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The Florists' Review 



Kebruahv 20, 1914. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Club Meeting. 



About fifty florists attended the 

 monthly meeting of the Lancaster 

 County Florists' Club, Thursday even- 

 ing, February 19. Albert M. Herr gave 

 us his impressions of the Cleveland 

 carnation show, which arc given briefly 

 Jn another column, and urged the mem- 

 bers of the club to become active sup- 

 porters of the society that is doing so 

 much for the carnation. S. S. Pennock, 

 of Philadelphia, also talked about the 

 show, speaking particularly of the in- 

 terest taken by the Cleveland retailers 

 and their showing of fine table decora- 

 tions with carnations. 



The vase that probably attracted most 

 attention on our exhibition table was 

 that of Mrs. C. E. Akehurst, shown by 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. It is a pleasing 

 shade of pink, similar to Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward. Its keeping qualities are excel- 

 lent, and, with its record of twenty- 

 eight blooms per plant last season, it 

 promises to become a winner commer- 

 cially. H. D. Eohrer showed a vase of 

 his fragrant, non-bursting, brilliant 

 scarlet, Scarlet Wonder. W. B. Girvin, 

 of Leola, showed vases of some of the 

 standard varieties, which showed excel- 

 lent culture. Charles B. Herr showed 

 a large vase of Beacon, which he grows 

 with much success. B. F. Barr & Co. 

 had an exceptional showing of Alma 

 Ward. Rudolph Nagel's vase of Silver 

 Pink snapdragon was fine. 



Cooperative buying was taken up at 

 the meeting and a discussion of the 

 quality of goods sent into this section 

 ensued. The committee at length rec- 

 ommended that the members give their 

 trade so far as possible to the concerns 

 that offer inducements for it; that they 

 attach th»:'ir membership stickers to all 

 orders, and that they use the member- 

 ship cards in dealing with local dealers 

 who have offered discounts to members 

 on certain lines. The committee which 

 is trying to arrange with the local trac- 

 tion company for the passenger cars to 

 carry flowers, so that they will not 

 have to wait for express cars, reported 

 progress, and anticipated success in the 

 movement. A question box was insti- 

 tuted toward the close of the evening, 

 and as the result of a discussion thus 

 brought forward, A. M. Herr, Charles 

 F. Edgar, Rudolph Nagel and II. K. 

 Rohrer were appointed a committee to 

 consider the advisability of holding a 

 flower show next fall. At our club's re- 

 quest, our coneressman, W. W. Greist, 

 will support the bill before congress 

 appropriating .*50,000 for erecting a 

 memorial to W. R. Smith. 



Before the meeting members of the 

 club visited W. B. Girvin 's green- 

 houses at Leola, Pa., where he has a 

 number of large, modern houses filled 

 with carnations. His principal varieties 

 are Pink Delight, Gloriosa, Beacon and 

 Mrs. Ward. His benches of Beacon 

 showed evidence of an extra lieavy cut 

 over the holidays, and will be thrown 

 out shortly and the space ))lanted to 

 Silver Pink snapdragon for spring crop. 

 About 2,500 Matchless will be grown 

 here next season. John H. Schoen- 

 berger is the efficient foreman at this 

 place. 



Our next meeting will be held 

 March 19, when a series of lantern 

 slides from .T. Horace McFarland Co., 

 Harrisburg, Pa., will be shown. The 

 ladies are invited. On the same date, 

 at 2:30 p. m., the club will leave Lan- 



caster to visit the Hostetter establish- 

 ments at Manheim, Pa. 



Visitors at the meeting included Jas. 

 Brown, Jr., of Coatesville; Mr. Nolan, 

 of the King Construction Co., North 

 Tonawanda, N. Y., and S. S. Pennock, 

 of Philadelphia,. 



Various Notes. 



At the store of B. F. Barr & Co. was 

 noticed a number of floral arrange- 

 ments especially made up for Washing- 

 ton's birthday. Baskets of plants, as 

 well as cut flowers in red, white and 

 blue, sold well. Cherry trees in bloom 

 and aucubas loaded with fruit went at 

 good prices. H. K. R. 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



The Market. 



Baltimore has at last got some win- 

 ter weather. The first snow of the sea- 

 son fell February 13 and continued for 

 two days, while the temperature fell 

 to zero, necessitating constant watch- 

 ing on the firing line, with a constant 

 shrinkage of the coal pile. Stock of 

 all kinds is to be had in quantity, with 

 business fair but not up to expecta- 

 tions. There was a brisk demand for 

 the smaller type of cut flowers for St. 

 Valentine's day, such as violets, sweet 

 peas and valley. Myosotis was to be 

 had in limited quantity, with buyers 

 for all in sight. Roses and carnations 

 are becoming more plentiful, with a 

 corresponding drop in the prices which 

 have prevailed since the first part of 

 .Tanuary. Bulbous stock is plentiful. 

