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The Florists^ Review 



November 21, 1912. 



are conical instead of being round. The 

 society awarded its gold medal to Mr. 

 Melvin. 



Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Eeuter, of 

 Westerly, arrived home last week from 

 Maine, where they have been spending 

 the last four weeks as members of a 

 hunting party. 



A bad leak in one of the boilers at 

 Mrs. Conley's greenhouses last week 

 caused considerable damage. 



Many friends assembled at the Sec- 

 ond United Presbyterian Church No- 

 vember 15 for the wedding of Miss 

 Lillian E. Macrae, daughter of the late 

 Farquhar Macrae, and sister of the 

 members of the firm of F. Macrae Sons 

 Co., to "Walter A. Briggs. The decora- 

 tions, principally chrysanthemums, were 

 among the best ever seen in this city. 

 Walter S. Macrae gave the bride away 

 and Alexander Macrae and F. Arthur 

 Macrae were ushers. W. H. M. 



_ DETEOIT. 



The Market. 



The market for the last week was 

 good in all lines outside of Bonnaffon 

 mums, which have been long for some 

 time. There is an immense quantity of 

 these being grown locally this year, 

 and it has been a big task to keep them 

 all moving. The oversupply in this 

 line has brought the price of other yel- 

 low mums down. Other mums have 

 been selling well, and a shortage is 

 noted in medium and large white. The 

 poorer stock in all colors has been hard 

 to move. Pompons have been selling 

 well, with the call running heaviest on 

 good, stiff-stemmed yellow, bronze and 

 white. The singles do not do well in 

 this market. 



Koses have been selling well and are 

 cleaned up daily, with the exception of 

 white, which has been rather long for 

 some time. Carnations are picking up 

 right along and the supply is just about 

 equal to the demand. Eastern double 

 violets are being-received daily, but do 

 not sell as well as in other seasons, 

 owing to the choice singles being 

 shipped in by the Mt. Clemens growers. 

 Sweet peas are being received in small 

 quantities and clean up well. Valley 

 is in heavy supply. Easter lilies are 

 not selling well, and the same is true 

 of callas. Stevia is being received in 

 limited quantities. 



The season so far has been good 

 here, and the prospects are bright for 

 the future. It is the wish of the trade 

 that business will hold up as it has 

 started out; then we will have no com- 

 plaints to make. 



Various Notes. 



Thos. Browne, of Greenfield, is busy 

 marketing his mums. One can see him 

 any morning, with his Ford loaded to 

 the roof with boxes of mums, headed 

 for the Michigan Cut Flower Exchange. 



Albert Pochelon has no complaints to 

 offer, except of too much business to 

 handle with comfort. 



Walter Taepke cannot take time to 

 report at the market these days, owing 

 to the steady trade at the store. 



E. A. Fetters has purchased another 

 delivery car and is ready for the rush. 



Philip Breitmeyer is a busy man 

 these days, taking care of the debu- 

 tante bouquets. 



Albert Stahelin is heavy on Bonnaf- 

 fon this season, and is also cutting 

 some fine carnations. 



Geo. Browne has his new movable 

 house ready, and we expect to hear 

 from him right along now with some 

 fine carnations. 



Eobert Klagge, of Mt. Clemens, is 

 sending in his usual variety of stock, 

 and has some nice carnations and 

 roses. 



J. E. Carey, of Mt. Clemens, has fin- 

 ished a fine crop of Killarneys and has 

 another crop in sight. 



Sidney Tinkler, the new grower at 

 Mt. Clemens, is getting a fine start this 

 season and has bright hopes for the 

 future. , 



Fred Breitmeyer is having a good 

 season in all lines. 



A. Van Beversluys, of Mt. Clemens, 

 is starting in with his peas and they 

 are fine. He also has some choice mums 

 and carnations. 



Leo Mallast is late in starting this 

 season, but says he will be on hand 

 when the mums are gone. 



Carl Baer, of Archbold, O., has his 

 usual high grade of carnations and 

 mums and is consigning his cut to the 

 Michigan Cut Flower Exchange. 



H. S. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week was nothing of 

 which we care to boast, although Sat- 

 urday the retailers had about all they 

 could do to fill the orders for chrysan- 

 themums, occasioned by the George- 

 town-Virginia football game. The av- 

 erage price during the week for chrys- 

 anthemums was from $4 to $6 per hun- 

 dred for the small ones and $2 to $3 

 per dozen for the fancy stock. Inas- 

 much as chrysanthemums now dominate 

 the market, the sale of other flowers 

 is comparatively small. There is a fair 

 demand for American Beauty roses. 

