16 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 13, 1010. 



water. Fred J. Murphy proved to be 

 the hero, for he rescued Miss Eherson. 



L. H. Kyrk is ill with appendicitis. 

 His friends hope the attack will not be 

 serious and that he will be back at his 

 desk before long. 



We regret to announce the death of 

 Mrs. John Walt, the wife of the east 

 end florist. Mrs. Walt was run down 

 by an auto near her home on Grandin 

 road, East Walnut Hills. Mr. Walt has 

 the sympathy of the trade in his be- 

 reavement. >^ 



Visitors: J. T. Herdegen, of Au- 

 rora, Ind., and Mr. Goldman, of Middle- 

 town, O., each of whom is a heavy 

 buyer in the local market. C. H. H. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market. 



The month of October made its entry 

 in a somewhat unpleasant manner, as 

 we had almost continuous cold rain 

 for about ten days, with a frequent 

 drop in the temperature of 20 degrees 

 at night. The growers of store plants 

 are beginning to bring the most tender 

 foliage and flowering plants inside, al- 

 though the weather is now considerably 

 warmer and fairer. 



The majority of the early mums, botli 

 ou£ and indoors, are showing good 

 color. To procure clean, silky flowers 

 the growers provide them with sash 

 or white canvas coverings. Although 

 we are still three weeks from All 

 Saints' day, November 1, some of the 

 large growers of chrysanthemums are 

 rather disappointed concerning the gen- 

 eral advancement of the early flowers, 

 but hope to have suflicient on hand to 

 fill the immense demand for that par- 

 ticular day, inasmuch as afterwards 

 the prices, even for the better grade of 

 flowers, are considerably less. All we 

 need now is moderate and sunny 

 weather to well repay the mum growers 

 for their months of toil and worry. 



The increased demand for poinsettias, 

 especially those grown in ])ans for 

 Christmas, caused many local florists to 

 j)ay particular attention to this beau- 

 tiful winter bloomer and the general 

 output this year will be greater and 

 better than ever before. 



The return of the summer travelers 

 already shows a decided change in our 

 jirevious dull conditions by a noticeable 

 demand for various pot plants to re- 

 decorate their homes for the .'oming 

 season; likewise the sale of the bettor 

 class of cut flowers has increased. 



Various Notes. 



The city park, maintained almost 

 entirely by residents of the lower sec- 

 tion of New Orleans, is at present at 

 the height of its glory and the superin- 

 tendent, H. Bernard, and the head gar- 

 dener, F. Brocker, surely deserve all the 

 i)rai8e and congratulation bestowed 

 upon them for their great endeavors to 

 make this park, in the course of time, 

 one of the most beautiful and pic- 

 turesque in the country. Walking in 

 the shade of the old, majestic live oaks, 

 liung with trailers of light gray moss, 

 the huge foliage groups, the plants of 

 which are perfect in growth and color, 

 surely make a bewildering effect, 

 lieightened by flowering beds of cannas, 

 roses, etc. The plants used for the 

 most noteworthy groups were those of 

 assorted crotons, aralias, marantas, ca- 

 ladiums, dracwnas, dieffenbachias. san- 

 chezias, ficus, pandanus, etc. Hugo 



specimens of Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, 

 N. Piersoni and N. davallioides fur- 

 cans, measuring from five to eight feet 

 across, and several smaller beds of low 

 growing bedding plants are interspersed 

 to their best advantage. The mums, in 

 groups and pots, looked well and the 

 planting of different varieties of con- 

 ifers years ago, which has been con- 

 stantly kept up, proved a success and 

 added greatly to the natural beauty of 

 the park. An enormous stock for the 

 coming winter and spring planting is 

 growing on, promising many a surprise 

 for the thousands of visitors to this 

 delightful city of the south. K. E. 



ALTON, ILL. 



The Market. 



The retail prices here are: Chrys- 

 anthemums, good stock, $3 to $5; 

 carnations, GO cents to 75 cents per 

 dozen; valley, $1 per dozen; roses, $1.50 

 to $3; American Beauties, $2 to $6. 

 It has been a busy ihonth so far here, 

 and the florists are well pleased with 

 the amount of trade. 



Various Notes. 



Newman Bros., of Upper Alton, are 

 showing a huge fern in their store, the 

 fronds measuring sixty to seventy 

 inches. 



The Alton Floral Co. has had a busy 

 week with funeral work. 



Joseph Krug is still doing business at 

 the same stand. 



