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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



XLiBCH 5, 1903. 



vancement of the society's interest: Ala- 

 bama, \Vm. F. Lindsay, Birmingham; 

 California. H. H. Lilienthal, San Fran- 

 cisco; Colorado, J. A. Valentine Denvei ; 

 Connecticut, aheodore Wirth, Hartford; 

 Florida, W. J. Ellsworth, Jessamine; 

 Georo^ia, L. A. Berckmans, Augusta; Il- 

 linois (South), Joun Willius, Danville; 

 Illinois (North), J. B. Deamud, Chi- 

 cago; Indiana, W. W. Coles, Kokomo; 

 Iowa, W. Greene, Des Moines; Kansas, 

 A H. Whitcomb, LawTcnce; Kentucky, 

 A R. Baumer, Louisville; Maine, H. B. 

 Mitchell, Waterville; Maryland, 0. L. 

 Seybold, Baltimore; Massachusetts 

 (East), H. P. Kelsey, Boston; Massa- 

 chusetts (West), A. J. Loveless, Lenox; 

 Michi<'an, Robert j<1owerday, Detroit; 

 Minnesota, O. A. Wilt, Minneapolis; 

 Missouri, C. A. Juengel, St. Louis; Ne- 

 braska, Lewis Henderson, Omaha; New 

 Hampshire, B. Jilorris, Portsmouth ; New 

 Jersey, W. B. Du Rie, Rahway; New 

 York (East), Benjamin Hammond, Fish- 

 kill-on-Hudson ; iNOrth Carolina, Jas. M. 

 Lamb, Fayetteville ; Ohio (North), Isaac 

 Kennedy, Cleveland ; Ohio ( South ) , Wm. 

 Murphy, Cincinnati ; Pennsylvania 

 (East), I. K. Giles, Reading; Rhode 

 Island, L. J. Reuter. Westerly; South 

 Carolina, Martin Stork, Columbia; Vir- 

 ginia, Llovd G. Blick, Norfolk; Wiscon- 

 sin, F. n. Holton, Milwaukee; Canada, 

 H. H. Groff, Simcoe, 



Wm. J. Stewakt, Secretary. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



With the advent of Lent the entire 

 bottom dropped out of the cut flower 

 market. Respectable prices were actu- 

 ally maintained until the v(?ry morning 

 the "season of sack cloth and ashes." 

 dawned, and the very first "penitential 

 tears'' were shed by the wholesale flor- 

 ists. The fact is," for the last three 

 days of the week tuere uas no market 

 and prices were like a "will o' the wisp"' 

 with neither reason nor stability for a 

 foundation. Specification is unneces- 

 sary; everything went, and it was a 

 faint reminder of a Wall street panic. 

 But "these things cannot be explained," 

 as the song goes, and doubtless matters 

 will readjust themselves and become nor- 

 mal now that the first shock is over, 

 Roses in particular suffered and violets 

 went begging. Tlie temperature reached 

 60 degrees on Friday. 



The street merchants had their in- 

 nings the last three days of the week. 

 With the immense shipments of the 

 growers and the tremendous slump in 

 the wholesale prices, with almost sum- 

 mer temperature, it was their harvest 

 time. 



Items. 



Mr. Schwakc. with Chas. F. Meyer, 

 wholesale importer of 19 Barclay street, 

 is in the city after an extended and 

 successful western trip. He says busi- 

 ness has been excellent and is delighted 

 with the practical reception given the 

 new firm. 



The voice of the auctioneer will soon 

 resound through horticultural halls. On 

 Friday of this week Mr. Cleary begins 

 operations at the old stand, and on 

 Tuesday following Mr. Elliott will 

 again give his larynx an opjiortunity to 

 "get busy." Hardy roses, hydrangeas, 

 rhododendrons and conifers will compose 

 the first sacrifice. 



Mr. J. Nash, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 has fought a good fight with la grippe 



and has it under subjection. This plague 

 is epidemic in New Vork and many of 

 the craft have suffered. 



The retail business is feeling the ar- 

 rival of the penitential season. Society 

 has departed for Lakewood, or the Caro- 

 linas, or Florida or Europe, and the 

 big dinners are few and far between. 



Next Monday evening is carnation 

 ni<Tht at the New York Florists' Club 

 regular meeting at 128 E. 28th street, 

 the .club's temporary quarters. Several 

 fine exhibits are promised and an in- 

 teresting evening is assured. 



H. H. Berger & Co. say that the latest 

 news from Brazil concerning this sea- 

 son's crop of Cocos Weddeliana seed is 

 to the effect that it is of a non-germina- 

 tive quality. 



There was some great "booking of or- 

 ders" at the convention. Everyone 

 seemed to be getting his share. Walter 

 ]Mott and S. S. Skidelsky, the veteran 

 drummers of not so long ago, were on 

 hand looking sleek and prosperous and 

 with substantiated evidences of a suc- 

 cessful year. 



Last Monday, at Ossining, N. Y., the 

 mother of Mrs. Bradshaw died, the sec- 

 ond bereavement within a week in the 

 family of Geo. E. Bradshaw, the whole- 

 sale florist. 



