OCXOBBB 9. 1910. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. Henrietta Bawllngs. 



The fuaeral services for Mrs. Hen- 

 rietta Eawlings, whose death in an auto- 

 mobile accident at Cleveland, O., Sep- 

 tember 27, was reported in last week's 

 issue of The Eeview, were held at Paines- 

 ville, O., September 30 at the home of 

 her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Storrs. The 

 casket bearers were W. C. Harrison, 

 president of the Storrs & Harrison Co.; 

 Edward B. George, assistant general 

 manager of the same firm; J. Storrs, 

 Burr T. Belden, Harry Post and Arthur 

 Colby. 



Mrs. Eawlings was a daughter of the 

 late W. 6. Storrs, for years general 

 manager of the Storrs & Harrison Co. 

 She is survived by her mother, a sister, 

 Mrs. J. W. Eice, and a daughter, Cath- 

 erine, who was seriously injured in the 

 accident in which Mrfi. Eawlings was 

 killed. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market continues to show im- 

 provement and, with a greater demand 

 for flowers grown under glass, is set- 

 tling toward late fall conditions. No 

 killing frosts have been experienced 

 anywhere in the territory contiguous to 

 this market and consequently there is 

 still a large influx of outdoor flowers. 

 Dahlias particularly are in heavy sup- 

 ply, weather conditions having been 

 most favorable for them. A goodly 

 portion of arrivals includes flowers of 

 excellent quality and they sell well in 

 the absence of anything like a good 

 supply of chrysanthemums. Where color 

 is wanted it certainly is to be had in 

 the dahlias. The larger retail stores 

 appear to favor the newer show vari- 

 eties, although some of the old-timers, 

 such as Sylvia, are in demand. The 

 variety Delice moves quickly, but it is 

 not in great supply; some growers as- 

 sert that it is not a productive variety. 

 The white Hortulanus Witte is in good 

 demand for funeral work. Gladioli are 

 nearing the end of the season's supply, 

 although some good spikes of flowers 

 are still to be had. A few violets are 

 coming in, but the quality is poor, as 

 might be expected with warm, muggy 

 weather. 



The supply of chrysanthemums is in- 

 creasing, but is far short of the supply 

 usually in evidence at this time. The 

 varieties available are mainly Golden 

 Glow, Smith's Advance, October Frost 

 and pink and bronze Unaka. They 

 move well at $2 to $4 per dozen. Few 

 of the early-flowering pompon and : 

 single varieties have been seen so jfar, -< 

 all being late this year. 



While there is a good supply of roses, 

 arrivals are not so heavy ,as they have 

 been. The short grades largely pre- 

 ponderate and at times are slow in clear- 

 ance. American Beauty is in good sup- 

 ply and moves well. The quality of 

 the hybrid tea stock is- -bet'ter, with k 

 good demand for the long-stemmed 

 grades, which are none too plentiful. 



Th^ supply of carnations is increasing, 

 but of course the flowers' are short- 

 stemmed; the flower heads, however, 



are of fair size. The range of price is 

 from $1 to $3 per hundred, with some 

 selected stock going at $4 per hundred. 



Easter lilies continue to be conspicu- 

 ous by their almost entire absence, but 

 rubrums are still plentiful, and bring 

 from $3 to $5 per hundred, bud and 

 flower. Lily of the valley continues 

 scarce, with the quality of such stock 

 as is available decidedly poor; prices 

 paid are 20 cents to 30 cents per spray 

 for the best grades, and as low as 4 

 cents for culls. 



Orchids are plentiful, but move 

 slowly at 25 cents to 75 cents, with $1 

 for some of the hybrid varieties. The 

 expected large supply of the labiata 

 variety does not seem to materialize. 

 A few oncidiums are making an appear- 

 ance. 



Tritomas, snapdragons, calendulas, 

 hardy asters, zinnias, ageratum, del- 

 phiniums and the like are still plentiful 

 and are taken mainly for window dec- 

 oration. The supply of asters is declin- 

 ing, but there is no scarcity by any 

 means and the best bring as much as $2 

 per hundred, with the remainder going 

 as low as 50 cents per hundred. Bou- 

 vardia is more plentiful, but the best 

 Humboldtii still bring 50 cents per 

 bunch. 



Fur, Flowers and Bising Bents. 



