AtGLST 8, 1912. 



The Florists* Review 



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OBITUARY. 



a. W. Wright. 



George \\ . Wright, a member of the 

 Acme Seed Co., at Dayton, O., died at 

 his home, 223 Oxford avenue, on Sunday 

 morning, July 28, at the age of 53 years. 

 He had been ill for about a year, suf- 

 fering from a complication of diseases. 

 He was born in Dayton in 1859 and 

 had spent his entire life in that city. 

 He was well known in Dayton View, 

 where he had resided for many years. 

 He leaves a widow and four children, 

 Mildred, Janet, Charles and Ralph 

 Wright. He also leaves six sisters and 

 one brother. He was a prominent mem- 

 ber of the Riverdale K. of P. lodge 

 and the Modern Woodmen of America. 



S. W. La Pointe. 



Samuel W. La Pointe, a nurseryman 

 of Monroe, Mich., died July 26, after 

 an illness of four days. He was 63 years 

 old and was born in Prance. He is sur- 

 vived by his wife and six children, one 

 of whom is Sister M. Viola, of St. 

 Marv's convent. 



NASHVUiLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The last two weeks have been ex- 

 tremely dry and, while the last three 

 days were as cool as October, the heat 

 and drought have begun to tell on the 

 supply of outside flowers that has been 

 so abundant. This, however, is a bene- 

 fit rather than a detriment to the trade. 

 Many are away on their vacations, but 

 the cool weather, if continued a few 

 days longer, will deter many who have 

 not yet left. 



The supply of good cut flowers is 

 abundant with all our growers. Most 

 of them report that stock is in un- 

 usually good condition and the outlook 

 for fall and winter was never better. 

 Carnations have been troubled a great 

 deal here of late years with disease, 

 especially in the open ground. Thus far 

 this season almost no trouble has been 

 experienced, either in the field or in 

 the houses. The young stock is all 

 maturing rapidly, and the supply is 

 good. 



There has been an entire absence of 

 public or social functions of moment 

 in the last fortnight, and so the mar- 

 ket has been quiet. Funeral work, with 

 the usual demand for bouquets, has 

 moved most of the good stock at rea- 

 sonable prices. No one expects any- 

 thing better at this time of year. 



Various Notes. 



Haury & Sons report a steady busi- 

 ness, with little of the dullness so 

 common at this season. They are hav- 

 ing a good cut of unusually fine roses. 

 Their Gates and Marylands would be 

 hard to beat. Of course they have 

 plenty of the others, but I was espe- 

 cially struck with the quality of these. 

 Their heaviest sales are in pot plants, 

 an item it would be well to note, for 

 the trend seems to be more and more 

 in that direction for summer decora- 

 tions. Gloxinias, fancy-leaved cala- 

 diums, ferns and chenille plants have 

 been their leaders. 



Geny Bros, report a good supply of 

 flowers of all kinds, with business ex- 

 tremely satisfactory. They are grow- 

 ing all their carnations inside this year 

 on account of disease in the field, and 

 are more than pleased with the results. 

 They are cutting the best asters I 



have seen this season. While the sup- 

 ply of lilies is always good here, they 

 seem to be of better quality at present 

 than usual. Their supply of Kaiserin, 

 Ivory and Maryland roses continues 

 abundant and the quality all that could 

 be desired. 



The Joy Floral Co. planted twenty 

 acres of late potatoes on its grounds 

 last week as a profitable side crop to 

 change the land. More florists would 

 find such a rotation of crops a benefit 

 to their soil as well as to their pocket- 

 books. They have 20,000 or 30,000 

 cyclamens in 4-inch and 5-inch pots 

 that certainly are a joy to behold. 

 They should be just right for the holi- 

 day trade. They are still cutting a 



few good white carnations from the 

 old plants, while they cut their first 

 flowers from the new plants this week. 

 Their supply of valley, gladioli, lilies 

 and roses is steady. I noticed some 

 exceptional Beauties this week. Budd- 

 leia for cut flowers is an experiment 

 with them this summer. It is effective 

 in design work. 



Our city parks were never better 

 kept than this season. The cannas are 

 grand and the worm that has wrought 

 such havoc the last two seasons has not 

 made its appearance as yet. The severe 

 winter may have been responsible for 

 this. There is no better salesman for 

 the florist than a well-kept public park. 



Floyd Bralliar. 



