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Dbcbhbbb 12, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



braced tlte arts of war. Let us all re- 

 joice and give vent to our emotion at 

 the annual eonvention of the American 

 Carnation Society, in Cleveland, Janu- 

 ary 29 and 30, 1919. Mac. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Because of a short supply, the market 

 has shown great strength for a week or 

 more. With the chrysanthemum supply 

 lessening daily, there does not appear to 

 be sufficient stock in other lines to fill 

 the gap now painfully apparent. Al- 

 ready demand and supply are on equal 

 footing and it is evident that any in- 

 crease in the demand will result in a 

 shortage of stock, which may continue 

 throughout the season. Prospects, there- 

 fore, for a plentiful supply of flowers 

 at Christmas are slim. It is said that 

 plant growers have anticipated an un- 

 usual demand for plants this Christmas, 

 due to a scant supply of cut flowers, 

 and have depended less upon Easter 

 prospects, preferring to use up their 

 coal supply in the main for the earlier 

 possibility. With the fuel restrictions 

 now withdrawn, there will surely be no 

 shortage of plants for Easter, as plenty 

 of quick-maturing stock is available for 

 growing on, and Easter is more than 

 four months away, occurring in 1919 as 

 late as April 20. 



American Beauty roses in the special 

 grades have declined a little in price 

 since Thanksgiving, the finest now 

 bringing $60. The quality in all grades 

 is good^ and arrivals are heavy enough 

 for the demand. Other roses are plenti- 

 ful, but move well with little effort. 

 The reds seem to be in greatest request, 

 and command higher figures than the 

 others. 



Carnations are in better supply, but 

 arrivals still are light. Some fancy 

 stock of the variety Mrs. C. W. Ward 

 brings as high as 10 cents. Flowers 

 from late-planted stock are short in 

 stem, but they clean up nicely at sub- 

 stantial prices. 



Gardenias are in better supply and 

 the best grade brings $9 per dozen. 

 Cattleyas are in good supply and prices 

 are mounting, $1.25 per flower now being 

 asked for the best. Cypripediums bring 

 $1.50 per dozen, for the ordinary insigne 

 variety, but the newer variety, San- 

 derae, is in greatest demand and moves 

 easily at $2; it is being used largely in 

 corsage bouquets. 



Lilies are plentiful and, with the or- 

 dinary demand for them, are likely to 

 remain so; it is understood that there 

 are some large stocks of bulbs in cold 

 storage. Lily of the valley remains 

 scarce and its quality poor. 



Violets are shorter in supply than in 

 previous seasons, consequently prices re- 

 main above the average. Good specials 

 bring $1.50 per bunch. Many of the 

 growers in the violet section have gone 

 out of business, which accounts for the 

 lighter supply. 



Chrysanthemums are still in evidence 

 m all grades, but arrivals are light and 

 a quick clean-up is possible. There is a 

 good movement in a variety of other 

 flowers in fair supply, such as calen- 

 dulas, mignonette, stevia, bouvardia and 

 sweet peas. 



Careful buyers are already trying to 

 cover for Christmas requirements, but 

 tnere seems little disposition on the part 

 ot wholesalers to come down to settled 

 prices. 



Tbe Nursery Stock Embargo. 



There was a meeting at the S. A. F. 

 offices, 1170 Broadway, December 6, at 

 which were represented various inter- 

 ests affected by the nursery stock em- 

 bargo expected to go into force shortly, 

 to discuss the situation and consider 

 steps which might be taken in an effort 

 to obtain a modiflcation of the embargo. 

 It is understood that while nothing defi- 

 nite was arrived at, certain prelimi- 

 naries for action were arranged. There 

 were present: J. D. Eisele, of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia; James Mc- 

 Hutchison and C. B. Knickman, New 

 York; C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., and 

 John Watson, Princeton, N. J. 



Club Meeting. 



The December meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held in the Grand Opei'a House 

 building December 9. About 175 of 

 the more than 500 members were in at- 

 tendance. President Charles Schenck 

 occupied the chair and, as it was elec- 

 tion night, the proceedings were made 

 as brief as possible, but, notwithstand- 

 ing, the hour of adjournment was late. 



Three visitors were formally intro- 

 duced: Z. D. Blackistone, president of 

 the Florists ' Club of Washington, D. C. ; 

 B. Hammond Tracy, Wenham, Mass., 

 and F. G. Sealey, Eutherford, N. J. 



C. H. Totty detailed the work of the 

 S. A. F. committee which represented 

 that society at the recent congress 

 inaugurated by the United States Cham- 

 ber of Commerce. He impressed upon 

 all present the fact that the florists were 

 recognized by the greater industries as 

 being an organized trade body through 

 their society and in consequence the 

 committee was given authority to create 

 a section of the congress which should 

 include various industries more or less 

 allied. The proceedings of the congress, 

 he said, had been fully reported in the 

 press, from which it could be deduced 

 that one of the most important objects 

 of the gathering, which included a rep- 

 resentation of 450 industries, was a sug- 

 gestion to be made to the government 

 that it take its hands off general busi- 

 ness and let general business reconstruct 

 itself. The discussions of the florists' 

 section were largely relative to the fuel 

 problem, and the restrictions covering 

 importation of plants. Of the latter 

 Mr. Totty said that even importations 

 of orchids are to be prohibited, the bulk 

 of which have no soil accompanying the 

 plants. He believes that the club should 

 not rest satisfied with the embargo as 

 at present proposed. 



