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The Horists' Review 



Febbdaby 27, 1918. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The Lenten season did not seem to in- 

 terfere with the activity of business 

 last week, for the conditions were sat- 

 isfactory all around. The shortage of 

 roses is a thing of the past and there 

 is now plenty of stock of all kinds and 

 colors, with the exception of red. Bulb- 

 ous stock is quite plentiful and of good 

 quality. a 



Various Notes. 



On Thursday, March 6, the regular 

 meeting of the Milwaukee Florists' 

 Club will be held at the Quiet House 

 and will undoubtedly bring out a good 

 attendance, for roses and other miscel- 

 laneous stock, except carnations, will 

 be on exhibition. Any out-of-town 

 grower who has anything, either in pot 

 plants or cut flowers, of really good 

 quality, is invited to send them to the 

 club, in care of C. C. PoUworth, City 

 Hall Square, Milwaukee. 



Arthur Senn, who has been in the 

 employ of the board of park commis- 

 sioners for the last twenty-six months 

 as tree warden and park forester, has 

 resigned and leaves the service March 

 1, to engage in business for himself. He 

 is a graduate in landscape gardening 

 and will establish a downtown office. 



"Word has been received of the death 

 of William Nero's son, aged 24, at the 

 home of his father at Cedarburg, Wis. 



Loeffler & Benke, of Watertown, Wis., 

 are sending to the Helton & Hunkel 

 Co. sweet peas of exceptionally fine 

 quality, and it goes without saying that 

 the flowers move right along. 



Walter Maas, of Walter M. Maas & 

 Co., who conduct a store at 128 Oneida 

 street, stole a march on his most in- 

 timate friends by getting married one 

 day last week. The couple left on a 

 wedding trip to parts unknown. 



J. Eindfleisch, of Beloit, was a 

 visitor last week. 



Gust Rusch & Co. report business in 

 the supply line as steadily on the in- 

 crease. 



Both the Helton & Hunker Co. and 

 the C. C. PoUworth Co. report business 

 rushing for the last week. They have 

 lots of stock and lots of work to keep it 

 moving. E. O. 



EVANSVILLE, IND. 



The Market. 



Last week was springlike and busi- 

 ness was good. A large number of 

 funerals and some social affairs kept 

 the florists busy. Roses and carnations 

 are scarce; many have bought large 

 quantities from other sources. Sweet 

 peas, violets, lily of the valley, etc., 

 are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



The Wm. Blackman Floral Co. has 

 had good cuts of all flowers. Their 

 business continues to be excellent. 



Julius Niednagel & Sons are enjoy- 

 ing a good business. Their cuts are 

 good, but none too many for their own 

 use. 



J. C. Elspermann is enjoying a brisk 

 business. He buys quantities of roses 

 and carnations nearly every day. His 

 Easter lilies are used as fast as they 

 bloom. 



Henry Seymour was buying carna- 

 tions last week, his supply running 

 short. 



Austin Wallace is cutting some nice 

 carnations. 



Miss Nellie Goodge has improved in 

 health lately. 



Karl Zeidler has been appointed trus- 

 tee of Locust Hill cemetery by Mayor 

 Heilman. 



It is rumored that Chicago parties 

 will open an up-to-date flower shop 

 near Second and Main streets, 



E. L. F. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



After a few pleasant days the winter 

 weather has started in again, which 

 makes up get back to heavy wrapping 

 and packing for flowers. This being 

 the third week of Lent has not made 

 much difference in business. Everyone 

 reports business satisfactory. There 

 has been a big demand for roses in the 

 last few days, especially for Taft, Car- 

 dinal and Sunburst, which are scarce. 

 Richmond and the Killarneys are com- 

 ing better. The market was over- 

 stocked with carnations and daffodils 

 and it was impossible to sell them at 

 any price. This caused considerable 

 loss to the growers. Violets are plenti- 

 ful and are selling lower than ever. 

 Sweet peas are in heavier supply and 

 are the best seen in the market for 

 some time. Tulips are coming better, 

 there being quite a demand for red and 

 yellow, which are rather scarce. Val- 

 ley, marguerites and forget-me-nots are 

 plentiful. Lilies are coming better than 

 ever, with long stems and good flowers. 

 The Easter stock in the greenhouses is 

 looking fine. 



Various Notes. 



David Murphy, of P. R. Quinlan's 

 South Salina street store, is visiting 

 friends in Canada. 



