JULY 8. 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



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NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



A hot wave added to the discourag- 

 ing condition of the cut flower market 

 as last week closed. There was little 

 demand from any source, and the ice- 

 boxes Saturday night, July 3, were 

 crowded, with no relief possible until 

 after the Monday holiday, all the 

 wholesale and retail flower stores being 

 practically closed. 



The receipts of roses are immense. 

 Even American Beauties were down to 

 abnormal quotations. Some specials 

 sold under $10 per hundred, and the 

 average was quite low. The same may 

 be said of all roses, many being sold in 

 boxes, as they arrived. At present all 

 roses are superb in quality. 



Carnations were inclined to go to 

 sleep Saturday, July 3. The best did 

 not sell above $1.50. The peddlers 

 took the week's left-overs at 25 cents 

 per hundred. The shipments are grow- 

 ing lighter. 



There remains little efacouragement 

 to the growers of orchids; the low rates 

 of last week continue. Even the best 

 Cattleya gigas sold under $20 per hun- 

 dred. 



There are few gardenias, and lilies do 

 not advance, few of them touching $3 

 per hundred. Valley is steady and 

 must be perfect to go above $2 per 

 hundred. Sweet peas grow better. 

 Some of the Spencer varieties are espe- 

 cially long-stemmed and beautiful. 

 Gladioli are perfect, and asters are al- 

 ready here. There are the usual ar- 

 rivals of daisies, feverfew, sweet Wil- 

 liams, coreopsis and other seasonable 

 flowers; some fine peony stock from 

 cold storage, and bunches without num- 

 ber of Dorothy Perkins, Crimson 

 Kamblers and others of the rambler 

 family. 



Various Notes. 



R. Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 

 president of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety, will lecture August 9 before the 

 Garden Club of Southampton, L. I., and 

 August 11 will leave for the conven- 

 tion at San Francisco. 



Secretary Young will begin his trip 

 to the coast Saturday, July 10. July 

 14 will be held the annual outing of 

 the New York Florists' Club, at Wit- 

 zel's grove. College Point. The boat 

 leaves at 9:30. an hour earlier than 

 usual. L. W. C. Tuthill is chairman of 

 the committee. 



Edwin Ancker, one of Traendly & 

 Schenck 's salesmen, left July 3 for 

 Vermont for a two weeks' vacation. 

 Frank Traendly and family will spend 

 the summer at Mr. Traendly 's country 

 home, at Eowayton, Conn. 



Secretary Bunyard has sent out the 

 last of the prize schedules for the 

 American Sweet Pea Society's New- 

 port show; $2,000 in prizes are offered. 

 The date of the convention has been 

 changed to July 15 and 16. A large 

 Jiarty from New York, including many 

 f-'ardeners and their secretary. M. C. 

 Ebel, will make the trip by boat OB th« 

 evening of July 14, after attending the 

 outing of the New York F'loriata' Club. 



George Siebrecht is spending his 

 Week ends with his parents at Chap- 

 imqua. Samuel Woodrow and family 

 are at Lake Mahopac. 



The Plantlife Co. has removed its 

 office to 417 East Nineteenth street. 



Alfred Sheider, Max Schling's part- 

 ner, and Mrs. Sheider will enjoy their 



vacation at Maine resorts during July. 



The New York Florists' Bowling 

 Club enjoyed a day's fishing and bowl- 

 ing July 1, at Canarsie, L. I. 



S. Jacobs & Sons, of Brooklyn, have 

 the contract for the erection of a 

 greenhouse, 42%xl00, at the top of 

 C. C. Trepel's store at Eighty-ninth 

 street and Broadway. Mr. Trepel and 

 family are summering at Arverne. 

 Adam Trepel will take his outing in 

 Maine, his first vacation in fifteen 

 years. 



Barney Jacobs and his bride are 

 spending their honeymoon in the 

 Adirondacks. 



Geo. M. Stumpp is much pleased with 

 his enterprise at Southampton, L. I. 

 He has purchased a handsome property 

 there, and has an up-to-date flower 

 shop. 



Miss Conklin, H. E. Froment's book- 

 keeper, has left for her annual month 's 

 holiday in the Catskills. 



Fine freesia bulbs from California 

 have just arrived for R. J. Irwin; also 

 his pansy seed from over the sea. 



