Sbftbubes 1, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Cool weather prevailed last week, 

 with a lack of sunshine, which retarded 

 the blooming and made stock scarcer 

 than ever. Roses arc? straggling in in 

 pretty fair quantities. Carnations have 

 not made their appearance as yet. As- 

 ters are extremely small, and only those 

 grown under glass are of any account. 

 Gladioli are more or less plentiful and 

 there are quite a few rubrum lilies on 

 the market. 



Various Notes. 



The Minneapolis Floral Co. has a fine 

 house of smilax ready to cut, and also 

 some good Harrisii coming into bloom. 



T. H. Hall has been cutting good ru- 

 brums. Mr. and Mrs. Hall and daugh- 

 ter, Edith, took an extensive trip 

 throughout the east, stopping at 

 Niagara Falls, Chicago and Detroit, 

 Mich. Mrs. Hall is still east, but she 

 expected to return in the first part of 

 September. 



H. B. Whitted finds business excellent 

 at both stores, but says that stock is 

 scarce. 



0. C. Swanson has an assortment of 

 •Japanese baskets and vases which are 

 in a class by themselves. 



R. A. Latham has had a great deal of 

 funeral work lately, and business is 

 good. 



Miss M. A. Scanlan is returning to the 

 Minneapolis Floral Co. as bookkeeper 

 September 1, succeeding Mrs. E. B. 

 Weiss, who left August 31. 



M. E. M. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Last week business started slowly 

 and increased in volume each day as 

 the week progressed. In the latter 

 part of the week the wholesalers were 

 kept busy. Practically everything 

 really worth while was cleaned up. 

 The prices were fair. 



Late asters are now arriving in quan- 

 tity, and in stem and bloom are of ex- 

 ceptional quality. They find a ready 

 sale. Eoses are in good supply. Beau- 

 ties easily lead in general excellence 

 and quantity. Fine Taft roses are also 

 coming in good numbers. My Mary- 

 land and Rhea Reid, while not so plen- 

 tiful, are good. Many "White Killar- 

 neys and Maids from the new stock 

 a're offered. The good glads sell read- 

 ily, while the smaller and poorer ones 

 accumulate in the wholesale houses. 

 Lilies are getting scarce. Dahlias, cos- 

 mos and tuberoses are coming in regu- 

 larly. 



The green goods market is good. 



Various Notes. 



Visitors to the Ohio Valley Exposi- 

 tion on Monday, August 29, the formal 

 opening day, were agreeably surprised 

 at what had been accomplished in the 

 way of decorations with natural plants 

 and bedding. There are flowers wher- 

 ever one turns and still the effect is 

 pleasing, for they are not overdone; 

 there are just enough. There is a small 

 shifting of plants from time to time 

 as th& center of attraction shifts. J. 

 Charles McCullough had charge of the 

 features of trade interest, assisted by 

 B. P. Critchell. Over fifteen carloads 

 of trees and plants were secured and 

 planted under their direction. 



The J. M. McCullough 's Sons Co. is 

 receiving Taft roses, which are in full 

 crop at the greenhouses of the Hyde 

 Park Rose Co. 



P. J. dinger has a good supply of 

 Beauties. 



L. H. Kyrk, who always has novel- 

 ties in flowers for the various seasons, 

 now has Clematis paniculata. He is also 

 getting his first dahlias and cosmos. 



C. E. Critchell is receiving large 

 shipments of late asters from New York 

 state. 



E. G. Gillett continues to have a 

 large supply of Beauties. 



William Murphy offers tuberoses, 

 dahlias and asters. 



William Pfeiffer, of Fort Thomas, 

 besides attending to his flower business, 

 is interested in raising ponies in a com- 

 mercial way. He entered about twenty 

 of his fine stock in the parade under 

 the auspices of the Ohio Valley Ex- 

 position, August 29. 



Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kyrk, Mr. and 

 Mrs. J, A. Peterson and Albert Sun- 

 derbruch have returned from their 

 trips. 



Mrs. P. J. Olinger and family have 

 returned from Chicago, after having 

 spent several weeks there on a visit. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Taylor, of Rome, 

 Ga., stopped in the city on their way 

 home from Chicago. Harry Papworth, 

 of New Orleans, stopped here August 

 27 on his way home. Mr. Sutterfield, 

 of Winchester, O., and Frank Farney, 

 representing M. Rice & Co., were also 

 recent visitors. The latter reports a 

 brisk business. 



