OCTOBER 23, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



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iif top prices, and there is no short- 

 of either. Orchids were away 

 vn last week; 25 cents was high and 

 < was obtained only for the selects. 

 A'onderful how fast the mums have 

 ,,e in this year! Two weeks ahead 

 schedule! Some fine novelties are 

 , iidy seen. Dahlias have made their 

 •well bow. The displays were good, 

 the variety of flowers was won- 

 ful, but they were not half appre- 

 , (1. Bouvardias, tritomas and cos- 

 are abundant. So are violets, but 

 are away ahead of time, as usual. 

 - pretty early to quote $1 per thou- 

 .;, . but it was true last week. 



A Visit to Manda's. 



10 invitation of W, A. Manda to 

 fli. .Vow York Florists' Club to visit 

 lii irroonhouses and nursery at South 

 <' ,:i>io, October 17, was accepted by 

 M. -IS Siebrecht, Donaldson, Micsem, 

 I'.i.i.vard, Traendly, Fiessor, Holt, 

 Sliiw, Wagenfohr, Dahlborn, Nilson, 

 Jlr.sliaw, Falknor, A. J. Manda and 

 .In-. I'll Manda. The party mot at Ho- 

 liiii.. II, where Mr. Manda welcomed his 

 friiiuis and furnished special transpor- 

 tJit-oii. On arrival at South Orange 

 liinncr was served at Mr. Manda's 

 lioiiu' and the health of his household 

 w.'is given in champagne. Addresses 

 wiM. miide by Messrs. Siebrocht, Bun- 

 viir 1 and Traendly. Mr. Traendly spoke 

 oi' tlio great influence of Mr. Manda in 

 tlji' llowor shows and the hope for his 

 foiijioration in the March, 1914, ex- 

 liiliitinn in New York. He also sug- 

 ;ri>stod Mr. Bunyard as the logical oan- 

 'ii'lrito for president of the New York 

 Florists' Club for the coining year. 



Tho investigating committoo of the 

 '•hil> had under consideration Mr. Man- 

 ila's new dahlias, including Mrs. Du- 

 I'liiit and Beatrice Manda, and will re- 

 [I'lit at the club's November meeting, 

 which, by the way, will be ladies' night 

 ii'iil jit which Mr. Manda will make a 

 -uitalilo decoration. 



Tho company enjoyed several hours 

 I'l visiting the nursery and inspecting 

 fjio many novelties to be soon there. 

 I.ycryono returned to tho city laden 

 ^^itli dalilias. The reader can imagine 

 ^lio sensation on the train, under the 

 ''■ii'lorship of Messrs. Traendly and 

 Bunyard. 



Various Notes. 



'"innioncing October 20 and contin- 

 "i'lL' tor five days the big fail flower 

 ■^'lou will be held at the Museum of 

 ^•'if'irai History. On the same dates 

 'li'' mooting of" tho Cardenors' Society 

 ^^lil li(^ lioiii ;)„,i on tho evening of 

 ^' irilior ;i tiio annual ban(iuot at 

 ""' I Kndioott. Tickets for the last 

 "" 'iriod ovont can bo obtained from 



' Kbol, socrotarv. Madison. N. ,T. 



, ' I -moss at the ])lant auctions has 



"' ' -l(i\v. Soiiio fine docorativo palm 



j^'" lias boon sol,] and ])ricos have 



It about half tiioir actual values. 



'' -. Troy, Stunipp and Abrams 

 ^^' ■ iioavy jiurchasors. 



W 



^ '^rs. Bunvard and Armstrong are 



■' at their Now York stores, after 



" issful summer at Newport, R. T. 



V i^: Smytlie also report an ex- 



' ' ,' ■ season at that resort. 



A. Howe has been busy of late, 

 "'' voddings and dinners. 



Schling received cable orders 



fit. 



o Busch funeral. 



-^. F. Calvin's new store at Forty- 

 '^ ~troet and Fifth avenue is unique 

 '1 'uty and decoration. Mr. Gal- 

 ''' imself is here to welcome his 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



THE MAYOR OF BRAMPTON. 



WIELDIXC; tlio inaco witii tlio same facility, or felicity, ho does the pruning 

 shears, Thninas W. l>ii^<,'aii has achieved in the politics of the Dominion the 

 same honorahlo |i(isitiim ho holds in tho trade by reason of his conspicuous suc- 

 cess as managing diioctor of tli(> l»alo Mstato, F.ramiitoii. In fact, as Mayor of Bramji- 

 ton Mr. Duggan's well known administrat ive abilit ios have boon so useful to the muni- 

 cipalit.v that tiie Consor\at ivos among his constituents now propose to make him stand 

 as their candidat(> for nioiiilior of the House of Parliaiiu'iit. the i(>t iicinoiit of the 

 present memlior for i'ool ha\ing cioatod an un(^xpecteil \acaiicy. To .Mr. Duggan's 

 friends in the trade. knouiriL; his (tolicies Imt not his jiolitics, it will lie a surprise to 

 le:irn that he is a Conservative, for ii growing establishineiit of tiio size and com- 

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

 of administrations. 



many Now "^'oik friends. W. A. I'.ridgo- 

 nian is manager. The building is six 

 stories high, with a conservatory <in 

 tho roof. The arch'itocturo is colonial. 

 The Tiffany studios are responsible 

 for the W odgowood design in white 

 and blue. The overyreen etVects in 

 outside doi'oration are iirol'iiso and 

 beautiful. Originality is maiiif(>stod in 

 o\(M-ytliing. 'i'hore is no otlu^r flower 

 shop just like it. The basenient work- 

 rooms are ample, 'i'lie roof conserva- 

 tory is reacdiod bv elevators ami many 

 novel olVects are promis<>d visitors 

 there. The ammonia I'ij'o system is 

 installed for the ice boxes. 



Stumpii & Walt(>r Co. has an attrac- 

 tive window disjilay this week, in<dud- 

 ing the inevitable windmill in a sliow- 

 ing of bulbs of every st'asonablo va- 

 riety. 



The pom|pon (dirvsantliemums and the 

 lilies from Droyer Bros., of Woodsido 

 and ^Vhitostono, attract favorable com- 

 ment from Wm. Kesslor's customers. 



The .'\storia bowling club visited W. 

 n. Siebrecht, Sr., October Ki, at Chap- 



poipia and were etitertaiiic,! nt dinner, 

 where cider an<l honey from his own 

 trees and bees flowed fretdy. Those 

 |ires(Mit were Moj^^j^'s. Mioscni, Donald- 

 sou, Dorval, ( lai be, VTacoli-ifui, Doerhofer 

 and Ko^^ler. The Astorias bowl every 

 Thurs.lay evening. 



One of tho prettiest stfiros on uf>por 

 Broadway i< th.at ot' ('li;nle< llabor- 

 maiin. .las. I'. Xeehen, I'uinierly with 

 Mcintosh, is iii;iiiager. 



A. T. Huiiyard had a larijo wedding 

 decoration at Cold S|)i-ings. N. V., last 

 week, at whiidi yellow (dirysaiitliomums 

 aii<l autumn foliage wore used abun- 

 dantly. 



S. D. Creeii, th(> X(Mv ^'orl^c repre- 

 sentative of II. P.ayorsdorft^r i.^' < 'o., 

 lMiiladid|ihia, was a recent visitor, 

 fri^sli from a successful canvass of 

 Now England. 



Frank Dinda. of Farmingilalo. is 

 sending some excellent Beatrice May 

 to the < Growers' Cut Flower Co., as 

 well as liis new white seedling carna- 

 tion. 



IlofTmeir had the O'Neill-McDonald 



