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The Weekly Florists^ Review 



December 9, 1897. 



reminiscent and Ex-Alderman Morris 

 aggressive aud Messrs. Birnie and Rose 

 also tock a hand. A motion to tal)le the 

 whole thing till March, by Mr. Nichols, 

 was voted down and the organization to 

 lie known as above was formed with the 

 following officers elected: Pres., F. Leh- 

 nig, Hackensack, N. J.; Vice-Pres., A. 

 Schultheis, College Pt., L. I.;Sec'y, A. D. 

 Rose. Jersev City, N. J.; Treas., H. C. 

 Steinhoff, \V. Hoboken, N. J. The first 

 Tuesday in each month was selected for 

 time of meeting and Lynch's restaurant 

 the place. Those promising to take stalls 

 subscribed Jli.oo towards the association. 

 The following were among those 

 present: J. Birnie, C. Dietz, F. Lehnig, 

 A. Schultheis, \V. F. Koenig, H. C. Stein- 

 hoflf, A. D. Rose, P. F. Daly, J. Pierson, 

 E. J. Elliott, Julius Roehrs, F. Engel, A. 

 C. Schroeder, Leach Bros,, Alfred Funke, 

 P. Riess, W. Baencke, W. Bartli, J. 

 Nichol, Fred Wackenhats. 



Among the Wholesalers. 



Trade among the wholesale men is 

 scarcely what it ought to be at this time 

 of the' year and if roses were in crop 

 instead of " off " a big glut would be the 

 result. .\s it is these are realizing all the 

 way from iflS.oo per looo to $15.00 per 

 100. Good stock always commands good 

 prices, and Brides and Bridesmaids are 

 the most sought after though Beauties 

 continue to hold their own, price some- 

 what lower for the finest stock however. 

 Fancy stock outside of Beauties realizes 

 |i2.oo to fi.s.oo per 100 while President 

 Carnot, extra choice, sell readily in small 

 lots at I2.00 per twelve:- Violets are about 

 the same; some extra " I'p the Hudson " 

 stock, however, finds ready sale at ;f2.50, 

 several consignments being re-shipped to 

 Chicago during the w'eek. 



Mr. Benjamin Dorrance, of Dorrance- 

 town, is shipping some splendid Meteors 

 in to Thomas Young, while Millang & 

 Co. are handling some excellent smilax 

 and c}cas leaves. 



Among the Retailers. 



Last week I mentioned that the retailers' 

 windows were a feature, and splendidly 

 kept up. I hope to describe weekly one 

 of these. Chas. Thorley, the Broadway 

 florist and as well known as Huyler and 

 Brentano, was undoubtedly the pioneer in 

 this line. His window is about two feet 

 up from the sidewalk. Along the front 

 is a double row of 4-inch Adiantum cun- 

 eatum, next alternately Dracicna tenni- 

 nalis grandis and Azalea Empress of 

 India, the whole backed by Azalea Verv- 

 teneana, Poinsettia pulcherrima and 

 palms in various sizes, Dracx-na Neo-Cal- 

 edonia, and Dracaena Lindenii, fine speci- 

 mens, standing on the floor six feet deep, 

 reaching to the ceiling, and .'Adiantum 

 F^arle\'ense suspended from the same, the 

 whole giving a rich and brilliant effect, 

 more so when the electric light is on. 

 The side windows are usually filled with 

 handsome vases of roses, carnations, or 

 whatever flowers are in season. 



New York Cut Flower Co, 



At a special meeting on Monday of the 

 directors of the New York Cut I'lower 



Co. the following members were present: 

 J. N. May (President), Geo. W. Hillman 

 (Vice-Pres.), PaulM. Pierson (Secretary), 

 Ernst Asmus, Eugene Dailledouze, F. L. 

 Moore, S. C. Nash, L. M. Noe, John H. 

 Taylor. 



Seed and Bulb Trade. 



.\11 suqjluses are thinning perceptibly, 

 though Chinese lilies seem to hang some- 

 what this year. They seem to have seen 

 their day, though several consignments 

 at auction realized I30.00 per 100. 



Mr. Eug. Schaettel, the American rep- 

 resentative of Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 et Cie, Paris, who has been calling on the 

 trade in this country and Canada, reports 

 a very satisfactory trip and the average 

 order taken good. He returns per S. S. 

 La Bretagne next Saturday. 



A Snow Storm. 



Chief Dun of the Weather Bureau 

 hoisted the snow storm signal last Friday 

 and said same was centering in Chicago, 

 though it moved East stepping off at Buf- 

 falo, presumably to visit F>iend Scott. 

 Later reports proved that it was the big 

 first edition of the Florists' Review 

 which reached here to-day, Monday. 

 Here's to you. Brother Grant, and "May 

 it be the father of a line of presidents." 



Visitors. 



