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March 24, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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ROCHESTER. 



The Market. 



The fact that Easter comes early this 

 yeiir has made the florists somewhat 

 anxious as to supplies. Greens are 

 staice, particularly smilax, and the 

 amount of asparagus offered is less than 

 usual, but the supply of ferns seems 

 aiiiple. Lilies are plentiful, and most of 

 tlk stock is high grade, prices averaging 

 aliut $3. Carnations are equal to the 

 (1( uand and retail at from $1 to $1.50. 

 i\ aleas, spiraeas and cinerarias meet 

 w'l.h ready sale. Tulips, daffodils and 

 v;:iley are selling well at $1 to $1.25. 

 V ;ilets are as popular as ever and bring 

 a high as $1.75, and Killarney roses 

 a I in demand at $3. Altogether, the 

 p ispect is bright for a good Easter 

 b'^iness. 



Various Notes. 



The floral decorations for the annual 

 b:! liquet of the Chamber of Commerce, 

 lii'ld Friday evening, March 18, were 

 furnished by Salter Bros., of this city. 

 Tlie entire ceiling of the hall was covered 

 ^\ith lattice work, draped and festooned 

 uith southern smilax and great clusters 

 of pink wistaria. Back of the stage, 

 where the guests of honor were seated, 

 \vi!s a bank of palms, and the large cen- 

 tral chandelier was almost hidden in smi- 

 lax. The entire front of the stage was 

 hidden with palms, ferns, and great 

 ]ilants of Dorothy Perkins and Crimsoa 

 Rambler roses covered with bloom. 

 Among the green of the ferns and palms 

 saiall electric lights twinkled like stars. 

 Bouquets of Killarney roses adorned all 

 the tables in the hall. The decorative 

 plan, and the effective manner in which 

 Salter Bros, carried it out, called forth 

 inanv complimentary remarks. 



E. F. E. 



ALBANY. N. Y. 



A bill has been introduced in the state 

 legislature providing for an appropria- 

 tion of $50,000 to build greenhouses at 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, where one of 

 the state experiment stations is located. 

 There is no state association of florists 

 in New York, but the bill has the endorse- 

 ment of the florists all over the state, 

 and was introduced by Assemblyman 

 Wilkie, of Buffalo, who has been urged 

 by William F. Kasting and others to use 

 his best effqrts to put it through the 

 legislature. 



The plan is to conduct at Cornell ex- 

 periments along the lines of those under- 

 taken at Champaign for the florists of 

 Illinois, and also to use the equipment as 

 a beginning for a course in practical 

 floriculture. New York has more florists 

 than any other state in the Union and 

 more money invested in florists' estab- 

 lishments, 80 that New York florists pay 

 more taxes than are paid by .florists in 

 «ny other state. The florists now propose 

 to make their influence felt in such a way 

 • hat the state will eventually have what 

 1ms long been needed in this country, a 

 'iist-class school for the training of prac- 

 'i<al florists. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Otto B. Eunge, 

 ' vner of the greenhouse at Pleasant and 

 * ordis streets, has opened a new store 

 •'11 Albion street. 



MiNOT, N. D.— Geo. E. Valker, pro 

 ! "ietor of Valker 's Minot Greenhouse, is 

 1 anning to erect two connected houses, 

 ^ 'xl55, for vegetables. 



Westboro, Mass. — E. O. Stockbridge 

 & Co. have erected another greenhouse, 

 which they are using largely for potted 

 plants. 



Espy, Pa. — A greenhouse, two barns 

 and some other property, all owned by 

 Bert Miller, were destroyed by fire March 

 12, with a loss of $5,500. 



York, Neb. — J. W. Lawson, formerly 

 of Mitchell, S. D., has purchased ten 

 acres of ground here and expects to build 

 on it a range of greenhouses. 



Canandaiqua, N, Y. — A. C. Cappon re- 

 ports placing an order with the King Con- 

 struction Co. for material for an iron- 

 frame greenhouse, 50x190. 



Savannah, Ga. — F. Schwalbe, who has 

 been employed by the Park and Tree 

 Commission as city florist for the last 

 eight years, has resigned his position. 



MOMENCE, III. — The property of Wil- 

 lard B. Smith & Co. will be disposed of 

 at master's sale March 28. The estab- 

 lishment consists of 10,000 feet of glass. 



Ashland, Ky. — Mrs. E. M. Nelson, of 

 Greenup avenue and Twenty-ninth street, 

 has begun the business of growing plants 

 for the market. She had some excellent 

 blooming plants for Easter. 



LocKPORT, N. Y. — The business of D. 

 T. McCarthy & Sons has been incor- 

 porated, with a capital of $33,000, by 

 Daniel T. McCarthy, Thomas J. McCar- 

 thy and Mark L. McCarthy. 



