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Mat 26. 1916. 



The Fbdsts' Review 



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NEW YOBK. 



The lilarket. 



This week opened with clear, cool 

 weather, still most favorable for the 

 nurserymen and seedsmen, while the 

 long hours of sunshine will end speed- 

 ily the short shipments pf cut flowers 

 of' the last ten days. 



There was no surplus of anything but 

 lilacs at the closing hour May 20 and 

 prices of nearly everything were satis- 

 factory to the growers and wholesalers, 

 while retailers generally reported a sat- 

 isfactory week and an especially good 

 weekend. Easter, Mothers' day and 

 the memorial celebration have been so 

 close together that the market between 

 times has not had opportunity to slump 

 seriously. 



Prices for roses of all varieties are 

 steady or a little stronger, because of 

 short supply. Selected American Beau- 

 ties sold at 20 cents May 20, Hadley, 

 Brunner and Prima Donna at 12 to 15 

 cents each for the best, with Ophelia 

 as high as 8 cents for the long-stemmed 

 stock. Hoosier Beauty, Eussell, Stan- 

 ley, Key, Mock and Ward were not 

 overabundant and none, even of the 

 Killarneys, sold below $10 per thou- 

 sand. 



Carnations have had a splendid sea- 

 son. Growers must be more than satis- 

 fied with their returns. Mothers' day 

 was a* big money-maker for them, as 

 its influence continued during the fol- 

 lowing week. There is a flood this 

 week of outdoor valley, the best of it 

 selling at $1 per hundred. Longiflorum 

 lilies have made no advance as yet, 

 anticipatory of Memorial day demand. 

 The supply is large and no great in- 

 crease in the asking price is expected. 

 Gardenias are scarce and there is no 

 demand for the few arriving. They 

 have had a poor season, as most of the 

 stock has depended on the street mer- 

 chants for relief. Orchids sell from 40 

 cents, for gigas, down to 15 and 20 

 cents. Some large funeral orders last 

 week aided in steadying the orchid 

 market, but the day of high prices is 

 over for the season. 



Sweet peas, except the Spencers, have 

 to be sold at a sacrifice if at all. There 

 has been much waste of the low-grade 

 shipments. Some splendid tulips con- 

 tinue to arrive and prices for these are 

 well maintained. Daisies are too plen- 

 tiful, as are irises, pansies and lilac, 

 especially the latter. Peonies have been 

 slow, but are coming heavily this week 

 and are likely to dominate values in 

 most lines for the next month. 



Various Notes. 



June 11 the last meeting of the New 

 York Florists ' Club for the season takes 

 place. The club's annual outing is 

 shelved, but the Greek-American Flo- 

 rists' Association will make a special 

 effort to beat all records. 



June 1 the open-air flower show opens 

 at Pelham Bay park and will continue 

 to Sunday. The location is ideal and 

 a large attendance of the social set 

 is a certainty. 



Joseph Trepel had the big order, the 

 same as in 1915, from a Jewish organ- 

 ization, for 100,000 flowers to be de- 

 livered at 100 different centers before 

 9 a. m. May 21. His buyer, "Brother 

 Jack," was aiive wire in the wholesale 

 district all day Saturday and motored 

 may loads of flowers to the Lewis ave- 

 nue headquarters, Brooklyn. 



E. "Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 



lectured May 18 before the Hwftwrd ' 

 County Garden Club and May 23 before 

 the Eklo Club. 



A. Marck, for eleven years foreman 

 for A. L. Miller^ of Jamaica, has lo- 

 cated at New Springville, Staten Is- 

 land, in business on his own account, 

 having 6,000 square feet of glass and 

 an acre of land, growing geraniums, 

 salvias, petunias, asters, cosmos and 

 heliotrope for the New York market. 

 The houses will be devoted to smilax, 

 asparagus and mums. Mr. Marck was 

 born in Switzerland and came to Amer- 

 ica in 1892. He has worked for 

 Schmutz, Meissner, Hession, Messburg 

 and Miller, of Flatbush and Jamaica. 



John Krai, for many years head sales- 

 man for Moore, Hentz & Nash, died at 

 his home in Port Chester, N. Y., Sun- 

 day, May 21, of pneumonia. He was a 

 young man universally beloved and re- 

 spected. 



Jonathan Nash still is confined to his 

 home, 490 West E^d avenue, after two 

 weeks of suffering with pneumonia. 



