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The Florists^ Review 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower market is 

 subject to the usual conditions of June 

 aud the coming hot season. Fortunate- 

 ly, the spring to date has been excep- 

 tionally cool, but the anticipated reac- 

 tion after Memorial day arrived prompt- 

 ly. Bose shipments especially increased 

 and prices fell, even $5 per thousand 

 being accepted at times for the lower 

 grades. June 3 was exceptionally dull, 

 the market being overwhelmed by the 

 peony shipments. From $1 per dozen 

 the price receded June 3 to $20 per 

 thousand. Many thousands are being 

 put in cold storage daily. The quality 

 of the arrivals is generally good. Car- 

 nations find the flood of peonies and 

 roses too swift to stem and prices have 

 fallen to one-third the quotations of a 

 week ago; June 3 $5 to $20 per thou- 

 sand was the range; even the novelties 

 could be bought as low as $1.50 per 

 hundred. Lilies have fallen to 4 cents 

 each; a few touched 5 cents, but many 

 were sold at $3 per hundred. Valley 

 also is weak, owing to the great quan- 

 tity of the outdoor crop. Even the 

 best valley sold no higher than $3 per 

 hundred. 



The lilac has fulfilled its mission and 

 practically disappeared. Immense quan- 

 tities were sold. The street men, with 

 loaded carts, were much in evidence at 

 the end. These sidewalk merchants 

 will have to do their share also in the 

 peony distribution. 



The orchid supply is ample and prices 

 for the best gigas do not advance. In 

 fact, some were sold as low as 25 cents 

 June 3. Last week's tulip offerings 

 were light, but the quality was superb. 

 The Spencer sweet peas were in good 

 demand and sold readily, but anything 

 off quality was unsalable. Few irises 

 remain. Callas are abundant and so 

 are daisies, gladioli, snowballs and Kam- 

 bler roses. 



The week opened with sunshine and 

 cool temperature. A fine volume of 

 June business for the retail fiorists is 

 anticipated. 



Various Notes. 



The final meeting of the season for 

 the Florists' Club will be held June 12, 

 at its rooms in the Grand Opera House 

 building, West Twenty-third street and 

 Eighth avenue. Exhibits will be wel- 

 comed, and the essay committee 

 promises to have much of interest on 

 its program. 



The field day at the establishment of 

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

 will be held June 21. Among the in- 

 vitations sent out are those to the mem- 

 bers of the National Association of 

 Gardeners and the American Associa- 

 tion of Park Superintendents. 



Gustave C. Mickley, of the Waren- 

 dorff force, leaves this week for Wau- 

 chula, Fla., to remain until September. 



Eugene J. Keenan, for eight years 

 with the Greater New York Florists' 

 Association, Brooklyn, has resigned his 

 position and will soon be enlisted with 

 one of the New York wholesalers. 



Goldstein & Futterman say they dis- 

 posed of over 20,000 peonies for 

 Memorial day. 



Samuel Woodrow has the contract for 

 the decorations at the Grand Central 

 Palace, during the continuance of the 

 great bazaar in behalf of the Allies. 



B. Bosens and family and A. Waren- 



dorff and wife again are located at their 

 summer homes at Averne by the Sea. 



Wm. P. Ford spent June 4 at his 

 farm in Pennsylvania, where his peonies 

 are in full bloom. 



The George W. Crawbuck Co. opened 

 its store at 57 West Twenty-eighth 

 street June 1 and had a busy Saturday 

 as an encouraging send-oflf. Mr. Craw- 

 buck and his associates are well and 

 favorably known in the trade. 



William Kessler's rebuilt store is 

 complete and in the future will be de- 

 voted exclusively to his wholesale cut 

 flower trade. 



The Greek-American Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its annual outing early 

 in July, at College Point, L. I. A boat 

 has been engaged that will carry over 

 1,000 safely. 



