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The Florists^ Review 



19 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Various are the causes given for last 

 •week's market congestion. Many re- 

 member experiences for the two or 

 three weeks prior to other general elec- 

 tions and declare this slump is but a 

 repetition of all election years. Others 

 find a menace in the mild temperature. 

 Some say society is still at its summer 

 homes and the retail demand not begun, 

 while the balance of opinion favors the 

 abnormally early and enormous ship- 

 ments of chrysanthemums and roses, the 

 market having for many days been sub- 

 jected to a flood of these flowers. Lit- 

 tle relief is anticipated till after the 

 election, but the expectation of good 

 times from November 7 until May seems 

 universal. 



The supply of good mums is especially 

 notable. Most of the fine stock was 

 sold at $2 per dozen and under; $10 

 per hundred was the usual offer of the 

 retail buyers, and the wholesaler who 

 could dispose of his best at $12 to $15 

 was called an expert salesman. The 

 department stores and the enterprising 

 owners of a chain of stores reaped a 

 harvest. 



The rose shipments, too, have been 

 excessive. Accumulations brought offers 

 of $5 per thousand. Even the new va- 

 rieties and the standbys of last season 

 shared in the general depression. Prices 

 were cut nearly fifty per cent below 

 last week's quotations. Hadley, Prima 

 Donna and American Beauty show 

 marked improvement in size and 

 quality. 



The smallness of the carnation ship- 

 ments is noted and yet prices are low, 

 the week end top being $2 per hundred. 

 Valley had a quick advance October 28, 

 the best touching $6 per hundred. 

 Longiflorums were weak, $6 per hun- 

 dred being also the highest price for 

 lilies. Violets are improving in qual- 

 ity daily, but prices hold at 15 cents 

 to 35 cents per hundred. A few sweet 

 peas are arriving. The supply of or- 

 chids is growing less. 



The Plantsmen's Tour. . 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association made its annual 

 tour of the Jersey growers October 25, 

 in flve autos, and with perfect Indian 

 summer weather rounded out a delight- 

 ful day. Those participating were 

 Anton Schultheis, Herman Schoelzel, 

 Christian Madsen, Knurd Christensen, 

 Alfred Zeller, Louis Schmutz, Jr., Harry 

 Schmutz, Henry Schmidt, H. Baumann, 

 Joseph Baumann, Erwin Jeker, J. H. 

 Piesser, Julius Eoehrs, Charles Koch, 

 Alfred Winnefeld, George Scott, H. A. 

 Wagner, Arthur Emmichauser, Paul 

 Fischer, Fritz Dressel and J. Austin 

 Shaw. 



The first call was at Weehawken, 

 where Fritz Dressel 's ferns and ficus 

 maintain his quarter-century reputa- 

 tion. Herman Steinhoff's lilies and 

 bouvardia next came under admiring 

 scrutiny. 



At Henry Baumann 's, in West 

 Hoboken, table ferns are the specialty. 

 President Fiesser, in North Bergen, had 

 a grand display of drac«nas, cyclamens 

 and ferns. At Henry Schmidt's prim- 

 roses are of special interest. Herman 

 Schoelzel 's palms and ferns proved su- 

 perb and here the company was treated 

 to an elegant lunch by Mrs. Schoelzel 

 and her lady assistants. 



Continuing the journey, the next call 

 was at Paul Bickard's, where aucubas, 

 azaleas and mums are worthy of spe- 

 cial mention. Lehnig & Winnefeld 's, at 

 Hackensack, was next on the program 

 and here the finest cyclamens were 

 seen. These and begonias are the spe- 

 cialties. Mr. Lehnig was on the sick 

 list and unable to enjoy the day with 

 his confreres. Madsen & Christensen 

 were next visited. Here peppers, wall- 

 flowers and white and yellow daisies 

 are grown to perfection. 



The immense establishment of the 

 Julius Roehrs Co., with its 100 green- 

 houses and acres of nursery, unfolded 

 enough of variety and beauty to de- 

 serve a full day's contemplation. The 

 two most interesting items, perhaps, 

 were the nine houses of Mrs. Peterson 

 begonias and Eddie Boehrs' new baby, 

 the stork having visited there a week 

 ago. 



Another hour was well spent across 

 the way, at the immense nursery and 

 greenhouse establishment of Bobbink & 

 Atkins, now one of the most prosperous 

 enterprises in the country. 



