May 15. i:«>2. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



875 



A Foliage Funeral Arrangement. 



ard carnation, see how many growers 

 could enter in that class with very little 

 expense, but of much interest to them- 

 selves and patrons of the show room. 

 Give every one a chance to win a prize if 

 they can, large and small growers alike, 

 amateur and professional. J. N. 



A FOLIAGE ARRANGEMENT. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a foliage funeral 

 arrangement by the Geo. Wittbold Co., 

 Chicago. They find that such arrange- 

 ments meet with the approval of many 

 people and that the call for them is in- 

 creasing. 



The arrangement shown contains cy- 

 cas, kentia and asparagus, and is tied 

 with a sash of lavender ribbon. The 

 selling price was $5.00. They make up 

 other similar foliage arrangements for 

 $10.00, $15.00 and even np to $20.00 and 

 $25.00. In some cases a few sprays of 

 choice flowers are added, preferably 

 sprays of orchids nr similar graceful 

 flowers. But the most popular ones seem 

 to be those consisting entirely of foliage. 



NEW YORK. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held in the wholesale 

 rooms of President Sheridan on Monday 

 evening. Nearly thirtj- members were 

 present. The executive committee re- 

 ported the appointment of Mr. Bunyard 

 as manager of the fall flower show, 



which the club confirmed. Mr. O'Mara re- 

 ported an encouraging interview with 

 the members of the Society of American 

 Arts and Sculpture, which gives promise 

 of active co-operation and assures the 

 club of a great success by the addition of 

 this novel and popular adjunct to the 

 flower exhibition. 



The outing committee reported all ar- 

 rangements completed for the club's ex- 

 cursion July 7. An exhibit of new varie- 

 ties of pansies by Mr. Beaulieu, of Long 

 Island, and a new variety of ivy from 

 the Caucasian Mountains exhibited by J. 

 H. Troy, of the Rosary Co., both received 

 certificates of merit. A letter from Ed- 

 win Lonsdale was read, announcing the 

 prizes offered by the American Rose Co. 

 for the best exhibits of the Ivory rose at 

 the fall show. 



The possibility of securing the original 

 club rooms was announced and the use of 

 the president's rooms until the commit- 

 tee's decision later was assured. Conven- 

 tion matters were discussed and a trans- 

 portation committee appointed with a 

 view to arranging with the Boston and 

 Philadelphia florists for a grand union of 

 forces in the invasion of Asheville. Mr. 

 Robert Craig, of Philadelphia, was pres- 

 ent and entertained the club with rem- 

 iniscences extending back thirty-five 

 years, before the American Beauty was 

 born, and when Papa Zeller was a ' ' boy, ' ' 

 illustrating the wonderful growth of the 

 cut flower commission business, and clos- 

 ing with good, practical, fatherly advice 

 as to how to make a flower show a suc- 

 cess. Alex. Wallace, of the Exchange, 

 was reported convalescent after an at- 

 tack of appendicitis. 



The Market. 



The market is just about what may 

 naturally be expected at this season. The 

 florist who adds gardening to his reper- 

 toire now has his innings and is as busy 

 as the proverbial bee. The man who sells 

 cut flowers only finds the sledding poor. 

 All the weddings have been postponed 

 until June, Balls and parties are like 

 angels' visits. There's "nothin' doin,' " 

 A few straggling exceptions to the rule 

 materiahze, but its "quiet" almost every- 

 where. Retailers keep attractive though 

 simple windows. Hard to find a neglect- 

 ed front these days in New York City. 

 Business or no business, the man or wom- 

 an who does not keep the window attract- ^ 

 ive has no business in the business. 



Spring flowers are unlimited, Pansies 

 and sweet peas in every window. Iris and 

 gladiolus are plentiful. Roses are gener- 

 ally of poor quality and sell at very low 

 rates. Carnations are abundant and of 

 excellent quality, even "fancies" maintain 

 their values of colder days. The Liberty 

 rose is at its best. 



Items. 



Father Smith, of Washington, was in 

 the city last week as one of the Congres- 

 sional committee accompanying the re- 

 mains of the Hon. Amos J. Cummings to 

 New York. Mr. Cummings was a great 

 friend of the horticulturists and helped 

 in securing the national charter for the 

 S. A. F, O, H., and was a botanist of 

 considerable repute. Many handsome 

 floral tributes attested his popularity, a 

 standing anchor from the Society of 

 American Florists being one of the most 

 beautiful. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 Y'ork has been incorporated, the certifi- 

 cate being filed with the Secretary of 

 State at Albany May 9. 



A large contingent will go from New 

 York and vicinity to the Nurserymen's 

 Convention in Milwaukee, June 12 to 14. 

 Quite a few will join the party going by 

 the popular Delaware & Lackawanna, one 

 of the most charming routes from New 

 York to the v/est. 



The exhibition this week (Wednesday 

 and Thursday) at the conservatories in 

 Bronx Park promises to be very interest- 

 ing and will be largely attended. Many 

 novelties will be exhibited, interesting 

 lectures given and a multitude of prizes 

 awarded. 



The new market is a, success, the old 

 one is a shadow. Over 200 growers al- 

 ready crowd the great room above the 

 Cut Flower Co., and this early it is real- 

 ized that the great complaint will be lack 

 of room. The fact is the whole building 

 would be none too large for the general 

 re(iuireraents of the wholesale florist busi- 

 ness of this citj'. 



Reed &> Keller now occupy the whole of 

 the building on West Twenty-fifth street, 

 a sufficient evidence of the wonderful 

 growth of this enterprising house, , 



The new store of Alex, Guttman's at 49 

 Broad street is now open and most at- 

 tractively furnished. Business was good 

 from the start. 



The regular spring cleaning, repairing 

 and beautifying of the wholesale stores is 

 now in progress, 



Bowliag. 



The Bowling Club's aggregate memory 

 is defective. The afternoon of the Flor- 

 ists' Club meeting is always devoted to 

 the "game of games," but only three of 

 the regulars were on hand. 



Captain Lang- will call that little bluff 



