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The Florists^ Review 



September 25, 1913. 



long before repeating their enterprise 

 in its behalf. As one of our promi- 

 nent exhibitors said, the accommoda- 

 tions and appreciation accorded were 

 "a gigantic joke." 



J. K. Allen had a grand display of 

 Golden Glow mums Saturday, grown 

 by Charles Hunt, of Staten Island. 



New Eochelle had the worst fire laBt 

 week in twenty years. S. W. Hitchcock 

 was one of the sufferers. 



The Growers' Cut Flower Co., Man- 

 ager Coan says, will handle a big line 

 of plants of all kinds this season, 

 grown largely by members of the com- 

 pany. » ••■ •*'•■>'•' 



M. A. Bowe used 1,000 yards of royal 

 purple ribbon, American Beauty roses, 

 immense quantities of laurel and many 

 palms and bay trees in the city hall 

 decoration for Mayor Gaynor's lying 

 in state. Nearly every prominent flo- 

 rist in the two cities had orders for 

 floral designs for this occasion. 



M. C. Ford says H. & E. J. Hession, 

 of Flatbush, are cutting carnations 

 once more. 



Wm. Kessler says his cut flower de- 

 partment will have four times as many 

 shippers this year as last, lilies pre- 

 dominating. 



The American Institute has moved 

 its headquarters from West Forty- 

 fourth street to the Cottle Co. building. 

 Eighth avenue and Twenty-third street. 



Maurice Glass was visiting his 

 friends and business associates last 

 week in Boston. 



Paul Meconi is now well established 

 in his new store. He has had no vaca- 

 tion and says he even has been too 

 busy to visit his growers this fall. 



Herbert B. Buck arrived on the 

 steamer Adriatic, September 5, after 

 an extended vacation in Europe. Mr. 

 Buck is one of A. T. Boddington 's 

 travelers. 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bunyard have 

 returned from a holiday at Blue Point, 

 L. I. 



C. C. Johnson, of the MacNiff Horti- 

 cultural Co., is rejoicing in the birth of 

 a son September 14. 



The officers of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Supply Co., Inc., are: President, 

 George Cotsonas; vice-president, N. Le- 

 cakes; secretary, K. Psichoyios; treas- 

 urer, A. Cova; directors, N. Lecakes, 

 Geo. Cotsonas and E. Cotsonas. 



There are some good displays of 

 named gladioli and other seasonable 

 flowers in all the seedsmen's windows. 

 Barclay street seems now to be the cen- 

 ter of this industry. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. will illus- 

 trate what can be done in decorative 

 window art in their new store this 

 week, where they are now comfortably 

 settled. 



S. J. Renter & Son, of Westerly, R. I., 

 are sending some fine roses to John 

 Young. 



Clarence Slinn's headquarters are 

 now at 103 West Twenty-eighth street. 



A. J. Langjahr is back again on 

 Twenty-eighth street after his recov- 

 ery from an automobile accident. 



The Essex County Florists' Club has 

 been formed at Newark, N. J. The offi- 

 cers are: President, Edward Jacobi; 

 vice-president, G. W. Mueller; secre- 

 tary, John Crossley; treasurer, August 

 Begerow. 



The Growers' Cut Flower Co. reports 

 selling mums this week at $5 per dozen, 

 blooms of a new variety. 



Frank Zuber, who was injured in a 

 railroad wreck at College Point, will 

 recover. 



One of the largest weddings of the 

 season was the Blair-Clark affair at 

 Bernardsville, N. J., last week. The 

 decorations were by Wadiey & Smythe. 



The dahlia show of the American In- 

 stitute opened September 23, at the 

 Engineers' building, on Thirty-ninth 

 street, and will close September 25. It 

 is a fine success. It is a splendid hall, 

 affording ample space for the numerous 

 large exhibits and for the big attend- 

 ance. There are fine displays by Messrs. 

 Popp, Childs, Cottam, Totty and others. 

 R. Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 

 is here with a large display not for 

 competition, which was awarded a spe- 

 cial prize. 



