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ated on, August 7, at the New England 

 Baptist hospital, at Roxbnry, Mass., for 

 appendicitis. He ia reported as being 

 comfortable. 



Edward Brooke, of T. J. Johnston & 

 Co., spent a part of last week at Re- 

 vere Beach, Mass., making the trip by 

 automobile. 



The range of greenhouses on Smith 

 street belonging to John A. Macrae is 

 being repaired and repainted. Mr. 

 ]\[acrae and his wife are at Bar Harbor, 

 jkfe., for a couple of weeks. 



Thomas Curley and his wife left 

 August 9 for a two weeks' stay at 

 Concord, N. H. 



Albert Holscher expects to make his 

 first cut of chrysanthemums about Sep- 

 tember 1. 



James B. Canning is completely reno- 

 vating his range of houses on Smith 

 fitreet and rearranging the piping. 



.lohn C. Caswell, with the W. E. Bar- 

 rett Co., has returned from his vaca- 

 tion, which he spent at Marblehead, 

 Ma!?s. 



The trade in this city received a 

 visit last week from a representative 

 of the M. Eice Co., Philadelphia. 



Alexander Macrae, of F. Macrae 's 

 Sons, returned the first of last week 

 from an extended trip through Nova 

 Scotia. 



The Kichardson & Boynton Co., of 

 New York, manufacturers of steam and 

 hot water boilers, furnaces, etc., has 

 established its New England headquar- 

 ters here on Washington street, with 

 Leslie P. Haskins as manager. 



N. L. Boyce, representing the D. Lan- 

 •ireth Seed Co., of Bristol, Pa., called 

 on the seed trade in this citv last week. 



W. H. M. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



"Nothing new" is the universal 

 greeting one receives in both the whole- 

 sale and retail sections. It is the old, 

 old story, repeated every year, but this 

 year breaking all records. Neverthe- 

 less, the Sunday closing movement has 

 practically been abandoned. A few of 

 the wholesale houses, however, are 

 maintaining their decision to test the 

 innovation until September. The pos- 

 sibility of all joining in the scheme 

 profitably has been demonstrated. Only 

 a few thought otherwise, and doubtless 

 next season everyone will join hands 

 in this desirable midsummer concession 

 to their employees and themselves. 



There seems to be little improvement 

 yet in the general quality of cut flower 

 shipments. A few selected American 

 Beauties have reached 25 cents. There 

 «re not many to select from, and few 

 no above 10 cents. Some fine Double 

 White Killarney bring good prices, 

 f^hawyer sells at from 10 cents down 

 iind is growing in popularity. A few 

 <'f last year's novelties are holding 

 flieir own, but the bulk of all rose ar- 

 'i^ls is far below the grade of hon- 

 "rable mention. However, the tend- 

 «noy of quality will be upward from 

 now on, and it will not be long before 

 ^he turn of the tide. The same may 

 I'e expected of carnations. There are 

 hardly anjr salable ones arriving at 

 I'lesent, with no apparent demand. 



Most of the asters are valueless and 

 move with diflBculty; many of them 

 move to the discard. The "^few which 

 f>ic first-class and new varieties sell 

 veadily, but the quantitv of these is 

 limited. The gladiolus flood is at its 



height and only tlte choice varieties 

 command over 50 cents per hundred. 

 Many exhibits are seen of the new and 

 named kinds in the seedsmen's win- 

 dows. The retail windows everywhere 

 are making gladioli the basis of decor- 

 ative display, but with that their mis- 

 sion seems to be ended. 



Both valley and lilies kre command- 

 ing better appreciation and prices are 

 hardening. Sweet peas are improving 

 in quality. Orchids are scarce and 

 prices higher, as was anticipated. But 

 the uplift of the whole market will not 

 arrive noticeably before September. 



Various Notes. 



The initial meeting of the coming 

 season of the New York Florists' Club 

 will take place Monday, September 8. 

 This will be convention night, and 

 those privileged to visit Minneapolis are 

 hereby reminded that they must come 

 primed with memories of the Twin 

 Cities and prepared to unfold them to 

 their less fortunate brethren, who are 

 unable to take the long journey. There 

 will be exhibits of seasonable flowers 

 and a pleasant reunion of the members, 

 that should assure a large attendance. 



The members of the Boddington staff 

 will complete their holidays next week. 

 Mr. Boddington still is with his family 

 in New England. Mr. Bunyard will 

 enjoy a well earned rest after the S. A. 

 F. convention. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. has had an 

 attractive display of new and named 

 gladioli in the show window during the 

 week. Their new store will have its 

 handsome front completed and the im- 

 mense plate glass windows in place in 

 another week. Work on the five floors, 

 basement and sub-basement is progress- 

 ing rapidly, and it is hoped to have 

 everything complete for occupancy early 

 in September. ' 



The new store of Burnett Bros., on 

 Chambers street, is already partly 

 stocked, and removals continue daily. 

