NOVEMBBB 4, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



23 



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



new iiowcr sliops opened on Madison 

 avenue since October 1. 



The Retail 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 

 <5ity received a registered letter from 

 the secretary, setting forth the socie- 

 ty's vjcAv concerning the selling of 

 flowers at retail. 



The engagement is announced of 

 Miss Violet McEleney, bookkeeper and 

 stenographer for Phillips, of Brooklyn, 

 during the last four vears. and Harry 

 Gogarty, of New York. Will Phillips 

 will have charge of the wedding deco- 

 ration. 



The Brooklyn Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Market will open its new store at 40S 

 Fulton 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 

 City of Churches. 



Cunio's is the title of a new retail 

 store soon to l>e opened on Fifty-nintli 

 street, near Fifth avenue. 



Max Scliiing lias invented a process 

 by which autumn l*>aves may be jire- 

 served and used all winter. lie has 

 10,nOO sprays already stored. 



Pitol ^; Constant have opened a retail 

 store at Sixty-sixth street and Colum- 

 bus avenue. 



Ileury Siebrecht. .Ir., is on his way 

 to California and has been engaged by 

 the state commissioner to sell the 

 palms, evergreens. et<'., planted around 

 the New York building at the Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition. 



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

 in the city. 



.Tohn Ryan, formerly auditor with 

 the II. & M. R. R., is now bookkee])er 

 for Badgley Sc Pishoji. Inc. Mr. Badgley 

 has been suffering from an injured hand. 

 H«! was unanimously elected mayor of 

 his home town November 2. 



William Relim, formerly traveling 

 representative of L. Daehnfeldt, Odense, 

 Denmark, is engaged in litigation 

 against a financial corporation involv- 

 ing a claim of $23,000. The case will 



be heard before the Supreme court in 

 November. J. .\ustin Shaw. 



TRAENDLY 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. II. Lang- 

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

 credit is duo 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 Iloosier Beauty roses. 

 Each member wore a gardenia bouton- 

 niere. A fine musical program addc<l 

 to the enjoyment of the repast. 



Coffee and cigars being served, P. J. 

 Smith introduced Walter F. Sheridan 

 as master of ceremonies, who ably ofli- 

 dated, as might be expected of him. 

 He first called upon Frank II. Traendl}', 

 president of the association, and to the 

 great surprise of that gentleman, pro- 

 ceeded to jiass sentence upon him for 

 all the good ho had done for the asso- 

 ciation during the eight years he has 

 been at its head. After compelling his 

 attention until everything in tiio way 

 of nice things had been said of him, he 

 jiresented 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 oflicer. 



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 

 iiest endeavors to still further atlvance 

 the interests of the association and to 

 continue its eflicienc}'. 



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 sue 

 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 also 

 warmly commended for the able manner 

 in which he had fulfilled the duties of 

 his ofiice. At the close, announcement 

 was made that Mr. Traendly had that 

 •lay been ai)pointed a member of the 

 Society of American Florists' commit- 

 tee on national credits and collections 

 bureau. 



THE INTERNATIONAL SHOW. 



Fi\e months may set>m a long period 

 to those of Us who are not engaged in 

 jueparations for the Tiext International 

 Flower Show, to l)e held at New Yorl;, 

 April .") to 12, but to the men who are 

 working like Iteaxcrs to make the lltlG 

 show overshadow all previous shows, 

 this time seems to i»e all too short. With 

 monthly meetings and a division of the 

 general committee into subcommittees, 

 the work of preparation is well ail- 

 vanced; but with the idea, with wliirli 

 the workers are imbued, that tlie next 

 show must present new features, new 

 i'leas, and, above all, show progress 

 from an expositional point of view, five 

 months for further preparation is a pe- 

 riod all too small. 



The idea of the rose ganlen, so well 

 carried out at the show last spring, 

 bi<ls fair to become a most imjiortant 

 feature of the next show, for the reason 

 that the premiums otfered 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 — si.x rose gardens! 



The rock garden, a mueh cherished 

 institution on the other side of the 

 water and an object of curiosity to 

 many of our budding horticulturists, is 



