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The Fforists' Review 



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being top prices, and there is no short- 

 age of either. Orchids were away 

 down last week; 25 cents was high and 

 this was obtained only for the selects. 

 Wonderful how fast the mums have 

 come in this year I Two weeks ahead 

 of schedule! Some fine novelties are 

 already seen. Dahlias have made their 

 farewell bow. The displays were good, 

 and the variety of flowers was won- 

 derful, but they were not half appre- 

 ciated. Bouvardias, tritomas and cos- 

 mos are abundant. So are violets, but 

 they are awsty ahead of time, as usukl. 

 It is pretty early to quote $1 per thou- 

 sand, but it was true last week. 



A Visit to Manda's. 



The invitation of W. A. Manda to 

 the New York Florists' Club to visit 

 his greenhouses and nursery at South 

 Orange, October 17, was accepted by 

 Messrs Siebrecht, Donaldson, Miesem, 

 Bunyard, Traendly, Fiesser, Holt, 

 Shaw, Wagenfohr, Dahlbom, Nilson, 

 Henshaw, Falkner, A. J. Manda and 

 Joseph Manda. The party met at Ho- 

 boken, where Mr. Manda welcomed his 

 friends and furnished special transpor- 

 tation. On arrival at South Orange 

 dinner was served at Mr. Manda's 

 home and the health of his household 

 was given in champagne. Addresses 

 were made by Messrs. Siebrecht, Bufl- 

 yard and Traendly. Mr. Traendly spoke 

 of the great influence of Mr. Manda in 

 the flower shows and the hope for his 

 cooperation in the March, 1914, ex- 

 hibition in New York. He also sug- 

 gested Mr. Bunyard as the logical can- 

 didate for president of the New York 

 Florists' Club for the coming year. 



The investigating committee of the 

 club had under consideration Mr. Man- 

 da's new dahlias, including Mrs. Du- 

 Pont and Beatrice Manda, and will re- 

 port at the club's November meeting, 

 which, by the way, will be ladies ' night 

 and at which Mr. Manda will make a 

 suitable decoration. 



The company enjoyed several hours 

 in visiting the nursery and inspecting 

 the many novelties to be seen there. 

 Everyone returned to the city laden 

 with dahlias. The reader can imagine 

 the sensation on the train, under the 

 leadership of Messrs. Traendlv and 

 Bunyard. 



Various Notes. 



Commencing October 29 and contin- 

 uing for five days the big fall flower 

 show will be held at the Museum of 

 Natural History. On the same dates 

 the meeting of the Gardeners' Society 

 ^ill be held and on the evening of 

 November 3 the annual banquet at 

 Hotel Endicott. Tickets for the last 

 nientioned event can be obtained from 

 ^- C. Ebel, secretary, Madison, N. J. 



Business at the plante auctions has 

 ■'een slow. Some fine decorative piUm 

 stock has been sold and prices have 

 ^en at about half their actual values. 

 -Messrs. Troy, Stumpp and Abrams 

 ^er(> heavy purchasers. 



Messrs. Bunyard and Armstrong are 

 ^gain at their New York stores, after 

 ^snieessful summer at Newport, E. I. 

 Wa(]iey & Smythe also report an ex- 

 celh nt season at that resort. 



.-y. A. Bowe has been busy of late. 



^i|t: weddings and dinners. 



"'IX Schling received cable orders 

 lor the Busch funeral. 



riios. P. Galvin 's new store at Forty- 



.'SiN street and Fifth avenue is unique 



^'l lieauty and decoration. Mr. Gal- 



*i himself is here to welcome his 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



THE MAYOE OF BRAMPTON. 



WIELDING the mace with the same facility, or felicity, he does the pruning 

 shears, Thomas W. Duggan has achieved in the politics of the Dominion the 

 same honorable position he holds in the trade by reason of his conspicuous suc- 

 cess as managing director of the Dale Estate, Brampton. In fact, as Mayor of Bramp- 

 ton Mr. Duggan 's well known administrative abilities have been so useful to the muni- 

 cipality that the Conservatives among his constituents now propose to make him stand 

 as their candidate for member of the House of Parliament, the retirement of the 

 present member for Peel having created an unexpected vacancy. To Mr. Duggan 's 

 friends in the trade, knowing his policies but not his politics, it will be a surprise to 

 learn that he is a Conservative, for a growing establishment of the size and com- 

 prehensiveness of the Dale Estate never resulted from anything but the most liberal 

 of administrations. 



many New York friends. W. A. Bridge- 

 man is manager. The building is six 

 stories high, with a conservatory on 

 the roof. The architecture is colonial. 

 The Tiffany studios are responsible 

 for the Wedgewood design in white 

 and blue. The evergreen effects in 

 outside decoration are profuse and 

 beau^fUl. Originality is manifested in 

 every thiu]^. ' There is no other flower 

 shop just like it. The basement work- 

 rooms are ample. The roof conserva- 

 tory is reached by elevators and many 

 novel effects are promised visitors 

 there. The ammonia pipe system is 

 installed for the ice boxes. 



Stumpp & Walter Co. has an attrac- 

 tive window display this week, includ- 

 ing the inevitable windmill in a show- 

 ing of bulbs of every seuojiable va- 

 riety. ^^ 



The pompon chrys&nthemurhs and the 

 lilies from Dreyer Bros., of Woodside 

 and Whitestone, attract favorable com- 

 ment from Wm. Kessler's customers. 



The Astoria bowling club visited W. 

 H. Siebrecht, Sr,, October 16, at Chap- 



pequa and were entertained at dinner, 

 where cider and honey from his own 

 trees and bees flowed freely. Those 

 present were Messrs. Miesem, Donald- 

 son, Dorval, Garbe, Jacobson, Doerhofer 

 and Kessler. The Astorias bowl every 

 Thursday evening. 



One of the prettiest stores on upper 

 Broadway is that of Charles Haber- 

 mann. Jas. P. Neehen, formerly with 

 Mcintosh, is manager. 



A. T. Bunyard had a large wedding 

 decoration at Cold Springs, N. Y., last 

 week, at which yellow chrysanthemums 

 and autumn foliage were used abun- 

 dantly. 



S. D. Green, the New York repre- 

 sentative of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia, was a recent visitor, 

 fresh from a successful canvass of 

 New England. 



Prank Dinda, of Farmingdale, is 

 sending some excellent Beatrice May 

 to the Growers' Cut Flower Co., as 

 well as his new white seedling carna- 

 tion. 



Hoffmeir had the O'Neill-McDonald 