 The firm expects to announce its open- 

 ing about the end of August. 



Robert MacNiff was in the city Au- 

 gust 7, and left again for the moun- 

 tains, where he and his family are 

 spending the summer. 



Charles ' Schenck, of Traendly & 

 Schenck, has returned from his vaca- 

 tion in the Catskills. 



Mr. Hanfling, of Rossin & Handing, 

 returned from Europe last week on the 

 Imperator, after a twelve weeks' pur- 

 chasing trip, that included nearly a 

 dozen countries. He says the flrm's 

 importations will be double last year's, 

 with some wonderful novelties among 

 them, sufficient to fill their large new 

 headquarters, now near completion. 

 Louis Hanfling, city salesman for the 

 firm, left August 9 for a two weeks' 

 vacation in the Catskills. 



Matthew Sampson, Jr., manager of 

 Noe 's wholesale department in the 

 Coogan building, is spending his vaca- 

 tion at Cuddebackville, in the Cats- 

 kills. Louis A. Miller, of the same 

 firm, has returned from his two weeks' 

 holiday. 



.John Krai, foreman for Sloore, Hentz 

 & Nash, is back from his annual cruise 

 on the sound with his family. 



Mrs. Paul Meconi is again at the 

 helm in the newly arranged store in 

 the Coogan building. Mr. Meconi has 

 more than doubled his window space, 

 and will have new office facilities and 

 an up-to-date place in every respect. 



The Henry M. Robinson Co. will 

 move to the new store, at 55 West 



Twenty-sixth street, on the street level, 

 which they declare will be "the finest 

 equipped store in the wholesale busi- 

 ness." This firm does a large out-of- 

 town shipping business. Manager Glass 

 is enjoying his holiday in the monn- 

 tains and at the seashore, from which 

 Samuel Salsberg has just returned. 



The new store of the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., at 129 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, is almost ready for occupancy, 

 and before the end of the month J. J. 

 Goan and his staff will be on deck in 

 one of the largest and most modern 

 establishments in the wholesale cut 

 flower business. 



The Greater New York Fair and Ex- 

 position at Yonkers is now under full 

 headway. Stove and greenhouse plants 

 constitute the horticultural exhibit 

 from August 9 to 15. This will be the 

 best week for the fl.orists and many are 

 visiting it. The grounds may be 

 reached readily by taking the subway 

 to Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth 

 street and the trolley to the exhibition 

 gates. Scott Bros., of Elmsford, N. Y., 

 Bobbink & Atkins and the Julius 

 Roehrs Co., of Rutherford, N. J., are the 

 leading evergreen exhibitors. 



The convention is now the talk of 

 the town. Next week a complete list 

 of the fortunate ones who go will be 

 provided by Secretary De Forest, whose 

 plea for a big representation from New 

 York is a hard one to resist. There 

 will be a large crowd from the metropo- 

 lis and vicinity. 



Geo. M. Cosh, manager of the Brazos 

 Greenhouses, at Houston, Tex., has just 

 completed a month's holiday in New 

 York state, and was a visitor at the 

 outing of the Tarrytown Horticultural 

 Society. 



Anton Schultheis and family are sum- 

 mering as usual at Rockaway and on 

 the sound. 



J. K. Allen is visiting his Long 

 Island and New Jersey growers this 

 week. He continues his Sunday clos- 

 ing until September. 



Emil Schloss, of Schloss Bros., will 

 have his usual exhibit at the conven- 

 tion. 



This is a good time to visit the 

 grand display of John Lewis Childs, 

 at Flowerfield, L. I., where a welcome 

 is always assured by I. S. Hendrickson, 

 the manager. 



Mrs. Charles Millang and family are 

 summering in the White mountains. 



Carl Elliott, of W. Elliott & Sons, is 

 enjoying his vacation at Atlantic City. 



Geo. E. Bennett, of Flatbush, and bis 

 family are at Sacket lake, N. Y., for 

 the summer. 



Miss Mabel E. Conkling, bookkeeper 

 for H. E. Froment, has returned from 

 her four weeks' vacation. H. E. Fro- 

 ment left August 8 for the Adiron- 

 dacks. Phil Ditzenberger. of this firm, 

 also has returned from his vacation. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUAEY, 



William Squires. 



William Squires, for many years in 

 the florists' trade in Bayport, N. Y., 

 died at his home July 30, at the age 

 of 78. 



Francis Bachler. 



Francis Bachler, of Lancaster, Pa., 

 died Sunday, August 10, at 3 a. m., in j;.. 

 St. Joseph's hospital. The funeral was ^Tit 

 held at his home Tuesday morning, "^ 

 August 12. 



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