February 0, 1922 



The Florists' Review 



35 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



A little more activity was noticeable 

 in the cut flower market last week. Ar- 

 rivals were in greater volume and the 

 demand increased considerably. Prices, 

 however, in some lines weakened, but 

 it was no more than might bo expected 

 at this season, yvhen bulbous material 

 is in large supply. Tulips just now dom- 

 inate the market, with narcissi closely 

 following. Staples suffer somewhat in 

 consequence, although general clear- 

 ances are good. The quantities of tu- 

 lip stock arriving are barely salable, 

 because of the short stems and mediocre 

 flowers. One wonders what use they 

 could bo put to. The best tulips bring 

 $1.50 per dozen, with other good grades 

 down to $1. Inferior grades bring 75 

 cents down to 10 cents and surpluses 

 of them pile up. 



Arrivals of roses have increased, the 

 increase being the forerunner of a heavy 

 crop about to be cut, and, with bulbous 

 stock in heavy supply, values have de- 

 clined. American Beauty is overplenti- 

 ful and the price range of specials has 

 dropped down to $50 to $100 per hun- 

 dred, with a lot of stock hanging fire 

 in the iceboxes. Hybrid teas clear up 

 fairly well under existing conditions, 

 within a price range of $6 for best No. 2 

 grade up to $30 for the best of the top 

 grades, with a rather light demand for 

 the latter. 



The supply of carnations has mate- 

 rially increased and sales are now made 

 within a range of $5 to $8 per hundred, 

 the latter figure for Mrs. Ward and 

 equal varieties. Laddie moves at better 

 figures, but the supply is negligible. A 

 heavy crop of carnations is in sight, 

 according to reports of growers. 



Cattleyas continue in large supply, 

 without material changes in prices, 

 the range continuing to be $25 to $75, 

 with hybrid specials occasionally bring- 

 ing $1 each. The supply of other orchids 

 is not large, with prices running accord- 

 ing to variety and condition. 



Lilies are plentiful and meet chiefly a 

 demand for funeral work. Prices pre- 

 viously quoted are maintained. Lily of 

 the valley cannot be said to be in par- 

 ticularly large supply, but the demand 

 for it is small. Some sales are made at 

 $6 per hundred for the best grades, but 

 concessions are necessary to advance 

 movement and good grades can be had 

 for $4 and the rest down to $2 or lower. 



Sweet peas are plentiful and move 

 well. The best command as much as $6 

 per hundred, with good grades at $3 to 

 $5, and culls down to $2. 



There is an abundance of miscel- 

 laneous flowers, all of which move fairly 

 well. Daffodils and trumpet narcissi 

 bring $60 to $75 per hundred. Paper 

 Whites bringing the same. Freesias sell 

 •it 50 cents to 75 cents per bunch. Other 

 flowers available are stocks, pansies, 

 'laisies, violets, Buddleia asiatica, calen- 

 dulas, mignonette, cornflowers, iris, myo- 

 sotis, gardenias and stevia; the latter is 

 about passing. 



Various Notes. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 •■'lorists' Club will be held February 13, 

 •tt the club's quarters in the Engineer- 

 ing Societies' building, 25 West Thirty- 

 ninth street. It will be carnation night 

 ■»nd all who can send exhibits are re- 

 quested to ship them to Chairman Wil- 

 liam Saville, in care of the Henshaw 

 Floral Co., 43 West Eighteenth street, 



who will see that they are properly 

 staged. An interesting program for this 

 meeting shoud insure a large turnout. 



The flower show committee will meet 

 at Secretary Young's office, February 14. 



One or two changes are noticed in the 

 Eighteenth Street Flower Market. 

 George J. Polykranas has given up busi- 

 ness and his booth is advertised for 

 rent. All his stock was cleaned out last 

 week. John Young & Co., who since the 

 opening of the market have occupied 

 Booth No. 10, have discontinued busi- 

 ness and are succeeded by George Hil- 

 denbrand, who has been a partner in 

 the concern and its manager for many 

 years. Mr. Hildenbrand is popular with 

 the buying trade, having been in the 

 wholesale commission business for the 

 last thirty years, with the exception of 

 four years spent in the retail business. 

 His many friends are congratulating 

 him upon his new venture and believe 

 that he has a successful career before 

 him. 



Charles Schenck, of Traendly & 

 Schenck, 436 Sixth avenue, is proud of 

 the fact that before Mayor Hylan's de- 

 parture for the south he appointed Mrs. 

 Schenck to a trusteeship in Hunter Col- 

 lege. 



William L. Kasting, son of the late 

 William F. Kasting, of Buffalo, has been 

 spending a few days as a guest at the 

 home of Frank H. Traendly, in Brook- 

 lyn. 



A. L. Miller, with Mrs. Miller, is 

 spending a short season at the Florida 

 resorts. On his return he should be in 

 excellent shape to handle his large 

 Easter business. 



