February 13, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



plant, or some spring plant, in full 

 bloom, while floating on the water are 

 a couple of blooms and leaves. On the 

 edge of the dish is a little artificial 

 bir3, or in the water a few little gold- 

 fish. Their window this week is dee- 

 orated with a fountain pond, in the 

 center of a green bank set with orchids 

 and sweet peas. 



H. E. Wilson's greenhouses are in 

 fine shape for Easter trade. For his 

 St. Valentine's day trade he put out 

 a number of pots of red and white hya- 

 cinths and red tulips with white hya- 

 cinths. 



H. J. Head is expected out of the 

 hospital February 10. He will then go 

 to stay with friends, in the country, 

 for two or three weeks^ 



Visitors: Mr. Coe, of D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., and E. H. Kipp, who has charge of 

 the greenhouse department of the Burt 

 Olney Canning Co.. at Medina and Al- 

 bion, N. Y. S. A. 



At the monthly meeting of the 

 Ladies' Florist Association, held at the 

 residence of Mrs. John Dunbar, Febru- 

 ary 4, the following officers were chosen 

 for the year: President, Mrs. Charles 

 Suhr; vice-president, Mrs. Fred Vick; 

 secretary, Mrs. C. F. Boland; treasurer, 

 Mrs. E. Fry. The next meeting will be 

 held on the afternoon of March 4 at 

 the home of Mrs. E. F. Nagle, 17 Vick 

 Park B. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



The fact that it is Lent has not been 

 noticed by the local florists, so far as 

 their business is concerned, for trade is 

 keeping up wonderfully well. Prices, 

 too, are quite good. Roses are still quite 

 scarce, although the supply seems a 

 little heavier than it has been. White 

 lilacs are to be had in profusion, and 

 this holds true of other blooming plants. 

 These are augmented by pots of tulips 

 and jonquils in large quantities, al- 

 though some of the leading florists 

 around the national capital have ceased 

 producing bulbous stock for the reason 

 that they cannot see where they get 

 anything like a fair return from it. The 

 supply of sweet peas is heavy, but they 

 are selling well at from $5 to $10 per 

 thousand. Carnations are not coming 

 into the market in sufficient quantities 

 to fill the demand. The supply and de- 

 mand for Harrisii and calla lilies are 

 about equal. The orchid market is 

 steady, locally grown lupines and snap- 

 dragons put in an appearance last week. 

 The demand for these varieties of flow- 

 ers has materially increased in this city, 

 for use in table decorations. 



Club Meeting. 



Nominations for officers to serve for 

 the ensuing year was the principal order 

 of business at the February meeting of 

 the Florists' Club. The election, which 

 will take place at the March meeting, 

 promises to be an exciting one, for the 

 members will be called upon to select 

 one man for each of the offices from 

 the slate, which is as follows: 



For president: David G. Grillbortzer 

 O. A. C. Oehmler. Otto Bauer. 



For vice-president: Otto Bauer, 

 George Cooke. 



For secretary: Elmer C. Mayberry, 

 George Dalglish. 



For treasurer: William F. Gude. 



For two trustees, each to serve for 

 three years: David Bisset, Peter Bisset, 



John Anderson, William H. Ernest, R. 

 S. Jenkins, John Gutman. 



S. S. Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, was 

 present to point out the good features 

 of the new roses Milady and Mrs. 

 Charles Russell. 



Considerablp interest was shown when 

 a report was made by N. S. Hammer, 

 for the committee which has in charge 

 the preparations for the trip to New 

 York, and a number of those present 

 signified their intention of attending. 

 It is believed that a special train can be 

 obtained. It also is planned to have 

 the entire delegation of Washingtonians 

 stop at the same hotel while in New 

 York, so that a pleasant trip can be 

 counted upon. 



Considerable discussion was had on 

 several purely local topics, following 

 which an adjournment was taken and 

 the talks continued while the buffet 

 luncheon was being disposed of. 



Various Notes. 



The automobile dealers of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia are this week holding 

 a carnival at their respective stores, 

 which are decorated with flowers, bunt- 

 ing and flags. A silver loving cup is a 

 prize offered to the firm having the 

 best decorated store, with the result 

 that some good business is falling to 

 the trade here. 



John McCabe, son of M. J. McCabe, 

 of Anacostia, had a narrow escape from 

 fatal injury last week, when the horse 

 which he was driving ran away, throw- 

 ing him to the pavement. One arm was 

 broken at the wrist and his face was 

 quite badly cut and bruised. Erick Geb- 

 hardt and Bernhardt Kiplinger, who 

 were with him, got off with merely a 

 bad shaking up. 



