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The Florists' Review 



43 



a] 'J living' 1(1 s< 1o<-1(mI stock. Tlic supiily 

 oi liybrid teas is not at all heavy, and 

 after early iiiorniii<T sales are made little 

 stock is left, and this easily clears out at 

 the prices for the day. The short grades 

 are not plentiful, and the demand for 

 them keeps prices up to a jioint above 

 normal. The quality is generally good. 



There is a larger supply of carnations, 

 and the demand for them has increased 

 with an improvement in the quality of 

 the offerings. The range of prices is $6 

 to $10, the latter figure being for Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward and Benora. 



Cattleyas continue scarce and high in 

 price, and there is little prospect of a 

 change in these conditions. Cypri- 

 pediums are plentiful and move rather 

 slowly at times, at $4 to $6 per dozen 

 according to the variety. Spray orchids 

 are quite scarce and arrivals are taken 

 freely at prices hardly quotable. A little 

 lilac has come in, but it is not yet an im- 

 portant item. There is still a scarcity 

 of gardenias, and the best of the arrivals 

 bring $9 per dozen, with a few selected 

 flowers as high as $1 per bloom. The 

 supply of Easter lilies does not seem to 

 increase; apparently this staple can no 

 longer be reckoned on as in daily sup- 

 ply. The situation as regards lily of the 

 valley, too, is unchanged, the extremely 

 small supply commanding almost prohib- 

 itive prices. A few rubrums continue 

 to arrive and bring $G to $10 per hun- 

 dred. 



Sweet peas are in fair supply and the 

 quality is better than it has been for 

 some time; they move well at from 

 $2 to $') per hundred sprays. Violets 

 are in good supply and are taken freely 

 when of good quality, at prices ranging 

 from 75 cents to $1.50 per hundred. 

 Paper Whites at 50 cents per bunch and 

 the yellow Soleil d'Or at 50 to 75 cents 

 per bunch move fairly well, as do also 

 snapdragons at 50 cents to $1.50 per 

 bunch. Calendulas, yellow daisies, pink 

 bouvardia, wallflowers, mignonette and 

 stevia are also available and clean \i\> 

 well. 



Various Notes. 



The re<M'nt death, in Havana, Cuba, of 

 George M. Bradt brings to mind the 

 famous variegated carnation which was 

 named for his wife about twenty years 

 ago. 



The Von Tilzer song, "Say It with 

 Flowers," was rendered before the Ki- 

 wanis <'lul) at the Hotel McAlpin 

 Wednesday, December 10. The imblishcr 

 of a similar song, which was a feature 

 of the entertainment at the president's 

 reception during the Detroit convention, 

 Meyer Cohen, died last week in Detroit. 



Malmaison carnations are being fea- 

 tured in the window displays in Fleisch- 

 man's store at Fifth avenue and Forty- 

 second street. 



The final schedule of prizes for the 

 international flower show, to be held in 

 the Grand Central Palace next March, 

 is being distributed from the secretary's 

 office, 1170 Broadway. The schedule 

 contains the cut flower premiums, an- 

 nouncement of which has usually been 

 made later. 



A collection of gas in the conduit sys- 

 tem along Broadway exploded Friday 

 night, December 5, putting the electric 

 lighting system in the neighborhood of 

 Twenty-eighth street out of commission 

 and doing much damage to Broadway 

 buildings. As a result, tlie wholesale 

 florists of the district were doing busi- 

 ness by candle ligiit Saturday. The 

 building containing the offices of the S. 



i WHO'S WHO ^^^^.LAND WHY I 



ARCHIBALD M. HENSHAW. 



Fli'D.M file mercantile marine to the tlorists' business is a wide .jninii, but 

 Lieutenant-Commander Archibald M. Henshaw, head of the Henshaw Floral 

 Co., New York, and president elect of the New York Florists' Club, has ma.de it 

 twice. Born in Bristol, England, in 1877, after finishing a public school educa- 

 tion he followed the sea for two years. Then lie came to this count ly and spent 

 six months with John N. May at Summit, X. J., and twd years at the Tapliii place 

 at M.aywooil, X. J., going later to Atlanta, Ga., where he remained with the 

 West View Floral Co. a year. The lure of the sea again asserted itself and he 

 speiil the next six years alloat. encircliiiL; the world in his travels and retiring 

 with a first oflicer's certificate. The florists' business fnicc more called liiiii and 

 he spent some years with Henshaw Bros., Springfield, X. .1., leaving his brothers 

 to engage with Young & Xugcnt, Xew Y''ork. Subsequently lie engaged in business 

 on his own account; later, in IPcS, lie joined Joseph S. Fenricli in the jiartnership 

 of Henshaw A; Fenricli. In lOK! li(> iiroiiidted the llensliaw floral <""., to conduct a 

 profit-sharing business on wludesale lines. Karly in U»17 he volunteered in the 

 United States Xaval Reserve and spent most of his two years' service in British 

 and French waters, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander. .1. 11. I*. 



A. F. had several of its windows shat- 

 tered. 



Schneider & Noe, the carnation grow- 

 ers of Congers, N. Y., have for some 

 time been using a method of fastening 

 their shi{)piug boxes which has proved 

 satisfactory and does away with the use 

 of roping. They use a broad strap with 

 encircling straps sewni on at the ends 

 and the middle, with buckle fastenings. 

 This "harness" looks much like two 

 E's back to back. The "harness" is 

 ijuickly attached to a box and as quickly 

 removed, is always ready, lasts a long 

 time and is inexpensive. 



Frank K. Pierson, Tarrytown, X. Y., 

 was featured in the rotogravure section 

 of the Sunday World X'ovember 29 un- 

 der the general caption, " 'Mr. Mayor' 

 of the Suburbs." He is being con- 

 gratulated upon the excellence (.f the 



portrait, although his friends say they 

 have never seen him in the act of cut- 

 ting flowers, whereas the newspaper 

 credits him with growing 10,000,000 

 roses every year. 



lioceiit \isitors to this city were as 

 follows: R. C. Bridgham, X'ewton Rose 

 Conservatories, Xewtonville, Mass.; Ma- 

 jor P. V. O'Keefe, Boston; J. G. Gam- 

 mage, London, Out., and 1'.. Hammond 

 Tracv, Wenham, Mass. 



J. H. P. 



A lecture on ' ' Korea and its Vegeta- 

 tion " will be delivered by E. H. Wil- 

 son at the meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society of Xew York, Wednesday, De- 

 cember 17, at 8 }». m., at the American 

 Museum of Xatural History, .Seventy- 

 seventh street and Central park, west. 

 Mr. Wilson is assistant director of the 



