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The Florists^ Review 



JaNB 20, 1914. 



up became one of the show places of 

 Iowa. It consists of five houses, each 

 600 feet long, three of them forty-three 

 feet wide, and two sixty -four feet wide. 

 The service building for the range often 

 has been spoken of as more resembling 

 a street railway ^ower plant than 

 it does the usual greenhouse boiler shed. 

 That the big houses have justified them- 

 selves is shown by the fact that the 

 new range will consist of detached 

 structures each twelve feet wider than 

 the widest of the houses in the Iowa 

 establishment. 



to Atlantic City May 29. The mayors 

 of three cities, the two above named 

 and of Camden, averaged the proper 

 time for the distance at three hours and 

 forty-seven minutes. MrT^ Zirkman 's 

 time was three hours and seventeen min- 

 utes. In the picture Mr. Zirkman is 

 seen at the wheel in this reliability race. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



I THE SMITH GRAVE. 



; Visitors to Wadiington find the 

 graves containing the bodies of Mr. 

 and Mrs. William Smith, in beautiful 

 Rock Creek cemetery, nicely trimmed 

 and planted, through the courtesy of 

 George W. Hess, superintendent of the 

 U. S. Botanic Gardens, under the direc- 

 tion of W. P. Gude, Washington repre- 

 sentative of the S. A, F. On top of 

 each grave are Wichuraiana roses, as 

 Mr. Smith had often expressed a de- 

 sire to have memorial roses jflanted on 

 his grave. At the head of each grave a 

 nice specimen of Anthericum varie- 

 gatum is planted, and at the foot Cal- 

 luna vulgaris. Each grave is outlined 



Cooler weather, lessening shipments 

 and a boom in June weddings all have 

 united in giving a hardening tendency 

 to the cut fiower market. There has 

 been little uplift in prices, but the 

 low level of the last month is probably 

 the limit in depression and unreasona- 

 ble quotations. Midsummer can be no 

 worse. 



A fairly good Saturday reduced the 

 strain on the iceboxes, but prices did 

 not advance materially, except for the 

 selected American Beauties. Of outdoor 

 flowers, especially roses, there is now 

 no limit to the supply. Bamblers espe- 

 cially are abundant. Then, too, the 

 tables are loaded with sweet peas, gla- 

 dioli, daisies, stocks, feverffcw, coreopsis 

 and delphiniums. 



Arthur Zirkman and Frank Farney Making the Run to Atlantic City. 



with a border of Anthericum varie- 

 gatum and Ophiopogon Jaburan varie- 

 gatus. The whole makes an effective 

 setting and quite a contrast to the long 

 neglected spot. No doubt the memorial 

 committee, which met in Chicago in 

 1912, will do what it can to erect some 

 suitable stone on this beautiful lot, 

 which is located in one of the most no- 

 table cemeteries in the United States. 

 Just a short distance from the Smith 

 section is the world-famous St. Gau- 

 dens masterpiece, the ' ' Statue of 

 Grief." Many of the notable families 

 of the United States have mausoleums 

 nearby. 



ADAMS GETS PEEE MARQUETTE. 



A contract has been closed whereby 

 the Adams Express Co., July 1, will 

 take over the express business of the 

 Pere Marquette railway, now operated 

 by the United States Express Co. The 

 Adams has also been awarded the con- 

 tract of the Delaware, Lackawanna & 

 Western. 



ZIRKMAN AT THE WHEEL. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 Arthur Zirkman, Miss Zirkman and 

 Prank J. Farney in Mr. Zirkman 's car 

 that entered the race from Philadelphia 



Peonies have had their day, and only 

 a few reminders are left to close their 

 most disastrous season. This is sweet 

 pea week in New York, the convention 

 emphasizing their place in popular favor. 

 Pew perfect carnations are now arriv- 

 ing, and prices are from $1 downward. 

 Lilies have improved a little, the bot- 

 tom now holding at $2 per hundred. 

 Choice, selected stock sold at $3 oh Sat- 

 urday. Valley is firm, thanks to the 

 weddings and a larger amount of fu- 

 neral work last week than usual. Few 

 orchids are selling above $25 per hun- 

 dred, and anything mediocre was dis- 

 posed of at unmentionable figures. Mean- 

 while the whole market may be said to 

 be marking time. 



