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June 17, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Summer is here at last, and all the 

 evidences of its arrival are especially- 

 noted in the demoralization of the cut 

 flower market. The shipments of 

 peonies seem, if possible, greater than 

 ever before at this date, and some of 

 the stock arriving has never been ex- 

 celled in quality. The sacrifice of val- 

 ues on Saturday was phenomenal. 

 Flowers well worth $1 per dozen in 

 other years were selling as low as $2 

 and $3 per htindred. The June wed- 

 dings are about exhausted. School 

 commencements will soon be over. No 

 steamships are sailing for Europe. One 

 prominent wholesaler says that because 

 of this last his total sales for May 

 decreased $3,500 as compared with 

 1914. 



Special Beauties have been selling at 

 $10 per hundred and under. This fact 

 tells the entire story of roses of all 

 kinds. Rose buyers who purchase in 

 thousand and ten thousand lots have 

 the wholesale market at their mercy. 

 On Saturday the street men were out 

 in force, and the peddlers loaded their 

 carts with carnations at 25 cents per 

 hundred. The best carnations did not 

 sell above $1 per hundred, flowers of 

 the same splendid quality that were 

 selling at $4 and $5 a few weeks ago. 



Lilies could hardly be moved at $2 

 per hundred. There are large accumu- 

 lations. Valley has fallen to half the 

 quotations of a week ago. Fine stock 

 sold on Saturday under $10 per thou- 

 sand. Gardenias are about over. The 

 market is well supplied with gladioli. 

 Orchids are abundant and lower, the 

 best on Saturday selling at $25 per 

 hundred. There seems to be no special 

 demand for them, and for the lower 

 grades as low as $10 is the quotation. 

 There is a sufficiency of sweet peas, 

 callas, coreopsis, delphiniums, pansies 

 and the other seasonable flowers. 



Club Meeting. 



Nearly 100 of the faithful attended 

 the last meeting the Florists' Club will 

 hold until September, when, so the essay 

 committee announced, there will be an 

 address by B. Hammond Tracy, on 

 "Gladioli." 



Emil Schloss, for the outing commit- 

 tee, announced everything in readiness 

 for the club's celebration ,Tuly 14. 

 President Bunyard requested the usual 

 prize donations. Chairman F. E. Pier- 

 son, for the committee on permanent 

 home, suggested the time not opportune 

 and on motion of C. B. Weathered the 

 committee was discharged. 



A. J. Guttman reported progress in 

 the club 's work with the Public Service 

 Commission in the matter of carrying 

 of flowers on the cars. R. T. Brown 

 also spoke on the matter. The commit- 

 tee was given power to act, without 

 employing counsel. 



F. H. Traendly, chairman of the 

 flower show committee, handed a check 

 for $2,000 to the treasurer, with "more 

 to follow." Chairman Miller, for the 

 new flower show committee, reported 

 meetings and progress. 



T. A. Havemeyer, N. B. Irwin, H. E. 

 Mengham, William A. Rodman and 

 Peter Gerlaird were elected to member- 

 ship. C. F. Heitzmann, John Scheepers 

 and George Hildenbrand were proposed. 



R. J. Irwin, for the transportation 

 committee, said the officials must know 



THE UPTOWN SEED STORE 



Harry A. Bunyard at the Door of His New Seed Store* in New York. 



before July 15 the intending travelers 

 to the S. A. F. convention. Fifteen 

 have arranged to attend and a special 

 car is hoped for. 



A new lavender swainsona was ex- 

 hibited by Joseph Manda and received 

 a certificate of merit. The plant was 

 much admired, and is honored with the 

 name of Mrs. Joseph Manda. The 

 thanks of the club were accorded B. H. 

 Farr for a grand display of Iris Ger- 

 manica in twenty-three varieties. W. 

 A. Manda showed vases of dahlias in 

 many varieties and William Tricker 

 showed roses and campanulas, both gen- 

 tlemen being accorded the club's 

 thanks. 



B. H. Farr made an interesting ad- 

 dress, divided into three parts, the 

 Peony Society, peonies and iris. He 

 gave much history and instruction con- 

 cerning each of his topics, for which he 

 was accorded a standing vote of thanks. 



C. H. Totty's story of his trip to 

 the expositions at San Francisco and 

 San Diego held the close attention of 

 all. Mr. Totty expects to repeat his 

 experience by attending the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



Various Notes. 



M. A. Bowe reports a busy month 

 with weddings and funerals. In two 

 weeks he furnished seven casket cov- 

 ers. Notable weddings were the Frew- 

 Peters and Frank-Taylor weddings, at 

 Glen Cove and Hempstead, L. I. He 

 also furnished 157 bouquets for the 

 Vassar College commencement, at 

 Poughkeepsie, where Mr. Bridgeman 

 had charge. 



President Bowe, of the Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association, says the organization 

 is in favor of Sunday closing. The 

 society meets at the Hotel Woodward, 

 Fifty-third street and Broadway, the 

 second Tuesday of each month. 



Last week at the gardens of Double- 

 day, Page & Co., Garden City, the type 

 collection of Chinese herbaceous 

 peonies, gathered by the American 

 Peony Society, were in bloom, and thou- 



sands of invitations were distributed 

 for June 9, 10 and 11, when refresh- 

 ments were served. Invitations to the 

 rose gardens the last of the month 

 have been sent out. There will be a 

 magnificent display. 



Friends of Ed. Roehrs, of the Julius 

 Roehrs Co., will be pleased to know 

 he is convalescing after a long and stv 

 rious illness. Both he and M. C. Ebel, 

 of Madison, have been sympathizers of 

 Job since the advent of spring. 



Walter Gott, representing Sander & 

 Sons, leaves for St. Albans, England, on 

 the St. Louis June 19. 



Early closing in July and August is 

 the vital subject now under considera- 

 tion in the wholesale section. With 

 the retailers advocating a complete 

 close-up on Sundays, the war is open 

 for the wholesale section during the 

 hot months to remain closed from noon 

 on Saturday until 6 a. m. Monday. 



W. E. Marshall and R. J. Irwin have 

 returned from successful business trips. 



Oscar Swenson, after seventeen 

 years of service, has been appointed 

 superintendent by Dailledouze Bros., 

 Flatbush, succeeding W. H. Taplin, who 

 has resigned. 



Wm. Kessler has just received from 

 Holland a fine lot of variegated 

 aspidistras. 



Alex. McConnell has had a successful 

 season at his nurseries at New 

 Rochelle. His beautiful display of 

 evergreens, especially the specimen 

 blue spruce, attracts the attention of 

 thousands daily, the new branch of the 

 New Haven railroad passing hia 

 grounds. 



H. A. Siebrecht, Sr., is busy at his 

 nursery and notwithstanding the many 

 carloads of specimens he shipped to 

 the Panama-Pacific Exposition, the 

 home grounds seem as beautiful and 

 as well covered as ever. The ereen- 

 houses formerly used for palms are 

 now devoted largely to carnations, 

 roses, orchids and gardenias. 



Chairman Tuthill, of the outing com- 

 mittee of the New York Florists' Club, 