Mr. and Mrs. George Gardiner, of 

 Daytona Beach, Fla., are visitors in 

 this city and will attend the exposi- 

 tion. Mr. Gardiner was prominent in 

 the florists' business in this city more 

 than thirty years ago. C. H. H. 



EBIE. 



The Market. 



We have a dry spell at present and 

 rain would be greatly appreciated in 

 this section. Trade conditions are not 

 changing much. Good stock is moving 

 well. Roses are coming in better than 

 heretofore, while carnations are ex- 

 tremely scarce. Adiantums, asparagus 

 and smilax are plentiful. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Wise, of the Erie Floral Co., has 

 commenced to stock up the Niemeyer 

 place, which has been vacated by the 

 Baur Floral Co. Mr. Wise will manage 

 the Niemeyer place in connection wth 

 the adjacent houses of the Erie Floral 

 Co. 



Wm. F. Kasting and family, of Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., are spending the summer 

 months in Erie. Mr. Kasting spends 

 part of his time in Buffalo, looking 

 after his business interests there. 



The Baur Floral Co. has a fine new 

 automobile delivery wagon. 



L. A. Spoden has had fine pansies to 

 cut from all summer. 



Theodore Krichels, a florist of Hano- 

 ver, Ont., stopped in Erie August 24 on 

 his way to Cleveland. From there he 

 will go to New York and will sail for 

 Europe in September, to claim an inher- 

 itance of 32,000 marks (about $8,000), 

 left him by the will of his uncle, Lud- 

 wig Krichels. The home of the Krich- 

 els is in Cologne, on the Rhine. 



John Kallenbach has been removed 



from St. Vincent's hospital to his home 

 on West Twenty-sixth street. He is 

 getting along as well as can be expect- 

 ed, but will be confined to his home for 

 some time. 



James F. Smith, representing Wm. J. 

 Boas & Co., of Philadelphia, was in 

 Erie August 25 on business. B. F. 



DETBOIT. 



The Market. 



The wedding bells are ringing and 

 the brides are happy; so are the flo- 

 rists. Weddings seem to be the rage 

 this summer in Detroit, creating a big 

 demand for valley and white roses, as 

 well as other stock. For some days 

 there has been a lack of the usual run 

 of funeral work. 



Stock is plentiful. Roses are of good 

 quality and prices right. Red roses 

 are especially good. Some of the finest 

 asters seen for some time are avail- 

 able and naturally find a ready sale. 



Green is in good demand. Smilax is 

 being used in large quantities. 



Various Notes. 



Another retail store is soon to be 

 added to the list of flower stores in 

 this city. Considering the sixty-three 

 per cent or more of an increase in the 

 population of Detroit in the last ten 

 years, there is still room for a few 

 more stores. John Kline, who has been 

 in the employ of Breitmeyer's for many 

 years, working in every capacity in the 

 store, will open a store on the corner 

 of Forest avenue and Chene street 

 sometime in September. He is an ener- 

 getic young man and well liked. 



After touring in the east for nearly 

 two weeks in the touring car of Mr. 

 Smith, of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Fet- 

 ters are again at home. Although Mr. 

 Fetters says he feels as though he 

 should take another week off to get 

 rested up, he has nevertheless put on 

 about seven pounds of weight. 



If ever there was a florist heels over 

 head in work, then Robert Watson is 

 that florist. Winter is rapidly coming 

 on and his whole plant is still level 

 with the ground, being remodeled. The 

 new houses will run north and south 

 and will be strictly modern. A Kroe- 

 schell boiler is en route from Chicago 

 to take the place of the old steam 

 boiler. 



A. B. Lewis, of Pontiac, is doing 

 himself great credit with the asters he 

 is shipping to this market. Another 

 shipper of good quality asters is A. 

 C. Eoegner, of Troy, Mich. 



R. O. Koehler, of 623 Gratiot ave- 

 nue, has given up his greenhouse on 

 St. Aubin avenue and will hereafter 

 conduct only the store. 



Mrs. Robert Rahaley is still visiting 

 friends at Mackinac Island, and poor 

 "Bob" has to get his own breakfast. 



Charles Plumb returned from Europe 

 August 28, having visited many of the 

 principal cities in the old country. 



Just before leaving Southampton, 

 England, homeward bound, our ex-presi- 

 dent procured a copy of the Weekly 

 Florists' Review, which was devoured 

 with much interest while crossing ihe 

 Atlantic. 



The Detroit visitors to the Rocnes- 

 ter convention, singly and collectively, 

 have only words of the highest praise 

 for the hospitality shown them. All 



