AUGCST 31, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Fern Exhibit of F. R. Piersoa Co., Tarrytowa, N. Y., at the Baltimore Conven)ion, 



BOCHESTEB. 



The Market. 



Trade in general is just a little bet- 

 ter since our spell of cool weather. 

 There were a few weddings last week, 

 a luncheon and dinner for President 

 Taft, the G. 'A. K. convention and a 

 few funerals, and these all helped to 

 make business boom just a trifle. 



Roses are decidedly better in quality 

 and length of stem this week. Mary- 

 lands are by far the best pink rosea 

 and Tafts are next best. There was 

 a great demand for Taft roses during 

 President Taft 's visit to our city. 

 Killarneys are fair. Wards and Well- 

 ingtons are fine. There are but few 

 Carnots. 



Gladioli are plentiful and good. 

 Asters are fair, but there is not a great 

 variety just now. Pale pink asters are 

 scarce and poor in quality, but there 

 is a great demand for this particular 

 variety for all occasions. Pale and deep 

 lavender asters are plentiful, but not so 

 much in demand, with the exception of 

 the Rochester aster, which is a pinkish 

 lavender and has ragged petals, making 

 it a most marketable flower. There is 

 scarcely any demand for purple asters. 

 Garden flowers are as much in demand 

 as ever. 



Orchids are at a premium and it was 

 necessary to draw on the Buffalo and 

 Philadelphia markets for orchids for 

 President Taft's luncheon on Wednes- 

 day, August 23. Valley is coming in 

 much better, but there is little demand 

 for it at present. Hardy ferns are poor 

 in quality and rather scarce. A few 

 yellow mums are already coming into 

 the market, but they do not sell readily. 



Various Notes. 



C. B. Ordway, of Hornell, N. Y., visit- 

 ed Rochester florists last week. 



John Volmer returned from his vaca- 

 tion last week. He spent part of the 

 time at Niagara Falls and Olcott 

 Beach. 



The third annual flower carnival of 

 the ladies of Spencerport M. E. church 

 was held August 23 and 24 in the high 

 school building. First and second pre- 

 miums were awarded in fifty-three 

 classes of flowers and plants. 



Charles Vick acted as judge at the 

 flower show in Perry, N. Y., August 23. 



G. A. R. emblems in plants in red, 

 white and blue had been planted in the 

 parks for the G. A. R. convention, re- 

 placing the Shriners' emblems of last 

 July. 



Fernando J. Keller is in Detroit for 

 a week or ten days, 



Frank MacLewis, of George Hart's 

 commission house, has gone on an east- 

 ern trip for a week. 



Robert E. Las'sman, the grower of 

 Watertown, Mass., visited several florists 

 here during the G, A. R. convention. 



Miss Helen Bishop is away on vaca- 

 tion, 



George Boucher's Japanese decora- 

 tion in the window and store is quite 

 unique and resembles a tea garden of 

 flowery Japan. 



Clark Vick is enjoying his summer 

 holidays. 



George Hart and William Keller have 

 returned from the Baltimore convention 

 and report having had a "hot" time. 



Miss Myrtle Bradstreet has resumed 

 her duties at the store of the Rochester 

 Floral Co. during "the absence of Miss 

 Lillian WTieeler, who is having a vaca- 

 tion. 



Arthur Colbert was on the sick list 

 last week. 



Brown Watson enjoyed a short vaca- 

 tion recently. 



Mrs. Maud Hallauer has returned 

 from Reuka Lake, where she spent her 

 vacation. 



A, N. Pierson is shipping some fine 

 vcllow mums to this market. 



E. C. A, 



New Haven, Conn, — Smith T. Brad- 

 ley was prevented from attending the 

 convention by a rush of funeral work, 

 which is a leader with him. 



South Hadley Falls, Mass. — Joseph 

 Beach gave up his proposed trip to Eu- 

 rope to attend the convention. A grower 

 of the old school, he is ot the opinion 

 one can not learn too much in these 

 days of strong competition. 



Holyoke, Mass. — G, H. Sinclair, as 

 western state vice-president, has put 

 in some good work for the S. A, F. 

 Between giving attention to his new 

 purchase at Smith's Ferry and the 

 home plant, he says he never put in a 

 more strenuous season. 



Unique Display of Florists* Hose by the Revere Robber Co. 



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