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The Florists' Review 



Mat 24, 1917. 



cially in its preparations for assisting 

 in a greater production of foodstuffs 

 for the city. Mr. Pollard is ' ' doing 

 his bit" in more ways than one. 



H. T. Miller, of Alliance, has a hobby 

 for automobiles. He has just purchased 

 his third car. 



The Newton Flower Shop at Canton, 

 Ohio, has been enjoying a nice trade. 

 The store is conducted by Miss Irma 

 Newton. 



The Geltz Flower Store at Canton 

 now is in first-class shape. A small fire 

 some time ago made repairs necessary. 

 Business is good. 



Charles Lindacher, of Canton, was in 

 his garden getting vases and baskets 

 ready for the plant season. The in- 

 clement weather helped in the work, 

 for so soon as it gets warmer, orders 

 come in so that there is a great rush. 



The Kay-Dimond Co., of Youngstown, 

 Ohio, has felt the scarcity of flowers to 

 such an extent that stock has been 

 purchased from private growers. Busi- 

 ness seems to be never ending, and 

 every department is working at top 

 speed. 



H. H. Cade, of Youngstown, has been 

 unusually busy, funeral designs making 

 a big part of the work. The counter 

 trade, too, has been brisk. W. T. U. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



At last we have had with us the good 

 old summer time, and it was a visitor 

 long expected and more than welcome. 

 The final days of last week and the 

 opening of the present one were flooded 

 with sunshine, while the thermometer 

 registered 70 degrees, indicating large 

 shipments, especially of roses, before the 

 week is over. The nearness of Memorial 

 day is expected to keep the market 

 steady. 



There was no shortage of anything 

 last week. Friday and Saturday the 

 large buyers were in the market. One 

 florist was given his usual annual order 

 by a society for more than 100,000 flow- 

 ers. The street merchants were a wel- 

 come help in the weekly olean-up, and 

 there was a multitude of them. Many 

 of these helpful gentry will be missed 

 when they depart for their regular sum- 

 mer stamping ground at Coney Island. 



The shipments of roses Saturday, May 

 19, were more than the market could 

 digest. Prices fell to 75 cents per hun- 

 dred for the short-stemmed and even 

 lower in large lots. The finest were dis- 

 posed of at half their normal prices. 

 Even Hadley, Brunncr and American 

 Beauty roses shared in the general de- 

 cline and $20 per hundred would buy 

 the best of them. Russell and Prima 

 Donna, long-stemmed and perfect, 

 brought lower prices than usual. The 

 present week can hardly develop lower 

 quotations than those of Saturday. 



As was anticipated, the price of car- 

 nations fell rapidly after Mothers' day. 

 From $10 to $3 per hundred tells the 

 story. From $2 per hundred down is the 

 prophecy for this week, and there is 

 enough for the demand. Orchids range 

 from 15 to 50 cents each, the latter for 

 a few choice gigas. The general supply 

 of the lower grades is abundant. Some 

 good flowers could be selected as low as 

 $25 per hundred. There will be plenty 

 for the extra call for Memorial day. 



The supply of lily of the valley still 

 is limited and the price is high, $5 and 

 $6 per hundred being asked. Outdoor 



valley now is arriving, and it seems 

 certain that abnormal prices will be 

 eliminated. There are few gardenias ar- 

 riving. The season for them is about 

 over. Longiflorum lilies are abundant, 

 especially those of the second grade. 

 These were selling at the end of last 

 week as low as $3 per hundred, while 

 $5 and $6 per hundred were the best 

 quotations. These also will grow 

 steadier until Memorial day. 



Peonies are coming fast from Vir- 

 ginia. Good flowers were $1 per dozen 

 Saturday. The local supply will not 

 be on time for the holiday, but the 

 shipments from the south promise to be 

 large. A big increase in the supply is 

 expected by the end of the present week. 



Plenty of lilac now is arriving and 

 the local supply soon will be abundant. 

 There is also a large supply of sweet 

 peas, tulips, daisies, stocks, irises, calen- 

 dulas, pansies, daffodils and all seasona- 

 ble flowers. 



Various Notes. 



Memorial day business promises to 

 beat all former records. The supply 

 men never booked so many orders in 

 advance. There seems also to be only 

 a limited stock of greens. 