McNeice is handling some exception- 

 ally) fine novelties and a quality of 

 snap dragon, daisies and wall flowers 

 that is hard to beat. 



Jas. F. McConnell is convalescing af- 

 ter a two Aveeks' serious tussle with 

 bronchitis. 



Sidney Nash kept an eye open for 

 florists'" stores and other things flori- 

 cultural while in London, and has many 

 interesting things to tell of his observa- 

 tions. He "gives the palm" to the New 

 York stores in comparison, and says in 

 artistic decoration of windows and gen- 

 eral catering to the public taste New 

 York is a generation ahead of his na- 

 tive land. But one thing in particular 

 he noted — every business man wears a 

 boutonniere. 



A. J. Fellouris, of 468 Sixth avenue, 

 the wholesale fern and galax dealer, has 

 added a cut flower department to his 

 business. 



Brooklyn not only had the greatest 

 carnation convention but has the oldest 

 gardener in the country. Stephen Mi- 

 lev, born in County Dublin, Ireland, in 

 1800. came to this country in 1860 and 

 has been gardening ever since. 



J Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



We seem to have turned a new leaf 

 and begun upon an entirely new chap- 

 ter. It makes pretty hard reading, too. 

 and forebodes trouble for a few days un- 

 til Easter lightens up tlie gloom for 

 a page or two, after which it looks like 

 another dull passage until the para- 

 graph concerning Memorial day, and 

 then — oblivion! 



Ash Wednesday was our last real good 

 day and was surprisingly all right, in 

 view of the arrival of Lent. Some claim 

 that this season makes no appreciable 

 difference. We get the stagnation, how- 

 ever, and can charge it to whatever 

 cayse we please. Goods are more plen- 

 tiful, thanks to Old Sol, who has re- 

 moved his embargo from all kinds of 

 goods and has surely taken all duties 

 off of pink and white roses. Tlicy are 

 much more plentiful than anything else. 



We are beginning to feel the need of 

 a larger market than the Park street 

 quarters and negotiations are under way 



to get possession of the new Columbus 

 avenue rooms for Easter, which win 

 probably be successful. 



I have been obliged to hold my nose 

 too closely to the floral grindstone this 

 week for it to get a chance to pry into 

 any news' happenings, if any have been 

 enacted. 



Questions are being raised as to th" 

 condition of the coming lily crop, but 

 I hear no very definite answers, so pre- 

 sume it is coming on well, if conditions 

 are favorable. 



There are rumors of more building to 

 be done this summer than I supposed 

 would be the case. The demand for glass 

 has caused a bit of an advance and fears 

 of further changes are expressed. A few 

 days ago $3.50 was the figure per box, 

 but now $3.65 seems to be the ticket. 



Look in the Old Farmer's Almanac and 



see if it doesn't say that it is about time 



to kill brown tail moth nests and place 



ads. in floral papers for Easter business! 



J. S. Manter. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The gratitude formerly felt for goo<l 

 stock is now felt for good orders. This 

 conveys a clear idea of the conditions of 

 the cut flower market this week. There 

 is little demand. Flowers are plentiful, 

 prices low and irregular. Roses sell 

 fairly well, especially good teas. There 

 is no demand for long Beauties, and 

 many have to be shortened to fill orders 

 for medium grades. The best blooms of 

 carnations go fairly, especially on ship- 

 ping orders. Edward Reid is handling 

 some very fine flowers of several leading 

 sorts. Violets are hard to sell; the 

 street men get many of the singles: 

 doubles go better. S. S. Pennock moves a 

 quantity of fine ones daily. There is 

 some very good mignonette to be had. 

 Bulbous flowers are in ovorsupply, es- 

 pecially daffodils, which are now very 

 cheap. Fancy tulips sell better, but the 

 common varieties are overdone. It is prob- 

 able that with the lower prices and fine 

 spring weather a demand will be cre- 

 ated among the flower lovers who can- 

 not afford fancy prices. This should im- 

 prove conditions until Easter, now onlv 

 five weeks off. 



Jottings. 



Milton W. Woodroffe, formerly senior 

 member of the firm of Woodroffe & Bern- 

 heimer, has opened this week a whole- 

 sale commission house at 1344 Ridge av- 

 enue. Mr. Woodroffe has had a long 

 experience in the cut flower commission 

 business, having served his apprentice- 

 ship -with Samiiel S. Pennock fully a 

 dozen years ago. His many friends wi:=h 

 him success in his new undertaking. 



Samuel S. Pennock has an attractive 

 novelty in natural wood work. Short 

 pieces of boughs of trees are hollowed 

 and covered with sheet moss, and a light 

 bottom of cloth or paper fastened under- 

 neath, so that a vase or tin to hold flow- 

 ers can be inserted. These wood fancies 

 are made into various shapes. The work 

 is all done by one family which lives at a 

 distance from the city. 



Henry I. Faust is planning to buill 

 improvements on his place at Merion. 



Leo Niessen has moved into a very •' 

 place of business at 1217 Arch street. 

 The building is modern, giving every fa- 

 cility for his large cut flower commission 

 business. 



The Lenten exodus to Florida has l>e- 

 gun. This year it is the hard working 



