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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



April 27, 1911. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



"The biggest fjister ever"— that \s 

 about the size of it here, and local flo- 

 rists are well satisfied. In the first part 

 of the week the weather man gave us 

 the worst of it, and prospects looked 

 blue for us. He relented somewhat on 

 Friday'Jand gave us an in&tallment of 

 ideal Spring weather, which brought out 

 the floip^er buj'ers galore, and everybody 

 was on the jump until Easter afternoon. 



Never before has such a glorious ar- 

 ray of blooming plants been seen here 

 for the occasion. Rhododendrons in the 

 various shades; lilac, both white and 

 lavender; azaleas at their best and an 

 extra fine lot of hydrangeas were per- 

 haps the leaders, closely followed by 

 astilbes and the ever popular Easter 

 lily, which was mostly used for the 

 church decorations. Quantities of val- 

 ley, forget-me-nots and pansies, in pans 

 and baskets and other suitable recep- 

 tacles, were disposed of readily. Some 

 Dorothy Perkins and Tausendschon roses 

 were to be seen and they sold well. 

 The Baby Bambler was also to be seen, 

 but was a poor seller; the stock of this 

 was not any too good, which may have 

 helped to hold back the sale. Various 

 other plants, such as geraniums, ager- 

 atums and heliotropes, were made up in 

 pans, and seemed to be the filling in 

 for the cheaper class of trade. 



Bulbous stock was scarce at the 

 stores, but the boys around the ceme- 

 teries were there with a good supply 

 and they cleaned up entirely. Every- 

 thing that was salable was disposed of, 

 as the ideal weather brought out big 

 crowds to the cemeteries, and some of 

 the florists Avho cater to this trade 

 were sold out at 3 p. m. on Easter Sun- 

 day. 



It was mostly a plant Easter, but cut 

 flowers were not far behind. Cut lilies, 

 as usual, had a good call and were not 

 quite as scarce as was predicted a few 

 weeks ago. They sold at $3 and $4 per 

 dozen. American Beauties were readily 

 disposed of at from $6 to $18 per dozen; 

 the supply was a little short. Killar- 

 ney, White Killarney, Mrs. Jardine 

 and Richmond were the best sellers in 

 their class. Carnations cleaned up well; 

 the supply was rather short. Orchids, 

 gardenia's and valley had a big call for 

 corsages. Quantities of sweet peas were 

 used up. 



Business since the big event has been 

 rushing, and stock is cleaning up well 

 each day. 



Various Notes. 



The greenhouse men are busy getting 

 their carnations into the fields and are 

 taking advantage of every bright day. 

 The florists aiound the cemeteries are 

 busy planting ivy on the graves and 

 setting out pansy and rose beds. 



The- auto seems to be "the one best 

 bet" for the delivery of Easter stock, 

 and several local florists hired machines. 



C. L. Brunson, of Paducah, Ky., was 

 in town last week. He has charge of 

 the flower display at the state fair, and 

 was here on that business. 



The next monthly meeting of the Ken- 

 tucky Society of Florists will be held 

 at J. B. Stuessy's East End Floral 

 Bazaar, on Market street. K. R. 



Joli«t, 111.— A. C. Eott had a large 

 decoration at the Union club for the 

 Easter party and got a fine notice in 

 the society columns of the local dailies. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



There has been a far better business 

 the week following Easter than has 

 been the case in this vicinity in many 

 years, although the prices were far be- 

 low the scale previous to Holy Week. 

 From now on the attention of the grow- 

 ers will be devoted to the preparations 

 for new stocic in the field, rebenching 

 and other similar work, while the retail- 

 ers are overhauling and preparing for 

 the Memorial day trade and the June 

 graduations. From all sides the verdict 

 is the same; namely, that this year's 

 Easter business exceeded any previous 

 year in the history of the city. 



Society Meetings. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island was held at the rooms of the as- 

 sociation, 98 Westminster street, Mon- 

 day evening, April 17, with a good at- 

 tendance. President Robert Johnston 

 occupied the chair. An interesting dis- 

 cussion on the recent Boston show fol- 

 lowed the transaction of business, and 

 some instructive reports were received 

 from several of the members who at- 

 tended. The paper of the evening was 

 read by James Hockey, of Pawtucket, 

 on "Cyclamen," and was afterwards 

 freely discussed. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Rhode Island Horticultural Society 

 at the public library lecture room 

 Wednesday evening, April 19, Edward 

 A. Farrar, of South Lincoln, Mass., 

 spoke on grape growing, and Prof. G. 

 E. Adams gave a history of grape cul- 

 ture. Four names were added to the 

 list of members. 



A paper on "The Sweet Pea and Its 

 History" was read at the regular meet- 

 ing of the Newport Horticultural So- 

 ciety and generally discussed. John W. 

