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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 9, 1913. 



days ago and went home satisfied that 

 all is not smoke and darkness in the 

 Iron City. 



Harry Hellior, recently assistant gar- 

 dener at D. T. Watson 's place, at Leets- 

 dale, has been appointed head gardener 

 for Hartley T. Given, at Penn and 

 Wilkins avenues. 



W. A. McAlpine, of Boston, Mass., 

 was a Pittsburgh visitor last week. 



Miss McKinley, of Randolph & Mc- 

 Clements, had her vacation so early 

 this year that she has forgotten it and 

 is taking another week, to get rested 

 for the busy time that is coming. 



Automobiles have so cut down dis- 

 tance that it is nothing unusual to look 

 out and see Joseph N. Thomas, of 

 Greensburg, Pa., at the door with a 

 load of palms and ferns. Though thirty 

 miles out from the city, he delivers the 

 load in his car and saves the packing 

 and express charges. Clarke. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The biggest October rain storm on 

 record came last week to New York 

 and vicinity, over five inches falling in 

 one day. Subways were flooded, streets 

 impassable and over $2,000,000 damage 

 was reported. Business of all kinds 

 was at a standstill. The florists' indus- 

 try was one of the greatest sufferers. 

 The end of the week, however, found 

 conditions again normal, and Indian 

 summer is again in all its glory. The 

 storm and the Jewish New Year were 

 the only incidents of interest. The cut 

 flower market was dormant until the 

 holiday. Retailers seemed to be well 

 satisfied with the extra demand which 

 then materialized. 



There is nothing new to be said of 

 roses. All the specialties are arriving 

 in fair supply and gradual improve- 

 ment in quality is now assured. The 

 market seems to digest everything 

 worth while. Among the retail houses 

 a cheerful spirit is evident and every 

 store is liberal in its window decora- 

 tion. Beauties, Milady, Shawyer and 

 Russell are the big four, and this quar- 

 tette will make much music during the 

 coming season. 



Every window now is radiant with 

 chrysanthemums. It is remarkable how 

 quickly the flood has begun. Stock is 

 excellent and prices are satisfactory. 

 Lilies and valley have not changed in 

 values, last week's quotations still hold- 

 ing. Carnations have improved daily 

 until now fine, long-stemmed stock is 

 abundant. Prices range from $2.50 per 

 hundred down. 



Orchids of all varieties are abundant 

 and the best seldom sell at over $25 

 per hundred. The low ebb gives no 

 sign of turning. Asters and gladioli 

 have practically retired. Dahlias were 

 widely ruined by the storm. Cosmos 

 is of excellent quality. 



Various Notes. 



The October meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will take place October 

 13. Chairman Miesem expects to stage 

 a fine exhibit of mums. Ladies' night 

 will be celebrated in November. 



M. C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J., will 

 lecture before the Boston Florists ' Club 

 on the evening of October 14, on "Who 

 Is the Real Gardener t" 



Chas. F. Raker, formerly of Vin- 

 cennes, Ind., is now located at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., where he has purchased 



fifty acres of land and is building a 

 range of modern greenhouses. 



E. Allen Peirce, of Waltham, Mass., 

 and Louis J. Renter, of Westerly, R, I., 

 were New York visitors October 4. 

 Both these gentlemen were at Madison, 

 N. J., last week, as the guests of Charles 

 H. Totty. 



On October 2 the oflSce furniture and 

 fixtures of the late firm of Wm. Hage- 

 mann & Co. were sold at auction, to- 

 gether with large quantities of bulbs. 

 Some great bargains were secured by 

 enterprising buyers. The firm had a 

 large number Of bulbs ia*: cold storage 

 in Chicago. ^^ 



John Wilk, formerly with Vaughan's 

 Seed Store, has opened a store at 155 

 West Thirty-third street, near the Penn- 

 sylvania Terminal Station, with a ware- 

 house for his French and Dutch bulbs 

 and seeds at Hoboken, N. J. The loca- 

 tion is excellent and not far from the 

 headquarters of the uptown seed house 

 of Kennedy & Hunter. 



Harry Bayersdorfer, of Philadelphia, 

 was a recent visitor, as breezily opti- 

 mistic as ever, with, he says, a big 

 season assured and novelties innumer- 

 able. 



John M. Baker, of Morristown, N. J., 

 the sweet pea specialist and winner of 

 high premiums at the last flower show, 

 was in the city October 4. 



Weeber & Don had an interesting 

 window last week, v/ith their ripe straw- 

 berry, America, as the attractive fea- 

 ture. The firm reports a phenomenal 

 demand for English mushroom spawn. 

 Jas. W. Sterling, of Scotland, is a late 

 addition to their force of salesmen. 



