JULY 5. 19IX). 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



161 



Possibly this may be a little too 

 broad. It all depends on the character 

 and temperament of the men. H. W., 

 knowing the men, will know how 

 strong to make the intimation. 



Can any reader suggest a better so- 

 lution? 



Salaries. . 



John V. writes: "The specialist who 

 is successful, and able to get out of it 

 all there is in it. certainly deserves 

 better pay than the man who has 

 charge of a small place where a little 

 knowledge of everything is required. 

 But a manager or propagator on a 

 large place devoted to a great variety 

 of plants for the wholesale trade or re- 

 tail catalogue business deserves better 

 pay than the specialist (and I think 

 that in most cases he is getting it), for 

 it takes more time, experience and 

 study to handle in a large way and 

 with equal success the great variety of 

 stock that must be grown. 



"But even these well informed and 

 widely experienced men will have spe- 

 cialties in a way. One will be better 

 at roses, another at carnations, an- 

 other at propagating begonias, and so 

 on. The plant they love the most will 

 receive the most study and care, and 

 as a result they will have the best suc- 

 cess with it." 



Black Ants. 



P. G. suggests: "Saucers of mo- 

 lasses placed around will capture the 

 black ants, and they can be destroyed 

 ■when the saucer is full. They are not 

 wise enough to avoid this trap." 



NEW YORK. 



Bu5iness Crumbs. 



"Happy Fourth of .Tuly." and who 

 cares about business, its condition, or 

 its strife? Where and how to catch 

 the most fish, or in other ways to con- 

 dense the most pleasure into the least 

 time, is of more import to the great 

 majority than the price of flowers or 

 the making of an occasional bouton- 

 niere for some peripatetic dude. 

 There's scarcely anything else to do 

 except in the case of an order for 

 funeral flowers, a little steamer work, 

 and the crumbs despised at other 

 times. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club meets on Mon- 

 day. July 9th. and the bowlers expect 

 a large crowd on the alleys that after- 

 noon, for it is expected that the Flat- 

 bush boys intend to be there just for 

 fun, and perhaps ! 



The Parks. 



The old greenhouses at Central park, 

 ■which have been used for propagating 

 the bedding plants used in the city 

 parks, ■were recently sold at auction. 

 There was about 25,000 square feet of 

 glass, a large potting shed and five 



boilers, all of which were sold for $80. 

 The work of demolition is to com- 

 mence at once. The new propagating 

 houses are in the rear of the large 

 conservatories recently built. 



Whilst speaking of parks, there will 

 be no special efforts made by the New 

 York or Brooklyn park departments in 

 the matter of extensive bedding on ac- 

 count of the holding of the S. A. F. 

 convention here. Ne^w' York is far be- 

 hind many other cities in the matter 

 of public floral displays, but the parks 

 are naturally very beautiful, ■which is 

 one consolation, and visitors will no 

 doubt enjoy them for that reason. 



The Plant Market?. 



The committee appointed by the New 

 York Market Florists' Association 

 called Tipon the comptroller a week 

 ago in regard to the tumble-down con- 

 dition of old Clinton Market, where 

 the most of the small plants are sold 

 to New Yorkers, but only a half-heart- 

 ed promise was made to look into the 

 matter. It appears to us that this is 

 too important a matter to treat lightly. 

 The whole of the trade in New York 

 should assist these growers in obtain- 

 ing their rights: there must be no 

 isolated committees, but a delegation 

 from all societies, a crowd of 50 or 

 100 — more, if necessary — fully pre- 

 pared ■with facts bearing on the im- 

 portance of the flower and plant trade 

 of the city, impress the authorities 

 that a decent market is absolutely nec- 

 essary, and must be furnished. Let 

 the demand have some thunder about 

 it and it will be granted. New York 

 is a rich city: nothing like the sacri- 

 fices made daily at Clinton Market is 

 necessary or beneficial to the plant 

 trade. Another meeting of the Grow- 

 ers' Association will be held at the 

 Clinton Market restaurant. Thursday. 

 July 12. at S p. m., when it is hoped 

 some plan of campaign will be adopted 

 which will result in obtaining a plant 

 market in this city creditable to it and 

 commensurate with the importance of 

 the trade. 



"Various Items. 



Thomas Young. Jr.. has been quite 

 busy On telegraphic orders from out- 

 of-town florists for bas'sets or Ijoxes 

 of flowers sent to parties visiting this 

 city or those going to Europe, and 

 from what we have seen every order 

 is put up with the same care and style, 

 in fact, more particular than if sent 

 from your own place. 



Chicago has entered the bowling 

 tournament. The St. Louis boys 

 needn't mind the scarcity of trolley 

 cars: they'll see plenty here. We hope 

 they will get into line on the alleys. 



The terrible fire which destroyed 

 several ships and the docks of the 

 North German Lloyd Company on Sat- 

 urday, with the awful loss of life in 

 consequence, has thrown a gloom over 

 everything, and many will not carry 

 out their intention of visiting Europe 

 this summer. 



The Convention Souvenir. 



The souvenir to be given to those at- 

 tending the S. A. F. convention by the 

 New York Florists' Club will be the 

 best thing ever gotten up tor a simi- 

 lar event. We have had the pleasure 

 of reading some of the matter it will 

 contain, and have no hesitation in 

 classing it as a gem and by far the 

 most comprehensive history of New 

 York floriculture ever compiled. It 

 will be highly prized and there will be 

 a wild scramble for extra copies. As 

 an advertising medium it will be very 

 valuable, which wide-awake business 

 men should consider. It will be put on 

 the press July 15. 



Bowling. 



The bowling scores on the New Y'ork 

 alleys Monday night were: 



P.urns US 175 109 



Roehrs »' 117 107 



Lang 1« 141 la"! 



O-Mara 132 147 141 



Mantla 153 134 104 



Marshall 134 lo4 116 



Traeilfllv 102 153 l.S 



Tleilman 141 131 Iw 



lionlan 162 136 141 



J. I. D. 



BUFFALO. 



A Hoss Sold er's 'Wedding. 



The mid-summer quiet dawned on us 

 very perceptibly yesterday (Monday) 

 at 7 a. m. and fire crackers are more 

 fashionable today than rosebuds. Last 

 week wound up the June weddings. 

 The largest of the week was a military 

 affair and the groom was a hoss sol- 

 dier with yellow facings, so the deco- 

 rations, which were rather elaborate, 

 had to be yellow, with yellow roses 

 barred. Daffodils and coreopsis and 

 yellow pansies were largely used. The 

 daflSes were put into cold storage in 

 March and brought into the green- 

 house ten days before they were used; 

 they were a great success. 



Building. 



I hear this morning that W. J. Pal- 

 mer & Son are putting up two iron 

 houses, each 350 feet long. 



Mr. Jerry Brookins. of Orchard Park, 

 is also building one house 200x45 feet, 

 AVith all this, and Christenson's seven 

 houses and two old ones being pulled 

 down and rebuilt at Cold Springs, we 

 are, 1 think, doing our share. 



■Visitors. 



Yesterday was Dominion day and a 

 large delegation of Canadians was in 

 town, among them a few florists. Mr. 

 Dunlop's foreman, whose name I am 

 ashamed to have forgotten, and Mr. 

 Jay, called on us. They were both 

 pleased at the look of our beautiful 

 streets and rather surprised at the size 

 and pretensions of the Pan-American. 



Good Bedding. 



Visitors should not neglect to visit 

 Forest Lawn just now, for there are 

 some first rate examples of bedding 



