Januaki 13, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market held its own pretty well 

 last week. Arrivals were not heavy 

 and the demand was light in character, 

 lighter than might be expected at this 

 time of year. Retailers attribute the 

 small business to the high prices of cut 

 flowers. Wholesalers claim that, in gen- 

 eral, the figures are no more than they 

 ought to be at this season, when the 

 (lays are dark and cuts light, to say 

 nothing of coal consumption at a cost 

 more than four times as much as for- 

 merly, and the increased cost of labor 

 and everything else entering into the 

 cost of production. 



Roses are in light supply and there is 

 an apparent shortage in the smaller 

 jjrades, for which the demand is strong. 

 Consequently stocks of these grades 

 move as soon as they arrive. Special 

 hybrid teas hang fire at $35 to $.')0 per 

 hundred, according to variety. Retail- 

 ers do not seem to hanker for these 

 high grades, although to look at them is 

 to concede that they are well worth the 

 ])rice asked. American Beauty is in 

 good supply and special grades move 

 slowly at $50 to $100 per hundroil. 

 Arrivals, generally, show only a small 

 jiroportion of strictly high-grade flow- 

 ers. In the hybrid teas. Premier and 

 Madame Butterfly are showing remark - 

 ;il)lc quality. The supply of Ophelia is 

 short, there being more demand for it 

 than any other variety, its color now 

 admitting of its sale as either a pink 

 or yellow, thus making it serve two 

 purposes. 



Carnations are in much heaxier suji- 

 ply, but the quality of most of the ar- 

 rivals is poor. Prices have slumped to 

 a range of $4 to $6 per hundred, with 

 $8 for special grades. Within n week 

 or two. carnations should be at the 

 ])eriod where their quality is su])|K)sod 

 to be the best for the season, hut it 

 looks as though, with some growers, 

 there is to be no best. 



Orchids are in fair aujiply. Cattleyas 

 are showing somewhat lietter (|iinlity. 

 some fine labiata and hylnid \;irie 

 ties })eing' seen. The price range is 

 $100 to $150 per hundred, with culls and 

 left-overs cleaning out at $."0. There 

 is a good supply of oncidiums, but tlieir 

 movement is slow. Gardenias are 

 abundant and move spasnioilicnlly ;it 

 $1 to $6 per dozen. 



White lilies are not o\-er|ilentitul 

 and meet a sojnewhat regular demand 

 at $20 to $25 per hundred flowers. 

 Callas are in good supjdy at $2 to $5 

 per dozen, with a few only bringing the 

 latter figure. Lilies of the valley are 

 somewh;it in oversujiply; that is, in com- 

 parison with their movement of Inte, 

 nnd prices are down to a range of $1 to 

 $0 per hundred sprays. Paper White 

 niircissi are jilontifiil, nioviiii; slowly at 

 '■'•'> to 50 cents per bumli. PufTodil- 

 nre arriving, but do not ,'ittr;u-1 much 

 attention at $1 to $1.50 jier Ituncli. 

 Tuli]is and Dutch hyacinths ;ire addi- 

 tions to the sup])ly of bulbous material. 

 Preesias continue scarce. 



Violets are not jiarticnlarly plenti- 

 ful, liut move slowly at 50 to 75 cents 

 jier hundred. Sweet peas are abundant, 

 and prices have fallen to $1 to $4 per 

 hundred sprays, with quality nothing 

 to boast of. 



Miscellaneous flowers are identiful, 

 'lie sTipply consisting chioflv of panaies. 

 calendulas, myosotis. wallflowers, mig- 



nonette, iris, Buddleia asiatica, stevia 

 and bougfis of forsythia. 



Various Notes. 



The New York Sun, December 6, had 

 an item announcing that Dr. Berthold 

 A. Baer had obtained a court judgment 

 for an amount due him from the Camp- 

 bell undertaking establishment, whose 

 flowery advertisements, written by the 

 doctor, attracted iriuch attention. "The 

 last lines of the doctor's ads," quoted 

 the Sun, "always carried the telephone 

 number and ' Say It with Flowers. ' 

 This furnished the newspaper li amor- 

 ists with many a paragraph, and the 

 ads gained country-wide circulation." 

 It is odd that after the extensive mag- 

 azine advertising of the publicity cam- 

 paign, in all of which the slogan was 

 used, its origination should now be at- 

 tributed to Dr. Baer. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, 

 N. Y., left on the evening of January 

 t) for Florida. 



Fred Marquardt, the Middle Village 

 florist, and Mrs. Marcjuardt, plan to 

 leave for Florida January 16. 



C. W. Knight, Oakdale, L. I., super- 

 intendent of the Cutting estate, and 

 retiring vice-president of the New York 

 Klorists' Club, reports the cutting last 

 week of a good number of boughs of 

 forsythia, fully flowered, from shel- 

 tered grounds on the estate. This is 

 evidence of the mild season so far. 



TI. C. Neubrand, of Tarrytown, X. Y., 

 and lately residing in the south, has 

 gone on the road for Roman J. Irwin. 



