The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 28, 1003. 



greenhouse range exceeds 7,000 square 

 feet of glass exposure the wrought iron 

 standard tubular steam boiler will be 

 far mule economical and effective. 



Henry W. Gibbons. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The week has been a record breaker, 

 at one time nearly 100 degrees in the 

 shadr. in fact, above that in some parts 

 Of the .it > . while on Sunday the temper 

 ature reverted almost to the freezing 

 point. "Never anything like it," was 

 the comment on business from the whole- 

 salers' standpoint ; "the worst week ever 

 known." said another, and -nothing do- 

 ing'' was the universal verdict. Even 

 the prominent retailers had little sun- 

 shine amid the gloom. All manner of 

 schemes were n-urted to to tempt the 

 sizzling transient. One plan that seemed 

 to work was a window full of dollar 

 boxes all ready to "send to any part of 

 the city." These were nicely arranged 

 with ferns, spring flowers, two or three 

 peonies and a dozen fine roses — about a 

 $5 box in winter — and they seemed to go 

 "like hot cakes," this, too,, on "dear old 

 Broadway," and right in the center of 

 it. But with 5,000 good roses of all 

 kinds going begging for $10 the excel- 

 lence of the enterprise is clear. 



Now comes Decoration day, with its 

 usual uplifting, and a better condition 

 of things should follow, for the "sweet 

 girl graduates" will soon be in evidence, 

 and June, with its weddings, is close at 

 hand. They say it will be a great June 

 in this respect, 'and the engagements for 

 decorative skill are large and numerous 

 already. 



Various Notes. 



Thomas Young, Jr., had an exten-ivo 

 decoration last week at the Morris Park 

 Coaching Club's rooms, consisting of 

 thirty-six fine center piece- for the tables, 

 all in the club colors, and in which ma- 

 roon, yellow, primrose and red predomin- 

 ated. " C oi sages and boutonnierc- were 

 made to match the table colors, and 

 every table was unique. The cost of 

 such a handsome function touched the 

 four figure- and was worth it. 



The break in the lily market the day 

 before Easter has always been s mys 

 terv to the manv in "the -licet." but it 



is said a pron 



-tal>li-.h 



ment not far from New- York put 40.000 

 blooms on sale that day with instruc- 

 tions to close them out at the low price 

 to which they fell. 



The Florists' Board of Trade, under 

 Mr. Hayden's presidency, is making iapid 

 strides." Mr. Hayden hopes to meet his 

 patrons at Milwaukee and to make his 

 property of growing value to the legiti- 

 mate florists' trade of the CMUiitry. 



Robert Llddell. cashier for Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co. during the last thirty 

 years, died suddenly on Thursday la-t of 

 pneumonia. He left his desk in his usual 

 health on Tuesday. Mr. Liddell was 75 

 year- of age. and a gentleman of ability, 

 popular among bis associates and greatly 

 esteemed bv his employers. His daugh- 

 ter is the wife of John Birnie, of Wesi 

 Hoboken. N. J'. The funeral on Satur- 

 day was l.ngeh intended and many 

 handsome floral tribute- attested the 

 sympathy and regret of the family's 

 friends. 



Another veteran in horticulture died 



last week at. the age of 85; Bridgeman. 



!-man. whose name is perpetuated 



since his personal retirement, and whose 



grand record is parallel with the devel- 

 0] 1 1 of the seed trade in America. 



At Elliott's the usual large attend 

 ance on auction days demonstrates the 

 benefit of control. To have no opposi- 

 tion in any enterprise comes under the 

 head of "snaps." Prices hold up well 

 and the amount of stock disposed of is 

 large. Next Tuesday at these rooms the 

 fine palms offered by David Clarke's Sons 

 will be disposed of. 



John Seott, of Brooklyn, will have no 

 auction this year, as has been his cus- 

 tom. The demand for Bostons is as great 

 as ever, he says, although he is now of- 

 fering some line 2}-ineii stock of Pier- 

 soni, as well. His canna collection com- 

 prises twenty-seven of the best varieties. 

 Mr. Seott will add two large houses to 

 his plant this summer. 



Mr. Keller, of Reed & Keller, is back 

 from a five week-' trip through New 

 England and eastern Canada. He re- 

 ports a great demand for Decoration daj 

 stock. 



The office of the New York Cut Flower 

 Company, in the Coogan building, is be- 

 ing hand-onielv decorated for the "Beau- 

 ty King" and his associates, and a long 

 lease has been "signed, sealed and de- 

 livered." 



L. J. Kreshover is still shipping a fine 

 quality of wild smilax all over the coun- 

 try. Jt is quite a mystery to some 

 where it comes from, with 100 degrees of 

 heat withering all kinds of vegetation, 

 even in the north. 



Fellouris has a fine stock on hand for 

 Decoration day. especially in galax, live 

 to six million leaves, and 300,000 leu- 

 cothoe sprays. His facilities for pre- 

 serving tins stock are complete. 



