Janlakv 18. 1898. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



311 



NEW YORK. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



Monday. January lo. may be marked 

 the epoch of a great revival in the club's 

 interest; the exhibition, the attendance 

 and the general feeling was one of new 

 life and earnest work for the future, not 

 that the pa.st has slumbered, but rather 

 that the spring time had come and that 

 new leafage, new buds, new flowers, were 

 awakening. Truly the new year has 

 opened auspiciously, the Plumb has ri- 

 pened and taken on bloon). 



Mr. Henshaw in a felicitous speech in- 

 troduced the incoming officers, and the 

 officers m.ide their initial bow and 

 thanked the members for the honor con- 

 ferred upon them and promised to live 

 up to their obligations. By some tnis- 

 tinderstanding. Messrs. Weathered and 

 Young both expected the other to make 

 the twin speech; the former gentleman, 

 who is as full of warmth as his boilers 

 and as responsive, escaped from the di- 

 lemma with an usual witty speech. Mr.' 

 May moved a heartj' vote of thanks to 

 the outgoing officers, which was unani- 

 mously accor<led. 



;\Ir. William Plumb, the incoming 

 president, then assumed his duties. At 

 the sound of the gavel, however, Mr. 

 Morris, (of aldcrmanic fame), rose to a 

 point of order, and in a very eloquent 

 speech, presented him with a very hand- 

 some gavel made from a tree cut from 

 Washington's historic home at Mt. Ver- 

 non and presented to the club in the 

 "rough" by Mr. Franklin A. Whealan, 

 gardener at the above place, which the 

 members of the clul) had mounted in 

 silver and the following engraved upon 

 same 



MouxT Vernon, 1S98. 



Presented by 



The New York Florist Club, 



From Members. 



Mr. Morris added that as it w-as made from 

 American hickory, he hoped it would 

 jiTaft itself upon the English Plumb. Mr. 

 Plumb in his reply said that the co-opera- 

 tion of members was needed to anneal the 

 compact and perfect the union. 



Mr. Weathered made a motion that a 

 silver and bronze medal be added to the 

 club's awards. Mr. May made an amend- 

 ment that certificates be awarded to all 

 novelties and meritorious exhibits. Mr. 

 Taylor made an amendment that the 

 club's former rules govern the awards. 

 Carried. 



Treasurer's report revealed the fact that 

 there were 167 members and that the 

 treasury had a credit of ^(409. 28. There 

 were 12 new members proposed, to be 

 acted upon the next meeting. It was 

 decided to have the usual annual dinner 

 to cost Js per member. All wishing to be 

 present should notify the secretary, Mr. 

 John Young, and enclose check for 

 ticket. To facilitate matters for the com- 

 mittee the following gentlemen gener- 

 ously consented to act; Chas. Weather- 

 ed, chairman, John Taylor, Ernst 

 Asmus. 



After the meeting President Plumb in- 

 vited the members to partake of a colla- 

 tion to commemorate the event for which 



he was the happy recipient. AttL-r a 

 hearty vote of thanks and the singing of 

 "he's a jolly good fellow" a move- 

 ment to adjourn was reluctantly carried. 



Exhibition. 



There were four entries for the club's 

 gold medal and all of them were very 

 meritorious. Mr. C. W. Ward, as usual, 

 came forward with an excellent collec- 

 tion of carnations of the following vari- 

 eties shown in vases of fifty each: Gen. 

 Maceo, dark maroon; Mrs. James Dean, 

 pure silver pink; John Young, pure 

 fringed white; White Cloud, white, shell- 

 petalled; Mrs. G. M. Kradt. white, 

 striped red; Blush, white slightly tinted 

 pink; New York, cerise, very free bearer; 

 Bon Ton, scarlet, very distinct; Flame, 

 scarlet. 



W. A. Manda exhibited the following 

 pot plants, Abutilon Savitrii, a green and 

 while variegated variety, like Souv. de 

 Bonn, but much more distinct and likely 

 to prove an excellent bedder; Cypripedi- 

 um Media superbum, a hybrid between 

 C. Spicerianum and C. hirsutissimum, 

 very pretty and distinct; Salvia Golden 

 Gem, a dwarf golden foliage variety; 

 Sa.xifraga sarmentosa tri-color a very 

 pretty rock-work plant. 



Mr. William Plumb showed an excel- 

 lent collection of fancy carnations wfiich 

 were nnich admired. H. C. SteinhofT, of 

 Hoboken, exhibited a collection of well 

 flowered and grown azaleas in the follow- 

 ing varieties: Deutsche Perle, Verviene- 

 nana, Van der Cruyssen and Simon Mard- 

 ner. 