 Carnations cannot be said to be plen- 

 tiful, and several days during the week 

 orders for them had to be refused. 

 Roses are in much better shape now, 

 and the same can be said of violets, 

 both single and double. Among the 

 late arrivals is snapdragon; also pink 

 and white sweet peas and a limited 

 supply of lupines have made their ap- 

 pearance. 



Various Notes. 



The annual flower show, held last 

 week by Gude Bros. Co., was a marked 

 success, and exceeded the firm's expec- 

 tations. The attendance was gratify- 

 ing, although on several occasions the 

 press of visitors almost prevented the 

 proper carrying on of the business. A 

 novel feature was the singing of night- 

 ingales apparently from among the 

 palms and ferns. This was simulated 

 by five graphophones from records espe- 

 cially prepared. 



O. A. C. Oehmler had a novel window 

 display at his store on G street, north- 

 west, on the occasion of the George- 

 town-Virginia football game, in which 

 was used the effigy of a husky football 

 player on a miniature gridiron. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 George Watson, of Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 J. A. Peterson, of Cincinnati, and Mr. 

 Skidelsky, Jr., of Philadelphia. 



The Florists' Exchange is again at 

 its old quarters at 1214 H street, N. 

 W., but in what is now an entirely new 

 building. The front of the sto're is of 

 glass, metal and cement. The fixtures 

 are all of mahogany and the ceiling is 

 of art metal set with a number of high 



power electric lamps. The office is at 

 the rear of the store. In the cellar is 

 an ice-box 6x16 and space for storage 

 purposes. A large showing of palms 

 and ferns was made at the opening. 

 Albert Snell is the manager. 



Antone Stockfi, of Berlin, Germany, 

 has entered the employ of Gude Bros. 

 Co. C. L. L. 



OBITUAEY. 



Walter S. Nichol. 



Walter S. Nichol, one of the best 

 known florists of Rhode Island, died at 

 his home at Hampden Meadows, Bar- 

 rington, November 12. He was stricken 

 with paralysis October 30. 



Walter S. Nichol was born in York- 

 shire, England, sixty years ago, coming 

 to this country when a boy. His father, 

 George Nichol, settled at Providence, 

 R. I., being one of the first florists in 

 that city, and remained in the business 

 for upwards of forty-five years. Walter 

 Nichol, with his two brothers, Robert 

 and Thomas, was employed by his 

 father, and took over the business after 

 his death. In 1890 Mr. Nichol went to 

 Barrington, R. I., where he started in 

 the florists' business, establishing a 

 model range of houses which he devoted 

 largely to carnations and violets. He 

 was one of the charter members of the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club of Rhode 

 Island, and at the time of the big con- 

 vention of the Society of American 

 Florists, at Providence, in 1894, was a 

 member of the executive committee in 

 charge of arrangements. He was a 

 constant attendant at the club meet- 

 ings for several years and always had 

 something of interest to offer. 



Mrs. Nichol, who died six years ago, 

 could trace her ancestry back to Roger 

 Williams, the founder of Rhode Island. 

 Mr. Nichol is survived by three daugh- 

 ters, Bessie, Edna and May Nichol, all 

 of whom lived with their father. Mr. 

 Nichol was widely known and well 

 liked, as he was of a genial disposition, 

 with a smile at all times. A number 

 of the florists from various parts of the 

 state attended his funeral, which took 

 place Friday afternoon, November 15. 



Oeorge F. Ditzenberger. 



George F. Ditzenberger, of Woodcliff, 

 N. J., died November 11, in the hospital 

 of Hackensack, N. J., of cerebro-spinal 

 meningitis. He was 32 years of age 

 and leaves a widow and daughter. In 

 1904 he established the Woodcliff Floral 

 Co. Interment was at Woodcliff Lake 

 cemetery, Woodcliff Lake, N. J. 



Arthur Harbison. 



Arthur Harbison, of Harrodsburg, 

 Ky., died in that town November 10. 

 On the following day the body was 

 taken to the residence of his father-in- 

 law, John S. Shannon, in Shelbyville. 

 Ky., where the funeral was conducted 

 November 12. Mr. Harbison was born 

 and reared in Shelbyville, and moved 

 about six years ago to Harrodsburg, 

 where he engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness. He was the youngest son of the 

 late George W. Harbison, one of Shelby 

 county's most prominent farmers. He 

 married Miss Millie Shannon, who, with 

 two children, survives him. He leaves 

 two brothers and two sisters— Marshall 

 Harbison, of Danville; Eugene Harbi- 

 son and Mrs. Jordan Harris, of Shelby- 

 ville, and Mrs. Henry Willis, of Louis- 

 ville. 