Chester Harris reports business sat- 

 isfactory for the Lenten season, in his 

 new location. He is kept busy with fu- 

 neral work. 



W. E. Day Co. is showing some at- 

 tractive window decorations, using bas- 

 kets of spiraea and pussy willows. Mr. 

 Day says it pays to put some effort 

 into window decorations. 



C. W. Bourne reports business satis- 

 factory. He has fine primulas. His 

 Easter stock is looking well, especially 

 Tausendschon roses. They are fine 

 plants and well budded. Ramblers and 

 standards are good. He is thinking of 

 putting up more glass. He is a grip 

 victim this week. 



Bard & Davis are kept busy with 

 funeral work. They have a fine lot of 

 lilies that will be ready for Easter. 



Miles Henckle is satisfied with busi- 

 ness. He has quite a demand for bulb- 

 ous stock. 



The Baker Floral Co. is cutting some 

 fine valley, the best seen in the market 

 for some time. Cattleyas and gar- 

 denias also are being cut, of excellent 

 quality. 



Walter Meneilly & Son are cutting 

 fine freesia. Their new houses are look- 

 ing better than ever. 



Phillips & Kocher have a fine stock 

 of blooming plants. Their lilies are 

 coming nicely. 



G. Bartholme's new greenhouses are 

 in fine shape. He is cutting some fine 

 pansies. 



Bellamy Bros, report business brisk. 

 They have quite a demand for blooming 

 plants. 



Harold Brown, grower for the Baker 



IToral Co., is visiting friends in Utica, 

 N. Y. 



P. R. Quinlan is spending a few weeks 

 at Palm Beach, Fla. W. C. M. 



PEOVIDENOE, R. I, 



The Market. 



Notwithstanding the Lenten season, 

 the retail florists in this vicinity are 

 maintaining a higher scale of trade 

 than ever before. Cut flowers are more 

 generally worn on the streets and also 

 enter more prominently into small fam- 

 ily affairs. While funeral work con- 

 tinues at a high mark, regular sales are 

 following a better plane. Notwithstand- 

 ing the earliness of Easter, there will 

 be plenty of flowers of all kinds, early 

 offerings of bulbous stock being unus- 

 ually good. 



Various Notes. 



Washington's birthday proved a busy 

 day for the florists because of the nu- 

 merous dinners, teas and patriotic 

 gatherings. 



J. H. Gushing, of the Quidnick Green- 

 houses, Quidnick, returned last week 

 from a vacation trip to Newport News, 

 Va., and vicinity. 



The rcity of Pawtucket has made an 

 appropriation of $8,790 for the main- 

 tenance of its public parks during the 

 current year. 



The J. A. Bu^Jong & Sons Co., at 

 Auburn, has cut a large crop of ice 

 from Blackamore pond, for storage, to 

 be used during summer in pacaing 

 flowers and produce. 



S. J. Reuter, of S. J. Reuter, Inc., 

 Westerly, was a recent business visitor 

 in Boston. 



Mrs. A. J. Olsen, of Brookside Green- 

 houses, East Providence, is bringing 

 in some fin6 carnations and callas. 



The trade in this vicinity received a 

 call last week from W. P. Snyder, rep- 

 resenting the Edwards Folding Box 

 Co,, of Philadelphia, 



The greenhouses of Stephen Toher, 

 Concord street, were badly damaged a 

 few nights ago by fire. 



At the annual meeting of the Wes- 

 terly Board of Trade last week, Louis 

 J. Reuter was made a member of the 

 reception committee and Conrad Schultz 

 of the retail trades committee. 



T. J. Johnston Co., E. J. Brooke, 

 proprietor, had several table decorations 

 at the Crown hotel on Washington's 

 birthday. 



S. Kinder & Bro., of Bristol, had a 

 large decoration at the Rhode Island 

 Country Club on Washington's birth- 

 day. 



Frederick B. Luther has returned 

 home from a several weeks' trip to 

 St. Augustine, Fla, 



The Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety added ten members to its roll at 

 its monthly meeting February 19. 



Felix Pocaro has been granted per- 

 mission to erect a greenhouse in the 

 rear of 25 Victor Emanuel avenue. 



W. H, M, 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Various Notes. 



Charles G. Hull, Daniel E. Sullivan, 

 Martin W. King, George N. Levitt and 

 Arthur J. Leary, gardeners, were all 

 drawn for jury duty last week, 



D. J. Coughlin was a business visitor 

 in Boston last week. 



Prominent members of the summer 

 colony are among the donors of premi- 



