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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBMBCB 4, 1916. 



John Preisach, of Corfu, N. Y., is 

 proud of his carnation stock. He has 

 some extra quality Enchantress Su- 

 preme carnations. A. E. 



1. 



TSEPEL'S BEST. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph of C. C. 

 Trepel 's building at Eighty-ninth street 

 and Broadway, the best of his fifteen 

 enterprises, in the best residential sec- 

 tion of New York, next to the Adelphi 

 theater, a^ opposite the million-dollar 

 apartment house now being erected by 

 Vincent Astor. Jacobs & Sons, Brook- 

 lyn, were the 'builders of the roof con- 

 servatory, 75x200, a fine structure now 

 filled with a large assortment of plants. 

 Mr. Trepel invested over $20,000 on this 

 venture and is spending $2,000 more on 

 electric signs. An elevator connects the 

 greenhouse with the cut flower depart- 

 ment. There are thirty-two employees 

 in this branch and Mrs. C. C. Trepel is 

 herself the attractive manager of the 

 enterprise. Mr. Trepel now has in his 

 chain of stores over 200 employees. 

 J. A. S, 



NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



A cool wave arrived October 30, in 

 the nick of time. That is, it found the 

 accumulation of roses and chrysanthe- 

 mums excessive, the result of large 

 shipments and Indian summer tempera- 

 ture during the week. However, the 

 week end was favorable for the retail- 

 ers and the purchases Saturday were 

 large, with bargains numerous, espe- 

 cially in roses, carnations and chrysan- 

 themums. 



The number of high grade flowers 

 of the autumn queen exceeds the ship- 

 ments of other years to date, but of the 

 medium and smaller arrivals there is 

 no surplus. Flowers that were $4 and 

 $5 per dozen in the old days now are 

 sold at $2 to $3, and of the yellow va- 

 rieties few last week commanded over 

 $1 per dozen. Therefore every retail 

 florist had his windows golden. Some 



of the best exhibition mums touched $5 

 per dozen, but the fall shows are not 

 over, and these wUl not reach the New 

 York cut flower market in large num- 

 bers until after November 7. There are 

 anemones and pompons and plants 

 without number. 



Carnations feel the competition se- 

 verely and prices have dropped, not- 

 withstanding continuous improvement 

 in quality. Even the best of them were 

 sold at $2 per hundred October 30. 



Boses of every kind are abundant 

 and prices are barely steady at last 

 week's quotations. The demand for 

 American Beauties grows with the in- 

 crease in the number of dinners and 

 debutantes. All the new roses are 

 growing in popularity, but the low 

 grades of many of the standard varie- 

 ties fell to $5 per thousand last week, 

 although for the most of these $1 per 

 hundred was asked. Orchids are abun- 

 dant and prices stationary. Cattleyas 

 find their top at 35 cents and cypripe- 

 diums at 10 cents to 12 cents. Lilies 

 do not go above $6 per hundred and 

 valley must be good to realize half this 

 quotation. Callas are arriving, but only 

 in limited numbers. Dahlias have felt 

 the chilling hand of frost and few are 

 left. Now come the sweet peas and 

 the violets, the latter improving rapid- 

 ly in quality and seemingly in popu- 

 larity. Autumn foliage is in wide de- 

 mand. 



The Country Life Show. 



The first of the series of flower shows 

 to be held in connection with the Coun- 

 try Life Permanent Exposition at the 

 Grand Central Terminal building, held 

 November 1 and 2, went far beyond 

 expectations. C. H. Totty's lecture on 

 hardy chrysanthemums was largely at- 

 tended, by society ladies, members of 

 garden clubs, gardeners and florists. 

 The exhibitors all were private garden- 

 ers. There were twelve competitors for 

 the two prizes offered for table decora- 

 tions of chrysanthemums. First went 

 to David Francis, gardener to Mrs. 

 Charles Bradley, Convent Station, N. J.; 

 second to Budolph Heidkamp, gardener 

 to Mrs. Pauline Boellger, Biverdale, 



One of C. C. Trepel's Chain of Fifteen Flower Stores in Manhattan. 



N,Y,, and a special was awarded to 

 S. i5olding, gardener to Mrs. Bidley 

 Watts, Morristown, N. J. The others 

 who decorated tables were A. Bauer, 

 Deal Beach, N. J.; J. P. Sorenson, Essex 

 Falls, N. Y.; -Samuel Spencer, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y.; P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y.; Frederick Hitchman, Manhasset, 

 N. Y.; J. W. Smith, Bidgefield, Conn.; 

 J. W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y.; J. F. 

 Johnson, Glen Cove, N. Y., and O. E. 

 Plaisted, Yonkers, N. Y. These also 

 were the principal exhibitors of mums, 

 but other prize-winners included Ernest 

 Bobinson, of the Plant estate, Groton, 

 Conn.; A. Paterson, Saugatuck, Conn.; 

 Thomas Byan, Port Chester, N. Y., and 

 W. J. Sealey, Port Chester. • 



Plant Growers' Onting. 



The regular fall inspection tour of 

 the New York and New Jersey Associa- 

 tion of Plant Growers took place Octo- 

 ber 29. The members assembled at the 

 oflSce of William H. Siebrecht, Jr., their 

 secretary, and visited the establish- 

 ments of Anton Schultheis, at College 

 Point; Louis Dupuy, Dreyer Bros., J. M. 

 Keller Co. and Knight & Struck Co., at 

 Whitestone; Louis Enne, in Flushing; 

 John Miesem, in Elmhurst; Peter Wag- 

 ner, Estate of John Scott, Louis 

 Schmutz and Alfred L. Zeller, in 

 Brooklyn. Dinner was served at Middle 

 Village. The party traveled in automo- 

 biles furnished and driven by Julius 

 Boehrs, William H. Siebrecht, Jr., A. L. 

 Miller and Henry Baumann. 



The inspection tour in Jersey will 

 take place next, November 5. 



Various Notes. 



This will be the banner exhibition 

 week in the east and especially fn New 

 York, where, at the Engineers' build- 

 ing and at the Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, the chrysanthemum shows are on 

 from November 3 to 7. The early indi- 

 cations are for excellent exhibitions. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended Charles H. Allen and family, of 

 Floral Patk, in the loss of their son, 

 Harry H. Allen, who died October 30. 

 Harry Allen was 26 years of age and a 

 young man of great promise, a universal 

 favorite and held in high esteem by all 

 who knew him. He was a grandson of 

 the late C. L. Allen. Funeral was held 

 at the home of his parents November 2 

 and the floral tokens were many and 

 beautiful. 



Monday, November 8, ft the date of 

 the nex*. meeting of the New York Flo- 

 rists ' Club. This wiU be chrysanthe- 

 mum night and a fine exhibit is expect- 

 ed. The club's bowling sessions will 

 begin at Thumm's alleys, November 4. 

 Captain Fenrich and his family have 

 moved to the city, from their summer 

 home at the seashore. 



Guttman & Raynor will show the 

 new rose. Prima Donna, at the Florists' 

 Club's meeting, Monday evening; also 

 at the Cleveland flower show. The 

 new pink chrysanthemum which re- 

 ceived a certificate of merit at the last 

 club meeting has been' named Alex. 

 Guttman. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended Victor Dorval in the death of 

 his mother, at Woodside, L. I. 



C. W. Scott has been entertaining 

 his friends, the "Two Johns," Donald- 

 son and Miesem, at his country estate, 

 at Montrose, on the Hudson. 



Another retail store, at Sixty-second 

 street and Madison avenue, has been 

 opened by Hanft Bros., making four 



