ao 



The Florists' Review 



February 13, 1913. 



this firm, lias been appointed vice- 

 president of the S. A. F. for the Badger 

 State. 



Otto Sylvester and son, Alfred, of 

 Oconomowoc, were guests at the club 

 meeting last week, as was Mr. Kuehne, 

 gardener for the Pabst estate. 



Wm. and Fred Manke, of North Mil- 

 waukee, were in Chicago last week, on 

 business and pleasure. 



P. L. McKee, of the John C. Mon- 

 inger Co., Chicago, was a recent 

 visitor. E. O. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Last week was the first genuine week 

 of winter experienced this season. The 

 cold snap had a decided effect on the 

 coal pile and also produced a decided 

 improvement in the appearance of 

 stock, as the drop in temperature was 

 also accompanied by bright days. Busi- 

 ness, the fore part of the week, was 

 good, with an exceptionally good de- 

 mand for corsage bouquets and party 

 decorations. A good many people were 

 putting the.ir time to advantage before 

 the approach of Lent. All through the 

 week, the demand for funeral flowers 

 was fine. Stock on the whole is none 

 too plentiful. Both roses and carna- 

 tions seem to be off crop. Bulbous stock 

 and blooming plants are helping out 

 wonderfully, thus enabling the florist 

 to fill his orders to the satisfaction of 

 his customers. 



St. Valentine's day seems to be bring- 

 ing in some nice cut flower and corsage 

 orders, as the use of flowers for valen- 

 tines seems to be getting more popular 

 each year. 



Various Notes. 



One would have thought that Feb- 

 ruary 8 was carnation day, judging 

 from the number of carnations worn 

 on the street. The Fruit and Flower 

 Mission was responsible for this condi- 

 tion, they having stationed school girls 

 on the street corners with large arm- 

 fuls of carnations, which were sold at 

 10 cents each. The receipts went to 

 benefit this charity. The carnations 

 were furnished by the various florists 

 in the city. 



The annual policemen 's ball was a 

 large event last week, at Memorial hall, 

 E. E, Schaefer, of the Advance Floral 

 Co., did the .decorating. 



Warren G. Matthews is busy getting 

 the new addition to his Third street 

 store in first-class shape. He will keep 

 his Main street store open until after 

 Easter. 



The cold snap last week wrought con- 

 siderable damage to some of the deco- 

 rative plants of the Heiss Co. that were 

 being brought in from a decoration. 



Mrs. B. Haschke tells us that she 

 picked a fine lot of violets for her St. 

 Valentine's day trade. 



J. J. Lamport and wife, of Xenia, O., 

 were in town last week. Mrs. Edward 

 Lampert, of the Engle Floral Co., of 

 Xenia, accompanied them. She tells us 

 of a recent purchase of a fine automo- 

 bile, which in itself speaks well for 

 trade. 



Florence and Catherine Phebus are 

 recovering from a severe attack of the 

 grip. 



Mrs. Blakeslee, of Chicago, mother 

 of W. G. Matthews, with whom she has 

 been spending the winter, is critically 

 ill with pneumonia. 



Chas. Schwake, with Chas. F. Meyer, 



New York, en route to Columbus, O., 

 last week, had an hour and a half lay- 

 over in Dayton. 



Louis Schellhaas, of Miamisburg, O., 

 was in town this week. 



H. P. Smith, of Piqua, was a caller 

 last week. 



The Dayton Florists' Club held its 

 monthly meeting at the establishment 

 of J. F. Young, February 6. After 

 the business session a social was en- 

 joyed. 



Jos. I. Schaefer has added to his de- < 

 livery equipment, a new light delivery j. 

 wagon, which makes his delivery serv- ; 

 ice ideal. *f( 



J. W. Eodgers is still carrying his arm 

 in a sling. In addition to blood poison- 

 ing, he has several large boils on his 

 arm. E. A. L. 



CLEVELAND, O. 



Club Meeting. 



Novelty night at the Florists' Club 

 brought out the crowd, about seventy- 

 five growers and retailers being on hand 

 to view the stock. The judges, Robert 

 George, George W. Smith and H. A. 

 Hart, handed in the following report: 



The exhibit of George A. Barber, Be- 

 loit, O., is a creditable display of sweet 

 peas, carnations and daffodils. Special 

 mention to a vase of White Wonder 

 carnations. 



Charles Bartels, a vase of Freesia 

 Purity, exceptionally well grown, worthy 

 of comment. 



J. M. Gasser Co., an exceptionally 

 fine display of sweet peas in variety, 

 remarkable for size of flower and length 

 and strength of stem; a vase of Tulip 

 Flamingo, a well colored variety show- 

 ing great substance and form, also a 

 vase of Prosperity tulip, an improved 

 La Reine, worthy of mention. 



