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ThcWcekly Florists' Review. 



March 17, 1010. 



In Brooklyn. 



S. Jacobs & Sons report splendid busi- 

 ness this season and the brightest outlook 

 in their career. The greenhouse builders 

 all are optimistic enough. Work is al- 

 ready booked to keep every one of them 

 hustling until fall. 



S. Masur has a large branch store for 

 the holiday and will soon have to find 

 larger quarters for his regular business. 



R. G. Wilson has a wonderful exhibit 

 of flowering plants at his greenhouses on 

 Greene avenue and a striking window and 

 other seasonable decorations at his store 

 on Fulton street. Brooklyn, he says, is 

 the coming pink carnation and already 

 popular in the city. 



Bonnet & Blake, the Greater New York 

 Florists' Association and William Kueb- 

 ler all report their best year and find 

 a host of buyers in Brooklyn. A trio 

 of green goods and supply men also find 

 a good paying field in the City of 

 Churches. 



The veterans, James Weir's Son, John 

 V. Phillips and Mallon's Sons, still oc- 

 cupy their old stands and add yearly to 

 their bank balances. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



GCX.UMBUS.OHIO. 



The Market 



March hag been ideal so far and has 

 put new life into business. As we are 

 nearing the first days of spring, people 

 are asking about planting flowers and 

 fixing their lawns, etc. Stock has been 

 quite plentiful, especially in carnations, 

 but trade has been exceedingly heavy on 

 them. Koses have been scarce and are 

 sold up closely daily. Loads of bulbous 

 stock are on the market, but they move 

 well. From all reports, they are moving 

 much better than last season. Sweet 

 peas are coming in heavily and find ready 

 sales. Valley is used up closely right 

 along. Violets find a ready sale and 

 the supply is quite heavy. Lilies have 

 been much in evidence the last week or 

 so. Azaleas are still heading the list 

 of blooming plants. While there are lots 

 of bulb pans, etc., sold, the better class 

 of trade usually picks on azaleas, rhodo- 

 dendrons and some of the more showy 

 stock. Quite a few spiraeas are to be 

 seen and everywhere one looks things are 

 taking on their new Easter fashions. 



The combine of business houses having 

 their openings at the same date, from 

 March 14 to March 19, has been mak- 

 ing business for all the florists and all 

 the plants that are rentable are out. 

 All the florists had their stock all spoken 

 for a week previous to the openings and 

 there were not nearly enough plants to go 

 around. There are several hundred 

 stores in on the new scheme and the dis- 

 plays outclass anything ever undertaken 

 here and promise to be a great success. 



Funeral work has been heavy for the 

 last week or so and has used 'up quanti- 

 ties of stock. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club held a meeting 

 Tuesday night, March 8, with quite a 

 good attendance. There will be no meet- 

 ing until after Easter, but no doubt 

 there will be a good turn-out for the 

 dance, March 30. 



Oliver A. Munk has resigned from the 

 Munk Floral Co., but still retains his 

 interest there. He has bought the Munk 

 home place at Valley Crossing, O., con- 

 sisting of seventy-six acres and five green- 



houses, which are all in lettuce, but he 

 expects to grow carnations and roses 

 next season. Being only six miles from 

 the city, with good soU and all favor- 

 able conditions, he will, no doubt, be in 

 a good position to furnish the goods. 



Sherman Stephens reports heavy busi- 

 ness on funeral work. 



G. Drobisch says it is hard to get 

 enough stock to go around. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. is hav- 

 ing some heavy cuts on carnations. 



The Livingston Seed Co. is busy at 

 this time, both on flowers and seed trade. 

 J. M. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Trade is about the same as reported 

 last week. There is little doing in the 

 social att'airs, although the trade bought 

 considerable stock last week, but not near 

 enough to clean up at any of the whole- 

 sale houses. It was mostly all funeral 

 work that kept them busy during the 

 week. This week not much is looked 

 for, though the Easter rush will be on 

 next week, from which a big trade is 

 expected, especially by those who handle 

 a big stock of blooming plants. The 

 wholesalers say they expect a good deal 

 of stock of everything in season and 

 plenty of it. At present, all the whole- 

 salers report plenty of stock and all of 

 good quality. 



Violets have sold well, but such a 

 great amount of these came in that not 

 more than half of them could be dis- 

 posed of at any price. Carnations, too, 

 have been in abundance and sold cheap 

 in big lots, from $10 to $15 per thou- 

 sand. In these there promises to be a 

 big crop for the Easter demand. En- 

 chantress has the best call of any va- 

 riety, and Perfection and Boston Market 

 come next. Boses are coming in much 

 better and the report is that shippers to 

 this market will be on crop for Easter, 

 with extra quality of stock. Beauties 

 are also more plentiful. Callas come in 

 better than Harrisii just now. Valley 

 is fine. Other bulbous stock, such as 

 Romans, Paper Whites, Von Sions, free- 

 sias, Dutch hyacinths and tulips, also 

 promise to be in abundance for Easter. 

