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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januabt 12, 1911. 



proval of the board, the required $150 

 was made up then and there. "Wm. Sim, 

 of Clif tondale, Mass., offered a proposed 

 schedule of premiums, which was 

 adopted. The date for the sweet pea 

 day at the show was left to Secretary 

 Bunyard and Mr. Sim to arrange. It 

 will probably be March 29, and the so- 

 ciety will meet in the evening. It was 

 arranged that Prof. A. C. Beal be in- 

 vited to present a paper at the meeting 

 on "Trials of Sweet Peas Under 

 Glass." G. W. Kerr, of Fordhook, 

 Doylestown, Pa.; Wm. Duckham, of 

 Madison, N. J., and James Wheeler, of 

 Natick, Mass., were selected as judges, 

 and Wm. Sim was elected to act_ as 

 manager of the sweet pea exhibition. 

 It was decided that the scale of points 

 for judging be as follows: 



Stem 26 



Color 20 



Size 25 



Number of flowers on stem 15 



Substance 15 



Total 100 



In regard to seed trials at Cornell 

 during the coming season, the secretary 

 was instructed to write seedsmen to 

 furnish such seed of novelties and varie- 

 ties for trial as it might be desired to 

 try, and that the executive board sug- 

 gested that the trial ground should con- 

 tain not more than 100 of the latest 

 varieties and not more than twenty- 

 five seeds of any one variety. A letter 

 from Prof. John Craig was read, in 

 which that gentleman regretted his in- 

 ability to attend the board meeting, 

 and asked for instructions in different 

 matters relating to trials during the 

 coming season. It was decided to hold 

 a summer show this year, and that in- 

 vitations be solicited from cities wish- 

 ing to have the exhibition. 



PITTSBUEa, PA. 



The Market. 



The first week of the new year was 

 about- all one could expect it to be. 

 About as much business as stock. Some 

 few things, such as Paper White nar- 

 cissi and violets, were largely in excess 

 of demands, but from the wholesaler's 

 standpoint things were easy. 



Among the retail shops there is no 

 great rush, but all are doing a nice reg- 

 ular trade. 



Various Notes. 



' Karl Klinke, former secretary of the 

 McCallum Co., has severed his connec- 

 tion with that firm and, together with 

 Geo. A. Wehrheim, will start a retail 

 shop in the Jenkins Arcade as soon as 

 that building is- completed, which will 

 be about February 1. 



The Pittsburg Florists' Club met 

 Tuesday evening, January 3, with a 

 small but enthusiastic crowd present. 

 It was nomination night. John Jones, 

 of Schenley park, and Allen Swift, of 

 Homewood cemetery, are candidates for 

 president. The rest of the oflBcers were 

 renominated. There were several plant 

 exhibits and a paper was read by Neal 

 McCallum on the "Sage of the Club," 

 which was interesting. Coming so soon 

 after the holidays, the boys did not all 

 get out, but it is likely there will be a 

 good crowd next month for the election. 



Miss A. L. Wells, of Steubenville, O., 

 left last week to spend the balance of 

 the winter in California. 



The McBae-Jenkinson Co. closed its 

 Penn avenue store January 10, having 

 disposed of the lease. 



An exceedingly severe storm, which 

 recently struck this section, with wind, 

 hail, rain and thunder, did some slight 

 damage to the various greenhouses in 

 the way of blowing out all loose glass. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



NATIONAL SHOW TRADE DISPLAY. 



Manager Chester I. Campbell supplies 

 the following list of those who had en- 

 gaged space in the trades section of the 

 National Flower Show up to January 9: 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 



B. H. Tracy, Wenham, Mass. 

 Robt. Craig, Philadelphia. 



The Advance Co., Richmond, Ind. 



American Agricultural Chemical Co., Boston. 



United States Radiator Corp., Dunkirk, N. Y. 



Means & Thacher, Boston. 



Pierson U-Bar Co., New York. 



Lord & Burnbam Co., Irvington-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 



McFarland Publicity Bureau, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Henry F. Robinson & Co., Boston. 



Hemy F. Michell Co., Philadelphia. 



Werthelmer Bros., New York. 



Waits Interlocking Steel Co., Newburgh, N. Y. 



Bobblnk & Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. Y. 



John Lewis Chllds, Floral Park, N. Y. 



J. Jamdahl, Boston. 



Geo. M. Garland Co., Desplaines. 111. 



Hammond Paint & Slug Shot Works, Flshkill, 

 N. Y. 



Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., Boston. 



A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston. 



New England Mineral & Fertilizer Co.. Boston. 



King Construction Co., Nortli Tonawanda, N. Y. 



D. Landreth Seed Co., Bristol, Pa. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J. 



S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., Philadelphia. 



C. W. Brownell Co., Welden, N. Y. 

 Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston. 



3. Q. Adams Co., Boston. 



Lunt Moss Co., Boston. 



Kroeschell Bros. Co., Chicago. 



