OCTOBBB 24, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



19 





large orders they had on hand, and by 

 Saturday night he almost forgot he 

 had been away. 



H. C. Bucheler, who was formerly 

 with the South View Floral Co., but 

 has since opened a store in Braddock, 

 BJays he is more than satisfied with the 

 business and thinks the prospects are 

 for a good season. He has purchased 

 an automobile for delivery. 



J. B. Smith, of McKeesport, was a 

 visitor and reported trade in that city 

 as good for the season. Everyone is 

 working and the manufacturers' pay- 

 rolls are record-breakers, so the future 

 looks bright. 



Howard Carney, of J. B. Murdoch & 

 Co., is a victim of rose thorns and one 

 of his hands is in a bad condition. He 

 submitted to an operation last week, 

 but is not much better and fears blood 

 poisoning. There seems to have been 

 more than the usual amount of thorn 

 trouble among the men handling roses 

 this fall. 



Woodrow Wilson was here last week 

 to attend the Wilson dinner given at 

 M cCreery 's. About 1,200 people sat 

 down and you can bet the only Demo- 

 crat in the business was there (his name 

 is Marshall). He says it was great. 



The A. W. Smith Co. has the decora- 

 tions at the Grand Opera House this 

 week. Of course, the principal flowers 

 are chrysanthemums in huge bunches, 

 but the rest of the decorations are 

 quite unique. 



Randolph & McClements are cutting 

 some fine chrysanthemums at their 

 Stanton avenue houses. They also have 

 some of the finest ferns and crotons 

 ever seen in this city. Business at 

 their new store is highly encouraging, 

 especially the increased amount of coun- 

 ter trade. Hoo-Hoo. 



The McCallum Co. states that it has 

 made arrangements with A. T. Lorch 

 to handle his output of carnation 

 blooms this season. Mr. Lorch put up 

 an additional house last summer. 



NATIONAL FLOWEE SHOW. 



C. H. Totty, chairman of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show committee, an- 

 nounces the following special premiums 

 in addition to the number already re- 

 ported: 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety will donate a silver cup, value 

 $50, to be used as the committee thinks 

 best, but for competition by private 

 gardeners only. 



The Westchester and Fairfield Horti- 

 cultural Society will donate a silver 

 cup, value $50, and will leave the dis- 

 position of same to the committee. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society offers a prize of $50 

 in cash, to be offered as the committee 

 sees fit. 



Henshaw & Fenrich, New York, offer 

 a silver cup, value $25, class to be an- 

 nounced by the committee. 



John Waterer & Sons, Bagshot, Eng- 

 land, offer $100 for a group of rhodo- 

 dendrons covering 100 feet. 



The American Institute of the City 

 of New York offers the following med- 

 als for award as the committee sees 

 fit: The special medal of silver; the 

 bronze medal of superiority; the bronze 

 medal of excellence; the bronze medal 

 of merit. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., of^rs a silver cup, value 

 $25, to be awarded for twenty-five 

 blooms of the best pink forcing rose- 



not yet disseminated, either of domestic 

 or foreign origin. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., New 

 York, offers a prize of $20 to be used 

 in the discretion of the committee. 



John I. Pratt offers a prize of $25 in 

 the class for gardenias. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety offers one gold medal and three 

 silver medals for award in classes to be 

 announced later. 



The New Jersey Horticultural So- 

 ciety offers a silver cup, value $25, for 

 competition in any class the committee 

 desires. 



The Lenox Horticultural Society of- 

 fers a silver cup, value $25, for a vase 

 of twenty-five cut roses, any one va- 

 riety except American Beauty, the com- 

 petition to be open to private gardeners 

 only. 



TOLEDO, O. 



The Market. 



Business was much better last week, 

 although we are having Indian summer 

 weather, rather too warm for this time 

 of year. Carnations and chrysanthe- 

 mums are scarce; not enough to fill or- 

 ders. Prices, of course, are quite high 

 as a consequence. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. J. B. Freeman has been busy 

 on two big wedding decorations. The 

 Chesbrough-Bathbun wedding called for 

 about the largest and most elaborate 

 decoration ever done in Toledo. The 

 work was in charge of Frank Metz, of 

 the Freeman establishment. Great quan- 

 tities of Beauties, chrysanthemums and 

 smilax were used. 



Miss I. Swartz is in Monroe for a 

 short visit. 



Robert Greenlaw, representing Pen- 

 nock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia, called 

 on the trade here last week. 



