everett; 

 Stumpp & Walter prize for six varieties 

 of tulips, six of each, first to A. Mc- 

 Kenzie, second to E. Westlake. 



The schedule for the show on the 

 night of the June meeting was read and 

 approved and Messrs. Duthie, John- 

 stone and- Marshall were appointed 

 judges for that night. 



The question box was found to con- 

 tain quite a few questions, which were 

 answered satisfactorily. S. Trepess ex- 

 hibited some pieces of peach grafted 

 on plum for the members to examine 

 and decide as to whether the two were 

 united or not. Various comments were 

 made, but the question could not be 

 answered definitely. 



H. Cliffe, superintendent of Meudon, 

 gave an interesting talk on the cultiva- 

 tion of grapes under glass and was ac- 

 corded a very hearty vote of thanks. 



E. W. 



UTIOA, N. Y. 



At the annual nweting of the Utica 

 Florists' Club, held in Genesee hall, 

 the election of ofiicers for the ensuing 

 year was held and Frank J. Baker was 

 chosen president for the sixth time. The 

 other officers elected were: Vice-presi- 

 dent, Harry Brant; treasurer, Charles 

 Seitzer; secretary, J. C. Spencer. 



In a discussion of Mothers' day, the 

 speakers expressed their regret that 

 white flowers are so generally worn on 

 that occasion, since colored flowers 

 would frequently be more appropriate. 

 Customers, it was stated, need more 

 education in this line and should be 

 more strongly impressed with the idea 

 first advocated by The Eeview, that 

 a white carnation indicates respect for 

 a deceased mother, while the wearer of 

 a colored carnation thereby shows re- 

 spect for a mother who is living. 



After the meeting refreshments were 

 served. 



OBITUAKY. 



Gustave Peters. 



Gustave Peters, one of the oldest of 

 Chicago florists, died May 13 at his 

 home, 1515 Larrabee street, of cerebral 

 hemorrhage. Mr. Peters was born in 

 Germany May 31, 1840, so that had he 

 lived another fortnight he would have 

 been 71 years of age. He came to 

 America twenty-eight years ago and at 

 once located at Chicago, engaging in \ 

 the business learned in the fatherland. 

 When Charles Arnold married Mr. 

 Peters ' only daughter, the firm of 

 Peters & Arnold was formed, the green- 

 house establishment being located at 

 Des Plaines. Cut flowers were grown 

 for the Chicago market, and for years 

 Mr. Peters was well known to the fre- 

 quenters of the Chicago wholesale sec- 

 tion. When E. C. Amling moved into 

 the basement of the Trude building, he 

 rented a portion of his space to Mr.. 

 Peters, who sold there the output of 

 his greenhouses for some years, the 

 growing end being in the hands of his 

 son-in-law, who has continued the busi- 

 ness, consigning his stock to the E. C. 

 Amling Co. since the retirement of Mr. 

 Peters, a few years ago, from active 

 participation in the business. A widow 

 and daughter, Mrs. Arnold, survive. 

 The funeral was held May 15 and was 

 largely attended. 



Bansom B. Jones. 



Bansom B. Jones, for many years a 

 florist at Stamford, Conn., died May 7. 

 Mary E. Jones, his daughter, says that 

 the business will be discontinued. 



George Hollis. 



George Hollis, a well-known peony 

 grower and florist of South Weymouth, 

 Mass., died April 27 at his home on Hol- 

 lis street, after a lingering illness. He 

 was 71 years of age and was a native 

 of South Weymouth. He is survived 

 by a sister, Mrs. A. M. Richardson, and 

 by three brothers, Newton, Henry and 

 Fred Hollis. 



C. O. Hunt. 

 C. O. Hunt, of St. Elmo, Chattanooga, 

 Tenn., died May 6. It is understood 

 that the business will be continued by 

 his wife, Mrs. Marietta Hunt. 



Geo. F. Chadbom. 



George F. Chadbom, the inventor of 

 the American lawn mower, died May 12 

 in Newburgh, N. Y., aged 78 years. He 

 was one of the Chadbom family, well 

 known in the trade. 



