The Weekly Florists' Review, 



967 



reasonable prices give m. mie an excuse 

 for lack of neatness and beauty in win- 

 don decorations. 



A few of the finest 'mums touched 50 

 cents last week. Special Beauties, while 



mantled its own price, with g I pros 



poets of maintaining present values. 



Various Notes. 



Next Monday the New York Florists' 



i 'lull will have President Breitmeyer as 



well 



the Ta 

 growe 



Tuxedo rose growers to have a look at 

 it. 



Everything moves swimmingly toward 

 the success of the great flower show in 

 New York, under the auspices of the 

 American Institute and the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America, a W lerfully 



diet 



a gen 



nine Burpnse to tin public and an ex- 

 hibit of flowers, as President Herrington 

 aptly puts it, "such as the world has 

 ne\er seen." The annual convention of 

 the society promises to I"- of special 

 value, and a large attendance of mem- 

 bers is assured. The New York Flor- 

 ists' Club is taking a hearty interest : 



the success of tl xhibition and no small 



credit is due its members for their na- 



tient and persistent efforts in f a 



years, out of which has developed the op- 

 portunity of the present year. I'm the 



ily in the triumph that at last seems a 

 certainty. 



Julius Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. J., 

 will entertain horticultural visitors dol- 

 ing the last days of the 'mum show-. No- 

 vember 11 and 12, at his auction sale of 



palms, orchids, etc. A great att lance 



is anticipated. The stock grown by Mr. 

 Roehrs 1ms a national reputation. 



The Manhattan Supply Co., oi S40 

 Elei en1 li avenui , has gold its business to 

 S. Jacobs & Suns. ,,f Brooklyn. 



The New Jersey i ut Flower Co., of 

 37 West Thirty-eighth street, has sold its 

 business to the Kurzman-Dacre Co., which 

 will conduct a wholesale florist business 

 there. 



John Weir celebrated his fifty-eighth 

 birthday last week. If he had called it 

 his thirty -eighth no one would have di- 

 puted him. He will still be buying flow 

 ers at 5 a. in. in 1950. 



Bradshaw & Hartnian are adding hardy 



stock t.i their plant di partn t. i lhas. 



Milking also has about everything in the 



plant line to offer. 



E. L. Perkins is recuperating very 

 slowly from his serious illness. 



Some grand artistic work was d 



by the leading retailers last week in fu- 

 neral wreaths, one valued at $200, of 

 orchiils and violets, at Bowe's being ex- 

 ceptionally beautiful. 



All the seedsmen, bulbmen and nurs- 

 erymen have had a grand season and all 

 are optimistic, and it is an inspiration 

 to talk with them. Tulips ami mixed 

 hyacinths are short and the genera] de 

 maud will leave no surplus when the sea- 

 son closes. Bulbs arc moving rapidly 



since the cold snap of tl arly part of 



last week and Elliott's auction draws its 



sua! crowd of buyers Tuesdays and l-'ri- 



ays. 



Geo. \l. < lerhartj . foi mei Ij with Dan- 

 Is & Fisher, of Denver, in their cut 



ower department, is now with one of 



„■ leading New York retailers. 



.leas,-,! 



his 



Mi 



i onsiderable experience w ith Ins brother, 



and as manager in - of the Brooklj n 



department stores. 



The reference to gardenias and cattle- 

 yas last week should have read Young & 

 Nugent. Eeidel & Spieer are also hand- 

 ling a goodly quantity of these popu- 

 lar flowers, and a large stock of Aspara- 

 gus plnmosus daily. 



Roses were a drug at ■ tunc last 



week Twenty-ninth street, one lot 



of 1,600 going at 60 cents a hundred and 

 \lrll.a carnations were so sleepy that 

 one lot nf 200 could not 1"- disposed of 

 at 25 cuts a hundred. 



The plan of making up dollar boxes, 

 containing a dozen roses, halt' a dozen 

 'mums and the necessary dressing seems 

 to find favor on Broadway again, and 

 Helps materially in disposing of the over 

 flow. 



Scalhni's new- store approaches comple- 

 tion and will be one of the best in the 

 city. 



The white palace being built by Si. - 

 brecht & Son. on Fifth avenue, is ready 

 for the finishing touches, and should 1 e 

 completed in ample time for the Christ- 

 mas trade. It will be a revelation "o 

 many and its situation cannot well be 

 excelled. 



The flower shows at Tarrytown, Mam- 

 son ami Tuxedo this week promise well, 

 and the managers are enthusiastic over 



the prospect Of grand blooms and ide il 

 exhibition weather. .1. Austin- Shaw. 