 Cox, representing Veitch & Co., of Lon- 

 don, England, was present and read a 

 paper on "Plant History and Mythol- 

 ogy. ' ' 



Various Notes. 



William Crompton, of East Green- 

 wich, furnished the Easter decorations 

 for three churches in his town. 



Oren Smith, of Pawtucket, had six- 

 teen funeral pieces one day recently and 

 reports being especially busy the last 

 few months. 



Miss Anna Urquhart, bookkeeper, and 

 her sister, Miss Christina Urquhart, 

 clerk, for Gibscn Bros., Newport, are en- 

 joying a vacation among relatives in 

 New York. 



S. W. Smith, representing Thomas W. 

 Emerson & Co., of Boston, was a visitor 

 in this city last week. 



Ralph Armstrong, manager for Wad- 

 ley & Smythe, of Newport, who recently 

 underwent an operation, has returned 

 to active business again, fully recovered. 



John W. Gibson, of Gibson Bros., of 

 Newport, is suffering from a severe at- 

 tack of rheumatism. 



The plan for a new street on the east 

 side of Providence is of more than pass- 

 ing interest to W. E. Barrett & Co., 

 from the fact that the project contem- 

 plates the removal of the building on 

 Canal street v/hich that firm has occu- 

 pied for more than two decades. 



Lawrence Hay, of East Providence, 

 presented the operatives of the East 

 Providence telephone exchange with 

 potted Easter lilies at Easter. 



James McLeish has been appointed 



by M-ayor P. J. Boyle, of* ,I*«j(rpoirt, as 

 a member of the park cotniriission of 

 that city. 



A. Chorard, of Pawtucket; furnished 

 the Easter decorations for the Polish 

 church at Central Falls, using more 

 than 3,000 roses and 500 lilies. Potted 

 wistarias, ferns and bulbous stock were 

 also used. 



The annual fruit, flower and plant ex- 

 hibition of the Newport Horticultural 

 Society will be held June 22 and 23. 



W. H. M. 



BOSTON. 



The IVIarket. 



For a few days after Easter cut 

 flower trade was exceptionally good, 

 nearly everything cleaning up well, in 

 marked contrast to the preceding week, 

 which was one of the poorest of the 

 year in cut flowers. Weddings and 

 funerals of quite a number of prominent 

 people used up large quantities of 

 flowers, but this demand has now to 

 some extent ceased and conditions are 

 much less favorable. Carnations are still 

 in oversupply and prices not what they 

 should be. The quality is exceptionally 

 good. Quite a few Fair Maids are now 

 arriving, but Pink Delight and En- 

 chantress are still excellent. Roses are 

 in good supply and inclined to be 

 druggy. Prices are down so that the 

 street fakers are able to handle a good 

 many. Richmond is now of fine quality 

 and the Beauty crop is good. There is 

 still a good call for Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 and the Killarneys. 



Violets are on their last legs. There 

 are still some few singles, but most of 

 the arrivals are doubles. Sweet peas 

 are selling as well as anything on the 

 market. They are seen in large quanti- 

 ties and of grand quality. Countess 

 Spencer nets the fanciest prices. Bulb- 

 ous flowers hold out well and the cold 

 weather just suits the specialists in 

 these flowers. Narcissi and tulips are 

 averaging as much as carnations in 

 price, if fancies are excepted. Large- 

 flowered gladioli are not selling well, 

 but Peach Blossom moves much better. 

 Lilium longiflorum and L. candidum and 

 callas are abundant and lower. Cattleya 

 MossisB is now relieving the temporary 

 scarcity of cattleyas. Valley is abun- 

 dant, but not selling so well. Mar- 

 guerites, primroses and bachelor's but- 

 tons are all good sellers. Green stock 

 is in good demand. 



Pot plant trade remains fairly good. 

 All the specialists in these report an 

 exceptionally fine Easter trade. Quite 

 a few geraniums, pansies, daisies, for- 

 get-me-nots and other bedding plants 

 are now to be seen and, but for the 

 unprecedentedly cold April weather, 

 frosts almost nightly and frequent snow 

 storms, business in them would be 

 more active. 



Club Meeting. 



The club meeting held April 25, which 

 had been postponed for one week, at- 

 tracted an attendance of 150, which is 

 good for such a busy season. The re- 

 ports of Thomas Pegler and Peter 

 Fisher on entertainment of the S. A. F. 

 National Show visitors was of a satis- 

 factory nature, showing all bills paid 

 and a' balance of nearly $500 on hand. 

 Many congratulatory letters had been 

 received for courtesies extended. The 

 report was received with enthusiastic 

 applause and it was voted to place $600 

 in a permanent entertainment fund for 



