October 16, 1919. 



The Horists^ Review 



21 



NEW YORK FLORISTS MEET. 



Decision on New Quarters. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club was held in 

 the club's rooms, Grand Opera House 

 building, Twenty-third street and 

 Eighth avenue, Monday evening, Octo- 

 ber 13, with a good attendance in spite 

 of the fact that the day was a legal 

 holiday. 



The principal business of the evening 

 was the consideration of new quarters 

 for the club. A. M. Henshaw, chairman 

 of the committee on quarters, reported 

 that an insistence on the part of the 

 trustees of the Engineering Societies 

 building rendered further negotiations 

 for quarters therein impossible until the 

 club's charter had been amended so as 

 to eliminate one of the objects for or- 

 ganization which it included. As this 

 did not seem to be a serious matter, the 

 comparative advantages of two rooms 

 in the building were discussed by W. A. 

 Manda, John Scheepers, Maurice Fuld, 

 P. W. Popp, John Young, Henry Weston, 

 Arthur Herrington and Wm. C. Eick- 

 ards, Jr. The opinion seemed to be 

 general that the larger room of the two 

 was the more desirable, in that it would 

 provide an opportunity to hold small 

 flower shows and give lectures in which 

 the public could be interested. The 

 feeling was that the work of the club 

 was not made as public as it should be. 

 The rent of this room, on yearly lease, 

 was to be $45 per night, but this was 

 not considered to be a barrier. Finally, 

 on motion of Jos. A. Manda, the com- 

 mittee was empowered to enter into a 

 lease of the room when negotiations 

 were again possible. As it was decided 

 that the necessary change in the char- 

 ter — which was merely the elimination of 

 the words, "social recreation of its mem- 

 bers," from the paragraph setting forth 

 the club's objects — should be authorized 

 in the same manner as amendments to the 

 by-laws, the secretary was, on motion, 

 instructed to insert in the notice calling 

 the next meeting a paragraph announc- 

 ing that a formal vote would be taken 

 on the subject. 



Plans for the Flower Show. 



For the flower show committee, Ar- 

 thur Herrington reported progress. The 

 committee had been in session all that 

 afternoon and preparations for the 

 show to open in the Grand Central 

 Palace March 15 were found to be in 

 excellent shape. Secretary Young had 

 reported that more trade space on the 

 exhibition had already been sold than 

 had been apportioned for any previous 

 show, thus showing the support the 

 project was receiving from prospective 

 commercial exhibitors. In the competi- 

 tive section, matters were not of course 

 so well advanced at such an early date, 

 but it did not seem likely that any 

 anxiety need be felt as to the outcome. 



Secretary Young remarked upon the 

 work of Treasurer Frederic E. Jfewbold 

 in the direction of inaugurating special 

 features for the show. Through Mr. 

 Newbold, the Garden Clubs of America 

 had become interested in the show and 

 were arranging to occupy considerable 

 space on the second floor, there to hold 

 meetings and receptions, time periods 

 being devoted to different clubs in the 

 organization. The tea garden was to 

 be pperated on a more elaborate scale 

 than ever before and some prominent 

 societies would take part in the man- 



agement. He pointed out that the 

 Gpand Central Palace was now under 

 new management and the interests were 

 desirous of cooperating to the fullest 

 extent with the committee in order to 

 make the show a complete success. 



New Members. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: A. I. Dunn, 148 Front street. 

 New York; Charles Fremd, 148 Front 

 street. New York; S. S. Skidelsky, 50 

 Park place. New York; Harry W. C. 

 Herrmann, 2897 Fulton street, Brook- 

 lyn; George B. Cannon, 43 Atlantic 

 street, Stamford, Conn.; Leo Osternei, 

 Digny avenue. New York; James 

 Brown, 1170 Broadway, New York; 

 William J. Manda, 191 Valley road. 

 West Orange, N. J., life membership. 



John Buckman, of H. F. Michell Co., 

 Philadelphia, was proposed for election 

 at the next meeting. 



Memorial Resolutions. 



On motion of Secretary Young, a com- 

 mittee was ordered to be appointed to 

 prepare resolutions on the death of John 



B. Deamud. Eesolutions on the deaths 

 of Joseph G. Leikens and Meyer Otile 

 were presented by committees appointed 

 for the purpose and were passed unani- 

 mously, copies being ordered sent to the 

 relatives of the deceased. A committee 

 was also appointed to prepare resolu- 

 tions on the death of August Jahn, 

 Brooklyn. 



The committee on awards, through 

 Chairman C. W. Knight, announced 

 that the everbearing Easpberry La 

 France, awarded the club's preliminary 

 certificate October, 1918, had been in- 

 spected by the committee under grow- 

 ing conditions at Stamford, Conn., Oc- 

 tober 8, 1919, and a full certificate of 

 merit was recommended to be issued to 

 John Scheepers, the disseminator. On 

 motion the report of the committee was 

 accepted and the issue of the certifi- 

 cate directed. 



