Skpticmbkr 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



present and spoke of the coming con- 

 vention of the National Gardeners' As- 

 sociation and the Morris County Horti- 

 cultural Society's exhibition this fall. 

 J. B. M. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



The cut flower trade was quiet last 

 week, with nothing doing but funeral 

 work, except for a slight flurry caused 

 by the demand for baskets and bou- 

 quets for the members of the stock 

 company at Keith's theater at the clos- 

 ing of the season Saturday night. Al- 

 ters and roses are plentiful and boih 

 have materially improved over a fort^ 

 night ago. A few dahlias are making 

 their appearance, but in small numbers, 

 and sweet peas, which market gar- 

 deners usually make a substantial 

 side feature during the summer, are 

 apparently a minus quantity this year. 



Various Notes. 



At the Rhode Island state fair at 

 Hillsgrove last week the exhibits were 

 practically furnished by Joshua Vose, 

 of Pontiac; W. H. Tarbox, of East 

 Greenwich; G. M. McNulty, of Green- 

 wood; George H. Walker, of North 

 Dighton, Mass., and W. D. Hathaway, 

 of New Bedford, Mass., on asters and 

 dahlias, and Daniel A. Clarke, of Fiske- 

 ville, on evergreen trees and shrubs. 



A large sized model of a biplane, in 

 the corner window of Macnair's new 

 store at Broad and Chestnut steeets, at- 

 >tracted much attention last week. The 

 display of cut flowers and plants added 

 to the attractiveness. 



Nathan D. Pierce, of the Home Nurs- 

 ery, of Norwood, is in New York and 

 Philadelphia for a couple of weeks, 

 combining business with pleasure. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of 

 Rhode Island will be held at the rooms 

 of the association, 98 Westminster 

 street, Monday evening, September 18. 

 William Taylor, of Lonsdale, is cut- 

 ting a nice lot of asters of all the latest 

 varieties, marketing an average of 

 2500 each day. He has his carnations 

 all benched, including all the leading 

 standard varieties. 



Joseph Kopelraan has just completed 

 glazing his latest addition to his range 

 of houses at Oaklawn. The interior of 

 "his sales store, 25 Washington street, 

 has been completely renovated. New 

 floors of hard wood, new frescoed ceil- 

 ing and white" enameled walls are 

 among the numerous improvements. 

 These, added to the new front, give 

 one of the most attractive flower stores 

 in Providence. 



The Burke Rose Co. is showing some 

 fine houses of roses, violets and chrys- 

 anthemums. 



The John L. Hayes Co. is a new nurs- 

 ery firm that has started at 130 Sum- 

 mer street, Woonsocket. They are 

 growers and importers of hardy orna- 

 mental trees, hardy flowering shrubs, 

 evergreens, roses, bulbs, etc. 



John Lee, of Lonsdale avenue. Cen- 

 tral Falls, is showing a fine collection 

 of dahlias. 



F. Dietz, of French street, is building 

 a new boiler house and a propagating 

 house. A new greenhouse, 100 feet in 

 length, is to be erected in the near 

 future. 



Albert Vanderbrook, formerly fore- 

 man of the Continental Nurseries, and 

 now foreman for the Burr Nursery Co., 



of Manchester, Conn., is visiting rela- 

 tives in the vicinity of Woonsocket. 



The Westminster Greenhouse, Inc., of 

 1205 Westminster street, has started 

 building a 30x35 foot addition to one 

 of its greenhouses. 



Wadley & Smythe, of Newport, re- 

 port this season to have been one of the 

 best in several years. 



Lawrence Hay, of East Providence, 

 is cutting some fine asters. 



H. C. Neubrand, with W. S. Pino, is 

 spending a few days with his brother 

 ^it Tarrytown, N. Y. 



A fine crop of summer blooming roses 

 is being shown by William Hay, of 

 Oaklawn. They find a ready sale at his 

 wholesale store on Clements street. 



Alfred T. Bunyard reports that his 

 first season in Newport has exceeded 

 all expectations. 



Martin Ockert, who is now in charge 

 of the Newell greenhouses at Attleboro, 

 has made a satisfactory start and his 

 benches are all looking well. 



W. S. Pino, of Washington street, has 

 returned from an automobile trip 

 through southeastern Massachusetts. 



Those interested in the establishment 

 of a wholesale flower market report sat- 

 isfactory progress during the last week. 

 A store has been leased at 45 Washing- 

 ton street and arrangements are being 

 made for the building of such stalls, 

 etc., as may be necessary. Telephone 

 connections and other details are being 

 arranged for and the market will be 

 opened October 2. Those who have al- 

 ready joined the new association in- 

 clude Macrae's Sons, John A. Macrae, 

 Walter S. Nichols, Elmer E. King, Hoff- 

 man Bros., O. H. Williams, Burke Rose 

 Co., J. A. Jansen, Albert A. Holscher, 

 Joseph Kopelman and A. Cushing. John 

 A. Macrae is president; Walter Macrae, 

 vice-president; 0. H. Williams, treas- 

 urer, and Elmer E. King, secretary. 

