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The Florists^ Review 



April If. IMO 



willing to Bell his products at retail in 

 these markets and that if such selling 

 were possible at all it would be through 

 the energies of peddlers and others, who 

 would take over any surpluses offered. 

 No action was taken in the matter. 



A. L. Miller reported the death of 

 Mrs. Laird, mother of Daniel and George 

 Laird, members of the club, and Secre- 

 tary Young reported the death of Mrs. 

 Laura Hammond, wife of Benjamin 

 Hammond, a member of the club of many 

 years' standing. On motion, the ap- 

 pointment of committees to prepare 

 resolutions of sympathy with the 

 bereaved was ordered. 



A resolution of sympathy with the 

 relatives of F. W. Bruggerhof, late head 

 of the firm of J. M: Hartman & Co., New 

 York, in his demise last month, was in- 

 troduced by J. n. Pepper, adopted and 

 ordered to be entered upon the minutes 

 of the club. 



A motion by J. A. Manda that a com- 

 mittee be appointed by President Hen- 

 shaw to confer and act with a similar 

 committee of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York, in regard to arrangements 

 for the eighth international flower show, 

 in 1921, was carried, and it was an- 

 nounced that the appointment would be 

 made later. 



Quaxantine Meeting. 



Secretary Young reported a communi- 

 cation from the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society to the effect that at a 

 special meeting of the advisory com- 

 mittee of that body called to consider 

 the question of Quarantine 37, it was 

 voted that the New York and Penn- 

 sylvania horticultural organizations be 

 asked to join with the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society in a meeting to 

 be held in New York at a date to be 



decided upon, the object to be a general 

 discussion of the question. Secretary 

 Young moved that the president appoint 

 a delegate and alternate to attend this 

 meeting, which would probably be held 

 upon the invitation of Treasurer F, E. 

 Newbold, of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York, in the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York, some- 

 time after May 19. The motion was 

 carried and Joseph A. Manda was ap- 

 pointed delegate, with I. S. Hendrick- 

 son as alternate. 



The secretary announced that through 

 Mrs. J. C. Curtin, it was reported that 

 a large number of wounded soldiers 

 were still at the base hospital at Fox 

 Hills, apparently forgotten, and receiv- 

 ing neither visitors nor other outside 

 attention or commiseration. Mrs. Curtin 

 had suggested that it would be a grace- 

 ful act on the part of florists to provide 

 gifts of surplus flowers and plants for 

 these men, and she would see that visits 

 were made and the men cheered by the 

 distribution of the material collected. 

 A number of members pledged contribu- 

 tions of plants and flowers for the pur- 

 pose and a committee was appointed to 

 make a general collection. 



Awards to Exhibits. 



The committee on awards passed upon 

 plants and flowers exhibited before the 

 meeting as follows: 



Ltpllocattleyn Alphand, by Joseph Manda Co., 

 West Orange, N. J., silver medal. 



Brassocattleya Hone, by Joseph Manda Co., 

 silver medal. _ * 



Dendroblum nobile album, by Louis Strauss, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., honorable mention. 



Collection of Miltonia Bleuana grandiflora and 

 Mlltonla vexlllarla, by S. G. MUosy, Geo. 

 Schlesel estate, Brooklyn, N. Y., stiver medal. 



Antirrhinum Ruth Brewster, by Philip F. Kess- 

 ler, New York, cultural certificate. 



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"The income tax took a considerable 

 part of the long green," said Victor 

 Dorval, of Victor S. Dorval Sons, Wood- 

 side, N. Y. " Fortunately, we had a fine 

 crop of asparagus in long strings, which 

 materially helped to fill the pocketbook, 

 for this was one of the few items short 

 on the market and brought the longest 

 price on record." He said that a fine 

 crop had been produced all winter, run- 

 ning a temperature of 60 to 70 degrees 

 at night. Holland bulbs sold well. A 

 batch of lilies did not bloom in time for 

 Easter, but will sell as well for Mothers ' 

 day, for which preparations are being 

 made, as it promises to be another big 

 day for the trade.- 



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The Nippon Nursery, Woodside, N. Y., 

 liad 10,000 lilies just right for Easter, 

 that sold well. The quality was no bet- 

 jfeei than the bulbs imported, according 

 lo P. Suzuki, the proprietor, who is in 

 vlosc touch with the grower in Japan. 

 The whole crop was almost free from 

 disease and it is hoped the same care 

 will be taken in the future. 



