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The Rorists^ Review 



Jui-T 24, 1919. 



of good road. Business has been satis- 

 factory at his store this season. 



Jelle Boos, of Milton, is the largest 

 shipper of gladioli to the local whole- 

 sale markets at present. Mr. Boos pur- 

 chased the entire stock of gladioli from 

 William Sim a year ago, which, added 

 to his already big holdings, makes him 

 our largest local gladiolus specialist. 



Among those who attended the joint 

 picnic of the employees of Joseph Breck 

 & Sons Co. and the Breck-Bobinson 

 Nursery Co., were fouif who had seen 

 long service. John Marden had bepn 

 at the Breck store for fifty-two con- 

 secutive years, li^rs. Coombs has served 

 thirty-eight yeaijs; Frank Ferrari, thir- 

 ty-four years, and Mr. Joyner, twenty- 

 six years. 



President Wilson's veto of daylight 

 saving repeal m,eeta with general satis- 

 faction among florists and gardeners, 

 who, almost to a man here, have ap- 

 proved of the ehdnge. 



William Sim, of Cliftondale, is pre- 

 paring to plant much more heavily of 

 carnations for next season. At present 

 he is picking large quantities of toma- 

 toes. Of these he is one of our largest 

 growers under glass. Polyanthus and 

 violeta will also be gfrown another sea- 

 son. W. N. C. 



NEW YORK. 



Tlie Market. 



St. Swithin's day, July 15, started a 

 deluge, which has continued, more or 

 less, since that date, and one wonders 

 whether we are not to have the forty 

 days of rain we are supposed to have 

 when the Saint's day is favored with 

 rain. The drenching rains have spoiled 

 a great deal of outdoor flower stock. 

 Consequently the market is not over- 

 supplied today, shipments being par- 

 ticularly light, excepting in the case ot 

 gladioli, large quantities of which are 

 in evidence in tight bud condition. It 

 would look as though the gladiolus grow- 

 ers had sized up the situation. Prices 

 are fairly remunerative, 75 cents to $1 

 per dozen for the best, which includes 

 America, still a leader. 



With the weather still threatening, we 

 may see a relief from the congested con- 

 ditions experienced of late — until sun- 

 shine is again paramount. 



Some asters of fair quality are arriv- 

 ing, mostly shipped by florists who have 

 found that a sprinkling apparatus is a 

 paying proposition. 



The demand for flowers in general is 

 inordinately light. The larger stores re- 

 port business as extremely dull and their 

 requirements are small. With the excep- 

 tion of funeral work there is little doing, 

 and the minimum of a summer demand is 

 the experience of all. 



There are plenty of roses of all kinds 

 and, when the fairly tight stock is dis- 

 posed of, the surplus is big and moves 

 at unquotable prices. American Beauty 

 is still overplentif ul and prices are about 

 at bottom. Although especially good 

 stock will bring something near to 30 

 cents, the 10-cent quality in specials 

 forms the major part of arrivals. Of the 

 hybrid teas. Premier seems to stand up 

 better under sultry conditions than other 

 varieties and therefore sells out quickly, 

 especially as it is not yet in ordinary 

 supply. But little fancy stock in any 

 variety is available. With the dark 

 weather the cut today is lighter than 

 would otherwise be the case, but this 



fact appears to have no influence upon 

 the demand. 



Carnations are not plentiful, nor are 

 they wanted badly. Most of the growers 

 havex cleaned out thfeir benches, and 

 those who are still shipping might as 

 well follow suit, as little, if any, profit 

 can come from the stock now arriving. 



Three or four varieties of cattleyas are 

 arriving and move fairly well within a 

 price range of about 25 to 75 cents. A 

 few gardenias are noticed, but the grade 

 is low. 



Lilies are in fairly good supply and 

 are in demand for funeral work to some 

 extent at $8 to $12 per hundred. There 

 is little lily of the valley among the 

 offerings. Miscellaneous flowers still are 

 in heavy supply. 



Vaxlous Notes. 



Several of the retail stores report 

 steamer trade to be reaching good pro- 

 portions. Of course it is not anything 

 like that of pre-war days, but then oc^an 

 traffic is still greatly restricted and the 

 list of weekly sailings is small. 



George Ball, of Glen EUyn, 111., was a 

 visitor in the market last week. He and 

 Mrs. Ball drove here in their Moline- 

 Knight car. 



The transportation committee of the 

 New York Florists ' Club had a meeting 

 Thursday, July 17, at which a railroad 

 representative was present. All reser- 

 vations for berths on the official train 

 to the Detroit convention, which is to 

 leave Sunday evening, August 17, were 

 registered and assignments made. A 

 time is to be set in advance of the day 

 for departure, when all intending to 

 make the trip caii meet at the secre- 

 tary's office to take up their tickets. 