Subscription to Publicity Campaign. 



The club by vote on a motion made 

 by Secretary Young approved of the 

 appropriation of $500 as a subscription 

 to the national publicity campaign. 



John Watson, secretary of the Amer- 

 ican Nurserymen's Association, and J. 



C. Vaughan, of Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 Chicago, were present as members and 

 made short addresses. 



C. H. Totty Co., Madison, N. J., staged 

 a handsome vase of the new pink Eose 

 Frank W. Dunlop, and Philip F. Kess- 

 ler. New York, showed a splendid vase 

 of Bouvardia Humboldtii, both ex- 

 hibitors receiving a vote of thanks. 



J. H. P. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Within a week the weather of four 

 seasons has been experienced — frost, 

 warm rains, cold rains, spring-like and 

 midsummer temperatures — so that stock 

 under glass as well as outdoors has been 

 adversely affected. Away from the 

 water, frost has blackened much of the 

 outdoor stock, but in the territory near 

 to market no damage to speak of has 

 been noti,ced. Immense quantities of 

 dahlias are arriving, some of fine qual- 

 ity, and in the absence still of the usual 

 flood of chrysanthemums, they move 

 fairly well. 



The market is slowly approaching the 

 condition customary at this season. 

 On(!e weather conditions become settled, 

 business should improve. The general 

 demand is fair, although uneven in char- 

 acter, one day being good and the next 

 not at all up to standard. 



Eoses generally are quite plentiful, 

 with short grades in much greater 

 abundance than the long-stemmed 

 grades, but prices remain pretty firm, 

 except on open stock, which in the last 

 day or two has been greatly in evidence. 

 American Beauty is not in such heavy 

 supply as it has been for some time, 

 with the result that special grades have 

 moved up somewhat in price. Hybrid 

 teas are of excellent quality and clean 

 up well. 



Carnations are in heavier supply, and 

 at times move slowly. The variety Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward sells best, selected flowers 

 bringing 4 cents. About 1 cent to 3 

 cents is the range for average stock. 



Cattleyas are quite plentiful, although 

 not in such abundance; as formerly at 

 this time of year. Clearances are at 

 times difficult without concessions in 

 price, the demand not being particu- 

 larly strong. The price range is 25 

 cents to 50 cents, with the finer hybrids 

 bringing $1 or more. A few spray 

 orchids are coming in, oncidiums, pha- 

 Isenopsis and odontoglossums. 



Lily of the valley is in better supply, 

 but the price on the best grades is still 

 20 cents to 30 cents, with inferior flow- 

 ers and culls within a range of 4 cents 

 to 15 cents. There are no Easter lilies 

 to be had, but plenty of rubrums are 

 available, at 3 cents to 6 cents. 



A few sweet peas are arriving, but 

 the quality is poor. The best move at 

 1 cent to 2 cents per spray. The violet 

 supply is increasing, but the quality is 

 poor and much stock goes into the hands 

 of street men. Asters are about fin- 

 ished, although a few are yet seen. 



The supply of chrysanthemums is in- 

 creasing, but is confined largely to the 

 early varieties. The price range is $2 

 to $6 per dozen for the b.est grades. A 

 few singles and pompons are arriving, 

 but do not meet an active demand. 



Some snapdragon of fair quality is no- 

 ticed, indoor grown, at 4 cents to 6 

 cents. Bouvardia is in fairly good sup- 

 ply at 40 cents to 75 cents per bunch. 

 Tritomas, candytuft, cosmos, ageratum 

 and calendulas still arrive in large quan- 

 tities, and move slowly at some price or 

 other. 



Various Notes. 



Frank Golsner, formerly with Hentz 

 & Nash, of the Coogan building, has 

 taken quarters on the floor of the New 

 York Cut Flower Exchange, in the same 

 building, and will start business as a 

 wholesale florist November 1. He will 

 handle most of the cut of Golsner . & 

 Sons, College Point, L. I. 



W. J. Manda, son of Joseph A. Manda, 

 West Orange, N. J., recently was oper- 

 ated upon for appendicitis, but is said 

 to be making satisfactory progress to- 

 ward recovery. 



The formal opening of the new cen- 

 tral display greenhouse at the New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx park, the 

 Guggenheimer gift, is to take place Sat- 

 urday afternoon, November 8. A spe- 

 cial exhibition of chrysanthemums, 

 roses, carnations, decorative plants and 

 orchid plants, in cooperation with the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, will 

 be held in connection with the opening 

 and continued during the two following 



