JANUABY 13, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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ALBANY, N. Y. 



The Market. 



After the unusually large holiday 

 business it was to be expected that 

 trade would be dull during the first few 

 days of the present month, but, con- 

 trary to such expectations, most retail-, 

 ers report a brisk business for last 

 week, due in part to the opening of the 

 legislature January 5 and the demand 

 for funeral work. 



Despite the fact that conditions are 

 unsettled in labor circles and that there 

 have been and still exist many lay-offs 

 in certain sections of the capital dis- 

 trict, it is gratifying to know that peo- 

 ple are buying and sending potted 

 plants and boxes of cut flowers. This 

 was particularly noticeable at Christ- 

 mas, when many purchasers made it 

 known that in previous years they had 

 patronized other trades, but had 

 changed their patronage to their fav- 

 orite florists to select presents, all of 

 which is the result of the variety of 

 advertisements advising them to "Say 

 It with Flowers." This would indicate 

 that the trade should make larger ap- 

 propriations for advertising during the 

 present year. 



Although the prices of cut flowers 

 have a downward tendency, the demand 

 has been quite equal to the supply; in 

 fact, it was greater during the latter 

 part of the week. One wholesale house 

 reported that it was sold out Saturday 

 at 11 a. m. The local growers are dis- 

 posing of all their roses, carnations, 

 stevia, orchids and freesias, as well as 

 potted cyclamens, primroses, hyacinths 

 and ferns, at satisfactory prices. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Albany 

 Florists' Club was held at the Albany 

 Cut Flower Exchange, January 6, at 

 8 p. m., at which time Samuel Hansen, 

 of Troy, N. Y., and H. E. Eberhardt, 

 of Schenectady, N. Y., newly elected 

 president and vice-president, were duly 

 installed. Louis W. Schaefer, reelected 

 secretary-treasurer, announced that the 

 club had in good standing ninety mem- 

 bers and a cash balance of $628. 



After the adjournment of the meet- 

 ing the members, seventy-five in num- 

 ber, marched in a body to the Hampton 

 hotel, where a fine banquet was ten- 

 dered them at the expense of the club. 

 Thomas Tracey acted as toastmaster, 

 calling at intervals upon the members 

 for remarks and the entertainers, pro- 

 cured through Matthew Mulholland, of 

 Troy, N. Y., to do their stunts. The 

 entertainment consisted of piano and 

 stringed instruments and song and 

 dance artists. Those of the local mem- 

 bers called on for remarks, all of whom 

 responded in an able manner, were 

 Tred Danker, Fred Goldring, .Tames 

 Barnett, Howard Menand, James Las- 

 caras, William McGinn, Mr. Hillery, of 

 the Saltford Flower Shop, Poughkeep- 

 sie, N. Y., and Morris Cohen, of New 

 York. 



James J. Karins, of Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc.. Philadelphia, presented Edward 

 Tnaoev, the retiring president, a writ- 



ing case containing a gold pen and a 

 gold pencil. Mr. Tracey, in accepting, 

 expressed his appreciation, and in re- 

 ferring to the successful year just 

 passed, gave the credit to Secretary- 

 Treasurer Louis W. Schaefer. 



The conclusion of the entertainment 

 was furnished by the well known hon- 

 orary member, Dennis McCarthy, who 

 gave several vocal selections and 

 capped them with the delivery of his 

 latest monologue, "The Book Agent." 



Various Notes. 



The opening of the legislature, Jan- 

 uary 5, created a market for the finer 

 specimens of roses, chiefly American 

 Beauty, Premier, Columbia, Ophelia, 

 Hadley and Hoosier Beauty, the aggre- 

 gate sales running up to several thou- 



ffQVERY now and then a welt 

 IIJ9 pleased reader cpeakt the word 

 which is the means of bringing a 

 new advertiser to 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florisfs use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS* PUBLISHING CO. 

