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Fbbbuabt 1. 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



19 



cultural hall, opening February 2, 

 promises to be specially strong in roses 

 and carnations. There are twenty 

 classes for the latter. 



John K. Farquhar is largely instru- 

 mental in getting the Newport Garden 

 Association, which comprises most of 

 the wealthy residents there, to hold a 

 big July flower show to run for a week, 

 with some $6,000 in prizes. Floral pa- 

 rades and other features will probably 

 be included. There will be numerous 

 excursions run. Chester I. Campbell, 

 who managed the National Flower 

 Show, has been engaged as manager. 



We are pleased to see Edwi.J Mac- 

 Mulkin out again after quite a severe 

 sickness. 



A new flower store operated by Mac- 

 donald & Askell has been opened on 

 Dartmouth street, near the Hotel Ven- 

 dome. 



Visitors last week included M. Fuld, 

 with H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia; 

 H. P. Hodgkins, with Arthur T. Bod- 

 dington. New York; Ij. W. C. Tuthill, 

 New York; Prof. E. F. Hitchings, 

 Orono, Me. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 has 5,000 giganteum lilies which will 

 be just right for Easter. He thinks he 

 will drop gardenias and grow several 

 houses of roses next season. He has 

 just completed a substantial garage in 

 the rear of his greenhouses. 



J. Otto Thilow, of Philadelphia, will 

 deliver a stereopticon lecture at the 

 next club meeting, February 20. This 

 will be carnation night and a large 

 display is expected. 



The sweet pea show next July is 

 arousing much interest here. William 

 Sim has thoroughly aroused the enthu- 

 siasm of both private gardeners and 

 commercial growers, and the exhibition 

 is likely to far surpass any previously 

 held in America. 



J. Newman & Son, on Tremont street, 

 are showing some » superb mignonette 

 and antirrhinums. Their windows are 

 always nicely arranged. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEW OBIJLA.NS. 



Tbe Market. 



Altogether, the month of January 

 has been satisfactory to all the florists 

 here, and a brisk business was reported 

 from all quarters. Cut flowers and 

 plants are moving freely and bulbous 

 stock is plentiful, but there is no over- 

 stock of any kind. Some fine home- 

 grown roses are being cut by the only 

 growers of these flowers in the city 

 and the first of the 1912 crop of valley 

 is making its appearance with several 

 local growers and is of a good grade 

 although somewhat sparse in foliage. ' 



The warm and dry weather we have 

 ''een enjoying the last two weeks en- 

 abled the florists, landscape gardeners 

 and truck farmers to do some hustling 

 and a great deal of outdoor work has 

 been accomplished. The bulk of the 

 Eoman hyacinth and narcissus bulbs is 

 planted, liKewise the first gladioli 

 January 13 we had the coldest weather 

 since February, 1899, the thermometer 

 registering 23 degrees. A sleet storm 

 m the evening preceded the freeze, 

 which, luckily, lasted only a few days! 

 None of our hardy palms were dam- 

 aged, but geraniums, Boston ferns 

 Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri 

 alternantheras, sweet peas, antirrhi! 

 nums and several other varieties of 

 more or lees tender outdoor plants 



were either killed entirely or partly 

 ruined, and the market and landscape 

 gardeners look forward to doing a good 

 bu<:iness this spring. Although some- 

 what late in the season, several florists 

 resowed sweet peas for a later crop, 

 and antirrhinum kept over in flats or 

 pots and planted out now will bring 

 good flowers later in the season. 



The truck farmers suffered heavily 

 on account of the severely cold weath- 

 er, which practically destroyed all of 

 the tender vegetables, such as lettuce, 

 spinach, radishes, etc., and more or 

 less injured our crops of endive, beets, 

 carrots, shallots, mustard, etc. The 

 cabbage crop throughout this sec- 

 tion has also been damaged to some 

 extent. The orange groves in the 

 south'-rn part of the state were practi- 

 cally unhurt, for the reason that the 

 sap this time of the year is not yet 

 in the trees and the cold could do no 

 harm. The weather we are having at 

 present is helping the growing crops 

 considerably, and it is hoped that the 

 young crops may be saved. The ship- 

 ping will be delayed considerably owing 

 to this freeze. 



All the seed houses are doing a 

 rushing business, both counter and 

 shipping trade, and all kinds of stock 

 are moving freely. 



Various Notes. 



The Metairie Eidge Nursery Co. is 

 cutting some fine roses, both standard 

 and new varieties. 



U. J. Virgin has his first lot of 

 narcissi in bloom and they are of a 

 high grade. His new crop valley is 

 fine. 



