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DBCStCBBB 7, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



31 



policy is received with skepticism by 

 many florists, who predict that the new 

 policy will not be strictly pursued and 

 that certain people on certain occasions 

 will always be able to obtain all the 

 plants and flowers they need for noth- 

 ing from Uncle Sam, through congres- 

 «ional and official influence. 



A number of decoration orders have 

 been received by local men. Small is 

 ■excuting one or two. The Washington 

 Florists Co. has been busy on coming- 

 out teas and other social functions. At 

 the Hobson wedding, W. Marche spread 

 himself and had to borrow a lot of 

 palms for the affair. 



The Washington Bulb Co., of the 

 fluburb of Congress Heights, is sending 

 out some of the finest Jeanne Nonin 

 mums seen this year. Many of them 

 are specimen blooms. The Washington 

 Florists' Exchange is handling a lot 

 of them. Paper White narcissi are 

 another product of the Washington 

 Bulb Co., 10,000 having been sold 

 recently. 



W. E. Gray, of Oakton, Va., has is- 

 flued a new and attractive catalogue 

 of his specialty "Fairfax roses." 



J. Louis Loose, of the Washington 

 Florists Co., has returned from an ex- 

 tensive trip through the northern cities. 

 He reports prices high and stock scarce 

 generally, and predicts a shortage of 

 Beauties at Christmas. 



Z. D. Blackistone is absent from the 

 <5ity on a short pleasure trip. At Mr. 

 Blackistone 's store it is said that their 

 ■combination Thanksgiving baskets of 

 fruit and flowers sold quite well. 



H. C. H. 



DENVER, COLO, 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving business was good, ev- 

 ■erything considered. Stock was scarce 

 anl shipping orders were of necessity 

 ■cut almost in two. City trade would 

 probably have been better had there 

 been more stock available, but taken 

 -as a whole it was excellent. Prices 

 were advanced only a little, carnations 

 and Beauties being the only flowers 

 that showed an increase. Carnations 

 are still holding back their blooms and 

 the daily cut in some instances amounts 

 to only one-third of what it did at this 

 time last year. This is discouraging 

 and makes the growers feel badly when 

 their returns are compared with last 

 year. 



Chrysanthemums are gone, Thanks- 

 giving having cleaned up everything. 

 It is somewhat of a relief to see the last 

 of these, as they require more work for 

 the money than anything else. 



Beauties are off crop, with prospects 

 for a good cut at Christmas. The short- 

 stemmed stock is poor and is sold at a 

 low figure. Tea roses are about equal 

 to the demand, except once in a while, 

 when there is a large funeral or wed- 

 ding. 



There is plenty of lily of the valley 

 ready, but there is no special demand. 

 Violets, too, are slow sale, although the 

 •quality is improving. Some of the Cali- 

 fornia violets are arriving in excellent 

 condition, and are entering into com- 

 petition strongly with the home prod- 

 uct. 



The cold weather that prevailed last 

 week caused some of the cut fern ship- 

 ments to freeze, and for a few days 

 there was a shortage of green in that 

 line. Smilax is about cut out and ship- 



ments are being sent in from outside 

 points. 



Various Notes. 



A flower show for the fall of 1912 

 is now assured. All of the required 

 amount has been subscribed and the 

 committee is working hard to make the 

 show a grand success. The Auditorium 

 has been secured for the week of No- 

 vember 11 to 16. This will give a floor 

 space of about 15,000 square feet. The 

 committee appointed at the first meet- 

 ing, consisting of J. A. Valentine, N. A. 

 Benson and A. H. Bush, has been made 

 a permanent one, with power to select 

 as many other committees as are nec- 

 essary. 



The announcement of the marriage, 

 October 26, of Thurston H. U. Smith 

 and Miss Eva May Thompson came as 

 a complete surprise to Mr. Smith's 

 many friends in the trade. Congratula- 

 tions and best wishes are extended to 

 them. 



Harry J. Berry, having found his Fif- 

 teenth street location undesirable, has 

 moved around the corner to the Or- 

 pheum Theater block, where he has a 

 larger and better store. His address is 

 1519 to 1521 Welton street. 



Emil Glauber has a fine lot of W. K. 

 Harris ferns that he is placing on the 

 market. 



The Gross Floral Co. has moved from 

 131 Broadway to 136 Sixteenth street. 

 This company has worked up a nice 

 business on the south side, but no doubt 

 most of it will follow it to its new loca- 

 tion in the downtown business district. 



Immediately after the removal of the 

 Gross Floral Co., F. X. Goesehl con- 

 cluded that the vicinity of Broadway 

 and First avenue could not long be left 

 without a flower store, so he rented a 

 place at 245 Broadway and opened 

 Wednesday, November 29. 



