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The Florists^ Review 



October 16, 1913. 



BUFFALO, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Seasonable weather now prevails and 

 we hope for it to continue, as we have 

 just passed through some mighty hot 

 weather. Roses and dahlias went up in 

 one day and other stock suffered badly 

 •from the heat. Dahlias have prevailed 

 for the last three weeks and, with the 

 vast improvement in the colors and 

 varieties, the stock is now a profitable 

 and timely one. Carnations are getting 

 much better in quality and chrysanthe- 

 mums are just taking hold. They are 

 a little too high in price to be popular 

 as yet, but in another week we shall 

 be in the season's midst. The most 

 marked scarcity on the Buffalo market 

 has been in Easter lilies. Never have 

 we seen them so scarce and the demand 

 seemed to increase just at the same 

 time. Roses have been of fine quality 

 and have sold well. Funeral work has 

 been reported heavy all around and an 

 unusual number of weddings were held 

 last month. 



Various Notes. 



J. Benson Stafford, the artist-florist, 

 who for a number of years has been on 

 Main street, has just located at 72 Chip- 

 pewa street. Mr. Stafford reports busi- 

 ness there much improved over that at 

 the other location and hopes still to 

 improve it in many ways. His store is 

 somewhat of a novelty for the florists' 

 business, as he has high-class place 

 cards and other novelties, which are 

 quite well combined with flowers. It is 

 somewhat of a new departure for this 

 city, but his methods are unique and 

 his success is assured. 



John Kramer is the proud father of 

 a big, bouncing boy and his happiness 

 was quite manifest, by the talk he 

 caused at the wholesale house the morn- 

 ing the boy came. Mr. Kramer is the 

 assistant of J. B. Wiese. Mr. Wiese 

 has just returned from Europe, where 

 he and his daughter spent the summer. 

 Mr. Wiese toured Europe to some ex- 

 tent and spent a few weeks in Germany 

 with his relatives. 



We take great pleasure in announcing 

 the marriage of Edward Altman, who 

 has just returned from his automobile 

 trip through the east. Mr. Altman has 

 other cares now, and so he has taken 

 his sister. Miss Erma Altman, as his 

 business partner. An alert young as- 

 sistant is she, and to show her pro- 

 gressiveness, while her brother was buy- 

 ing Atlantic City for his bride, Miss 

 Altman bought a new R. & L. electric 

 just to keep pace. 



Joseph Streit says that the florists 

 have entered a team in the Business 

 House bowling league. The season has 

 just started and he was proud to say 

 that they won three points the first 

 night. 



W. A. Adams is again the candidate 

 on the Republican ticket for supervisor. 

 Success be with him, and a good many 

 votes. R. A. S. 



Milwaukee, Wis. — C. F. Becker, who 

 not long ago leased the greenhouse plant 

 of Currie Bros., has opened a flower 

 store at 1903 State street. 



Atlanta, Qa. — W. C. Lawrence, for 

 many years the manager of the West 

 View Floral Co., is about to resume busi- 

 ness for himself under the name of the 

 Lawrence Floral Co., at 138 Peachtree 

 street. , 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



The market seems to be flooded with 

 everything, as is the custom when the 

 mum is king. It was muggy weather 

 most of the week, also, and business 

 with the retailers continues exception- 

 ally dull. The mum shipments grow in 

 volume daily and the flower shop win- 

 dows are made thereby entrancingly at- 

 tractive. The demand for the large 

 and expensive chrysanthemum novel- 

 ties seems to be limited. It is hard to 

 get over $3 a dozen for the best of 

 them. The quality of these, however, 

 continues to improve and the size to 

 increase. Doubtless the choicest of the 

 novelties will soon command 50 cents 

 each, as in other seasons. It is unwise 

 for the growers to send anything com- 

 mon in mums to the New York mar- 

 ket. They surely are unsalable here. 

 Even the department stores turn up 

 their noses at the medium and low 

 grade offerings. 



American Beauties seem to be the 

 key to the rose market. When they 

 fall, all the rest of the roses grow pan- 

 icky and retreat. Even the new kinds 

 feel the influence of the depression. The 

 top for Beauties last Saturday was 15 

 cents, and some fine stock sold at $10 

 per hundred. The other roses sell from 

 $5 per hundred down to 50 cents, with 

 the possible exceptions of Shawyer, Rus- 

 sell and Milady. 



The carnation shipments are now nor- 

 mal and abundant. Even the best of 

 them do not bring ov«r 2% cents. Any- 

 thing small, short-stemmed and sleepy 

 cannot be disposed of for express 

 charges, and should not be sent at all. 

 Another week will send the dahlias into 

 the discard. A good frost will do the 

 trick in less time, and the charm of 

 Indian summer will be ended. 