The Market. 



The business for the month of Oc- 

 tober, according t.i some nf the leading 

 slur, ■in, -ii. was much better than they 

 expected, though mostly work for fu- 

 nerals and dec, nations. The counter 

 trade in cut flowers is still somewhat 



slow and , -uiilei- weather is led to 



stimulate that part of the business. 

 The horse show, which opens to-night, 

 for one week should help the nit flower 

 trad.- greatly, as a great many choice 

 blooms will be in demand, and a gnat 

 many orders for this occasion have al 

 ri-.-i , I \ been placed. 



Chrysanthemums, nf course, are the 

 main flower just at present. They are 

 much in evidence throughout tin- nu 

 ami the flower stores an making pretty 

 decorations of them in their show win- 

 ■ luw-s. Blooms of the first quality are 

 not over-plentiful, tin demand for these 



is g 1 and $3 per dozen is asked Cor 



the best. Fairly good home-grown stock 

 is pl,.„,,f„l. but this stock is moving 



these had a bad effect mi the rose mar- 

 ket, which is at present very much over- 

 crowded with all kinds nf roses of g 



quality. Brides and Maids are still 



in the lead, as to quantity, ami g 



stock can be bought at $3 and +4 

 per hundred. There is also a good sup- 

 ply of other roses, such as Meteor, Gold- 

 en Gate, I'ai-not, Perle and Sunrise. 

 American Beauties are -, lling better than 

 the smaller roses but the supply is equal 

 to the demand; $2.50 and $3.00 is the 



price fur tancv ; ul In-i gi ,,<l,-- i nn trniu 

 ,5 cents in $1.50 per dozen. 



Carnal a are nut over-plentiful, with 



fancy ste,-k scarce, G I whit,- had a 



nice call I he pasf week. The choice -i ,„-i, 

 brings $2, others from $1 to $1.50 per 

 hundred. Enchantress, Crocker and Wol- 



cott look al t t hi best. I I i eds are 



i er\ scare, . Violets a re in gi eat de- 



James S. Wilson, nf Western Springs, 

 111.. s|,ent Friday, Saturday ami Sunday 

 in his native city. "Jimmy" has many 

 friends here, and the buys in the trade 

 are always glad to see him. 



I>. .1. Crosby, uf the United States 

 Department nf Agriculture, was a u-n„i 

 last week. Mr. Crosby visited the school 

 gardens nf the Civic Improvement 

 League and praise.! the organization for 

 the work done. lie was especially 

 pleased with the buy's garden operated 

 by the league near Shaw 's Garden. 



The Notre Dame University, uf Smith 

 H,m, I. lud.. shipped four carloads of 

 century plants t., the World's Fair 

 grounds. The plants were purchased by 

 Hie landscape department and are stored 



are' exceptionally line.' 



Th,- finance committee met at Fred 

 Weber's Friday night to open the bunks. 

 'Flos committee will have charge of the 

 financial end of the next convention of 

 the S. A. F. The ,-omniittee is com- 

 posed of Otto Kue.iig, chairman; bred 

 I. Weber, F. W. Taylor, A. B. Hal- 

 ste.lt. .1. F. Ain.naiin. John Young and 

 Kind Sehray. The n port will be heard 

 at the next meeting of the dub. 



Mr. Felter, at 4:::;.", Lexington ave- 

 nue, has a Hue lot of chrysanthemum 

 plants and other stock which looks rery 

 choice. 



The.,. Klockenkemper, up near Baden, 

 is s, a. ling in a fine lot of Colonel Ap- 

 pleton chrysanthemums which could be 

 classed as prize winners. Theodore is 

 surely there with the goods this year. 



Fred Aniinann. of Kdw ardsville. is 

 sending some Hue stuck to this market. 

 Among the lot arc his famous Perle roses 

 and about the best American Beauties 

 thai come in. 



W. E. Jordan, who has tl Id .Imdan 



Floral Co. greenhouses, on Union ave- 

 nue, is nuw in g I shape for Tin- win- 

 ter, having built two new houses and re- 

 in. .deled tl Id lines. Willie has a good 



stock of chrysanthemums, .alias, stevia 

 and smilax. 



A. Berdan. of a irkwnnd. Mm. is send- 

 ing in the best lily of the valley, of 

 which Mr. Berdan is making a specialty 

 this rear. 



I-'.'W. Herman and Charlie Ude, of 

 Kirkwood, are again in line with fine 



