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Mabch 17, 1910. 



ThcWcckly Florists^ Review^ 



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and other improvements are being made 

 so as to be in good shape for the Easter 

 trade. 



The Ladies' Florists' Home Circle 

 Club held its March meeting at Trimps 

 hall, Delmar avenue near Taylor street, 

 Monday afternoon, March 14, Miss Til- 

 lie Meinhardt entertained at this session 

 and a bowling game was enjoyed after 

 the meeting. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club held 

 its regular monthly meeting Monday 

 night, March 14, in the botanical lab- 

 oratory of the Central high school. Dr. 

 William Trelease, director of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden, gave a talk with 

 lantern slides on "The Development of 

 Botany." The meeting was well at- 

 tended and was interesting throughout. 



J. J. B. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market 



Business for the last two weeks has 

 been exceptionally good in all lines, es- 

 pecially funeral work, although the latter 

 has been a feature of the business during 

 the entire winter. The market, while not 

 flooded with stock, has all that can be 

 reasonably handled and cleared up clean. 

 Carnations are in abundance, while roses 

 are getting more plentiful. Bulb stock is 

 almost a glut at present. Several warm 

 days in the last fortnight have forced 

 these ahead and they are coming to the 

 shops by wagon loads. Prices hold good 

 and little change is expected until Easter. 



Various Notes. 



J. Kopelman & Co., 25 "Washington 

 street, have been putting up a number of 

 attractive signs. 



George C. Kelly, 237 Waterman street, 

 is getting ready for his annual Easter 

 exhibition. He has a fine collection of 

 bulbs, of all kinds, in pots. 



F. Macrae's Sons, 1138 Smith street, 

 have one of the finest lots of Easter lilies 

 hereabouts. They have over 7,500 plants 

 in fine shape, well budded and with 

 strong stalks. 



William B. Hazard says his business 

 has doubled since he removed from West- 

 minster street to his present place on 

 Mathewson street. 



William E. Chappell was a visitor in 

 Boston March 6, where he called upon 

 many of the guild. He will tell all about 

 it at the next meeting of the club. 



The decorations for the Sternscher wed- 

 ding, March 8, were furnished by J. 

 Kopelman & Co., as were also all the cut 

 flowers. 



H. Howard Pepper, of the Melrose Gar- 

 dens, has been reelected superintendent of 

 the Calhoun avenue Sunday school. 



One of the busiest firms in town is that 

 of T. J. Johnston & Co., Edward Brooks, 

 manager. Three delivery wagons were 

 kept busy the greater part of the time 

 last week carrying out orders. 



James Tefft, of Peacedale, was in the 

 city March 9, taking orders for Easter 

 deliveries. 



Willis S. Pino is having an exception- 

 ally good seed season, with advance or- 

 ders far in excess of previous years. 



Johnston Bros., 38 Dorrance street, al- 

 ways have attractive windows. One that 

 was much noticed last week was prettily 

 arranged with hanging baskets of Beacon 

 carnations and maidenhair, beneath which 

 was an immense jar of Easter lilies ris- 

 ing from a solid bed of violets. 



The Providence Seed Co. reports spring 

 business as most satisfactory, with a sub- 

 stantial increase over former years. 



O'Connor finds his hands full with 

 decorations and design work. 



Mr. Fraser hat opened a retail store at 

 Quidnick. 



J. F. Schellinger, of Riverside, is pre- 

 paring his houses for the cultivation of 

 fancy melons during the coming season. 

 His svfccess with one house last year has 

 led him to put the entire range to melons 

 this year. 



John Johnston, of Johnston Bros., was 

 in Boston, March 9, looking for choice 

 Easter stock. He took in the automobile 

 show in the afternoon. 



Charles H. Hunt, Burnside street, has 

 an extra fine lot of bulb stock in pots for 

 Easter, t^iat promises quick returns. He 

 has a big batch of orders already booked. 

 He was in Boston March 11. 



P. Welch, of Boston, was a visitor in 

 this city March 8. W, H. M. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



The Market. 



The weather, for the last ten days, 

 has been just what we should want it 

 to be for Easter. Genuine spring days, 

 with plenty of sunshine, which seemed 

 quite a treat after the rough weather we 

 had experienced previous to that. This 

 weather was just the thing for the rose 

 crop, which has been decidedly limited 

 since the holidays. There were plenty of 

 buds, which only needed a little coaxing 

 and a few bright days, to give them a 

 start for Easter; so from the present out- 

 look, the rose crop will be in fine condi- 

 tion for Easter,, most of the stock coming 

 with good long stiff stems, and the 

 blooms excellent in color and size. Car- 

 nations have been holding their own right 

 along, quality has been fine, and a good 

 supply of them is also expected for the 

 Easter trade. On the other hand, the 

 continued stretch of bright weather was 

 unexpected and unlocked for by some of 

 the local florists, who had figured ahead 

 and brought their bulbous stock in from 

 the coldframes, consequently, many of 

 them have a liberal portion of their 

 Easter stock in full bloom now. 