 Good jonquils are offered at one of the 

 local wholesale houses for $2 per hun- 

 dred and tulips as low as $1.75 per 

 hundred. Hyacinths and Paper Whites 

 can be had in any quantity at a low 

 ligure. The cloudy weather of the last 

 week had its effect on roses and car- 

 nations, but in spite of this they were 

 plentiful and met with a good demand. 



Club Meeting. 



Owing to th*) snow storm which was 

 raging robruary 23, there was a com- 

 jiaratively small attendance at the 

 meeting of the Gardeners.' and Flo- 

 rists' Club. President Johnston quick- 

 ly disposed of the routine business, 

 which was followed by an interesting 

 talk by Adolph Farenwald, of Roslyn, 

 Pa., on the affiliation of local clubs 

 with the S. A. F. Mr. Farenwald pre- 

 sented some good reasons for affiliation. 

 The matter was discussed, but, owing 

 to the small attendance, it was decided 

 to make this the subject for the first 

 meeting in April, when a larger at- 

 tendance is hoped for and the matter 

 will be entirely gone over and threshed 

 out. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, 

 Conn., sent twelve blooms of the new 

 crimson rose, Iladley, which this firm 

 is distributing to the trade. R. T. 

 Beers, the Pierson representative, was 

 present and described the habit and 

 gave directions for growing the vari- 

 ety. The blooms shown were fine, both 

 in color and stem. The foliage was 

 large and of a fine color, with no trace 

 of mildew. 



John Severin was elected a member 

 of the club. The banquet committee 

 reported that the affair to be held at 

 the Hotel Emerson, March 9, promises 

 to be the best banquet the club has 

 ever had. Some of the most promi- 

 nent florists of the eastern section of 



the country have beeu invited and have 

 signified their intention of attending; 

 among others Wm. F. Gude, of Wash- 

 ington, will be present and address the 

 members on the subject of a memorial 

 to the late Wm. R. Smith, 



Owing to the large amount of busi- 

 ness and the annual election of officers 

 to be held on this night, it was de- 

 cided to call the club to order at 7 

 p. m. sharp, instead of 8 p. m., the 

 usual hour. It is of the utmost im- 

 portance that all members attend this 

 meeting, as an unusual interest is being 

 shown in the election. 



Various Notes. 



Chas. M. Wagner, manager for Jas. 

 Hamilton, of Mount Washington, re- 

 ports that roses and carnations are 

 blooming well, wath a good demand and 

 fair prices. 



Chas. Siegwart, whose greenhouses 

 are located on the Old Frederick road, 

 lost a lot of glass by sliding ice, Feb- 

 ruary 14. It seems that the ice formed 

 on the edge of the ventilators, and 

 when these were raised the ice was 

 broken loose, sliding down the bars and 

 crashing into the adjoining house. The 

 damage was repaired in time to keep 

 frost out; hence, aside from the glass, 

 the loss was slight. 



Halliday Bros, had an especially ar- 

 tistic window decoration last week. This 

 firm has ample space for display pur- 

 poses and it is used to the best ad- 

 vantage to show a first-class line of 

 seasonable stock. 



On St. Valentine's day, with the 

 thermometers registering 10 degrees, the 

 street venders were seen on Lexington 

 street with glass cases which sheltered 

 a good line of cut flowers, which were 

 being offered at a low figure, with few 

 buyers. 



Harry Ekas, on Frederick road, has 

 some excellent Primula obconica. He 

 also has a fine lot of seedlings from 

 Lilium Harrisii, which look promising 

 and are said to be a decided improve- 

 ment on the parent. 



J. A. Harmon, formerly gardener at 

 Mount De Sales Academy, expects to 

 erect two houses this spring at his 

 place near Catonsville and will engage 

 in the florists' business, growing a gen- 

 eral line of cut flowers. 



The recent cold spell made safe de- 

 livery of flowers a perplexing problem 

 and many of the stores suffered losses 

 from frost, both on incoming and out- 

 going delivery. 



Black Bros, had the decorations for 

 the recent ball given by Francis B. 

 Cochrane at the Belvedere hotel. In 

 these decorations, which were exten- 

 sive, the new carnation, Mrs. C. E. 

 Akehurst, was used for the first time 

 at any public function in this city. 



Samuel Feast & Sons are receiving 

 some fine orchid-flowering sweet peas 

 from a local grower. The stems aver- 

 age twelve inches in length, with from 

 four to six flowers on a stem. 



W. F. E. 



Saginaw, Mich. — Grohman, the florist, 

 is enjoying a good run of business at 

 present. E. A. Grohman, head of the 

 firm, has completed a quarter-century 

 in his retail store business here. He 

 occupied a store on Fitzhugh street for 

 twenty years before he moved to the 

 present location on South Jefferson 

 avenue. Stock is in good shape at the 

 greenhouses on South Washington ave- 

 nue, opposite Forest Lawn cemetery. 



