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APEIL 10, 1918. 



The Florists' Review 



35 



BOSTON, MASS. 



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Tlie Market. 



A little improvement is now notice- 

 able in the market, due in some measure 

 to the falling off in supplies of bulbous 

 stock, violets, etc. Carnations are some- 

 what better than a week ago. As usual, 

 the pink shades sell the best. Eosette 

 is now arriving in extra fine shape from 

 a number of growers. Eoses are prob- 

 ably the weakest spot in the market 

 and are hard to move. There seems to 

 be a surplus of all sorts, but particu- 

 larly the Killarneys and yellow varie- 

 ties. Lady Hillingdon, as seen in the 

 market, is of excellent quality. Single 

 violets are practically over; the flowers 

 are small and off in color, the prices 

 being advanced as the supply decreases; 

 doubles are still quite good. Sweet peas 

 are now coming into their own and with 

 the passing of violets are in a stronger 

 position; the finest stock carries 18-inch 

 to 20-inch stems. Valley has not been 

 plentiful and has cleaned up well. Bulb- 

 ous stock is on the decline; the indoor 

 supply is nearing an end. Spanish Iris 

 is more abundant. Snapdragons are ex- 

 cellent, but the demand is slow except 

 for the pink shades. English primroses 

 are now overplentiful. Ten weeks' 

 stocks no one seems to want. Of lilies 

 and callas there is an oversupply. Adi- 

 antum is not yet plentiful, but there is 

 an adequate supply of Asparagus plu- 

 mosus and Sprengeri. 



Various Notes. 



The Boston Cooperative Flower Mar- 

 ket is displaying a beautiful collection 

 of special prizes for its market exhibi- 

 tion, to be held April 12. W. H. Elliott, 

 .Tohn McFarland, J. M. Cohen and 

 James Wheeler are heads of committees 

 which are working strenuously for the 

 success of the show and their labors are 

 going to be well rewarded. 



Scott Foster, of Wamesit, near Tewks- 

 bury, is a good carnation grower. His 

 specialties are Beacon, Pink Delight, 

 Gloriosa, Eosette and White Wonder. 

 These are now sold at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange by George Marshall, 

 who also sells for Lewis Smith, of 

 Tewksbury. 



Henry M. Eobinson & Co. are install- 

 ing commodious new ice-chests in the 

 basement of the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change and hope to move into their new 

 quarters during the present month. 



Penn's windows last week contained 

 fine displays of hydrangeas and Adian- 

 tum Farleyense. 



Wm. T. Walke, of Salem, is shipping 

 some good Killarney, White Killarney 

 and Hillingdon roses to J. M. Cohen at 

 the Boston Cooperative Market; also 

 some fine pink snapdragons. 



Eemember the club meeting in Hor- 

 ticultural hall, April 15. There will 

 be lectures by F. E. Palmer and Wm. 

 Carswell. We shall also hear echoes of 

 the New York International Show. 



Frank J. Dolansky is cutting as many 

 as twenty-five to thirty dozen Cattleya 

 SchroederBB a day, but finds a ready sale 

 for them. His gardenia crop is begin- 

 ning to shorten up a little. 



Buxton's Killarney Pink snapdragon, 

 as handled at the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change by W. D. Hastings, is superb 

 and there is no wonder that it moves 

 quickly. 



The visitors to the New York show 

 started to leave April 4. The aggre- 

 gate attendance from here was several 

 hundred. About half favored the Fall 



Biver and Providence steamers, the bal- 

 ance preferring the all-rail route. 



Arthur Mills, who has been orchid 

 grower for some time with F. J. Dolan- 

 sky, has accepted a similar position 

 with E. B. Dane, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 

 Mr. Dolansky and his salesman, F. J. 

 McDonald, are both at the New York 

 show. 



John Walsh, of Melrose Highlands, 

 former manager of the Park Street 

 Flower Market and one of the most 

 esteemed members of the trade, has the 

 sympathy of a host of friends in the 

 death of his wife, which occurred 

 April 1. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co. re- 

 ports an unusually good call for valley, 

 sweet peas and roses, shipping orders 

 for these being numerous. 



W. B. Goodenow is having excellent 

 success with double violets this season 

 and will be able to pick for several 

 weeks yet. H. F, Calder, of Norwood, 

 and J. T. Gale, of Tewksbury, are other 

 large shippers of these. 



W. N. C. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Oateway to the South. 



Local market conditions, as far as 

 the retail trade is concerned, are rapidly 

 nearing their normal condition. The 

 waters have receded and all businesses 

 in the affected district have resumed or 

 are resuming operation. The downtown 

 retail district, which has practically 

 been deserted for a fortnight, is again 

 crowded with buyers. Of this general 

 improvement a liberal share is coming 

 to the local retailers. The wholesale 

 market at the time of this writing is 

 far from resuming its natural stride. 

