Febkuary 25, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



651 



given of his knowledge to help his fellow- 

 raen. 



The ^YiIliam Graham Co. has a fine 

 ivinclow display of yellow calla lilies with 

 caladium-like leaves. 



A. G. Campbell will on Monday succeed 

 John .Mcliityre, now with H. H. Battles, 

 as Edward Keid's assistant. 



iXayberry & Hoover, of Washington, 

 were large purchasers of decorative plants 

 lately. 



Wednesday was ladies' night at the 

 Florists ' Club, w hen a reception, games 

 and refreshments were enjo.ved by many 

 fair women and brave men, PiriL. 



NEW YORK- 



The Market. 



The market feels keenly the Lenten 

 season. The general tendency is down- 

 ward. The supply of ever.vthing has 

 been in excess of the demand and of vio- 

 lets it may safelj- be said the ice boxes 

 are never empty. The best Beauties hold 

 steady at 50 cents and occasionally com- 

 mand a little more. The supply of car- 

 nations is increasiug. The holiday on 

 Jlonday found a stagnant market, which 

 it failed to energize. Many of the whole- 

 salers closed early in the afternoon and 

 the street merchants seemed to be doing 

 the bulk of the business. There was a 

 flood of violets in the market and hardly 

 any demand for them. The weather 

 turned warm and rainy Sunday. 



The Club Dinner. 



On Saturday night the annual banquet 

 of the New York Florists' Club was en- 

 joyed at the St. Denis hotel. The at- 

 tendance was not as large as was an- 

 ticipated. However, the enthusiasm and 

 <"njoyment were quite up to the record 

 of the club. President Traendly filled 

 the toastmaster "s chair with dignity and 

 skill. The committee displayed rare se- 

 lective ability in the choice of orchestra 

 and "vaudevillians, " some of the best 

 artists in the musical and elocutionary 

 line having been engaged. The toasts 

 were fine and the orators of the club, 

 Messrs. 'Mara and Wallace, did them 

 ample justice, Mr, O 'Mara spoke to the 

 toast ' ' Our Night, ' ' and gave a brilliant 

 address, referring to the fact that ten 

 .years ago it was his privilege to respond 

 to the same announcement. He descanted 

 feelingly upon the faces that had van- 

 ished and the tender recollections that 

 i-rowded upon us of the men who ' ' fought 

 the battle of the flowers. ' ' He asked 

 for pledges of mutual support and loyal- 

 ty to the president and to each other. He 

 referred to the healthy condition of the 

 club, the success of its new departures in 

 the triumph of the carnation exhibition 

 at its rooms and the prospect of dupli- 

 cating its success on rose night on March 

 14; never in his memory did the future 

 of the organization seem so bright. He 

 interspersed his eloquent address with 

 manv amusing stories and evoked consid- 

 erable demonstrative enthusiasm through- 

 out. 



Alex Wallace was at his best on the 

 familiar subject, to him, "The Press," 

 which he himself declared ' ' could not 

 have fallen into better hands, ' ' John H. 

 Ta.vlor made a strong plea for the 

 strength and effort of the young man in 

 horticulture. He spoke eloquently of the 

 glorious field that opens to his view and 

 the heritage which the older ones are 

 gradually but surely yielding to the com- 

 ing generation. 



The flowers on the table were contrib- 

 uted by Lager & Hurrell, William H. Sie- 

 brecht, Alex. Guttman. Traendly & 

 Sehenck, Walter Sheridan and John 

 Young. Those present were F. H. 

 Traendly, S. S. Butterfield, John Young, 

 P. O'Mara, L, B. Craw, L. R. Cobb, 

 Frank Moore, Henry Hentz, Jr„ John 

 Nash, Chas, Lenker, Alex Guttman, John 

 Scott, A, L, Miller, Paul Kessler, Chas. 

 Sehenck, Jos, Hayden, John H. Taylor, 

 Lawrence Haffner, John E. Lager, H, 

 Hurrell, A, H. Langjahr, Alex. AVallaee, 

 Theo. Lang, Benj, Slinn and brother, J. 

 R. Nugent, Lewis Haffner, W, H, Sie- 

 brecht, W. F. Sheridan, Chas. Plumb, 

 William Plumb. W, J. Stewart, W, C, 

 ilansfield and friend, Dr. S. C. Eoland, 

 .John Dowsett and J. Austin Shaw. Each 

 guest took home a bottle of Mum 's Extra 

 as a souvenir. 



Various Notes. 



.J. 1\. Alku lias had a strenuous week 

 with the grippe, but is convalescent, 



Josephus Plenty, of Jersey City, a 

 greenhouse builder, died at his home on 

 llondav after a three months' illness, in 

 his fift^-fourtli year. 



Miss Josie Bieley, bookkeeper for J, 

 K. Allen, has been ill a week with the 

 grippe. 



Arthur C. Dacre, of the Kurzman, 

 Daere Co., has fully recovered and has 

 joined the force of Y'oung & Nugent, 

 This firm is handling some splendid cat- 

 tle.vas and gardenias. 



The father of W, A. and Jos. Manda, 

 of Orange, N, J., died on .Saturday. The 

 sympathy of their many friends in the 

 trade of New York is extended. 



