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June 11, 1914. 



The Rorists* Review 



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to come out at $12 an ounce! This will 

 be a new price for seed of a variety 

 that it is expected to sell to trade grow- 

 ers for a market crop, but it is less than 

 has been asked for many sweet pea 

 novelties on the other side of the water, 

 where retail prices of from 2 cents to 4 

 cents per seed are not infrequent. 



BUSINESS EMSABBASSMENTS. 



Newell, W. Va. — Application was 

 granted June 2 for the appointment 

 of a receiver for the B. A. Mick Flo- 

 ral Co., and also B. A. Mick and Annie 

 E. Mick. The McCallum Co., of Pitts- 

 burgh, filed the application, and Judge 

 Newman, of the Circuit court at Wheel- 

 ing, appointed F. B. Lawrence receiver. 

 The McCallum Co. held a judgment of 

 $800 against Mr. Mick for flowers 

 which he had purchased. Under the di- 

 rection of the receiver, John Nelson has 

 been placed in charge of the green- 

 houses. Mr. Mick has left this vicinity 

 and, it is said, has left behind a num- 

 ber of creditors. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



So far as the wholesale out flower 

 business is concerned, last week was 

 * * the limit, ' ' and the present week 

 opens with cellars and iceboxes full to 

 overflowing and no stability to prices. 

 Even weddings seem to have lost their 

 uplift, notwithstanding the fact that 

 over 300 licenses were issued June 1. 

 Maybe business will improve as the 

 month grows older. Shipments will 

 surely lessen, and there can be no 

 deeper bottom to values than now, even 

 when midsummer arrives. 



There is no limit yet to the peony 

 arrivals. Some of the iceboxes are a 

 ravishing sight on the wholesale streets, 

 though to the wholesalers themselves 

 they look much more ravishing when 

 empty. The price is down to $2 per 

 hundred for the best of them, with but 

 a few exceptions of the specially se- 

 lected, and most of the stock arriving 

 has sold at 10 cents per bunch. Great 

 quantities have come from the south. 



Roses are showing the effects of the 

 hot weather, and prices for most of 

 them are unmentionable. The few 

 perfect ones of any variety sell quick- 

 ly, but many go into the discard. Car- 

 nations are deteriorating rapidly; $10 

 per thousand was top on Saturday, and 

 from that on down for the inferior 

 ones, to 25 cents per hundred. 'Twas 

 a bad fall, and some fine stock was dis- 

 posed of at bargain figures. Lilies are 

 the surprise of the year. Thousands of 

 them remained unsold at the close of 

 the week's business and every whole- 

 sale- house of any size seemed to be 

 overwhelmed with them. 



There has been no advance in or- 

 chids or valley, and the music of 

 "Here comes the bride" seems to 

 have lost its potency. There is much 

 outdoor valley, but it sells slowly, and 

 there is plenty of gladioli, iris, daisies 

 and sweet peas. Lilac is done. Out- 

 door roses are in bloom. There will 

 be no end of ramblers. 



Club Meeting. 



The final meeting of the Florists' 

 Club until September 14 drew a good 

 average attendance June 8. The ex- 

 hibits by P. W. Popp, of Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., were pots of Schizanthus Bridal 



New Winfer-fcloomiDg Spencir Sweet Pea, Rose Queen. 



Veil and Salvia Greggii. Each was 

 awarded a vote of thanks. 



Appropriate resolutions on the death 

 of J. F. Slimon were read. 



F. H. Traendly stated that the final 

 report of the spring flower show will 

 be made at the September meeting. 

 J. H. Pepper referred to the generous 

 publicity efforts of the Brooklyn flo- 

 rists in behalf of the exhibition and 

 Brooklyn day. A. L. Miller, chair- 

 man of the committee, stated that 

 $281 was collected and most of it ex- 

 pended in featuring Brooklyn's loyalty, 

 $24 remaining as a nucleus for much 

 greater effort in 1915. Messrs. Mellis 

 and Crawbuck were the other mem- 

 bers of the committee. A vote of 

 thanks was unanimous. 



C. H. Totty, in the absence of F. R. 

 Pierson, who has L W. W. troubles at 

 Tarrytown, stated that the weekly 

 meetings of the joint committees are 

 being held each Monday and said the 

 prize schedule is complete and will be 

 mailed early, giving prospective exhib- 

 itors ten months' leeway on next 

 spring's show. The guarantee list and 

 space sold each amount to over $4,000. 



F. H. Traendly, chairman of the 

 transportation committee, recommended 

 the use of the Eastern Steamship Co., 

 all-water line, in going to Ihe Boston 

 convention and the club voted unani- 

 mously to accept the recommendation. 

 The boat leaves the dock at the foot 

 of Murray street at 5 p. m. Rooms 

 may be reserved up to within ten days 

 of the date of sailing. The rates for 

 rooms are $1 and $2 and the fare is 

 $4 each way. The committee was voted 

 $100 to be used for comfort on the 

 trip. An attendance of 200 is expected. 

 Those from other cities and towns who 

 intend joiiling the New York club 

 would do well to write Mr. Traendly 

 at once for stateroom reservation. 



Chairman W. E. Marshall, of the out- 

 ing committee, announced all arrange- 

 ments complete for the annual event, 

 July 1, at Glen Island. Tickets are: 



Men, $3.50; ladies, $2.50; ages 12 to 

 16, $2; children under 12, $1; babies 

 free. Nearly $500 has been secured 

 for prizes. Tickets include refresh- 

 ments on the boat and a shore dinner 

 at the island. 



Louis Gleitsman was elected to mem- 

 bership and Henry Wessel and Michael 

 Daly were proposed. 



After recess Messrs Melosy, Dick 

 and Deamud gave loyal addresses and 

 William Plumb made a talk on the San 

 Francisco exposition. 



Various Notes. 



Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7, 

 the Horticultural Society of New York 

 held an exhibition of peonies, hardy 

 roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, irises and 

 orchid plants in bloom, which attracted 

 many flower lovers and proved the best 

 success of the summer season to date. 

 Saturday, June 6, Vice-president Geo. 

 T. Powell lectured in the Museum 

 building, Bronx Park, on "The Soil 

 the Basis of Success in Gardening and 

 Other Lines of Productive Work." 



Andrew Cova, treasurer of the New 

 York Florists' Supply Co., left New 

 York June 9 via .the Kaiserin Augusta 

 Victoria for a two months' European 

 trip, for the purchase of novelties and 

 supplies. Geo. Cotsonas, president of 

 the company, has been elected president 

 of the Greek- American Florists' Soci- 

 ety. The annual outing of' this organi- 

 zation will take place July 8, at Wet- 

 zel's Point, L. L 



John Wilk, the seedsman of West 

 Thirty-third street, says his first year 

 has been a greater success than he an- 

 ticipated. His location is ideal. He 

 uses large advertising signs to secure 

 publicity on Long Island. 



John Gunther and George Hildebrand 

 have been serving their country as 

 jurors in the Federal court. 



Arthur T. Boddington has returned 

 from his southern trip, having visited 

 many of the principal cities there. He 



