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The Florists^ Review 



November 14, 1918. 



court at Kansas City, has issued a notice 

 to the creditors of S. Bryson Ayrcs, ot 

 Independence, to appear in his court 

 December 9 if they have any objections 

 to the discharge of Mr. Ayres from 

 bankruptcv. Mr. Ayres tiled a petition 

 in bankruptcy March 27, 1918. He says 

 that he has turned over all his property 

 to the court for the benetit of his cred- 

 itors and now asks that the court order 

 his discharge. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The events of the last few (lays have 

 been somewhat disturbing to the flower 

 market, the thoughts of the buying pub- 

 lic being turned to everything but flow- 

 ers Fortunately, arrivals have been 

 rather light and have been moved with- 

 out much difliculty, but prices suffered 

 somewhat. Noven.ber 12 conditions 

 were normal and there was an improve- 

 ment, although the demand was on y 

 moderate. Roses are shorter m supply 

 and prices have stiffened. The best 

 American Beauties have moved up to bU 

 cents apiece and the other varieties have 

 advanced a little in the longer grades. 

 Carnations are stronger than they were 

 last week, and the quality is better; H 

 per hundred is obtained for top grades. 

 Easter lilies are not in active demand. 

 Although the finest bring $1.3 per hun- 

 dred, much good stock is available at 

 $12 and this is about the average top 

 price The influenza epidemic has 

 abated considerably, so with a greatly 

 reduced death list lilies, largely used 

 in funeral work, are working down to a 

 normal demand. The supply of cattleyas 

 is lessening, the cut of labiata being 

 practicallv at an end, and Percivahana 

 and Triank' not being yet ready to figure 

 much in the market. There is, however, 

 a good supply of cypripediums and 

 phala'nopsis, and a few oncidiums. Gar- 

 denias are making an appearance, but 

 the flowers are rather small, few bring- 

 ing more than $3 per dozen. 



Chrysanthemums are, of course, quite 

 plentiful and prices remain about the 

 same. There is an ample supply of the 

 single and pompon types, and their 

 movement at times is sluggish; white 

 varieties are in greatest demand, and 

 other colors move under price conces- 

 sions, although vellow in many instances 

 goes off only at a sacrifice. The cooler 

 weather has been favorable to violets, 

 and prices have advanced a little. 



Retail florists are hopeful that in a 

 few davs a healtliy demand for flowers 

 ■will be' in evidence, and with the ex- 

 pected improvement in external condi- 

 tions, business should soon become nor- 

 mal. Growers now are concerning them- 

 selves with the problem of benching 

 stock which can be grown in cool houses, 

 and the result may be that with less fuel 

 restrictions, much will be produced to 

 balance a shortage which has until now 

 been considered threatening. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the New 

 York Florists ' Club was held November 

 11 at the club's rooms in the Grand 

 Opera House building. The wild re- 

 joicings over the signing of the armi- 

 stice ending the war was responsible 

 for a smaller attendance than usual, 

 but interest in the proceedings was moat 

 marked. Besides the patriotic feeling 

 which seemed to envelop everything 



discussed, and which was emphasized by 

 the bursts of cheering that floated into 

 the meeting room from the streets be- 

 low, the club had two celebrations to go 

 through which had not been heralded in 

 the program for the evening. One was 

 in the form of congratulations to Pat- 

 rick O'Mara, who had just passed the 

 fiftieth anniversary of his connection 

 with the house of Peter Henderson & Co. 

 Mr. O'Mara made feeling response to a 

 cordial address by President Schenck 

 on behalf of the club, speaking at some 

 length of his work during his connection 

 with the florists' and seedsmen's busi- 

 ness. From planting onions in a market 

 gardener's domain to a head position 

 with one of the largest seed houses in 

 America was an uphill course, and he 

 sandwiched in an experience covering 

 two years as day fireman on twenty-one 



Patrick O'Mara. 



boilers. It did not seem that he had 

 missed much in his course to the top. 