All last week there was on exhibition, 

 at the quarters of M. C. Ford in the 

 Eighteenth Street Flower Market, some 

 handsome flowers of Celestial, a new 

 shell pink rose originating with Myers & 

 Samtman, of Philadelphia. 



Max Schling, the Fifth avenue florist, 

 advertised an exhibition of plants, flow- 

 ers and floral arrangements, as opening 

 in his store Monday, February 6, to con- 

 tinue all the week. J. H. P. 



ROCHESTEB, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Business is holding its own satisfac- 

 torily in this locality. Prices this win- 

 ter are not so high as those of last year, 

 but, according to figures given by sev- 

 eral of the larger florists, more business, 

 even at the lower prices, has been done 

 the last month than during January of 

 last year. The sunny days, with a tem- 

 perature considerably higher than that 

 of the previous week, have brought on 

 considerably more stock and practically 

 all of this has met with a ready sale.. 

 The change in temperature has caused 

 considerable sickness and many deaths, 

 the latter, of course, creating a consider- 

 able demand for funeral work. 



Koses are plentiful, with good prices. 

 The roses are specially good in color 

 and have excellent foliage. Premier, 

 Columbia, Butterfly, Ophelia, Scott Key 

 and Hoosier Beauty are in good demand. 

 The short-stemmed stock has been in 

 heavy demand. Carnations are of good 

 quality and sell readily. Good White 

 Enchantress and White Wonder are seen. 

 Pink Delight, Enchantress and, occa- 

 sionally, some Ward and Belle Wash- 

 burn are included. 



Freesia is plentiful and sells well. Tu- 

 lips, Eoman hyacinths. Paper Whites and 

 yellow narcissi, as well as jonquils, are 



plentiful and all sell well. Sweet peas 

 are becoming more plentiful, but the 

 most are short and medium-stemmed. 

 Valley is plentiful and sells well. The 

 demand for orchids has been larger and 

 good stock has been seen, Violets con- 

 tinue to be good and 'sell well. Easter 

 lilies and callas are more plentiful and 

 move well. Quantities of bulbous pot- 

 ted plants are seen and these, with baby 

 primroses and cyclamens, are used a 

 great deal in combination pots. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Clifford, who 

 have been spending the last three or 

 four months in England, are sailing from 

 Southampton February 8 for New York. 



Large sprays of cherry blossoms, 

 which are in every way equal to those 

 seen in our cherry orchards in the spring- 

 time, are seen in the store of Salter 

 Bros., East Main street. 



Every pot well covered and neatly dee- 

 orated made a beautiful window decora- 

 tion, bulbous stock in single varieties 

 and combinations being chiefly featured. 

 These were particularly inviting, made 

 especially so with some beautiful pussy 

 willows. These were seen at the store 

 of the Rochester Floral Co. 



It is sad to report the death of Mrs. 

 Orwen, mother of Miss Orwen, who has 

 been bookkeeper several years for 

 George B. Hart. The deceased had been 

 an invalid for many months and the end 

 came January 31. The funeral took 

 place Friday afternoon, February 3. 



The New York Florist Co., of Rey- 

 nolds Arcade, says that business has been 

 rather quiet during the last week or so. 



James Sproat, of Schlegel the Florist, 

 says business has been quite good, there 

 having been a big quantity of funeral 

 work recently. 



Alberts the Florist ran a Satur- 

 day special last week, giving splendid 

 values in bulbous stock, cyclamens and 

 primroses at the special price of $1. 



John Brown, of the Utiea Floral Co., 

 Utica, N. Y., and Peter Pappas, of Wells- 

 boro. Pa., were visitors to the trade last 

 week. H. J. H. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The pinch is over; there will be plenty 

 of flowers for the balance of the season. 



Reports to the wholesalers indicate 

 that the changed conditions noted in the 

 Chicago market also have been felt in 

 other markets — indeed, that they were 

 felt sooner in other places than here — 

 and that wholesalers in neighboring 

 smaller markets will no longer stand 

 ready to take any flowers Chicago whole- 

 salers can spare. No, not oven short 

 roses. 



The situation in other markets is a 

 great factor in determining the situatior. 

 here. When wholesalers in other cities 

 are able to meet their home demand they 

 remove or reduce two kinds of orders 

 that have large effect here — the orders 

 of the retailer who finds his home market 

 bare and the order of the wholesaler who 

 seeks to augment his light supply of 

 flowers. Of course, if either of these de- 

 mands could be fully satisfied it would 

 shut off the other, but such has not been 

 the case since New Year's until a few 

 daya ago. Now everybody can get all 

 the flowers needed. 



The increase in the rose crop is as yet 

 only moderate, but the supply now equals 

 the demand at current prices and the 

 (Contlnaed od pace 4(.) 



