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The Florists^ Review 



December 12, 1912. 



response to the request of the enter- 

 tainment committee for subscriptions 

 and requested all the club members to 

 do their share in behalf of the generous 

 welcome to our guests at the National 

 Flower Show. 



Abraham Lincoln Miller, the award 

 chairman, announced that a record of 

 91 points had been accorded Carnation 

 Matchless, of the Cottage Gardens Co., 

 and 87 points to Scott Bros., for Wm. 

 Eccles, entitling each to the club's cer- 

 tificate of merit. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: Walter F. Klein, Linnaeus 

 Allen, Christian Madsen, Knud Chris- 

 tiansen, J. B, Jackson, Waldron M. 

 Bishop, S. P. Darnison, W. W. Rich, 

 U. Cutler Eyerson, J. P. Anderson, 

 Claude Tyler and Alfred T. Bunyard. 

 Addresses and pledges of loyalty were 

 made by Messrs. Bunyard, Bishop, 

 Jackson, Vermeulin, Junge, Slinn, Sie- 

 brecht, Hammerstraw and Seville. 



The following were proposed for 

 membership: A. N. Kidney, Charles 

 Beekman, Percy Richter, Jos. McMul- 

 len, Neil Roselle, Robert T. Brown, 

 Louis Pathe, Wm. McCoUom, Herbert 

 A. Spavens, Max Schling, Charles H. 

 Atkins, Richard E. Logan, John Con- 

 don, N, E. Bobbink, George Bergevin, 

 David Bergevin, Emerson McFadden, 

 H. C. Strobel and John Canning. 



The following ladies were appointed 

 a committee of the National Society: 

 Mesdames and Misses Traendly, O 'Mara, 

 Sheridan, Totty, Scott, Weathered, 

 Miller, Nugent, Manda, Donaldson, 

 Boehrs, Bunyard, Schenck, Pepper, 

 Henshaw, Marshall and Wilson. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Last week's business was good for 

 the first day or so. Then the supply, 

 owing to tne pleasant weather, grew 

 somewhat stronger, and the demand did 

 not increase proportionately. The re- 

 sult was a perceptible shading of prices 

 in most lines. Carnations alone held up 

 well in price and this was because of 

 the limited offerings. The receipts of 

 carnations are, however, mostly of a 

 high quality and the good ones merit 

 their price. The strongest demand is 

 for the colored varieties, but practically 

 all are sold out easily. Roses are splen- 

 did. The buds are generally well formed 

 and large, and the same is true of the 

 foliage, with a few exceptions. In 

 Beauties the supply and demand are 



about equal. The good ones sell with- 

 out much trouble, while those of poorer 

 quality do not move quite so readily. 

 The supply of the other varieties is 

 adequate. 



Some excellent lilies are coming into 

 the market. The chrysanthemums con- 

 sist mostly of Chadwick, Jones and 

 Nonin. The supply of violets is large 

 and they are meeting with a good call, 

 especially the singles. Sweet peas clean 

 up as fast as they arrive. 



The wholesalers who handle Christ- 

 mas decorative material are kept ex- 

 ceedingly busy with this line these 

 days. The call for every article is good. 

 The arrivals of holly, boxwood and wild 

 smilax are of a high quality. 



Club Banquet. 



The banquet at the Burnet House 

 proved a most successful affair, both in 

 attendance and from an artistic point 

 of view. The talk by Richard Vincent, 

 Jr., president of the S. A. F., was highly 

 instructive and entertaining. Naturally, 

 his first words were for the S. A. F., 

 a^d, judging from what he said, he is, 

 as every florist should be, for the S. A. 

 F. first, last and all the time. Then, 

 with the aid of the many pictures 

 which were shown on a screen, he took 

 us through the international flower 

 show in London, to several points of 

 interest in England, to the Dutch bulb 

 fields, and finally to his own home. The 

 last pictures showed the magnificence of 

 the dahlias on his place. 



The Misses McNally and Weber en- 

 tertained with songs; so, also, did Frank 

 Volz. Miss Ida Peterson accompanied 

 Mr. Volz on the piano. Chas. H. Hoff- 

 meister, introduced by President Gus 

 Adrian, of the local society, acted as 

 toastmaster. 



The affair speaks well for the efforts 

 of the committee, which consisted of A. 

 C. Heckman, Jr., Ray Murphy and Chas. 

 H. Hoffmeister. The writer wishes here 

 to state that the effort of his confreres 

 on the committee, the first two named, 

 were herculean, and the success of the 

 affair is a worthy reward for their 

 labors. Mrs. Vincent is accompanying 

 her husband on the trip. 



Various Notes. 



Frank & Sons, of Portland, Ind., con- 

 tinue to send their excellent roses to L. 

 H. Kyrk. The stock is of uniformly 

 good quality. 



William Murphy's force is kept busy 

 these days hustling out Christmas deco- 

 rative material. 



<j. E. Critchell is in receipt of a car- 

 load of southern smilax and has another 

 on the way. He expects to sell both 

 without any trouble. 



L. F. Benson, while in town last 

 week, placed heavy orders for supplies 

 for his new store and for Christmas 

 flowers. 



E. G. Gillett is having quite a large 

 run on boxwood and Christmas goods. 



Peter Weiland is now shipping valley 

 from his own plant at New Castle. This 

 gives him almost a complete line of 

 flowers at his store. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Peterson enter- 

 tained Mr. and Mrs. Vincent on Tues- 

 day, December 10. 



Among those from out of town who 

 were in the city last week were: Frank 

 Farney, of M. Price & Co.; John A. 

 Evans, of Richmond, Ind.; and Gustav 

 Reiniger, of Dayton, O. C. H. H. 



FUNERAL WOBK IN TEXAS. 



Robert C. Kerr, of Houston, Texas, 

 sent the photograph from which the 

 accompanying illustration was repro- 

 duced, with the statement that it is the 

 largest display of funeral flowers ever 

 seen in the state of Texas. Not only 

 was the number of designs exceptional, 

 but nearly all were large, there being 

 several the cost of which exceeded $100 

 each. Mr. Kerr estimates that the total 

 value of the designs shown in the pic- 

 ture was $2,500, the work being well 

 distributed among the Houston florists. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



The week ending December 7 was 

 unusually busy and seemed like old 

 times. Most of the uptown houses had 

 all they possibly could handle and the 

 wholesalers did a land-office business. 

 The supply of red roses and orchids, 

 however, exceeded the demand and, al- 

 though the latter sold in dozen lots at 

 $6, they could be bought in larger quan- ^ 

 titles at from $25 to $40 per hundred. 

 Carnations are coming in good quanti- 

 ties, although there are not enough to 

 supply the demand. This applies to all 

 varieties and colors, but the caU is 

 greatest for Enchantress. The shortage 

 of single violets has been complained 

 of, for never before has the supply 

 been so light at this season of the year. 

 Among the novelties to be seen are 

 lupines and snapdragons. Narcissi also 

 have made their appearance and in 



The Largfest Display of Flowers Ever Seen at a Funeral at Houston Texas* 