An important case is pending before 

 the board of tax review in this county, 

 regarding the taxation of growing 

 stock. E. A. Kuhnke, a wholesale 

 grower, has appeared before the board 

 to protest against the action of the 

 local assessor in returning Mr. 

 Kuhnke 's growing stock for taxation. 

 The amount was at first placed at $500, 

 but was afterward reduced to $100 by 

 the board of review. But Mr. Kuhnke 

 still protests, claiming that even this 

 amount is an injustice, as the stock 

 can not be legally taxed at all while in 

 the process of maturing, and not after- 

 wards until the stock is put on the 

 market, as the many contingencies like- 

 ly to occur up to the time of sale make 

 the value so uncertain that it would be 

 impossible to presume on any valua- 

 tion. The Florists' Club of Toledo has 

 taken up the matter and may employ 

 counsel to test the case in the courts, 

 as if the decision of the board of re- 

 view is allowed to stand, it will per- 

 haps stand as a precedent which will 

 mean a handicap not only in this county 

 but throughout the state. H. F. P. 



Fargo, N. D.— The Shotwell flower 

 factory on South Eighth street now 

 consists of seven greenhouses, each 

 29x100 feet. The range has been put 

 in first-class shape during the summer, 

 reglazed and steam heat substituted for 

 the hot water system. The Shotwell 

 Floral Co., which has been established 

 more than a quarter of a century, also 

 operates a nursery adjoining the green- 

 houses. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



With the exception of a fairly good 

 cleaning up October 19, business has 

 been only moderate last week. The 

 most important flowers now are chrys- 

 anthemums, and the unusually warm 

 and clear weather has sent these along 

 with such a rush that, in addition to 

 early and midseason sorts, Bonnaffon 

 and other late varieties are already ar- 

 riving. Prices are not at all good and 

 average lower than a year ago. Blooms 

 to reach $2 per dozen must be of extra 

 quality, and only a limited number of 

 fancies sell above this price. Roses 

 are suffering, as usual, from the ava- 

 lanche of mums, and, while the quality 

 could scarcely be improved upon, prices 

 are not at all up to the mark. The 

 new varieties are in best demand. Next 

 to these come Beauties and M's. Aaron 

 Wards. A number of retailers persist 

 in offering the latter as Mrs. Humphry 

 •Ward, evidently having the novelist in 

 mind. 



Violets are quite abundant and not so 

 easy to move. Lilies are slow sellers, 

 and so is lily of the valley. There is 

 an abundant supply of cosmos. Con- 

 siderable of this still comes from out- 

 doors, but Lady Lenox grown under 

 glass is far the best. From outdoors 

 asters, gladioli, candytuft, dahlias, cal- 

 endulas and other flowers still are ar- 

 riving, oply light frost having been, 

 felt as yet. 



Cattleya labiata is in oversupply. 

 Other orchids, such as oncidiums, Den- 

 drobium Phalsenopsis and cypripe- 

 diums, are in good supply. Gardenias 

 are arriving rather more freely. As- 

 paragus has sold quite well of late, bet- 

 ter than adiantum. 



In pot plants, chrysanthemumg now 

 take the lead, with Lorraine begonias 

 and cyclamens next in favor. There 

 is a good call for palms, ferns, arauca- 

 rias and other foliage plants. 



Various Notes. 



The committee on nominations of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety announces this list of candidates 

 to be offered at the annual meeting 

 November 16: President, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar; vice-president, R. M. Salton- 

 stall; trustees, A. F. Estabrook, Will- 

 iam Downs, N. T. Kidder, C. W. Par- 

 ker, George R. White; nominating com- 

 mittee, H. L. Frost, H. S. Hunnewell, 

 T. D. Hatfield, H. W. Rawson and Will- 

 iam Sim. 



Everett E. Cummings, of Woburn, 

 has his single violet frames all planted, 

 some 30,000 plants in all. He had 

 5,000 flowers October 19 and now has 

 a good daily pick. He has some thou- 

 sands of Bonnaffon chrysanthemums, 

 most of which he will hold for Thanks- 

 giving trade. 



J. F. Daley, of Cambridge, at his 

 stand in the Boston Cooperative Mar- 

 ket, has at present a fine assortment of 

 ferns, also Christmas peppers and chrys- 

 anthemums. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co. will 

 move with the Boston Flower Exchange 

 to the new market at Winthrop Square, 

 about January 1, 1913. 



Penn's, on Bromfield street, showed 

 vases of the new single Irish rose. Fire 

 Flame, October 19, which attracted 

 much favorable notice. They are using 

 the windows of a vacant store at 53 

 Bromfield street to advertise their well- 