Brattleboro, Vt. — Carl S. Hopkins is 

 erecting another greenhouse, 31%xl00, 

 and expects to have it completed by Sep- 

 tember 1. It will be used principally 

 for carnations. 



Homer, N. Y. — J. J. Arnold will add 

 two greenhouses, each 26x75, this sum- 

 mer. Last season he rebuilt three 

 houses, 20x50, replacing all small glass 

 with 16x24 panes. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — The King Con- 

 struction Co. has erected the frame- 

 work of a new greenhouse, 35x550, for 

 Benjamin Dorrance, on Dorrance Farms, 

 Kingston. 



Trinidad, Colo.— The Trinidad Central 

 Park Co., greenhouse department, Max 

 Lehman, manager, is putting up 25,000 

 feet of glass, to be used for pot plants 

 and cut flowers for both wholesale and 

 retail trade. 



Waxahachle, Tex. — W. B. Forrest is 

 adding another greenhouse, which will 

 cover all available space along Grace 

 street. When this house is completed, 

 Mr. Forrest will have a continuous 

 roof of glass over the entire width of 

 the block. 



Adams, Mass. — A. J. Boothman is 

 tearing down one of his oldest green- 

 houses and replacing it with a modern 

 structure which will connect all his 

 houses in such a way as to save both 

 time and fuel. He is also planning 

 other extensive improvements. 



Fulton, ni. — John Aggen is building 

 two more greenhouses, each 35x200, on 

 his property on Eighth street, near the 

 Northwestern depot. They are iron- 

 frame houses, with concrete founda- 

 tions, and will be used principally for 

 carnations and roses. Mr. Aggen began 

 business here ten years ago, as a vege- 

 table grower, and a little later he de- 

 voted a part of his space to flowers. 



Wilkes-Barre, Pa.— John G. Matter n, 

 who has been in business at Ashley for 

 the last two years, is building another 

 greenhouse, 28 x 100, adjoining the old 

 one. The old house will be devoted 

 to carnations; the new house will be 

 used partly as a display room and part- 

 ly for the growing of roses. The office 

 will also be remodeled and refurnished, 

 and under it will be a concrete cellar 

 for bulbs. 



Dubois, Pa. — G. H. Jones is building 

 two additional greenhouses this sum- 

 mer and also remodeling three of his 

 old ones. He reports good business for 

 the last season. 



Allentown, Pa. — T. De Long, the 

 South Franklin street florist, has pur- 

 chased twenty-five lots in a new sub- 

 division at Thirty-eighth street and ex- 

 pects to build greenhouses there. 



Bloomington, Ind. — Morris the Florist 

 is adding two new houses, each 25 x 150, 

 of Moninger construction. He reports 

 that trade during the last month or 

 more has been heavy, with no lack of 

 good stock. 



Baraboo, Wis.— E. T. Ross is prepar- 

 ing to erect another greenhouse. When 

 he began business here, about a year 

 ago, he built one house, 22 x 75, at the 

 corner of Eighth and East streets. The 

 new house will adjoin the present one 

 and will be of the same dimensions. 

 In front of the present house, and fac- 

 ing on both streets, is an attractive 

 salesroom. 



Champaign, 111.— J. E. Yeats has be- 

 gun the erection of a range of green- 

 houses, to contain 21,000 square feet of 

 glass, on Maple avenue, just west of 

 Mount Hope cemetery. He will install 

 a marine boiler, with a capacity of 100 

 horse-power. Mr. Yeats started busi- 

 ness in this city in 1893, conducting the 

 place now occupied by Gus Johnson, on 

 Springfield avenue, but retired in 1907 

 on account of ill health. He now feels 

 sufficiently recovered to return to the 

 harness. He expects to have the new 

 houses completed by September 1. 



Adrian, Mich. — Johnson & Kuney, the 

 vegetable growers on Maple avenue, 

 west, are erecting four more green- 

 houses, each 20x200, and will install a 

 new Kroeschell boiler. Squire Johnson, 

 a former practical truck gardener in 

 Toledo, purchased land south of this city 

 a number of years ago and his celery 

 and truck farm was a great success. 

 Later he sold this and moved into town, 

 planning to retire, but instead he pur- 

 chased the Snyder tract of fourteen 

 acres, with the greenhouses and resi- 

 dence, at 82 Maple avenue, west, and 

 organized the present firm. The entire 

 range will now be equipped with every 

 modern appliance, including a first-class 

 watering system. 



