\Urch 20, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



15 



one; immense rhododendrons in bloom; 

 bananas in fruit; an immense Azalea 

 jndica, nine feet in diameter, covered 

 with bloom; fine effects with cinerarias, 

 including the grand new scarlet one. 

 Matador. Another house will contain 

 forced shrubbery, Pittsburghers are 

 certainly favored in having two such 

 conservatories. 



The duck pin team of the McCallum 

 Co. defeated the team of the A. "W. 

 Smith Co^ and the Pittsburgh Cut 

 Fldwer Co. team defeated the Ean- 

 (lolph & McClements team on Thurs- 

 day night, March 16, but there will 

 bo no more bowling until after Easter. 

 Tlie scores will be found on another 

 page, under the head of Bowling. The 

 Street Fakers have issued a challenge 

 to the Wholesalers. The team of the 

 Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co, has won 

 the last eleven games, Joe Byerly is 

 the champion "south paw" bowler. 

 John Sisley is the comedienne bowler. 

 Billy Hall bowled three down the gut- 

 ter and quit. 



Born to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Har- 

 ris on Sunday, March 16, a son. Mr. 

 Harris already has quite a fatherly 

 look and everybody is smoking. 



There were a great number of visi- 

 tors last week, including Thomas Mur- 

 doch, Titusville, Pa.; G, A, Mc Wil- 

 liams, Natrona, Fa.; Miss Agnes Wells, 

 Steubenville, O.; Miss Jane McDowell, 

 Steubenville, O,; Mrs, M, E, Hill, 

 Waynesburg, Pa., and Mrs, Winkler, 

 Ellwood City, Pa. Clarke. 



KANSAS CITY. 



The Market. 



Business for the last week has shown 

 some improvement, largely due to an 

 increase in funeral work, of which 

 every florist had his share. There is 

 enough stock to fill all orders, but no 

 surplus. Eoses are in crop again and 

 are good, especially Killarneys and Eich- 

 monds. The Beauties, so far, are not 

 as good as expected, but are improving 

 each day. Carnations are also improv- 

 ing daily in quality and there will be 

 plenty of them for Easter. Bulbous 

 stock is more plentiful and seems to 

 be ahead of last year's stock; this is 

 probably due more to the open winter 

 than to anything else. Pot plants are 

 much in demand; the retailers are look- 

 ing in ev^ry direction for them and 

 orders are coming in unusually early. 



Various Notes. 



The W. L. Eock Flower Co. has an 

 enormous stock of pot plants for Easter 

 and they are exceptionally good. The 

 stock includes 3,000 lilies and a large 

 variety of other plants. This firm has 

 an exceptionally fine dark red seed- 

 ling carnation, believed to be ahead of 

 any other of its color, and will later 

 place it on exhibition in New York, 



Arthur Newell had a good run on 

 funeral work last week and he reports 

 that he is making big preparations for 

 T-aster, 



E. H. Frandsen has a large portion 

 oi" his Easter stock ready, although his 

 T'^ses were stunted on account of a 

 I'liler accident several weeks ago. 



W. J. Barnes furnished the Emery- 

 J'ird-Thayer Dry Goods Co, with 1,100 

 I'ot plants; 525 of these were blooming 

 I lants and 575 were ferns and palms. 

 ^1 hey were used for the spring opening. 



Samuel Murray is making large prep- 



SIDNEY BUCHBINDEB. 



WHEN the younger generation enters into things, new ideas and new energy 

 usually crop up — then we say that "new blood has been injected into the 

 business," So it is in this case, for Sidney Buchbinder is one of the mem- 

 bers of the generation that is fast taking hold. He fairly lives with his business 

 and his every thought is of it. Sales are first, last, and all the time with him, so 

 it is hardly to be wondered that he writes "Salesmanager " after his name when 

 addressing the trade. Being a member of the firm of Buchbinder Bros,, Chicago, 

 is second consideration to being salesmanager with him. 



arations for Easter and he expects to 

 sell a large quantity of pot plants at 

 his greenhouses. He has a fine lot of 

 Harrisii lilies. 



The George M, Kellogg Flower & 

 Plant Co. is cutting a fine lot of flow- 

 ers. The firm's pot plants are extra 

 good, but the supply is only sufficient 

 for the store in this city. Mr. Parker 

 went to St. Joe last week. 



E. S, Brown & Son report that their 

 shipping trade in spring stock was ex- 

 tremely heavy last week, Mr. Brown 

 has recovered sufficiently to be able to 

 be at the greenhouses and he is slowly 

 regaining his strength. 



The Alpha Floral Co, had a heavy run 

 on green carnations on Saturday and 

 Monday. They received thirty-nine 

 cases of extra fine lilies last week. 



The W, H. Sawvel Floral Co. is cut- 

 ting a fine stock of carnations and As- 

 paragus Sprengeri, 



Mr, Kane, of the Peterson Floral Co., 

 expects to break away from jury serv- 

 ice in time to l;e at the store for the 

 Easter rush. 



Jas. A. Biggam reports that he has 

 been surprised by the large amount of 

 decorating that he has been asked to 

 do during the Lenten season. He has 

 just had a busy week in funeral work. 



Biedermann & Son have plenty of bulb- 



ous stock and pot plants for their Eas- 

 ter business, but are short on lilies, 



Harry Smith has completed a new 

 greenhouse, 25 x 150 feet, and expects 

 to huild two more immediately. 



Mrs, T. A, Moseley reports that busi- 

 ness was good last week and consisted 

 mostly of funeral work, W. J. B. 



Allentown, Pa.— Sawyer & Johnson 

 are troubled with dust from a distant 

 cement plant at their branch at Nazar- 

 eth. They depend upon the home plant 

 for the bulk of the stock carried in 

 their handsome store in town. 



Colorado Springs, Colo.— The boiler 

 house at the greenhouses of J. W. 

 Smith, on Palmer boulevard. Knob Hill, 

 was recently destroyed by fire. The 

 report does not state the amount of the 

 damage to the greenhouses or stock. 



Bugby, N. D.— N, P, Lindberg, pro- 

 prietor of the Eugby Greenhouses, has 

 just completed a new boiler house and 

 store. The boiler house is 20x60 feet, 

 of reinforced concrete construction and 

 thoroughly fireproof. The store is said 

 to be one of the best west of the Twin 

 Cities. The double task of superintend- 

 ing these building operations and at- 

 tending to a heavy trade has made the 

 season an exceedingly busy one. 



