Jolt 15, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



Michael Henry Lynch. 



Michael Henry Lynch, president of 

 the Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

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

 ])ital, Indianapolis, Ind. He had been 

 taken sick while on a visit to his broth- 

 er, Joseph, and died following an opera- 

 lion. 



Mr. Lynch was born and raised in 

 West Grove and had been connected 

 with the Dingee & Conard Co. for thirty- 

 six years, liaving 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 Rt. 

 Mary's church, in West Grove, Pa. 



ITEW YORK. 



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 ^ p. ni., and business might 

 well be considered finished at noon. 



There is an exodus every day of hun- 

 dreds of families seeking a summer va- 

 I'.ation, 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, 

 |>roper]y considered, has a humorous 

 side. The local population bonds every 

 effort to flee the city during July and 

 August, while an influx of visitors from 

 eities all over the country malvcs of 

 Xew York a summer resort, and, really, 

 it can live up to that reputation save in 

 the estimation of its own people. Tlie 

 visitors, howe\'er, do not buy Jlnwers. 



Roses are plentiful, really ton [ilcuti- 

 ful for the legitimate demand. Often 

 .a box newly arrived is sold without 

 more than the formality of oju'iiiui;, 

 so that a purchasing prospect sli;ill not 

 get away. While records of such ])ur- 

 chases cannot and do not afTcct straiglit- 

 line prices, it may be said that they are 

 more than 100 per cent better than simi- 

 lar transactions wert^ in years not long 

 ])ast. .\meri('an Peauty is in (piantity 

 suflicient to meet all demands, and the 

 best specials occasionally move at $.'!() 

 per hundred, but more often for less. 

 The range might be said to be from $S 

 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 remaiTider is mo\ed only at 

 concessions in price, which, it must be 

 said, are nf)t so low as might be ex- 

 pected. 



The sii|iply of carnations has tapered 

 off to almost a negligible (juantity. A 

 few good llowers, exceptionally good for 

 the time of year, are coming in, but the 

 rest of the arrivals are of the low qua! 

 ity usual at this time and are moved at 

 •>'j cents or less per hundred. Top fig- 



M. Henry Lynch. 



ures are $2 and $.''>, and the offerings 

 (juite worth these prices. 



Cattleya orchids are not in really 

 good «u|>ply, and the quality of the 

 best of the arrivals is nothing to boast 

 of. If a retailer's re(|uirenients run to 

 selected stock he must ])ay .$1, Imt for 

 funeral work the supply of jiresentabb' 

 flowers is suflicient to bring the jirifc 

 to 20 cents and less. 



Easter lilies are more plentiful than 

 could be expecteil at this time of y(>;ir, 

 and prices have gone to a rangr of $ii 

 to .$S, with extra specials reaching 

 $10. Lily of the vjillcy is sonu'wliat in 

 excess of the demand, and HO cents to 

 $5 per hundred was the range July 12. 



There is :i little shortening iu the 

 supply of inisccllatieous flowers, but 

 only the ash-barrel is the loser, (lood 

 stock s(dls rea<lily, but inferior flowers 

 predominate. Some fine .Japanese iris 

 is arriving and in demand for window 

 dis[il;iys. (Jiadioli are late; most of 

 the arrivals are of the greenhouse vari- 

 eties. 



Various Notes. 



Kaily closing is ;i ft-ature of iioth the 

 Kighteenth street flower ni.'irk(^t and the 

 stores iu the Twcntv eighth street liis- 

 trict. 



The wit'c of K(lwarii .Inh n^'^iu, \\li(i, 

 with her husband, was the \iclim of a 

 burglarious assault by a negro in their 

 home, S."2 East Twenty ninth street. 

 Flatbush, Brooklyn, .Inly 1, died as a 

 r(\sulf of her injuries, and the alleged 

 murderer has been . ;iptiircd ami is held 

 for actioti by the gr.and .jury. 



S. S. Buttcrtield, formerly prominent 

 as a menib(>r of the \ew York Florists' 

 Club and at oue time \ ice president of 



that orgnnization, now resident in Okla- 

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

 record as ;i member of the last two leg- 

 islatures of the state and is now being 

 boomed by his friends for the office of 

 county ('(immissioner on the Democratic 

 ticket. 



The executive committee of the .\mer- 

 ican Dahlia Society held a meeting in 

 New York .Monday, .luly 12, at which 

 preparations for the forthcoming show 

 of the societv in iS'ew York were fuUv 

 discusse.l. ' J. II. P. ' 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



It is midsummer, but it is remarkable 

 the way the shipping tr;idc holds up. 

 Ot' course the vnlumc of business is 

 much rt^duced from the high levels of 

 May and dune, but it is better than 

 e\cr before in July. There are, as 

 usual in suinmcr, many fluctuations in 

 the demaiid frniii day to day, influenced 

 by the call idr funeral work and the 

 condition of the weather, but as each 

 week is rccorileil it shows an excellent 

 jiercentage of gain o\er last duly, 

 hitherto the bcNt this market has 

 known. At l;ist 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 e\'erywhere who 

 are keeping up their window disjilays 

 and working for sales. 



The weather always is ;i big intluence 

 on the flower business, but it is even 

 more so in the sumuKT than at other 

 times. Whenever there is a few ilays 

 of heat the result is a[)parent in in- 

 creased suyyly and deteriorated quality. 



