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The Florists' Review 



NOVEMBIB 16, 1916. 



SCRANTON* CLUB BANQUET. 



Members Want It Every Year. 



The first annual banquet of the 

 Scrantoij Florists' Club was held No- 

 vember 6 at the Hotel Holland. There 

 were abput thirty in attendance, and 

 from a social standpoint the banquet 

 was the finest affair the club ever held. 

 It was voted to make the banquet an 

 annual event. 



, President W. Eay MacDonald was 

 toastmaster. He welcomed the guests 

 on behalf of the club and spoke on 

 the welfare of the club. Secretary T. 

 B. McClintock reviewed the work of 

 the club since its organization eleven 

 years ago. He said that the club was 

 in a flourishing condition, with eighty- 

 five members in good standing, and 

 that next year he hoped the member- 

 ship would be doubled. Anton Schul- 

 theis spoke on organizing a growers' 

 association, saying that such a body 

 would help to keep the trade with the 

 florists instead of with the 10-cent 

 stores. 



J. W. Beagle spoke on the sale of 

 plants and flowers other than by flo- 

 rists. He said it was a bad thing for 

 the business to put flowers in meat 

 shops, grocery stores, etc. Other speak- 

 ers were C. W. Baldwin, F. J. Moran 

 and T. .T. Nolan, of the King Construc- 

 tion Co. 



Those Who Feasted. 



The banquet room was decorated in 

 an attractive manner with palms, ferns, 

 oak foliage and chrysanthemums. On 

 the tables were Japanese bowls filled 

 with pompon mums. The decorations 

 were by the Misses Schultheis, Besan- 

 con and Mrs. T. B, McClintock. 



Those in attendance were: 



Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McClintock. 



Mr. ami Mrs. William MacDonald. Moosic. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wade. Carbondale. 



Mr. and Mrs. Anton Schultheis. 



Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Nolan. 



Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Evans. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Evuns. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Barrowcliff. 



Misses Gertrude, Dorothy and Lydia Schultheis. 



Miss A. Ii. Besancon. 



Miss Anna Griffiths. 



Miss Nellie Evans. 



Miss Gretta Bradley. 



C. W. Baldwin. 



F. J. Moran. 



James Burke. 



J. W. Beagle. 



W. R. MacDonald. 



Charles Dillon. 



B. E. Cokely. 



J. T. Cokely. 



F. J. M. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Why doesn't the market advance? Tt 

 is high time. November 11 opened en- 

 couragingly and the buyers were nu- 

 merous, but prices sagged steadily as 

 the day wore on and the iceboxes and 

 cellars were crowded with the surplus. 



The big shipments of chrysanthe- 

 mums surely must diminish before this 

 week is over. The early mums were too 

 early; the late varieties are believed 

 to equalize the season's estimates and 

 give the growers "a run for their 

 money." The street is full of pompons, 

 singles and anemones. The best mums 

 November 11 did not sell above $2 per 

 dozen. 



The demand for orchids seems to be 

 growing. Select cattleyas have touched 

 50 cents, but there are few of these. 

 From 25 to 40 cents is a fair average. 

 Violets now are more appreciated. 

 Choice grades bring 50 cents and up. 



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The Scranton Republican's Cartoonist Attends a Florists' Banqtiet. 



Narcissi are here but not as yet in any 

 quantity. Sweet peas are improving 

 (iaily. Of bouvardias and calendulas 

 there is a sufficiency. Asparagus ar- 

 rives from all directions and is handled 

 even by the supply houses. Autumn 

 foliage is at its best and immense 

 quantities are used by the retailers. 

 Valley is strong, $6 per hundred being 

 the top price with most of the whole- 

 salers, though occasional slips show that 

 $8 is being paid. Plenty of short- 

 stemmed valley sold at $3 and under. 

 Few gardenias are seen. There are too 

 many lilies, as the top price of 4 cents 

 each indicates. 



From $2 per hundred down is the 

 general quotation on carnations. Of 

 the rose supply there is little to be add- 

 ed to last week's comments. Shipments 

 continue large; quality shows steady 

 improvement; demand is far below ex- 

 pectations, so the surplus brings low 

 figures in thousand lots. All grades 

 seemed to share in the sacrifice of the 

 weekly house-cleaning. A few select 

 American Beauties sold at 30 cents No- 



vember 11, and so did the large-budded 

 Hadleys. The best of the other vari- 

 eties were slightly stronger, the quality 

 of Killarney Brilliant, Mock, Russell, 

 Ophelia, Shawyer, Prima Donna, Sun- 

 burst and ;Mrs. Ward being exception- 

 ally good. 



Club Meeting. 



About 150 attended the Florists' 

 Club's ladies' night November 13 and 

 the affair was a great success. The 

 ballroom was handsomely decorated and 

 an excellent supper was served at 10 

 'clock, dancing continuing until after 

 midnight, with a fine orchestra and pro- 

 fessional vaudeville entertainment. 



During the regular business session, 

 E. Allan Peirce and Julius Winkler were 

 elected to membership, and applications 

 were read from C. L. Tricker and H. H. 

 Dreyer. Chairman Weathered, of the 

 exhibition committee, reported progress, 

 and Secretary Young reported receipt 

 of $856 from F. W. Newbold of the 

 Horticultural Society. Mr. Vick, for 

 the Sun, offered a silver cup for compe- 

 tition at the spring flower show. 



