March 26, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



39 



EFFECT 



RIBBO£IS-»-SP£€2i^LTISS 



Importer and Manufacturer 

 Of Novelties 



2535-37 N. 34th Street 

 Philadelphia, 



Maroh 13, 1915. 



Florlste* Publl«hlng Co., 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Gantlemen:- 



Kindly dlooontinue my ad in The Review, 



offering pot covere for Eaeter. It has been ao 



produfttive of results that we shall be unable, we 



fear, to keep up with the order • that are coming in. 



Very- truly yovirs, 



WILLIAM B. LAKE, 

 l.B.L.-J.T.S. 



/^or£. 



His benches of pelargoniums are look- 

 ing fine, especially the Easter Greeting 

 variety. H. J. H. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



The market continues dull in the cut 

 flower department. The rose market 

 was held barely steady by the strength 

 of American Beauties, and of these the 

 quality was far from perfect. The 

 best stock of the largest growers was 

 doubtless held for the flower show. 



Springlike weather prevailed through- 

 out the w6ek, and the sun shone stead- 

 ily. Increasing shipments of all roses 

 are inevitable. The market will be 

 fortunate if it can hold at present quo- 

 tations until after Easter, and then 

 comes the deluge. 



Carnations are at their best now as 

 to quality, and the supply grows in bulk 

 daily. The novelty blooms hold their 

 prices well, but anything below the 

 standard is hard to dispose of, even at 

 $5 to $7.50 per thousand. A reason- 

 able advance is likely for Easter. Some 

 of the whites were treated to a wide 

 demand for St. Patrick's day. 



Long^florum lilies are stronger as 

 Easter draws near, and the best will 

 surely rise to $10 per hundred for the 

 holiday. Nobody seems to want ru- 

 brums. Valley has been exceedingly 

 weak for some time. A better range 

 of values is expected. Gardenias con- 

 tinue at their reduced^values. 



Enormous quantities of bulbous flow- 

 ers flood the market, especially tulips, 

 and there is a great sufficiency of 

 freesias, daffodils, narcissi and hya- 

 cinths. All kinds of seasonable spring 

 flowers are arriving, pansies, lilacs, 



daisies, primulas, mignonette, forget- 

 me-nots and sweet peas. Of the last 

 named there is a decided superabund- 

 ance, and large quantities of all but 

 the Spencer and orchid-flowering types 

 are unsalable. Violets are down and 

 nearly out. They will last until after 

 Easter, having had a disastrous season. 

 There is still no diminution in the 

 supply of orchids, and Cattleya gigas, 

 Trianse and Schroederse are likely to 

 be abundant for Easter. The prospects 

 of winning the public back to a cut 

 flower as much as a plant Easter are 

 encouraging. 



Various Notes. 



Among the notables in the city last 

 week were E. G. Hill, of Richmond, 

 Ind.; Philip Breitmeyer, of Detroit; W. 

 F. Gude, of Washington, D. C; Myer 

 Heller, of Newcastle, Ind.; E. A. 

 Strout, of Biddeford, Me.; R. Vincent, 

 Jr., of White Marsh, Md.; A. J. Love- 

 less, of Lenox, Mass.; A. A. Pembroke, 

 of Beverly, Mass.; James W. Heacock, 

 of Philadelphia; A. C. Zvolanek, of 

 Lompoc, Gal., and Daniel MacRorie, of 

 San Francisco. 



Samuel Redstone will take charge of 

 the Philadelphia office of Hitchings & 

 Co. April 1. Mr. Redstone was formerly 

 with James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, 

 England; Dicksons, of Chester; Cli- 

 brans, of Altrincham, and Sander & 

 Sons, of St. Albans, and eight years 

 manager for Traendly & Schenck, at 

 Rowayton, Conn. 



The New York Florists' Bowling 

 Club will meet the Tuxedo Club in a 

 match game April 14. 



Traendly & Schenck 's new store, on 

 Sixth avenue, next to the Coogan build- 

 ing, will be ready for occupancy early 

 in April. 



The Uptown Store of the Harry A. 

 Bunyard Co. is now complete, and 

 "Bunny says" business is booming. 



Anton C. Zvolanek departed for Cali- 

 fornia after a brief and successful east- 

 ern trip and a visit to the flower show. 



Roman J. Irwin's offices were visited 

 by many hunters of large game last 

 week, for a look at his collection of 

 moose, elk and caribou. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club is orchid and sweet pea 

 night, April 12. 



Patrick Welch and W. N. Craig, of 

 Boston, were among the Sunday visi- 

 tors at the flower show. 



W. B. Du Rie, of Rahway, N. J., cele- 

 brated his seventy-flfth birthday on St.* 

 Patrick's day. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, the greenhouse 

 builders, of Brooklyn, say this has been 

 their best season and declare the out- 

 look is most satisfactory. 



This is the fortieth year W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Sr., of Chappaqua, N. Y., has 

 been forcing lily of the valley. 



Bowling. 



The following scores by the trade 



bowlers were made March 18: 



Player. 1st 2d 



J. Mlesem 181 204 



J. Fenrlch 162 165 



P. Jacobson 154 158 



H. C. Riedel 173 182 



W. P. Ford 162 157 



J. Donaldson 153 164 



F. Nlquet 163 187 



C. W. Scott ; 152 168 



A. J. Guttman 176 156 



J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY. 



Frank Nies. 



Frank Nies, in the florists' business 

 near Lutheran cemetery, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y., died March 18 at his home, 918 

 Onderdonk avenue, at the age of 39. 

 He is survived by his widow, Anna 

 Nies, his father and a brother. Funeral 

 services were held March 20. Burial 

 was in Lutheran cemetery. 



Henry Murphy. 



Henry Murphy, who for fifteen years 

 had conducted a florists' business at 

 5200 Fifth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 died quite suddenly March 23, of pleu- 

 ropneumonia. He was 45 years of age 

 and left three daughters, with Mrs. 

 Murphy. He had a large circle of 

 friends and was universally respected 

 in the trade. 



Wllliaxa Hatcher. 



William Hatcher, for thirty years 

 gardener at the Soldiers' Home, in 

 Washington, D. C, died March 17. Mr. 

 Hatcher, who retired from active work 

 about three years ago, was 87 years of 

 age. He was a native of England, 

 coming to this country as a boy of 

 15 years. He was one of the old- 

 est residents of the District of Colum- 

 bia, having been located at the Hare- 

 wood road residence for more than 

 forty years, and was well known around 

 the city. He is survived by his wife 

 and two sons, both of whom have been 

 employed at the Soldiers' Home for 

 many years, and also by a grandson, 

 W. E. Hatcher, Jr., a chemist. Death 

 was due to pneumonia. C. L. L. 



Honeoye Falls, N. Y.— Chas. Fow- 

 ler 's greenhouse is filled with geraniums 

 and bedding plants of all kinds in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



