December 4, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



49 



Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Weber, St. Louis, on the 25th Anniversary of their Marriage. 



B. Slinn, Jr., in the Coogan building, 

 is headquarters just now for sweet peas, 

 his supply going to the big stores on 

 Broadway. 



Upstairs in this building Frank Mil- 

 lang, Chas. Smith, Bonnet Bros, and 

 W. H. Siebrecht form a quartette of 

 hustlers that find it profitable to cater 

 to the trade from 6 to 6 daily. 



The market is growing in interest 

 and numbers constantly. There will 

 have to be accommodations for the over- 

 flow before long. The whole upper floor 

 of the Coogan establishment is "in the 

 market," and some enterprising optimist 

 will find its lease a profitable venture. 



Reed & Keller, Hermann, Geller and 

 Kreshover are up to their eyes in busi- 

 ness. The demand for Christmas goods 

 is phenomenal. There is a great de- 

 mand for Reed & Keller's new torchere 

 palm stands for decorations. 



J. K. Allen's Thanksgiving trade was 

 above the average of years. The "Pio- 

 neer" is in robust health and the "turkey 

 and cider" seems to have "touched the 

 spot." 



John Foley, at Bradshaw & Hartman's 

 had a narrow escape from pneumonia last 

 week, but is "on deck" again. 



The carnation exhibition at John 

 Young's would make the Madison Square 

 show "turn green with en\-y." His grow- 

 ers are among the best in the land, and 

 not a fancy variety but can be found here 

 every day. 



The club meeting next Monday prom- 

 ises to be "lively." It will be held at 128 

 K Twenty-eighth street, as usual, and a 

 large attendance is assured. 



Small had two important decorations 

 last week. The Saxe wedding, at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria, where the whole floor 

 of the hotel was decorated, including the 

 grand ball room, the west and east foyer 

 and the Astor gallery. And on Thanks- 

 giving the Strauss-Abrahams wedding, 

 an event of great importance in the high- 

 est Jewish circles, and in both events 

 the best kind of floral and artistic work 

 was accomplished under the able man- 

 agement of Arthur Merritt. 



Mr. J. Purdy has purchased the whole- 

 sale business of M. Hart, of 48 West 

 Thirtieth street, and has associated his 

 brother with him, the new firm to be 

 known as Purdy Bros. It is possible Mr. 

 Hart may try his hand at the retail 

 business. 



Mrs. McXeice is probably the only lady 

 wholesale florist in this country. Her 

 daughter is associated with her, and 

 their store at 42 West Twenty-seventh 

 street is devoted to "novelties," and is 

 New York's headquarters for orange 

 blossoms, camellias, forget-me-nots, white 

 and single violets, acacias, etc. They 

 have as fine a grade of single violets as 

 can be found anywhere, and are pre- 

 paring for a large Christmas demand. 

 If you don't know, or can't find what 

 you want in the novelty line of floricul- 

 ture, ask Mrs. McNeice about it. If 

 she can't find it, it isn't! 



C. H. Joosten will have a fine imported 

 stock of holly trees, standard box and 

 evergreens for the holidays. They ar- 

 rived by steamer Monday after a tem- 

 pestuous voyage. 



A rumor says that a bachelor horticul- 



turist of national repute contemplates 

 an "important change" in the near fu- 

 ture. But there are so many "bachelors" 

 between Twenty-eighth street and the 

 Battery who ought not to be, it's hard 

 figuring out which one has been "con- 

 verted." Perhaps Mr. Elliott can tell 

 us. 



The retiring president of the Florists' 

 Club. Mr. Sheridan, has made a splendid 

 presiding olBcer and joins the "rank and 

 file" with "honors thick upon him." His 

 record endears him to his associates. His 

 successor will have to "keep awake." 



Traendly & Sehenck were the fortunate 

 possessors of those fancy, 100 in a bunch, 

 $3 violets. They were as fine as ever 

 i-eached the New York market. 



Ed. Horan looks very cozy in his new 

 store, and is "quite comfortable" again. 



John Raynor finds the demand for 

 "Peter Crowe" quite beyond the supply 

 and the popularity of our fat friend 

 in Utica and his namesake grow con- 

 tinuously. 



The Flatbush boys had their annual 

 turkey bowling night last Thursday. As 

 a consequence there were turkey dinners 

 at the Dailledouze's, Zeller's and Sie- 

 brecht's, and the "also rans" were obliged 

 to partake of "crow," though the vic- 

 tors did not crow unduly over their suc- 

 cess. There is always "something doing" 

 at the Platbush bowling club on Thurs- 

 day evenings. 



The New York club's "start" has had 

 many obstacles thrown in its way, but 

 it is not a "quitter" and with associate 

 membership, the return of the "coun- 

 try contingent" and a few such scores as 

 those of last Monday evening the old 

 time enthusiasm will soon materialize. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



MR. AND MRS. F. C. 'WEBER. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Weber, St. Louis, 

 recently celebrated their silver wedding, 

 and as a memento of the occasion had 

 the protograph taken from which the 

 accompanying engraving was made. 



All in the trade who have met the 

 genial Mr. Wleber and his charming wife 

 — and they are many — will join with us 

 in extending hearty congratulations and 

 in asking early invitations to the golden 

 wedding that all feel sure will follow in 

 due time. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



At the exhibition of the 0. S. A., held 

 jointly with the Horticultural Society 

 of Clncago, Nov. 11 to 15, 1902, the fol- 

 lowing varieties were exhibited. 



Yellow Eaton, exhibited by The E. G. 

 Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., scored 89 

 points commercial scale. R. E. Richard- 

 son, pink, by same exhibitors, scored 92 

 points. Columbia, also by same exhib- 

 points. Columbia, pink, also by same 

 exhibitors, scored 90 points. Golden 

 Chadwick, exhibited by J. C. Vaughan, 

 Chicago, 111., scored 89 points. 



Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 

 exhibited the following: H. W. Buckbee, 

 yellow, which scored 92 points; Mrs. 

 J. J. Mitchell, cream color, scored 90; 

 Minnie Bailey, pink, scored 90. 



The judges were Messrs. John F. 

 Cowell and Emil Buettner. 



Chicago, Nov. 22. — Jacob Schulz, 

 Louisville, Ky., exhibited a sport from 

 Merry Christmas, dull white, tips of 

 petals yellow, incurved, which scored 60 

 points commercial scale. 



Edwin Lonsdale. 