Anthony Ruziska, foreman at Traend- 

 ly & Schenck's greenhouses at Roway- 

 ton. Conn., was in the city October 4. 



Mr. Redstone, of Hitchings & Co., re- 

 ports a successful season and a roseate 

 outlook. 



M. Leyden, of Cold Springs, L. I., was 

 a recent visitor. 



Harry A. Bunyard is back from his 

 vacation, laden with fish stories, and a 

 severe cold. Fall business at Bodding- 

 ton's is already booming beyond the 

 firm's expectations. 



Hermann's Seed Store, on East Thir- 

 ty-fourth street, has an interesting as- 

 sortment of bulbs in bloom of the air' 

 plant, Scheherazade, which Manager 

 Wagenfohr calls Wonders of the Orient, 

 in a neat pamphlet he is distributing. 



The most attractive windows nowa- 

 days in lower New York are those of 

 the seed houses. Their cut flower ex- 

 hibits of specialties in mums, dahlias 

 and gladioli are especially noteworthy. 

 There is considerable competition among 

 the firms, whose large windows make 

 elaborateness possible. 



Attendance at the auctions during 

 the delightful Indian summer season is 

 never large nor satisfactory. Some 

 great bargains were picked up last 

 week by wideawake retailers in deco- 

 rative kentias. 



October 31 is the date of the first of 

 the many flower shows in New York 

 city that will be staged the first week 

 in November, This exhibit will con- 

 tinue five days under the auspices of 

 the Horticultural Society of Npw York, 

 at the Museum ot Natural History. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Wallace, Idaho — Emil Tomsche is 

 building a greenhouse, in which he ex- 

 pects to grow vegetables for the Jpcal 

 market. 



GLASS-MAKERS' WAGES RAISED. 



This was in a press dispatch from 

 Cleveland, appearing in many daily 

 newspapers October 4: "The National 

 Association of Window Glass Manufac- 

 turers has granted 5,000 employees an 

 increase of ten per cent for all workers. 

 The new wage scale will continue in 

 force for thirty-two weeks, the usual 

 length of time." 



Just think of it! An advance of ten 

 per cent the very day the cut in the 

 tariff took place — the reduction in pro- 

 tection that a few months ago they 

 told us would send the ' window glass 

 trade to the demnition bow wows! On 

 the face of the first returns it might 

 be thought that the cut of seven-eighths 

 of a cent per pound in the duty on win- 

 dow glass was not so deep as it should 

 have been. 



PROVIDENOE, R. I. 



The Market. 



Cooler weather and a number of 

 small weddings during the last week 

 have had marked effect upon business 

 here, and the supply has been just short 

 of the demand. In consequence, there 

 was a slight stiffening in price on first 

 qualities and novelties. Carnations 

 have not yet attained a high standard 

 of quality and roses are a trifle off. 

 Early chrysanthemums find a moderate 

 demand at 15 to 50 cents apiece retail, 

 white and pink being leaders. 



Various Notes. 



Sweeney Bros., 446 Cranston street, 

 are remodeling their office and green- 

 houses, making extensive alterations. 



The Westminster Greenhouses, 1205 

 Westminster street, have been making 

 numerous alterations and improvements 

 about their range and offices. 



T. J. Johnston & Co., have just pur- 

 chased a handsome new automobile for 

 delivery purposes. 



Henry C. Neubrandt, who has been 

 with W. S. Pino for several years, has 

 left his employ to engage in other busi- 

 ness. 



Robert Shoch, representing the M. 

 Rice Co., of Philadelphia, was a busi- 

 ness visitor in this city last week. 



John Johnston, of Johnston Bros., 

 and Charles H. Hunt, were among the 

 visitors to the big agricultural fair at 

 Brockton, Mass., last week. 



The Providence Horticultural Co. ijs 

 busy on outdoor work, preparing trees 

 and shrubs for the winter. 



John Lindbloom, with the Hope 

 Greenhouses, is confined to his house by 

 a bad strain caused by overlifting. 



William E. Chappell has had several 

 decorations for social functions at the 

 Masonic Temple during the last week 

 or so. 



James B. Canning left his large de- 

 livery car a few days ago while he was 

 delivering several large palms for a 

 wedding decoration. Some boys started 

 the machine, causing a bad wreck. 

 Several hundred dollars' damage was 

 done to the car and palms. 



Louis J. Reuter, of Westerly, was a 

 business visitor in Boston last week. 



Simon Blazer, for the last two years 

 with T. O'Connor, has resigned and 

 his place has been filled by John Mc- 

 Caffrey. 



William Cohe^i, who has been with 

 Joseph Koppelman for several years in 

 his retail department, was presented 



