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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



VUr 4, 1911. 



the largest ahippers of high grade yel- 

 low marguerites at present. These 

 flowers are selling as well as anything 

 in the market at present. 



The Sutermeister estate, of Eead- 

 ville, reports an excellent bulb season. 

 They are now busy getting their big 

 stock of bedding plants in shape for 

 spring sales, and have already sold a 

 large number. W. N. Craig. 



WATEEBUEY, CONN. 



'.. ; . The Majrket. 



The fine weather has brought stock 

 on rapidly. The weather the last few 

 days reminds one of summer. The con- 

 ditions sii tie wholesale placed are ex- 

 cellent as far as stock is concerned. 

 Thei'e was plenty of it last week, but 

 the demand was not so heavy as it was 

 a ' month ago, though many weddings 

 are taking place daily. 



Sweet' peas are not brought into town 

 in large quantities, and the stems are 

 not so long ds the retailer would like 

 to see, 'but they are quickly sold and 

 there do not seem to be enough to fill 

 all requirements. In other classes of 

 stoek there is little to spare, and the 

 growers cannot complain of difficulty 

 in disposing of it. Of course there is a 

 great demand for funeral work. 



In the surrounding towns much the 

 gamte conditions prevail, and business 

 in geiieral is better than a year ago. 



' ' Various Notes. 



Alexander Dallas has removed his 

 greenhouses from Union and Willow 

 streets to h's new location at Mill 

 Plain, Mr, Dallas intends to keep his 

 greenhouse at West Side Hill. 



The Flower Shop, 144 Bank street, 

 reports a fine winter. 



Walter Dallas has become associated 

 with his father at his new plant at 

 Mill Plain. B. 



DENVEE. 

 The Market. 



The weeks following Easter have 

 been fairly good, but not quite good 

 enough to move all the stock that is 

 being put upon the market. There 

 seems to be an abundance of every- 

 thing but sweet peas, and for these 

 there is a heavy demand. Most of the 

 peas are of extra good quality and, 

 with the passing of the violet, are 

 greatly in demand for corsage bou- 

 quets. 



Beauties, carnations and roses are at 

 a standstill, but perhaps when the 

 Easter plants drop their blooms they 

 will move more rapidly. Shipping trade 

 has kept up wonderfully, and has been 

 a sou,rce of much consolation to the 

 wholesalers. Easter lilies are too nu- 

 merous to mention. There are quanti- 

 ties of them, with no visible outlet, 

 and the loss will be considerable. 



Since Easter, some of the department 

 stores that do not deal regularly in 

 flowers have bought up job lots of 

 plants, and have had special sales, cut- 

 ting the prices almost to nothing. 



Leucothoe sprays are fast coming 

 into, favor. It takes a little coaxing 

 at first to get a customer to try them, 

 but once he has used them he realizes 

 their value, especially when fern leaves 

 are so scarce. 



Everyone reports . a good Easter 

 trade, which, in the majority of cases, 

 rap sLl^ghtly ahe^d of last year. 



Florists' Card Party. 



The second annual card party and 

 dance of the Colorado Florists' Club, 

 held Saturday evening, April 22, at T. 

 M. A. hall, was pronounced by all to 

 be the most enjoyable affair ever given 

 by the florists of this city. 



The hall was beautifully decorated 

 with carnations, Easter lilies and snap- 

 dragons, and the orchestra was hidden 

 by quantities of palms and potted 

 plants. E. P. Neiman, of the Park 

 Floral Co., did the decorating. The 

 flowers and plants were donated for 

 the occasion by various stores and 

 greenhouses. 



Dancing was enjoyed by many, and 

 included a prize waltz. Card playing 

 attracted others and prizes were 

 awarded to the winners of the most 

 games. 



Punch was served all, evening, and 

 ice cream, pineapple ice and cake were 

 passed around. 



Nearly every retail store and green- 

 house had a represenlative present and 

 in some cases there were a ^ozen or 

 more from one place. The hall was 

 crowded, there being between 200 and 

 300 in attendance. 



When it was time to go home, the 

 guests were told to help themseliVes to 

 the cut flowers that had been, used in 

 decorating, and it was really laughable 

 to see how eager some of the retailers 

 were to get a share of what was being 

 given away. Perhaps they wanted it 

 for a souvenir. 



Several Colorado Springs florists 

 came to town especially for the occa- 

 sion. They were John Berry, Ed John- 

 son, W. E. Crump, J. Hagemeyer and 

 Mr. Lovett. 



