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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEB 6, 1910. 



C. S. A. COMMITTEES. 



President Elmer D. Smith announces 

 the committes to examine new chrysan- 

 themums for the ensuing year, which 

 are as follows: 



Boston — Wni. Nicholson, chairman; 

 James Wheeler, Alex. Montgomery, 

 Flowers shipped to Boston Flower Mar- 

 ket, care John Walsh. 



New York — Eugene Dailledouze, 

 chairman; Wm. IVuckham. Flowers 

 shipped to New York Cut Flower Co., 

 55 Twenty-second street, care Eugene 

 Dailledouze. 



Philadelphia — A. B. Cartledge, chair- 

 man; John Westcott, S. S. Pennock. 

 Flowers shipped to chairman, 1514 

 Chestnut street. 



Cincinnati — R. Witterstaetter, chair- 

 man; James Allen, Henry Schwartz. 

 Flowers shipped to chairman, Jabez El- 

 liott Market, care of janitor. 



Chicago — J. B. Deamud, chairman; 

 Geo. Asmus, W. H. Kidwell. Flowers 

 shipped to J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash 

 avenue. 



All flowers to arrive by 2 p. m. ou 

 day of examination. Exhibits, to re- 

 ceive attention from the committees, 

 must be prepaid to destination and an 

 entry fee of $2 should be forwarded 

 to the secretary not later than Tues- 

 day of the week they are to be exam- 

 ined, or it may accompany the blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligible 

 to be shown before these committees, 

 provided the raiser has given them two 

 years' trial to determine their true 

 character. Special attention is called 

 to the rule that sports, to receive a 

 certificate, must pass at least three of 

 the five committees. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine such exhibits as may be sub- 

 mitted on each Saturday throughout 

 October and November, the dates of 

 which will be October 8, 15, 22 and 29, 

 November 5. 12, 19 and 26. 



(has. W. Johnson, Secy. 



Morgan Park, 111. 



DETBOIT. 



The Market. 



Business has been most satisfactory 

 and is not confined to funeral work, as 

 is often the case. Numerous weddings 

 and consequently many dinners and re- 

 ceptions have done considerable toward 

 livening up tlie trade in the retail 

 stores. With asters about all gone and 

 carnations still few and far between, 

 it is a problem to meet the demand for 

 medium-priced flowers. Koses are quite 

 plentiful and in good demand. Fine 

 Richmond, La Detroit, Kaiserin, Mrs. 

 Field and Morgan are arriving in good 

 quantities and many grades. Greens 

 are not any too plentiful. Sniilax is 

 quite scarce, as is Asparagus pUimosus. 



Various Notes. 



The magnificent new store of New- 

 comb-Endicott Co. was opened Septem- 

 ber 26 and 27. The floral decorations, 

 as in the past, were by B. Schroeter. 

 Nearly 500 palms and ferns were used 

 on the cases. Handsome baskets of fo 

 liage plants were liberally scattered 

 through the store, while the fragrance 

 of several thousand Beauties lent an 

 air of refinement which could in no 

 other way have been obtained. The 

 decoration was by far the most costlv 

 atod elaborate store decoration ever put 

 up in Detroit. 



The Flower Shop is the appropriate 



name given the unique new flower store 

 opened at 20 John R, street October 1 

 by Miss Hattie Holtzhauer. Miss Holtz- 

 hauer was head saleslady in the employ 

 of J. Breitmeyer's Sons for many years 

 and has many friends among the flower 

 buying public. At her opening a num- 

 ber of baskets of flowers and plants 

 bearing the name of different Detroit 

 florists showed the high esteem in which 

 she is held by the trade. 



J. L, Hudson's Detroit and Toledo 

 stores were decorated for the fall open- 

 ing by J. Breitmeyer's Sons. Corn, 

 corn shocks and autumn foliage were 

 used and set off with yellow outdoor 

 flowers and fruits. 



The 6-year-old son of Fred Cgchian, 

 foreman at Schroeter 's, died suddenly 

 October 1 from an attack of lockjaw 

 resulting from vaccination. 



E. C. Fetters had a most seasonable 

 as well as beautiful display of crotons, 

 tastefully used in baskets, in his win- 

 dow last week. 



Robert Rahaley and wife spent Octo- 

 ber 2 in Birmingham, Mich., as guests 

 of Mr. and Mrs. William Brown. 



There seems to be a big difference in 

 the price of coal as used by the growers 

 here; in fact, in answer to a question at 

 the last club meeting, no two were pay- 

 ing the same price. The question as 

 to whether the cheap fern sales are det- 

 rimental or beneficial to the trade was 

 discussed at length at the meeting and 

 after much argument it was thought 

 that the fern business of the legitimate 

 retailer would in no way suffer; in fact, 

 many were of the opinion that it would 

 tend to increase the appreciation of 

 ferns. Frank Danzer's paper on "Side 

 Lights on the Home and School Garden- 

 ing Committee of the Twentieth Cen- 

 tury Club" proved most interesting. 



