JCNK 9, 1921 



The Rorists^ Review 



29 



OBITUARY 



William H. Fierabend. 



William H. Fierabend, one of the best 

 known growers of carnations for the 

 New York market, died at his home, 

 on Cedar avenue, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 

 May 28, after an illness of three weeks. 

 He was 39 years of age. After a con- 

 sultation by some of the best physicians 

 of Poughkeepsie and New York city, 

 it was decided that death was caused 

 by suprarenal gland trouble. He leaves 

 his widow, who was his constant com- 

 panion, and three boys, 11, 10 and 8 

 years old. His widow will continue to 

 operate the business which together 

 they had so splendidly built up. She 

 has the sympathy and encouragement 

 of the entire trade. 



Jolin W. Beatty. 



John W. Beatty, 70 years of age, 

 died May 28, at Bridgeport, W. Va. 

 He had been employed for about two 

 years at the Hayman Greenhouses, of 

 that city. He had been engaged in 

 greenhouse work for many, many years 

 iind had a large acquaintance among the 

 members of the florists' trade. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market for a week 

 has been dull. The business for Me- 

 morial day was fair, but in volume not 

 materially different from that of previ- 

 ous years. Tuesday following the holi- 

 day arrivals were light, indeed; they 

 were not particularly heavy all week, 

 but there was plenty of stock to meet 

 the small demand, which was not at all 

 steady. 



Peonies came in quantity and moved 

 fairly well. Gladioli from the south 

 made an appearance; the sales little 

 more than cleared the express charges, 

 which now are a handicap to long-dis- 

 tance shipments. Inside gladioli ar- 

 rived in increased quantity. 



The supply of roses was not particu- 

 larly large, but arrivals moved slowly, 

 with prices fluctuating from day to 

 day. American Beauty was not plenti- 

 ful, nor was the demand for it active. 

 The quality of hybrid teas was good, 

 due to cooler weather, and most mar- 

 ket varieties were available. 



Carnations were in fair supply, but 

 the quality was of the midsummer 

 kind. Laddie is still coming in good 

 shape, although in small quantity. 



Cattleyas are not plentiful, but there 

 are quite enough to meet the small de- 

 mand. 



White lilies are in fair supply and 

 meet an equally fair demand. Lily of 

 the valley is in smaller supply. A few 

 gardenias are arriving, but the supply 

 is not at all regular. 



Sweet peas are unusually plentiful 

 for this season and they meet a spas- 

 modic demand. Herbaceous flowers 

 are in increased supply, and the list 

 is large. Coreopsis and gaillardia are 

 now coming in and move fairly well. 

 Wild spiraea is also moving well and 

 is used largely for $1 box fillings in 

 the retail stores. Sweet william, in 

 self colors, meets a good demand. Yel- 

 low and white daisies, mvosotis, del- 



phinium, calendulas, stocks of excellent 

 quality, oriental poppies, pansies, ager- 

 atum, alyssum, pyrethrum, ranunculus, 

 didiscus and centaureas all move fairly 

 well and add to the florists' window 

 displays. 



Various Notes. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held Monday 

 evening, June 13, in the club's quarters 

 in the Engineering Societies' building. 

 This will be the last meeting until 

 September. The exhibition committee 

 will make exhibits of late peonies, 

 roses and bedding stock at thi^ meet- 

 ing. Dr. W. E. Britton, state and sta- 

 tion entomologist of the Connecticut 

 Agricultural Experimental Station, 

 New Haven, will talk on "Insect Pests 

 and Their Methods of Operation. ' ' The 

 lecture will be illustrated by lantern 

 slides. 



Special parlor cars for those going 

 to the Washington convention of the 

 S. A. F. will be attached to the train 

 leaving the Pennsylvania terminal at 

 11:08 a. m., Monday, August 15. Ap- 

 plications for seats in these cars may 

 be sent in, from now on, to William 

 Pedrick, Jr., division passenger agent, 

 263 Fifth avenue. Regular tickets for 

 travel may be purchased August 1 

 and later. Purchasers who are members 

 of the society should first secure an 

 identification certificate from Secretary 

 Young, 43 West Eighteenth street, 

 which will enable the return trip to 

 be made at a reduced rate. 



The Allied Florists' Trade Associa- 

 tion had a meeting at the office of the 

 New York Florists' Club, Wednesday, 

 June 1, at which the support of re- 

 tailers in the publicity movement was 

 assured. All of the retailers are to be 

 visited by a personal representative of 

 the Associated Retail Florists, with 

 the idea of making the support general. 



