Junk 1«. 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J 59 



Range of Glass at the Establishment of C N. Bliss, Oceanic, N. J^ N. Butterbach, Superintendent. 



early part of the week was succeeded by 

 cool' weather on Friday, whieli continued 

 until Monday, when the heat of summer 

 was again in evidence. 



Club Meetiaz. 



The New York Florists' Club held its 

 final meeting for the season on Monday 

 and a splendid attendance encouraged 

 the officers in their efforts to make this 

 the banner year of the organization. It 

 was peony night and ladies' night also. 

 Between 100 and 200 enjoyed the even- 

 ing's festivities and it was close to 

 midnight before Auld Lang Syne wa.s 

 was sung. John Birnie 's * ' surprise ' ' 

 proved to be a Scotch piper and three 

 handsome Scotch lassies in Highland 

 costume, who danced charmingly. Every- 

 body was delighted w^ith the children 

 and their work showed wonderful abil- 

 ity and training. Prof. Cameron is a 

 master of bagpipes and played many 

 times to the evident joy of every Scot- 

 tish heart. A string band added to the 

 harmony of the night. T. S. Black con- 

 tributed Scotch songs, Samuel Burns, of 

 Jersey City, told humorous stories, Alex 

 Wallace sang Fair Glenlochy, J. A. 

 Shaw gave a recitation and S. S. But- 

 terfield sang sweetly his old song, * ' Sally 

 in Our Alley." J. B. Nugent was the 

 master of ceremonies. Ice cream, cake 

 and strawberries were abundant and alto- 

 gether the evening was one of the most 

 enjoyable in the club's history. 



Owing to the weather the peony ex- 

 hibit was not an extensive one. Georgo 

 T. Schuneman, of Baldwins, L. I., 

 showed vases of dark red, light and 

 dark pink varieties and Chas. Lenker, of 

 Freeport, his rose colored Fragrance and 

 a collection of fifteen Japanese varieties, 

 also his double pink and double white, 

 Victoria. Mr. Stewart, of the commit- 

 tee on resolutiong, reported as to the 

 death of the mother of one of the club 

 members, Peter Devoy, of Poughkeep- 

 sie. The transportation coramitteo. 

 through Mr. O'Mara, reported favorably 

 in behalf of the Baltimore & Ohio rail- 

 road as the route to the convention. This 

 will give opportunity to join the florists 

 of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash- 

 ington, assurances from these cities hav- 

 ing already been received as to their 

 co-operation. The train leaves New 

 York at 10 a. m., reaches Philadelphia 



at 12, Baltimore at 2 p. m. and Wash- 

 ington at 4 p. m., arriving at Cincin- 

 nati early in the morning and affording 

 ii daylight entiy to St. Louis. The cost 

 of a fifteen-day ticket was announced as 

 $23.25, the Pullman $6. Befreshments 

 will not be wanting. The club unani- 

 mously endorsed the committee's deci- 

 sion. About fifty are expected from 

 New York and vicinity, , Henry Eeimels, 

 of Cedar Lane, L. I., was proposed for 

 membership. 



The proposition from the Siege! 

 Cooper Co. to hold a flower show in 

 November was commented on favorably, 

 but the endorsement of the club was not 

 given, although exhibits by individual 

 members were encouraged. Mr. O'Mara, 

 for the committee on awards, gave 

 credit to the exhibitors and dwelt elo- 

 quently upon the future of the peony, 

 declaring it to be "on the crest of the 

 wave of popularity." The house commit- 

 tee received an appropriation of $50. 

 The next meeting of the club was an- 

 nounced for the second Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Two handsome specimens of the im- 

 provfKl Piersoni fern were placed on ex- 

 liibition and the committee in commend 

 ing it announced a visit to be made 

 shortly where it is growing, after which 

 the club's recognition of its value will 

 be made ofticially. The exhibits were 

 generously distributed by Mr. Lenker 

 and Mr. Schuneman to the ladies. The 

 club's special nights are all provided 

 for until 1905 and grow more enjoyable 

 as the year progresses. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Marion, daughter of Chas. Hen- 

 derson, of Peter Henderson & Co., was 

 married on Tuesday evening last at her 

 father's home in Hackensack, N. J. The 

 force of Jno. Young, Jr., was two days 

 completing the elaborate floral display 

 for the occasion. The bridal bouquet 

 was of white orchids and lily of the val- 

 ley. 



The sympathy of his friends is ten- 

 dered Charles W. . Siebrecht, of New 

 Rochelle, in the Ions of his only son. 



Herman Keller, formerly with Dreyer, 

 of Woodsiele, will build a range of glass 

 on Jackson avenue this summer. His 

 ability as a plantsman ensures him suc- 



cess and an abundance of New York 

 customers. 



Wm. Ghormley is welcomed back to 

 Twenty-eighth street after a month's en- 

 forced vacation with his old enemy, 

 rheumatism. 



The exodus to the country and to Eu- 

 rope is on in earnest. John Theilmanu, 

 of Brooklyn, and L. W. Wheeler have 

 taken time by the forelock and already 

 had their share of ozone in the moun- 

 tains in a two weeks' vacation. J. H. 

 Troy and family start for Europe in a 

 few days and the veteran youth, Samuel 

 Henshaw, and his wife will cross the 

 pond again and summei- in England. 



Mr. Guttman is booked for the whole 

 of June in the jury box and says the 

 experience to date has been more novel 

 than disagreeable. 



The souvenir program of the New 

 York Florists' Club commemorating the 

 coming outing was distributed on Satur- 

 day and demonstrates the liberality of 

 the members. Prizes for over thirty 

 athletic contests aggregating consider- 

 ably ove:r $200 have been provided. A 

 large number of tickets have already 

 been disposed of and everything points 

 to June 29 as a gala day in the club's 

 history. 



Alex Smith, of Woodside. L. I., was 

 married yesterday to one of Brooklyn's 

 fair lady florists, thus following in the 

 wise footstaps of his twin brother. 



Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Kreshover sail on 

 Thursday for Hamburg for a business 

 and pleasure tour of Europe, returninji 

 on September 20. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons will have a special 

 palm sale at thoir auction rooms June 

 21. This will be the bannfr sale of the 

 season. Since the marriage of W. J. 

 Elliott on Saturday, June 4, his selling 

 voice is particularly persuasive and 

 mellow and good prices have prevailed. 

 This was one of the June weddings you 

 read about and another prophecy is ful- 

 filled. There is still another floricultur- 

 ist whose bachelor days are numbered. 



The surplus of the Brooklyn Horticul- 

 tural Society will be returned pro rata to 

 subscribers. 



Joseph Fleischman sued to recover 

 commissions of $12,000 on the sale of 

 the site of the Flatiron building to 

 Samuel Newhouse in 1899, but the ver- 



