June 12, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



the last-named have probably landed in 

 this country since they have last been 

 heard from. 



One result of the home-coming en- 

 tertainment was a resolution of the 

 Gullett employees to hold a dance once 

 a month at the company's plant. The 

 large service house proved a fine place 

 for a dance. An 8-piece orchestra 

 played an excellent concert program 

 and furnished good dance music. 

 Features of the evening's entertain- 

 ment were a drill and ^.rmy songs by 

 the returned boys, a group of Scotch 

 songs by Corporal Copeland, which 

 were much enjoyed, and a fine exhibi- 

 tion of army bugle calls by Corporal 

 Ernest Morrow, Corporal Morrow was 

 one of three buglers chosen out of 

 thirty-six at Camp Wheeler for over- 

 seas service. Two hundred guests were 

 present, including the families of all 

 employees and the parents of the serv- 

 ice men. A substantial supper was 

 served at midnight. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



It was hardly expected that the good 

 week embracing Memorial day trade 

 would be followed by one such as has 

 just passed. For the first time in many 

 months the peddler 's push cart has been 

 conspicuous on the street, and his wares 

 have not been of the usual poor va- 

 riety. The market has been tremen- 

 dously overloaded, without any corre- 

 sponding increase in demand. 



Peonies have been arriving in an 

 avalanche; the quantity has been so 

 great that anything like a clearance 

 was absolutely impossible. The ask 

 barrel brigade has been the best cus- 

 tomer. Naturally, nearly everything 

 else was affected. Carnations went to 

 the glut point, 30 cents per hundred 

 being really a fair price in comparison 

 with some of the prices where clear- 

 ances were essential. Boses, which 

 were unduly plentiful, went down in th4 

 crash. The downward move^nent was 

 helped considerably by the hot weather 

 experienced for several days and the 

 open condition of most arrivals. Added 

 to these conditions was a tremendous 

 influx of miscellaneous flowers, mostly*! 

 outside-grown, the wastage in which 

 was enormous. 



In striking contrast with this state 

 of things was the extreme shortage of 

 lily of the valley, a shortage severely 

 felt in this month of weddings, pro- 

 ducing business almost unparalleled for 

 the season. The best valley was held 

 at 30 cents per spray and stock avail- 

 able waa quickly snapped up. 



"While at this writing conditions are 

 not materially changed, dull and rainy 

 weather, with a cooler temperature, have 

 *ortened the general supply. The in- 

 flux is still much too great for the de- 

 mand, and it is a sacrificing market. 

 The peony supply appears to be as 

 heavy as ever, but there are not quite 

 so many roses and carnations. Some of 

 the wholesalers are of the opinion that 

 present conditions cannot laat long, but 

 it is safe to say that little improvement 

 can be looked for until peonies are out 

 of the way. 



Roses are arriving in great quantity, 

 much stock too far advanced to suit 

 the majority of buyers. Consequently, 

 after selections are made at quotable 

 prices, the rest moves for anything it is 



Midaight Supper Party at Gullett & Sons' Hoine-G>mlog Reception. 



possible to obtain. This, of course, is 

 not an unusual condition at this season, 

 but it is so greatly marked now because 

 of such a long period of fairly uniform 

 supply. Of the hybrid teas, Columbia 

 and Premier hold up well under summer 

 conditions and command favor. Kil- 

 larney runs lowest in quality, but is not 

 so abundant as in former years, owing 

 to its abandonment by many growers. 



Carnations are at a low level, the de- 

 mand for them being short. After the 

 best have passed at quoted prices, the 

 surplus moves at figures which hardly 

 meet shipping expenses. White varie- 

 ties are more plentiful than the others, 

 therefore harder to move. 



Orchids, especially cattleyas, are in 

 supply sufficient to create a wide lati- 

 tude in prices. The best cattleyas move 

 fairly well, but the small and inferior 

 flowers move with difficulty. 



There are many additions to the sup- 

 ply of miscellaneous flowers, notably 

 cornflowers, gaillardias, coreopsis, sweet 

 Williams and bouvardia. Some extra 

 fine stocks are coming in and the 

 doubles clear fairly well at from 15 to 

 25 cents per bunch. Sweet peas are 

 more thai 'plenOiful and a to^p price of 

 50 cents ptir hundred is not easy to ob- 

 tain. 



It is a "buyers' market," in every 

 sense of the term. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Bertha Eves, for several years 

 secretary of the Brooklyn Botanical 

 Garden, died June 4. During the war 

 she had been an active canteen worker. 



The Cedar Hill Nurseries, of Brook- 

 ville, L. I., and the Cottage Gardens 

 Co., of Queens, L. I., have arranged to 

 stage a peony show at the American 

 Museuin of Natural History, June 11 to 

 14, inclusive. Florists are invited to 

 send exhibits, but no awards will be 

 made. 



Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Stuppy, of 

 St. Joseph, Mo., spent a few days in 

 New York last week. E. G. Hill, of 

 Richmond, Ind., and Dr. Moore, of the 

 Hollywood Gardens, Seattle, Wash., 

 were other visitors. 



The crop of weddings in New York is 

 exceptionally large this month. Many 

 of the ceremonies are at churches, and 

 use lavish decorations. To many flo- 



rists a demand for wedding decorations 

 seems like a return to old-time business 

 conditions. Steamer trade has not as- 

 sumed large proportions yet, travel be- 

 ing still greatly restricted, and passages 

 in consequence hard to obtain. 



Joseph S. Fenrich has helped to re- 

 lieve the shortage of housing accommo- 

 dation in Manhattan by securing a 

 home in East Orange, N. J. 



Stephen Masur, the Brooklyn retailer, 

 has relieved himself of all concern as 

 to where he will in future be permitted 

 to reside, by purchasing the Brooklyn 

 Heights dwelling property which he 

 has rented for a number of years. 



J. H. P. 



The American office of the General 

 Bulb Co., Vogelenzang, Holland, with 

 which Westerbeek & Klyn are affiliated, 

 has been removed from 25 Beaver 

 street to 110 Water street. 



NEW TOBK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Plan Oonyention Trip. 



There was a meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club, Monday evening, June 

 9, with a fair attendance. President 

 P. F. Kessler occupied the chair. 



John Miesem, chairman of the com- 

 mittee on bowling, reported progress. 

 Before organizing a team for the De- 

 troit tournament, he said, it would be 

 necessary to have a list of members 

 who intended going to the convention 

 and he invited all who had such inten- 

 tions to hand in their names. 



Chairman A. L. Miller, of the trans- 

 portation committee, reported that at 

 a meeting of his committee, held that 

 afternoon, arrangements had been com- 

 pleted for the travel of the club's dele- 

 gation to the Detroit convention of the 

 S. A. F. The plan favored by the club 

 at its preceding meeting was adopted 

 and the trip will be made via Buffalo, 

 thence by boat to Detroit. The party 

 will leave New York Sunday evening, 

 August 17, at 8:30, by the D. L. & W. 

 railroad, arriving in Buffalo at 7:30 

 a. m., next day. Those who wish to do 

 so will be able to visit Niagara Falls; 

 the others will be able to put in an 

 enjoyable day in Buffalo. At 6 p. m. all 