The market of March 12 looked like 

 the Saturday before Easter, as it was 

 loaded with Dutch hyacinths, tulips, 

 azaleas, and other Easter stock. Never- 

 theless, there is still a good supply of 

 stock to dispose of, and from the pres- 

 ent outlook Easter trade this year will 

 be a record breaker. White carnations 

 are in demand this week and bringing a 

 good price, on account of St. Patrick's 

 day. Cut daffodils, hyacinths, narcissi 

 and valley have had a good call during 

 the last two weeks, as there has been an 

 unusually large demand for funeral work. 

 The lenten season, this year, has been 

 a good one all the way through, and 

 while business was checked to a certain 

 degree, still it has not been so noticeable 

 as in previous years, and everybody seems 

 to be contented and happy over things 

 in general. 



Qub Meeting. 



The Dayton Florists' Club held the 

 regular monthly meeting, March 7, at the 

 establishment of J. F. Young, 37 East 

 Fifth street. At this meeting the annual 

 election of ofiicers took place, with the 

 following results: H. H. Eitter, re- 

 elected president; John Boehner, vice- 

 president ; George Bartholomew, reelected 

 treasurer, and Horace M. Frank, secre- 

 tary. Mr. Frank has held the oflBce of 

 secretary ever since the organization of 

 the club. 



Steps were taken toward organizing a 

 flower market, with the understanding 

 that anyone desiring to sell flowers on 

 the market would be obliged to rent their 

 space and sell them at the market rates. 

 The reasons that prompted this move- 

 ment are that the farmers and gardeners, 

 throughout the neighboring country, 

 dabble in the flower business as a side 

 issue and pastime ; then, on market days, 

 they swamp the market with their stock, 

 and sell it for a mere nothing, and nat- 

 urally this is hard on those who depend 

 chiefly on the floral business for their 

 existence. Arrangements for the comple- 

 tion of these plans are well under way, 

 but nothing definite has as yet been 

 decided. 



Various Notes. 



The Easter stock of the Miami Floral 

 Co. is all in good condition. They ex- 

 pect to cut from 25,000 to 30,000 Easter 

 lilies, and, besides these, they have a 

 good supply of azaleas, spiraeas, hya- 

 cinths and all bulbous stock. Their roBes 

 and carnations are coming in fine, and 

 their cuts on both are increasing daily. 



Mrs. Bertha Hendrichs returned March 

 5 from a three weeks' visit to New 

 Orleans, La., where she had a decidedly 

 pleasant visit. Mrs. Hendrichs believes 

 that vacations are good things to take, 

 for since her return she has had plenty 

 of trade and several large funeral orders. 



H. H. Eitter seems much satisfied 

 with business in general. He says things 

 are coming his way, and reports that 

 last week was a record breaker, with 

 plenty of funeral work, while Saturday's 

 business topped the climax. He finds 

 a good demand for pot plants and his 

 outlook for Easter is promising. 



We regret to report that Miss Minnie 

 Jobrson is still seriously ill, not being 

 able '•,0 leave her bed, and no improve- 

 ment is noticed in her condition. 



The Heiss Co. reports business to be 

 satisfactory with them and says the out- 

 look for Easter is encouraging. 



The Dayton Floral Co. had a large 

 banquet decoration at the Dayton club, 

 March 14, the occasion being the annual 

 banquet of the Chamber of Commerce. 

 They report business with them to be 

 fine and plenty of stock for Easter. 



Mr. Matthews has a patent on making 

 artificial bay trees, for which he has 

 good demand. 



"Couldn't wish for better business 

 than we have had in the last week," is 

 the report of Mrs. Young. She also re- 

 ports that crocuses are in bloom in her 

 yard. 



Samuel F. Purllant, of Bloomington, 

 Ind., formerly in business at Washington 

 C. H., Ohio, was a visitor at the Miami 

 Floral Co., March 13. 



Fred Lempke, representative of W. 

 W. Barnard, Chicago, made his rounds 

 among his Dayton customers last week. 

 He spent the day, March 6, as a guest 

 at the home of George Bartholomew. 



Elson Helwig, of Marion, O., and A. 

 F. Longren, representing E. H. Hunt, 

 Chicago, called on our local florists last 

 week. E. A. B. 



Portsmouth, O. — Oscar Herms, of 

 the Herms Floral Co., has the sympathy 

 of the trade in the loss of his wife, who 

 died March 2. 



West Wellington, Mass. — George 

 Brooks has nearly completed his new 

 greenhouse, more than doublings his glass 

 area. A new hot water boiler is being 

 installed. 