The showing of tulips in over 100 va- 

 rieties, recently seen in the display win- 

 dows of Stumpp & Walter Co., has at- 

 tracted much attention. The Darwins, 

 especially, have created comment and 

 many orders for autumn have been 

 booked. J. Austin Shaw. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



Last week was a good one for the 

 trade here, as it was commencement 

 week in the schools. This is the best 

 flower event of the year, not considering 

 the regular holidays. The express 

 drivers' strike in Chicago incon- 

 venienced the trade here not a little, as 

 , shipments to meet the increased de- 

 mands were not delivered promptly. As 

 a result, everything worthy cleaned up, 

 each florist accommodating the others in 

 every way he cpuld. There was a bet- 

 ter spirit of cooperation than ever this 



spring. It is a help to all in the end. 



Both the national Decoration day and 

 the Confederate Decoration day re- 

 ceived attention this year, and these, 

 together with the preparedness parade 

 June 3, helped to clear every item. 



Roses are fairly plentiful now. Most 

 of the winter varieties have been put 

 to sleep for their summer's rest. Rus- 

 sell easily holds the middle of the stage 

 at present and this variety will be more 

 largely planted this year. Carnations 

 are coming in freely. The quality is 

 better than is usual at this season. 

 There are a few English and Siberian 

 irises in the market and they sell well. 

 These varieties deserve more attention 

 from the trade, as both come late, when 

 there is need of flowers of their type. 



This has been a great season for 

 outdoor roses. I have seldom seen bet- 

 ter stock outdoors. Bedding plants are 

 of the past, and as soon as the June 

 weddings and commencements are over 

 the trade can take a good nap until the 

 fall work starts. If summer business is 

 not what it should be, why does not 

 some one work up a business of de- 

 livering flowers to the various summer 

 resorts near the city? 



Various Notes. 



The Joy Floral Co. last week n^ade 

 the largest blanket it ever executed. 

 It comprised roses and valley, with a 

 huge cross of lilies in the center. 

 * The Hillcrest School Farm expects 

 to begin digging tulip and narcissus 

 bulbs next week. These have ripened 

 earlier than usual this year. 



Mclntyre Bros, say they have moved 

 more good boxwood this season than 

 during any other year. They have the 

 best lot of home-grown specimens I have 

 seen in the south. F. B. 



Birmingham, Ala.— The stork left a 

 young florist at the home of Hugh 

 Seales last month. 



Birmingham, Ala. — Harry Miles, flo- 

 rist for the Greene Drug Co., has ac- 

 quired a motor car. 



Boanoke, Va. — After a month of 

 serious illness from typhoid fever, Frank 

 L. Wertz is convalescing and planning 

 to be out in a few days. 



Prescott, Ark.— W. T. Hart, who here- 

 tofore has grown vegetables for the 

 market, is having a try at the growing 

 end of the florists' business. 



OreenviUe, Miss. — L. A. Waas is de- 

 veloping so good a cut flower trade 

 that he is preparing to equip himself 

 with facilities for carrying stock at all 

 times. 



Jonesboro, Ark,— P. L. Graves, "the 

 largest plant and cut flower grower in 

 northeast Arkansas," has erected 

 another house, 30x140 feet. Mr, Graves 

 is planning for a large crop of chrysan- 

 themums. 



Oneco, Fla. — Reasoner Bros., who 

 trade as the Royal Palm Nurseries, are 

 busy building up retail trade. This 

 season they have spent nearly $8,000 

 in advertising in the general periodicals 

 circulated exclusively in the south, 



Muskoge«, Okla, — Two greenhouses, 

 each 28x186 feet, are being erected by 

 the Muskogee Carnation Co, When 

 completed, the company will have 50,- 

 000 square feet of glass, Robert Beeb 

 is the owner and his son, M, R, Beeb, a 

 graduate from the horticultural depart- 

 ment of the University of Illinois, has 

 charge of the greenhouses, 



mgh Point, N. C— Frank Ford, of 

 Frank Ford, Flowers, has purchased five 

 and one-half acres of land within the 

 town limits, on which he will erect a 

 Metropolitan house 13x100 feet, an office 

 building and a residence. His other 

 house, 25x100 feet, and coldframe will 

 be moved to the new location, "Busi- 

 ness has been good," says Mr, Ford, 

 ' ' easily double that of the corresponding 

 period of last year." 