The Choate funeral last week called 

 for an unusual number of flowers, all 

 the leading stores being represented by 

 handsome pieces. Rarely is there so 

 large a showing of flowers of the best 

 quality, and the demand seemed to 

 strengthen the market for the day. 



For the present the Malandre window 

 is used to feature a wedding decoration. 

 It includes the bride and flower girl, 

 with appropriate bouquets and a hand- 

 some mantel embellishment. The flag 

 decorations at this store during the last 

 three weeks caused considerable com- 

 ment. 



There is a movement among the 

 wholesalers to close their stores on 

 Sundays between June 1 and Septem- 

 ber 1. 



Business continues good with all the 

 seed houses. Most of them now are 



handling plants. The necessity for 

 night and day shipments is past, but 

 customers still have to line up and take 

 their turn, so great has been the subur- 

 ban demand. 



Work is under way to raise $10,000 

 for the entertainment of S. A. F. con- 

 vention visitors. Chairman T. B. 

 deForest and Secretary L. W. C. Tuthill 

 are working on the soivenir, a copy of 

 which every member of the S. A. F. 

 will receive. Vice-President Miller is 

 visiting about twenty-three houses a 

 day, concocting "surprises" for the 

 crowd that is expected. 



Alfred H. Fisher, a grower and well- 

 known florist, of Winfield, L. I., was 

 found dead in his bed Tuesday morning, 

 May 15. Death was due to heart dis- 

 ease. Mr. Fisher was 50 years of age 

 and leaves a wife and four children. 



The New York wholesale headquar- 

 ters of the Beechwood Heights Nursery, 

 of Boundbrook, N. J., at 57 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, is closed for the 

 season. Warren Spalding, who was 

 manager of the office when stricken 

 with paralysis, has so far recovered 

 that he could be removed from the hos- 

 pital to his home. 



It is rumored that one of the promi- 

 nent wholesale cut flower firms will 

 rise to a higher and more convenient 

 level June 1. The war does not seem 

 to have affected this branch of the 

 florists' business. 



J. J. Coan says he can not under- 

 stand the apathy of buyers to the par- 

 rot tulips now on the market in quan- 

 tity. 



Phil Kessler has added to his ice- 

 box facilities the one formerly used by 

 W. H. Siebrecht, Sr., with J. S. Volke 

 as manager. 



Charles Millang is having success 

 with the flower bulb and vegetable de- 

 partments of his business on his prop- 

 erty at Bayside, L. I. 



The United Cut F16wer Co. hangs out 

 the largest flag that belligerent Twenty- 

 eighth street displays. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



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Auburn, N. Y. — Dobbs & Son have 

 made several changes at their range, 

 enabling them to handle the large and 

 varied stock to better advantage. Trav- 

 elers will miss the picture gallery 

 that helped to pass the time when wait- 

 ing for the car. 



Auburn, N. Y. — Alfred Patrick says 

 it is hard to teach an old dog new 

 tricks, or, in other words, to practically 

 change over one's entire method from 

 forcing imported stock. This year, 

 however, was so disappointing that any 

 change must be for the better. 



Beacon, N. Y. — Believing that every 

 man should do his "bit," Benjamin 

 Hammond has interested himself in the 

 home garden brigade, and become drill- 

 master of about 500 youthful gardeners. 

 Mr. Hammond and his agrarian cohorts 

 have come into local prominence 

 through the town dailies, which have 

 stinted neither paper stock nor ink in 

 recruiting the brigade. 



Skaneateles, N. Y. — Archie Patrick 

 has made many improvements to the 

 former White range, and feels much 

 encouraged with his first year's busi- 

 ness. 



Canandaigua, N. Y. — R. H. McKerr 

 says Matchless is the most profitable 

 carnation with him. It has one draw- 

 back — its soft growth makes it sus- 

 ceptible to the attacks of green fly. 

 Business has kept up well and Mr. Mc- 

 Kerr anticipates his usual run of spring 

 sales. 



Binghamton, N. Y. — The Suskana 

 Greenhouses found orders coming in 

 so freely through their ad that they 

 had to shut down for a breathing spell. 

 Excellent stock is in sight, especially 

 a big batch of cyclamens. From 

 present appearances, here and else- 

 where, cyclamens will cut quite a fig- 

 ure in the list for Christmas trade this 

 year. The poinsettia is another item; 

 it will be a good companion. 



