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The Weekly Rorists'' Review. 



September 



1902. 



its beauty is in evidence and few are 

 the tasteful country homes without it. 

 At the Elizabeth Nursery Co.'s grounds 

 nearly half a million plants are ready 

 <f«r the trade. The new greenhouse 

 plant of this firm is nearly completed. 

 The new office, moved from the city 

 to the nursery grounds, is finished, and 

 the grounds themselves are being hand- 

 somely planted w-ith the finest ever- 

 greens and ornamentals. 



October 1st is the 5th anniversary of 

 the formation of Stumpp & Walter Co., 

 of 50 Barclay street. It will be cele- 

 brated with proper ceremonies and fel- 

 icitations. The firm consists of Messrs. 

 Stumpp, Walter and Eicke. three young 

 men of tireless energy and thorough 

 knowledge of the business acquired by 

 many years of practical experience, and 

 unbounded ambition. They have estab- 

 lished a fine and growing business, have 

 added a branch store to tlieir responsi- 

 bilities and are enjoying this year the 

 best season of the firm's existence. 



The Cut Flower Exchange in the 

 Coogau Building has invented a very 

 interesting and cleansing system for tlie 

 benefit of the "bores" and the unwashed 

 strata of horticultural plebeians wBo 

 have nothing to do. By the exercise 

 of stratagem these gentry are induced 

 to enter an alley where "surplus flow- 

 ers" can be had for the gathering, and 

 are suddenly overwhelmed with a deluge 

 of pure water from the windows of the 

 Exchange, tlie number of buckets used 

 depending on the number of wholesalers 

 left in the building. Tlie surprise and 

 moist condition of the victim carries 

 one back to the time of Noah and gives' 

 him a slight realization of what the 

 flood meant. 



Charles Millang has been handling an 

 average of 10,000 asters daily during 

 the past week, and realizing 50 cents to 

 $1 per 100 for them. The boys have 

 been calling him "Mr. Aster," and ask- 

 ing him when he is "going to England, 

 to visit John Jacob?" His lilies have 

 not been in demand as much as usual, 

 but the "supply" is always on hand and 

 the lily king still holds his title. A 

 musical friend of his has written a 

 march in his honor called "The Lily 

 King." 



The autumn exhibition of flowers, or- 

 namental plants, fruits, garden vege- 

 tables, field crops and latest horticul- 

 tural novelties has opened at the Amer- 

 ican Institute with a splendid variety 

 of exhibits, and an excellent attendance. 

 Mr. Nash, of Moore, Hentz and Nash, 

 was at Edgely last week looking over 

 the great plant there of 125.000 square 

 feet, where the Queen of Edgely come 

 from that he sells in the Coogan build- 

 ing. He reports a grand stock of Edgelv 

 and Beauties, and the new rose "Helen 

 Gould," which is seen there at its best, 

 is being grown extensively. 



Mr. r. Sander. Jr.. of the house of 

 Sander & Co., of England, arrived Sat- 

 urday for his first visit to this country 

 and will make a brief call on some of his 

 American customers. Mr. Dimmock. the 

 representative of the firm, accompanied 

 him. 



John Scott's auction has been post- 

 poned to the 20th of October. 



At Elliott's rooms auction prices were 

 fair, ficus, G-inch, bringing .30 cents; 

 Kentia Belnioreana, 5 to 6-inch, 75 cents 

 to $1.25; Kentia Forsteriana, 4 to 5 

 feet, 8 to 10-ineh pots, .$(i to $7 each. 

 At Cleary's similar rates prevailed, but 

 at both establishments it was realized 



that the first of October is about early 

 enough to begin the fall sales. 



Robert Bottomley, of Asheville, N. C, 

 is intending to send some fine decorative 

 stock to Elliott's shortly, to be sold at 

 auction. Among tlie lot are many ken- 

 tias in 12 to Ifi-inch pots, to 8 feet, 

 and artcas, 12-ineh pots to 22-inch tubs, 

 12 to 15 feet high. Those who attended 

 the convention and took the trip to Bilt- 

 niore will remember the stock. 



The out fronds of Peter Crowe's new 

 adiantum may be found at John I. Ray- 

 uor's. Xhey are very handsome and sell 

 readily. 



The' Dreyer auction at Woodside on 

 Monday was well attended and good 

 prices were realized. Clcary conducted 

 the sale. 



Samuel Parsons & Co.. who have en- 

 lire charge of all the parks of Greater 

 New York, are doing some extensive 

 landscape work in Kentucky, Utica and 

 New Kochelle, and have in prospect the 

 laying out and furnishing of a large 

 park in Porto Eico. They have had 

 an exceedingly busy season. 



The Rustic Construction Co. is one of 

 the old landmarks of Fulton street, 

 New York, having been established since 

 1875, and within a block of its present 

 location, number 19. The company 

 manufactures rustic work exclusively, 

 and are builders of odd, artistic, and 

 handsome creations that have made their 

 business a popular and prosperous one 

 during all these years. Their specialty 

 of late has been summer houses of all 

 sizes and styles, but among their stock 

 are plant tubs, hanging baskets, bird 

 houses, chairs, settees, tables and many 

 things of special value to florists every- 

 where. The company is one of experts 

 in their line, and its experience insures 

 satisfaction. 



