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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



495 



Those who made up the New Fork 

 regiment follow: 



Patrick O'Mara, Miss O'Mara, E. 



Sehloss, Walter F. Sheridan, II. Bunyard, 

 J. B. Nugent, Alex. Guttman, M. Craw, 

 Emil Steffens, Theo. Lang and J. A. 

 Shaw, of New York; .lulius Kretchmar, 

 11. <;. Kretchmar, Miss Kretchmar, A. 

 H. Langjahr, Alex. Wallace, Frank 

 Traendjy and W. C. Kriek, of Brooklyn; 

 W. H. Siebrecht and sons, of Astoria ; 

 Julius Boehrs, Jr., of Rutherford, X. J.; 

 A. T. Do La .Man', Ora.l.'ll. X. J.; John 

 X. May, Summit, N. J.; C. Warburton 

 and three ladies, of Fall Kiver, Mass. ; 

 W. B. Du Kie, Rahway, X. .1.; C. Bur- 

 gevin, Kingston, N. Y. ; Albert Gaedeke, 

 Perth, Scotland; J. F. Wood and Miss 

 Wood. Providence, E. I.; A. D. Carpen- 

 ter and Mrs. Carpenter, of Cohoes, N. Y. ; 

 W. E. Smith. Washington, I >. C; Vietor 

 David, Jr., Woodsi'de, X. Y.; C. Lenker, 

 Freeport, L. I.; PeteT l 'mwc rtica. X. 

 Y.; F. R. Mathison, P. Welch, J. K. 

 Karquhar and W. .1. Stewart, of Boston. 

 Mass. 



Various Notes. 



President Troy, of the New York 

 Florists' Club, has returned from Eu- 

 rope, after a very enjoyable and profit- 

 able trip, and August Bhotert has just 

 departed for the same territory. Mans- 

 field is home from his summer refresh- 

 ment at Mt. Pleasant, N. J. 



Emil Steffens goes to Lake Placid in 

 the Adirondack^ next week for a two 

 weeks' deer hunting and trout fishing. 



W. < '. Kriek, of Brooklyn, met with 

 a painful accident last week through 

 the idiotic error of a druggist, who gave 

 liim carbolic acid for chloroform lini- 

 ment which laid him on the shelf for re- 

 pairs. It was a close call and the ap- 

 plication has left its mark for life. 



Mr. Eossow, of Thomas Young, Jr. 's, 

 has returned from the Thousand Islands 

 with some weird stories of their fascina- 

 tions. 



Mr. Ward returned last Friday from 

 New Hampshire, much improved in 

 health. 



Mr. Plumb was in the city Saturday, 

 after a severe illness of a week's dura- 

 tion, and seems to be himself again. He 

 is cutting 1,500 to 2,000 Brides and 

 Maids daily at his new place in Madi- 

 son, N. J., his stock being handled by 

 Mr. John Young. Mr. Y r oung reports a 

 marked scarcity in orchids and a con- 

 stant demand beyond the market sup- 

 ply- 



Mr. Grhonnley has returned fr.mi the 

 Islands and is about ready for the great 

 violet season, which is fast approach- 

 ing. 



The Cut Flower Exchange has leased 

 its present quarters in the Coogan build- 

 ing for six years. 



Thomas Young, Jr., had the decora- 

 tions at Archbishop Parley's reception 

 at the Catholic Club last week, red 

 gladioli and Hydrangea paniculata being 

 lavishly used. 



The yacht races began on Thursday. 

 They are expected to exert some in- 

 fluence in ' ' lifting ' ' the market and 

 some speculative florists think they will 

 also lift the cup. 



Mr. George Saltford returned from the 

 Adirondacks on Saturday, greatly im- 

 proved. 



John F. Sharkey, of Thomas Young, 

 Jr.'s, and wife have returned from their 

 holiday season, and Miss Eamsey, book- 

 keeper and stenographer of the same 

 house, goes the last of the month for 

 her outing to Atlantic City. 



Charles Kerser, head salesman for 

 Herman Kuhn, of Sixth avenue, was 

 married on Saturday and has gone to 

 Sea Cliff for his honeymoon. 



On June 24 Arthur Hunt, of Mr. 

 Young's wholesale department, and Miss 

 Annie Johnson were married and spent 

 their holiday in the Catskills. 



Bonnot Bros., are receiving some fine 

 roses daily from their place at Fleming- 

 ton, X. J., where 15,000 square feel of 

 the establishment 



ely fa 



Mr. Reed, of B I & Keller, left last 



Thursday for Milwaukee to preside at 

 the installment of their trade exhibit, 

 among which will be found eight pal 

 ented articles of their own invention for 

 florists. They have a line display of 



Mackintosh, who saved a fellow from 

 drowning last year, is now credited 

 with live rescues this season. This ought 

 to make business g I this winter. 



J. A. MeConnell, of the Cut Flower 

 Company has had a delightful holiday on 

 board his uncle Alex. McConnell's beau- 

 tiful yacht, the "Eleanor." 



