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The Florists' Review 



March 20, 1913. 



flowered azaleas, which attracted much 

 attention and were awarded a silver 

 medal. Eric Wetterlow had a nice bas- 

 ket of trained genista. W. C. Rust 

 showed a nice collection of dendrobiums 

 and foliage plants. 



M. A. Patten had a fine vase of Car- 

 nation Princess Dagmar. Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co. received a first-class certificate 

 for the new white, Matchless. C. 8. 

 Strout had a fine collection of carna- 

 tions, including Beacon, Benora, White 

 Wonder, White Enchantress, Melody, 

 Pink Delight, Gloriosa and Winsor. 

 Peter Fisher received a silver medal for 

 Carnation Gorgeous. W. W. Edgar Co. 

 had a display of genistas. W. N. C. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Business was rather quiet last week, 

 as is always the case before a rush. 

 The outlook for Eaater is good and, 

 with the present fine weather, this year 

 will be a record-breaker. There is 

 enough stock to go around, but no over- 

 supply. For some time the growers 

 have been forcing their stock and when 

 last week we bad exceedingly warm 

 weather it looked as though consider- 

 able stock would be lost, but March 

 15 it turned cold and saved the day. 



Azaleas will not be any too plentiful 

 this year, as many came blind. The 

 cut flower market is well prepared for 

 the rush and when this is in print the 

 local commission houses will be heels 

 over head in flowers of every descrip- 

 tion. 



Vaxious Notes. 



It appears as though the florists of 

 the state of Michigan will win their 

 fight against the two bills affecting 

 greenhouse heating, which were pre- 

 sented at Lansing recently. The De- 

 troit Florists ' Club 's committee has had 

 this matter in hand on behalf of the 

 florists of this vicinity and about all 

 that remains to be done now is to pay 

 the bills. Many growers locally and 

 throughout the state have already re- 

 sponded to the call for funds sent out 

 by Secretary Hugo Schroeter. 



Sam Seligman, of Wertheimer Bros., 

 is enthusiastic about Philadelphia car- 

 nation. Its beautiful color especially 

 appeals to him. 



A baby arrived at the home of Rob- 

 ert Klagge, in Mount Clemens, last 

 week. The mother, who was formerly 

 Miss Hattie Holzhauer, is doing nicely. 

 With both of its parents florists, this 

 little one will surely become a lover of 

 nature. 



H. G. Dreyer, of Dreyer & Sons, 

 Cleveland, was a recent visitor in De- 

 troit, where he showed many novelties 

 in the way of plant stands. 



Among the Detroit florists who will 

 attend the New York show are Chas. 

 H. Plumb and wife. 



Taepke's have a fine stock of forget- 

 me-not plants for Easter, which have 

 met with a rapid sale. 



Breitmeyer's had the decorations for 

 the spring opening at J. L. Hudson's, 

 which was more elaborate than ever 

 before. Spring flowers were used. 



Mrs. E. A. Fetters is a strong advo- 

 cate of woman's suffrage and is taking 

 an active interest in furthering the 

 equal suffrage cause. 



Wm. Brown is mourning the loss of 

 his chauffeur, who has been driving his 

 delivery cars since their installation, 

 but who now has gone into another line 

 of work. H. S. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week was not quite so 

 brisk as it has been, partly on account 

 of the fact that most of the days were 

 rainy. Funeral work, however, has 

 kept the stores quite busy and there 

 have been some few good dinner decora- 

 tions. Everything is in readiness for 

 the Easter business, which ia expected 

 this year to break all previous records. 

 There is little doubt that there will be 

 plenty of flowers to fill all demands and 

 the probabilities are that the quality 

 of the majority of stock will be good. 

 The regular forces in the stores are be- 

 ing augmented by the addition of, in 

 some cases, from fifteen to thirty bi- 

 cycle delivery boys, and any stray idec- 

 orators who happen to be in town to- 

 ward the end of the week will be im- 

 pressed into the service. 



Club Meeting. 



The annual election of of&cers, plans 

 for a banquet to be held next month 

 and the trip to the show in New York 

 were the main items of business at the 

 monthly m|eting of the Florists' Club. 

 As a result of the election Otto Bauer, 

 of the Washington Florists' Co., will 

 serve as president during the ensuing 

 year, having defeated 0. A. C. Oehm- 

 ler by one vote. On motion of the lat- 

 ter, the election was made unanimous. 

 The name of President David G. Grill- 

 bortzer had also been placed in nom- 

 ination, but he declined a reelection. 

 George Cooke was made vice-president, 

 William F. Gude, treasurer, and Elmer 

 Mayberry, secretary. After two bal- 

 lots David Bisset and William Earnest 

 were declared elected as trustees, from 

 a field of six. 