President Schenck thought this a fa- 

 vorable time to impress upon all present 

 that it was the duty of each individual 

 to report promptly to the secretary's 

 office intelligence regarding movements 

 which in any way might act to the det- 

 riment or good of the florists' business, 

 so that the influence of the club can be 

 exerted in any direction deemed ad- 

 visable. 



A. L. Miller reported, for the flower 

 show committee, that at a meeting of 

 the committee last week it was con- 

 cluded that it would not be wise to at- 

 tempt the staging of a spring show in 

 1919, for the reason that a suitable 

 building is not available and the pos- 

 sibility of obtaining exhibits in the 

 competitive section is rather slim. 



Eesolutions on the deaths of Ralph 

 M. Ward, Walter R. Siebrecht, Mrs. 

 Carl Giessler, William Vescelius and 

 William Weber were adopted. 



Clarence R. Ankers, Rockville Cen- 

 ter, L. I., was elected to membership, 

 and the following were nominated for 

 election at the next meeting: Isadore 

 Landsman, East Thirty-eighth street 

 and Lenox road, Brooklyn; Simon 

 Schneirow, 3917 King's Highway, 

 Brooklyn; Bornatt Klugman, Brooklyn; 

 O. J. Van Bourgondien, Arlington, N. J.; 



F. G. Sealey, 3056 Perry avenue, Bronx, 

 N. Y., and R. H. C. Bard, Syracuse, 

 N. Y. 



The board of trustees, which had been 

 in session early in the afternoon, made a 

 report recommending changes in banks 

 carrying general checking accounts of 

 the club, and regarding the issue of 

 Liberty bonds for which the club had 

 subscribed. The board also recom- 

 mended that inasmuch as the club is 

 financially able to support headquar- 

 ters, or an office of administration, a 

 sum of $30 per month be appropriated 

 for the purpose; and it was further de- 

 cided by the club, after accepting the 

 recommendations in the report, that the 

 secretary be reimbursed for his expend- 

 itures for office accommodation during 

 the year 1918. It was the opinion, gen- 

 erally, that the business of the club had 

 assumed such importance that an office 

 of its own had become a necessity. 



An application for donations of flow- 

 ers by florists to be used in connection 

 with celebrations covering the return of 

 our soldier boys, was discussed at con- 

 siderable length. There appeared to be 

 a feeling that the club members who are 

 systematically contributing flowers to 

 the National League for Woman 's Serv- 

 ice, which organization is doing laudable 

 hospital work, are doing as much as can ' 

 be expected; and inasmuch as manu- 

 facturers of bunting and other mate- ' 

 rials entering into patriotic celebrations 

 are not making contributions of their 

 products, there is no apparent reason 

 for sacrifice on the part of florists. A 

 suggestion by Wallace R. Pierson, how- 

 ever, that the club build a floral arch 

 on the day that the return of the most 

 active regiments is celebrated, met witli 

 hearty approval, and if carried out we 

 may be sure that it will be a magnificent 

 piece of work, and prove to be a pub- 

 licity stunt of inestimable value. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, Philip F. Kessler; vice- 

 president, P. W. Popp; secretary, John 

 Young; treasurer, W. C. Eickards, Jr.; 

 trustees, E. C. Vick, Percy B. Rigbv 

 and A. T. De La Mare. The judge of 

 elections was J. G. Esler; the tellers, 



G. E. M. Stumpp and H. Weston. 



The president appointed John Schee- 

 pers, C. H. Totty and Arthur Herring- 

 ton, a memorial committee on the death 

 of Capt. De Lamar, of Glen Cove, L. I., 

 a stanch supporter of the club's flower 

 show; and John Young, J. H. Pepper 

 and Charles Schenck, a similar commit- 

 tee on the death of Mrs. Milliot, of 

 Yonkers. 



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

 showed a vase of Chrysanthemum 

 Golden Mistletoe, scored 86 points, pre- 

 liminary certificate; vase of Chrysan- 

 themum Christmas Gold, small pompon, 

 preliminary certificate. 



Teaneck Greenhouses, Teaneck, N. J., 

 staged two vases of Antirrhinum Ruth 

 Brewster, vote of thanks. 



Chas. Smith & Son, Corona, N. Y., ex- 

 hibited two vases of single chrysan- 

 themums, sports of Godfrey, deep pink 

 and bronze, vote of thanks. 



R. E. Sealey, Cedarhurst, N. J., 



