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The Florists^ Review 



Jdmb 16, 1916. 



at auction headquarters last week from 

 the Flatbush, L. I., and Jersey growers. 

 This is about the last opportunity to 

 dispose of surplus stock. There is a 

 probability that plant auctions will con- 

 tinue until July. 



A large shipment of cycas plants from 

 Bermuda was received at the MacNifE 

 Horticultural Co. rooms last week. 



George Vocke, at one time gardener 

 for Ludwig Nessen and the Brooklyn 

 navy yard, died recently at his home 

 in Brooklyn. He was 66 years of age 

 and some years ago operated green- 

 houses at Dutch Hills, N. Y. His wife, 

 three sons and three daughters survive. 



June 21 is field day at the A. N. Pier- 

 son establishment, at Cromwell, Conn. 

 New York will be well represented. 



The retail florists who have opened 

 summer branches this season at New- 

 port are Wadley & Smythe, Bunyard, 

 J. G. Leikens. and Armstrong. At 

 Southampton, L. I., G. E. M. Stumpp is 

 already busy. 



Samuel Woodrow opens his branch at 

 Narragansett Pier, R. I., July 1, with 

 Miss Florence Cadieuz in charge. Mr. 

 Woodrow and family will spend July 

 and August in the Catskills. 



Daniel E. Weage, a peony grower of 

 Coldwater, Mich., was a visitor last 

 week. 



July 6 is the day chosen for the 

 Greek- American Florists' Association's 

 tenth annual outing at Witzel's grove, 

 College Point, L. I. The steamer Ajax 

 will carry the crowd. Tickets may be 

 had at the stores of George Cotsonas, 

 103 West Twenty-eighth street, and J. 

 J. Fellouris, 116 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. The price is $3 for adults and 

 $1 for children. 



Miss Adelaide Callahan, bookkeeper 

 for Joseph S. Fenrich, was married 

 June 14 to John McLaughlin at the 

 church of Our Lady of Good Counsel. 

 The bride will resume her place in the 

 office on her return from her honey- 

 moon. 



The George W. Crawbuck Co. has 

 added an auto to its delivery depart- 

 ment, the Brooklyn trade demanding it. 



The new manager and secretary of 

 the Greater New York Florists' Asso- 

 ciation, Brooklyn, is F. G. Van Mater. 



Pitot & Marcres, retail florists, now 

 have eight stores or hotel branches in 

 New York. L. Constant, formerly of 

 their force of salesmen, is participating 

 in the European war. 



The stork left another boy June 9 

 at the residence of A. Tishman, who is 

 salesman for George C. Siebrecht. 



Guttman & Eaynor say there has been 

 a great demand for 3-year-old rose 

 plants. 



W. A. Sutherland has been appointed 

 eastern representative of S, D. Wood- 

 ruff & Sons. Mr. Sutherland was for- 

 merly with the Leonard Seed Co. 



Among the visitors last week was 

 A. E. Kunderd, of Goshen, Ind. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



WASHINQTON, D. C. 



The Mai^et. 



Business is holding up remarkably 

 well and the stores are receiving some 

 good decorative orders for weddings and 

 school commencements. In addition, 

 there is the usual demand for cut flow- 

 ers, and funeral work is heavier than it 

 has been. 



Carnations are good, considering the 

 season, for usually at this time of the 



year they are of little value. They 

 bring from $5 per thousand up to $2 

 and $3 per hundred, according to qual- 

 ity. There has been a good demand for 

 American Beauty roses at $3 per dozen. 

 Eoses of all kinds are moving well. Some 

 fine America gladioli are offered at $6 

 to $8 per hundred and the sale of these 

 has been satisfactory. The season is 

 practically over for white and yellow 

 daisies and, although as fine as one 

 could desire, those now coming in are 

 hanging fire. Indoor sweet peas are 

 exceptionally good, holding their own 

 as to quality, and they are moving well. 

 Usually at this time of the year sweet 

 peas are in the discard. 



This season the local growers enjoyed 

 exceptional business on peonies. Due 

 to the lateness of the season in the 

 north, the shipping orders were heavier 

 than ever before. Buyers came here in 

 the hope of being able to make pur- 

 chases, but the growers were tied up 

 with more orders than they could really 

 hope to fill. Prices remain good through- 

 out, and had there been more peonies 

 the sale and price would still have re- 

 mained as good as they were. This, 

 however, would not warrant increasing 

 the production next year, as it is felt 

 that the increased demand was due 

 wholly to climatic conditions. There 

 still are some local peonies to be had, 

 but the north is having its turn now in 

 shipping into this market. The north- 

 ern peonies are bringing $4 to $6 per 

 hundred. 



There are plenty of small flowers, all 

 of which are of good quality. Mig^non- 

 ette is as fine as at any time during 

 the season; pansies, forget-me-nots and 

 other flowers of similar type are good, 

 but none are in special demand. 



