JCLT 16, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Ificliael Henry Lyncb. 



Michael Henry Lynch, president of 

 the Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., died June 30 at St. Vincent's hos- 

 pital, Indianapolis, Ind. He had been 

 taken sick while on a visit to his broth- 

 er, Joseph, and died following an opera- 

 tion. 



Mr. Lynch was . born and raised in 

 West Grove and had been connected 

 with the Dingee & Conard Co. for thirty- 

 six years, having entered the green- 

 houses when a lad. He owned consider- 

 able land and had a model farm near 

 Philadelphia. He was wealthy and well 

 known in West Grove and Philadelphia 

 for his philanthropies. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Catholic church and of Phila- 

 delphia Council, Knights of Columbus. 



He is survived by his wife, who was 

 formerly Miss Carey, of New York, and 

 whom he married in 1901, and one child, 

 Marie. 



Funeral services were held at , St. 

 Mary's church, in West Grove, Pa. 



NEW YOKE. 



The Market. 



The New York cut flower market is 

 showing the effect the dull season now 

 entered upon, in both supply and de- 

 mand. Most of the wholesale stores are 

 closed by 3 p. m., and business might 

 well be considered finished at noon. 



There is an exodus every day of hun- 

 dreds of families seeking a summer va- 

 cation, practically all users of flowers 

 during the months considered in this 

 market as "the season." The same 

 thing happens every year; so all inter- 

 ested are used to it. The situation, 

 properly considered, has a humorous 

 side. The local population bends every 

 effort to flee the city during July and 

 August, while an influx of visitors from 

 cities all over the country makes of 

 New York a summer resort, and, really, 

 it can live up to that reputation save in 

 the estimation of its own people. The 

 visitors, however, do not buy flowers. 



Roses are plentiful, really too plenti- 

 ful for the legitimate demand. Often 

 a box n^wly arrived is sold without 

 more than the formality of opening, 

 so that a purchasing prospect shall not 

 get away. While records of such pur- 

 chases cannot and do not affect straight- 

 liae prices, it may be said that they are 

 more than 100 per cent better than simi- 

 lar transactions were in years not long 

 paat. American Beauty is in quantity 

 sufficient to meet all demands, and the 

 best specials occasionally move at $30 

 per hundred, but more often for less. 

 The range might be said to be from $8 

 to $20. It is the same with hybrid teas; 

 arrivals are in excess of legitimate de- 

 mands, and when the best selections are 

 made, the remainder is moved only at 

 concessions in price, which, it must be 

 said, are not so low as might be ex- 

 pected. 



The supply of carnations has tapered 

 off to almost a negligible quantity. A 

 few good flowers, exceptionally good for 

 the time of year, are coming in, but the 

 rest of the arrivals are of the low qual- 

 ity usual at this time and are moved at 

 50 cents or less per hundred. Top fig- 



M. Henry Lynch. 



ures are $2 and $3, and the offerings 

 quite worth these prices. 



Cattleya orchids are not in really 

 good -supply, and the quality of the 

 best of the arrivals is nothing to boast 

 of. If a retailer's requirements run to 

 selected stock he must pay $1, but for 

 funeral work the supply of presentable 

 flowers is sufficient to bring the price 

 to 20 cents and less. 



Easter lilies are more plentiful than 

 could be expected at this time of year, 

 and prices have gone to a range of $6 

 to $8, with extra specials reaching 

 $10. Lily of the valley is somewhat in 

 excess of the demand, and 50 cents to 

 $5 per hundred was the range July 12. 



There is a little shortening in the 

 supply of miscellaneous flowers, but 

 only the ash-barrel is the loser. Good 

 stock sells readily, but inferior flowers 

 predominate. Some fine Japanese iris 

 is arriving and in demand for window 

 displays. Gladioli are late; most of 

 the arrivals are of the greenhouse vari- 

 eties. 



Various Notes. 



Early closing is a feature of both the 

 Eighteenth street fiower market and the 

 stores in the Twenty-eighth street dis- 

 trict. 



The wife of Edward Johnson, who, 

 with her husband, was the victim of a 

 burglarious assault by a negro in their 

 home, 852 East Twenty-ninth street, 

 Flatbush, Brooklyn, July 4, died as a 

 result of her injuries, and the alleged 

 murderer has been captured and is held 

 for action by the grand jury. 



S. S. Butterfield, formerly prominent 

 as a member of the New York Florists' 

 Club and at one time vice-president of 



that organization, now resident in Okla- 

 homa com. ty, Okla., has made a good 

 record as a member of the last two leg- 

 islatures of the state and is now being 

 boomed by his friends for the office of 

 county commissioner on the Democratic 

 ticket. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Dahlia Society held a meeting in 

 New York Monday, July 12, at which 

 preparations for the forthcoming show 

 of the society in New York were fully 

 discussed. J. H. P. 



CHICAOO. 



The Market. 



It is midsummer, but it is remarkable 

 the way the shipping trade holds up. 

 Of course the volume of business is 

 much reduced from the high levels of 

 May and June, but it is better than 

 ever before in July. There are, as 

 usual in summer, many fluctuations in 

 the demand from day to day, influenced 

 by the call for funeral work and the 

 condition of the weather, but as each 

 week is recorded it shows an excellent 

 percentage of gain over last July, 

 hitherto the best this market has 

 known. At last it may be said that 

 the flower business has become an all- 

 the-year-around affair, not only for the 

 Chicago wholesale market but for the 

 enterprising retailers everywhere who 

 are keeping up their window displays 

 and working for sales. 



The weather always is a big influence 

 on the flower business, but it is even 

 more so in the summer than at other 

 times. Whenever there is a few days 

 of heat the result is apparent in in- 

 creased 8U]jply and deteriorated quality. 