 At present the market has plenty of 

 stock to meet all demands. Since March 

 1, the weather has been warm and clear 

 and that means plenty of stock and good 

 blooming plants for Easter 



Florists' Club Meetiog. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held Thursday, March 

 10, at 2 p. m. The meeting was fairly 

 well attended, twenty-five responding to 

 the secretary's call. President George 

 B. Windier presided over the meeting, 

 with" all the oflScers present. After all 

 the opening routine business had been 

 disposed of Trustee Bentzen reported on 

 the death of L. N. Van Hook and that 

 the usual floral designs had been sent, 

 expressing the sympathy of the members. 

 The chair then appointed F. J. Fillmore, 

 A. S. Halstead and C. De Wever to draw 

 up suitable resolutions. C. De Wever re- 

 ported for his committee as to issuing 

 a monthly club bulletin for home florists 

 and wished the club's endorsement for 

 same and the usual club notices to be 

 placed in this bulletin. On motion it 

 was carried and the committee is to 

 meet and make preparations for the first 

 issue to appear at once. 



A letter was read from the convention 



bureau, asking the club to join them in 

 an invitation to the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen to hold its 1911 con- 

 vention in this city. On motion the 

 chair appointed Messrs. Weber, Sanders 

 and Halstead a committee to draw up 

 an invitation and forward it to the 

 bureau. 



For the good of the club. President 

 Windier read a paper on what he saw 

 and heard at the annual meeting of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association last 

 montk. This proved interesting. Treas- 

 urer Smith reported a handsome balance 

 in the club's treasury. The question box 

 brought out a lively discussion and in- 

 teresting facts. The meeting was much 

 better attended by the city members this 

 time and not so many of our suburban 

 members. 



The next meeting takes place Thurs- 

 day afternoon, AprU 14. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Fehr, of Belle- 

 ville, 111., spent a day in the city taking 

 in the household show in the big 

 Coliseum. 



W. A. Rowe, F. Vennemacn, W. J. 

 Pilcher, H. Wenzel, Charles D. Hecht, 

 Gu9 Grossart, A. S. Halstead and Joe 

 Houses were the only suburban members 

 to attend the club meeting last week. 



Miss Tillie Meinhardt had charge of 

 the flower booth at the household show, 

 which was held in the Coliseum last week. 

 Violets and carnations sold well and at 

 good prices. 



Dr. J. C. Whitten and Prof. W. H. 

 Chandler are giving free lectures at the 

 Central Y. M. C. A, on farming; Dr. 

 Whitten on ' * Truck Gardening, ' ' and 

 Prof. Chandler on "Orcharding." The 

 lectures are largely attended. These lec- 

 tures take place once a week. 



J. H. Deickman is building two new 

 houses, 25x200, in Kirkwood, for his 

 son, who will grow violets, carnations 

 and sweet peas for this market. Mr. 

 Deickman is a new starter in the busi- 

 ness. It is also reported that several 

 of the older firms will add considerable 

 glass to their plants this summer. Some 

 of them will attempt to grow roses. At 

 present nothing is being grown in Kirk- 

 wood but violets, carnations, sweet peas 

 and some bulbous stock. 



Henry Ostertag, of Ostertag Bros., re- 

 ports that he had plenty to do last week, 

 furnishing plants and cut stock to the 

 exhibitors at the household show in the 

 Coliseum, besides plenty of funeral work 

 which kept him busy all the week. 



The Tinsley Seed Co. has moved into 

 its new location and is now next door 

 neighbor to the St. Louis Seed Co., at 

 Fourth street and Lucas avenue. 



H, J. Weber & Sons Nursery Co. has 

 its downtown branch with the St. Louis 

 Seed Co., where they keep a large assort- 

 ment of nursery stock, in which business 

 is brisk at present. 



Henry Lorenze, who has been on the 

 sick list for the last two months, is out 

 again and attending to his duties at the 

 Park Floral Co. 



Vincent Gorly, of Grimm & Gorly, 

 made trips recently to Kansas City and 

 Chicago. Mr. Gorly says they were busi- 

 ness trips for Easter trade. 



Christ. Sanders is now in the employ 

 of Jules Burdett, who is running the old 

 plant of the Michel Plant & Bulb Co., 

 at Magnolia and Tower Grove avenues. 

 Their landscape department is running 

 overtime. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers is putting a new 

 brick foundation under her show-house 