William Sampson has been handling a 

 superb lot of Kaiserins lately from one 

 of his Nyaek growers, realizing top 

 prices. Mr. Sampson had a severe ex- 

 perience with a sandbagger a week ago 

 that nearly ended his rose selling. He 

 was knocked unconscious; the doctor 

 took eleven stitches in the wound, and 

 altogether it was a close call for Will- 

 iam that will make caution a virtue here- 

 after. 



Arthur T. Sogers, with Ernst Asmus, 

 goes to Belmar, N. J., for his holidays 

 this week. 



Percey W. Eichters, manager for Mr. 

 Asmus, and Miss Florence Pollard, of 

 Elizabeth, N. J., were married July 22 

 and spent ten days of their honeymoon 

 in Maine. 



.lames McManus. the wholesaler of 

 West Twenty-ninth street, has made ex- 



for the handling 



winter and anth 



season. If clos 

 and to the inter 

 rants such resul 

 them. 



greatest, suc- 

 ; the coming 



I oi lus patrons war- 

 he certainly deserves 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The trade in cut flowers has not im- 

 proved much since last reports, but the 

 quality of the stock has, and the whole 

 sale houses are better supplied with 

 good roses from young plants than they 

 have been for some time back. Bride 

 ind Bridesmaid are much better and so 

 are Perle. Kaiserin and Meteor are 



good in color and foliage. Some g I 



Carnot, from Belle Miller. Springfield, 

 III., are in the market. The best rosea 

 bring $6 and from that down to $1 per 

 100. Beauty are also much better than 

 they have been. 



Good carnations are very scarce and 

 the few that come in are small and short 

 and not of much use for any kind of 

 tvork. Asters are not good this year, 

 although quite plentiful. Good whites 

 are selling as high at $1.50 to $2, but 

 the bulk of them are sold at $1 per LOO. 

 Gladioli are still very plentiful, but 

 meet with very little sale and are sold 

 as low at $2 per 100 stalks. Single 

 tuberose stalks are fine, with quite a de- 



Th( 

 Club, 



mand at $5 per 100 stalks. Other out- 

 door stock has very little call. The 

 fine lily of the valley that comes to this 

 market has not much of a demand at 

 present. Smilax is very good, with fair 

 demand. Other greens, such as adian- 

 tum, asparagus, galax and fancy ferns 

 are selling well. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 

 August meeting of the Florists' 

 held August 13 at Brother Jab- 



the members are loud in their praise of 

 the manner in which they were enter- 

 tained by Mr. Jablonsky and his family. 

 The very hard rain in the morning did 

 not seem to lun.- much effect on the at- 

 tendance, which cumbered nearly thirty. 

 On arriving at Suburban Park Mr. Jab- 

 lonsky was in waiting and eseorted the 

 members to his place a block away. 

 After inspecting his place, which was 

 found in first-class shape, well kept and 

 clean, the meeting was opened by Presi- 

 dent Dunford with all the officers pres- 

 ent. 



The transportation committee made 

 its final report, stating that about forty 

 would make the trip to Milwaukee. The 

 committee was continued until next 



$101.50 

 aving a 



W. J. 

 F., was 



ing florists 

 George E. 



h Hauser. 



's Garden, 

 .hip. The 

 place. For 



ected witll- 



Winter re- 



balance fund of $4. 



The communication from 

 Stewart, secretary of the s. A. 

 read and filed. 'The following 

 were elected to membership: G 

 Frow, H. G. Ude, F. W. I 

 Arthur Ftirber and Joseph 

 Frank K. Balthis, of Shaw 's 



out opposition. Willi 



ceived the largest number of votes for 

 vice-president and was declared elected. 

 For secretary Emil Schray was elected, 

 and for treasurer. Otto Gh Koenig, both 

 being by unanimous vote. The most 

 spirited 'contest was for the office of 



thr 



rotes and 



is found 

 Halstedt 

 3 largest 

 declared 



A committee was appointed to draw up 

 resolutions on the death of our late mem- 

 ber. T! Bichter. The committee is 



composed of It. W. Ude, E. W. Guy and 

 .1. P. Amu, aim. The committee ap- 

 pointed to invite the S. A. F. to hold its 

 next meeting in St. Louis in 19114 is 

 composed of J. P. Ammann, E. F. Tes- 

 son and Alex. S. Hnlste.lt. The treas- 

 urer's report showed a balance of $55.20 

 on hand. The secretary's report showed 

 an increase of membership during the 

 year. The average attendance was fif- 

 teen. The club has fifty seven members, 



ite 



Mr 



feature at our meetings and again 

 was a lively discussion over sev- 

 inportant questions, after which 



Jablonsky invited all the members 



to an elegant lunch, which was spread 

 on the lawn under the trees in front 

 of the house. Mrs. Jablonsky, assisted 

 by Mrs. Steidle and several other ladies, 

 simply couldn't do enough for us in the 

 way of supplying us with anything we 

 wanted to eat, drink or smoke. The 

 August meeting will long be remembered 



