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The Florists^ Review 



April 2«. 1922 



NEW YORK. 



The Easter Market. 



The Kiistor market in New York was 

 highly siitisfactory to growers, wliole- 

 salers and retailors alike. There was a 

 bountiful su])])ly of flowers, which moved 

 at prices considered entirely reasonable. 

 Warm weatlier preceding Easter forced 

 into the market large quantities of stock, 

 which was generally of low grade, soft 

 and unattractive, but as Saturday ap- 

 proached, somewhat cooler weather 

 boosted (piality and there was liitle com- 

 plaint ax to arrivals, and, save such as 

 showed unmistakable signs of holding, 

 offerings generally were of highly satis- 

 factory quality. 



The plant supply was good and grow- 

 ers report a satisfactory clean-up, with 

 surpluses light. Plant quality was high, 

 witJi the exception of roses. Azaleas 

 were few in number; that is, the Ghent 

 varieties, but the Japanese sorts were 

 available and filled the gap acceptably. 

 Hydrangeas were quite plentiful, biit 

 sold up well and were most showy. 

 Bougainvilleas were fine this year and 

 commanded attention. Spira'as, genis- 

 tas, acacias, wisterias, abutilons, daisies 

 and many other items sold well. Bulb- 

 ous stock, such as hyacinths and tulips, 

 was most plentiful, despite the late date, 

 and there were potted and cut stock 

 galore. Cut tulips sold at as high as 

 $1.50 ]ier dozen, but most arrivals 

 brought $1 down to GO cents, according 

 to quality. 



Lilies were in great supply, and the 

 surplus was large. There was a won- 

 derful series of grades, from short stock, 

 six inches high, with foliage lateral 



freely at $60 to $100 ]K'r hundred, with 

 a top grade at $12.'5. 



Carnations moved well, but, outside of 

 Laddie, did not do better than $8 per 

 hundred, with most sales around $6. The 

 surplus was largely of white varieties. 



Cattleyas were not overplentiful 

 this year, but there was a suy)ply suf- 

 ficient to go around, within a price range 

 of $1 to $2 per flower, with a few fine 

 hybrids bringing $3. 



Miscellaneous flowers had good in- 

 nings. Sweet ])eas moved freely at $2 

 to $.j per bunch. Violets were plentiful, 

 but met a small demand, as the quality, 

 except of late arrivals, was poor. 

 Delphinium Belladonna brought as 

 much as $6 per bunch. Bouvardia 

 sold well, as also did mignonette, myoso- 

 tis, wallflowers, freesias, cornflowers, 

 snapdragons, pansies, stocks, ranunculi, 

 primroses, iris, camellias and bnddleia. 



Both wholesalers and retailers appear 

 to be satisfied with the Easter trade, 

 which is conceded to have ])een the larg- 

 est in recent years. 



This Week's Market. 



Monday, April 17, the market was not 

 lively, and shipments were light. There 

 was a small supply of American Beauty 

 at $50 to $75 per hundred, and an abun- 

 dance of hybrid teas at prices within a 

 range of $4 to $.'55 per hundred, all sell- 

 ing well, except white varieties, which 

 dragged. 



Carnations were in good supply, sell- 

 ing at $;5 to $(5, with concessions for 

 clearances. White varieties were not 

 taken freely. 



Cattleyas are in moderate supplv 

 at $75 to $150 per hundred. White 

 lilies are i)lentifiil, moving slowly atf $12 



Show House That Should Make Selling Easier for Evansville Firm. 



rather tli;in pii'rpciKliciilar, to jilaiits 

 three feet high. The toj) price, both for 

 jiiants ;in(l cut llowers, was 25 cents ]jci- 

 flow(>r and bud, the range dowuwaid 

 running to 12 cents. Lilies of Ihc valley 

 were ]«lcntiful and sold well, with tin- 

 top grade bringing $12 jicr huiKlred 

 sprays. 



Roses wrre ]ilontiful and went off at 

 prices anything but inflated, the range 

 being $4 to $'A-') ))er hundred for ordinary 

 varieties. Hadley specials sold at $60 

 and perhaps one or two other varieties 

 ran out of range. American Beauty was 

 rather .scarce and special grades moved 



to $20 ).er liiiiKlrcd. Lilies of the vallcv 

 arc back to the |iic- Kastei' langc of $2 to 

 $t) j)cr liuiiclnMl. 



