December 12, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



49 



Qiany instances are sold at the buyer's 

 price, the most obtained for them being 

 $2.50 per hundred in small lots. Chrys- 

 anthemums are about at an end. They 

 do not bring much in the way of price 

 and there are few good ones. White 

 sweet peas are plentiful, but are not 

 selling well. The supply of pink and 

 lavender is not quite so heavy and 

 meets with better results. Some extra 

 fine stevia of the dwarf type is to be 

 had and is bringing from $3 to $4 per 

 hundred sprays. As yet there is little 

 demand for poinsettias, although some 

 good stock is coming in. The asking 

 price is $2 and $3 per dozen. The near- 

 ness of Christmas is emphasized by the 

 quantities of potted plants to be seen in 

 the store windows. Lorraine begonias 

 and azaleas sold well last week. Cycla- 

 mens are also being showti at $9 to $12 

 per dozen wholesale. 



Various Notes. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 Guy Eiker and W. O. D 'Alcorn were 

 unanimously elected to membership. 

 W. F. Gude spoke on advertising an<J 

 gave a number of anecdotes. 



Among the notable events of the 

 week was the annual dinner of the 

 Gridiron Club. It was given in the 

 large ballroom of the New Willard 

 hotel. The decorations required two 

 days to complete and were done by 

 J. H. Small & Sons. Among the guests 

 were C. Albert Small, of New York, 

 and John Henry Small, of Washington. 



The coming out tea of Miss Wilmer 

 was practically the first debutante 

 event of the season and if it is any 

 criterion the florists of the national cap- 

 ital will have a busy time of it the next 

 few weeks. This affair called for over 

 300 bouquets, and while" some of these 

 were telegraph orders and others ship- 

 ments from out-of-town florists, the ma- 

 jority of the business fell to the local 

 trade. The floral arrangements were in 

 charge of Gude Bros. Co. C. L. L. 



PROVIDENCE. 



The Market. 



Good business was the rule with all 

 dealers last week, several of them hav- 

 ing had their hands full of funeral and 

 decoration work. Kegarding the latter, 

 there have not been so many decora- 

 tions in several years as has been the 

 case so far this fall. The number of 

 functions on the cards is unusually 

 large, and several decorations of con- 

 siderable importance are promised. 

 Chrysanthemums are practically gone, 

 everybody cleaning up at Thanksgiving. 

 A few of the growers have late crops 

 coming on for Christmas, but the bulk 

 is over. Carnations were short last 

 week, but the closing days witnessed a 

 slight improvement. Boses and violets 

 are in good supply and of good quality. 



Various Notes. 



Timothy O'Connor was especially 

 busy last week with a number of large 

 wedding and debutante decorations. 



Much sympathy is expressed at the 

 misfortune that befell the family of 

 Frederick S. Franco, gardeher for the 

 Majot^Mallory estate, at Newport. De- 

 cember 8, two of' Mr. Franco's boys, 

 Frederick J. and Harold, 12 and 8 years 

 of age respectively, went with the son 

 of the owner "of the estate to shoot 

 squirrels, the elder Franco boy having 

 the rifle. In some way the rifle was 

 discharged, the ball entering the skull 



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Guy V. French. 



THE president-elect of the Chicago Florists' Club is one of the new school of 

 florists — he has for a number of years had charge of the carnation depart- 

 ment at the greenhouses of Poehlmann Bros. Co., Morton Grove, 111., and cares 

 for his stock with his head as well as his hands. He is a thinking grower. Mr. 

 French is a young man, in the prime of life. This will be the first time he has 

 held office in any of the trade societies, although he has been an active worker 

 on committees, and he promises to bring much energy to bear on the task in 

 hand. 



of the younger boy, killing him almost 

 instantly. At the funeral the display of 

 floral pieces was one of the largest ever 

 seen in Newport. 



Swan Peterson, of East Providence, 

 reports a big Thanksgiving trade. 



William E. Chappell had a large pro- 

 portion of the work for the funeral of 

 John S. Kellogg, state secretary of the 

 Royal Arcanum. 



The Everett Forestry Co. is being 

 conducted by Charles J. Everett, ac- 

 cording to the statement filed with the 

 city clerk. 



B. W. Dulaney was a visitor last 

 week, in the interests of the J. M. 

 McCullough's Sons Co., of Cincinnati. 



Burns & Burke are cutting a fine lot 

 of roses, their Killarneys being espe- 

 cially frood. 



F. Macra^e's Sons, who cut nearly 

 20,000 mums for the ThanMgiving sea- 

 soUjjhave several hyndreo^lne plAjD^ 

 f or Tjfiristmaai burning. 



William Brown, oT the Providence 

 Seed Co., was secretary of the annual 



Rhode Island Poultry Association's 

 show, at Infantry hall, last week. 



.Joseph Kopelman visited Boston and 

 vicinity, for a few days last week, in 

 search of Christmas novelties. 



The J. A. Budlong & Sons Co., of 

 Auburn, is making large daUy ship- 

 ments of roses to the Boston and New 

 York markets. 



Edgar Nock, of East Greenwich, re- 

 cently exhibited, at the store of Johns- 

 ton Bros., a fine specimen of Pancra- 

 tium ovatum, which attracted consider- 

 able attention. 



Albert Holscher is cutting the first 

 of a fine crop of poinsettias. He has a 

 nice lot of dwarf, stocky plants. 



Louis D. Pierce, of Norwood, has 

 beQ:i|tte^ted p^^dent of the Warwick 

 to'fcvfvduncil. -'-^^ "- ■ «■ 



Charles H. Hunt has just begun to 

 bring in some fine baby primroses, in 

 4-inch pots, •*iiiich are 'eagerly sought. 

 He has a fine house of Harfisii for 

 early cutting. 



Edward Brooke, of T. J. Johnston & 