The business relations existing be- 

 tween L. J. Kreshover and H. A. Bun- 

 yard have been discontinued. 



Dr. Vreeland. of Paterson, N. J., was 

 in town Saturday and reports excellent 

 prospects for a fine crop of roses and 

 carnations. He has over 12,Q00 square 

 feet of glass and from an experiment 

 for recreation has developed a nice com- 

 mercial business. All his stock is 

 handled by Moore, Hentz & Nash at the 

 Cut Flower Exchange headquarters. 



McHutchison & Co. have opened an 

 office at 218 Fulton street, New York, in 

 the wholesale nursery and fiorist busi- 

 ness, and are the American representa- 

 tives of Arthur De Meyer, Ghent, Bel- 

 gium; Ernst Eeimschneider, Altona- 

 Hamburg, Germany; H. W. Van Der 

 Bom & Co., Oudenbosch, Holland. Both 

 Jlr. McHutchison and ilr. Wittpenn are 

 young men of considerable experience, 

 having been with Mr. August Ehotert 

 for years. They have the confidence and 

 good wishes of the trade. Mr. Mc- 

 Hutchison will make an extensive trip 

 among his old friends in December. 



Miss B. Cohen, who was in the florist 

 business in San Francisco, and later 

 with A. Warendorflf on Broadway, 

 opened on Saturday a handsome store 

 on Fifty-ninth street, near ^ladison 

 avenue. 



Edwin Marole, of Summit, N. J., was 

 in the city Saturdaj'. His roses are 

 handled by Mr. A. Gutlman, of Twenty- 

 ninth street. 



Ford Bros, are enlarging their whole- 

 sale establishment on Thirtieth street 

 and making it one of the best equipped 

 and most convenient in the citv. About 



double the old space will be at their dis- 

 jiosal. 



A fine display of Madame Gastalier 

 chrysanthemiuns in John Young's win- 

 dow is very attractive, but the demand 

 has not yet materialized for anything 

 "out of season," nor in season, unfortu- 

 nately. 



The International Plant Breeding 

 Conference will be held in the Berkeley 

 Lyceum, 19 to 21 West Forty-fourth 

 street, September 30 and October 1 

 and 2. 



With the advent of cold weather the 

 growers are feeling anything but en- 

 couraged over the coal situation. All 

 sorts of fuel is being used to tide over, 

 but these makeshifts will soon be ex- 

 hausted. Even soft coal cannot be ob- 

 tained by many and cord wood and old 

 lumber is being burned. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



Tlie usual market report will be found 

 adjacent to the Chicago wholesale cut 

 flower quotations elsewhere in this issue. 

 Mr. A. J. Clarke, of Clarke Bros., Port- 

 land, Ore., accompanied by his sister. 

 Miss Edith Clarke, was a visitor last 

 week. They went from here to Rich- 

 mond, Ind., and Springfield, O. (Mr. 

 Clarke's old home), and will later visit 

 New York and Philadelphia. Miss Clarke 

 will remain in New York for the winter 

 to study under the best masters of 

 vocal music, and Mr. Clarke will return 

 home after a few weeks' stay in the 

 East. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hauswirth and 

 Miss Annie Kreitling have returned from 

 a fifteen-day absence in tlie East. In 

 addition to attending the Eedmen's Great 

 Council at Norfolk, Va., they visited New 

 York and other eastern points. 



August Jurgens has been sending some 

 remarkably fine lily of the valley to mar- 

 ket. The spikes are rarely less than a 

 foot in length and on one we counted as 

 many as eighteen bells. He is now cut- 

 ting a thousand a day regularly. Mr. 

 Jurgens is a nephew of Carl Jurgens, 

 of Newport, R. I., and acquired his ex- 

 perience as a valley grower in his uncle's 

 famous establishment. 



Fritz Bahr, celebrated the third anni- 

 versary of his wedding last Saturday 

 night. A number of Chicago florists went 

 out to Highland Park to assist in the 

 celebration and were Bahr-ed in over 

 Sunday, after having been introduced to 

 a wedding bell beverage that is ringing 

 yet. Toot-toot ! 



Anton Then is also in the celebrat- 

 ing line. His 25th wedding anniversary 

 is imminent and he will observe it by 

 taking his wife East to visit his son, who 

 is in charge of a section of rose houses 

 at John N. Mays, Summit, N. J. Anton 

 will bake his own cake and grow some 

 fancy carnations on top. 



Wietor Bros, are cutting some excel- 

 lent blooms of the new rose. Ivory, and 

 are very much taken with the variety. 

 It is not only very productive, but the 

 blooms are fine and they sell well in the 

 market. 



At Peter Reinberg's establishment in 

 Summerdale the many houses of roses 

 are in fine condition and the plants 

 promise a splendid cut this season. Quite 

 a large proportion of the plants are old 

 ones that have been carried over from 

 last season, having been merely pruned 

 and replanted in fresh soil. Some of 

 these have been bent over to make them 

 break better from the bottom. Beauties, 