Frank Valentine is becoming noted 

 for what may be termed unusual per- 

 formances. For Memorial day exercises 

 he supplied 1,500 school children with 

 head wreaths of smilax and sweet peas, 

 600 dozen strings of smilax being used. 

 In addition, each child was supplied 

 with two carnations. J. H. P. 



The good-of-the-club committee of 

 the New York Florists' Club has sent 

 out a questionnaire to members, in an 

 effort to determine what would be of 

 most interest to them at meetings, 

 whether an auxiliary society of ama- 

 teurs should be formed and whether 

 club quarters should be obtained. 



NEWARK, N. J. 



Memorial day business was excellent 

 with most of the Newark florists. 



The last two weeks has sceu an un- 

 usually large sale of pansy plants, to- 

 mato plants, hardy rose bushes, early 

 geraniums and other plants, shrubs and 

 bushes for spring transjilanting. 



There has been considerable funeral 

 work lately, but the cut flower trade 

 has been slow. 



Harry I. Stein, proprietor of the Ter- 

 minal Flower Shop, is constantly en- 

 larging the floor space in his store in 

 the Terminal building. He is also add- 

 ing to the varieties of stock which he 

 keeps in the store. 



The Rosery Floral Co. reports a good 

 Memorial day business and a fair busi- 

 ness since then. 



Philips Bros, report that they are 



having much funeral work at the pres- 

 ent time, but that the transient trade 

 is rather slow. They are beginning to 

 get some of the June wedding work. 



A feature of the window display of 

 A. Begerow for about the last ten days 

 has been a pergola, in the center of 

 which was a pond banked with ferns, 

 and in which goldfish were swimming. 



R. B. M. 



CHXCAGO. 



The Market. 



The market entered June in a de- 

 pressed condition, but lias made steady 

 progress in the "knee deep" days. 

 After Memorial day there was rather 

 warm weather until the middle of the 

 week, with the result that the market 

 continued full of stock, much of it poor, 

 with prices low and irregular. As soon 

 as the weather turned cooler, conditions 

 began to improve. Receipts were re- 

 duced; quality was better; it became 

 possible to work oflf, slowly, the ac- 

 cumulated stock and to stabilize the 

 market on a low price level from which 

 it has been possible gradually to ad- 

 vance. Prices are not yet high, but 

 they are not so disastrously low as they 

 wore in the three days following Me- 

 morial day. 



Memorial day is one holiday which 

 is not followed by a reaction in the de- 

 mand due to the public being well sup- 

 plied. After Christmas, Easter and the 

 other days at which flower buying is 

 concentrated, the homes of flower 

 lovers are filled with flowers; it is use- 

 less to look for normal demand until the 

 abnormal supply has lived its life and 

 been thrown out. At Memorial day it 

 is different; huge quantities of flowers 

 are bought, but they are left in the 

 cemeteries and are not standing in the 

 homes of the people, to blight the busi- 

 ness of flower selling for the next three 

 or four days. Consequently there was 

 rather better than the normal demand 

 right after Memorial day. Shipping 

 trade was fairly brisk and has in- 

 creased as the June weddings got under 

 way. City trade does not seem to be so 

 active as might be expected in view of 

 the good shipping business. 



This is the time of year when the 

 value of other flowers, which can not 

 be stored, is depressed by the abundance 

 of peonies, which can. The peony is 

 not cutting its usual figure this season, 

 however. It appears that the local as 

 well as the southern crops were serious- 

 ly affected by the late frosts and the 

 result has been apparent in two ways: 

 First, the supply was not so large as 

 usual and, secondly, the owners have 

 not felt such confidence in the stock as 

 would lead them to hold much of it in 

 cold storage. The receipts have been 

 Tuore than could be moved on arrival, it 

 is true, but not in years have such small 

 quantities gone into storage. Now that 

 the cut is about over, the peony will be 

 less of a factor than in any recent sea- 

 son. One of the noticeable points is the 

 fall from favor of festiva maxima. 

 Beautiful and useful as it is when fresh 

 cut, the retailers, even the street stand 

 men, are learning that it is not depend- 

 able for storing and shipping as is done 

 in this marker and everybody backs 

 away from it. 



The rose makes this market. It is 

 the flower in chief request. In June 

 there is a noticeable increase in the 

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