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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



NOVEMBEIt 13. 1902. 



the calyx, it is of good liabit, blooms 

 contiuuously and is thoroughly a variety 

 of the bread and butter sort. 



Crane, in spite of complaints about 

 it, still holds its own. It and Estelle 

 make a good team. Crane coming in 

 early, continuing through the holidays 

 and social season, Estelle getting into 

 line about December 15, continuing on 

 late into spring when Crane is gone. 



Avondale was sent out a year ago 

 at a low price, but has outdone many of 

 the higher priced ones. Being a sport 

 (from Armazindy) it showed some 

 streaks in the iiowers on several jilants, 

 but by careful selection we have a grand 

 lot of plants this year, wliich have al- 

 leady paid their board some time in ad- 

 vance. 



Bradt is not so mucli in favor as 

 formerly, and in consequence we are let- 

 ting it come along slowly in a cool 

 house, where it will come handy after the 

 holidays. 



Morning Glory is not doing as well 

 this j'ear as last, but we have Enchant- 

 ress in sight for the future. 



Cressbrook is somewhat of a puzzle 

 at present, but by no means given up. 

 As stated before, it is on the improve 

 since regular firing. 



Nelson needs no further comment than 

 as stated in a previous issue. 



California Gold, sent out, I believe, 

 by The E. G. Hill Co. I have been 

 surprised not to hear or see any refer- 

 ence made to this variety during the 

 past year. It certainly is a good bloom- 

 er, has all the other fine qualities, such 

 as color, stem, size and form. Perhaps 

 it takes well only in certain localities 

 or its being variegated is against it, as 

 with Bradt. 



Purchase of New Varieties. 



In buying new sorts or, in fact, cut- 

 tings of any variety, ti-y the plan of hav- 

 ing them come unrooted. I do not ad- 

 vise this as a means of obtaining them 

 at a lower price, although this often 

 can be done. This may seem to you 

 a queer method, but having had some ex- 

 perience along this line, I will endeavor 

 next week to give a chapter on this 

 subject. Geo. S. Osborn. 



NEW YORK. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held on Monday 

 evening at Civic Hall. 128 East Twenty- 

 eighth street, about forty members be- 

 ing present. 



The principal subject discussed was 

 the flower show, and the disposition to 

 make the best of things and to cheer- 

 fully ''bear one another's burdens" was 

 certainly commendable. A full state- 

 ment of expenditures, receipts and all 

 particulars was given the club by Presi- 

 dent Sheridan, and in an able and clear 

 address, Mr. O'Mara dwelt upon the rea- 

 sons for the financial deficit, the sculp- 

 ture feature, the paucity of exhibits, 

 the committee's faithful ' labors and 

 much that redounded to the credit of the 

 club. The thanks of the club were unan- 

 imously voted the committee. 



It developed that the expenses of the 

 Sculpture Society would approximate 

 $5,000. Votes of thanks were passed to 

 the exhibitors and trade exhibitors, and 

 lessons were drawn that will lie of prac- 

 tical service in any future attempts to 

 "offer up sacrifices" to the "artistic ele- 

 ment" of society in this city. 



Four new members were iiominated. 

 and the nominating conuuittee reported 

 the following names to te voted on for 

 the important offices of the club at its 

 next meeting: For president: W. H, 

 Siebrecht, J. H. Troy, L. Hafner. For 

 vice-president: F. 'H. Traendly, A. 

 Langjahr, For treasurer: C. B. Weath- 

 ered, S. S. Butterfield. For secretary: 

 John Young, H, Bunyard. Executive 

 committee: W. Sheridan, W. S. Allen, 

 W. H. Siebrecht, H. Hentz. Jr., Theo. 

 Lang and J. Austin Shaw, 



Exhibition Notes. 

 Henry A. Dreer's exhibit of Pandanus 

 Sanderi was greatly admired. This is 

 a wonderful acquisition and will be very 

 popular. 



The Otaheite orange plants shown by 

 Chas. Zeller & Sons were perfect speci- 

 mens and deserved the medal they se- 

 cured. 



C, W. Ward's fine carnation exhibit 

 was renewed daily and kept in perfect 

 condition to the end. 



John H. May displayed Mrs, Oliver 

 Ames, and Ernst Asmus had on exhibi- 

 tion a grand vase of Ivory. 



The "Canadian Queen" proved to be 

 one of the most interesting of the new 

 roses, and was greatly admired by all. 

 Its keeping qualities are excellent. The 

 stock will be sent out early in 1003. 



Henry Eichholz. of Wayniesboro, Pa,, 

 showed his new striped carnation "Ti- 

 ger," some twenty varieties of orna- 

 mental grasses and a number of "freak" 

 chrysanthemums. 



J. H. Troy's Japanese plants, trees, 

 maidens and helpers formed as at- 

 tractive a feature as could be seen in the 

 garden and deserved all the attention 

 and appreciation they received. 



The orchid exhibits of Lager & Hur- 

 rell, Julius Koehrs and Siebrecht & Son 

 have never been equaled in any ex- 

 hilntion on the continent. 



