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The Florists^ Review 



N(nEMiti;u 14, 191S. 



roiirt :il Kausiis Cily, has issued ;i iii.ti.-.' 

 to tlic ncilitors of S. Hrysi.u Ayrcs, (.1 

 •Iinli'iTiHlcii.c. t.. iipiicar in Ins »■<»"■< 

 DccMiilxi !• if tlifv liav.- any ul./u'ct ions 

 to the dis.-hai-.' o\- Mr. Ayv.'s t rniii 

 l,ankrui.t.v. Mr. Ayrrs lilr.l a iK'tituu. 

 i„ l,a..Urui.trv March 1"7. l!Ms. llr says 

 tlial lit' has tunic. 1 o\ci' all Ins |,r..p<Tty 

 t„ the c..urt tur the l.ciiclit of Ins crc.l 

 itors an. I now asks that the court or.lcr 

 liis discliarui'. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



■n,,. ,.xciits o\ the last feu , lays have 

 |„,.„ .une'wi.at .list urMn- I" the llower 

 ,„;nket.tiie ,l,eu^hts„f the Luvinu inil> 

 ,-,, ,,.,i„. n,rne,| ,,. cverylhin;; i.ul lou- 

 ,.,s Forliinatelv. .arrixals have Keel, 

 rath, , liuhl an.l have h.'.'ii nieve.l with 

 „nl much ,lin,cullv. hut price. M.tter.'.l 

 MnneVNhat. NnxenM.er T-' cuolitmns 

 w,.re uerinal an. I iler.- uas .-m nnpr-ve 

 Ml. ■lit. altlM.iiuh llie .lemaii.i uas .oi s 

 „„„,.,,,.,,,, |{„,,.. are sh..rtei _ii. supplv 

 :,l„l l.ric-^ have si ilTell.'.l. Hi'' l"-» 

 Xni.rican I'.eautie^ has.- niuv d u|. t..^'" 

 ,,ntsai..e.-eaii.l thclh.M- ^ a n .'t L- ha v -■ 

 ;,,lvanc,'.l .-t litll.' m ''"■ '""-'' .^'•"''■^• 

 ,..,,„.„i„„. are >lr,.ii-.'r than thev uer.^ 

 la.i we.k. an. I the .,ualitv is hctt-r: >1 

 ,.,, i,„,|.lre.l 1. Ml.iaiiie.l ler t..|. .^r.-i.les. 

 l.-.|.t,., niic-, ai.' net in a.-nxe .Icinan.l. 

 \lth..u^h the liucM l.rin- .*!•' I'-'r hmi 

 ,,,,,,,_ ,„„..l, o,„..l sf.ck is availal.le at 

 Sllj. an. I this i> ah. 'lit lh>' axera-.' I"]. 

 ,„.i,.",.. The intluen/.a e|ii.leniic has 

 al.ate.l cc.nsi.hraMy. so with a -reatly 

 ,.,,,1,,,.,.,1 ,l,.aili li^l lilies. lari;.'ly use.l 

 111 funeral work, are workini: dewn tn a 

 normal .ienian.l. 'I'lie suj.iily of .altl.'.vas 

 is h'sseiiini:. the cut of laMata I.ein- 

 piaclically at an en. I, and I'erci vajiana 

 and Triana- net hein^ yet rea.ly to fi^iin.' 

 nuich ill the market. There is, hoWi^ver. 

 a f^oe.l >iil'l'lv et' c\ini|ie.liuiiis aiol 

 [iha'ianei.-i-. aii.l a few cpiici.liunis. tlar 

 deiiias ar.' niakiu'; an ai'iM-arance. loit 

 the tlewers .are rather small, few loin^ 

 in^ mere than +■' I'cr .lo/eii. 



Chrvsantheniuins are. ef course, i|uitc 

 plriitiVul an.l j. rices remain ahnut the 

 same. Th.re is an ample sujiply <if the 

 siiich' an.l |iem|..in tvjies, ami their 

 moxenient at times is slii-i;ish: white 

 \arieties aic in greatest .leman.l. an.l 



other .-(dor-- \e uii.l.a jirice colices 



sions, althcoi-h y.dlew in many instances 

 aoi's (dT enly at a saciilice. The cotder 

 weather has heeii favoralde to violets, 

 ami jiric's hav e a.lv anced a little. 



