Junk 2, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



63 



them in the start. Echeveria and alter- 

 nanthera are scarce, so are geraniums. 

 From the looks of the homes in the 

 fashionable districts a great many of 

 these must have been used. The ceme- 

 tery florists have had a very busy time 

 this spring. They had all they possibly 

 could do and they have scarcely any 

 bedding plants left for sale. 



Various Notes. 



W. D. Keith, of Ennis, Texas, is in 

 town. Mr. Keith is president of the 

 Rubber Tiee Culture Co., in Mexico. 



Greorge Young and wife, of New York, 

 are in the city taking in our World's 

 Fair. They are guests of James Y'^oung, 

 ef C. Young. & Sons Co. 



Next Sunday will be the first Sunday 

 Opening of Shaw's garden this year. 

 Everytliing is being put in shape for the 

 big crowd which takes advantage of 

 these Sunday openings. These, with the 

 many strangers in town attracted by 

 the World's Fair, will no doubt make 

 this the largest Sunday opening in the 

 'history of the garden. 



Hie peony show in the Horticulture 

 building at the. Fair this week promises 

 better rftsults than the rose exhibition 

 of last week. The dates of this exhibi- 

 tion are May 28 to June 7. 



Charles Juengel, state vice-president 

 of the S. A. F., wouW like to hear from 

 all florists who are not yet members of 

 our society. Mr. Juengel "Will be at the 

 club meeting on next Thursday after- 

 noon with blank, applications for those 

 who wish to join. 



The exhibition of hardy roses at tlte 

 World's Fair, in the Horticulture build- 

 ing, takes place June 18 to 28. There 

 are six classes. June 15 is the last day 

 for entries to Superintendent Hadkinson. 



Illinois dedicated her state building 

 at the World's Fair last week. Grovern- 

 or Eichard Yates and wife with 

 mounted ataflf and 850 cadets attended. 

 The building was elaborately decorated 

 with plants, roses and carnations, the 

 governor's wife carrying a huge bunch, 

 of American Beauties which were grown- 

 in Springfield, 111. 



The Texas building, too, had its ded- 

 ication the past week. Tlie entire build- 

 ing on the inside was decorated with cape 

 jasmines, all coming direct from the 

 Lone Star state. James Bass, of Tem- 

 ple, Texas, was in charge of the decora- 

 tions. 



The vice-president of the S. A. F. will 

 on Thursday meet the chairmen of the 

 different committees who will have 

 charge of the S. A. F. affairs, including 

 C. A. Kuehn, the superintendent of 

 trades' display at the Exposition build- 

 ing. Thirteenth and Olive streets, to per- 

 fect plans for the coming convention 

 which is only ten weeks off. Those who 

 will meet with the vice-president and 

 superintendent are Fred Ammann, Otto 

 G. Koenig. F. C. Weber. Carl Beyer. 

 Henry O^^tertag, F. M. Ellis and F.' H. 

 Meinhardt. 



The Florists' Club meeting will be 

 held Thursday afternoon, June 9. at 2 

 o'clock. All members are earnestly re- 

 quested to attend, as matters of great 

 importance pertaining to the S. A. F. 

 convention will come before them. As 

 the busy plant season will be over, the 

 largest meeting of the year is looked for. 

 Emil Schray. Fred Ammann and Mr. 

 Thompson, of Shaw's Garden, will load 

 discussions on very intereatinjr subjects. 

 A box of the Florists' Club's special 

 cigars will be handed around. 



C. A. Kuehn, superintendent of 



trades' display, reports that every mail 

 brings in orders for space. All those 

 who contemplate making an exhibition 

 should communicate with Mr. Kuehn at 

 once, before all the choice space is taken 

 up, as only ten more weeks are left 

 when the convention will be in full blast. 



Mr. Wertheimier, of Lion & Werth- 

 eimer, of New York, was with us recent- 

 ly. The firm will make an extensive ex- 

 hibition of ribbons at the trades' dis- 

 play. 



The St. Louis Cactus Club held its 

 annual picnic and excursion last Sunday 

 at Chautauqua, 111. Although the weather 

 was bad a large cTowd attended. 



The S. A. F. souvenir book is already 

 in the hands of the printers, who are 

 working on the cover, which will be 

 handsomely embossed, also the back of 

 the book which will show Carnation Fi- 

 ancee for the Chicago Carnation Co. 

 Advertisements must reach St. Louis not 

 later than J\uie 15. To save time send 

 them direct to J. J. Beneke, 1220 Olive 

 street. J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Memorial day opened in New York 

 cloudy, sultry and with hardly an indi- 

 cation of special demand or any call out 

 of the ordinary. The quantity of every- 

 thing is enormous and much of the sup- 

 ply is not up to the standard in quality 

 and business cannot improve while pres- 

 ent conditions and overshipments con- 

 tinue. The extreme heat also affects the 

 retail demand and uniform stagnation 

 aliout expresses the state of things in 

 the ttietropolis. 



Not O^hly are roses here in floods, but 

 carnations, outdoor valley, lilac and 

 lilies, of whiPb there seems no end. 

