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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Sbftidhbbb 14, 1911^;: 



PITTSBUEGH. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions have not improved 

 any over what they have been for 

 several months. In fact, from some 

 points of view they are much worse, 

 as during July and August there was 

 no more good stock than was needed 

 and there was not much concern about 

 it if there was not much trade, but 

 now the situation is entirely different, 

 as the market is loaded with asters 

 that are much larger and better than 

 the early chrysanthemums are likely to 

 be, and gladioli, roses and lilies are 

 arriving in such quantities that it is 

 simply impossible to unload them at 

 any price. A few of the best take 

 care of the trade and anything which 

 is not first-class finds its way to the 

 garbage can, as there is no price low 

 enough to coax purchasers to buy in 

 quantitieB and the lot of the wholesaler 

 is not a happy one just now. Pittsburgh 

 never received finer asters or more of 

 them than are coming in just now and 

 the shipper who is sending anything 

 except first-class stock will be lucky to 

 get express charges out of it. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club met September 

 5 at the Fort Pitt hotel, with thirty- 

 five members present, and there were 

 some interesting talks on the flowers 

 shown. 



John W. Jones showed late branch- 

 ing asters and outdoor-grown snapdrag- 

 ons in crimson and yellow. 



W. J. MeFarland had a bunch of 

 Nymphsea dahlias. Neil McCallum had 

 a varied collection, embracing almost 

 everything in tender and hardy flowers 

 in bloom at this time. 



There were two exhibits sent in which 

 did not reach the meeting, as they were 

 delivered to the hotel gardener, who 

 locked them in the refrigerator and 

 went home and forgot to put them in 

 the room in which the club met. They 

 belonged to the M. Crawford Co., Cuya- 

 hoga Falls, who sent the following 

 gladioli: White Lady, Kunderd's Cream, 

 New America, Jean, Princeps, Bonnie, 

 Winifred, Helen Sill, Margaret and 

 Glory. This collection was considered 

 by those who saw it to contain all the 

 colors that were necessary for commer- 

 cial cut flowers. 



Frank Banning, of Kinsman, O., sent 

 his collection of varieties, which con- 

 tained Panama, a deeper pink than 

 America; Niagara, America, 1900, Klon- 

 dyke, Augusta and a number of others, 

 including a lot of what he called Pana- 

 ma bulbs; the boys called them the best 

 cantaloupes they ever tasted. They 

 were sent out among the club members 

 the next day and the only regret was 

 that all were not able to see the collec- 

 tion of flowers and partake of the fruit. 



Various Notes. 



Paul Kandolph met with what might 

 have been a serious accident when he 

 was returning from his new greenhouse 

 plant at Sandy Creek in his automobile. 

 They were making some improvements 

 alonff the road and in trying to avoid 

 hitt&g an Italian, who crawled out of 

 the aitch in front of him, he turned his 

 machine to one side and went over an 

 embankment. The machine turned tur- 

 tle, but Mr. Kandolph escaped with a 

 bad shaking up. 



The florists who are growing fruits 

 will be interested in a free public dem- 



onstration of modern methods of caring 

 for fruit trees. The work of the sum- 

 mer will be reviewed for the benefit of 

 those interested by State Economic 

 Zoologist H. A. Surface, field demon- 

 stration at farms of A. B. GilfiUan, 

 Bridgeville, Pa., R. No. 1, September 

 18; at farm of Fred Reiber, Butler, 

 September 20, and at farm of Dr. John 

 J. Allen, Monaca, Pa., September 23. 



Frank Faulk and family have just 

 returned from an automobile trip to 

 Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland and Niagara 

 Falls, touching at Chautauqua and 

 Conneaut Lake. Except that they were 

 storm-stayed for five or six days at 

 Cambridge Springs, they had a most 

 delightful trip, covering 738 miles and 

 getting home without so much as a 

 puncture. Hoo-Hoo. 



The McCallum Co. announces that it 

 will open a wholesale cut flower and 

 supply house September 30 at 341 High 

 avenue, Cleveland. W. Q. Potter, vice- 

 president of the company, will go to 

 Cleveland to act as manager. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Trade is beginning to liven up a 

 little, but the weather continues warm, 

 with an occasional rain. Carnations 

 have improved wonderfully in the last 

 ten days. Bride and Maid are still 

 small, but Beauties and Killamey are 

 good stock. Asters are more plentiful 

 and some unusually good stock is to 

 be had. 



State Fair. 



The classes in the floral department, 

 at the state fair, were well filled this 

 year. As usual, the space was inade- 

 quate. Following is the list of awards: 



Potted plants, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second. 



Ten ferns, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; Reinken 

 Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



ColeuB, Baur & Stelnkamp, first; Roepke-Rle- 

 man Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Geraniums, Roepke-Rleman Co., first. 



Begonias, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second. 



Variegated-leaved plants, Roepke-Rleman Co., 

 first; Reinken Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Latania Borbonlca, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co., second. 



Kentia, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; Reinken 

 Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Araucaria, Roepke-Rieman Co., first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., third. 



