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The Florists' Review 



Dkcbubeb 17, 1914. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The week opens with lighter ship- 

 ments, the storms are over, the sun is 

 shining and the promise for Christmas 

 is encouraging. The financial markets 

 are in full swing again, and the flower- 

 buying brokers are busy and jubilant. 

 Debutante receptions have been numer- 

 ous. There have been some notable 

 wedding decorations also, and the out- 

 look for the holidays is better than 

 anticipated. 



The market suffered last week be- 

 cause of almost continuous rain. It was 

 not until Friday that any buoyancy was 

 manifest. Saturday was also good, and 

 the surplus was light as the week 

 ended. However, Monday was clear 

 and cold, and with diminished supplies, 

 a steady level of prices is maintained. 

 The quality of everything arriving is 

 exceptionally good. 



It is believed generally that the 

 volume of the holiday trade will be 

 equal to that of other years, but the 

 preparation for the demand shows an 

 expectation of more economical selec- 

 tion, and so the retail florists construct 

 their combination Christmas boxes and 

 baskets accordingly. 



American Beauty roses grow more 

 perfect daily, and the demand increases 

 with the cold. Hadley, Sunburst and 

 Russell are great favorites, and Ophelia 

 everybody takes to. Prices for the 

 novelties are satisfactory. 



Longiflorum lilies developed greater 

 strength last week and will doubtless 

 continue strong until Christmas. The 

 shipments are increasing. 



Chrysanthemums will last until 1915, 

 but the "reserves" are few, and no 

 one seems sorry to shelve the "autumn 



queen. 



A few of the best late ones 



bring about $2 a dozen. Valley is 

 abundant and prices low. No signs of 

 any shortage yet, and importations of 

 pips are as large as usual. Orchids are 

 not in oversupply and may now be had 

 in variety. Cypripediums are here 

 again also, and there is promise of C. 

 Trianae and D. formosum for Christmas. 



Carnations are of splendid quality. 

 Matchless especially so, but prices ruled 

 low all the week and only began their 

 advance on Saturday. Violets have 

 ruled far below the Thanksgiving 

 prices. They have now touched bottom. 

 Quality could not be better. There is 

 an abundance of all the other season- 

 able flowers, sweet peas, mignonette, 

 narcissi, hyacinths, bouvardia. daisies, 

 lilac, etc. 



Of Christmas greens there is no end 

 — holly, laurel, wild smilax, Christmas 

 trees, wreathing, roping, etc. 



Club Meeting. 



There was an excellent attendance 

 at the annual meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club December 14. The elec- 

 tion of officers narrowed down to a 

 contest for the presidency and three 

 trustees. For president, Harry A. Bun- 

 yard received eighty-five votes and I. 

 S. Hendrickson forty-five. Mr. Hen- 

 drickson moved to make it unanimous. 

 Robert Koehne, one of the bright 

 lights of the lower Kfth avenue retail 

 section, was unanimously elected vice- 

 president. John Young, without opposi- 

 tion, was reelected secretary for the 

 twenty-fifth time, and W. C. Rickards, 

 Jr., was unanimously elected treasurer. 

 The three candidates who received the 



Harry A. Bunyard. 

 (President-elect, New York FlorUts' Club.) 



highest number of votes for trustee 

 were W. R. Cobb, John H. Fiesser and 

 Emil Schloss. The election was con- 

 ducted by W. F. Sheridan, F. H. 

 Traendly and Joseph Fenrich. 



Each of the new officers made a 

 speech of thanks, appreciation and as- 

 surance of unremitting effort during the 

 coming year. 



Prof. E. A. White and Z. Tadema 

 were elected to membership. Applica- 

 tions were received from David 8. 

 Ward, Joseph Leikens and H. Weiss. 



The purposes of the newly organized 

 association of retailers were presented 

 to the club and there was considerable 

 discussion, principally by Messrs. Sheri- 

 dan, Schling, Siebrecht and Young. A 

 committee, consisting of W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., John Young and Joseph 

 Fenrich, was appointed to consider the 

 proposal for a union of interests. J. A. 

 Shaw, Robert Wilson and H. H. Jahn 

 were appointed to prepare resolutions 

 on the death of D. Y. Mollis. A trans- 

 portation committee was appointed to 

 arrange for a special car to the Buf- 

 falo convention of the American Carna- 

 tion Society. 



The F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 showed a splendid vase of the new 

 rose, Francis Scott Key, and S. J. Reu- 

 ter & Son, Westerly, R. I., showed a 

 handsome lot of Prince E. C. d'Aren- 

 berg. Both exhibits received the club's 

 cultural certificate. 



Various Notes. 



The Associated Retail Florists, Inc., 

 met at the Hotel Woodward Tuesday 

 evening, December 8, and perfected its 

 organization. M. A. Bowe was elected 

 president, Max Schling and Charles 

 Brown vice-presidents, G. E. M. Stumpp 

 treasurer and W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., sec- 

 retary. The society will include in its 



membership the leading retailers of the 

 city. 



At the auctions of the MacNiff Hor- 

 ticultural Co. there is a big demand 

 for the White Baby, Tausendschon,. 

 Cutbush, Teschendorff and Jessie ever- 

 blooming rose bushes, now here, but 

 grown for the German markets. 



Geo. C. Siebrecht will soon have from 

 the Chappaqua greenhouses Acacia 

 pubescens in quantity. 



At one of the debutante affairs in 

 upper New York last week David 

 Clarke's Sons, who had charge of the 

 decorations, said over eighty floral gifts 

 were sent by the young lady's friends. 



At the big store of G. E. M. Stumpp, 

 on Fifth avenue, are innumerable 

 Christmas novelties in seasonable im- 

 portations. There are three floors in 

 this establishment devoted to holiday 

 display. 



.T. K. Allen will soon celebrate his 

 thirtieth anniversary in the cut flower 

 business. 



John Young is exceedingly busy with 

 liis quartet of enterprises and quite 

 optimistic as to the success of the 

 flower show to be held here next March. 



All the florists' supply houses have 

 had a wonderful season. Shipments 

 have been enormous and still continue. 

 Some firms complain they are sold out. 



Russin & Hanfling, the New York 

 Florist Supply Co. and the Kervan Co. 

 Iiave gaily decorated fronts, on Twenty- 

 eighth street. 



The stork called at the residence of 

 Robert Woodrow, foreman for Woodrow 

 & Marketos, December 11, and left two 

 fine boys. 



John Donate, formerly with W. S. 

 Lee, now is in the employ of Woodrow 

 & Marketos. 



C. C. Trepel will open a cut flower 

 distributing adjunct to his big business 



