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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Febiiuakv 4. l'J04. 



titles of white orchids and has some fine 

 shipments daily of Bon Silene and Lib- 

 erty roses, the latter commanding from 

 40 cents to 50 cents. 



The venerable Jas. Mallon, of Brook- 

 lyn, recounts reminiscences of the flor- 

 ists' business away back in 1848, which 

 are more than interesting. That was the 

 year he began. There were only three 

 tiorists in New York in those days. An- 

 drew Eeid, at Broadway and Eleventh 

 street; Bridgeman, at Broadway and 

 Eighteenth street, and Buchanan, at 

 Second avenue and Fourteenth street. 

 Where once blocks of greenhouses oc- 

 cupied the ground, million-dollar estab- 

 lishments now exist. Mr. Mallon was 

 with H. A. Gref, on Smith street, Brook- 

 lyn, where a whole block was devoted to 

 the business until 1857, when he began 

 operations for himself at the corner of 

 Willoughby and Fulton streets, where the 

 firm now is, only under the name of Jas. 

 Mallon & Sons. Mr. Mallon is just 

 reaching his three score years and ten 

 and bids fair to round out his century. 

 He has occupied the store on Smith street 

 since 1873, over thirty years. One of his 

 interesting memories is the purchase of 

 1,800 camellias for $1,800 and the dis- 

 posal of them at $5 apiece. This was 

 in 1870, when the camellia was the fash- 

 ionable flower. Bustenbruder was the 

 grower, and his greenhouses occupied the 

 block at Fulton street and Portland ave- 

 nue. 



The Tarrytown Horticultural Society's 

 fifth annual dinner last Thursday even- 

 ing was a great success, about sixty be- 

 ing present and an excellent menu and 

 program provided. The late trains are 

 always too early for the city visitors. 



A box from L. E. Marquisee, of Syra- 

 cuse, reached our New York office on 

 Saturday, containing some beautiful 

 specimens of Flamingo and Albatross 

 carnations in perfect condition and with 

 stems thirty to thirty-six inches long. 

 Mr. Marquisee will display his specialties 

 at the New York Florists' Club exhibi- 

 tion next Monday. 



Traendly & Schenck expect to receive 

 next week large quantities of Brunners, 

 the second crop then being due. Their 

 Golden Gates are superb and readily 

 command 15 cents. 



The Kurzman-Dacre Co. has gone out 

 of business after a brief career. Mr. 

 Dacre has been very ill for ten days, and 

 his condition was reported critical on 

 Monday. 



Samuel E. Wiley has opened a retail 

 store at 952 Madison avenue. 



Bowling. 



Next Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock 

 the New York Florists ' Bowling Club 

 wUl meet at the rooms on Tenth avenue 

 and Twenty-third street and bowl until 

 time for the carnation exhibition in the 

 evening. This plan of bowling in the 

 afternoon on club meeting dates will pre- 

 vail during the season. A week from 

 Monday evening will be prize night with 

 the club and every one bowling will bring 

 a package containing a prize in value 

 from 50 cents upwards. The Flatbush 

 Club, and in fact any members of flor- 

 ists' bowling clubs in the vicinity of 

 New York, are cordially invited to be 

 present. "The contest will commence 

 promptly at 8 o'clock, and the highest 

 score will have first choice of the pack- 

 ages containing the mysterious prizes. 

 The almost zero weather that prevailed 



Monday evening, and the prevailing epi- 

 demic of bronchial colds, accounts for a 

 lighter attendance than usual. J. K. 

 Allen was present, but did not bowl. 

 The scores follow: 



Plaver. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4tb. 5tb. 



Pord 146 161 146 183 146 



Gibbs 179 183 118 166 148 



Siebrecht. Sr 15» 15T 158 159 148 



.Sh,iw 142 1.33 129 142 138 



Stewart 75 126 140 114 ... 



Lanij 157 151 166 16S ... 



Nugent 80 80 64 111 ... 



Slebrecbt. Jr 87 99 71 97 ... 



Guttmau 100 128 125 135 ... 



Frank 150 140 152 



J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Nobody wants yesterday 's paper, so 

 I forbear giving last week's news, which 

 proved so interesting to Chicago 's postal 

 clerks that they enjoyed it till too late 

 for it to reach anyone else. 



The market conditions are rather mixed 

 this week. The supply is light, owing to 

 the fierce winter weather, the demand un- 

 certain, despite numerous entertainments, 

 and transient trade poor. Whenever spe- 

 cial demand arises for any special flower, 

 prices stiffen at once. This has been 

 especially noticeable in the case of Beau- 

 ties on several occasions lately. The 

 supply of long and medium-stemmed flow- 

 ers is limited, and a good party order 

 taxes the resources of the market. Choice 

 tea roses are also scarce, several gi-owers 

 complaining that with them the percent- 

 age of medium grade flowers has in- 

 creased at the expense of the fancy grade. 

