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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembeu 3, 1903. 



specimens were hung from the purlins. 

 This is a novelty here and very pleasing 

 in appearance. 



The place is strong on berried plants 

 for Christmas, fine specimens of holly, 

 Jerusalem cherries, Aucuba Japoniea and 

 Ardisia erenulata filling several houses. 

 Then there are numbers of evergreens 

 in handy little tubs, some of them very 

 choice. 



The place is very strong on bulbs. 

 Daffodils are already started; this is 

 earlier than ever before noticed. Boston 

 ferns flourish in quantity and beside it 

 the coming N. exaltata Harrisli, a com- 

 pact variety mentioned before. Genis- 

 tas, azaleas and hydrangeas are inside 

 in good condition for growing into flower. 

 There is a large stock of foliage plants, 

 arecas, kentias, ficus, Pandanus Veitchii, 

 Dracffina terminalis, etc. Dwarf oranges 

 and ponderosa lemons full of fruit are 

 also specialties. Bulbs will be grown 

 even more extensively than in the past. 



Variotis Notes. 



Eugene Weiss has a new grower in 

 charge of his rose houses at Hatborough ; 

 the cut, it is stated, is of very fine 

 quality. Brides and Maids are special- 

 ties. 



Frank Gaul, the enterprising manager 

 of the Century Flower Shop, has been 

 pushing business in great shape of late. 

 The ~ election of Alfred Burton as a 

 director at the Flower Market has proved 

 a popular choice. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. are experienc- 

 ing a heavy demand for Christmas sup- 

 plies. Immortelle wreaths and Christ- 

 mas bells appear to be favorites. 



S. S. Pennock is receiving some choice 

 fancy carnations from Ehode Island. He 

 keeps his brother busy with telephonic 

 orders for valley. 



M. Eice & Co. state that their business 

 has increased enormously over past sea- 

 sons. They are working like beavers to 

 get their orders out in time. 



Leo Niessen had some good orders for 

 out of town this week. 



Pennock Bros, had a handsome Thanks- 

 giving window decoration, using wheat, 

 emblem of har\est. 



Herman Sehoenfeld had some nice or- 

 ders this week. Evidently his new store 

 is popular. Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market has made a good recovery 

 after a long illness, which looked at one 

 time as though it might result fatally. 

 It was the sickest patient in November 

 the wholesale section can remember. The 

 "oldest inhabitant" never saw anything 

 like it. But it lifts its head again, and 

 its appetite has improved so that it be- 

 gins to sit up and take notice. It even 

 became aggressive Saturday, when Beau- 

 ties in some cases touched 50 cents each 

 and Maids and Brides 15 cents each and 

 violets $2 per 100. It was like old times 

 and with proper care there is no need 

 of another retrogression before the rob- 

 ins nest again. Carnations, with the spe- 

 cial at $6 per 100 and the novelties at $S 

 per 100 were "in the running" and 

 chrysanthemums are growing scarce and 

 more valuable every day. Business in 

 the supply line is already phenomenal. 

 Everything looks cheerful, even the stock 

 market, that great indicator of metro- 

 poUtan floricultural prosperity. 



Various Notes. 



Friday of this week the dinner to Gen, 

 Corbin will take place, under the deco- 

 rative supervision of Thomas Young, Jr. 

 The red, vs-hite and blue effect on the 

 tables will require large quantities of 

 Meteor, Kaiserin and violets. 



At David Clarke's Sons, on Broadway, 

 the immense floor space and basement 

 seem none too large for the display of 

 stock in preparation for the holiday 

 trade. The windows are already gay 

 with cyclamen, heather and Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine. Dreer's new pan- 

 danus seems to be a great favorite here. 

 A light basement is utilized as a con- 

 servatory. An average of nearly a wed- 

 jincr a day indicates the trend of trade. 

 The novelty of Pompaeian jardinieres 

 and baskets at the Ansonia store of War- 

 rendorff is much in evidence. Several 

 (it the Broadway bon ton stores will 

 handle this original conception. These 

 Ere the days of novelties, and some at- 

 tractive creations are ready for their 

 (I. 'but as Christmas approaches. 



Hanft Bros., of Madison avenue, had 

 a large wedding at the Savoy, November 

 •25, the Schumacher-Harbhold nuptials. 

 Ijttcen tables were handsomely deco- 

 rated with white roses and chrysanthe- 

 mums. This firm sent a grand wreath 

 of orchids and valley for the funeral of 

 J. C. Gracy. , ,. , , 



Geo. M. Stumpp made a splendid dec- 

 ovation at the Holmes-Crimmons wed- 

 ding, on last Wednesday, one of the most 

 elaborate of the year. 



An epidemic of bronchial troubles 

 seems to have full sway in the whole- 

 sale district, some of the very best talk- 

 ers scarcely speaking above a whisper. 



