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The Florists^ Review 



September 16, 1915. 



joying a two weeks' automobile trip 

 in the Gatskills. The nurseries at New 

 Rochelle owned by Mr. McConnell are 

 now in all their autumn glory. Many 

 orders are booked for landscape work 

 this fall. The former Miss Adelaide 

 Peck, the secretary, and Richard 

 Batten, Jr., are enjoying a month's 

 honeymoon trip to California. 



Frank L. Deery, of Boston, for many 

 years with the Galvin stores there, is 

 now manager for Thofe. J. Galvin, Inc., 

 in New York, and will make this city 

 his permanent residence. 



Roman J. Irwin reports his French 

 bulb orders all filled. His Dutch bulbs 

 have just been received. 



Wadley & Smythe will have the 

 decorations for the Pratt wedding Oc- 

 tober 6 at Glen Cove. 



H. E. Froment thinks there will be 

 an overstock of yellow roses this sea- 

 son, and that there will be fewer Kil- 

 larneys than usual. 



J. K. Vosberg, of the force of J. M. 

 Thorburn & Co., has returned from a 

 two weeks' holiday in the Catskills. 



Arthur T. Boddington Co., Inc., is 

 said to contemplate moving from West 

 Fourteenth street to the seedsmen 's 

 section, between Cortlandt street and 

 Chambers street. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. had 

 a big display of large decorative palms 

 at its opening sale September 14. 



Weeber & Don are displaying the 

 St. Regis raspberry in full fruit in 

 their windows. 



H. A. Bunyard and family have been 

 enjoying the summer at Patchogue, 

 L. I. 



Mr. and Mrs. Rigby, of the S. S. 

 Penilock-Meehan Co., have returned 

 from their two Weeks' holiday in New 

 England. 



The flower show in New York next 

 spring seems to be assured, the last 

 meeting of the joint committees prov- 

 ing most harmonious. F. R. Pierson 

 was appointed chairman, F. R. New- 

 bold, treasurer, and John Young, secre- 

 tary. T. A. Havemeyer, F. H. Traendly 

 and C. H. Totty are the committee 

 on the place of exhibition, etc. 



Samuel Woodrow continues busy 

 with landscape contracts in northern 

 Massachusetts and Long Island. 



Eddie Anker, of Traendly & Schenck's 

 selling force, is proud of the distinc- 

 tion his brother is achieving as one 

 of the star pitchers of Connie Mack's 

 Athletics at a salary of $3,000 a year. 



Wm. H. Gunther, of Gunther Bros., 

 is back from his summer vacation. 



One of the attractive displays last 

 week on . West Twenty-Eighth street 

 was the large delivery automobile just 

 purchased by the Kervan Co. 



The New York Florist Supply Co. 

 will be in its new building before 

 October 1. 



The MacNiflf Horticultural Co. has 

 added an electric addressing machine to 

 its many conveniences. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



those who wish to import goods of 

 German origin. 



The new orchid-shade seedling chrys- 

 anthemums of Frank Dinda, of Farm- 

 ingdale, sell at $5 per dozen at Gutt- 

 man & Raynor's. The firm is also re- 

 ceiving the new seedling carnation, 

 Olive Whitman. 



Charles A. Dards has sent a circular 

 letter to the trade transmitting the in- 

 formation supplied by the Merchants' 

 Association of New York with regard 

 to the methods to be pursued by 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



Bellamy Bros., Syracuse, N. Y., have 

 substituted concrete for wooden 

 benches in one house. The center 

 bench is 6^4x154 feet; the two side 

 benches are each 3^x154 feet. Harry 

 Bellamy figures they saved more than 

 $150 in first cost of material and labor. 

 He will be glad to give details to any 

 Review reader who is interested. He 

 has no patent on the construction. 



F. H. Ebeling, Syracuse, reports one 

 of the best seasons in his long ex- 

 perience, both in seeds and sundries. 

 Bulbs are secondary, owing to late 

 calls for farm seeds. 



P. R. Quinlan, Syracuse, is showing 

 some first-rate asters. This section is 

 peculiarly adapted to their culture 

 both for blooms and for seeds. 



W. C. Rowlands, Utica, N. Y., is 

 quite optimistic at this time, his wife 

 hp,ving successfully undergone a se- 

 rious operation. Dr. Rowlands com- 

 plains of having a surplus stock of 

 gold on hand, something unusual these 

 days, but in his case due to depression 

 in the dental business. This is, how- 

 ever, picking up with the general im- 

 provement in trade conditions. He is 

 growing sweet peas and carnations al- 

 most exclusively, chiefly Rosette, which 

 seems to do better than Mrs. C. W, 

 Ward in this soil. 



