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The Florists' Review 



Januari 21, 1915. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The nineteenth annual banquet of the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Association, held January 19, was a 

 great success, there being 150 present. 

 Kobert Craig acted as toastmaster. 

 Among those who responded were 

 Harry A. Bunyard, William Duckham, 

 W. A.,Manda, C. H. Totty, Arthur Her- 

 rington, F. H. Traendly, M. C. Ebel, J. 

 H. Dick and J. A, Shaw. The speech- 

 making was interspersed with enter- 

 tainment by professional musical talent. 

 The decorations included a splendid 

 vase of Hoosier Beauty roses and Alice 

 Coombs carnations from the E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind.; Matchless carna- 

 tions, from the Cottage Gardens Co., 

 Queens, N. Y.; Buddleia Asiatica and 

 Mrs. Thompson rose, from C. H. Totty, 

 and cut flowers and plants from the 

 Twombley, James and other estates and 

 local growers. The affair was in charge 

 of the triumvirate, Messrs. Duckham, 

 Herrington and Totty. J. A, S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The tide has turned. The change 



came on Friday, and continued to the 



end of the week. Shipments were not 



80 large, buyers increased and prices 



;~^ere better. 



Eoses again proved the backbone of 

 the market. American Beauties rose 

 to $40 per hundred for the selects and 

 carried the whole market upward. The 

 new varieties were all absorbed, and 

 the rank and file of the regular sup- 

 ply fell in line. 



Carnation shipments are somewhat 

 lighter, and though prices have ad- 

 vanced but slightly the clean-up has 

 been satisfactory. Lilies are higher 

 and in lesser supply, and valley re- 

 mains stationary. 



Some splendid gardenias are arriv- 

 ing, and $.3 p6r dozen is easily obtain- 

 able. Violets have had a hard week 

 of it; 35 cents per hundred was top. 

 Orchids would rot advance above $25 

 per hundred. There seems to be but 

 little call for cypripediums. Sweet peas 

 of the Spencer varieties are abundant, 

 and for these, good prices prevail. 

 There are plenty of callas, southern 

 gladioli and hyacinths. Narcissi have 

 been a drug, selling as low as 5 cents 

 a bunch. Tulips and freesias are here, 

 and still a few mums and poinsettias; 

 also pansies, wallflowers and daisies. 



Various Notes. 



The horticultural banquets are now 

 in full swing. The Tarrytown Horti- 

 cultural Society enjoyed its greatest 

 anniversary January 12; the Morris 

 County Florists' and Gardeners* Asso- 

 Hation celebratpd January 19, and the 

 Mt. Kisco Horticultural Society Thurs- 

 day, January 21. Monday evening, 

 Januarv 25, the Nassau County Soci- 

 ety holds its annual banquet at Glen 

 Cove, N. Y. 



Lehnig & Winnifeld, of Hackensack, 

 N. J., are making a specialty of be- 

 gonias this year, and will grow all of 

 J. A. Peterson's new varieties. 



Mrs. Samuel Woodrow is spending 

 the winter at Delhi, N. Y. 



Robert Woodrow has, unfortunately, 

 lost one of his twin boys. 



At the last meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club the Springfield Floral 

 Co., Springfield, N. J., received for its 

 sweet pea display a cultural certificate. 



Ernest Prince now is with Weeber & 

 Don. 



Henry Hart had a large decoration 

 January 8, at the Church of the Heav- 

 enly Rest, for the Condon-Armour wed- 

 ding. The church was decorated with 

 palms and smilax, the altar being 

 bonked with Easter lilies and the bal- 

 conies covered with southern smilax 

 and orchids. More than 1,500 American 

 Beauty roses were used by Mr. Hart 

 in decorating the columns of the church, 

 and at each pew end was placed a 

 large bouquet of Easter lilies tied with 

 white Bstin. On all sides were palms 

 and potted plants, covering the walls of 

 the church. The bouquets also were 

 elaborate. 



The committee of the "interna- 

 tional" flower show meets weekly, and 

 will do so until the show opens March 

 17, now only seven weeks away. 



Thursday, February 25, has been se- 

 lected as the evening for the annual 

 Greek ball at Terrace Garden. 



Mr. Kelley, bookkeeper for M. C. 

 Ford, is seriously ill. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co.'s auc- 

 tion department will open March 1. 



The flower department of Lord & 

 Taylor's, on Fifth avenue, has been 

 closed. It was under the management 

 of W. W. Barnham. 



R. T. Brown, of the Cottage Gar- 

 dena Co., Queens, N. Y., has returned 

 from his western trip. 



Percy Rigby, of the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., is receiving boxes of fine 

 grapefruit weekly from his farm in 

 Florida. J. Austin Shaw. 



PITTSBURGH. 