H. S. 



The Michigan Cut Flower Exchange 

 has increased its capital stock from 

 $10,000 to $15,000. 



Bert York, of Hancock, Mich., is here 

 to take a position in the Breitmeyer 

 store. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week was fairly good. 

 Flowers from under glass have largely 

 increased in quantity, carnations espe- 

 cially so, but values have held up well. 

 Whether they can continue to do so a 

 little later, when the annual chrysanthe- 

 mum avalanche arrives, is doubtful, but 

 growers are much more optimistic than a 

 year ago, while retailers are in a more 

 cheery frame of mind and anticipating 

 good trade. Roses are now arriving in 

 larger quantities, but have sold well. Of 

 course a good many are still small and 

 short-stemmed, but quite a number are 

 seen with excellent stems. Killarney and 

 White Killarney are steadily improving 

 and are in good demand. Beauties are 

 better than they were and selling well. 

 Carnots are few, but Kaiserins are still 

 good. Bride and Maid are the hardest 

 varieties to move. Maryland is of a fine 

 color, and Mrs. Aaron Ward is seen in 

 considerable numbers. Richmond as yet 

 is not plentiful and the flowers are mostly 

 small. 



About every carnationist is apparently 

 now shipping flowers, and there is a tre- 

 mendous increase in. the supply. So far 

 there is no special surplus. Quite a few 

 of the newer sorts, like Pink Delight and 



Dorothy Gordon, are seen, in addition to 

 the old favorites. Enchantress has not 

 by any means been discarded, and some 

 of the best blooms seen are of that splen- 

 did variety. Chrysanthemums are much 

 more numerous. Golden Glow no longer 

 has the field to itself, but October Frost, 

 Bergman, Montmort, Monrovia, Polly 

 Rose and Glory of Pacific are all in evi- 

 dence. Prices so far are holding up quite 

 well. Single violets are not yet of much 

 size, but are seen from many growers. 

 Some doubles have also appeared. 



Such lilies as appear are easily sold. 

 A fair quantity of Bouvardia Humboldtii 

 still arrives. Lily of the valley is not in 

 great demand. Asters are rapidly near- 

 ing the end and are getting small and 

 poor in quality. Cosmos is seen in quan- 

 tity, also quite a few tuberoses. The 

 dahlia supply holds out, although frost 

 has destroyed the crops of quite a few 

 growers. Gladioli are nearly done and 

 the demand is not good for such as are 

 seen. Asparagus Sprengeri and plumosus 

 are each of good quality, and the de- 

 mand for both these and adiantum shows 

 an improvement. Hardy ferns of the new 

 season's crop are also of excellent quality. 



Plant trade is starting iu nicely. So 

 far foliage plants are the feature, in- 

 cluding crotons, dracajnas, aralias, ferns 

 and palms in variety, araucarias, Ficus 

 elastica and pandurata, etc. Gloire de 

 Lorraine, well flowered, are seen at some 

 of the stores. 



Various Notes. 



John Barr, of South Natick, one of our 

 best carnation specialists, is bringing in 

 fine lots of carnations, including Pink 

 Delight. His new variegated seedling is 

 keeping up its former good record. While 

 the plants of nearly all growers run small 

 this season, Mr. Barr's are as large and 

 fine as ever. Cyclamens and hydrangeas 

 are other specialties with him. 



J. M. Cohen, at 2 Park street, has han- 

 dled the finest Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums seen this season. They are grown 

 at the Mishawum Greenhouses, Woburn. 



At Galvin 's Tremont street store a win- 

 dow of crotons in quite a number of 

 varieties made a pleasing picture last 

 week. Quite a variety of dracsenas, pan- 

 danus, palms and other decorative plants 

 were noted, and a good variety of orchid 

 flowers, such as Cattleya labiata, C. Bow- 

 ringeana, Vanda cserulea, Dendrobium 

 Phala»nopsis and Oncidium Rogersii. 



Penn The Florist, on Bromfield street, 

 is one of the most enterprising and pro- 

 gressive of the numerous Boston retailers. 

 He has just completed a splendid new 

 window, which gives him considerably 

 more display space. A big business is 

 done here and it is growing all the time, 

 orchids, roses, gardenias and everything 

 good being always carried in stock. 



Jamas Wheeler, of Natick, is shipping 

 fine lots of carnations to 2 Park street 

 from his' big new house. They are han- 

 dled by Samuel Crombie, an old pupil of 

 Mr. Wheeler's, formerly with F. H. 

 Houghton. 



At the Boston Flower Exchange, the 

 Montrose Greenhouses are daily increas- 

 ing their supplies and sales of roses, 

 which, in addition to fine Killarney and 

 Maryland, include some of the newer Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward and the old Perle des 

 Jardins. 



Killing frosts occurred over a large 



section of Massachusetts on the morning 



of September 30, two weeks earlier than 



in 1909. Dahlias and many other tender 



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