A. H. Hews & Co., Cambridge, Mass. 



Scbloss Bros., New York. 



Arthur T. Boddlngton, New York. 



Welch Bros., Boston. 



Thos. J. Grey & Co.. Boston. 



Yokohama Nursery Co., New York. 



R. * J. ii'arquhar, Boston. 



knight & Struck, New York. 



Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, N. J. 



Fottler, Flske. Rawson Co., Boston. 



Aphlne Mfg. Co., Madison, N. J. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn. 



Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 



The Foley Mfg. Co., Chicago. 



Revere Rnbber Co., Boston. 



Bradley Fertilizer Co., Boston. 



Best Oil Co., New York. 



Boston Belting Co., Boston. 



TORONTO. 



The Market. 



The reaction has set in and things are 

 a little quiet after the enormous holiday 

 rush, although business is still pretty 

 good. Funeral work has been plentiful. 

 Orders for decorations, for receptions 

 and other social functions are quite 

 plentiful. Roses, carnations and violets 

 are coming in quite freely and in good 

 condition. One of the trade expressed 

 the opinion that carnations are better 

 this year than they have been for some 

 time. Bulbous stock, however, is poor 

 in quality. The stems are short and 

 the keeping quality poor. This can be 

 accounted for by the lack of good grow- 

 ing weather. However, they sell readily, 

 having only been on the market a short 

 time so far. Sweet peas and azaleas 

 are in fair demand. 



Various Notes. 



Miller Bros., of Braeondale, are build- 

 ing three new houses. These are of 

 King construction, 29x300 feet each. 

 They will be used for carnations and 

 roses. This is an evidence of the pros- 

 perity of this firm's business. They 

 now have one of the largest establish- 

 ments around Toronto. 



The Dale Estate is adding three new 

 houses to its already enormous plant. 

 These are of King construction and are 

 each 22x650. 



Mr". Berlinger, of Stouffville, Ont., 



near Toronto, is contemplating three 

 new houses, and his son expects to erect 

 two or three in New Liskeard, Ont. 

 These latter will be the first in that 

 part of the country. 



Trade at St. Lawrence market con- 

 tinues good, and every Saturday and 

 Wednesday a big business is done. 



A new flower store has been opened 

 on College street, near Grace. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Business last week was unusually 

 good, two or three large funerals, sev- 

 eral social functions, and the municipal 

 and state inaugurations combining to 

 give the florists a keen hustle in the 

 making and delivering of designs and 

 cut flowers. 



On Saturday, January 7, one of the 

 large drug stores of this city began its 

 annual cut-price Saturday afternoon 

 sales on violets, selling bunches of 

 twenty-five for 19 cents. They are fur- 

 nished by Boston parties. Eegularly 

 violets are 50 cents to $1 per hundred 

 at wholesale in this market. Boses are 

 bringing $3 to $10 per hundred, accord- 

 ing to grade and* variety; carnations 

 from $1.50 to $3. Daffodils are now 

 coming in excellent quality and quan- 

 tity at $S per hundred; freesia $2, and 

 mignonette at $1.50 to $2 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



There were upwards of 200 large 

 bouquets, baskets, mounds and similar 

 pieces at the municipal inauguration, 

 the aggregate value being ekimated at 

 $1,200 to $1,500. Two striking piece* 

 were a horseshoe of mixed flowers by 

 William E. Chappell and a miniature 

 bowling alley by Charles Hunt. The 

 latter was about three feet in length 

 and two in width, the base being of 

 boxwood with white carnation stripes. 

 A single pin eighteen inches tall, of 

 white carnations, stood at one end and 

 a red ball of carnations at the opposite 

 end. 



While the floral tributes to the mem- 

 bers of the General Assembly were well 

 distributed, the decorations of the 

 capitol, as well as the state and gov- 

 ernor's pieces, were furnished by Thomaa 

 Curley, of this city. 



Eugene Appleton, for the William Ap- 

 pleton estate, had the decorations for 

 the recent municipal banquet at Nar- 

 ragansett hotel. 



F. Williams, son of O. H. Williams, is 

 nursing a badly injured left hand. While 

 sawing up some wood with a circular 

 saw recently, the log he was handling 

 slipped and his hand was cut nearly in 

 twain. Prompt attention will probably 

 save the hand. 



William Hay reports a big cut of roses 

 from his new houses at Oaklawn and 

 large sales at his downtown retail store. 



T. J. Johnston & Co., E. D. Brooks,, 

 manager, have had several large decora- 

 tions at the Crown and Narragansett 

 hotels during the last fortnight. 



William E. Chappell had seven large 

 funeral pieces January 2. 



The next meeting of the Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club of Rhode Island will 

 be held January 16 and will be made 

 the occasion of the annual banquet. 

 Dinner will be served at 7:30 o'clock, 

 and it is expected that there will be a 

 large party present. The committee hav- 

 ing the affair in charge consists of 

 President Robert Johnston, James Dil- 