Robert E. Berry, who left New York 

 some months ago to establish a nursery 

 ;it Kiiigs]iort, Tenn., is back in the city 

 again, owing to the work having been 

 held up. 



Thursday evening, Janimry 6, Presi- 

 dent-elect I. S. Hendrickson, of the 

 New York Florists' Club, entertained 

 the members of his "cabinet" at an 

 informal dinner, at the Hotel Pennsyl- 

 \iinia. There were present: Treasurer 

 Rickards, Vice-President-elect Roman 

 .r. Trvvin, Retiring Vice-President C. W. 

 Knight, J. IT. Pepper, W. IT. Siebrecht, 

 .Ir., Isidore Fight, Peter Gerlaird, A. 

 T. De La Mare, Clifford Lowther, C. H. 

 Totty, .\rthur Herrington, Joseph A. 

 -Manda, Percv B. Rigbv and E.x-Presi- 

 dent A. L. Miller, of the S. A. F. The 

 dinner was served in Parlor B, in the 

 style for which the hotel is noted. 

 .\fter coffee and cigars had been served, 

 there was discussion bearing upon mat- 

 ters concerning the club. Each one 

 present made an address, in which sup- 

 ]i(irt was promised Mr. Hendrickson 

 during his administration. Many plans 

 for increasing the usefulness of the or- 

 ganization were suggested, and some 

 of these, it was arranged, wonbl be ju'e 

 seuteil at tlu! meeting of the club on 

 the following Monday. The earnest- 

 ness of the speakers augured well for 

 t'le si'cc(>ss of the umv :idministration. 

 .\t the outset of the proceedings a tele- 

 gram was dispatched to Retiring Presi- 

 dent Heusliaw, at the Overlook hospital, 

 at Rumniit, X. .L, expressing regret at 

 his inability to be present, and wishing 

 him speedy recovery. ^Nfax Schling 

 .'ind Secretary Young, who were unabh^ 

 to attend, sent notices of regret. 



The annual dinner of the Tarrytown 

 Horticultural Society will be held at 

 the Florence Inn, Tarrytown, Jan- 

 uarv 18. J. H. P. 



of the receipt of approximately 400 

 orchid plants, a gift from Lee G. Day. 

 The collection, in which about thirty 

 species are represented, was shij)ped di- 

 rectly from Brazil, reaching its destina 

 tion in excellent condition, notwith- 

 standing the fact that it was con.sid- 

 erably delayed in delivery. The addi- 

 tion has been placed in Conservatory 

 Range 2. 



A colored sticker l%x2i/li inches, 

 for use on letterheads, envelope^,^, etc., 

 is provided by F. W. Payne, p,ceaident 

 of the International Exposition Co., to 

 advertise the eighth international 

 flower show, to be held at the Grand 

 Central Palace, March 14 to 20, 1921. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



The Market. 



Tlie prices of cut flowers since the 

 holidays keep up better than some 

 thought they would. Growers say the 

 cost of producing flowers is still so high 

 that there is little likelihood of any 

 material reduction in prices for some 

 time. The new year has started well 

 with nu)st of the local florists. There 

 has been mucli funeral work, with a few 

 weddings and several social functions. 

 Transient trade is the dullest. 



Various Notes. 



McLaughlin & Murphy, 181 Clinton 

 avenue, have been working dav and 

 night with funeral orders. They have 

 also considerable wedding work.' Their 

 Christmas trade was excellent. 



W. E. James, Clinton and Elizabeth 

 avenues, reports a lively trade in hya- 

 cinths during the holidays. The blooms, 

 he says, were just as sturdy as those 

 maturing for the Easter trade. His 

 first hyacinths were ready for sale De- 

 cember 11. He also had daffodils readv 

 at that date. R. B. M ' 



Announcement is made by the New 

 "^'ork Botanical Garden, at Bronx park. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



St;irting with a large sui)plv and 

 rather low prices, rose crops ran off 

 rapidly last week and January 8 found 

 wholesalers once more rationing their 

 customers. Of course the result was a 

 sharp advance in prices. History seems 

 to bo repeating itself; tlie January rose 

 shortage has come again, almost on 

 schedule time. Its dunition will 4«jiend 

 to a large extent on the weather awi its 

 se\ erity will be in proportion to the de- 

 mand. Business now is active and 

 l>rices are fully up to the familiar level 

 of last winter. The principjil scarcity 

 is of the shorter stems; the demand far 

 exceeds the supply of the so-called 

 shorts, with buyers comitelled to pay 

 for ;; longer grade than they want. 

 TluM'e :ire not a greiit many buvers who 

 really want the longest stems iiiid these 

 command their full v:ilue onlv whei? 

 there is a shortage of the less costly 

 grades. Quality never was better; the 

 roses may cost real money, but they 

 s.-arcely can fail to please the public. 



As the supply of roses has gone down 

 the sujiply of carnations has come up. 

 The price of carn.ations has advanced 

 while the sui)ply increased, because the 

 shortage of roses has turned buvers to 

 the plebeian flower; tlie best" stores 

 handle them now. Qn;ility is fine. A 

 week of clear and cool, but not cold 

 weather, has given character to the 

 flowers at the sjiine time it incre;ised the 



