

June 15, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



June 12 gave us the first glimpse of 

 the Bun in five days. Such weather was 

 bad for the cut flower business, but the 

 rain and chill brought profit to the 

 seedsmen, the plant-auction houses and 

 nurserymen still filling late orders. 



In the wholesale cut flower section 

 peonies dominated. The cold storage 

 walls are bulging with the thousands in 

 reserve and cellars and iceboxes are 

 tightly packed. The flood of peonies 

 will end this week and the clean-up 

 should materialize Saturday. It was a 

 harvest for the department stores, the 

 florists with chain stores and the side- 

 walk and peddling merchants, the latter 

 carting the flowers around and dispos- 

 ing of them at "a centa each" in all 

 parts of the city. 



There are few good American Beau- 

 ties. These sell readily at 25 cents. 

 The best Hadleys are firm at 20 cents, 

 Brunner and Prima Donna at 15 cents. 

 The other popular roses have maintained 

 the quotations of a week ago, Double 

 White Killarney and Ophelia being 

 most in demand. The short-stemmed 

 and lower grades of roses sell at from 

 $2 down to 75 cents per hundred, and 

 even lower in thousand lots. 



The close of last week found a larger 

 orchid supply than was demanded and 

 prices fell to 25 cents for selected gigas. 

 Longiflorums were selling at $3 per hun- 

 dred June 10. The best valley touched 

 $4 per hundred. It was the only scarce 

 article. The quality of carnations is 

 deteriorating rapidly and only the best 

 blooms sell above $1 per hundred. 



Some grand sweet peas were offered 

 last week at prices far below their 

 actual value. The Spencers are long- 

 stemmed and perfect. Most of the in- 

 ferior shipments go out to sea, together 

 with the overripe peonies. The usual 

 variety of summer flowers is seen, espe- 

 cially daisies, gladioli, irises, stocks and 

 pansies. Great quantities of cut 

 branches of ramblers are in all the 

 wholesale windows. 



Club Meeting. 



June 12 the final meeting of the club 

 for the season took place in its rooms 

 in the Grand Opera House building, 

 President Weston in the chair. Next 

 year's flower show committee was an- 

 nounced as follows: Charles Weath- 

 ered, chairman; F. H. Traendly, Charles 

 H. Totty, William Duckham, Max 

 Schling, G. E. M. Stumpp, L. F. Eeuter, 

 H. Weston, John Young and Wallace 

 Pierson. A meeting of this committee 

 and that of the Horticultural Society 

 is scheduled for June 19. 



Chairman A. L. Miller's report of 

 the 1916 spring exhibition showed total 

 receipts of $41,721.76 and total expenses 

 of $10,305.55, leaving a profit of $31,- 

 416.21. One-half of this amount went 

 to the Grand Central Palace, leaving 

 $15,708.11 to be divided between the 

 Florists' Club and the Horticultural 

 Society. 



The secretary read Mr. Totty 's re- 

 port and communications from railroads 

 and steamer lines with regard to the 

 route to the S. A. F. convention at 

 Houston, cost of the trip averaging be- 

 tween $80 and $85. The majority fa- 

 vored the all-water trip. 



Anticipating the visit of the S. A. F. 

 in 1917, the committee announced the 

 certainty of securing the Grand Central 

 Palace or Madison Square Garden for 



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OEOBOE W. CRAWBUCK. 



IF ever you are feeling down-in-the-mouth, out of sorts, not sure that a better 

 day is coming, just drop in at 57 West Twenty-eighth street, New York, and 

 scrape acquaintance with George W. Crawbuck, natural born optimist, believer in 

 humanity and ardent advocate for the flower business. Mr. Crawbuck has only 

 recently moved over from Brooklyn, but that makes no difference — he was as full 

 of enthusiasm during all his eight years as manager of the Greater New York 

 Florists' Association, at the other end of the big bridge, as he is now; in fact, it is 

 the enthusiasm that accounts for the recently organized George W. Crawbuck Co., 

 named for its president, with Herbert T. Phillips as vice-president and secretary 

 and H. W. Gallaer treasurer. 



the trade exhibition and the meetings. 

 A communication was read from Dr. 

 Britton, of the New York Horticultural 

 Society, with reference to the conven- 

 tion garden, looking to its location in 

 Bronx park and its being made a per- 

 manent feature there. H. A. Bunyard 

 announced that an available site can be 

 secured in Pelham Bay park. 



Nicholas Butterback and George 

 Cohan were elected to membership. 

 Mr. Kenna, a new member, pledged 

 loyalty. 



Arthur Herrington gave an interest- 

 ing address on the International Gar- 

 den Club's exhibition last week at Pel- 

 ham Bay park. 



W. C. Rickards spoke in behalf of 

 the dahlia show at the rooms of the 

 American Institute in September, and 

 Secretary Bunyard for the meeting of 

 the Sweet Pea Society at Bar Harbor 

 July 12 or 15, where $3,000 will be 

 given in prizes. 



The next meeting will be September 

 11. 



Various Notes. 



Walter Gott, representing Sander & 

 Sons, of St. Albans, England, is in the 

 city and was a visitor at the Florists^ 

 Club's meeting June 12. 



Maurice Fuld has severed his con- 

 nection with the Knight & Struck Co. 

 and is located in the Brokaw building, 

 with the title of "Garden Expert, Lec- 

 turer and Writer." 



The King Construction Co., of North 

 Tonawanda, X. Y., has closed green- 

 house contracts with the following: 

 B. Eodgers, of Patchogue, N. Y., one 

 house 50x100, including heating and 

 benching; Julius Chevalley, of Blue 

 Point, N. Y., one iron-frame, flat-rafter 

 house, 60x200; Mrs. Henry Burden, of 

 Cazenovia, N. Y., two iron-frame 

 houses, each 35x150, and service build- 

 ing, 18x85. 



E. Dryer, for twenty-two years asso- 

 ciated with A. Herrmann, now is fore- 

 man for Russin & Hanfling. 



Quantities of blooming plants arrived 