A severe rain storm June 10, accom- 

 panied by hailstones up to three-quar- 

 ters of an inch in diameter, did consid- 

 erable damage to outdoor stock. More 

 than one and a half inches of rain fell 

 in an hour. Plants were beaten down 

 and some glass was broken. The north- 

 east section of the city and Anacostia 

 were hardest hit. 



Club Meeting. 



Plans for the entrance of the mem- 

 bers of the Florists' Club in the pre- 

 paredness parade June 14 were dis- 

 cussed at the monthly meeting of the 

 club at 1214 F street, northwest, June 

 6. Harry B. Lewis was designated 

 chairman of the committee charged with 

 carrying out the provisions of the reso- 

 lution unanimously adopted at the meet- 

 ing, under which the club would be 

 largely represented. Several of the 

 members present stated that they would 

 have their employees in line, and C. A. 

 Jackson stated that rose growers of 

 Petworth were anxious to participate 

 with the florists. It was estimated that 

 the trade would have 250 marchers. 



Captain W. H. Ernest rendered a re- 

 port for the outing committee, of which 

 he is the chairman, stating that the an- 

 nual event will take place at Great 

 Falls, Va., July 19. By reason of sub- 

 scriptions said to have been pledged, 

 the committee will be able to keep the 

 price of the tickets down to 50 cents 

 each and still offer refreshments. There 

 will be the usual number of prizes in 

 the athletic events. 



The regret of the members at the 

 death of Gottlieb Supper, formerly with 

 George C. Shaffer, and their sympathy 

 for his widow, Mrs. Nettie Supper, 

 found expression during the meeting. 



Various Notes. 



Henry Witt, George C. Shaffer, Fred 

 H. Kramer, Alex. B. Garden and the 

 Gude Bros Co. were represented in the 

 floral automobile celebration at Ana- 

 costia last week. Adolph Gude was one 

 of the assistant marshals of the parade. 

 The festivities were marred to a con- 

 siderable extent by a heavy rain storm. 

 One of the Gude Bros. Co. floats fea- 

 tured the Florists' Telegraph Delivery. 

 At either end were telegraph posts, with 

 wires strung between. Placards told 

 of the nature of the display. 



R. W. Taylor, of the A. Langhans 

 store, of Wheeling, W. Va., and C. D. 

 Miller, of Jacksonville, Fla., were 

 among the week 's visitors. C. L. L. 



BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



Tbe Market. 



The disagreeable and cool weather 

 of last week did not help business any. 

 The market is glutted with stock and 

 there is no great rush; in fact, business 

 is remarkably quiet for this time of the 

 year. There is plenty of outdoor stock 

 in the market, tind it, moves slowly. 

 Peonies, which are much later this year 

 than last, are becoming plentiful. Some 

 fine red and white varieties are seen. 

 Carnations in white and colors are over- 

 plentiful and are sold cheaply to clear. 

 Hoses, too, are plentiful; there are more 

 than the present trade demands. Amer- 

 ican Beauties are good and sell well. 

 Outdoor roses are making their appear- 

 ance. Easter lilies are in good condi- 

 tion and sell finely, while callas are 

 slowing up a bit. Valley is unusually 

 good, including the outdoor-grown stock, 

 but the demand is not so large as usual. 

 A few tulips are seen, but they are 

 about over for the season. Sweet peas 

 are plentiful and some fine varieties are 

 seen. Pink and white sell in preference 

 to other colors or shades. The demand 

 for orchids is not overlarge; some choice 

 blooms arrive every other day. Ten 

 weeks' stocks are used extensively in 

 basket and funeral work. Yellow and 

 white daisies, bachelor's buttons, myo- 

 sotis and baby primroses are used large- 

 ly for decorative purposes. Palms and 

 ferns, as well as good hydrangeas, are 

 selling fairly well. Bedding plants and 

 hanging baskets are moving satisfac- 

 torily. 



Various Notes. 



The secretary of the Rochester Flo- 

 rists' Association announces that at the 

 next monthly meeting the members will 

 be addresses by John Dunbar, assistant 

 superintendent of parks. 



The Aster Candy and Flower Store 

 reports business as being good. The 

 force has been busy with bouquet work. 



The Shakespeare pageant held at Ex- 

 position park was in every way a 

 marked success. Some of the florists se- 

 cured bouquet orders for this event. 



Schuyler Arnold, of the Crescent Seed 

 Farm, says that business is more than 

 good. He has been busy with bedding 

 stock and much planting has been ac- 

 complished of late on his seed farm. 



June 10, Rochester had the largest 

 parade ever held in this city. Nearly 

 35,000 people were in line. Decorated 

 with flags and accompanied by many 

 bands, they showed that they were for 

 national preparedness. To celebrate the 

 occasion, florists decorated their win- 

 dows and store fronts with bunting, etc. 



H. J. H. 