Edward Schmid is showing some edi- 

 ble snails which he states can readily 

 be propagated by florists to good advan- 

 tage. He states that these are in fair 

 demand in this and other cities, par- 

 ticularly New York, and that the rais- 

 ing of these is quite an industry in 

 France. C. L. L. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade was unusually heavy last week. 

 A large proportion of the business was 

 in the line of funeral work. A big 

 lot of loose flowers were moved and 

 there was plenty of stock to go the 

 rounds. 



Roses have been quite plentiful and 

 of good quality. Killarney and White 

 Killarney are the mainstays, with a few 

 Richmond, Ward and Sunburst. The 

 call for Beauties has been rather light, 

 with the supply about equal to the de- 

 mand. Carnations have been quite plen- 

 tiful in the last two weeks and several 

 stores had special sales on them in the 

 latter part of last week. Sweet peas 

 are more plentiful and the demand at 

 times uses them all, though occasionally 

 a few go to waste. Bulb stock cuts 

 quite a figure now in the receipts and 

 there is plenty of nearly everything 

 in that line. The sale of narcissi has 

 been away ahead of that of other sea- 

 sons, while single jonquils and daffodils 

 also get their share of attention. Tu- 

 lips are rather short-stemmed yet, but 

 otherwise the quality is satisfactory 

 and a good number are moved right 

 along. Valley has been rather scarce 

 and the demand rather light. 



The sale of pot plants has been large 



of late. A good number of azaleas, 

 cyclamens, etc., are cleaned out and 

 quite a few ferns have found buyers. 

 The florists in general report business 

 highly satisfactory and all look for a 

 big trade at Easter. 



G. H. Woodrow is still improving 

 slowly, J. M. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Nothing special has happened this 

 week to arouse more than ordinary ac- 

 tivity at either the wholesale houses 

 or retail flower stores. With an abun- 

 dant supply of cut flowers in all vari- 

 eties, excepting roses and occasionally 

 lilies, there was no trouble to fill orders. 

 Business was good, but receipts of car- 

 nations were ahead of the demand. And 

 then such an influx of splits! It seems 

 that every grower has more than usual 

 of these. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held February 6 and was most 

 successful in every respect. Having 

 announced a carnation exhibition, the 

 attendance was the best for many a 

 day. Quite a number of out-of-town 

 visitors were on hand to help make it 

 a banner meeting. Albert Hare was 

 proposed for membership. A commit- 

 tee of three was appointed by the chair 

 to draw up resolutions of condolence 

 to be forwarded to the family of the 

 late Fred C. Schmeling. It was voted 

 to hold a rose and miscellaneous show 

 at the March 6 meeting. Any plants 

 or cut flowers except carnations can be 

 exhibited at that time. 



The quality of carnations exhibited 

 was fine. A vase of fifty The Herald, 

 on long, stiff stems, showed up to the 

 advantage of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co. A vase of twenty-five Commodore, 

 sent by the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, 

 Ind., came through in perfect condition 

 and made a favorable impression on 

 those present. The C. C. PoUworth Co. 

 exhibited three different white seed- 

 lings under number, all of which looked 

 good and undoubtedly will come to the * 

 front in course of time. 



Prize certificates were awarded as 

 follows: 



On Enchantress — Nic Zwelfel, first; C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., second; Mueller Greenhouse Co., 

 third. 



On white — NIC Zwelfel, first; C. C. Pollworth 

 Co., second and third. 



On red— C. C. Pollworth Co., first, with Bea- 

 con; Nic Zwelfel, second, with Bonfire; Mueller 

 Greenhouse Co., third, with Beacon. 



On pink— Nic Zwelfel, first, on Glorlosa; C. C. 

 Pollworth Co., second, on Mrs. Ward. Both 

 vases showed the varieties at their best. 



Other exhibits were: Gust Pohl, En- 

 chantress; Heitman-Oestreicher Co., 

 Enchantress, White Enchantress, Bea- 

 con and Bonfire. 



James Livingstone, gardener for the 

 Vogel estate, exhibited orchids and a 

 specimen plant of Begonia Cincinnati; 

 his exhibit. The Herald and Commo- 

 dore, were awarded honorable mention. 

 The judges were James Matthewson, 

 Sheboygan, and A. T. Pyfer, of Chicago. 



Refreshments were served after the 

 meeting. 



Various Notes. 



The Second Ward bank, which moved 

 into its new home at Second and West 

 Water streets, was the recipient of 

 many floral offerings February 5. 



The Currie Bros. Co. had the church 

 and house decorations for the Grey wed- 

 ding last week. Wm. B. Currie, of 