Christ Reuter is doing a rushing 

 business in the seed trade, both local 

 and shipping. 



The Joseph Steckler Seed Co. has a 

 busy time filling orders for seeds, trees 

 and plants. 



C. W. Eichling has some elegant 

 azaleas in bloom and reports a splendid 

 business. R. E. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



The local market is the tightest it 

 has been for some time. Everything 

 worth while sells on sight and some 

 stock that has little quality has moved 

 well. In short, everything is cleaning 

 up almost as fast as it comes into the 

 market. The call from out of town 

 has been strong. 



The rose supply is limited. Killarney 

 and White Killarney are running short 

 of the demand. The offerings of the 

 latter are smaller than those of the 

 former. Richmonds are meeting with 

 a good call. The same is true of 

 Beauties. Other roses, including Bride, 

 Taft, Ivory, Maid and Golden Gate, 

 are all cleaning up well. Carnations 

 are numbered among the "best sell- 

 era." All varieties and colors are 

 being picked up quickly with the ex- 

 ception of red. The supply of bulbous 

 stock is increasing and every bit of 

 it sells well. Narcissi are now cleaning 

 up with regularity and have advanced 

 slightly in price. The lily supply is 

 beginning to run short. The local 

 growers of Easter lilies are pretty well 

 cut out and shipments from out of 

 town are not so large as might be 

 easily utilized. The cut of callas, while 

 good, is none too large. 



Other lines are fairly well provided 



for. The end of the week saw some 

 lily of the valley offerings that were 

 the best that have been seen on Third 

 street for a fortnight. The supply of 

 orchids is adequate. The good single 

 violets are taken up quickly, while 

 New York doubles are selling fairly 

 well. 



Business in the green goods market 

 is brisk. Fine smilax and Sprengeri 

 can be had at all times. The supply 

 of plumosus is a little short. The de- 

 mand for cut ferns and leucothoe i» 

 satisfactory. 



Various Notes. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 has about completed the large line of 

 supplies by the addition of baskets of 

 many shapes and sizes. 



Harry McCuUough has been seriously 

 ill. He is at the German Deaconess 

 hospital in Clifton. 



C. E. Critchell reports a much 

 stronger demand for Mexican ivy since 

 the flower market has tightened. 



Mr. and Mrs. Conger returned last 

 week from Chicago, where they had 

 been visiting Mr. Conger's mother. 



E. G. Qillett says his wire depart- 

 ment has been exceptionally busy of 

 late. 



On Sunday morning Mrs. Nick 

 Weber, wife of the Mohawk florist, 

 slipped on an icy pavement and struck 

 the back of her head. Fortunately, 

 however, there was no fracture of the 

 skull and with the exception of a few 

 bad bruises Mrs. Weber is doing nicely. 



Visitors: Frank Farney, of M. Rice 

 & Co.; Julius Dilloff, of Schloss Bros.; 

 Mr. Keeman, of the Climax Mfg. Co.; 

 Sam Seligman, of Wertheimer Bros. 

 Jj 0. H. H. 



Miss Mae M. Carroll has left D. 

 Rusconi and has started in business 

 for herself at 4262 Ashland avenue, 

 Norwood, as an importer of bulbs and 

 plants. 



X)BITUABY. 



Mrs. Emma von Windheim. 



Mrs. Emma von Windheim, connected 

 with the seed trade in Omaha, Neb., 

 died at her home, 2616 Poppleton ave- 

 nue, Omaha, on Wednesday, January 

 24, at the age of 82 years. She was 

 proprietor of the Nebraska Seed Co., of 

 which H. G. Windheim is manager. 



Mrs. Windheim was born in Saxony. 

 She crossed the Atlantic ocean in a 

 sailing vessel in 1852, and traveled to 

 Omaha via the Missouri river from St. 

 Louis in a boat propelled by sails, poles 

 and oars. Her husband, the late Peter 

 von Windheim, was the official painter 

 for the Union Pacific when that road 

 started building to the west. She is 

 survived by four daughters, Mrs. Rich- 

 ard Engelmann, of Chicago; Mrs. Henry 

 Nespor, Mrs. Charles Karbach and Mrs. 

 Henry Rix, of Omaha; also by three 

 sons, August, Philip and Henry, of 

 Omaha. 



Columbus, O. — The store of the Fifth 

 Avenue Floral Co. was slightly damaged 

 recently by fire. 



Independence, Mo. — On the night of 

 January 20, a fire at the Sunny Slope 

 Greenhouses, owned by the S. B. Ayres 

 Co., destroyed the office and greatly 

 damaged the greenhouses. The stock 

 was ruined by exposure. The loss was 

 estimated at $5,000. 



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