Asparagus Sprengeri, Roepke-Rleman Co., 

 first* Pahud Floral Co., second. 



Boston fern, Pahud Floral Co., first; Reinken 

 Floral Co., second; Roepke-Rieman Co., third. 



Crested fern, Roepke-Rieman Co., first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., third. 



Adlantum Farleyense, Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 Roepke-Rieman Co., second. 



Adlantum, Baur & Stelnkamp, first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second; Roepke-Rieman Co., third. 



Pandanus, Pahud Floral Co., first; Roepke- 

 Rieman Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., third. 



New and rare plant, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., 

 third. 



Floral arrangement, Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 George Cause, second; Reinken Floral Co., third. 



Bride's bouquet, Pahud Floral Co., first. 



Basket of flowers, Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 Reiiiken Floral Co., second. 



Vnse of flowers, Roepke-Rieman Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., 

 third. 



Cut flowers, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second. 



Gladioli, Roepke-Rleman Co., first; B. T. 

 Barnes, second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Asters, Baur & Stelnkamp, first; Reinken Floral 

 Co., second; Pahud Floral Co., third. 



Cannas, Roepke Rleman Co., first. 



Twenty-fiye American Beauties, Roepke-Rleman 

 Co., first; Pahud Floral Co., second; Reinken 

 Floral Co., third. 



Twenty-five red roses, Roepke-Rieman Co., first; 

 Pahud Floral Co., second; Reinken Floral Co., 

 third. 



Twenty-five white roses, Roepke-Rieman Co., 

 first; Reinken Floral Co., second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Twenty-five pink roses, Pahud Floral Co., first; 

 Reinken Floral Co., second; Roepke-Rleman Co., 

 third. 



Fifty white carnations, Reinken Floral Co., 

 first; Roepke-Rleman Co., second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Fifty fiesh pink carnations, Reinken Floral Co., 

 first; Pahud Floral Co., second; Roepke-Rleman 

 Co., third. 



Fifty bright pink carnations, Reinken Floral 

 Co., first; Roepke Rleman Co., second. 



Fifty scarlet carnations, Roepke-Rieman Co., 

 first; Reinken Floral Co.. second; Pahud Floral 

 Co., third. 



Twelve yellow chrysanthemums, Roepke-Rle- 

 man Co., first. 



Display of dahlias, E. T. Barnes, first; Pahud 

 Floral Co., second. 



Various Notes. 



Alfred Brandt has been advertising 

 a sale of Boston ferns this week. He 

 offered $2 ferns for $1.15. 



Alfred Pahud has announced the en- 

 gagement of his daughter, Louise, and 

 Otto Ashberger. The wedding is to take 

 place October 18. 



E. T. Barnes, of Spencer, was in the 

 city this week, being an exhibitor at 

 the state fair. Mr. Barnes is president 

 of the Western Gladiolus and Dahlia 

 Society, which is to have a dahlia show 

 here the latter part of this month. 



George Gause, of Richmond, was in 

 the city Thursday, having entered in 

 the best floral arrangement class at the 

 state fair. Mr. Gause exhibited a floral 

 lyre, a tasteful piece of work, and re- 

 ceived the second prize for it. 



Smiling Frank Farney spent a day 

 with the trade this week. 



The Roepke - Riemen Co. and the 

 Pahud Floral Co. got their share of 

 the premiums awarded at the state fair 

 this year. 



John Rieman, who usually gets the 

 lion's share of the premiums at the 

 state fair, did not exhibit this year. 



Carl Brough, with the Dayton Paper 

 Novelty Co., was a caller this week. 



H. L. W. 



COLTTMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade has improved somewhat since 

 last writing. Quite a lot of good stock 

 is coming in. Roses are improving right 

 along. Mrs. A. Ward is more plentiful 

 and, from all appearances, it is likely 

 to be a good seller; it seems to fill a 

 long-felt want in the way of color, as 

 a great many buyers of it speak of the 

 beautiful autumn colors combined in it. 

 Brides and Maids are better and there 

 is some fancy stock of these to be seen 

 now. The call for Beauties is rather 

 light and a limited quantity is to be 

 seen. Carnations are improving right 

 along. As yet, there is not a great deal 

 of anything but white and Enchantress, 

 but the quality improves from day to 

 day and the demanid i« about equal to 

 the supply. Some first-class asters are 

 coming in and the better grades sell 

 well, while the poor stock goes begging. 

 Gladioli are still plentiful, but the qual- 

 ity is not as good as a few weeks ago. 

 There has been a good supply of lilies, 

 both Easter and rubrum, and they move 

 well. Funeral work last week used up 

 a good deal of stock, especially in the 

 shorter grades of asters and carnations. 

 Quite a few ferns have been sold in the 

 last week or so and the indications are 

 that there will be a heavy demand for 

 them about the time the plants are 

 taken into the houses. 



Various Notes. 



E. Metzmaier reports business im- 

 proving right along. 

 Sherman Stephens says he has enough 



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