Myer's store, at Fifty-eighth street 

 and Madison avenue, is now complete, 

 with beautiful tiling and an entrance 

 with ivy and blooming plants above 

 the doors. J. Austin Shaw. 



ATLANTA, GA. 



The Market. 



Market conditions are, considering 

 the season, quite good. There seems 

 to be a fair demand for all kinds of 

 outside flowers. It is no trouble to dis- 

 pose of all the good carnations we can 

 get. Eoses of good quality are rare 

 unless shipped from the north. 



June was a busy month, chiefly with 

 weddings, and an exceptionally heavy 

 run of funeral work. 



Various Notes. 



An elaborate decoration for the 

 banquet at the Hotel Ansley tendered 

 the incoming governor, Harris, and the 

 retiring governor, Slaton, was executed 

 by Wilson the Florist. The large, 

 round table, for 200 covers, presented 

 a striking appearance, with electrical 

 fountains, miniature lakes and bridges, 

 and tiny walks bordered with growing 

 plants arranged in different designs. 



The Lawrence Floral Co. reports an 

 extra good business for June, away 

 ahead of last year's. 



The Atlanta Floral Co. has had some 

 attractive window displays. The Sat- 

 urday special sales certainly have been 

 business getters. 



Mr. Coursey, the grower of the West 

 View Floral Co., is producing the finest 

 roses and carnations coming into At- 

 lanta. 



The Nunnally Co. will move August 

 1 next door to its present location, 

 which has been rented by the Valk 

 Floral Co. Mr. Gresham, manager for 

 the Valk Floral Co., and owner of the 

 West View Floral Co., which is next 

 door, can now look after his interests 

 in both places to better advantage. 

 There are four flower stores right to- 

 gether here, the West View Floral Co., 

 the Valk Co., the Nunnally Co. and the 

 Atlanta Floral Co. 



Visitors last week were Howard 

 Royer, representing H. Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, and Frank McCabe, 

 representing the A. L. Randall Co., 

 Chicago. J. W. 



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Green Bay, Wis. — Miss Amber Chris- 

 topherson is a new employee at the 

 store of the Meier-Schroeder Floral Co. 



Durand, HI. — Mary F. Fyler has dis- 

 continued her flower business, and will 

 spend her time traveling for a while. 

 She may resume business later. 



Peoria, HI. — Charles A. Loveridge, 

 son of Charles Loveridge, broke his 

 right arm near the wrist recently when 

 cranking one of the delivery automo- 

 biles. The machine "kicked" the 

 crank, which whirled from his grasp 

 and struck his arm. 



Reading, Pa. — H. B. Beears has se- 

 cured the greenhouses at Rosedale for- 

 merly operated by his father, E. H. 

 Beears, and will conduct the business 

 under the name of the Rosedale Floral 

 Co. Mr, Beears assisted his father at 

 these greenhouses for many years. 



Anoka, Minn . — Victor Peterson, pro- 

 prietor of the Anoka Greenhouse Co., 

 recently suffered the fracture of his 

 left arm, broken just below the shoul- 

 der by the blow of a falling plank 

 while he was superintending the erec- 

 tion of a new greenhouse. Business 

 has been excellent the whole month of 

 June, far better than in June of last 

 year. 



Springfield, Mo.— C. H. Hollied re- 

 signed his position as manager of the 

 Pierce Greenhouses, at Eldora, la., to 

 accept the appointment of city land- 

 scape gardener here. 



Marion, 111.— S. C. Brendel, of Ver- 

 non, O., has been here for several 

 weeks, overseeing the changing of the 

 heating system and planning fall work 

 at the Marion Greenhouses, established 

 in 1901 and now conducted by James 

 P. and Minnie L. Copeland. 



Winchester, Ky. — Thomas A. Poole, 

 of Poole & Purllant, is recovering from 

 an illness which threatened to prove 

 serious. He was not long ago seized 

 suddenly with hemorrhages of the nose 

 and was so exhausted that he fainted 

 several times before he could be re- 

 lieved. 



Jacksonville. 111. — William Heinl, 

 present head of the business of Joseph 

 Heinl & Sons, was married to Miss 

 Maude McGinnis June 28. Although 

 the event was expected sooner or later, 

 it came as a surprise. The couple went 

 to home of Dr. Post in the evening 

 for the ceremony without the knowl- 

 edge of their friends. They have taken 

 up their residence at 1537 South Main 

 street. 