The party was under the direction of 

 A. H. Bush, and he and his able corps 

 of assistants deserve a few words of 

 congratulation on the success of the 

 affair. 



Various Notes, 



J. L. Ennegon has purchased the New 

 York Floral Co. M. Nichols finds it 

 necessary to remain here for a few 

 months, but he is now planning to go 

 home "to the old country" when 

 things are settled. 



August Schenkel, one of Denver's 

 pioneer florists, who at one time con- 

 ducted the greenhouses now owned by 

 Ben Boldt, died last week. 



A mile above sea level seems to be 

 too high for the majority of florists 

 who come here from the east. The al- 

 titude has affected Fred Lienhart, of 

 Chicago, who has been with Fred Hall 

 about three weeks, and he is making 

 preparations to leave as soon as possi- 

 ble. 



People have queer ideas about fu- 

 neral designs, but one was made last 

 week that beat them all. It was for 

 the funeral of a saloonkeeper and was 

 made of one large and two small gates 

 ajar, with the gates removed, the Tar;je 

 design being in the center. The three 

 arches were supposed to represent the 

 back of a saloon bar. The florist was 

 instructed to fill in the spaces between 

 the arches with mirrors, to make it look 

 more realistic, but some of the rela- 

 tives came in and objected, so they 

 were removed. The total length of the 

 design was about eight feet. 



A. H. Bush, of the floral department 

 of the Daniels & Fisher Stores Co., re- 

 ports that their Easter business ran 

 from forty to fifty per cent over any 

 previous holiday. 'This was probably 

 due to the fact that so much additiopal 



space was given over to the flower de- 

 partment. The departments which oc- 

 cupied the Sixteenth street side of the 

 old building had just moved into the 

 new store, and with this added room, 

 there was an opportunity to display the 

 stock to better advantage and more 

 room to wait on customers. 



Two more store men have been added 

 to the Park Floral Co. 's pay roll. They 

 are W. A. Miller, formerly with the 

 W. L. Eock Flower Co., Kansas City^ 

 Mo., and H. Schilling, of Indianapolis, 

 Ind., a former employee of John Eie- 

 man and A. Wiegand & Son. 



Mr. and Mrs,' F. X. Goeschl are the 

 proud parents of twin boys, born last 

 week. 



Visitors: Chas. F. Fawcett, Boulder, 

 Colo.; Mr. Chapin, Lincoln, Neb. 



M. E. J. 



MEEIDEN, CONN. 



The Market. 



This has been a strenuous week for 

 Meriden florists, as there were quite a 

 number of large funerals that called 

 for the best the market could afford. 

 Everything in the flower line was used. 

 There have been numerous May wed- 

 dings, but few big ones. 



General trade is keeping up well. 

 The demand for bulbous stock con- 

 tinues. The call for valley has been 

 brisk, but there was plenty to go 

 around. Sweet peas are not so good 

 as they have been and the stems are 

 getting shorter. The public has no- 

 ticed this fact and, as a consequence, 

 the demand is not so brisk as it has 

 been. Carnations are fully fifty per 

 cent better than they were two months 

 ago. The growers still show an in- 

 clination to keep the prices up to what 

 they were at Easter time, but the in- 

 dications are that they will drop in 

 price in a few days. 



Various Notes. 



Joe Greenbacker has a large showing 

 of dark double violets and sweet peas. 

 He reports an unusually active week, 

 chiefly in funeral work and wedding 

 decorations. 



E. W, Barrow reported a heavy week. 

 A fine window showing^ was made of 

 potted plants and cut flowers. 



The Blatchley Co, has been making 

 fine improvements in the store on 

 West Main street, Mr, Blatchley has 

 been established in Meriden several 

 years. This has been one of the best 

 years in the history of his store. 



Many of the local grocery stores 

 have fancy plants for sale. B. 



Saginaw, Mich. — J. B. Goetz & Sons 

 are building three new houses, each 

 28x150, using the Garland iron-frame 

 construction, and will plant them to cut 

 flowers. 



Eowayton, Conn. — Traendly & 

 Schenck, the well known New York 

 florists, whose greenhouses are located 

 here, have begun the erection of a 

 large addition to their range. A car- 

 load of glass has been received for the 

 purpose. 



Carbondale, HI.— E, W. Plater, of 

 Lilac Place, had the decorations and 

 furnished the bouquets for the recent 

 Whittlesey-Hypes wedding here. The 

 bouquets were made up by a Chicago 

 wholesale florist and shipped to Mr. 

 Plater here, arriving in fine shape. 