Frank Duggan is no longer with the 

 H. A. Bunyard Co. 



Several local lights of the American 

 Eose Society went to Washington May 

 23 to inspect the new rose test garden 

 at Arlington. 



Eoman J. Irwin has returned from a 

 successful trip and appeared on Twen- 

 ty-eighth street May 20 in a new auto, 

 to let his wholesale friends know that 

 everything is lovely. 



Walter Siebrecht, who has been ill 

 for two weeks with a severe attack of 

 lumbago, is recovering. 



William, son of George J. Polykranas, 

 who has been severely ill with blood 

 poisoning from rose thorns, is greatly 

 improved. 



The personnel of the George W. 

 Crawbuck Co., which will open its doors 

 to the trade June 1, at 57 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, is as follows: President, 

 George W. Crawbuck; vice-president 

 and secretary, Herbert T. Phillips; 



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treasurer, H. W. Gallaer. During the 

 last eight years Mr. Crawbuck has been 

 manager of the Greater New York Flo- 

 rists' Association, in Brooklyn. 



May 20 Frank Meyer delivered a lec- 

 ture on ' ' Plants from China, ' ' at Bronx 

 park. 



Frank Goods has cast his lot with 

 M. A. Bowe, "in the heart of New 

 York city." 



The successful candidate for the of- 

 fice of president of the Greek-American 

 Association was Kostas Sakelos. 



One of the biggest decorative orders 

 of the week went to Samuel Woodrow, 

 who secured the contract for decorating 

 the Seventh Eegiment armory for the 

 General Federation of Women's Clubs. 

 MacKinney^ the Florist, of One Hun- 

 dred and Ninety-eighth street, was asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Woodrow in the work. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



A discharge from bankruptcy has 

 been granted J. Frederick Hanft, of 

 Hanft Bros., 684 Madison avenue. 

 Liabilities were $17,536. The business 

 was established in 1880. 



SOCIETV of AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Eudolph Fischer, of San Gabriel, Cal., 

 offers for registration the freesia de- 

 scribed below. Anyone objecting to 

 the registration, or to the use of the 

 proposed name, is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the 

 registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. May 22, 

 1916. 



Freeela Splendena, seedling of Purity, wltb 

 strong, heayy growth of foliage, reaching well 

 Into the stem. The stems are frona two to three 

 feet In length; the flower heads are large, the 

 individual florets opening wide. Color, bluish 

 and reddish lavender, two distinct shades. 



^ ^^^__John Young, Sec 'y. 





New Haven, Conn.— The handsome 

 store of C. C. Buck and Mr. Buck him- 

 self came in for pictorial and verbal 

 comment in a recent issue of the 

 Courier. 



Nashua, N. H.— Alfred Goyette, until 

 recently with Gaedeke & Co., has joined 

 his brother in the cattle business at 

 Viola, Wyo. Edward Foisie, of W. W. 

 Powers' store, has accepted a position 

 with Morse k Beals, of Lowell, Mass. 



Portland, Me.— Dennett, the Florist, 

 has purchased the Portland Flower 

 Store, which is directly across the street 

 from the old establishment. Both stores 

 will be operated by Mr. Dennett, Miss 

 Helen Nixon being manager of the new 

 store. 



Milllngton, Mass.— Mrs. S. A. Vineca 

 has returned from the south, where she 

 spent several weeks in selecting dagger 

 ferns and other greens for the Memorial 

 day business of the Crowl Fern Co. She 

 reports a fine trip and is much improved 

 in health as a result of the change from 

 New England winter. 



Milldale, Conn.— Peter Grille, who 

 has been in the business here, is serv- 

 ing in the Italian army. 



Hartford, Conn.— The Hill Floral Co. 

 has been incorporated by A. P. Pitner, 

 J. H. Peck and.E. M. Grant, at $50,000. 



Cromwell, Conn.— A. N. Pierson, Inc., 

 has installed a steam shovel to be used 

 around the greenhouses for handling 

 soil. 



New Britain, Conn. — A 7-acre £ar» 

 has been acquired by the Volz Floral 

 Co. as a site for its second range of 

 houses. Business has been more than 

 good this spring. 



Providence, R. I.— The Ehode Island 

 Horticultural Society will hold an exhi- 

 bition of roses, peonies, sweet peas, etc., 

 in the ball room of the Narragansett 

 hotel June 16. The premium list, which 

 may be obtained by addressing E.'K. 

 Thomas, secretary, Kingston, E. I., also 

 contains the schedules for the Septem- 

 ber and November exhibitions. 