Valley is again abundant and prices 

 lower. Lilies have held their average 

 of the last few weeks, with a down- 

 ward tendency now. There are few 

 gardenias, but of orchids there seems to 

 be no end. Splendid stock sold at $25 

 per hundred, the best of it. The slump 

 gives promise of going even lower this 

 weeK, and there is nothing special in 

 view to lift it. Violets begin to look 

 and smell natural and everybody is 

 handling them. New York can dis- 

 pose profitably to the growers of all 

 the first-class stock that can be sent to 

 this market, and there is no necessity 

 or profit in the Rhinebeck violet grow- 

 ers shipping their stock to the far- 

 away western market. Cosmos is at its 

 best now. Sweet peas are coming and 

 gladioli going. The general expecta- 

 tion is optimistic, and the wheels will 

 be running fast before November. 



Club Meeting. 

 There was an attendance of more 

 than 100 and one of the finest displays 

 ever seen in the rooms when President 

 Siebrecht called the meeting of the 

 Florists' Club to order October 13. W. 

 A. Manda, South Orange, N. J., made 

 an unusually large display and deco- 

 rated every member present with a 

 flower of his ruby -red dahlia, Mrs. A. I. 

 DuPont. He received a silver medal 

 for Polypodium Mandaianum, and cer- 

 tificates and votes of thanks for other 

 varieties in his display. Charles H. 

 Totty, of Madison, showed twenty-two 

 vases and varieties of new chrysanthe- 

 mums flowered outdoors. James Bell, 

 gardener for C. K. G. Billings, staged a 



fine vase of Dahlia Delice. A. N. Kin- 

 ney showed a new geranium, Mme. Kin- 

 ney. Charles Weber, of Lynbrook, L. I., 

 had a vase of a new crimson dahlia of 

 brilliant color. Bergenfield Nurseries, 

 of Bergenfield, N. J., staged fifty-three 

 varieties of hardy outdoor chrysanthe- 

 mums and dahlias. The thanks of the 

 club were voted to all the exhibitors. 



Geo. V. Nash and J. P. Dahlborn were 

 elected to membership, and applications 

 were received from Jos. B. Bischamp, 

 Herbert Brown, M. M. Voit, Andrew 

 Cova, Anthony Hankey, Otto MuUer, F. 

 H. Dressel, Jr., F. A. Danker, J. R. 

 Lewis, R. C. Fontaine and G. W. Par- 

 ker. The resignation of U. Cutler Ryer- 

 son was accepted. 



P. O'Mara read the resolutions on 

 the death of Julius Roehrs, and W. F. 

 Sheridan those on the death of J. B. 

 Nugent, Jr. 



Mr. Ebel's invitation to the annual 

 banquet of the gardeners' society at 

 the Hotel Endicott November 3 was 

 received and many will attend. P» 

 O'Mara will be toastmaster, 



Mr. Weathered 's report showed a bal- 

 ance of nearly $300 left of the guaran- 

 tee fund for the entertainment at the 

 spring flower show, and the amount 

 was voted to the treasury for future 

 use on similar lines. John Young gave 

 interesting reports as to the flower 

 show in March, 1914. The guarantee 

 fund is already over $7,100 and only 

 $10,000 is required. C. H. Totty gave 

 an eloquent address in its behalf and 

 predicted a greater success than the last 

 if the club would awake to the neces- 

 sity of earnest and immediate coopera- 

 tive effort. Messrs. Duckham, Ebel, 

 Manda, Traendly, Stumpp and Schei- 

 der also spoke on the subject, the re- 

 tailers showing especial enthusiasm. 



President Siebrecht announced 

 ladies' night for the November meet- 

 ing. 



W. A. Manda invited the members 

 of the investigating committee and the 

 club's members to visit his nurseries at 

 South Orange October 17, and many 

 signified their intention of accepting. 



Various Notes. 



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

 was in the city October 10. He was 

 delighted with the success of his annual 

 dahlia exhibition and will have a dis- 

 play of his novelties at the New York 

 show. 



Wm. P. Craig, of the Robert Craig 

 Co., and .L M. Wade, manager of the 

 estate of Lemuel Ball, of Philadelphia, 

 were recent visitors. 



Woodrow & Marketos say October to 

 date is beyond any previous season 

 in volume of business. The firm is 

 busy with a large landscape contract 

 at Princeton, N. J. 



W. G. Badgley is cutting fine Shaw- 

 yer and Bon Silene. Nicholas Schreiner 

 is a late addition to the force of Badg- 

 ley, Riedel & Meyer. 



John Young's new store is completed 

 and one of the handsomest in the 

 wholesale district. His office is head- 

 quarters for out-of-town members of 

 the S. A. F.. 



The store of J. J. Fellouris has been 

 redecorated and brightened up for the 

 fall trade, which he says has opened 

 encouragingly. 



Prospects are considered excellent 

 for the exhibition of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York, which opens Oc- 

 tober 31. The annual meeting of the 