Various Notes. 



Among recent visitors were J. C. 

 Vaughan, of Chicago, and Bert Chad- 

 wick. 



The Newport branches of A. T. Bun- 

 yard, Ralph Armstrong and Wadley & 

 Smythe are now open, and a splendid 

 season is there anticipated. 



The eighth annual outing of the 

 Greek-American Florists ' Association 

 will be held at Wetzel's Point, Wednes- 

 day, July 8. Tickets are: Gentlemen, 

 $3; ladies, $2, and children, $1, and may 



( 

 be obtained from President MJeorge Cot- 

 sonas or J. J. Fellouris. The committee 

 members are James G. Carlaf tes, George 

 Polykranas, James Caparell, Peter Ve- 

 lotas, Jas. Sotiriades, Jas. Pappadem 

 and N. Christatos. 



Theo, Outerbridge and Miss Outer- 

 bridge left Saturday, June 20, on the 

 Bermudian for their home at Sunny- 

 lands, Hamilton, Bermuda, after a 

 month's stay in New York and vicinity. 



The Plant Growers' Association is 

 holding its 3-day outing this week at 

 Delaware Water Gap, at the Kittatinny 

 hotel. 



Woodrow & Marketos opened their 

 branch at Narragansett Pier June 22. 

 The firm has a large landscape CQntract 

 there and is quite busy. 



The window of George C. Siebrecht's 

 store contains an assortment of fern 

 monkeys in various stages of develop- 

 ment. 



Gunther Bros, have enlarged their 

 store, adding sixty square feet of space, 

 which gives them better facilities for 

 display. 



The employees of A, J. Langjahr cele- 

 brated his fiftieth birthday last week 

 by presenting to him a huge cake 

 ornamented with fifty candles. 



James Coyle will enjoy July and part 

 of August at Kingsbury, N. J., and at 

 Heckler, N. Y., thirty-seven miles north 

 of Utica. Mr. Coyle has handled large 

 shipments of geraniums this month in 

 addition to his cut flower business. 



The early closing movement is on in 

 earnest. Many of the wholesalers 

 closed last Sunday and will continue to 

 do so, as well as at 4 p. m. daily during 

 Jijly and August. 



Mrs. A. N. Kinney, of Port Washing- 

 ton avenue and One Hundred and 

 Ninety-eighth street, will sail for Eu- 

 rope July 14, on the Lusitania. 



Young & Nugent have been busy 

 lately with wedding decorations, having 

 had two June 20 and one, of church 

 and house, Tuesday, June 23. 



Harry Riedel has been suffering from 

 severe burns of hands and face. Mr. 

 Meyer has joined the ranks of the base- 

 ball enthusiasts, of whom there is no 

 mean number on Twenty-eighth street. 

 W. G. Badgley, who was chairman of 

 the railroad committee of the borough 

 council of Chatham, N. J., had the 

 honor of riding last week on the first 

 tram that passed over the new elevation 

 of the tracks, which eliminated eleven 

 grade crossings at a cost of $1,500,000. 

 This was largely due to Mr. Badgley 's 

 persistent efforts in behalf of his home 

 town. 



Much interest is apparent in the 

 sweet pea convention June 27 and 28, 

 at the 'Museum of Natural History. 



Malandre Bros, have taken over the 

 Weinberg greenhouses at Woodside, 

 L. I. This firm has three fine stores in 

 Manhattan. 



George 0. Sullivan, of P. J. Smith's 

 force, was married June 15. His bride 

 was Miss Gallagher, of Astoria. 



The veteran retail florist and nursery- 

 man, Alex. McConnell, is serving his 

 country at jury duty. 



Alfred E. Wheeler, of W. E. Marshall 

 & Co., and his bride, who was Miss 

 Edyth G. Waller, of Brooklyn, have re- 

 turned from their honeymoon trip. 



The auction season is over. The Mac- 

 Niff Horticultural Co. says its volume 

 broke all records. 



Harry A, Bunyard and wife are sum- 

 mering at Patchogue, L. I. 



A. T. Bunyard is back from a de- 