John Walker, manager for Robert 

 Craig, Philadelphia; E. Kauffman, Wal- 

 den; A. Herrington, Madison; H. M. 

 Bradley, Derliy, Conn.; J. L. Fothering- 

 ham, Tarr^town. 



BOSTON. 



Mass. Hort. Society. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Mass. Horticultural Society was held Dec. 

 4. In the absence of the president Mr. 

 Sam'l 1 artwell conducted the proceedings 

 of the meeting. This meeting was held 

 for hearing reports of committees, estab- 

 lishing prizes, and election of new mem- 

 bers. Mr. E. M. Wood, Waban Conserv- 

 atories, Natick, was unanimously elected 

 a member. Mr. F. L. Harris, gardener to 

 H. H. Hunnewell, Wellesley, exhibited a 

 very handsome and well grown plant of 

 Begonia Gloire de la Reine. This variety 

 is also well adapted for growing in hang- 

 ing baskets, and from its pendulous habit, 

 free growth and floriferous qualities must 

 be a great acquisition for conservatory 

 and other decorations. The flowers are of 

 a bright pink and produced in such pro- 

 fu.sion as to almost hide the foliage. 



Visitors. 



Mr. Comont, representing James Carter 

 & Co., of London, England, paid a flj-ing 

 visit here, previous to his return to Eng- 

 land the early part of next week. He re- 

 ports business as slightly improved, 

 although the seed trade (as last 3-ear) seems 

 to be somewhat overstocked. He also re- 

 ports verj- favorabl}- of business prospects 

 through Canada; the crops have been 

 good, and in general good in quality, and 

 every indication for a largely increas- 

 ing business in spring trade. 



Mr. D. McRory, representing W. A. 



Manda, of South Orange, N. J., is also in 

 town. 



A Surprise Party. 



A few of the old representative florists 

 of this neighborhood, and known b)- the 

 cognomen of "The Old Guard," gave a 

 complimentary dinner to Mr. E. M. 

 Wood, of Natick, of Waban fame. The 

 dinner was held at the Crescent Hotel, 

 Waltham. The decoration of the recep- 

 tion and dining rooms was of a most 

 elaborate nature ami conducted under 

 the able and skillful supiervision of Mr. 

 Fred Mathi.son. florist, of Waltham. The 

 rooms, so it is said, were complete tropical 

 bowers of choice palms, crotons of ex- 

 quisite brilliancy, roses, chrysanthe- 

 mums, and other choice plants and 

 flowers, and the whole so superbly ar- 

 ranged that the display was most gor- 

 geous and effective. 



Mr. Ed. Hatch, auctioneer, was ap- 

 pointed chairman for the occasion, a 

 position w-hich he mo.st ably filled. Mr. 

 Lawrence Cotter was elected toastmaster 

 but through some unknown circum- 

 stances was unable to be present hence 

 the two duties devolved upon the chair- 

 man who acquitted himself in a most 

 creditable manner. He was ably assisted 

 by the following members of the com- 

 mittee: Mr. P. Welch, Mr. Pettigrew, 

 Superintendent of Parks, M. H. Norton, 

 Fred Mathison, John Galvin, Warren 

 Ewell (the eminent bull) grower of Dor- 

 chester), W. J. Stewart, Win. Edgar, 

 Jackson Dawson, and others; in all about 

 twenty covers w-ere laid. 



The dinner was served in a very liberal 

 manner, and the good things of this 

 world, in the shape of solids, were wa.shed 

 down with equal quantities of the very 

 best liquids, which were highly praised 

 and appreciated, as every member of 

 "The Old Guard" is a connoisseur of a 

 high order. The dinner was arranged to 

 take place about 3:30 p. m., and great 

 care was displayed to keep their guest as 

 much in the dark as to the proceedings 

 concerning himself as possible, until the 

 time it should be upon him in all its 

 brilliancy. This is where the surprise 

 was turned upOn the entertaining party. 

 After many able speeches by the mem- 

 bers of the committee eulogizing their 

 guest's good and generous nature, and 

 the introduction bj- the chairman, in the 

 most able and flowing language, their 

 guest arose to respond. He drew from 

 his pocket, with all sang froid, several 

 folios, all type-written, with his replies 

 already formed for utterance, then the 

 astonishment or surprise was all on the 

 other side, and in the chainnan's com- 

 ments he said that he liked to hear a 

 convivial speech spoken as from the 

 heart, instead of from cold lead or type, 

 but withal Mr. Wood made a very able 

 reply, and while accepting graciously the 

 high honors done to him, said that his posi- 

 tion in the floral world is more owing to 

 his ver^- enterprising foreman and mana- 

 ger, Mr. Alex. Montgomery. During the 

 entertainment an eminent quartette and 

 band discoursed beautiful music and .songs 

 to help sharpen the appetite and lead to 

 the pleasure of those assembled for a good 

 time, and we are happy to state that every- 

 thing went off with eclat. C. H. J. 



