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MOTZUBBB 4, 1915. 



The Rorists' Review 



23 



The New York Wholesale Florists' Protective Association at its Annual Banquet, at Hotel BresUn, October 28. 



new flower shops opened on Madison 

 avenue since October 1. 



The Betail Florists' Association held 

 an important meeting last week and 

 will meet regularly twice a month dur- 

 ing the season. The membership has 

 Increased rapidly. Following the spe- 

 ■cial meeting every wholesaler in the 

 «ity received a registered letter from 

 the secretary, setting forth the socie- 

 ty's view concerning the selling of 

 flowers at retail. 



• The engagement is announced of 

 Miss Violet McEleney, bookkeeper and 

 fltenpgrapher for Phillips, of Brooklyn, 

 during the last four years, aud Harry 

 dogarty, of New York. Will Phillips 

 wiU have charge of the wedding deco- 

 ration. 



The Brooklyn "Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Market will open its new store at 408 

 Pulton street early this month and will 

 have elevator facilities, an abundance 

 of room and up-to-date appointments. 

 Mrs. Joseph Levy will manage it. It 

 is at one of the busiest corners in the 

 <3ity, of Churches. 



Cunio's is the title of a new retail 

 fltore soon to be opened on Fifty-ninth 

 fitreet, near Fifth avenue. 



Max Schling has invented a process 

 by which autumn leaves may be pre- 

 fierved and used all winter. He has 

 10,000 sprays already stored. 



Pitol & Constant have opened a retail 

 «tore at Sixty-sixth street and Colum- 

 tus avenue. 



Henry Siebrecht, Jr., is on his way 

 to California and has been engaged by 

 the state commissioner to sell the 

 palms, evergreens, etc., planted around 

 the New York building at the Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition. 



H. J. Millatt, of Portland, Ore., is 

 in the city. 



John Ryan, formerly auditor with 

 the H. & M. R. R., is now bookkeeper 

 for Badgley & Bishop, Inc. Mr. Badgley 

 has been suffering from an injured hand. 

 He was unanimously elected mayor of 

 his home town November 2. 



William Rehm, formerly traveling 

 representative of L. Daehnf eldt, Odense, 

 Denmark, is engaged in litigation 

 against a financial corporation involv- 

 ing a claim of $25,000. The case will 



be heard before the Supreme court in 

 November. J. Austin Shaw. 



TSAENDLT GIVEN TIME. 



The annual banquet of the New 

 York Wholesale Florists' Protective 

 Association was held at the Hotel Bres- 

 lin October 28 and was a great success. 

 To the committee in charge, A. H. Lang- 

 jahr, P. J. Smith and William P. Ford, 

 credit is due for the able manner in 

 which all details were arranged. The 

 banquet room was tastefully decorated 

 with autumn leaves and yellow chrys- 

 anthemums and on the large table was 

 a centerpiece of Hoosier Beauty roses. 

 Each member wore a gardenia bouton- 

 niere. A fine musical program added 

 to the enjoyment of the repast. 



Coffee and cigars being served, P. J. 

 Smith introduced Walter F. Sheridan 

 as master of ceremonies, who ably offi- 

 ciated, as might be expected of him. 

 He first called upon Frank H. Traendly, 

 president of the association, and to the 

 great surprise of that gentleman, pro- 

 ceeded to pass sentence upon him for 

 all the good he had done for the asso- 

 ciation during the eight years he has 

 been at its head. After compelling his 

 attention until everything in the way 

 of nice things had been said of him, he 

 presented him, on behalf of the associa- 

 tion, with a beautiful gold clock and 

 candelabra to match, as a token of the 

 appreciation in which he was held by 

 his fellow-members, and of his faithful 

 service as their presiding officer. 



Mr, Traendly, who for once in his 

 life was taken completely unawares, 

 upon recovering his composure, first as- 

 sured himself that the clock was run- 

 ning on time and was in good working 

 order, then feelingly expressed his 

 thanks, and those of Mrs. Traendly, for 

 the testimonial, promising to use his 

 best endeavors to still further advance 

 the interests of the association and to 

 continue its efficiency. 



Each member present added a few 

 words of appreciation to those of the 

 toastmaster, and, it might be said, in- 

 creased the discomfiture of the gentle- 

 man under sentence. 



After these proceedings, a special 



meeting of the association was held, at 

 which much enthusiasm over the suc- 

 cess of the organization was evinced 

 and many suggestions were made look- 

 ing to a further extension of its work. 

 The impression prevailed that there 

 could be no better organized body of 

 business men today than that found in 

 the New York Wholesale Florists' Pro- 

 tective Association, whose only aim is 

 to improve, if possible, the wholesale 

 market conditions in New York, and to 

 advance and protect the interests of its 

 members in every way. The secretary- 

 manager. Ward W. Smith, was ^al^o 

 warmly commended for the able manner 

 in which he had fulfilled the duties of 

 his office. At the close, announcement 

 was made that Mr. Traendly had that 

 day been appointed a member of the 

 Society of American Florists' commit- 

 tee on national credits and collections 

 bureau. 



THE INTEENATIONAL SHOW. 



Five months may seem a long period 

 to those of us who are not engaged in 

 preparations for the next International 

 Flower Show, to be held at New York, 

 April 5 to 12, but to the men who are 

 working like beavers to make the 1916 

 show overshadow all previous shows, 

 this time seems to be all too short. With 

 monthly meetings and a division of the 

 general committee into subcommittees, 

 the work of preparation is well ad- 

 vanced; but with the idea, with which 

 the workers are imbued, that the next 

 show must present new features, new 

 ideas, and, above all, show proguess 

 from an expositional point of view, five 

 months for further preparation is a pe- 

 riod all too small. 



The idea of the rose garden, so well 

 carried out at the show last spring, 

 bids fair to become a most important 

 feature of the next show, for the reason 

 that the premiums offered are on a most 

 liberal basis and sufficiently attractive 

 to insure six or more exhibits in the 

 class set apart for displays of this kind. 

 Just think of it — six rose gardens! 



The rock garden, a much cherished 

 institution on the other side of the 

 water and an object of curiosity to 

 many of our budding iiortiealturists, is 



