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The Florists^ Review 



25 



Robert Koehne. 



(Vlceprealdent-elect, New York Florlste' Olub.) 



on West Twenty-eighth street near 

 Broadway, concentrating his purchase^ 

 there and supplying all his stores from 

 his central depot. 



The executive meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society, held December 14 at 

 the office of Traendly & Schenck, was 

 attended by W. R.' Pieraon, Robert 

 Pyle, Harry O. May, Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, F. R, Piersou, James Simpson, 

 Samuel S. Pennock, Thomas Roland, L. 

 J. Reuter and F. H. Traendly. 



Henry Siebrecht, Sr., of New Ko- 

 chelle, started December 15 for San 

 Francisco. Siebrecht & Son have a large 

 contract with the state of California 

 and have sent several carloads of nur- 

 sery stock for the plantings. 



The Julius Roehrs Co., Rutherford, re- 

 ports the business in Christmas plants 

 as excellent, promising a complete 

 clean-up. 



Victor Morgan, with Lord & Burnham 

 Co., reports a contract for new glass 

 from Conrad Stein, of Stamford, Conn. 



The Manda Florist Co. is the title of 

 a new retail establishment at 191 Val- 

 ley road, West Orange, N. J. The store 

 is 20 X 50 and will have all modern 

 conveniences, greenhouse facilities and 

 expert management. 



W. E. Maynard has acquired thirteen 

 acres near Great Neck, L. I., which will 

 be utilized as a nursery. Mr. Maynard 

 started December 15 for a business trip 

 in the south. J. Austin Shaw." 



BALTIMORE, MD. 



The Market. 



We have had an entire week of 



cloudy weather; only on Saturday, 



December 12, did the sun find its way 



through the clouds for a few hours, and 



cut flowers have shown the effects in a 

 shortening of the supply. During the 

 early part of the week business was 

 rather poor and stock accumulated, but 

 the latter part of the week brought*"a 

 much better demand. The wholesale 

 houses were pretty well cleaned up at 

 the close of business on Saturday, with 

 the exception of some stock that was 

 cut in the earlier part of the week. 

 The chrysanthemums are about over, 

 except that a few growers are holding 

 a few for Christmas. There was a 

 pretty good demand for roses and light 

 colored carnations, with the supply 

 short toward the end of the week. 

 Valley and Beauties were the slowest 

 movers of the week. There was a fairly 

 good demand for lilies and greens. 

 There is a good Christmas crop in sight, 

 in all varieties of cut flowers and 

 potted plants, with the possible excep- 

 tion of good pans of poinsettias, which 

 are rather scarce. The first snow of 

 this season reached here December 13. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists ' 

 Club was held December 14, President 

 .Johnston in the chair. The night was 

 extremely cold, which no doubt kept 

 down the attendance. A letter was 

 .read from J. Otto Thilow, of Phila- 

 delphia, saying business engagements 

 would prevent him from lecturing be- 

 fore the club in February. R. Vincent, 

 .Jr., read an original poem on the work- 

 men 's compensation act, which was well 

 received. I. H. Moss gave his expe- 

 rience in regard to the working of this 

 act and apparently florists and nursery 

 employees are exempt. At the second 

 meeting in January R. Vincent, Jr., 

 will deliver his Scotch lecture and it 



was decided to have the ladies with us 

 on this occasion. 



Various Notes. 



W. C. Erdman has a fine lot of 4-inch 

 Primula obconica for Christmas sales. 



The Pennock-Meehan Co. will put a 

 new Ford delivery car into service next 

 week. 



L. H. A. Klein, of Towson, is still 

 cutting Frick and Nonin mums. 



J. J. Perry spent the early part of 

 last week in Virginia. His trip took 

 him through Portsmouth, Richmond, 

 Norfolk and vicinity. 



J. P. Wilheim is sending to the Balti- 

 more Cut Flower Co. a fine lot of 

 azaleas, which are selling well. 



A. Spath, Jr., & Son., of Roland 

 Park, have some fine poinsettias for 

 Christmas cutting, with some bractf 

 measuring fifteen to eighteen inches 

 across. 



The creditors of Forthuber Bros, 

 have been advised by the referee in the 

 bankruptcy proceedings that theii 

 claims will not be settled, for after the 

 expenses were deducted there was 

 nothing left for the creditors. The 

 business will be continued by them at 

 their old stand. 



H. C. Vansant, of Norfolk, Va.; 

 Roman J. Irwin, of New York, and T. 

 .T. Meehan, of Philadelphia, were 

 among the visitors of the week. 



The American Flower Shop, on Lib- 

 erty street, near Lexington, opened for 

 business December 14, with Wm. E. Sei- 

 dewitz as manager. 



As a result of being struck by an 

 inspector of street paving December 

 10, J. J. Perry is confined in the Frank- 

 lin Square hospital in a serious condi- 

 tion. From the facts learned, Mr. Per- 

 ry attempted to run his auto down Cen- 

 ter street, which had been newly paved, 

 but the "Street Closed" sign was not 

 up. When stopped by the paver a 

 wordy altercation ensued and the paver 

 struck him in the mouth. No serious 

 effect followed, other than a copious 

 flow of blood from his nostrils, but 

 Saturday night he was taken with a 

 serious hemorrhage from his head and 

 only by great effort on the part of 

 the attending physicians was his life 

 saved. 



Harry Ekas is cutting some fine 

 Golden Chadwick and Helen Frick 

 mums. 



J. G. Harrison, founder of the 

 nursery firm of J. G. Harrison & Sons, 

 Berlin, Md., died December 12. Further 

 particulars will be found in this week's 

 obituary column. W. F. E. 



PITTSBUEOH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh is now under a beautiful 

 carpet of snow, which fell last night. 

 Today, December 14, the weather is 

 clear and cold. Last week's trade 

 showed an improvement over any pre- 

 ceding week this season and the in- 

 dications now point toward a much 

 better Christmas business than had 

 been hoped for. There has been plenty 

 of good stock, but it seems to have de- 

 creased somewhat today, perhaps partly 

 on account of the change in the 

 weather. The prospects are for a fine 

 cut of stock for Christmas. There are 

 plenty of roses, and carnations were 

 never before so good or so plentiful. 

 There is also a good crop of cattleyas. 

 In fact, it is likely that stock will be 



