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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 26. 1911. 



have been exceedingly attractive of 

 late. 



While the Currie Bros. Co. does not 

 report an exceptionally fine run of 

 business, the firm is well pleased and 

 hopes the same gait will be kept up for 

 some time. 



Mrs. J. T. Hinchliffe, of Kacine, Wis., 

 was a Sunday caller. 



Next Thursday, November 2, the 

 monthly meeting of the Florists' Club 

 will take plac'e^ anfl as this is the last 

 meeting before the fall flower show, 

 a large attendance is desired and'ex- 

 pefted. 



August Euesch says that Saturday, 

 October 21, was the banner' Iflay thus 

 far. . E. O. 



PBOVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



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Last week seemed more in keeping 

 with the season than any since the 

 summer and in consequence there has 

 been a general air of satisfaction. Sev- 

 eral weddings of more than usual prom- 

 inence, with house and church decora- 

 tions, a number of large funerals and 

 a few home and social functions have 

 added to the bettered conditions. 

 Mums are more plentiful and begin- 

 ning to make their influence felt on 

 other products. Boses are more abun- 

 dant and carnsitions are of better quan- 

 tity and quality. Prices remain about 

 the same, with a slight reduction, if 

 anything. 



Various Notes. 



The new Providence Wholesale Flow- 

 er Market has finished its first week's 

 existence with satisfactory results. It 

 is confidently believed that as soon as 

 the rough edges get smoothed oS. it 

 will be the unanimous opinion that the 

 market was just the thing that was 

 wanted. 



The Bhode Island Horticulttiral So- 

 ciety is showing the results of the 

 change in officers and policies that went 

 into effect last spring and the future 

 is bright. At the regular monthly 

 meeting, October 18, notwithstanding 

 the steady down-pour of rain, there 

 was a good attendance, including a 

 lajge delegation from the Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of Bhode Island, 

 headed by President Bobert Johnston 

 and Vice-president Eugene Appleton. 

 The speaker of the evening was W. N. 

 Craig, of Boston, on bulbs. After his 

 lecture, which was profusely illus- 

 trated, he conducted an interesting 

 question box. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 and Gardeners' Club of Bhode Island 

 was held October 16, with a good at- 

 tendance. A nominating committee 

 was appointed to present a list of of- 

 ficers for election at the November 

 meeting. The society is to participate 

 with the Bhode Island Horticultural 

 Society in the show November 4 and 5. 

 It is also to join with the state society 

 in a series of lectures during the com- 

 ing winter. 



Thomas Boland, of Westerly, is send- 

 ing some fine mums to the Boston mar- 

 ket. 



Timothy O'Connor furnished the dec- 

 orations for the wedding of ex-Gover- 

 nor Charles Dean Kimball 's daughter 

 If^t week. 



Joseph Kinder, of Bristol, spent last 

 week in his camp on Prudence Island, 

 in Narragansett bay. 



Thomas T. Booth, at t^e Hill View 



Greenhouses, Manville, has a fine show- 

 ing of mums and carnations. 



John G. Gardner, formerly in the 

 greenhouses on the estate of James J. 

 Van Allen, at Newport, has accepted 

 a position in an orchid establishment 

 at Los Angeles, Gal. 



Johnston Bros, ^ad the decorations 

 for the Burlingame wedding last week. 



William Hay is preparing to install a 

 five horse-power electric QLOtOj^^Jfor 

 pumpi]|g purposes.* ^^ ' 



MisTDrtui^s never come singly, and 

 Nathan D. Pierce, of Norwood, can tes- 

 tify to this from his own experience of 

 last jyeek. His foot was injured by the 

 falling of a heavy board upon it; a val- 



uable horse died and the boiler in his 

 greenhouse gave out. 



The Home Nursery Co., at Norwood, 

 has begun the erection of 'two new 

 houses, 25x200 and 28x118. 



