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The Florists' Review 



NOTBIfBBB 11. 1920 



For the exhiliition committee it was 

 announced that the next meeting night 

 would be novelty night, and the com- 

 mittee hoped that the members would 

 send sufficient exhibits to make a good 

 showing. 



Clifford Lowther, for the transporta- 

 tion committee, reported on the recent 

 trip to Indianapolis, to the convention 

 of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery As- 

 sociation. 



C. H. Totty, for the flower show com- 

 mittee, reported arrangements for the 

 flower show next spring to be well under 

 way. 



Secretary Young announced that the 

 club had lost two members by death, 

 William Plumb, a past president, and 

 E. C. Horan. The demise of Mrs. Allen, 

 wife of James K. Allen, was also re- 

 ported. On motion, the chair was di- 

 rected to appoint a committee to pre- 

 pare memorial resolutions. 



Most of the evening was taken up 

 with a discussion of the movement in 

 the direction of publicity to be promoted 

 by the newly organized Allied Florists' 

 Association of New York. Frank H. 

 Traendly reported that at a meeting of 

 the New York Wholesale Florists' Pro- 

 tective Association November 5 the sum 

 of $2,600 was collected to be used for 

 publicity purposes. 



Several candidates were put in nomi- 

 nation for election at the next meeting. 



The Exhibits. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., 

 staged one vase each of Chrysanthemums 

 Nellie Irwin, Elizabeth McDowell and 

 Izola, for which a vote of thanks was 

 awarded. A collection of thirty-five va- 

 rieties of ^eedling single and pompon 

 chrysanthemums exhibited by the same 

 company was awarded a silver medal, 

 and special mention was made of the 

 variety New York, for which the com- 

 mittee on awards recommended a pre- 

 liminary certificate. 



W. A. Manda, Inc., South Orange, 

 N. J., made a display of chrysanthemum 

 seedling No. 8, for which a vote of 

 thanks was awarded. J. H. P. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market is still suffering from an 

 oversupply of stock. Outside material, 

 such as cosmos, dahlias and small chrys- 

 anthemums, continues to arrive and 

 hampers the movement of indoor-grown 

 flowers. The supply of single-stemmed 

 chrysanthemums shows little sign of de- 

 crease and is much in advance of de- 

 mand. Most of the late varieties are 

 being cut and it is expected that the 

 mum season will close early this year. 

 White and pink Chieftain, Bonnaffon, 

 Marigold, Charles Eager and McNiece 

 are among the offerings. 



Roses are abundant and, with so 

 many other flowers available, move 

 rather slowly. American Beauty is not 

 in particularly large supply, "but the 

 demand for it is not active and the 

 prices of specials remain about the same 

 as last quoted. Hybrid teas are plenti- 

 ful, with movement slow at prices about 

 the same as last week. The best Had- 

 leys are bringing as much as $30 and 

 Crusaders a little better. Francis Scott 

 Key is of oxcolleut quality and brings 

 $50 for selected flowers. 



The suj)])ly of carnations is ample, 

 but the demand is weak, probably on ac- 



count of the short stems of many of the 

 arrivals. 



There is a fair demand for cattleyas, 

 which are arriving in somewhat in- 

 creased supply. The labiata variety is 

 supplemented by a few Trianse and Per- 

 civaliana. The price range is 50 cents 

 to $1, with proportionately more for 

 hybrids, which are in but small supply. 

 A few cypripediums are available and 

 some oncidiums. 



Lilies are not in large supply, yet 

 quite sufficient for the rather small de- 

 mand. Lily of the valley is plentiful 

 enough for the small demand and moves 

 slowly. 



Numbers of violets are coming in, but 

 the demand for them is light, the 

 weather not favoring them. The singles 

 seem to be in better favor than the dou- 

 bles this season, the quality being bet- 

 ter. Sweet peas are arriving in small 

 lots and move within a range of $2 to $4 

 per hundred. Narcissi, mostly Paper 

 Whites, continue to arrive in small 

 quantity, but their sale drags. 



Chrysanthemums are hard to quote, 

 prices varying from day to day, accord- 

 ing to accumulations. The large number 

 of arrivals make it absolutely necessary 

 to accomplish clearances, and bargain 

 prices are common. 



Various Notes. 



William Plumb, for many years con- 

 nected with the trade in and around 

 New York, but for the last few years 

 engaged in landscape work in Cuba, 

 came up from Havana last week and 

 engaged a room at the Hotel Breslin. 



e was taken ill Saturday night, Novem- 

 ber 6, and passed away before medical 



tention could be secured. His many 

 fi^ends in New York were shocked to 

 hear of his sudden death. An obituary 

 will Bfi found elsewhere in this issue. 



