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The Florists' Review 



Mav 6, 1915. 



the Grand hotel, Broadway and Thirty- 

 first street, Monday, May 10, at 2 p. m. 



On the evening of May 10, the meet- 

 ing of the New York Florists' Club 

 will take place at the Grand Opera 

 House, and in addition to a display 

 of bedding plants, E. H. Wilson's il- 

 lustrated lecture, on "Gardens and 

 Flora of Japan," will make the eve- 

 ning one of enjoyment for all. The 

 dahlia experts have promised to at- 

 tend. 



The New York and New Jersey 

 Plant Growers' Association contem- 

 plates holding its annual outing early 

 in June, by boat up the Hudson to 

 Newburgh and Beacon. The trip to 

 Bermuda is postponed for another 

 year. 



The Cosmopolitan Market, called the 

 biggest retail market in the world, was 

 opened Saturday, May 1, at 32 to 44 

 West Twenty-third street. It has a 

 floor space of 70,000 square feet and 

 will have 200 tenants and 150 stands. 

 The entire fourth floor will be devoted 

 to horticulture in all its branches, if 

 the plans of the managers are carried 

 out. 



Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9, 

 the first summer exhibition of the New 

 York Horticultural Society will be held 

 in the Museum building, Bronx park. 



Henry Schmidt, of North Bergen, 

 N. J., is erecting two new houses, 

 which will be largely devoted to his 

 specialty. Primula obconica compacta. 



The J. J. Wilson Seed Co., of 

 Newark, N. J., at the motor pageant 

 there last week, was awarded a silver 

 cup for the best decorated float in the 

 floral section of the parade. There 

 were 500 cars in line. 



Young & Nugent are rebuilding their 

 fcebox and enlarging it and the ad- 

 joining oflice. The front has already 

 been greatly improved. 



P. J. Smith removes this week to his 

 new store, at 131 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, next door to Walter Sheridan's. 



Traendly & Schenck say the number 

 of daily customers has doubled since 

 their move to Sixth avenue. 



The annual meeting of the Cut 

 Slower Exchange was held at the 

 Coogan building, Saturday, May 1. 

 The directors of 1914 were reelected. 

 John Schneider is president, V. Dorval 

 secretary, Charles Beckman treasurer, 

 and Thomas Jackson manager. The 

 by-laws were amended so that the 

 m'onthly meetings, held at the Queen's 

 Plaza, Long Island City, will take 

 place at 2 p. m. 



The New York Florists' Bowling 

 Club ended its spring sessions Thurs- 

 day evening, April 29. The match 

 with the Tuxedo Club will complete 

 the records. The personnel of the 

 'team to represent New York at the 

 S. A. F. convention in San Francisco 

 has not yet been decided. 



H. A. Bunyard and several of the 

 wholesale florists and seedsmen re- 

 ceived invitations to the meeting of 

 the International Garden Club, Satur- 

 day, May 1, at the ceremony of replac- 

 ing the treaty oak, the governor of 

 New York state presiding. 



Everything will be up-tO'date at 

 P. J. Smith's new headquarters, 131 

 West Twenty-eighth street, and May 8 

 will see him at home to his friends, 



Woodrow & Marketos are busy with 

 landscape work and window box busi- 

 ness. 



C. C. Trepel 's wholesale and distribut- 

 ing headquarters are now established at 



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