 It is handicapped by the poor train 

 service, both on outbound and incom- 

 ing trains. It is only to the south that 

 trains are running on schedule time. 

 The balance of them must reach the 

 city by a roundabout way, and it is this 

 balance that brings in the heavy sup- 

 ply of roses, as well as carrying a large 

 quantity of flowers from this market to 

 out-of-town customers. Some growers 

 last week tried to get a few shipments 

 through in spite of conditions; the ship- 

 ments arrived, but several days late. 

 Most of the wholesalers who get heavy 

 supplies from points north and west 

 have made arrangements with the ex- 

 press companies that will enable their 

 stock to come to town promptly. 



Business last week was only fair. 

 Carnations formed the great bulk of the 

 supply. There were many of them and 

 they easily took care of all requests. 

 By the close of the week the market 

 for them was so easy that sacrifices 

 had to be made to effect clearances. 

 The rose supply was short, but there 

 were no exceptionally heavy calls 

 upon it. 



Other offerings include Easter lilies, 

 callas, sweet peas, valley and snap- 

 dragons. The green goods market is 

 well supplied in every line. 



Various Notes. 

 Advices from Hamilton since the 

 water has receded state that the Lod- 

 der greenhouses there were not so badly 

 damaged as was at first reported. Gus 

 Adrian, who was there last Thursday, 

 says that about all the stock was 

 ruined. The damage to the range con- 

 sisted of the crushing of three houses 

 directly in the path of the current. 

 About twenty feet was taken off the 



end of another. In the balance of the 

 houses about 500 panes of glass were 

 broken. Directly below the green- 

 houses, where the ground was formerly 

 quite low, there has been deposited by 

 the water enough sand, gravel and 

 debris to raise a hill about twenty or 

 twenty-five feet high. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Critchell left on 

 the C. & O. at noon Sunday, April 6, to 

 attend the National Flower Show. 



On Thursday, April 3, E. G. Gillett 

 went to Dayton, O., to look after some 

 of his and his wife 's relatives who were 

 in the affected district there. He de- 

 scribes his impression of the city as 

 one "destroyed from the second floor 

 to the ground." Earl Ohmer, his 

 nephew, and a cousin of Clarence 

 Ohmer, of West Palm Beach, Fla., did 

 heroic rescue work at a time when the 

 waters were the fiercest. 



While P. J. dinger was unable to get 

 his stock into the city, he shipped from 

 New Castle to' Indianapolis, Chicago 

 and St. Louis. By the time these notes 

 are off the press he expects to be get- 

 ting his stock regularly. 



On Tuesday, April 1, L. H. Kyrk 

 received a shipment of trees from 

 Maryland that left there March 24. 



The Cincinnati Cut Flower Exchange 

 has been getting fine Sprengeri from 

 the south. 



Jas. P. Keller, of Lexington, Ky., 

 was a caller last week. C. H. H. 



OBITUARY. 



Hugh P. Campbell. 



Hugh P. Campbell, of Shamokin, Pa., 

 died April 1 and the funeral took place 

 April 5. He had a retail store in 

 Shamokin, as well as greenhouses. He 

 was successful in business, genial in 

 disposition, and much respected and 

 beloved in his community. 



W. B. SANDS. 



W. B. Sands, one of the most widely 

 known members of the trade in Mary- 

 land, died at his home at Lake Eoland, 

 near Baltimore, Tuesday evening, April 

 8. He was about 65 years of age. For 

 many years he was engaged in agricul- 

 tural journalism, later building green- 

 houses in the suburbs of Baltimore. 

 Mrs. Sands died some years ago. Sev- 

 eral sons survive and are to continue 

 the business. 



OMnchilla, Pa.— The greenhouse of 

 Earl Streeter was recently damaged by 

 storm. 



Lockport, 111.— The Labo store is 

 closed, leaving Lockport without a flo- 

 rist's establishment. 



Auburn, N. T.— Harry H. Eamsey is 

 successor to Herbert M. Hills in the 

 business at 84 Lake avenue. 



Crown Point, Ind. — Plans have been 

 prepared for a new floral hall to be 

 built here at a cost of $30,000. 



Elisworth, Me.— Miss Mary A. Clark 

 decorated the First Congregational 

 church for the Achorn-Giles wedding 

 March 26. 



Dayton, O.— The Advance Floral Co. 

 has been incorporated, with a capital 

 stock of $10,000. The incorporators are 

 Ernest E. Schaefer, A. C. Ehlenback, 

 Caroline M. Schaefer, W. Allen Barber 

 and Eobert Oldham. 