The annual banquet will be held 

 shortly after the return of the members 

 from the New York show. It was de- 

 cided to have this affair open to ladies 

 also, and to it will be invited the heads 

 of the District government and other 

 prominent men. Mr. Gude, chairman, 

 reported his committee would have some 

 good surprises in his "menu" of en- 

 tertainment on that evening. 



James Wilson, former secretary of 

 agriculture, was elected an honorary 

 member of the club. 



The firm of J. R. Freeman had on ex- 

 hibition a collection of about fifty car- 

 nations of standard varieties. The 

 amaryllis presented by Mr. Burns, su- 

 perintendent of the propagating gar- 

 dens, elicited considerable admiration 

 because of their size. 



Various Notes. 



S. Kann, Sons & Co., at their depart- 

 ment store, are again holding a sale of 

 rose bushes, vines and flowering shrubs, 

 having in all a stock of over 10,000 

 plants, representing fifty varieties, all 

 of which are being offered at 10 cents 

 each. The plants are all two years old. 



George H. Cooke has just returned 

 from a vacation spent in Atlantic City 

 and Philadelphia. 



F. B. August, formerly with the 

 Rosery, Winnipeg, Man., is now with 

 F. H. Kramer. Mr. August, prior to 

 going to Canada, was with Ratcliffe, in 

 Richmond, Va. C. L. L. 



Polo, m. — H. D. Davis is now sole 

 proprietor of the Polo Greenhouses, for- 

 merly conducted by Davis & Cheese- 

 man. 



PITTSBUBQH. 



The Market. 



The weather of late has been almost 

 too springlike and warm for the best 

 interests of either the plantsmen or the 

 cut flower growers. The plantsmen are 

 exceedingly busy and the stock in gen- 

 eral is just about right for Easter; 

 some of the stock is a little "pre- 

 vious," but not more than usual. The 

 wholesalers had their own troubles last 

 week, trying to dispose of the quan- 

 tities of bulbous flowers coming in, 

 and not with the best success. Other 

 stock is moving fairly well, except 

 violets, which have been somewhat of 

 a drug on the market. Easter orders 

 are about as usual so far this year, 

 though for some reason the retailers 

 hesitate more each year about placing 

 their orders early. 



The retailers were favored with 

 considerable funeral work last week, 

 and in most cases they needed it, as 

 there was not much going on socially. 

 There has not been mudi special effort 

 for Easter business so lar, as the com- 

 bination baskets of plants have not 

 made their appearance, so that one 

 does not appreciate the nearness of 

 Easter. Palm Sunday does not affect 

 trade much, if at all. Some southern 

 daffodils have been coming in, but are 

 not of much value; just the same, they 

 help to keep down the price of home- 

 grown stock. 



Various Notes. 



E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., was a 

 visitor in the city, drawing attention 

 to a few lines of his stock, including 

 his new red carnation. Commodore, 

 which shows up so well that he dis- 

 posed of a good number in this vicinity. 



The thermometers registered 70 de- 

 grees above zero on Friday, March 14 

 — the warmest March 14 on record. 



The annual Easter show at the 

 Phipps Conservatory, at Schenley park, 

 will undoubtedly be finer this year 

 than ever before. The earliness of 

 Easter and the peculiar weather con- 

 ditions caused Superintendent George 

 Burke to give up the idea of forcing 

 everything into flower at one time, and 

 as a result the show will last longer 

 than in other years. His arrangement 

 of the display will undoubtedly please 

 better than ever, as he has divided the 

 large house into gardens. One room 

 is a Dutch garden, which will contain 

 all kinds of Dutch bulbous flowers. 

 Another feature is a children's gar- 

 den, containing all kinds of old-fash- 

 ioned flowers. For the amusement of 

 the children, there will also be chick- 

 ens, rabbits, Guinea pigs, fish and ca- 

 naries. A rose garden will contain over 

 2,000 plants, such as ramblers, Hia- 

 watha, Tausendschon and a general 

 collection of the hybrids. The collec- 

 tion of tropical plants and ferns is 

 conceded to be the finest in this coun- 

 try. The show this year is the result 

 of years of experience and reflects 

 great credit on Superintendent Burke 

 and his foreman, John Jones. 



The Phipps Conservatory at North 

 Side park, also under the management 

 of Superintendent Burke and his fore- 

 man, James Moore, is ready for Easter. 

 This show, though not so immense as 

 the other, is the pride of the north 

 siders. Among the special features 

 are: A children's garden, somewhat 

 after the style of the Schenley park 