The executive board of the American 

 Dahlia Society entertained the judges 

 who officiated at the society's recent 

 show in New York at lunch at the 

 Pennsylvania hotel Thursday, November 

 4. President Vincent and Secretary 

 Vick furnished particulars which showed 

 that the exhibition was a decided suc- 

 cess, resulting in a substantial balance 

 for the treasury after meeting all ex- 

 penses. After the lunch there was a 

 meeting of the executive board. 



The special meeting of retailers held 

 at the Chemists' Club Wednesday eve- 

 ning, November 3, was poorly attended, 

 only about forty being present, of whom 

 twenty-four were retailers. The matter 

 of supporting the publicity campaign 

 planned by the newly organized Allied 

 Florists' Trade Association of New 

 York was discussed at length, but, on 

 account of the small attendance, no ac- 

 tion was taken, it being decided to hold 

 another meeting shortly. The retailers 

 pledged themselves to bring others, so 

 as to have a representative gathering. 



Anthony J. Manda and Walter Man- 

 da have taken over the greenhouse 

 property of Florent Spiegeler, at Hollis, 

 L. I., and will continue the business 

 under the style of the Hollis Nurseries, 

 producing both plants and cut flowers. 

 There are six greenhouses on the prop- 

 erty, about 15,000 square feet alto- 

 gether. 



Says the Chatham, N. B., World, of 

 October 22: "Four American gentle- 

 men were at the Touraine hotel Monday 

 with the heads of three moose and four 

 deer they had shot in the Bartibogne 

 region under the guidance of Mr. 

 Connell. They spent about two weeks 



on the hunting ground." The gentle- 

 men referred to were Roman J. Irwin, 

 New York; Wallace R. Pierson, Crom- 

 well, Conn.; F. C. W. Brown, Cleveland, 

 0., and Ernest Gude, Washington, D. C. 



Recent visitors were: George W. 

 Kerr, of the W. Atlee Burpee Co., Ford- 

 hook, Pa.; Richard Vincent, Jr., Whit© 

 Marsh, Md.; George L. Stillman, West- 

 erly, R. I. ; J. K. Alexander, East Bridge- 

 water, Mass. 



Robert E. Berry, well known land- 

 scape gardener, has permanently settled 

 at Kingsport, Tenn., where he is estab- 

 lishing a 20-acre nursery to produce 

 planting material for the town, which is 

 being developed as a manufacturings 

 center and will be made a city of homes 

 something after the style of parts of 

 Rochester, N. Y., and Dayton, O. 



C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J., gave a 

 talk on chrysanthemums before the Park. 

 Garden Club of Flushing, N. Y., Monday- 

 afternoon, November 8. J. H. P. 



Irving Aronson, who was on the sales 

 staff of Schloss Bros., Inc., New York, 

 for the last eight years, has gone into 

 partnership with Harry H. White, for 

 the last three years assistant buyer 

 for the same concern, and they are- 

 doing business as the Whitehouse Rib- 

 bon Co., at 37 East Twenty-eighth street. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. 



The Market. 



A large supply still features the mar- 

 ket. Chrysanthemums have the big call 

 and move fairly well at good prices. 

 Turner brings as high as $12 per dozen, 

 retail, while other varieties go at $5 to 

 $8 per dozen. Pompons in all colors- 

 bring from 25 to 50 cents, wholesale. 



Roses of excellent quality are plenti- 

 ful and move well for the mum season. 

 Columbia, Hoosier and Dunlop are the 

 popular leaders, selling as high as $25 

 per hundred, wholesale, while Ophelia, 

 Shawyer, Milady and White Killarney 

 range from $7 to $20 per hundred. 



The carnation supply is picking up, 

 but is still short of the demand. Carna- 

 tions sell at from $3 to $7 per hundred. 

 Laddie has again made its appearance. 

 The first blooms are rather short, but 

 bring $10 per hundred. A few blooms 

 of Paper Whites may be had. 



Various Notes. 



Three or four days before election 

 were rather slow, but October business 

 shows a little improvement over last 

 year, though the increased cost will no 

 doubt absorb the extra receipts. 



Robert Newcomb, of the Burlington 

 Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, la., 

 was in town November 2, showing a new 

 line of stock. 



The new rose, Dunlop, is meeting with 

 much favor among growers and retailers 

 in this section. Some growers believo 

 it is the best find this season. G. J. B. 



Houlton, Me. — Newell 's, who are flo- 

 rists and milliners, are progressing. They 

 have just completed the erection of ai. 

 Hitchings greenhouse. 



Apopka, Fla. — The new firm known 

 as the Apopka Fernery Co. has now- 

 threo acres under slats. It is making a 

 specialty of growing Asparagus plu- 

 mosus and Sprengeri. The concern is 

 supported by local capital and will con- 

 tinue building until ten acres are cov- 

 ered. 