The immense banks of palms and 

 other decorative plants shown by Julius 

 Roehrs. Siebrecht & Son and Anton 

 Schultheis were composed of the finest 

 slock from their conservatories. 



Geo. M. Stumpp exhibited a fine bas- 

 ket of mums most artistically arranged; 

 W. W. Burnham, wedding bouquets: 

 and Clark's Sons, baskets of other flow- 

 ers. Otherwise the retailers of the city 

 made no demonstration. 



Lehnig & Winnefeld. of Hackensack, 

 exhibited a fine collection of cyclamen, 

 and Wm. Brennecke, of Hempstead, a 

 dozen fine geraniums. 

 Notes. 

 The auction sales continue. Now. in 

 addition to the palms, come conifers, 

 hardy roses, hydrangeas and ornamental 

 nursery stock. The enthusiasm has had 

 a hard time materializing this season. 



Harry Bayersdorfcr, of Philadelphia, 

 was a visitor Saturday and made a 

 friendly call on all the wholesale and 

 supply establishments. 



Bobbink & Atkins have had a grand 

 season, and their travelers, who were 

 both at the Nevi" York show, report a 

 wonderful trade in both the wholesale 

 and retail departments. Their exhibit 

 of topiary work was one of the novel fea- 

 tures of the exhibition and their fine 

 specimens of evergreens deserved the in- 

 terest awakened. 



F. R, Pierson is getting used to gold 

 medals, so that the telegram from Kan- 

 sas City announcing "gold medal for 

 Piersoni," caused no excitement and was 

 evidently; expected. 



Alex. J. Guttman's trade is steadilv 



increasing since the wholesale depart- 

 ment of his business secures all his at- 

 tention. He carries a large stock of ex- 

 tra fine Brides and Maids. 



Charles Millang finds his greenhouse 

 venture a success from the start. Hard- 

 ly a plant remains unsold from his first 

 shipments. He bought all of Chas. Zel- 

 ler's orange trees at the Madison Square 

 exhibition and rapidly sold them out 

 the next day. 



Jas. Mclianus still handles a large 

 quantity of fine orchids daily, and is 

 adding to his growers right along. His 

 shipnients out of toii n are increasing. 



Ghormley's establishment will have to 

 be enlarged or the mums will have to de- 

 crease. His store is ablaze with color 

 and after the early shipments are ar- 

 r;;nged there isn't much room left for 

 customers. 



President Walter Sheridan is back 

 again with his "Beauties'' after a stren- 

 uous week at the flower show, to which 

 he devoted his time and effort with an 

 assiduity and patience that every mem- 

 ber of the club might well have emu- 

 lated. 



Today and Thursday the ' American 

 Institute's fall show of flowers and or- 

 namental plants takes place at the 

 Berkeley Lyceum. The entries are nu- 

 merous and the prizes large. 



The John J. Crooke Co.. of New York 

 and Chicago, reports a wonderful de- 

 mand for its special lines of floral foil, 

 in rose and violet, which seems to be 

 growing constantly in popularity. 



Mr. Sander, Jr., of the English house 

 of Sander & Co., sails Saturday for his 

 native land, very much pleased with 

 America. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. report an Oc- 

 tober business in the aggregate, double 

 the trade of the same month in 1901, 

 certainly a most healthful sign. 



H. H. Berger & Co. are receiving a fine 

 lot of Araucaria excelsa seed this year 

 froni New Zealand, and as these seeds 

 are in the market at intervals of three 

 years (Uily. now is an opportune time to 

 secure them. 



Japanese rubrum and auratum lilies 

 and all the speciosum varieties will be 

 very scarce this season. 



At the Central Park greenhouses the 

 annual exhibition of orchids and mums 

 is in progress, and as usual crowds ap- 

 pieciate this splendid yearly show which 

 is free to all. On Sunday "standing 

 room" was at a premium. 



Visitors were n\imerous last week. In 

 addition to those already mentioned 

 there wei-e F. W. Tavlor, of St. Louis, 

 full of World's Fair 'news; H. P. Kel- 

 sev. Boston ; H. Kichholz, Waynesboro, 

 Pa.; S. T. Bradley, New Haven; W. J. 

 Buckley. Garrison; W. F. Ross, Madi- 

 son: Arthur Cowee. Berlin; A. Salter, 

 Rochester; John White, Pittsfield; E. 

 Duggan. of the Dale Estate, Brampton, 

 Ont. : John Thatcher. Amsterdam; W. 

 R. Smith. Washington : John Burton, 

 Philadelphia. 



ifr. ;\I. Purdy, the wholesale florist of 

 Twenty-ninth street, has moved across 

 the way and now has a part of M. Hart's 

 store. 



The report that Henry Pfister, who 

 has for so many years been head gar- 

 dener at the White House Conservato- 

 ries, Washington, is no longer needed in 

 that capacity, has been heard here with 

 general regret. J. Austin Shaw. 



The Review is the best value for the 

 monev that T know of.— Chas. R. Higbee, 

 Jr., Hyde Park, Mass. 