The Market. 



Though Pittsburgh has been having 

 fine spring weather, the cut of roses 

 has decreased and prices on these have 

 stiffened, but there is still plenty of 

 all other kinds of stock. Yellow trum- 

 pet narcissi and tulips are getting quite 

 plentiful. Violets seem to have lost 

 their charm and are not holding their 

 own, especially in competition with or- 

 chids, which are arriving in large quan- 

 tities and selling at low prices. Greens 

 are plentiful. This is the first Janu- 

 ary in years when there has not been 

 a shortage of Sprengeri and plumosus 

 bunches. Smilax is overabundant. 



The wholesale houses seem to bp 

 fairly busy and are handling some good 

 stock of all kinds, but there are few 

 of such prices as make the growers 

 look pleasant. Most of the retail stores, 

 to all appearances, are about as busy 

 as they ever have been at this season, 

 though some are complaining of poor 

 trade. 



Various Notes. 



At the February meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, Emil Kraft, Ph. D., of the 

 Radium Chemical Co., will give an il- 

 lustrated lecture on radium. He will 

 have with him about $50,000 worth of 

 radium. The club has been having a 

 number of talks on subjects of most 

 general interest, and the members 

 should appreciate the efforts of the of- 

 ficers and turn out in large numbers. 



A fire which occurred Sunday night, 

 January 17, was almost too close to 

 David Hill, the Fifth avenue florist, 

 for comfort. He says that when the 

 walls get hot it is time to worry. 



The Indiana Floral Co., of Indiana, 

 Pa., opened a new store before the 

 holidays. It is handsomely decorated 



in white and green and presents as 

 good an appearance as the average 

 store in the larger cities. Trade here 

 was good during the holidays, and is 

 keeping fully up to expectations. 



William Schrader, of Johnstown, Pa., 

 who was chased from his store by fire 

 and water a couple of weeks ago, is 

 expecting to have the repairs finished 

 and get back from his temporary quar- 

 ters about February 1. 



Many of our people are predicting 

 that the balance of the winter will be 

 mild, as caterpillars and spiders are 

 active outdoors. Clarke. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. > 



During the early part of last week 

 trade was unchanged, but January 15 

 and 16 the weather was warm and clear 

 and business was brisk, taking on a 

 "before the war" aspect. There has 

 been a general shortening up of the 

 supply and the wholesale houses were 

 completely cleaned out. Fairly good 

 prices are being realized, quite a con- 

 trast to the conditions that have pre- 

 vailed all through the present season. 

 The best demand is for roses, but car- 

 nations also are selling well. Valley 

 and violets go slowly and Paper Whites 

 and Romans also can be bought cheaply. 

 Freesia and bulbous novelties are com- 

 ing in and meeting a fairly good de- 

 mand. There is a good call for greens. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Ella T. McCormick, daughter of 

 Mr. and Mrs. John McCormick, died at 

 the home of her parents in Catonsville 

 January 12, aft^r-a short illness. Fu- 

 neral services were-^ld from St. Agnes 

 church, Catonsville, January 15, with 

 interment at Bonnie Brae cemetery. 



Charles Siegwart has a fine lot of 

 cattleya plants in bloom, which he re- 

 ceived this season and which are doing 

 remarkably well for young stock. His 

 new carnation, Mrs. Charles Siegwart, 

 is affording good flowers, 



Andrew Anderson, of Govans, is send- 

 ing some fine Radiance and Mrs. Russell 

 roses to the Baltimore Cut Flower Co. 



Charles H. Cook was in the market 

 January 16 with a fine lot of Primula 

 obconica. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, January 25, will be ladies' night. 

 R. Vincent, Jr., will lecture on Scotland 

 and quite a bit of other talent has been 

 secured to take up the balance of the 

 evening. Refreshments will be served 

 and, as an added attraction, F. C. Bauer, 

 John Nuth and M. Thau will sing the 

 famous German song, " Schnitzelbank. " 



Louis Strunz has a fine lot of Mme. 

 Petrick azaleas in bloom. 



Lohr & Fritze are cutting some good 

 Double White Killarney. 



Erdman & Ulrich have a fine lot of 

 cyclamen plants in flower, which are 

 easily disposed of. 



Samuel Feast & Sons have the plant 

 decorations at the automobile show be- 

 ing held at the Fifth Regiment armory 

 this week. A house of Richmond roses 

 at Beechfield is looking unusually well. 



C. E. Akehurst & Co., of White Marsh, 

 are sending some good blooms of their 

 new carnation, Mrs. C. E. Akehurst, to 

 the Pennock-Meehan Co. J. J. Perry, 

 manager of the local branch, says: "If 

 the growers around this city would so 

 arrange their cut flower crops, especially 

 roses, as to cut a good crop between 