J. I. Raynor finds Croweanum as popu- 

 lar as ever, although the abundance of 

 shipments and general lassitude of the 

 season has placed the price at present 

 at $1 per 100. 



Macv has added a flower department to 

 the new store on Thirty-fourth street, 

 the influence of which may be slightly 

 felt by neighboring retail florists, al- 

 though Mr. Bowe. who is the nearest 

 neighbor, does not notice any diminu- 

 tion in the aggregate of sales to date. 

 After all, these department flower stores 

 are only educators and do less harm 

 than good. The new store now being 

 built by Henry Siegel is to have a fine 

 conservatory on its roof, a la Blooming- 

 dale. 



The Manhattan Supply Company has 

 removed to 440 Eleventh avenue. 



YV. H. Elliott, of Brighton, Mass., was 

 a recent visitor. 



Lyman B. CVaw. secretary of the Lord 

 & Burnham Company, will inaugurate 

 the summer wedding season on June 3, 

 on which date be will wed Miss Flor- 

 ella May Putnam, of Annisquam. Mass. 

 Hi- many friends extend congratulations. 

 Mr. Craw was especially happy at the 

 .■>.,. men. and now 'the hid- 

 den cause thereof i- apparent. 



George Bradsbaw, the wholesaler, was 

 visited by the stork too late last Wednes- 

 day night to telegraph the good news to 

 the Review. There has been a continu- 

 ous celebration at Bradshaw & Hart- 

 man- headquarters on West Twenty- 

 eighth street ever since, and, it may last, 

 all summer from the looks of things. 

 After three boy- have comforted fond 

 parents a daughter i- especially welcome. 



A visit to Tarrvtown was both inter- 

 esting d educational. F. R. Pierson 

 has I i wonderful season. Pierfsoni 



■ the ends of the earth" 

 i,i--ai isfied customer, and it is 

 a record to be proud of. To please and 



give value to patrons is the whole story 

 in a nutshell, and on that basis Mr. 

 Pierson has disseminated his wonderful 

 fern and the total sales have exceeded 

 all expectations, but it is nothing to 

 what the bouse anticipates and is pro- 

 viding for another season. The present 

 prices will be maintained until January, 

 and the stock ready for immediate de- 

 livery is abundant and in good condition. 

 Another medal, the silver one of the San 

 Francisco flower show, was won by Pier- 

 soni this month. Mr. Pierson has great 

 faith in the future of the fern, and large 

 advance sales at present prices indicate 

 a tremendous demand when the price is 

 lowi red another year. All the houses at 

 Tarrytown are full of it, and thousands 

 of plant- in 6-inch to 8-ineh pots are be- 

 ing made ready for the retail demand 

 in September. Mr. Pierson's immense 

 bouse at Scarboro will be, devoted entire- 

 ly to Piersoni this fall. The improve- 

 ments at the nursery there, in grading 

 and beautifying the property, are very 

 evident, and the splendid stock of palms, 

 bay tree., fancy evergreens, tree rhodo- 

 dendron-, tub hydrangeas, etc.. is worth 

 inspection by every florist in the land. 



The club's outing is now an assured 

 success A much larger souvenir pro- 

 gramme than last season's is in the 

 hands of the publishers. The advertis- 

 ing patronage has been very liberal, the 

 supply of prizes is most generous, every 

 preparation is complete, and July 1 will 

 see a record crowd. In fact, every mem- 

 ber of the club who can spare the time 

 has already sent in an acceptance of Mr. 

 Traendly's official invitation. If those 

 who have not yet sent orders to him for 

 tickets will do so at once, it will greatly 

 facilitate final arrangements for refresh- 

 ments and accommodations and be much 

 appreciated by the committee. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The excessive drought has seriously af- 

 fected the outdoor flowers, so that those 

 ordinarily used this week are scarce and 

 poor. This lias greatly helped the sale 

 of our greenhouse product. Prices have 

 uei advanced, but business is active. 

 Beauties are less plentiful, especially 

 fancies. Brides and Maids are poor — 

 too much hot weather has hurt them. 

 Kai-erins are fine. Carnations are of 

 excellent quality and plentiful. One 

 large dealer is receiving twice as many 

 as at this time last 3 T ear. Peonies are 

 nearly over. It will be hard to get any 

 In ie At week. Sweet peas are falling 

 oil' in quality, but sell well. The out- 

 door ones are beginning to appear. Val- 

 ley has sold well. Greens are rather 

 plentiful. 



William J. Baker has had a steady 

 supply of the beautiful lace fern during 

 Me season, and expects to have it 

 throughout the summer. It is a scarce 

 fern, very decorative, and commands a 

 ice in this market. A. & G. Ros- 

 bacb. of Pemberton, N. J., are the grow- 

 ers and their specialty must be seen to 

 lie appreciated. The Dreer company 

 handle- many of the young plants. 



Notes. 



The week is an active one. The 

 Knights Templar were here three days 

 and the bor-e show six. with many other 

 things. 



The Grahams had the decorations for 

 Miss Paul's wedding last Saturday at 

 Radnor. Daisies, both white and'yel- 