Charles Haberman, the Broadway re- 

 tailer, is commended for the hero medal 

 — he saved a woman's life. Seeing her 

 hanging by the hands from an upper 

 window, he ran up three flights of 

 stairs and caught her just as she was 

 about to fall. 



Frank Zuber was in a railroad wreck 

 at College Point in which four were 

 killed and forty injured. Mr. Zuber 



From Coast to Coast. 



(Kobert Shoch, of Philadelphia, and T. 11. Wright, 

 of Los Ai Keles ) 



was not seriously hurt. P. J. Smith 

 was one of those who helped to care 

 for him. .Tames Coyle also was waiting 

 for the same train. J. Austin Shaw. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



The Market. 



Business has increased a little, in a 

 general way, and the supply of stock 

 has decreased since the cold weather 

 made its appearance. The change has 

 caused the roses to begin to color up a 

 great deal better and increase in size, 

 as well. Prices have advanced. Carna- 

 tions have made their appearance. As- 

 ters were plentiful last week, but soon 

 will be over. Mums also have made 

 their appearance, but in comparison 

 with last year seem to have deterio- 

 rated in size. Business was good last 



week, as the fall openings called for a 

 large quantity of stock. 



Various Notes. 



The W. L. Rock Flower Co. has a 

 fine lot of carnations benched. Other 

 stock also is in good shape. 



Arthur Newell reports business good 

 this month, with a big increase over 

 last month. 



Sam Murray has a fine lot of pot 

 plants at his greenhouses and from the 

 looks of his begonias he is going to 

 have some splendid stock for Christmas. 



W. J. Barnes says the fall openings 

 this year are keeping him on the jump 

 and will continue until the end of this 

 month. 



Ed Humfeld has had a busy week 

 with funeral work. His stock is in 

 splendid shape. 



The Rosery has been growing young 

 poinsettia plants all summer and has 

 just disposed of a batch of 4,000. 



Mrs. T. R. Moseley reports business 

 as being much better since the fall 

 openings began. 



Miss Myrtle E. Jarrett, one of the 

 twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson 

 Jarrett, and J. H. Shore, of the Ford 

 Motor Car Co., were married last week. 



Henry Kusik has returned from his 

 trip to Europe and says his firm is re- 

 ceiving some good stock, especially in 

 the rose line, and reports that business 

 is much better. They have just received 

 a supply of fancy goods for Christmas. 



The Alpha Floral Co. reports that 

 business is being injured to a great 

 extent by the buildings being erected 

 in the neighborhood. 



The park department recently ordered 

 a No. 7 Kroeschell boiler for the houses 

 in Swope park. W. J. B. 



FROM COAST TO COAST. 



The accompanying illustration was 

 prepared from a photograph taken at 

 Minneapolis during the convention last 

 month. It illustrates the bringing 

 closer together of the prominent men 

 from the Atlantic seaboard and the 

 Pacific slope, the latter in the person 

 of T. H. Wright, of Wright's Flower 

 Shop, of Los Angeles, Cal., the former 

 in the person of Robert Shoch, of the 

 M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



^^ Phil. 



PBOVIDENCE, R. L 



The Market. 



The more general appearance of 

 chrysanthemums and the gradual pass- 

 ing of asters were the most conspicu- 

 ous features of the local market last 

 week. Funeral work continues good, 

 but aside from that there is practically 

 little activity. Roses are coming more 

 plentifully and in better quality, and 

 the same may be said regarding carna- 

 tions. Another ten days or a fortnight 

 will witness the last of the outdoor 

 flowers, after which the demands upon 

 the florists will increase. 



Various Notes. 



Word has been received here of the 

 death in Boston of Sarah C. Hogg, 

 widow of Walter S. Hogg, formerly a 

 florist of this city. 



Walter S. Sword is repairing his 

 greenhouses and erecting an office 

 building at Valley Falls. 



T. O'Connor has been decorating the 

 interior of his new store at Union and 

 Fulton streets with fancy baskets, 



