January 16, 1913. 



Hie Florists' Review 



19 



little trade by doing it. Carnations 

 are abundant. Boses are in good sup- 

 ply, but not 80 abundant as carnations. 



Various Notes. 



Last week saw another special sale 

 of Killarney roses at 65 cents per 

 dozen at the new store of Mclntyre 

 Bros. "Just to get people to visit the 

 new place. ' " 



We had a pleasant visit with Ed 

 Anderson, owner of the Lebanon Floral 

 Co., of Lebanon, Tenn. Lebanon is a 

 nice little college town of about 5,000 

 population. Mr. Anderson has 25,000 

 feet of glass, devoted mostly to roses, 

 carnations alid bedding plants. He has 

 a remarkably good local trade for so 

 small a town. His houses of Enchant- 

 ress, Beacon and Eose-pink Enchant- 

 ress carnations are in excellent condi- 

 tion and the cut is heavy, with quality 

 that makes it easy to secure $1.50 per 

 •dozen, retail, and $4 per hundred, 

 wholesale, at present. He has a nice 

 lot of Bride and Bridesmaid roses and 

 finds them profitable in spite of the 

 two Killarneys, both of whicli he 

 grows successfully. Eichmond is his 

 red rose. Mr. Anderson says he had 

 an unusually heavy holiday trade. 

 Poinsettias and begonias were his best 

 sellers in pot plants. 



The water is the highest in years. In 

 order to get from the greenhouses to 

 the store those connected with the Joy 

 Floral Co. must drive through three 

 feet of water for two blocks. F. B. 



PITTSBUBGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh had a slight interruption 

 to business last week, in the shape of 

 the biggest January flood on record. 

 The river reached 31.3 feet, putting 

 many of the lines of street cars out of 

 business, as well as all the mills and 

 factories along the river front. Every- 

 one was talking flood and the cut flower 

 business suffered along with other 

 things. 



Stock of all kinds is getting plentiful 

 and there will probably be a drop in 

 prices before many days, particularly 

 on carnations. Large social affairs have 

 been the principal means of keeping the 

 stock moving. On the whole, the whole- 

 salers have not had a great deal to 

 complain of. 



Club Meeting. 



Tuesday night, January 7, was club 

 night. The meeting was held in parlors 

 A and B of the Fort Pitt hotel. It was 

 rose night and the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Flower Co. contributed the only exhibit; 

 it consisted of Killarney, White Killar- 

 ney, Eichmond and Mrs. Ward. 



There was a good attendance, as the 

 nomination of officers was in order. The 

 following are the nominees: President, 

 Neil McCallum; vice-president, E. C. 

 Eeineman; secretary, H. P. Joslin; 

 treasurer, T. P. Langhans; executive 

 committee, Gust. Frishkorn and P. S. 

 Eandolph. 



Following the nomination of officers, 

 it was discovered that one of the mem- 

 bers, John J. Costoff, gardener for 

 Senator Wm. Flinn, is a Bulgarian. A 

 few minutes' conversation with him 

 showed that his heart was full of patri- 

 otism and that he had an intelligent 

 knowledge of his people, and he was 

 prevailed on to express his sentiments 

 to us, which he did in an hour of in- 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



PETEB KEINBEBO. 



THE election of Peter Eeinberg as president of the Board of Education in the 

 city of Chicago, which took place January 8, is a tribute to the florist's well- 

 known integrity and well-demonstrated administrative ability, not to mention 

 his political and personal popularity. Some idea of the responsibility which rests 

 upon Mr. Eeinberg 's shoulders will be gained from the statement that in the last 

 year the current expenses of the Chicago school board were $13,488,107. There 

 are on the payroll 6,871 teachers and 1,000 other employees. The enrollment of 

 the schools at the time of the last annual report was 307,281. The value of the 

 school property used by the board is $48,834,650, in addition to which the board 

 has other investments amounting to $12,770,952, making Mr. Eeinberg responsible 

 for the administration of a property aggregating a value of $61,605,602 and 

 affecting the life of every citizen of his community. There is no salary attached 

 to the office — it is purely a service to the public. 



tensely interesting narrative of the 

 trials and tribulations of one of the 

 bravest nations on earth. He began 

 by giving a description of his country, 

 with its acres of roses, the petals of 

 which are gathered and distilled to pro- 

 duce the attar of roses, so much sought 

 for throughout the world. Then he 

 gave a history of his people from the 

 time of Constantine down to the pres- 

 ent, calling attention to the education 

 of the children in patriotism, through 

 song and poetry. He not only enter- 

 tained his audience, but gave one of 



the most instructive talks ever heard 

 in the club. 



Various Notes. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams was the worst 

 flood sufferer, as the water filled her 

 cellar and covered her front sidewalk 

 on Penn avenue. 



Chas. Koenig is consigning to the 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. some fine 

 yellow trumpet narcissi and tulips, 

 which are getting better every day. 



The McCallum Co. was compelled to 

 move everything out of the basement 