J. F. Ammann 's store has been re- 

 painted inside and a new ice-box has 

 been installed. Under the new manage- 

 ment of H. (i. Evans, lately of the Idle 

 Hour Nurseries, Macon, Ga., business is 

 flourishing. During the merchants' 

 opening week here he had a fine booth 

 and displayed floral art in all its 

 branches. On the last night of the 

 show he made up six wedding reception 

 and debutante bouquets, and at the end 

 of the affair he gave them away to the 

 ladies in town. This certainly brought 

 him trade, as he has had several wed- 

 ding orders on the strength of it. The 

 firm lias also made some fine window 

 displays in the downtown stores, which 

 have brought hosts of compliments. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



At a reception given the Florists' 

 Club by its president, F. H. Kramer, 

 Tuesday evening, October 4, the rear 

 part of the Kramer establishment on F 

 street, which is ordinarily use<l for the 

 display of pot plants, was made to re- 

 semble a fully equipped rathskeller. In 

 addition to the decorations. Mr. Kra- 

 mer furnished music and refreshments. 

 Nearly 100 members of the club were 

 present. 



Prior to the social session, a business 

 meeting was held, at which plans were 

 discussed for the flower show which is 

 to be held at Convention hall in con- 

 nection with the National Manufactur- 

 ers, October 24 to November ti. It has 

 been decided to make one of the fea- 

 tures of the show a replica of the fa- 

 mous Fushmini mountain, of Japan, in 

 which all of the florists will be repre- 

 sented. The mountain will be so con- 

 structed as to enable thousands that are 

 expected to attend the show to climb 

 to its height and enjoy tea in a pic- 

 turesque pagoda. 



The committee which is planning this 

 display for the show is composed of 



William F. Gude, George Cooke, O. A. 

 O. Oehmler, W. W. Kimmell, Elmer 

 Mayberry, J. L. Carbery and John Rob- 

 ertson. 



The musical program at Mr. Kra- 

 mer's reception included numbers by 

 Mrs. Inez Seymour Milton, Miss Clara 

 N. Necker, Arthur Manwell and Prof. 

 Dolan. Baby Edith Brown, Washing- 

 ton's juvenile prima donna, made a de- 

 cided hit. Prof. Fulton B. Karr pre- 

 sided at the piano. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The MarKet. 



Trade was good last week. Asters 

 are about played out. Some nice car- 

 nations are to be seen; these retail at 

 50 cents per dozen. Fine roses also 

 are now coming in; they retail at $1.25 

 and $1.50 per dozen. There are some 

 nice Killarneys on the market. Snap- 

 dragons, good white and light pink, are 

 to be seen; their retail price is 75 

 cents per dozen. Violets are to be had 

 of fair quality, retailing at about 75 

 cents per hundred blooms. Some good 

 bouvardias are offered. Mums made 

 their first appearance a week ago. 

 These bring $2.50 per dozen, retail. 

 Funeral work has been good. 



Carnations are doing nicely indoors 

 by this time. We are having grand 

 weather, with warm days and cool 

 nights. 



Various Notes. 



S. S. Peckham is bringing into this 

 market some nice white and pink snap- 

 dragons. 



Last Saturday, on the premises of J. 

 H. Cleary, there was an auction sale 

 of the stock of the store, plants, seed, 

 etc., to meet the demands of his credit- 

 ors. Some good bargains were made. 

 S. S. Peckham, one of the principal 

 creditors of Mr. Cleary, had been ap- 

 pointed one of the trustees. 



E. H. Chamberlain is able to be about 

 again, after being confined to the house 

 for a week or so. 



All the uptown stores are now making 

 nice window displays. W. L. 



At the greenhouses of M. Malonson 

 & Son, at 259 Mount Pleasant street, 

 the carnations are in fine, promising 

 condition. Business, they say, was good 

 all through the summer. 



WINTERING WALLFLOWERS. 



What is the best treatment for wall- 

 flower plants for the winter? We have 

 some nice plants, but are short of room 

 in the greenhouses. Would they do well 

 if set in old hotbeds, with pansy plants, 

 through the winter! We could put them 

 in a bed at the south end of the house, 

 where they would be well protected, 

 hut we have some pretty cold weather 

 here, in the central part of Iowa. 



G. H. 



Wallflowers will withstand 10 to 15 

 degrees below freezing without being 

 injured. You can winter them success- 

 fully in such a frame as you describe. 

 However, if you wish to flower them un- 

 der glass in the spring, when they sell 

 extremely well, it would be best to put. 

 them in pots or boxes early in October. 

 Keep them in your coldframe and house 

 thorn after Christmas, giving them a' 

 cool temperature, not over 45 degrees at 

 night. C. W. 



