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Janoabt 1, 1920. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



Aanual Banquet of Members and Employees of the House of Bayersdorfrr. 



Benora, whites and inferiors running 

 down to $15. Boses were in fairly good 

 supply, but there were too many of the 

 long-stemmed grades to move at prices 

 asked. American Beauty specials in the 

 best grade brought $2 per flower, an- 

 other record price in this market, but, 

 as they were not plentiful, clearances 

 were easy. Of the hybrid teas the short 

 grades moved readily at $15 per hun- 

 dred upward, but much of the long- 

 grade special stock, for which $100 was 

 asked, hung fire, with the exception, per- 

 haps, of Hadley and Scott Key. Much 

 left-over stock was cleared at $50 per 

 hundred and less December 26 and 27. 

 There was too much lily of the valley 

 for the unusually light demand and 

 prices of good stock tumbled from $30 

 to $12 per hundred and even lower, and 

 then stock did not clear. Easter lilies 

 were not in good supply, and brought 

 35 cents per flower. Callas were also 

 short in supply, and the top price moved 

 up to $9 per dozen for the best flowers. 

 An attempt to boost sweet peas beyond 

 $6 failed and much stock sold for less. 

 Paper Whites brought $1 per bunch of 

 twelve, with Soleil d'Or $1.50, and sales 

 were large. Poinsettias brought $9 per 

 dozen and sold well. There was a tre- 

 mendous supply of plants and all sold 

 well, retailers reporting a good clean-up 

 of everything in this line. The green 

 goods sale was also good. 



When this week opened the supply of 

 flowers was light, dark weather keeping 

 down the cut. Short roses are still in- 

 sufiicient in supply to meet the demand, 

 but the shortage does not seem to help 

 the sale of the longer grades, which 

 move slowly and often only at conces- 

 sions in price. 



Carnations are in poor supply, and 

 the price range is not materially 

 changed in consequence, $12 to $15 per 

 hundred. 



There is a large supply of stevia, 

 which moves at two to four bunches for 

 $1, and is freely taken. Sweet peas and 

 narcissi are plentiful, and there is mucli 

 stock of a miscellaneous character, all 

 of which sells well. A few tulips are 

 seen, but of too poor quality to attract 

 buyers. 



Various Notes. 



As a result of several meetings held 

 to consider the housing of wholesale 



interests along West Twenty-eighth 

 street, whose tenancies of present quar- 

 ters are threatened by the inroads made 

 by other industries, serious considera- 

 tion is being given to a project to center 

 interests on the ground floor of the old 

 Siegel-Cooper department store build- 

 ing, at Sixth avenue. Eighteenth to 

 Nineteenth streets. It is understood 

 that there are twenty-three signatories 

 to the plan and that there is every like- 

 lihood of the project being carried out. 

 The Sixth avenue front of the building 

 will be occupied by various retail in- 

 terests, and the florists will be located 

 on the remainder of the floor, the layout 

 allowing for store fronts on Eighteenth 

 and Nineteenth streets, with corridors 

 inside running north and south and east 

 and west, on which the rears of the 

 stores will abut. Elevated and tube 

 railroad facilities are convenient, as are 

 the other means of travel, and the move 

 is believed to be a good one. 



Thieves broke into the carnation 

 houses of the Henry Hession estate, on 

 Clarkson street, Brooklyn, sometime 

 (luring the night of Thursday, December 

 18, stripping one large house and the 

 greater part of another of the blooms 

 and damaging the plants considerably. 

 Evidently the thieves were not of a pro- 

 fessional character, as the blooms were 

 l)icked with short stems and were val- 

 ueless commercially. Notice was given 

 to all the New York and Brooklyn re- 

 tailers of the occurrence and the request 

 made that anyone offering such blooms 

 for sale be held for arrest. The robbery 

 is being investigated by the police. 



Badgley & Bishop were displaying De- 

 cember 27 in the window of their whole- 

 sale store a quantity of Brazilian cocoa 

 shells, recommended for use as fern 

 baskets. 



New York is certainly having its share 

 of the benefit arising from the singing 

 of the Von Tilzer song, "Say It with 

 Flowers." Early next month it is to 

 begin a twelve or thirteen weeks' run 

 at the new Capitol theater, Broadway 

 and Fifty-first street, the biggest in the 

 world and crowded every night, where 

 it will be given with a quartet chorus 

 and other features. It is understood 

 that the song is also to go on circuit 

 throughout Canada. 



Funeral services for the late George 

 1. Schuneman were held at his home in 



Rockville Center, on the afternoon of 

 Wednesday, December 24. Among the 

 floral offerings was a wreath from the 

 New York Florists* Club, of which he 

 was a member. 



P. D. Wreede, of J. Onderwater & Co., 

 bulb growers of Lisse, Holland, was a 

 visitor last week. Major O'Keefe, of 

 Boston, was also in town. 



C. H. Totty and Mrs. Totty spent 

 Christmas at Canandaigua with rela- 

 tives of Mrs. Totty. J. H. P. 



ANNUAL DINNER AT KUOLEB'S. 



At the annual dinner given by H. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co. to its entire force, 

 at Kugler's, December 23, were present 

 the members of the firm, Harry Bayers- 

 dorfer, Paul Berkowitz and Sydney 

 Bayersdorfer; the nine department 

 heads, and, among the salesmen, Martin 

 Reukauf, I. M. Bayersdorfer, Stephen 

 D. Green, John Walsh, Robert Cullom 

 and Eddie Thorston, as well as the rest 

 of the 125 workers in the house of 

 Bayersdorfer. View of them is given in 

 the accompanying illustration. 



After the dinner, at 7, there was sung 

 a song by Stephen D. Green about per- 

 sons who were there, in the composition 

 of which Sydney H. Bayersdorfer aided. 

 The latter was responsible, also, for the 

 arrangements for the program, which 

 included a vaudeville show and much 

 fun. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Paterson, N. J. — The sheriff's sale of 

 the contents of the store of William 

 Thurston, at 90 Van Houten street and 

 90 Washington street, advertised for 

 Monday, December 22, has been post- 

 poned until Friday, January 2. Several 

 suits have been instituted against Mr. 

 Thurston, one for $5,222.91 by M. E. 

 Langbridge, and others for $500 each by 

 A. Thurston, Charles Roth and Alexan- 

 der Hay. WUliam TEurston has been 

 engaged in the florists' trade for about 

 fifteen years and was formerly in the 

 employ of Edward Sceery. 



Mankato, Minn. — E. G. Willard, grow- 

 er of fancy vegetables and geranium, 

 cuttings, has placed an order with the 

 American Greenhouse Mfg. Co. for a 

 new house to go up in the early spring. 

 He has found practically unlimited de-t 

 mand, especially for geranium cuttings. 



