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The Florists^ Review 



August 3, 1016. 



hundred being the top price. Gardenias 

 are here again and seem to be welcome. 

 The Fifth and Madison avenues retail- 

 ers are paying $1.50 per dozen, and 

 from that down to 5 cents each. 



There was a considerable advance in 

 the price of orchids the last of the 

 week, as high as 75 cents being quoted 

 for gigas. From 75 cents down to 25 

 cents is the present range. There is 

 the usual variety and quantity of out- 

 door flowers, with a few novelties among 

 them. 



The shipments of roses have dimin- 

 ished materially during the closing 

 days of July. A week ago shipments to 

 some of the wholesalers averaged thirty 

 to forty boxes of roses daily; now not 

 one-quarter of this quantity arrives, but 

 it seems to be enough to go around. 

 Little of the stock is first-class and the 

 few selects bring top summer rates, 

 an average of $5 per hundred. The 

 short-stemmed blooms were selling July 

 29 at 50 cents to $1 per hundred. The 

 top price for the best American Beau-! 

 ties is S^O cents. Few of the summer 

 Beauties are worth 10 cents.-^ T}ie bet 

 spell has been a menace to all roses 

 and many arrive in poor condition. 

 Bussell and Paul Euler, of the higher 

 grades, seem to be the favorites at pres- 

 ent; also some fine Double White Kil- 

 larney roses. 



Various Notes. 



To date there have been few bookings 

 for the water trip to the Houston con- 

 vention, but the present week perhaps 

 will give an encouraging line on the 

 dimensions of the party. 



There is a new seed house in town. 

 The location is desirable — 87 Barclay 

 street, one of the streets of the whole- 

 sale seedsmen, close to ferries, trolleys 

 and elevated stations. Edward A. Peth 

 and Frank Duggan are the members of 

 the new firm. Both are well and fa- 

 vorably known to the trade. Mr. Peth 

 for more than thirty-five years was with 

 the original house of Bridgeman — an 

 honored name here for a century. Late- 

 ly he was associated with W. Elliott 

 & Sons. Mr. Duggan has had twenty- 

 five years of experience in the seed busi- 

 ness. 



The MacNiflf Horticultural Co. has 

 completed the renovation and painting 

 of its three large stores. 



The summer business of the Sturapp 

 & Walter Co. exceeds all previous 

 records. 



W. E. Marshall has returned from a 

 successful western trip. 



W. E. Elliott is away on his annual 

 fishing trip. 



R. J. Irwin reports an active shipping 

 trade and a wide demand for bulbs of 

 Freesia Purity. 



Philip Kessler left July 29 for a 

 month 's stay with his family in the 

 Adirondacks. Next year, he says, he 

 will have a bungalow there for the 

 summer. 



July 29 the fishermen of the New 

 York Florists' Bowling Club returned 

 from their annual outing at Barnegat 

 bay, laden with trophies and stories of 

 sharks and narrow escapes. The par- 

 ticipants were Messrs. Scott, Miesem, 

 Fenrich, Ford, Siebrecht, Kakuda, 

 Irwin and Jacob son. 



Mr. and Mrs. George Asmus, of Chi- 

 cago, were among the recent visitors. 



Secretary Young, who is at Houston, 

 is favoring his friends on Twenty-eighth 

 street with cheering news of the out- 

 look for the 8. A. F. convention. 



Walter Mott, representing Benjamin 

 F. Hammond^ of Beacon, N. Y., is in 

 the city on his semiannual trip through 

 Long Island and New Jersey. 



Schedules of the exhibition of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 which is to be held November 9 to 12 

 at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, are being distributed. Chrys- 

 anthemums, roses, carnations and or- 

 chids will be entered in competition for 

 the many $50 prizes and gold and silver 

 medals. 



John Egenbrodj with Badgley & 

 Bishop, will spend his month's vacation 

 in the Adirondacks. Mr. Bishop has 

 been enjoying his holidays with his 

 family at Atlantic Highlands and 

 A. Verona has vacationed in the 

 Catskills. 



Frank Verona, formerly with C. C. 

 Trepel and later associated with Stein- 

 hofl i]| a Philadelphia department store, 

 now ii with C. Abrams, of Brooklyn. 



Miss Margaret Hamburger, with 

 Woodrow & Marketos, leaves the city 

 August 5 for a two weeks' holiday in 

 the Catskills. Robert Woodrow has re- 

 turned f rojaa' * three weeks ' rest at 

 Delhi, N. YT^ Samuel Woodrow is at 

 Great Barrington, Mass., in charge of 

 a large landscape contract. 