Various Notes. 



J (dm 1. Haynor, foi' many years .-i 

 Twenty-eighth street wholesaler, died 

 S.'tturday morning, Ajjril 15, in his apart- 

 ment at the Hotel Teresa. He returned 

 March 6 from a trip to Florida, suff'ering 

 from rheumatism, and at once took to his 

 bed, and this trouble, with the malignant 

 cancer with which he had been suffering 

 for some years, hastened his death. 



(ircat pre])arations ha\e been made 



for the rally of florists at tke meeting 

 which is to be held Friday, April 21, in 

 the Engineering Societies' building, un- 

 der the auspices of the Allied Florists' 

 Trade Association of New York. About 

 2,275 notices of the meeting have been 

 mailed to florists and auxiliary trades- 

 men, and a large attendance is expected. 

 Publicity for flowers is, of course, the 

 main object of the meeting. The associ- 

 ation will distribute at the meeting an 

 official badge; this is rather unique, be- 

 ing a button showing a half -blown Ophe- 

 lia rose on a background of dark blue, 

 with the legend, "Member Allied Flo- 

 rists' Association." 



Alexander S. Georgiades, a florist of 

 New Brighton, L. I., is held in bail oi 

 $10,000 for irregularities alleged to have 

 occurred while he was in charge of a sub- 

 station postoffice in New Brighton. The 

 government claims he is short in his ac- 

 counts to the extent of $992.50. His 

 explanation is that burglars took this 

 money November 12. 



Robert G. Wilson, the Brooklyn re- 

 tailer, filled the telegraph order sent 

 from the national flower show at Indian- 

 apolis by Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank to 

 Mayor Hylan. The token was a hand- 

 some basket of flowering plants, and 

 Mr. Wilson had it photographed, and the 

 l)icture was reproduced in the New York 

 Evening Journal and Brooklyn papers. 



G. A. Billings, Morristown, N. J., is to 

 lecture before the monthly meeting of 

 the Morris County Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Society, at the Elks' hall, Morris- 

 town, Thursday evening, April 27, his 

 subject being, * ' Spraying. ' ' At the 

 meeting an exhibit of iris is expected to 

 be staged. 



Among the recent New York state in- 

 corporations listed was the name of 

 George Hanjes, the uptown retail florist. 



Funeral services for the late John I. 

 Raynor were held at Campbell's funeral 

 chapel. Sixty-sixth street and Broadway, 

 Monday afternoon, April 17. Among 

 those i^resent representing the trade 

 were F. H. Traendly, John Young, C. B. 

 Weathered, Benjamin Warendorff and 

 W. L. Bogert. Bogert's furnished the 

 floral blanket, a handsome piece made of 

 Oplielia roses. J. H. P. 



PROGRESS IN EVANSVILLE. 



I)own in Evansville, Ind., the firm of 

 .Tulius Niednagel, now managed by tlie 

 two brothers, C. L. and E. H. Nied- 

 nagel, believes in keeping up to date 

 and, ])erhaps, a jump or two ahead of 

 the times. A manifestation of this is 

 a new show house, built recently in con- 

 nection with the firm's office. An illus- 

 tration of it is shown on this page. The 

 house was built by the Ickes-Braun 

 Mill Co., Chicago, which is now building 

 ;i new greenhouse for the Evansville 

 firm. The new house will be about 29x 

 262 feet in size. The Niednagel range 

 now comprises more than 100,000 feet 

 of glass. Five acres of outside stock 

 is grown. 



BEARDSTOWN, ILL. 



The flood whicli covers this town with 

 from two to fifteen feet of water inun- 

 dated the Rose View Greenhouses, at 

 400 West Fifth street, to a depth of 

 seven feet. The stock in them is a com- 

 plete loss. The office files are likewise 

 buried in water, so that business is sus- 

 pended. The proprietors, Ede & Ander- 

 son, rejjort it impossible to predict when 

 the flood will abate; it may be two or 

 throe weeks. 