BuMFORD, Me. — E. B. Davis used the 

 Stephens store, formerly the Macfarlane 

 store, as an extra place of business dur- 

 ing the Easter rush, as he also did in 

 the week before Christmas. 



Hartford, Conn. — Mrs. Atwood, wife 

 of E. F. Atwood, died recently, and after 

 her death Mr. Atwood was prostrated by 

 an illness which continued for two 

 months, but he has now recovered. 



New Haven, Conn. — The Morse Flo- 

 ral Co. has removed from 37 Church 

 street to 168 Orange street, to a store 

 better equipped for conducting their 

 growing business. 



Waltham, Mass. — Peirce Bros, grew 

 50,000 Easter lily plants last year and 

 about the same number this season. 

 These lilies are shipped to many different 

 points throughout New England, but es- 

 pecially to Boston, Lowell, Worcester and 

 other large cities of this state. 



Greenfield, Mass. — The grounds and 

 greenhouses of W. H. Ulrich, on High 

 street, are now in charge of W. M. Pease, 

 who was formerly employed on a large 

 estate at Monson, Mass., and who re- 

 cently completed a short course at the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



Westerly, K. I. — Conrad S. Sciiultz, 

 who has been proprietor of the Elm street 

 greenhouses for the last two years, is 

 now operating also the four Smith green- 

 houses on Franklin street. The Smith 

 houses are each 25x120 feet and are prac- 

 tically new. They will be used for car- 

 nations. Miss Susie Lanphear has en- 

 tered the employ of Mr. Schultz, as book- 

 keeper and stenographer at the Elm 

 street office. 



Pawnee City, Neb. — J. E. Atkinson, 

 proprietor of the Northedge Nurseries, 

 has finished the erection of additional 

 houses covering a space 56x56 feet; also 

 an office, sheds, etc., 14x56, and a cellar, 

 14x56, for storage, boiler and acetylene 

 plant. Though not large, his houses are 

 substantial and strictly up-to-date. 



Ironton, O. — F. I. Sloan, superintend- 

 ent of the Woodland cemetery, says that 

 about two years ago a small greenhouse 

 was erected in the cemetery as an experi- 

 ment, and the experiment has proved so 

 successful that another house, much 

 larger than the first one, will now be 

 built, so as to meet all demands for 

 flowers. 



Kansas City, Mo. — J. A. Biggam, of 

 the Alpha Floral Co., had charge of the 

 floral decorations for the recent automo- 

 bile show in Convention hall. The main 

 part of the auditorium was transformed 

 into an orchard of apple trees in blossom, 

 with stars twinkling overhead and the 

 moon rising in the distance. At the north 

 end of the building^ apparently floating 

 in the air, was a great automobile, con- 

 structed of white flowers. At the other 

 end of the hall, also suspended in midair, 

 was a great airship, apparently in full 

 flight. 



Mount Gilead, O. — The establishment 

 of A. L. Munk, who was adjudicated 

 bankrupt last January, was placed on sale 

 March 12 and was bought in by Mr. 

 Munk. Percy Waterer, who had charge 

 of the bankrupt stock and plant during 

 the litigation, is a son of Frederick Wa- 

 terer, of Bagshot, England, senior mem- 

 ber of the firm of Waterer & Sons, the 

 noted rhododendron specialists. Mr. 

 Waterer is also a nephew of Anthony 

 Waterer, of Knapp Hill, England, the 

 nurservman who introduced Spiraea An- 

 thony Waterer. 



Sedalia, Mo. — The Archias Floral Co. 

 has been incorporated, with a capital 

 stock of $5,000, divided into fifty shares 

 of the value of $100 each. The stock is 

 distributed as follows: L. H. Archias, 

 twenty shares; M. T. Slane, twelve and 

 one-half shares; H. J. Potomkin, twelve 

 and one-half shares; L. A. Kipping, five 

 shares. The shareholders constitute the 

 board of directors. The officers are: 

 President, L. H. Archias; vice-president, 

 H. J. Potomkin ; secretary, M. T. Slane. 

 The greenhouses and nursery will be on 

 West Second street, north of City park, 

 and will be in charge of Mr. Potomkin. 

 The office will be at 106 East Main street. 



Ansonia, Conn. — T. J. Mooney, pro- 

 prietor of the Ansonia Floral Co., not 

 only has a prosperous business here, but 

 also has a store in Derby. He came here 

 from New Haven five years ago and be- 

 gan the operation of greenhouses at 139 

 North Main street, with Edward Heller 

 as a partner. Later the present store 

 was opened, at 124 North Main street, 

 and early in 1907 Mr. Mooney bought 

 Mr. Heller's interest and continued as 

 the sole proprietor. In December, 1907, 

 the greenhouses were destroyed by fire, 

 and since that time Mr. Mooney has con- 

 tinued to operate only the stores, the one 

 here and the other at 70 Elizabeth street, 

 Derby. 



