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The Florists' Review 



Fkbhuauy 22, 1917. 



plants in. bloom, are grown exclusively 

 for cut flowers. Three new colors have 

 originated with Mr. Hostetter, of each of 

 which a considerable quantity is grown. 

 Freesias and Golden Spur daffodils, as 

 grown here, are profitable lines. In 

 carnations Matchless and Supreme are 

 principally grown. Houses of mignon- 

 ette and asparagus were also noticed. 



The Monroe Hostetter establishment 

 was then visited. Carnations, sweet 

 peas, asparagus, calendulas and freesias 

 are grown here, all in good order. Spring 

 vegetables, including lettuce and rad- 

 ishes, are sold locally. 



At Phares S. Hostetter 's sweet peas 

 are grown extensively and of fine qual- 

 ity. Several houses are planted to 

 calla plants, which, Mr. Hostetter in- 

 formed us, have been producing blooms 

 abundantly. 



The Business Meeting. 



At 7:30 President Schroyer called the 

 club meeting to order, in the Chataber 

 of Commerce rooms. Albert M. Herr 

 read a paper on "Winter-blooming 

 Sweet Peas," prepared by an expert, 

 the discussion of which brought out 

 much valuable information. On the ex- 

 hibition table were some vases of fine 

 peas. Among the best bunches noticed 

 were P. S. Hostetter 's Rose Queen, and 

 an exhibit by B. F. Barr & Co., of 

 Yarrawa and Mrs. Skach. 



A motion was carried that the club 

 line up with others in Pennsylvania, 

 and demand better service from the ex- 

 press companies. 



Many of the members expect to at- 

 tend the National Eose Festival to be 

 held in the First Regiment arniorv,, 

 Philadelphia, March 20 to 23. 



The next meeting will bo hold Maic-h 

 15 and will be preceded by a visiting 

 trip along the Philadelphia pike, be- 

 ginning at the Ira H. Landis range and 

 finishing at Maurice .T. Brinton 's, 

 Christiana. H. K. R. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Last week was characteristic of New 

 York 's climatic vagaries, from zero on 

 Monday through rain and snow to sun- 

 shine and the temperature of the early 

 spring. The cut flower market had two 

 incentives for activity, the Lincoln holi- 



day, with numerous banquets, and St. 

 Valentine's day, with its unique and 

 sentimental floral conceptions. The lat- 

 ter proved, in many of the retail stores, 

 a decided success and the general opin- 

 ion is that the day was celebrated more 

 widely than ever before. Many think 

 that with proper publicity and enter- 

 prising effort it can be made as impor- 

 tant and valuable an asset as either 

 Christmas or Easter. 



Now comes Lent and the inevitable 

 surplus in many lines, especially bulbous 

 stock. Roses and carnations will show 

 a large increase in production and a 

 corresponding break in values. In fact, 

 this is already evident in carnations, 

 the best being offered at $3 per hundred 

 February 17. There were a good many 

 sleepy ones remaining when the evening 

 shadows fell, for which wholesalers 

 sought vainly an offer of $10 per thou- 

 sand. 



The growers of first quality American 

 Beauties would be making a fortune if 

 they could only cut enough of them. 

 The best flowers often have brought $1 

 each. The lower grades were more 

 abundant and prices normal. All the 

 other twenty-seven varieties of roses 

 were fairly firm at about last week 's 

 quotations, but a heaviness was dis- 

 cernible as the week closed and ship- 

 ments are increasing. 



The orchid and gardenia supply is 

 abundant. Longiflorum lilies are in 

 nearly every wholesale window. The 

 top price for valley seems to be $4 per 

 hundred and 40 cents per hundred for se- 

 lect violets. For sweet peas apart from 

 the Spencers there is no store demand. 

 Calla scarcity is no longer mentioned. 

 The demand for tulips is much less than 

 tlie supply; nobody wants the short 

 ones. Freesia seems to have been over- 

 done this season; at any rate just now 

 there is too much of it. A few nar- 

 cissi remain, and any quantity of daf- 

 fodils of superior quality. Acacia en- 

 livens many a retail window. Lilac is 

 increa,sing, as is iris, and there arc 

 plenty of all the other seasonable 

 flowers. 



The season to date has been remark- 

 able for its steadiness and the excellent 

 average values mantained since Christ- 

 mas. It may safely be affirmed that 

 roses have been the foundation of this 

 stability. Apart from the higher prices 



for coal, growers have little reason for 

 complaint. 



Various Notes. 



Many notable weddings took place 

 last week and several of the leading re- 

 tail florists have had decorations in 

 February equal to any in their long 

 records. 



Philip Breitmeyer and wife, of De- 

 troit, were among recent visitors, on 

 their way home from a month's rest in 

 Florida. 



W. A. Manda, who has been taking 

 the sulphur baths at Mt. Clemens, Mich., 

 has returned to Orange, in perfect 

 health. 



Fred Smythe, of Wadley & Smythe, 

 proprietors of the Yonkers Nursery Co., 

 had progressed as far as Chicago on his 

 pleasure trip to California when he re- 

 ceived a telegram that his barn, garage, 

 storage buildings and greenhouses had 

 been destroyed by fire, February 14. He 

 returned at once. 



Adam Trepel, buyer for C. C. Trepel's 

 chain of stores, has been on the shelf 

 for ten days because of a severe acci- 

 dent to his foot. 



Robert "Woodrow is back from his 

 country home in the mountains, for a 

 two weeks' stay at 37 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, while his brother, Samuel, 

 is recuperating. The firm lost nearly 

 $400 worth of palms during the zero 

 wave, by freezing. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to James Slattery, of Thorley's, 

 in the death of his wife February 16. 

 The funeral Sunday was largely at- 

 tended and the floral tokens were many 

 and beautiful, 



Geo. W. Crawbuck has been suffering 

 from a severe cold, the prevailing 

 malady. 



The seven Ryan greenhouses at 

 Chatham were burned last week, also 

 those of Arthur Ayers, of Mountain 

 Side Borough. The latter was the old 

 Badgley homestead plant of three 

 houses. Both were rose growers. 

 Mayor Badgley says the loss was total. 



Max Schling's specialty for St. Valen- 

 tine's day was a floral heart with green 

 background, made to sell at $10 each, 

 and seventy-five of them were disposed 

 of. Mr. Schling said the day was one 

 of the best in his experience. 



White & Mullin, 162 Livingston street, 

 Brooklyn, have retired. 



February 12 Mr. and Mrs. Charles 

 Schenck celebrated the tenth anniver 

 sary of their wedding. Many of their 

 florist friends joined in the festivities. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



S. B. Werthcimer and his family are 

 at Atlantic City. 



Bowling. 



The following are the scores made 

 February 15: 



Pln.ver 1st 2(1 3<1 



Donaldson 1.54 180 163 



Fcnrich 1.36 169 20:! 



Valentine 177 l.'Vl l."«0 



Miesem 180 168 164 



Ford 145 191 130 



.Tacobson 179 14S ll^ 



Kakiula 1.S6 145 12.' 



Albert Koehler and Sa'mucI Seligman are Indefatigable. 



Fort Smith, Ark. — A combination 

 peanut-bean-sorghum seed thresher, the 

 first ever brought into this part of 

 Arkansas, has been introduced here, by 

 the Best-Clymer Co., and is threshing 

 7,000 bushels of sorghum seed. The 

 new machine will be taken into various 

 parts of the county, where beans and 

 peanuts will be threshed for farmers 

 on a percentage basis. 