Rose night, March 14, promises to be 

 one of unusual interest at the New York 

 Florists' Club rooms. All the new roses 

 will be displayed and exhibitors from 

 all parts of the country have promised 

 co-operation. Notwithstanding Carrie Na- 

 tion 's objection, the canteen committee 

 promises special demonstrations. 



The Detroit carnation convention will 

 have a fine representation from New York 

 and vicinit.y. Mr. Haffner, of the West 

 Shore, has been particularl.v courteous 

 and attentive to intending travelers and 

 it looks as if a Pullman will be comfort- 

 ably filled under his chaperonage. The 

 display of new varieties from this center 

 will include some e.ye openers. 



The firm of Wadley & Smythe has been 

 incorporated with a capital of $50,000. 

 Mr. Wadley retires and the firm will con- 

 sist of Z. W, Van Zelm, C. H. Clark and 

 F. AV. Sm.vthe. No change of location is 

 contemplated. 



Someone burglariously inclined evi- 

 dently thinks Scottii must be the coming 

 fern, for he endeavored to burgle the 

 houses of John Scott, at Flatbush, last 

 week Sunda.y. Fortunately he was de- 

 tected and the new fern is still unmo- 

 lested. 



The New York Florists' Bowling Club 

 celebrated the birthday of the immortal 

 George, somewhat depleted as to num- 

 bers, but nine of the faithful enjoyed 

 the alleys, and we select the three best 

 games of each as an example of what 

 was accomplished. Capt. Lang came 

 very nearly making a record. 



Player. ' 1st. 2d. 3d. 



Lang ; 168 174 246 



Uattner 156 15S ISO 



Siehrecht 1.31 l:!H 165 



OMara 13S 141 151 



(iibbs 113 14:i 1.56 



Bennett 12i_> 129 16J 



Frank 12!l 134 135 



Shaw liKl 113 114 



Xufent 02 94 115 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BUFFALO. 



The Carnation Show. 



The chief event among the fraternity 

 last week was the meeting of the club oa 

 Wednesday and a very fine display of 

 most all of the carnations being dissem- 

 inated this spring. The program was 

 not carried out just as it was arranged. 

 The exhibition was intended to be in one 

 of the rooms of Turn Hall, the recently 

 acquired spacious quarters of Wm, F. 

 Kasting, but the very severe weather and 

 the heating system not being complete, it- 

 was thought best to make the display in 

 Mr. Kasting 's present wholesale empioi- 

 rium. The vases of flowers bad ample 

 room, but spectators were rather con- 

 gested. We were glad indeed to see such 

 a gathering of the local craft, as well as 

 many from nearby towns. At 8 p. m. 

 we gathered in the large dining room of 

 the Genesee hotel, where Mr, Gammage, 

 of London. Ontario, gave us a half-hour's 

 talk on the divine flower. Mr. Gammage 

 did not enter into cultural directions, but 

 most entertainingly discoursed on the rise 

 to popularity, the present status and pos- 

 sibilities of the carnation. The discus- 

 sion which ensued lasted a full hour and 

 touched upon every phase of the subject, 

 benches, tile benches, solid beds, sub- 

 watering, propagation, field culture, all- 

 iinder-glass culture and, in fact almost 

 every other feature that perplexes the 

 carnation grower. 



The talkers were principally Charles 

 Roney of Jamestown; Henry Wise, M. 

 Bloy, Charles Guenther, L. H. Neubeck, 

 Prof. Cowell, Mr. Foss, C. H. Keitsch, C. 

 Sandiford and others more or less, and 

 the chairman, W, S., sandwiched in a 

 little "jolly" between speakers. It was 

 a good meeting and I think enjoyed by 

 all. 



Now, where there were so many fine 

 varieties it would not be my province to 

 speak of an.y that seemed best to please. 

 Prof. Coweli, George McClure, C. Sandi- 

 ford and Charles Guenther carefully 

 scaled, all the new varieties as per scale 

 of the A. C. S., and in their judgment 

 rendered the follo^\-ing: 



Variety. Exhibitor. Scored. 



Cardinal Witterstaetter 91 



Red Lawson Palmer & Son 88 



The President Cottage Gardens 89 



Crusader Chicago Carnation Co 89 



Mrs. Patten Peter Fisher 8S 



Judge Hinsdale. .. Cottage Gardens 8S 



Ethel Ward Cottage Gardens 8T 



Nelson Fisher Peter Fisher 88 



Indianapolis Baur & Smith 85 



Albatross I*. E. Marquisee 87 



Flamingo L. E. Marquisee 91 



Besides the above there were exhibits 

 of some of the later introductions by 

 Wise Bros., C. Guenther, Cottage Gar- 

 dens, W, J. Palmer & Soil Wm. Scott 

 and F. G. Lewis. We regret very much 

 that Mrs. Patten and Nelson Fisher from 

 the Thompson Co. and Lady BountifuJ 

 and The Belle from F. Dorner & Sons Co. 

 splendid flowers, arrived late the same 

 evening, after the meeting was over. Con- 

 sidering the weather of the previous day 

 it's a wonder that anything arrived on 

 time and in the perfect condition that 

 without exception all seem to have done. 



And now I take this opportunity for 

 the Buffalo Florists' Club to sincerely 

 thank all those gentlemen who so kindly 

 sent us such fine exhibits. 



Keeping Qualities, 



It just occurred to me that a word 

 about the keeping qualities of some of 

 these varieties might be of interest. On 

 a table in front of me are a few flow- 