The Boston delegation is to journey 

 to Detroit over the Boston & Albany 

 railroad, joining the New York party in 

 Buffalo and proceeding by boat to 

 Detroit. J. H. P. 



NEW OBLEANS, LA. 



The Market. 



There has been no special change dur- 

 ing the last week in the cut flower mar- 

 ket; in fact, conditions as to supplies 

 and the general character of the stock 

 sent in have become somewhat empha- 

 sized. Assortment has been lacking in 

 the way of stock grown out of town, and 

 the style of the stock seems to lead 

 to the belief that this market is, in large 

 part, receiving only the culls. On this 

 account, the trade is "miffed" to some 

 extent and the loss to the retailer, due 

 to the full-blown character of the flow- 

 ers, has been heavy. Even if there be 

 some shading of the bills on the part 

 of the growers, it does not cover the en- 

 tire loss, for the loss of prestige must 

 be taken into consideration on both 

 sides of the slate. 



While first-class stock has been miss- 

 ing, the best seems to lie in the supply 

 of peonies. At times the supply has 

 hardly marked step with the demand. 

 Mrs. Russell roses are still the best offer- 

 ing and once in a while the florist is 

 somewhat surprised to find a few good 

 buds of White Killarney, Sunburst and 

 Ophelia. Tuberoses and gladioli have 

 been offered freely and there has been 

 only a minor objection to the latter. The 

 former has now to meet the purely local 

 crop, of which the last week has seen 

 an improvement in supply and quality. 

 Some excellent asters have also been 

 available, but taking thii* crop as a 



whole the local gardens are decidedly 

 spotted as regards both quality and 

 quantity. Field-grown Killarney, Ma- 

 man Cochet and Kaiserin, with here and 

 there a few Badiance of quality, have 

 helped the florist to satisfy his cus- 

 tomers. Outside of these the market is 

 rather featureless and has dropped into 

 a midseason groove. 



Field work, generally, has been ham- 

 pered by the sweltering temperature 

 and really skilled labor continues 

 scarce. The chrysanthemum crop is 

 progressing satisfactorily, but from now 

 to the end of October many contingen- 

 cies may arise to curtail the profits and 

 stultify the efforts of the grower. Some 

 planting of the later varieties is still 

 an objective point, with stock somewhat 



scarce. 



Olub Meeting. 



The annual meeting and election of 

 officers of the New Orleans Horticul- 

 tural Society was held Thursday eve- 

 ning, July 17, with a large number of 

 members in attendance. AH of the old 

 officers were reelected without opposi- 

 tion, the roster comprising the follow- 

 ing: President, Charles Eble; vice- 

 president, Joseph Bernard; treasurer, 

 John Eblen; financial secretary, Olaude 

 B. Ory. 



The meeting was the thirty-fourth in 

 the life of the society, and it is worthy 

 of remark that Mr. Eblen has served 

 as treasurer since its organization in 

 1885. Brief addresses were given by the 

 president, Joseph Steckler and others, in 

 which a strong plea for the national or- 

 ganization was urged in regard to the na- 

 tion-wide advertising (campaign, '^Bay 

 i.t> with Flowers." The question of at- 

 tendance at the approaching convention 

 at Detroit was brought up and dis- 

 cussed, but no official action was taken, 

 it being left to the initiative of the 

 members. The report of the commit- 

 tee on the yearly outing, June 19, was 

 received and passed. The committee 

 recommended that in future such a gath- 

 ering of the members be held nearer the 

 city. As already noted, the storm on 

 Lake Pontchartrain took all the pleas- 

 ure out of the outing. The meeting was 

 followed by a substantial collation. 



Various Notes. ' 



Robert Shoch, of the M. Bice Co., 

 Philadelphia, took in New Orleans 

 while swinging around the business cir- 

 cle. 



A. F. Eilers, representative of Henry 

 F. Michell Co., of Philadelphia, has been 

 here for a few days. Mr. Eilers gave a 

 short talk before the Horticultural Soi 

 ciety on conditions as he had found 

 them in the south. In the course of his 

 remarks he said that the south in gen- 

 eral was about 500 per cent better off 

 in the way of horticulture now than it 

 was a few years ago. 



Max Scheinuk has purchased lots at 

 the corner of St. Charles avenue and 

 Third street and will erect a thoroughly 

 up-to-date flower display establishment. 

 The site is in the center of the residen- 

 tial section and on the main avenue of 

 the city. 



The Metairie Ridge Nursery Co. is ex- 

 pending $25,000 in improvements on its 

 premises on Carondelet street. Mr. Pap- 

 worth, the president, reports that all of 

 the upper rooms have already been 

 rented as offices. 



Peter Kaul is erecting a new office 

 building at his nursery, 633 Cherokee 

 street. E. F. 



