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The Florists' Review 



JuNB 5, 1919. 



Pansies for Seed at C. W. Harold's, West Plains, Mo. 



to us without a name. It seems some- 

 what similar to a cactus in appearance 

 and in manner of growth, but has no 

 thorns and, as far as we know, has no 

 bloom. Can you give us its name? 



W. F. C— Ind. 



As nearly as I can tell from the piece 

 of branch sent, the name of the plant 

 is Sedum ternatum. M. P. 



' ' SHOW BiE ' ' PANSIES 



It is not so many years ago that the 

 trade was accustomed to look to Europe 

 for its pansy seeds, but this is one of 

 the items on which America now is self- 

 sustaining. One of the recent additions 

 to the list of those who make the pansy 

 a specialty is C. W. Harold, proprietor of 

 the Cottage Greenhouse at West Plains, 

 Mo., a glimpse of whose establishment is 

 afforded by the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. May 12 he stated that he then 

 had harvested about fifteen pounds of 

 seed from plants shown in the picture, 

 which had been selected by him for 

 what he calls an Ozark Mammoth strain. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



Memorial day business was, on the 

 whole, decidedly good. Outside of a 

 few peony shippers, whose shipments 

 did not arrive until the morning of the 

 holiday and were, in consequence, left 

 over, everyone appeared to clean iip 

 well. There was plenty of stock in 

 practically all lines, with a plethora of 

 outdoor material, such as shrub flowers, 

 irises and the like. 



As is natural, the holiday is followed 

 by the usual dullness. On Saturday, 

 May 31, the movement of practically 

 everything was sluggish. The warm 

 weather of the last few days has re- 

 sulted in an increased cut of roses and 

 carnations, the latter particularly. 

 Much stock is moved now only under 

 difficulties. White carnations seem to 

 be especially on crop and can be cleaned 

 out only under concessions. 



American Beauty roses continue in 

 plentiful supply, and move fairly well 

 at summer prices. Hybrid teas are also 

 plentiful and the quality is remarkably 

 good for the season. Advance ship- 

 ments of the new Premier continue to 



arrive and open up well; it appears to 

 have all the attributes of a good sum- 

 mer shipping variety, and its color is 

 superb. 



More than enough carnations are com- 

 ing in and the quality in general is 

 poor, much stock appearing to be 

 weather-worn. However, the season 

 now passing has been especially favor- 

 able to carnations, and we are not like- 

 ly to have them with us much longer. 



The supply of orchids is not extreme- 

 ly large, but sufficient for the demand, 

 which is kept up largely through wed- 

 ding requirements. Arrivals of Pha- 

 Isenopsis amabilis and odontoglossum in 

 the light shades move well for the same 

 purpose. 



Lily of the valley is scarce and jfr- 

 rivals quite insufficient to meet the de- 

 mand, which, of course, is seasonably 

 heavy just now. Easter lilies are not 

 particularly plentiful, but there are 

 quite enough to go around. Sweet peas 

 are plentiful and some of the offerings 

 are of unusually high grade for this 

 time of the year. The best bring as 

 much as 2 cents per spray. 



There appears to be no diminution 

 in the supply of miscellaneous flowers. 

 As one variety disappears another 

 quickly takes its place. Peonies are to- 

 day perhaps the most important of all 

 and they are coming in large quantities. 

 If the weather continues as warm as at 

 present, the season will not be an ex- 

 tended one. Festiva maxima, the white 

 midseason variety, is already strongly 

 in evidence. Irises, calendulas, delphin- 

 iums, daisies, forget-me-nots, stocks and 

 gladioli are all prominent and clear at 

 some figure or other. 



Various Notes. 



The building at Forty-sixth street 

 and Fifth avenue, occupied for many 

 years by Charles Thorley, has passed, 

 under a twenty-one year lease, to the 

 Tiffin Products Co., controlled by Gen- 

 eral T. Coleman Dupont, L. M. Boomer 

 and the newly formed Louis Sherry, 

 Inc. The adjoining building on Forty- 

 sixth street also is included in the lease, 

 and the rental is said to be $60,000 net a 

 year. Mr. Thorley 's gross rental of the 

 corner building was in the neighbor- 

 hood of $30,000. Both buildings are. to 

 be razed and, it is understood, a modern 

 business structure will be erected on the 

 site. The Thorley lease does not expire 



until May 1,. 1920. It is not yet known 

 where the new quarters for the Thorley 

 business are to be. 



The Horticultural Society of New 

 York will hold an exhibition of peonies, 

 roses, hardy flowering shrubs and trees 

 and hardy herbaceous plants in the 

 Museum building. New York Botanical 

 Garden, June 7 and 8. The classes are 

 open to -all. 



E. Allan Peirce, Waltham, Mass., was 

 in town June 2, en route to Washington, 

 D. C, where he was to attend the fifth 

 annual inspection of the National Eose 

 Test Garden. He is a member of the 

 executive board of the American Eose 

 Society. 



Fred Howard, of Los Angeles, Cal., 

 spent a day or two in the city last week 

 on his way to Europe, where he will 

 spend several weeks. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held June 9, at 

 the club's rooms. Grand Opera House 

 building. Twenty-third street and 

 Eighth avenue. Chairman Boman J. 

 Irwin, of the exhibition committee, is 

 anxious that a fine exhibition be staged 

 at this meeting. Besides plant and 

 fiower novelties, the committee will be 

 pleased to stage exhibits of flowering 

 shrubs and outdoor roses of interest to 

 the trade. Exhibits should be received 

 not later than Monday afternoon, and 

 should be addressed to E. J, Irwin, in 

 care of John Young & Co., 53 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



The members of the joint flower 

 show committee visited, by invitation, 

 the beautiful estate of Theodore A. 

 Havemeyer, Brookville, L. I., New York. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Havemeyer, as usual, were 

 ideal hosts. During the period of the 

 visit a business meeting was held. 

 There were present: A. L. Miller, P. F. 

 Kessler, Max Schling, G. E. M. Stumpp, 

 C. H. Totty, W. ri. Duckham, Arthur 

 Herrington, Richard Holloman, W. H. 

 Siebrecht, P. W. Popp and John G. 

 Scheepers. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association arranged an ex- 

 cursion to Coney Island, for June 3. 



J. H. P. • 



The next event of trade importance 

 in New York is the annual meeting of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society. The 

 exhibition opens June 21, at noon, with 

 the business meeting at 3 p. m. The 

 show will continue open through Sun- 

 day. The premium list and program are 

 included in the bulletin just issued by 

 Secretary William Gray, of Newport, 

 R. I. George W. Kerr, of Burpee's, is 

 president, and Walter Sperling, of 

 Stumpp & Walter Co., is a director. Each 

 of these seed houses is actively assisting 

 the society, as are many others spe- 

 cially interested in the sweet pea, and 

 a good show is expected. A large at- 

 tendance of the public is assured. 



Bloomingdale Bros, are profiting by a 

 novel window display, the idea of Man- 

 ager Warendorff. The window is all 

 decorated in dogwood and a bride and 

 bridesmaid are seen walking back and 

 forth with various bouquets. The models 

 are alive and attractive. The bouquets 

 are of artificial flowers, showing the 

 range in price to be made up in natural 

 flowers. The display is attracting much 

 attention and praise. 



Harry A. Barnard, of Stuart Low Co., 

 Bush Hill Park, England, left New York 

 May 31 on his way home from what 

 may be the last of his many, trips to 

 America;' he says he probably will not 



