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OCTOBBB 10, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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Visitor: Charles Sotor, Salt Lake City, 

 Utah. M. E. J. 



WASHINQTON. * 



Club Meeting. 



Many important discussions marked 

 the October meeting of the Florists' 

 Club. A letter from the publicity com- 

 mittee of the New York Florists' Club 

 asked that the local club appoint a sim- 

 ilar committee. W. F. Gude said this 

 is a step in the right direction and will 

 probably do more to bring our busi- 

 ness to the front than anything that 

 any one person, or any one club, can do. 

 Others spoke along the same lines and 

 President Grilll^rtzer appointed Z. D. 

 Blackistone, Gebrge H. Cooke and "Will- 

 iam F. Gude to act as the local com- 

 mittee. 



The announcement that a bowling 

 team had been formed to represent 

 this city in the contests held in con- 

 junction with the convention of the 

 S. A. F. met with great favor, as the 

 members are great bowling enthusiasts. 

 The team has been entered in the Dis- 

 trict League. The team meets each 

 Monday evening at the Rathskeller al- 

 leys. Eighth and E streets, N. W. The 

 committee on bowling consists of Messrs. 

 Hammer, Shaffer, Ernest, I>alglish, 

 Lewis and Berry. 



Alfred HeitmuUer, whose name was 

 proposed at the last meeting, was duly 

 elected to membership. 



The committee on by-laws recom- 

 mended that certain amendments be 

 made and among these were proposed 

 changes in the dates for the submission 

 of nominations, of elections, and of 

 the installation of elected officers. 

 These will come up for ratification at 

 the next business n^eeting. 



A memorial from the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Baltimore, presented 

 at this meeting, again' brought mem- 

 ories to mind of the "Grand Old Man 

 of Horticulture," William B. Smith. 

 The memorial is a handsome engrossed 

 certificate. 



Toward the close of the evening the 

 talk turned to the origin and culture of 

 the Killamey, American Beauty, Perle 

 and other roses and some valuable in- 

 formation on these subjects was dib- 

 seminated. So much time was given to 

 this, and so interesting had it become, 

 that the club nearly forgot to partake 

 of the buffet luncheon that had been 

 prepared. 



The large assembly hall of the Busi- 

 ness High School, which is capable of 

 accommodating fully 1,500 people, was 

 secured for the lecture to be given by 

 Robert Pyle, on rose growing in Europe, 

 October 8, 



The Market. 



Last week was a great contrast over 

 the week before, in that we have had 

 seven days of sunshine following an 

 equal number of rainy days. The sun- 

 shine and moderate temperature have 

 had a good effect on flowers and they 

 arrived in better quantity, quality and 

 Color. The market has been a good one 

 And there has been enough stock to 

 iieet every demand. The only flower 

 of which there has been a shortage is 

 the American Beauty. Radiance roses 

 have been in exceptionally flne shape 

 Jnd have found a ready market at from 

 *4 to $12 per hundred. Richmonds, 



Mrs. Taft, Killarneys and Brides are 

 also of fine quality, and quite a number 

 of the stores are showing the Lady 

 Hillingdon rose. 



There seems to be a shortage of short- 

 stemmed carnations, and it is impossi- 

 ble to fill the demands. Carnations are 

 bringing anywhere from $1.50 to $2 per 

 hundred for good stock. Orchids are 

 plentiful and fine and, while the market 

 is fairly good, it is hard to keep the 

 price at $6 per dozen. Violets are com- 

 ing in more plentifully, though mostly 

 of the Rhinebeck variety. The latter, 

 as yet, are poor and many of them shat- 

 ter before they reach their destinations. 

 There is a great glut of cosmos and 

 dahlias and, while some few of these 

 bring a price, the majority can be had 

 in armfuls or wagon-loads at the pur- 

 chaser's figure and are hardly worth 

 quoting. The indoor chrysanthemums 

 are looking well and find ready sale at 

 from $10 to $20 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



There have been quite a number of 

 large weddingi^ and wedding receptions 

 during the last week, chief among which 

 was the wedding of Ensign Robert Mat- 

 tingly, U. S. N., and Miss Sadie King. 

 The house was decorated with southern 

 smilaz, asparagus, chrysanthemums and 

 pink and white roses. At Christ Epis- 

 copal church, where the wedding took 

 place, there was an unusually elaborate 

 and artistic decoration. The work was 

 done by Gude Bros., and was unusually 

 beautiful. Gude Bros. Co. also had the 

 decorating of the home of Odell Smith, 

 where a novel ceremony took place. The 

 occasion was the twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Smith and the wedding of their daugh- 

 ter. 