J. D. Cockcroft, Northport, N, Y., a 

 vase of the new dark pink carnation, 

 Northport. This variety showed re- 

 markably well; worthy of honorable 

 mention. 



Scott Bros., Elmsford, N, Y., three 

 vases of new carnations, most notice- 

 able among which was Wm. Eccles, a 

 fine, large, bright red with exception- 

 ally long, strong stems, well worthy of 

 mention; also British Triumph, a fine 

 deep crimson, and Lady Northcliffe, a 

 fine flesh pink, a fine flower with good 

 calyx. 



G. S. Eamsburg, Somersworth, N. H., 

 a vase of Silver Pink snapdragon, a 

 beautiful variety and highly recom- 

 mended by the committee. 



S. S. Skidelsky & Co., Philadelphia, a 

 vase of Carnation Philadelphia, a beau- 

 tiful medium pink, exceptionally large 

 flower on long, remarkably stiff stems, 

 with good calyx, highly commended and 

 considered by the committee as one of 

 the best on exhibition. 



S. M. MerwartB & Bros., Easton, Pa., 

 a vase of Carnation Comfort, a new red 

 with a long stem, attracting much at- 

 tention. 



E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., a vase 

 of Carnation Commodore, a beautiful 

 shade of red, large and well propor- 

 tioned flower of good substance, with 

 a stem that is all that could be desired; 

 honorable mention. 



Dailledouze Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y., a 

 vase of Carnation Enchantress Supreme, 

 a decided improvement over Enchant- 

 ress, of which it is a sport. 



Cleveland Cut Flower Co., three vases 

 of carnations, Washington, sport of En- 



chantress and Rosette, all exceptionally 

 well grown. Sport of Enchantress shows 

 a decided improvement over its parent. 



Visitors: Albert Pochelon, of L. Bejpb 

 Floral Co., and Robt. Rahaley, of the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange, De- 

 troit; Wm. Scott, Elmsford, N. Y.; I. 

 Rosnosky, Philadelphia; George Barber, 

 Beloit, O. 



A lunch was spread after the meeting 

 and evervone voted novelty night a suc- 

 cess. ' F. A. F. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market. 



Favored by pleasant weather, this 

 year's carnival proved to be as gor- 

 geous as any previous one. The yearly 

 capital of Rex was lavishly decorated 

 and thousands of visitors from all parts 

 of the country made the hospitable 

 Crescent City their home for several 

 days. The festivities continued day 

 and night, from January 30 to Ash 

 Wednesday, featured by elegant recep- 

 tions during the day and grand balls 

 at night. It surely was a strenuous 

 time for the many retailers, with plant 

 and flower decorations every day, be- 

 sides the furnishing of elegant bou- 

 quets, made of the choicest cut flowers, 

 for the queens and maids of honor of 

 the different balls given by the many 

 carnival organizations. Orchids, roses, 

 valley, violets and yellow narcissi were 

 the flowers mostly used. 



Home-grown bulbous stock and val- 

 ley are plentiful. Roman hyacinths 

 and Paper White narcissi, as well as 

 sweet peas, have been blooming out- 

 doors since January. The crop of sin- 

 gle, outdoor-grown violets was enor- 

 mous, but, on account of the warm 

 weather, was of short duration. Up 

 to date we have had no killing frost, 

 and such plants as latanias, nephrolepis, 

 crotons, etc., have never stopped grow- 

 ing. Roses, as well as many other plants 

 usually dormant at this time of the 

 year, are putting forth new growth 

 and fresh buds. The growers and land- 

 scape gardeners naturally do not favor 

 such mild weather, for, as a rule, there 

 is more demand for all kinds of plants 

 after a severe winter than under the 

 present conditions. 



Various Notes. 



U. J. Virgin is well satisfied with last 

 season's business, especially during car- 

 nival time. 



The Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. is 

 doing a big business. During the last 

 week the whole force was in a contin- 

 uous rush. 



C. W. Eichling filled several large 

 orders for exclusive weddings and 

 receptions during the last month. 



A. Alost reports a steady increase 

 in the cut flower business. 



Charles Eble's store always looks 

 attractive and his plant and cut flower 

 trade keeps him constantly busy. 



Peter Chopin says that since he 

 opened his new store business has in- 

 creased considerably. 



J. A. Newsham supplied nearly every 

 local florist with his home-grown or- 

 chids and he reports a large sale during 

 the last month. 



F. J. Reyes & Co. expressed them- 

 selves as satisfied with their carnival 

 business. 



Mrs. Carrie Rehm's show houses are 

 always attractive. She reports that 

 this winter's trade has been equal to 

 that of any previous season. R. E. 