W. Ghormley has been having a siege 

 with his old rheumatic enemy, but is 

 again on deck, none the worse for a ten 

 davs' encounter. 



Geo. F. Kruse, of GreenviUe, N. J., 

 <52 vears of age, was buried on Monday. 

 He ' was highly respected and his be- 

 reaved family is tendered the sympathy 

 of the trade. Mr. Horan handled the 

 stock he shipped to the New York mar- 

 ket. 



On Saturday one of the best known 

 aardcners of 'the east, George Cottam, 

 Toined the sUent majority. Few men m 

 their time were more popular, and many 

 of his old-time friends attended the fu- 

 neral services at St. Andrew's church, 

 Y'onkers, on Tuesday evening. He was 

 a member of the New York Florists' 



Club. 



Carl Jurgens, Jr., of Newport, was m 

 the city on Monday. 



The new Science church, the grandest 

 church edifice in America, built at a cost 

 of $1,185,000, was dedicated on Sun- 

 day. The decorations were most beauti- 

 ful and every room showed evidence of 

 the florists' art. The grounds around 

 the church were completed in the sum- 

 mer and made beautiful by Wadley & 

 Smythe. 



The Academy of Music, Brooklyn, was 

 destroyed by fire on Monday, entaiUng a 

 loss of nearly a mUlion dollars. A great 

 dinner to Senator McCanen was to have 

 been given there in the evening. John 

 Wier & Son had a great quantity of 

 palms and dozens of cases of wild smi- 

 lax already installed when the sudden- 

 ness of the conflagration swept every- 

 thing away. A force of twenty men 

 and women from Mr. Wier's were in 

 the building and barely escaped, thanks 

 the "uidance of John Wier, Jr., whose 



knowledge of the exits enabled him to 

 pilot the frightened people to safety. 



John Young is handling a large num- 

 ber of orchids and seems to always have 

 an abundant supply. On Monday he 

 shipped 200 sprays of oncidiums to one 

 house in Philadelphia. His window is 

 biiiliant with a sample bank of Wards' 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, of which 

 he expects to handle a large quantity for 

 Christmas. 



C. W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, 

 has now the carnation that has so long 

 been sought for. On Saturday he sent 

 to John Young twelve blooms of his scar- 

 let seedling and it created a sensation in 

 Twenty-eighth street. All the buyers who 

 saw it declared it to be the best scarlet 

 carnation that has ever been introduced, 

 ehas. Thorley bought these twelve flow- 

 ers at once 'for 50 cents each and de- 

 clared it to be "the finest carnation he 

 had ever seen." Mr. Young has al- 

 ready several offers from prominent re- 

 tailers who desire to control the blooms 

 of this gem. Mr. Ward is certainly to 

 be congratulated on producing this mag- 

 nificent flower and a brilliant future for 

 it is assured. For size, fragrance, 



strength and beauty it is par excellence. 

 I notice that John Birnie has received 

 credit for skill in disposing of plants 

 at auction in the absence of Mr. Elliott, 

 who was "serving his country," and 

 while I am conscious of Mr. Birnie 's abil- 

 ity to accomplish anything he undertakes, 

 it" was John Bemis to whom credit is 

 due. Kindly correct, as I want to make 

 it safe to attend the next meeting of 

 the Florists' Club on Monday, December 

 14, and John Birnie will be there. 



This meeting is one of special interest. 

 The new officers will be elected. The 

 exhibit of flowers will include some 

 splendid novelties and the old year will 

 receive fitting farewells in speech and 

 song and "the cup that cheers." That 

 should insure a fine attendance. 



The breath of the north woods will 

 soon dominate the atmosphere on the 

 river front, where millions of Christmas 

 trees will usher in the festive holiday 

 season. Next week will see West street a 

 forest of evergreens. -■ 



Dimmock's address is now 31 Barclay 

 street, with Suzuki & lida. 



C. W. Ward was in the city on Satur- 

 day! with samples of some of his sea- 

 son's seedling carnations. His southern 

 trip bore fruit in his election to the vice- 

 presidency of the K. C. & N. W. E. E. 

 of West Virginia. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BUCYRUS, O.— F. J. Norton says 

 'mums have been fine and brought fair 

 prices. Eoses, carnations and violets are 

 doing well. 



Kalamazoo, Mich.— G. Van Bochove 

 & Bro. have rented a part of the C. W. 

 Cook & Co. drug store for a down-town 

 salesroom for cut flowers. 



Sibley, III. — J. K. Postma reports his 

 boiler badly rusted out and he has sus- 

 tained considerable loss since _ cold 

 weather came on. He is now putting in 

 a fifty horse-power boiler. 



Olean, N. Y. — The most notable use 

 of flowers here this season was for the 

 reception for a debutante, where Mrs. 

 F. H. Johnson had charge of the decora- 

 tion. Asparagus and palms were used 

 and pink chrysanthemums, with Brides- 

 maid roses and violets. 