 Peonies have arr^^ed in all colors and 

 are welcome. Brillittnt retail windows 

 already manifest their vahie. They grow 

 more popular yearly. 



Various Notes. 



Next week the American Peony, Society 

 gives its exhibit, June 8 and 9, at the 

 Bronx Park Botanic Garden and the 

 week following, Monday, June 13, the, 

 peony night of the New Y'ork Florists' 

 Club will doubtless see a very large ex- 

 hibit and attendance of members and 

 friends of the club, it being ladies' night 

 also, with strawberry and cream accom- 

 paniments. A fine musical program and 

 other features will add to the pleasures 

 of the last meeting of the club until 

 September. In addition to the prizes 

 mentioned in our last for the outing of 

 the club on June 29, donations have been 

 received from Schloss Bros., W. J. El- 

 liott. Chas. Weathered, F. R. Pierson, 

 B. Suzuki, L. J. Kreshover, Patrick 

 O'Mara, John Scott, Arthur T. Bodding- 

 ton, Alex McConnell, Alex Guttman, Geo. 

 M. Geraghty, Clucas & Boddington Co.. 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, W. B. DuRie and 

 M. Gibbs. the values ranging from $3 to 

 $10 and so an aggregate of $200 is to 

 be devoted to the athletic contests of 

 the day. All the young folks are pro- 

 vided for and a good many unique bat- 

 tles will occur. Tlie programs will be 

 distributed at the club's meeting. June 

 13, and everything now indicates a large 

 attendance. 



The exodus to Europe this summer by 

 members of the trade in many of its 

 departments is greater than usual. 

 Wholesalers, growers, supply men and 

 seedsmen, several accompanied by their 



wives, have already departed or will early 

 in June. 



Chas. B. Hanft, of Hanft, Bros., goes 

 to Saratoga this week to manage the 

 Aldine hotel there, which he has rented 

 for the season. He will be glad to see 

 any visiting florists frcMn New York at 

 his hostelry this summer. 



The carnationist, A. J. Tharp, of Bed- 

 ford Station, first shipper to Moore, 

 Hentz & Nash, some seven years ago, 

 celebrated his silver wedding on May 

 20. About 200 people attended the re- 

 ception, among them Mr. Nash of the 

 above firm, who 'reports many handsome 

 presents bestowed upon Mr. and Mrs. 

 Tharp. 



Miss Emily Isabel Wadley, only daugh- 

 ter of Albert Wadley, of New Rochelle, 

 was married to Arthur Goodenougb, of 

 Bristol, Conn., last Tuesday evening, the 

 father of the groom officiating. The dec- 

 (irations at the house and church revealed 

 the artistic ability of the veteran florist 

 whose hand has not lost its cunning, 

 even if the accident of a year or two ago 

 has left his underpinning perpetually the 

 worse for wear. White spring flowers 

 were abundantly used, an arbor of lilies 

 and dogwood cmnpletely hiding the pul- 

 pit. The bride carried a shower bouquet 

 of lilies of the valley and the six maids 

 had Bridesmaid roses. 



Early closing is becoming popular and 

 with many after this week 3 p. m. seems 

 to be considered the popular hour. It 

 would be well if this system could be 

 made conveniently universal until the 

 end of August. 



A good deal of sympathy is expressed 

 by the trade for W. A. Manda, of South 

 Change, in the loss of his furniture and 

 valuable paintings by fire last week. 



Elliott's and deary's auction rooms 

 are busy places these days, and to one 

 who has visited these marts for years 

 a remarkable feature is the number of 

 new faces and the few florists to be 

 found there. The outside public has 

 found a mecca, evidently, and readily 

 absorb everything that is offered at 

 good priees. The sales will close shortly 

 and the season, which promised badly at 

 its beginning, ends in the most satisfac- 

 tory way to all concerned. The year, 

 too, vhich is now about at an end with 

 the seelknen, has far exceeded all ex- 

 pectations, many declaring it to be the 

 greatest season of their experience. 



The closing of the schools and the Eu- 

 ropean travel should make themselves 

 felt for a few weeks among the retailers, 

 many of whom are complaining of dull 

 times at present. 



The Plant Growers' Market at Canal 

 street, is an interesting place these (hiys, 

 buyers arriving often about the time 

 most of us go to bed. In fact, one promi- 

 nent retailer told me he had to be there 

 at 2 a. m. to get what he wanted, so 

 great is the demand. The street peddlers 

 are everywhere in evidence and the neces- 

 sity of a proper market building is more 

 and more apparent every day. 



BowIin£. 



The Florists' Bowling Club met on 

 Tuesday evening, May 24, at the new al- 

 leys. Twenty- third street and Sixth ave- 

 nue, and a much increased attendance 

 encouraged the officers of the club, not- 

 withstanding the intense heat. The spe- 

 cial prize for highest score was won by 

 Captain Lang, with a total of 221. Next 

 week Mr. Lang will give the .special prize 

 for competition among the balance o3f the 

 members. There will be special effort? 

 made during the next few weeks to test 