 Liberties are very fine and, while not 

 plentiful, there are enough to meet the 

 demand at current prices, which rival those 

 of American Beauties. The quantity of 

 fancy carnations coming into the city is 

 surprisingly heavy. S. S. Pennock re- 

 ceived 4,000 fancies alone one day lately. 

 They were readily marketed. 



The violet market is not in particularly 

 good shape, through no fault of the stock. 

 St. Valentine's and milder weather are 

 the remedies. The falling oft' in the 

 supply of Easter lilies has created a 

 demand for callas, which dragged a week 

 ago. The feature of the market is a 

 great increase in spring flowers, which 

 brighten up the' windows wonderfully. 

 Fine tulips, daffodils and freesias can all 

 bo had in quantities. 



Leo Niessen is receiving forget-me-nots. 

 Orchids are quite plentiful. Gardenias 

 can now be had in two or three grades. 

 Valley is very tine. All greens are in de- 

 mand. 



Choice Stock. 



At S. S. Pennock 's there are fancy 

 Liberties, white orchids, white violets, 

 Lawson, Vesper and Prosperity carna- 

 tions, the second a pure white and fine 

 form from Isaac H. Passmore; also white 

 lilacs, gardenias, valley, etc. At Leo 

 Niessen 's one sees fancy Liberties, splen- 

 did freesias, from Lukens. of Burling- 

 ton ; quantities of daffodils and other 

 spring flowers, many of them from Carl 

 Jurgens, of Newport, also pansies, myo- 

 sotis, etc. At the Flower Market there 

 are fancy ^^^i^ti^^i tulips, daffodils, 

 grand single violets from Mrs. S. I. 

 Smith, of Secane; splendid double vio- 

 lets from Joseph L. Johnson, of Hights- 

 town, also long strings of asparagus, etc. 

 At Edward Eeid's fancy Beauties are 

 shown, very fine valley, sweet peas, a 



splendid assortment of carnations, etc. 

 W. J. Baker has calla lilies and a great 

 variety of fine carnations, also long- 

 stemmed freesias from M. J. Brinton, 

 of Christiana, etc. At E. Bernheimer 's 

 there is fine mignonette, a variety of 

 good carnations, roses, etc. ; at C. A. 

 Dunn & Company's, Brides, Maids, car- 

 nations calla lUies, etc. ., 



A Complete Wedding. 



Every florist knows how trying it is 

 to have only part of a wedding; to do 

 the church and have someone else do the 

 house; to have the bouquets and have 

 someone else beautify the table or par- 

 lors when it would be so much more 

 satisfactory to do the whole thing one's 

 self. Yet this is very common, the rule, 

 in fact. The exception occurred recent- 

 ly, when one firm, Hugh Graham, at- 

 tended to the entire wedding festivities, 

 which were very complete and elegant. 

 U.shers, dinners, bridesmaids, lunch, 

 church decorations, house decorations, 

 bouquets and boutonnieres, decorations at 

 the hotel in Washington where the happy 

 couple went, and at the hotel in Florida 

 where they spent the honeymoon. The 

 effects were all in green and white. 



Improvements. 



The Henry F. Michell Company is pre- 

 paring for a heavy seed business next 

 spring. This week they are beginning 

 extensive improvements at their hand- 

 some store. New, larger and balk win- 

 dows will be put in and the oflSces re- 

 moved to the second storv front, their 

 space on the first floor being filled by ad- 

 ditional counters and display cases. The 

 work is being done by contract to be 

 finished in thirty days. 



" We and Our Field." 



The feature of the Florists ' Club meet- 

 ing on Tuesday evening was an able pa- 

 per by Wm. J. Stewart, of Boston, en- 

 titled "We and Our Field," which was 

 listened to by an appreciative audience. 



Notes. 



Pennock Brothers had a very hand- 

 some window decoration this week in 

 pink, banks of Azalea Madame Van der 

 Cruyssen, showers of pink ribbon and 

 asparagus above. 



Joseph Baft & Son have their windows 

 decorated with spring flowers and fine 

 cyclamens in pots, also Cybotium Schi- 

 edei, which lights up beautifully. 



Berger Brothers opened their new 

 commission house at 1220 Filbert street 

 on Monday. They are rapidly getting the 

 place in shape and expect to carry a 

 good stock of flowers. 



Herman Schoenfeld had a large din- 

 ner decoration for ex-Governor Bunn last 

 week. 



Hugh Graham is receiving a very fine 

 lot of Lawson, Prosperity, etc., from his 

 place at Logan. 



Phil is indebted to J. J. Beneke for a 

 handsome picture postal of the St. Louis 

 World's Fair. 



The Colonial Flower Shop was closed 

 last Saturday. 



The Wm. Graham Company had the 

 decorations for the midwinter ball on 

 Friday. Many acacias were used. 



Chas. P. Poryzees makes an effective 

 display at his store in the Haseltine build- 

 ing. 



Wm. K. Harris is calling gardenias. 



Edward Eeid had an order for 7,500 