 After much applause, C. H. Totty pre- 

 sented Mr. O'Mara, as a tribute from 

 the club, a magnificent bunch of the new 

 rose. Premier, which had been staged 

 that evening for a judgment from the 

 committee on awards. The other cele- 

 bration was in the form of birthday 

 congratulations to Philip F. Kessler, the 

 efficient chairman of the house and en- 

 tertainment committee, who, after own- 

 ing to 45 years of existence, expressed 

 his belief that he should give a peace- 

 time birthday especial distinction, and 

 therefore presented to the club a turkey 

 lunch, which was discussed after ad- 

 journment. Naturally, congratulations 

 were most heartily extended. 



President Schenck, as chairman of the 

 Florists and Allied Trades Committee, 

 reported that the committee had dis- 

 posed of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds to 

 the value of nearly $400,000, greatly 

 exceeding the subscription to the pre- 

 vious loan, which waa placed when the 



florists were in a somewhat better con- 

 dition than they found themselves to- 

 day. Secretary Young read a personal 

 letter received from Governor Strong, 

 of the Federal Reserve bank, expressing 

 his great satisfaction with the work of 

 the committee, and such a testimonial 

 of loyalty from the florists. Mr. 

 Schenck gave particular credit to F. H. 

 Lee, of Henry & Lee, who returned 

 subscriptions for $65,000 worth of 

 bonds; to the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 which boosted the subscription list re- 

 turned at the last meeting of the club 

 by equaling practically every other sub- 

 scription made, and to Robert E. Berry, 

 a member now located in Virginia, who 

 sent up $500, preferring to place his sub- 

 scription with the club rather than his 

 local committee, even to his personal 

 disadvantage. 



P. W. Popp reported for the flower 

 show committee that the question of 

 liolding a spring flower show next year 

 would be taken up and decided before 

 the next club meeting. 



W. A, Manda reported for the nomi- 

 nating committee its selection of candi- 

 dates for offices in the club for 1919 as 

 follows: 



For president, Charles Schenck, John 

 Canning, Philip F. Kessler; for vice- 

 president, P. W. Popp, Emil Schloss, 

 Charles Knight; for secretary, John 

 Young, John H. Pepper, J. G. Esler; for 

 treasurer, W. C. Rickards, Jr., Thomas B. 

 DeForest, Alfred T. Bunyard; for trus- 

 tees, Patrick J. Smith, E. C. Vick, Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson, Max Schling, Percy B. 

 Rigby and A. T. De la Mare. 



Resolutions on the death of C. B. 

 Weathered, Jr., son of C. B. Weathered; 

 Louis Schmutz, Jr., and A. D. V. Snyder 

 were presented and passed. The secre- 

 tary reported the deaths recently of 

 Ralph M. Ward and Walter R. Siebrecht, 

 members, and of Mrs. Giessler, wife of 

 Carl O. Giessler, New York; William 

 Weber, son of Charles Weber, Lynbrook, 

 N. Y., and a brother of Arthur G. Ves- 

 celius, of Paterson, N. J., and commit- 

 tees were appointed to prepare resolu- 

 tions expressing sympathy with the be- 

 reaved. 



C. H. Totty reported the result of the 

 hearing before the Federal Horticultural 

 Board in regard to the proposed restric- 

 tion of plant importations, as reported 

 recently in The Review. 



Arthur J. Radice was elected to mem- 

 bership in the club, and Clarence 

 Ankers, of Rockville Center, N. Y., was 

 nominated for election at the next meet- 

 ing. 



A communication from the United 

 States Chamber of Commerce calling for 

 the appointment of representatives from 

 the florists' trade to form a section of 

 the organization was read, and on mo- 

 tion of F. H. Traendly the president 

 was instructed to appoint a committee 

 of two to report on the matter at the 

 next meeting, and, if necessary, attend 

 a preliminary meeting in Washington. 



The coal situation was informally dis- 

 cussed, but it seemed to be the opinion 

 of the meeting that conditions* in the 

 near future would insure relief under 

 existing restrictions. 



There was an interesting exhibition of 

 flowers staged in the meeting room, and 

 the committee on awards reported on 

 the exhibits as follows: 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 collection of pompon and single chrys- 

 anthemums, and of the exhibition va- 

 riety, Barbara Davis, silver medal. 