 ^30-60 Caxton Bldg. Chicago 



sands of dollars. These sales were 

 divided among the leading florists of 

 the city. Some orders were sent from 

 Cohoes, Mechanicsville, Troy, Schenec- 

 tady and New York city. 



M. Jacobson, manager of the Blos- 

 som, the retail store which opened last 

 September, reports that business is still 

 steadily increasing and that his firm 

 had a big holiday trade. Last week he 

 reported a number of orders for the 

 Capitol and an amazing number of tele- 

 graph orders for a new store. 



Fred A. Danker is to be congratu- 

 lated upon his showing of fine azaleas 

 during the holidays and last week. His 

 is one of the few stores in the city with 

 these blooms. 



William C. Gloeckner had his usual 

 amount of orders for the Capitol last 

 week, consisting mostly of vases and 

 baskets of American Beauty, Premier 

 and Hadley, as well as having New 

 Year's day decorations for the state 

 comptroller's office and the secretary 

 of state's office. 



Edward Tracey, of the Rosery, re- 

 ports that business following the holi- 

 day trade was more than he expected, 

 having had a number of orders for the 



Capitol as well as numerous weddings 

 and funerals. 



H. G. Eyres had an unusual amount 

 of funeral work last week, including 

 the family work for Oscar L. Hoscy, 

 January 3. This work entailed the 

 making of an expensive family blanket. 



Stephen D. Green, of H. Bayersdorfer 

 & Co., Philadelphia, was in Albany last 

 week. M. J. 



BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Since the holidays business has been 

 slow indeed. Stock in general has not 

 been overplentiful, fortunately, but in 

 some cases a heavier supply would have 

 been much appreciated. The dull, dark 

 weather is more or less responsible for 

 this shortage. Stock is high in price 

 along most lines. There has been a gen- 

 eral falling off in the supply of roses 

 and carnations. Eussell and Premier 

 are in good demand and are great fa- 

 vorites. American Beauties are not in 

 heavy supply. Carnations are bringing 

 a good price for this season, and last 

 week-end brought $8 per hundred. 

 There is a heavy supply of Paper White 

 narcissi and a generous sprinkling of 

 yellow narcissi. These are bringing $4 

 per hundred. Lily of the valley is ex- 

 ceptionally fine and is moving a little 

 better. Orchids are plentiful and the 

 demand is fair. There are some good 

 cypripediums also, which sell well. 

 Small quantities of red and yellow 

 tulips are seen frequently. Freesia 

 Purity is reaching us and is of splen- 

 did quality. Pussy willows are also in 

 fair demand. Violets are arriving in 

 good supply and their quality is improv- 

 ing. Some good but short-stemmed 

 sweet peas reach us and move freely. 



Various Notes. 



C. Aubrey Lester, of George B. 

 Hart 's wholesale supply department, 

 has been sick for about ten days, but is 

 expected back within a few days. He 

 has suffered a serious strain. 



The nominating committee of the 

 Rochester Florists' Association met Fri- 

 day evening, January 7, at the Osborn 

 House. The first meeting of the asso- 

 ciation will be held Friday evening, 

 January 14, when the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year will occur. The 

 proposed change in meeting night will 

 also be talked over and acted upon if 

 found necessary. 



George E. Case, of James Vick's 

 Sons' retail store, on Stone street, is 

 recovering from a hard cold. He has 

 been away from the store for nearly 

 two weeks, but is on the way to re- 

 covery and is expected back in about a 

 week 's time. 



Visitors to Rochester last week in- 

 cluded Mr. and Mrs. .Tohn Marsh, of 

 Bay City, Mich.; Ray R. White, of the 

 Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy; Valentine 

 Gatz, of Albion, N. Y., andG. Geller, of 

 Now York city. 



A general survey of the up-town flo- 

 rists shows that New Year's business 

 was in every way satisfactory. Christ- 

 mas business, now that the rush is over. 