Lena, the 6-year-old child of Milton 

 Freeman, an employee of C. F. Maler, 

 was killed last week by falling from a 

 moving street car. Mrs. Freeman had 

 put the child on the car, but before she 

 could get on the car started, leaving 

 her standing on the street. The little 

 girl became frightened and jumped off 

 the car. 



Fred Hall is exhibiting some fine 

 specimen plants of Adiantum Crowean- 

 um in 8-inch pots. 



Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Cooper enter- 

 tained The Coterie at dinner Wednes- 

 day evening, November 22, at their 

 home, 649 Marion street. The 'table 

 was beautifully decorated with oak 

 foliage, yellow chrysanthemums, large 

 clusters of Tokay grapes, and Farley- 

 ense fern. Those present, besides the 

 host and hostess, were Mr. and Mrs. J. 

 A. Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Nei- 

 raan, the Misses Gertrude Page, Lena 

 Webb, Avery Edwards, Lenore Will- 

 iams and Margaret Jennings, Messrs. B. 

 E. Gillis, Chas. McCord and Hugo Neff. 



S. R. Lundy, representing the A. L. 

 Randall Co., Chicago, was called to this 

 city last week on account of the serious 

 illness of his son. The boy's condition 

 was improved, however, on the arrival 

 of his father. 



Visitors: John Berry, Ed Johnson, 

 Colorado Springs; N. E. De Golier, Love- 

 land; C. A. Espelin and T. J. Warren, 

 Fort Collins. M. R. J. 



Hartford, Mich.— L. E. Davis, who 

 recently opened for business here, re- 

 ports a good trade, although his build- 

 ings are not yet completed. 



OBITUARY. 



William H. Murdock. 



William H. Murdock, for many years 

 a florist in Cambridge, Mass., died No- 

 vember 26, at the Cambridge Relief 

 Hospital, where he had been since the 

 preceding Tuesday. On that day he 

 collapsed while at work in his garden, 

 suffering from a slight shock. He was 

 born in Cambridge in 1837 and retired 

 from business about ten years ago. He 

 served in the common council in 1888 

 and 1889. He was also prominent in 

 the First Universalist church in Cam- 

 bridge. He leaves a son, Harris H. 

 Murdock, of New York, and two daugh- 

 ters, Miss Florence Murdock, a student 

 at Mount Holyoke College, and Miss 

 Dorothy Murdock, of Cambridge. Mr. 

 Murdock 's home was at 165 Putnam 



avenue. 



B. Eldredge. 



In the death of Bernard Eldredge, at 

 the Great Northern hotel, Chicago, 

 November 28, the trade loses one of its 

 unique characters. He was president 

 of the National Sewing Machine Co. 

 and made his home at Belvidere, HI., 

 dividing his interests between that 

 town and Chicago. Some years ago, as 

 an amateur, he produced so much stock 

 in his greenhouses at Belvidere that 

 he began the sale of his surplus, from 

 which start he built up a considerable 

 range of commercial houses, consigning 

 his output to Chicago commission men. 

 He took no part in trade affairs, but 

 was a frequent visitor to the Chicago 

 wholesale center. He was a man of out- 

 spoken character and at various times 

 had shipped his stock to pretty nearly 

 every house in the market. Death was 

 caused by heart disease. Interment 

 was at Belvidere, December 1. 



SHAWNEE, OKLA. 



The Brenner Floral Co., of this city, 

 has been declared bankrupt and the 

 court has set the date for the disposal 

 of the stock and fixtures to be sold and 

 a receiver appointed December 14. The 

 Franke Floral Co. has the property 

 leased and will dispose of its interest 

 with the Brenner stock. 



Anderson, Ind. — Stuart & Haugh re- 

 cently held their twentieth annual 

 flower show, which was even a greater 

 success than any of its predecessors. 

 Since last season the firm has remodeled 

 the greenhouses and installed two large 

 new boilers. 



Greenville, 111.— D. H. Zbinden has 

 purchased the greenhouse and every- 

 thing belonging to Emile Corboz on the 

 Fanny Martin place. Now, instead of 

 one house 14 x 50, he has four houses. 

 Thanksgiving trade was much better 

 than last year. 



Harrisburg, Pa. — Harry Miller, the 

 Bella Vista florist who was burned out 

 about a year ago and who has since 

 rebuilt his greenhouses on the mountain 

 near Marysville, was at the Verbeke 

 market November 29 with his first lot 

 of chrysanthemums. 



Crawfordsvllle, Ind. — McDonald & 

 Steel, now at 119 West Main street, 

 have a much larger store and also p bet- 

 ter location. Thanksgiving trade was 

 better than last year. A. S. Pett has 

 just completed a new store building, 

 with two greenhouses connected. 