George Shaffer, too, has been busy 

 with wedding work and has a number 

 of good orders booked for advance 

 dates. "With him the Curry wedding 

 was the most important. Mr. Shaffer 

 also furnished quite a number of floral 

 designs for the Arms funeral and has 

 been doing the table decorations for 

 the New Fredonia hotel. 



John "Watson has succeeded to the 

 position of foreman of the Kramer 

 greenhouses in Anacostia, made vacant 

 by the resignation of Kenney Davis, 

 who has accepted a similar position in 

 Richmond, Va. 



"With a pitiful tale that her mother 

 was dead and she wanted a few flowers 

 to place on her coffin, a colored woman 

 last week victimized Fred H. Kramer 

 for SlO on a bogus check. 



E. Leslie Reynolds, superintendent of 

 the Botanical Gardens, has been ad- 

 mitted to membership in the Associa- 

 tion of Oldest Inhabitants, in the af- 

 fairs of which the former superintend- 

 ent, "William R. Smith, was active. 



C. L. K 



O. A, C. Oehmler, for years with 

 Gude Bros. Co., as decorator, has opened 

 a retail store for his own account, at 

 1329 G street, N. W. 



Houston, Tex. — Henry H. Kuhlmann, 

 who started in the trade here January 

 1, 1909, now has four places of busi- 

 ness. He has a greenhouse and office 

 at 2907 Jackson street, greenhouse and 

 office at 2526 "Washington avenue, a 

 downtown store at 919 Oapitol avenne 

 and a greenhouse and nursery on East 

 Thirteenth street, Houston Heights. He 

 is doing a good business at each place. 



ST. L0X7IS. 



The Market. 



Judging from the way the local flo- 

 rists were buying last week from the 

 wholesalers, business must have been . 

 excellent. There was not any too much 

 stock at any of the markets and the'> ' 

 prices advanced considerably. Carna- 

 tions became scarce and were mostly 

 short-stemmed; the price was $2 per 

 hundred. A few fairly good California 

 violets are coming in, but not too many 

 as yet. 



Roses are plentiful, especially the Kil- 

 larneys. Beauties, too, have come in 

 quite heavily of late, but sell well where 

 Killarneys do not. Marylands and 

 Richmonds are not in as good demand. 

 Cochets, both pink and white, are fine, 

 owing to the cool nights, which gave 

 them good color. Chrysanthemums are 

 scarce, as yet, and the demand is large. 

 This week should see more of them, and 

 in better grades. 



The market had a good supply of val- 

 ley of good quality. Easter lilies have 

 advanced in price to $12.50 per hun- 

 dred. . Orchids are $6 to $7.50 per dozen, 

 with a splendid demand. Cosmos, dajh- 

 lias, tuberose stalks, daisies and other 

 outdoor stock are about over for this . 

 season. Fancy greens of all kinds are 

 plentiful, at the usual prices. 



Various Notes. 



Frank McCabe, representing the A. L. : 

 Randall Co., Chicago, spent last week 

 here, carrying a full line of samples of 

 florists' supplies. He says business has 

 exceeded his expectations. 



L. P. Edlefsen, a florist of Los An- 

 geles, Cal., was a visitor last week. He 

 is an uncle of "W. C. Smith,; and thirty 

 years ago he was a resident of this city 

 and later of St. Paul, fie will visit 

 Chicago and Milwaukee, where he has 

 many friends, before returning home. 



Mr. and Mrs. R. J. "Windier have re- 

 turned home from a three weeks' trip 

 t6 Chicago. Mr. "Windier says he is 

 now ready for a hard season's work. 

 His brother, J. J., in charge of the 

 business during his absence, bad a 

 splendid run of trade. 



The American Paper Products Co., 

 the firm that makes the Appco Shipsafe 

 florists' boxes, at 272 Bremen avenue, 

 suffered a heavy loss by flre last week. 

 The damage amounted to about $10,- • 

 000. A large number of orders ready 

 for shipment were destroyed. 



George Angermueller says his orchid 

 consignments for the "Veseys' Fort 

 "Wayne greenhouses were fine and the 

 demand good. He is now making a spe- 

 cialty of ribbons for the local trade. 



The Missouri Botanical Garden will 

 hold its annual chrysanthemum show in 

 the garden, under a large tent, some- 

 time next month. Last year the show 

 was a failure, owing to the cold weather 

 and the destruction of the tent by a 

 wind storm on the day before the 

 opening. 



The W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. 

 will put into service this week a new 

 automobile truck for the daily delivery. 

 Mr. Smith says, "We must be progres- 

 sive these days and give the trade 

 quick delivery." A large shipment of 

 new supplies was received last week. 



The local office of the Dennison Mfg. 

 Co., at 905 Locust street, has taken a 

 great many orders from local florists for 

 holiday tags in floral designs. 



EmiJ G. Popp, one of the inspectors 



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