John Einsel and W. Raible, of P. J. 

 Smith's force, have adopted the alter- 

 nate afternoon system for their holi- 

 days. Quite a number of employees 

 have resorted to the saifte method for 

 their annual recreation. 



F. McMahon, of Sea Bright, N. J., 

 was in the city last week, a guest of 

 P. J, Smith. Mr. McMahon has rebuilt 

 his entire range this summer and is de- 

 voting it to mums, sweet peas and car- 

 nations. 



Charles Schimmel, of M. C. Ford's 

 force, has returned from his vacation 

 in the Catskills. 



During August P. Donigan will rest, 

 as usual, at Saratoga. 



Miss R. Hatchel, bookkeeper for the 

 Growers' Cut Flower Co., is spending 

 two weeks at Greenwood Lake, N. Y. 



H. S. Russin, of Russin & Hanfling, 

 will leave August 5 for a two weeks* 

 rest with his family in the Catskills. 



Robert Johnston, bookkeeper of the 

 Kervan Co., leaves August 5 for Hart- 

 ford and other New England resorts. 



Miss Catherine Bruns, bookkeeper for 

 the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., will 

 spend her vacation in the mountains of 

 Sullivan county. 



Walter Singleman, with J. J. Coan, 

 and W. Jackson, with Riedel & Meyer, 

 will spend the last two weeks of August 

 camping at Middletown, Conn. 



Charles Kessler is away on his annual 

 vacation. 



Mr. Bradshaw, of William Kessler 's 

 force, leaves this week for a 10-day 

 rest up the Hudson. 



E. Brenner and A. Tishman, of George 

 C. Siebrecht 's staff, are taking their 

 vacations in half-day excursions during 

 August. 



William Mackie, with W. P. Ford, 

 is resting for two weeks at Orangeburg, 

 N. Y. Mr. Ford is at his summer home 

 at Chatsford, Pa. W. Sheehan and L. 

 Taylor are at seaside resorts. 



W. Gunther and family., are at 

 Averne by the Sea. ^ ^ -> 



A fire occurred recently at 111 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, but left the 

 United Florists' floor undamaged. 



D. C. Arnold is away on a yachting 

 trip. 



The windows of Stumpp & Walter Co. 

 and Peter Henderson & Co. were broken 

 by the explosion in the harbor July 30. 



Miss Jennie McManey, bookkeeper 

 for Charles Millang, has returned ttom 

 a three months' stay in the Catskills. 



N. Lecakes and family are at their 

 farm at Norwalk, Conn., for the 

 summer. J. Austin Shaw. 



Last week a large delivery automo- 

 bile, in avoiding a horse-drawn truck, 

 smashed into the flower store of Nick 

 Pateles and injured Mr. Pateles so se- 

 verely that he was taken to a hospital. 

 William Lewis, an employee in the 

 store, also was injured. 



ODCN LCrm^y^ READEEi^ 



HOUSES STRUCK BY UOHTNING. 



Are greenhouses lightning-proof, or 

 nearly sol Can any of The Review's 

 readers relate any experiences or offer 

 any scientific theories in reply to that 

 question? 



It has always been our opinion, and 

 that of most florists with whom we have 

 come in contact, that, on account of 

 glass being a nonconductor, there is lit- 

 tle danger of the houses being struck 

 by lightning. However, during the 

 electrical storm qn the night of July 

 24, a bolt of lightning struck different 

 places on three of our greenhouses, 

 breaking about a dozen panes of glass. 

 There is a chimney within fifteen feet 

 of the spots where the lightning struck, 

 but the bolt missed this high point and 

 landed in the greenhouses. What are 

 the experiences or opinions of other flo- 

 rists with reference to this subject! 

 Albert F. Amling Co. 



SMTLAX AS A VEQETABLE. 



I believe it is not generally known 

 that the southern smilax so largely used 

 by florists in decorations is eaten as a 

 vegetable in some sections of the south. 

 Some time ago, while carrying out de- 

 velopment work on a large estate in the 

 south, I became particularly interest- 

 ed in the large shoots thrown up 

 by this species of smilax. These shoots 

 resembled those of the edible asparagus, 

 but were much larger. It seemed to 

 me that the shoots could be served on 

 the table like asparagus. I brought 

 this to the attention of the colored chef 

 employed on the estate, who had the 

 reputation of being the champion in his 

 particular line in that district. He told 

 me that he frequently cooked and served 

 smilax shoots to the estate's employees. 

 I brought in a number of large shoots 

 and had them cooked and served in the 

 same way as asparagus. Really, I could 