Hetail tlorivts are hnpeful that in a 

 few ilavs a healthy .lemaml for tlowers 

 will he in evi.leiice, an.l with the ex 

 iiecteil improvement in I'Xternal condi 

 lions, hiisiness sliould soon become Jior 

 m.al. tirowers now are concernin;^ tlicm 

 stdves with the juiddem of hentdiin;^ 

 stock wliicli can Le yrown in eo.d houses, 

 and the result may he tliat with li-ss fuel 

 restrictions, nnudi will lu> ]>ro.liice.i to 

 lialance a slo.rtaee wlii(di has until now 

 lieen consi.iere.l t hreat enine. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meetiui; ol' the New 

 York Florists" Chih was li(d<l Noveniher 

 11 at the clul>"s r(H)ins in the (Irand 

 OjH'ra House l.uildin}^. Tlu' wild re- 

 Joicinjis ovor the si^nin^: of the armi 

 stico eiulinj,' the war was resjiousihle 

 for a smaller attendance than usual, 

 but interest in the proceedinijs was most, 

 marked. Besides the jiatriotie feeliuir 

 which seemed to envelop everythiuj; 



iliscusse.l, and which was emphasized 1>\' 

 the liiiists of cheeriiii;' that lloated into 

 the meetiuji roiun from the streets lie 

 low, the (dull h;id two cidtdirat ions to <i(» 

 lhr(uieh wliiili had n<d been heralded in 

 the proj;ram for the I'venint;. One was 

 in the form of eon<irat illations to I'at 

 riik t)'Mara, who liad .just passed the 

 fiftieth anni V ersarv of his connection 

 with the house of I'eter Henderson & ("o. 

 Mr. O'.Mara made fetdinj^ response to a 

 <()r.lial address by ricsident Schenck 

 on behalf of the (dub, sjieakiiiij' at sonu' 

 lenetli (if his wdik durinji his connection 

 with tile llorists' and sc'dsmen "s busi- 

 ness. I'roiii plant inii (inions in a market 

 j.;ar.lener 's dom.ain to a he.ad position 

 with one of the larjicst seeil houses in 

 America was an uphill course, and lie 

 s;indwi(died in an ex|ierience coverinj; 

 tw(p vears as d;iv tireuian on tweiitv (ine 



Patrick O'Mara. 



boilers. it dill Hot seem that he ha. I 

 missel miodi in his course to the top. 

 Alter much apidanse, ('. 11. Totty pre 

 seated .Mr. O'Slara, as a tribute fiom 

 the (lull, a ma;;ui(iceut binodi of the new 

 rose, i'lemier. whiili had been staj:c(l 

 that evening: for a jude)n<'nt fidui the 

 i-oiiiinittee on awar.ls. The other (■(de- 

 brat ion w;is in the form of birthdav 

 congratulations to I'hilip F. i\essler, the 

 (d1i(Ment chairman of Ihe house and en 

 tertainment coinmittee, who, after ow n- 

 ine 1(1 4."i yeai-s of existence, exjiressed 

 his Ixdief that he sliould ^ivc a jieace 

 time birthday esjiccial distinction, and 

 lher(d'ore jireseiitecl to tlie club a turkey 

 lunch, wlii(di wiis discussed after ad- 

 Jourinneut. .\atn rally, con eriitiil;it Ions 

 weic most heai'tily extended. 



I'l'esident Kclienck, as chairman ot the 

 Florists and Allied Trades Connnittee, 

 icpoiled that the couunitlee ha. I (lis- 

 poseil of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds to 

 the value of nearly .$4(iU,0U(l, fi;reatly 

 exceeding the subscription to the pre 

 \ ions loan, whi(di was jilaceil when the 



tloidsts weie in a somewhat better con- 

 dition than thev found themsidvos to- 

 day. Secretary \dune reail a jiersoual 

 lellei- received from (lovernor Strono, 

 of the Fedei'al Reserve liank, expressiufj; 

 his ereat satisfaction with the work of 

 the committee, and such a testimonial 

 of loyalty from tiie florists. Mr. 