In the last few years the fur trade 

 has concentrated in and around the 

 flower market section and the furriers 

 have cast envious eyes upon the vari- 

 ous holdings of the wholesale florists 

 along West Twenty-eighth street. It 

 seems that, in spite of the high rents 

 paid by the florists, the fur people are 

 willing to go higher, with the result 

 that several of the florists are unable to 

 negotiate renewals of their leases and 

 three or four evacuations are scheduled 

 for the near future. The veteran, J. K. 

 Allen, will probably be the first to lo- 

 cate in new quarters. 



The "handwriting on the wall" 

 would lead one to expect that Twenty- 

 eighth ^street is not to be much longer 

 for the florists. Already there is talk 

 of reconeentration in another district, 

 but the problem is an acute one. Avail- 

 able locations, through the general 

 movement of industries toward segre- 

 gation, have been pretty well covered. 

 The various prospects presented to the 

 florist trade within a decade or more 

 were lightly dismissed without thought 

 to a future, which was then considered 

 to ho a possibility rather than a prob- 

 ability. One or two plans which, un- 

 der present circumstances, would be 

 welcomed were cast aside and cannot 

 now be recalled, and the prospect of 

 others along similar lines presenting 

 themselves is rnther dim. It is iinder- 

 stood that the Wholesale FloVists' Pro- 

 tective Association is taking action on 

 ths problem. 



Various Notes. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' riub will be held in the club's 

 rooms in the Grand Opera House build- 

 ing, Twenty-third street and Eighth 

 avenue, and a good attendance is ex- 

 pected. An important matter to come 

 before the meeting will be the consid- 

 eration of the proposed new quarters 

 for the club. Anyone havine a novelty 

 in .th^ way of new chrvsanthemums or 

 other flowers or plants, is invited to ex- 

 hibit the same at this meotine. Ex- 

 hibits may be sent in care of John 



Young & Co., 53 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. New York. 



Eoman J. Irwin, 108 West Twenty- 

 eighth street; Wallace E. Pierson, of 

 Cromwell, Conn., and F. C. W. Brown, 

 of Cleveland, O., have gone to the woods 

 in the north of the proyince of New 

 Brunswick on a hunting expedition. As 

 reports from that section are to the 

 effect that game is plentiful this sea- 

 son, they should return with all th« 

 trophies allowed by law. 



The schedule committee of the flower 

 show committee held a meeting Sep- 

 tember 23, at which the final schedule 

 for the show was prepared. The pub- 

 lication of the schedule is delayed 

 through the printers' strike, which has 

 closed all the printing offices in the 

 city. Among the publications which in 

 consequence have been forced into tem- 

 porary suspension is the Florists' Ex- 

 change. 



Visitors: J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; 

 Major P. F. O'Keefe, Boston. 



J. H. P. 



The third Wednesday in each month 

 has been decided upon as the stated 

 meeting time of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York. The first meeting under 

 this arrangement will take place Octo- 

 ber 15 at 8 p. m., at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, Seventy- 

 seventh street and Columbus avenue. 

 A primary motive in establishing this 

 regular meeting date is to provide for 

 the gardening profession in New York 

 and vicinity a stated monthly meeting 

 to which gardeners may come to discuss 

 current happenings, and also to exhibit 

 new, unusual, or interesting plants and 

 flowers. An invitation is extended to 

 all, especially gardeners, whether mem- 

 bers of the society or not, to attend 

 these meeting;s. The larger the at- 

 tendance at the first meeting the better 

 we can plan for the future, so all inter- 

 ested are urged to be present. 



CHICACK). 



The Market. 



Proverbially mercurial, sentiment in 

 the market is enjoying a flight this 

 week. We are well into October, the 

 month which set a new record last year 

 and which even the most sanguine had 

 not hoj)ed to equal in 1919. But won- 

 ders never cease and a considerable 

 number of the progressive houses find 

 that their sales for the first seven days 

 of October not only equal the splendid 

 record of last year, but actually show 

 a handsome increase! It is no wonder 

 everybody is busy and happy. 



If there is any wholesaler in this 

 market who is not doing business it is 

 because of one or both of two things: 

 Either he has little stock of the right 

 kind or he has neglected to place his 

 shipping bnsiness on a firnj foundation. 

 The shipping trade is well known to be 

 the backbone of the market. C. L. 

 Washburn, just home from a trip to the 

 Pacific coast, illustrates the value of 

 shipping business by describing condi- 

 tions in Ran Francisco. He says that 

 within the last couple of years a tre- 

 mendous shipping business on chrysan- 

 themums has been built up in San 

 Francisco. It even extends as far east 

 as Chicago, but the point that Mr. 

 Washburn brings out is that retailers 

 in San Francisco told him that tfce 

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