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The Florists^ Review 



Januabt 8, 1920. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market continued strong last 

 week, arrivals being light and the de- 

 mand good. Some retailers assert that 

 the high prices prevailing during the 

 last two weeks curtailed trade consider- 

 ably, but others declare that the prices 

 made no difference in the retail demand. 

 As there was little accumulation of 

 stock noted in the chief staple lines, it 

 would hardly seem that the public cut 

 down their buying more than ordinarily 

 at this time of year, when prices are 

 expected to be at the high point. 



One feature of the market is the great 

 tumble of lily of the valley, large quan- 

 tities now being available at a price 

 range of $3 to $10 per hundred and 

 moving slowly. At the high prices at 

 which this staple has been held for 

 many weeks, many retail florists were 

 obliged to pass it up completely and, 

 •apparently, after explaining the circum- 

 stances, they had little difficulty in pre- 

 vailing upon customers to take some- 

 thing else. Consequently, valley has 

 -dropped in the absence of demand. 



Eoses are plentiful, but the demand 

 for them is good, particularly in the 

 shorter grades, the stock of which is 

 xeally insufficient. In extras and fancies 

 the supply is rather the other way and 

 sometimes the movement of this stock 

 is sluggish. American Beauty is not 

 overplentiful, and arrivals of special 

 grade stock clear quickly at $75 per 

 hundred for the best. Hybrid teas are 

 about at their best in point of quality 

 and exhibition blooms are not at all un- 

 common. Premier seems to lead in the 

 pink section and Hadley in the red. 

 Ophelia is fine in quality, but, being in 

 larger supply than any other variety, 

 suffers a little in the price range. Kil- 

 larney is little seen and bids fair to 

 vanish altogether in the near future. 



Carnations are not plentiful; conse- 

 quently, prices keep up. The quality 

 •of arrivals is hardly up to the standard 

 for this time of year, when it should be 

 at the peak. The price range is $12 to 

 $15 per hundred, with pink varieties 

 in best demand. 



Cattleyas have dropped in price to 

 $1.50 for the best of the Trianse, which 

 is in greatest supply, but the demand 

 for cattleyas generally is not strong. 

 A few sprays of oncidium and phalse- 

 nopsis are available every day and clear 

 well because of scarcity. Gardenias are 

 not plentiful, arrivals moving readily 

 At 75 cents to $1 per bloom. There are 

 a few Easter lilies and rubrums and 

 their movement is good. 



Paper White narcissi are plentiful, 

 but the best bring 75 cents per dozen, 

 with the yellow Soleil d'Or $1 per dozen. 

 Stevia is also plentiful. Sweet peas are 

 arriving in quantity and, with a con- 

 tinuance of bright weather, should soon 

 become an important factor in the mar- 

 ket. In miscellaneous flowers thei^e are 

 calendulas, myosotis, ranunculus, corn- 

 flowers, snapdragons, mignonette, wall- 

 flowers and pansies, all of which clear 

 well at good prices. 



Various Notes. 



Carl Engelmann, a leading carnation 

 grower of England, who is located at 

 Saffron Walden, Essex, about forty miles 

 from London, was in this city last week. 

 Mr. Engelmann left England four 

 months ago, going direct to South Amer- 



ica, where he visited Buenos Aires, Eio 

 de Janeiro, Valparaiso and other large 

 cities, coming to New York by way of 

 the Panama canal. In Buenos Aires he 

 visited F. Hintermeyer, a member of 

 the F. T. D., and was much impressed 

 by his establishment. Since he is him- 

 self a member of the organization, of 

 course, F. T. D. prospects were discussed 

 at length. Saturday, January 3, Mr. 

 Engelmann went to Boston and after 

 returning to New York he will proceed 

 to Chicago to take in the convention of 

 the American Carnation Society. Be- 

 fore that or afterwards he will visit 

 Detroit and other cities. While in New 

 York he met E. G. Hill, of Bichmond, 

 Ind., and in company with him and C. 

 H. Totty visited the latter 's range at 

 Madison, N. J., and the rose-growing 

 establishment of the Duckham-Pierson 

 Co., also at Madison. He was greatly 

 impressed with the Duckham-Pierson 

 range and considers it to be the last 

 word in commercial greenhouse con- 

 struction. His own establishment in- 

 cludes five acres of glass. 



A visit to the greenhouse establish- 

 ment at Jamaica of A. L. Miller, presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F., a day or two 

 before Christmas was most interesting, 

 disclosing the immense amount of holi- 

 day business in plants accomplished. 

 Among the stock left, however, was 

 plenty of evidence as to the high qual- 

 ity of the original plants. Always noted 

 for the excellence of his poinsettias, 

 Mr. Miller this year had unusually fine 

 stock; the flowering bracts were large 

 and brilliant. About 10,000 plants were 

 put out. Primula malacoides Town- 

 sendii is grown in quantities, and some 

 benches of well flowered plants await- 

 ing delivery were a sight indeed. Little 

 flowering stock among the ericas was 

 left, except culls which Mr. Miller would 

 not send out. Otabeite orange plants 

 in fruit had sold out well, and the Miller 

 strains of Christmas peppers and flow- 

 ering begonias were entirely gone. Fo- 

 liage plants, such as crotons, pandanus 

 and dracsBuas, had all moved well. 