 Schenck i;ave particular credit to F. IL 

 Lee, of Henry tV Lee, who returned 

 subscrijit ions for .$(!."i,(l(>(» worth of 

 bonds; to the Loi.l (.*c Hurnham Co., 

 which boosted Ihe subscription list re- 

 turned al the last meeting of the cluli 

 by ei|ii;ilin<; jiractically every other sub- 

 scri|ition made, and to Kobert L. iierry, 

 ii member luiw located in \'ir<;iuia, who 

 sent up $."iltll, iireferrin;^- to |ilace his sub- 

 scription with the club rather than his 

 loc;tl committee, even lo his personal 

 ilisa.lvantaiie. 



I'. \V. I'opp rejiorteil for the llovver 

 show commillee that the .piestion of 

 h(d.linii a spring llower show next yeai' 

 wdiil.l be taken u|i ;nid ilecided bet'ore 

 t he next club meetiiiii. 



W. A. .Manila rejioite.! t'or the noiiii 

 natin^i commitlee its selection of camli- 

 .lates foi^ otiices in till' club t'or l!>l!t as 

 I'ollows: 



For presideiii, Cli.arles Scheiok, .loliu 

 <'anninj;, I'hilip F. Kessler; for v ice- 

 presi.leiit. 1'. W. I'opp, Finil Sdiloss, 

 < h.-irles Knight: for secretary, Jolin 

 ^dun^. doliii 11. I'epper, J. (i. lisler; for 

 treasurer, \V. ('. Rickav.ls, dr., Thomas H. 

 Del'oresl, .Mfred T. Itnnvard; for trus- 

 t'cs, I'atrick d. Smith, K'. C. Vick, Wal- 

 lace K. I'ierson, Max Schlin^i. I'er v B. 

 Hiyby and .\. T. De la Mare. 



K'esolulions on the death of ('. U. 

 Weathered, Jr., son of ('. H. Weathered; 

 Louis Sdimutz, Jr.. ami A. D. V. Snyder 

 were jiresented .and passed. Tlie secre- 

 tary re|iorte<l the deaths recentlv of 

 Ralph M. Ward ami Walter R. Siebr'cdit, 

 members, and of Mrs. (iiessler, wife of 

 t'ail (). (iiessler. New York; William 

 Weber, son of Charles Weber, Lynbrook, 

 ■N'. y., and a brother of Arthur (i. Ves- 

 .eliiis, of l';iteisou, \. J., and coinmil- 

 tees Were a|i]iointed to ]ire|iare resolu- 

 tions expre.^sinj,'^ sympathy with ihe be- 

 reaved. 



C. 11. Totty reported the result of the 

 hearing before the Federal Horticidtural 

 Hoar.l in regard to the iiroposed restric- 

 tion of plant importations, as reported 

 recently in The Review. 



.\rtlinr .1. Radice was elected to nu'in- 

 bershiii '" the club, and Clarence 

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

 nominated for (dection at the next meet- 

 in y. 



.\ communication from the Fnited 

 Slates Chandler of Commerce callin<j for 

 the appointment of re]iresenlatives from 

 the tlorists" trade to form a section of 

 the orfijuiizat ion was read, and on mo- 

 tion of F. H. Traendly the president 

 was instructed to ajipoint a committee 

 of two to report on the matter at the 

 next meetin^r, and, if lu'cessj/ry, attend 

 a pndituinary meetine in Washiu<rton. 



The coal situation was informally dis- 

 cussed, but it seenieij to be the ojiinion 

 of tlie meeting that conditions ' in the 

 near future would insure ndief under 

 existing restrictions. 



There was an interestinjj exhibition of 

 flowers staffed in the nu'eting room, and 

 the committee on awards reported on 

 the exhibits as follows: 



A. X. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 collection of pompon and sinfjle chrys- 

 anthemums, and of the exhibition va- 

 riety, Barbara Davis, silver medal. 