Paul Fischer's ferns at Woodbridge, 

 Karl Woerner's . mums and Emil 

 Savoy's bougainvilleas at Secaucus 

 ended the long list of calls, Emil's new 

 auto and Mrs, Savoy's assortment of 

 thous&nd-doUar dogs receiving special 

 mention. 



The day closed with a banquet at one 

 of Jersey's best places. 



Various Notes. 



Do not forget ladies' night, Novem- 

 ber 14, at the Florists' Club. 



Wm. H. Feieraband, of Poughkeepsie, 

 was a visitor in New York October 28. 

 His shipments are handled by George 

 C. Siebrecht, 



George J. Polykranas has sold his re- 

 tail store at 665 Columbus avenue to 

 John Flessas and will now devote his 

 entire time to his wholesale business. 



He will have Mrs. Polykranas in charge 

 of the office and their four sons all ac- 

 tive in the work. Mr. Polykranas has 

 added a new Studebaker truck to his 

 facilities for his New York trade, using 

 the other for his Brooklyn patrons. 



Many New Yorkers attended the 

 Madison show last week and visited the 

 growers there. F. H. Traendly was one 

 of the judges. 



Recent visitors included David Bust, 

 of Philadelphia, and Wm. Kleinheinz, 

 of Ogontz, Pa. 



The MacNiff bulb and plant auction 

 department is enjoying unusual pros- 

 perity. The rooms are crowded Tues- 

 days and Fridays, with retail florists 

 and suburbanites. The Trepels are 

 among the leading buyers. 



Samuel Seligman, of the American 

 Bulb Co., Chicago, was a recent visitor. 



J. H. Small & Sons have added to 

 the sales force in their New York store 

 F. (L. Deery, formerly with Galvin. 



John Scheepers lectured October 31 

 before the International Garden Club. 



N. Lecakes is adding a department 

 for florists' supplies to his greens busi- 

 ness. 



J. K. Allen reports he is shipping 

 many roses, some of them as far west 

 as to Detroit. 



The Kervan Co. states that business 

 never was better at this season. 



B. Rosens reports that the business 

 this season in Japanese red frieze seems 

 sure to break all records. His impor- 

 tations are larger than ever, 



Mr. Thomas, secretary of D. C. 

 Arnold & Co., has returned from the 

 mountains and is again in charge of 

 the offices. 



Geo. C. Siebrecht left October 30 for 

 a business trip in New England. 



The two mum shows next week, run- 

 ning almost concurrently, will each 

 have its share of the exhibits of the 

 expert growers of this section. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Houston, Tex, — An organization to be 

 known as the Southern Floral Co. has 

 been incorporated here at $100,000. 

 The incorporators are A. E. Kutschbach, 

 John B. Flynn and Walter Retzer. 



Dallas, Tex. — Henry F. Greve, of the 

 Dallas Floral Co., will have charge of 

 the show of the Texas State Florists' 

 Association, to be given here Novem- 

 ber 15 to 17, and feels assured of the 

 success of the affair because of the en- 

 tries made and the cooperation of the 

 local Woman's Forum. 



Dallas, Tex. — The Lang Floral & 

 Nursery Co., Otto Lang, president, now 

 has one of the finest stores in the 

 «outh, the formal opening taking place 

 in the latter part of October. The new 

 store is on one of the most conspicuous 

 corners in the city. The equipment is 

 up-to-date in every respect, and the 

 decorations are • in ivory and light 

 green. 



Jackson, Miss. — The J. U. McKay 

 Floral Co. has completed the recon- 

 struction of a house partly destroyed 

 by the June cyclone and another house, 

 24x135, is ready for glazing. 



Columbus, Miss. — E. H. Slaughter, 

 owner of the Columbus Floral Co., has 

 built a large greenhouse in a new loca- 

 tion on Military road, between Elev- 

 enth and Twelfth streets. The plant 

 will all be new and, aside from the 

 greenhouse, he will have three or four 

 acres to grow roses, gladioli and many 

 kinds of shrubs and evergreens. 



Norfolk, Va.— The Board of Control 

 of the City of Norfolk has requested the 

 florists of this place to submit sketches 

 giving their ideas as to the best man- 

 ner in which to lay out the grounds in 

 Elmwood cemetery. This formerly was 

 8 marsh and has been filled in. The 

 board proposes to have the grounds at- 

 tractively laid out and planted. 



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