 W. H." M. 



BOCHESTEB. 



The Market. 



With the coming of September, trade 

 took a lively spurt and a few large 

 funerals and two weddings of note 

 made last week a most busy one. Cool 

 weather and a scarcity of garden flow- 

 ers also helped business and prospects 

 are bright for a good fall trade. 



Roses are good now and are coming 

 into the market in large quantities. 

 Killarney is fine in color and Tafts are 

 unusually good this week and bring a 

 big price. Marylands are excellent and 

 Richmonds also are good. White Kil- 

 larney is in splendid condition, while 

 Kaiserins are somewhat scarce, but of 

 good quality. The Wards are stiir in 

 great demand for all occasions. 



Carnations are now coming in, but 

 are taken up in advance of their ar- 

 rival. The quality is good, considering 

 the hot weather in August, but most 

 of the stems are short. Sweet peas are 

 gone completely, but asters are a drug 

 on the market, although choice ones 

 bring a good price. Gladioli are thin- 

 ning out. Orchids and valley are in 

 great demand, but are rather scarce. 



The demand for flowering plants is 

 good this fall and Boston ferns are also 

 selling well. 



Various Notes. 



Jacob B. Wiese and Miss Rose Wiese, 

 of Buffalo, spent Labor day here and 

 inspected a few of the florists' stores, 

 getting ideas for the new store which 



they will soon open at Franklin and 

 Chippewa streets in their own city. 



William Keller gave a clam bake to 

 his employees on Labor day. A sump- 

 tuous repast was served, including 

 clams in all styles, and all had a most 

 enjoyable time. 



A party of friends surprised Mr. and 

 Mrs. E. C. Armbrust upon their first 

 wedding anniversary, September 5, pre- 

 senting them with a beautiful picture. 



Keller has had some good wedding 

 orders lately, notably the one for the 

 Barry-Brewster affair, which kept the 

 force busy for several days. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., is 

 shipping some excellent dark pink Kil- 

 larney into this market. 



Miss Lillian Wheeler has returned 

 from her vacation. 



Walter Salmon, of Brighton, is grow- 

 ing some good Kaiserins. 



The Rochester Florists' Association 

 held its first regular monthly meeting^ 

 Monday, September 11. 



H. B. Weller, of Salter Bros., has re- 

 turned from his vacation. 



George Bennett made a trip to Toron- 

 to recently and visited the fair. 



The death of Lewis Chase, president 

 of Chase Bros. Co., is recorded in the 

 obituary column on another page of this 

 issue. 



R. H. McKerr, of Canandaigua, N. 

 Y., is putting up another greenhouse. 



Visitors: M. Cohen, representing 

 Wertheimer Bros., New York city; R. 

 Karlstrom, representing W. A. Manda, 

 of South Orange, N. J. E. C. A. 



DES MOINES, lA. 



A five-minute hail storm, which struck 

 this city September 6,* damaged prop- 

 erty to the extent of about .$5,000. The 

 greenhouse losses alone amount to over 

 $3,000. The storm was of unusual vio- 

 lence, with exceptionally large hail 

 stones and a strong wind. 



Foster Bros., proprietors of the former 

 Lozier greenhouses, report that every 

 piece of glass in the range was broken. 



The Iowa Seed Co. said that its 

 houses at Thirty-first street and King- 

 man boulevard were untouched, with 

 no glass broken, and the same report 

 came from J. S. Wilson's establish- 

 ment at Thirty-fifth street and Inger- 

 soU avenue. 



Nearly one-third of the glass in the 

 city's house at Union park was broken, 

 and A. L. Bebinger's range at Eight- 

 eenth and Walnut streets was badly 

 damaged, about 6,000 feet of glass be- 

 ing destroyed. 



BERNAEDSVILXE, N. J. 



At the flower show held here Sep- 

 tember 6 and 7, a splendid collection of 

 plants staged by William Duckham, gar- 

 dener to 13. W. James, of Madison, was 

 the envy and admiration of the craft, 

 many of whom hope it will induce their 

 employers to build the houses neces- 

 sary to produce such stock. The plants 

 of Dendrobium Sanderianum were su- 

 perb and a great factor in securing the 

 gold watch offered by Lord & Burn- 

 ham as a prize. 



William Elias, superintendent for M. 

 P. Bliss, showed field corn with stalks 

 sixteen feet long and ears that meas- 

 ured fourteen inches and were perfectly 

 full. 



The exhibits of cut flowers, fruits and 

 vegetables were good and called for 

 some close decisions by the judges. 



M. 