R. Witterstaetter, Sedamsville, Ohio, 

 showed his white carnation, Evelina. It 

 appeared in grand condition, showing its 

 good shipping qualities, and received 

 high commendation. Frank Miquet, 

 Patchogue, L. I., showed an unnamed 

 seedling, a cross between Scott and Day- 

 break, a sensation as a carnation; stem 

 two feet long, erect and carrying a 

 flower nearly three inches across; a beau- 

 tiful cerise red, lighting up beautifully in 

 the artificial light. 



Points were awarded to the competitors 

 for the gold medal and the following 

 were the committee on award: J. N. May, 

 chairman; Alex. Burns. J. M. Keller, 

 Julius Roehrs, P. O'Mara, Laurence 

 Hafner. 



American Institute. 



What will prove a very interesting pro- 

 gram has been arranged for the coming 

 sessions of the Horticultural section 

 of the American Institute, and prac- 

 tice and theory will go hand in hand. 

 Last Wednesday the first exhibition was 

 held and the program a "Display of Nov- 

 elties in Roses" brought out some ex- 

 tremely good exhibits. In the evening 

 Dr. N. L. Britton delivered his lecture on 

 "Roots and Stems." which was nuich en- 

 hanced by the stereopticon illustrations. 



The program for the future will be as 

 follows, the exhibitions to take place at 2 

 o'clock in the afternoon and the lecture 

 at 7:30 p. m: 



February 9, orchid exhibition. Lee 

 ture on "Mimicry and Fertilization of Or- 

 chids;" illustrated by over 400 colored 

 charts by Mr. C. H. Atkins. March 9, 



carnation exhibition. Lecture on "Leaves 

 and Flowers," by Dr. N. L Britton; illus- 

 trated by stereopticon. April 13, display 

 of forced vegetables. Lecture by Cor- 

 nelius Van Brunt. May 11, exhibition of 

 flowering shrubs. Lecture by Dr. N. L. 

 Britton, "Flowers, Fruits and Seeds;" il- 

 lustrated bv stereopticon. June 8, exhi- 

 bition of fruits and flowers, general dis- 

 cussion, Messrs. Siebrecht and Henshaw 

 taking part. 



Among the Retailers. 



If the store men are not making money 

 these days, no one is, in the florist busi- 

 ness, and for why you ask. Well, sir, 

 " 'tis pity, 'tis, 'tis true," and the reason 

 is that flowers are plentiful and cheap, 

 and if trade is only fair they ought to be 

 coining money, but don't you go and ask 

 them, because they will tell you I wrote 

 this after I went home from the Forists' 

 Club meeting, which I didn't. Anyway, 

 trade ought to be on the mend by this 

 time, the reaction after the holidays 

 ought to be nearly over, so cheer up. there 

 is a good time coming. There is Easter, 

 and there is Christmas, too. It will soon 

 be round again, so don't put on a martyr 

 expres.sion, because it won't deceive the 

 wary wholesaler, for. in the parlance of 

 Chuck Connors "he's on to you." 



One of the events of the «eek was a 

 ball given by Mrs. H. P. Whitney at their 

 home. The decorations were of a very 

 elaVjorate .style, bordering on the mag- 

 nificent, and Mr. J. H. Troy, manager tor 

 the Rosarv Co., had the contract for the 

 w^rk, which was fully up to their usual 

 standard of excellence. 



W. H. Brower & Sons won't mind if 

 you call their store the "old curiosity 

 shop", because there you will find all the 

 knick-knacks of the Goddess Flora, be- 

 sides the regular line of stock flowers 

 and anything hard to get. Among other 

 things, I no'.ed there the new roses. Mad. 

 Chatenay and Mrs. Watson, both of 

 which will be heard of later. Some 

 bunches of the sweet Daphne Indica, 

 jessamine, California violets, sweet peas, 

 rare orchids, pansies, bouvardias, double 

 and single, and some of the old favorite 

 roses Bon Silene and Papa Gontier. 

 "Yes, we have quite a call for all these 

 things," I was told in answer to my en- 

 quiry, "and we find it pays to carry this 

 miscellaneous stock. Some of our old 

 patrons look forward to these odd and 

 seasonable flowers and there is a certain 

 affinity between our old friends and some 

 of these old fashioned flowers." 



On the Rialto. 



Oh, Lordy! Oh, Lordy! how long is the 

 cry of the wholesaler. "Job wasn't in the 

 wholesale business, I'll bet a long 

 stemmed .American Beauty to a frosted 

 cull," said one man to-day, but that was 

 just after a retailer had "called him up " 

 on the 'phone and then "called him 

 down," so that's excusable. 



It is a fact though that trade is un- 

 usually dull, even duller than ordinarily 

 after the holidays. Though stuff gets 

 cleaned up pretty well, for all that there 

 is no snap or vim to the trade, however, 

 and roses have sold as low as J20 per 1,000. 



The best fancy Beauties realize 75 