• • • • 



The introducer of the floral basket is 

 entitled to a gold medal in the opinion 

 of F. X. Dienst, of Middletown, N. Y., 

 whose record of seventy-five baskets 

 exceeds anything of the kind at any 



previous Easter. He says that it has 

 abolished much detail, saves time in 

 selling and, when properly figured out 

 as to cost, is the most profitable item 



in the store. 



• • • • 



"Have you heard anyone say that 

 his lilies were too big?" inquired E. 

 A. Lorentz, of Middletown, N. Y., who 

 had formosum that averaged fourteen to 

 fifteen blooms to a 9 to 11-inch bulb. 

 The selling price was ,50 cents per bloom 

 and, consequently, with few exceptions, 

 the plants were too large for ordinary 

 purposes. It was an agreeable surprise 

 to get a perfect crop and sell it all. 



• • • • 



"Red hot" describes conditions pre- 

 vailing around the place of Edward 

 Sceery, known as the telegraph florist 



of Passaic, N. J. 



• • • • 



"I had nothing left over, but could 

 have doubled sales if I only had accom- 

 modations," was the comment of J. 



Hundertmark, of Passaic, N. J. 



• • • • 



Elmer Rawlings, Allegany, N. Y., was 

 making a shipment to the far east and 

 observed that a shipping business, ex- 

 tending from coast to coast and from 

 the Great Lakes to the Gulf, has been 

 built up through the Classified column 

 route and, in place of putting the profits 



in the air, so to smeak, he has sunk them 

 in the soil; in other^words, purchased 

 a fine farm adjoining the greenhouses. 

 "One can do just so much business sat- 

 isfactorily," said Mr. Bawlings, "for 

 just as soon as more orders are taken 

 than can satisfactorily be filled, then 

 trouble for everyone begins." A fine 

 stock of geraniums in 2-inch pots, grown 

 on the ground, makes stockier plants 

 than bench-grown. Rex begonias grown 

 in the same way were noted. 



• • • • 



A. Buchholz, of Woodside, N. Y., 

 observed that, with the higher cost of 

 Holland bulbs, it is more than ever 

 necessary to buy carefully. The day 

 for plunging has passed. Prices ob- 

 tained at Easter and since are satisfac- 

 tory. 



• • • • 



"I have never been better equipped 

 for Easter business," observed Carl 

 Lange, of H. A. Lange's, Worcester, 

 Mass., adding that the greenholises 

 were again in shape and running to full 



capacity. 



• • • • 



Maurice M. Dye, Salamanca, N. Y., 

 observed that the old saying of the new 

 broom certainly applied to business in 

 his experience, as his new houses have 

 proved a sweeping success. More are 

 in project, if conditions continue as 

 they exist at present. 



• • • • 



The whir of the motor of the New 

 York-Chicago mail airplane caused E. 

 Ross Adgate, of the McCallum Co., 

 Pittsburgh, Pa., to observe that before 

 long they would be up in the air, as 

 soon as suitable landings were secured. 

 Conditions warrant the innovation, he 

 asserted. 



• • • • 



"Tate, in his Tips, aptly describes 

 the relative conditions of cleaning up 

 and out," said Frank W. Durand, of 

 Rawson's, Elmira, N. Y. "Sassafras 

 tea is an ideal spring tonic, which such 

 veterans as myself in the business need 

 after such a rush as was unknown be- 

 fore. Orders for Mothers' day are al- 

 ready being booked." 



• • • • 



A. H. Woeppel, Corning, N. Y,, re- 

 ported excellent business, with stock 

 in fine shape and prices well sustained. 



• • • a 



Graham's Flower Store, Bradford, 

 Pa., reports a satisfactory condition of 

 things. 



• • • • 



C. E. Gunton, Bradford, Pa., had a 

 fine crop of roses and carnations, which 

 brought the highest prices for Easter 

 in the history of the business. "It is 

 our fault," observed Mr. Gunton, "if 

 prices are allowed to drop to any great 

 extent, for it appears to me the public 

 realizes more than ever before the value 

 of flowers in winter." 



• • • • 



Manuel Oppcnheim, Olean, N. Y., rc- 

 ]i0rts great strides in his business since 

 lie returned from Paris, where he gave 

 the Parisians some points on design 

 work and obtained a few ideas in re- 

 turn, which are seen in the fine flower 

 shop, with a soda fountain and real 

 fountain adjoining. W. M. 



NO PROFITEERING. 



What should be your sales expense in 

 moving a stock of plants, bulbs, seeds, 

 or other item to the trade? You don't 

 know offhand, but you'd guess a respect- 



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