Milton T. Jones, the seedsman of 

 Utica, iis whiling away a few weeks 

 at Alexandria Bay, following an ex- 

 ceptionally good season. His manager, 

 L. V. Vanderwood, is a successful 

 raiser of and authority on prize poul- 

 try, which, as he says, fit in nicely, even 

 if only as an advertisement. 



Frank Baker has chrysanthemums, 

 Wm. Mathews cattleyas and Wm. 

 Pfeifer carnations, all quite promising, 

 so that Utica may be tempted to ex- 

 hibit at Cleveland. Dr. Rowlands is 

 particularly interested, voicing the 

 opinion of many that exhibitions, 

 whether trade or otherwise, are the 

 life of trade. This summer he has fur- 

 nished flowers from his garden for the 

 dining tables of the largest dry goods 

 house in this city, free of charge, on 

 the theory that the patrons will be- 

 come so accustomed to their presence 

 that the caterer will see the advisa- 

 bility of continuing their use when 

 stock is scarce and must be purchased. 

 M. 



BRAMPTON, ONT. 



The Market. 



August trade showed a decided im- 

 provement of business when compared 

 with that of last year. September has 

 opened most hopefully. The disagree- 

 able and sultry weather continues. Al- 

 though roses are coming into crop lux- 

 uriantly, great difficulty ia experienced 

 in carrying them a short distance, even 

 when well iced and carefully boxed. 

 Such weather has never been known 

 here, and it is sincerely hoped that an- 

 other week or two will bring a change 

 for the better. 



Violets are already arriving in small 

 quantities and indications are for a 

 good crop during the next few weeks. 



Hoosier Beauty, Shawyer, Russell, 

 Ophelia, Stanley and Brunner are some 

 of the newer varieties of roses being 

 grown here this year, and judging by 



the present demand, the change from 

 the older varieties is thoroughly appre- 

 ciated. In Ophelia and Shawyer the 

 public has two greater favorites than 

 have appeared on the Canadian market 

 for a considerable time. 



Various Notes. 



Work around the greenhouses at the 

 Dale Estate is more backward than 

 usual at this time of the year, owing 

 to the enlistment of many of the 

 hands. No less than four growers left 

 for the front during the last fortnight, 

 two of them being men whose services 

 have been much valued. 



Many visited the Toronto exhibition 

 last week, where the flower section 

 was of great attraction. A fine orchid 

 exhibit was shown by the Dale Estate, 

 which secured a gold medal and first 

 prize. The chief prize-winners in the 

 various groups were: 



Bride's bouquet — S. A. Frost, first; George 

 Bonnett, second; Thomas Manton, third. 



Presentation basliet — George Bonnett, first; S. 

 A. Frost, second; H. 6. Dlllemuth, third. 



Centerpiece — H. G. Dlllemuth, first; Thomas 

 Manton, second; S. A. Frost, third. 



Table decoration — S. A. Frost, first; H. G. 

 Dlllemuth, second; Thomas Manton, third. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dale returned 

 last week from their visit to the San 

 Francisco exposition. 



Among the visitors last week were 

 O. L. Smith, of Smiths Falls; James 

 Wilson, of Woodstock; T. C. Graham, 

 Wingham; George Urban, Jr., Buf- 

 falo, N. Y.; C. M. Critchison, Berlin; 

 E. J. Wortley, superintendent of the 

 department of horticulture, Bermuda 

 islands, and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Burns, 

 of Negritus, Peru. W. G. P. 



KNOXVILLE, TENit, 



The Market. 



The weather last week was good. 

 It was more like summer than any 

 other week during the season. 



Trade has been exceedingly good for 

 some time. There has been much fu- 

 neral work. The first bulbs have been 

 received, and the sales aro better than 

 usual so early in the season. Narcissus 

 bulbs appear to be of better quality 

 than usual. Fall weddings have began, 

 and, from the number of announcements 

 made, they promise a good season for 

 the florist. It is hoped that the fall 

 season will make up for the poor spring 

 season. 



Stock is scarce, and on many oc- 

 casions it takes scraping to fill orders. 

 Dahlias are the main crop. Roses are 

 fair, but the supply is limited. With 

 the exception of a few stragglers, 

 asters are gone. New mountain ferns 

 and galax are beginning to come in, 

 and they are fine because of the heavy 

 rains of spring and summer. 



Various Notes. 



C. L. Baum, Floyd Baum and Will 

 Ryno recently made a pleasant and 

 profitable trip through the Carolinas, 

 stopping at Asheville, N. C, where they 

 reported seeing fine stock at the 

 Brownhurst Greenhouses and the E. C. 

 Dickinson place. They also stopped at 

 Spartanburg, S. C, visiting Chas. A. 

 Moss. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Crouch are spend- 

 ing the summer at Atlantic City. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Dailey and their 

 two daughters have returned from a 

 two months' trip through the west and 