 There was noted a large stock of mar- 

 guerites coming along for Easter and 

 many thousands of Easter lilies in splen- 

 did shape. The several large houses of 

 decorative plant stock appeared to b« 

 in fine shape and the stock in excellent 

 condition. But, then, these houses al- 

 ways do. Few commercial houses are 

 so well kept up or look so imposing. 

 One notable feature of the houses them- 

 selves is the broad, solid slate walk con- 

 necting the houses in this range. Mr. 

 Miller is rather fastidious in the ap- 

 pointments of his newer houses and does 

 not mind a little expense for trim. Neat 

 moldings adorn the edges of all the 

 benches, and the woodwork, which is 

 the best grade of cypress, is ^ways kept 

 well painted. The supporting legs are 

 of stout pipe, allowing plenty of room 

 and light beneath benches, always an 

 advantage. 



Joseph A. Manda, West Orange, N. J., 

 has taken into partnership his sons, 

 Edward A. and William J., both recent- 

 ly in overseas service with the A. E. F., 

 and has incorporated the business under 

 the name of the Joseph Manda Co. 



A. A. Macdonald, for some years su- 

 perintendent of the J. B. Duke estate, 

 at Somerville, N. J., is going into busi- 

 ness for himself in Somerville as a retail 

 florist and grower and will erect a range 

 of greenhouses as soon as possible. 



Philip F. Kessler, retiring president 



of the New York Florists* Club, has 

 presented the various chairmen of his 

 standing committees with handsome silk 

 mufflers as tokens of his appreciation of 

 their services during his administration. 

 A. M. Henshaw, president-elect of the 

 club, is to entertain at dinner at the 

 Hotel Pennsylvania Saturday evening, 

 January 10, the past presidents and re- 

 tiring and newly-elected officers of the 

 club. 



No one should go short of pocket 

 matches in the near future, for Joseph 

 S. Fenrich is laying in a stock for dis- 

 tribution; the cases are all imprinted 

 "Say It with Flowers." 



Among the incorporations recorded at 

 Albany last week were: The Atlas Seed 

 Co., Dunkirk, $20,000 capital; Craig 

 Muir & Irma Haynes, New York, floral 

 decorators, and Bassi Freres, New Eo- 

 chelle, N. Y. 



The nineteenth annual dinner of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society is to 

 be held at the Florence Inn, Tarrytown, 

 Tuesday evening, January 13. 



Monday evening, January 12, is to be 

 Ladies ' night at the quarters of the New 

 York Florists* Club. The club's regular 

 meeting will be called to order at 7:30 

 and the evening's entertainment will 

 begin promptly at 8:30. The business 

 proceedings will include the installation 

 of the new officers. The club's board 

 of trustees is to meet at the offices of 

 the club, 1170 Broadway, Saturday, Jan- 

 uary 10, at 2:30 p. m., for the annual 

 audit of the books and accounts. 



F. M. Pennock, of San Juan, Porto 

 Eico, was a visitor in this city last 

 week and expects to remain for a 

 month or so. He is growing aspidistras, 

 kentias, ficus and dracsenas at his Porto 

 Eico establishment and is calling upon 

 those in the trade interested in this 

 line. According to his understanding, 

 he is not affected by Quarantine No. 37. 



Eobert E. Berry has resigned his po- 

 sition as superintendent of Brunswick 

 Hall plantation, Lawrenceville, Va., and 

 is coming north again. J. H. P. 



DULUTH, MINN. 



The Market. 



After the Christmas trade the weather 

 turned cold again. Stock was good last 

 week and moved well, although the 

 prices still were high. Eoses were ex- 

 cellent, especially in the longer grades. 

 Carnations were fine, being stronger in 

 the stem and having larger flowers than 

 for some weeks before. Paper Whites 

 and stevia were in moderate supply and 

 violets were on the short side. Corsage 

 work was in abundance, there being 

 many parties and weddings during the 

 week. In the potted plants cyclamens, 

 primulas and begonias sold well for New 

 Year's trade. 



Various Notes. 



The Duluth Floral Co. had a busy time 

 last week with several weddings. The 

 Davis and Jeffery weddings were home 

 weddings. The decorations for the 

 former consisted chiefly of white roses 

 and southern smilax. The bride car- 

 ried a shower bouquet of valley and 

 white roses and three bridesmaids' bou- 

 quets were made of Sunburst roses and 

 showered blue and gold. The table deco- 

 ration was carried out with Sunburst 

 roses. For the Jeffery wedding Bussell, 

 Columbia and Ophelia roses were chiefly 

 used for the altar and decorations. The 