W. H. M. 



CINOINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



The market is in a rather peculiar 

 position. - Judging from appearances, 

 there is more than enough stock to fill 

 orders, but when the buyer wants a cer- 

 tain flower and wants it in a hurry, 

 then perhaps he must wait for the next 

 shipment. Last week Estelle mums 

 were the one great drag. While many 

 were sold, the supply was so large that 

 the price was hammered to the bottom. 

 The returns from other varieties also 

 suffered. With this large supply the 

 regular arrivals of dahlias, cosmos and 

 even asters and gladioli continue, and 

 it is fortunate that we have the busi- 

 ness that we have or a larger super- 

 fluity of supply might be apparent. 



In roses the early part of last week 

 Beauties were more than adequate, but 

 now they sell up every day. Other sorts 

 now clean up well. The carnation cut 

 locally is long on good white, an oc- 

 currence that is more or less of a 

 rarity here. The shades that were af- 

 fected by the hot weather have been 

 getting better each day, until now they 

 are first-class. 



As to other lines, lilies are not in 

 large supply, but are of good quality. 



Both double and single violets are com- 

 ing in stronger and fire in demand for 

 corsages. Valley cleans up regularly. 

 Orchids also enjoy a steady demand, lu 

 greens, the ferns are good and the samo 

 is true of the plumosus from the soutl . 



Club Meeting. ~ 



At a special meeting of the Florists 

 Club October 23, the entertainment com 

 mittee, composed of C. E. Critchell, I . 

 J. dinger and! Chayles fr. Hoffmeistei 

 submitted vari(Ms J^lans for entertain 

 ment?' of visiting ^orists during th' 

 shdw in November. The club a^Mseptec 

 the proposition of the Bismarck Cafe 

 'fhe entire rathskeller at that place ^ili 

 be given over to the fiorists for a large 

 Dutch lunch and smoker Thursday, No 

 vember 16, at 8 p. m. 



The executive committee of the 

 flower show reported that another sil 

 ver cup had been donated By the Sefton 

 Mfg. Co. The committee placed it on 

 the table decorations. All the cups 

 will be placed on exhibition in a few 

 days in a prominent downtown window. 

 All the details of the • exhibition have 

 been arranged^ Any firms wishing dis- 

 play space should write Wm. Murphy, 

 309 Main street. 



Various Notes. • 



J. A. Peterson, who recently returned 

 from Europe, brought with him plants 

 of Nephrolepis exaltata superba, Cyrto- 

 mium Bochf ordianum and new begonias 

 from Kiev. B. W. Peterson left Octo- 

 ber 23 for a business trip through the 

 middle west and Washin^on. 



October 21 a burglar stole the tele- 

 phone cable which Hield the wires to 

 C. E. Critchell's' and the-Oincinnati Cut 

 Flower Exchange... 



E. G. Gillett's wire factory is being 

 taxed to the limit to keep up with 

 orders. 



-It is with the greatest regret that 

 we tell of the death of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Bay Murphy's infant daughter, Evelyn 

 Buth, October 24. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 has its salesrooms in first-class shape. 

 Last week they received their stock of 

 supplies. 



Albert llcCullough is now catting 

 some excellent valley at his private con- 

 servatories. • .• 



Charles Pfeiffer is spending a few 

 weeks in hunting at Bliss^ Idaho. 



Some of A. Sunderbruch 'e Sons' 

 plants had a warm time October ^S. 

 They were caught in the fire that de- 

 stroyed the A. B. Closson Co. art store. 



C. E. Critchell now has more ferns 

 in storage than he has had any pre- 

 vious year. 



L. H. Kyrk has built a row of tables 

 that he can raise and lower on hinges, 

 so that he can have more space at his 

 command during the rush hours in the 

 morning. 



Visitors: E. J. Fancourt, represent- 

 ing Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia; 

 C. M. Witsch, representing American 

 Foil Co., New York, and W. G. Mat- 

 thews, Jr., of Dayton. C. H. H. 



Burlington, la. — Mrs. Joseph Bock is 

 continuing the prosperous business of 

 her husband, recently deceased. 



Aioert Lea, Minn. — A greenhouse, 

 20x30, is being erected here for use 

 in the experimental work of the high 

 school agricultural department. 



