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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JiXE 30, 1U04. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The market on Monday' was still weak, 

 with no encouraging signs of convales- 

 cence. Saturday and Sunday were the 

 hottest June tlays in New York in thirty 

 yearfj. !N early lOU degrees was reached 

 in the shade and in tiie sun man and 

 beast were prostrated. Even June brides 

 could ,not lift tlie depref^sion and they 

 have only a few days left to get into the 

 band wagon. Carnations seldom go above 

 $1 for I he finest. Koses are a drug. 

 Har4ly any demand for anything. One 

 pleasant feature of the week which will 

 break the monotony, is the outing of the 

 club on Wednesday. Everything at this 

 writing indicates a great success. Full 

 particulars with names of winners can- 

 not reach this week's issue. But if 

 every club in the country will display 

 the same enthusiasm as to a summer re- 

 union it would add immensely to the har- 

 mony and stability of all such organiza- 

 tion[^. 



Various Notes. 



Joseph A. Millang, the Beauty king, 

 celebrated his thirty-fifth birthday Juno 

 21. Strange some fair damsel does not 

 take advantage of leap year in this case. 



Frank Millang contemplates another 

 trip to his western ranch near Portland, 

 Ore., this summer. 



A. J. Fellouris is back from Mars Hill 

 and the Acropolis with his Grecian bride, 

 looking much the better for his European 

 trip, 



Mr. Bland, of Girard & Co., florists of 

 Eegeut street, London, England, is on a 

 visit to America and the World's Fair. 



Jos. Fenrich receivetl his first shipment 

 of cut flowers last Thursday, a box of 

 ' gladioli of excellent quality. He has fitted 

 up his new store very neatly. 



John Young has been receiving some 

 fine Beauties, irises, peonies, Liberties, 

 Kaiserins and valley from Carl Jurgens, 

 of Newport, R. I. He tells me that the 

 corresponding week a year ago was the 

 banner week of June, while this season 

 it was the worst of the year to date. 



The engagement is announced of 

 A. C. Scott, of New Rochelle, nephew of 

 Alex McConnell, and one of his force at 

 the Fifth avenue store, to Miss Jennie 

 Beynolds of the same city. The marriage 

 will take place in the early fall. Con- 

 gratulations are extended. 



The father-in-law of James McConnell. 

 of the New York Cut Flower Co., died 

 June 21 after a lingering illness. 



Bonnot Bros., of Fleraington, N. J., 

 have completed their rebuilding for the 

 season, devoting their large new house 

 entirely to Bride and Bridesmaid roses. 



Edward Boehrs, of Rutherford, son of 

 Julius Roehrs, arrived home last Friday 

 after a two and one-half years' stay in 

 France, Belgium and England, where he 

 worked with several of the best horticul- 

 tural houses. 



Julius Roehrs is rebuilding a number 

 of houses as usual and has received large 

 importations of phnpnix and other palms, 

 araucarias and orchids, as well as bay 

 trees, his laree stock being about de- 

 pleted. He attributed the exceptional de- 

 mand this year to the severe weather of 

 the winter, many having to be replaced, 

 and not to any speinal increase of general 

 appreciation. 



Bobbink & Atkins are constantly add- 

 ing to their nurseries, having now about 

 eighty acres planted with a "implete as- 

 sortment of grand stock. They have a 



forest of bay trees of all sizes and re- 

 port an excellent season, with a constantly 

 growing demand. 



Wm. Plumb will drink his own health 

 hereafter and that of his fellow members 

 irom a solid silver loving cup, the gift 

 of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, 

 which thus has shown its appreciation of 

 his excellent services as manager of the 

 carnation exhibition of 1903. 



Fleischman, Thorley, Thos. Young and 

 Warrendorff generously supplied the cut 

 flowers for tue benefit performance at 

 the Grand Opera house in behalf of the 

 sufferers through the Gen. Slocum trag- 

 edy. 



The sympathy of his many friends is 

 extended to John Nash in the loss of his 

 brother, who was accidentally killed in 

 London, England. 



B. Suzuki, of Suzuki & lida, left last 

 week for Japan and from present indica- 

 tions will hardly reach Yokohama in time 

 to join with his countrymen in celebrating 

 the fall of Port Arthur. 



Mansfield is enjoying bis annual outing 

 at Saratoga. 



Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Clucas visited the 

 World 's Fair last week and the seeds- 

 men 's convention, 



Mr. and Mrs. Heller, of Heller Bros., 

 New Castle, Ind., were recent visitors. 



Among the visitors to New York last 

 week was W. C. Barry, of Rochester. 

 Many nurserymen on their way to the 

 Atlanta convention spent a few hours in 

 the city. 



The east side florists have had the most 

 strenuous experience in their history, ow- 

 ing to the great steamboat disaster. It 

 was impossible for many to fill their 

 orders, some having nearly 100 separate 

 floral designs in a day. 



Several of the large retail stores have 

 their windows devoted to lily ponds, those 

 of Warrendorff and Small, on Broadway, 

 l)eing especially effective. Many varieties 

 are on exhibition. 



The great convention at St. Louis is 

 so near that general interest is evident 

 and prospective visitors are already mak- 

 ing arrangements for the journey. Chair- 

 man O 'Mara announces stop-over privi- 

 leges at Philadelpliia, Washington and 

 Cincinnati, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad 

 having been definitely decided upon as 

 the route and 10 a. m., August 15, as the 

 starting hour from New York. Reserva- 

 tions of l)erth8 should be made as early as 

 possible and the committee will also ar- 

 range for hotel accommodations if de- 

 sired. It is hoped the attendance of last 

 year will be greatly increased. Every 

 arrangement for an enjoyable trip and 

 the fraternizinqr of the brethren enroute 

 is being provided. 



J. F. Sullivan, of Detroit, who has been 

 visiting his parents at West Grove, Pa., 

 and dallying with the surf at Atlantic 

 City, is spending a few days with his 

 brothers and friends in New York City, 

 visiting the growers, reveling in the splen- 

 dors of Corey Island and enjoying the 

 outing of the New York Florists' Club. 

 He is exnected to make the overfed New 

 Yorkers hustle in the fat men 's race. 



Lager & Hurrell. of Summit, N. J., re- 

 port an exceptionally busy season, large 

 quantities of orchids arriving and going 

 cut everv day. One order this week re- 

 quired forty-five cases. The demand is 

 rapidly increasing and comes from every 

 part of the coimtrv. 



Bowlitijg:. 



"It's getting too hot to bowl," seems 

 to be the refrain these summer evenings. 



Following are the scores made on Tues- 

 day evening of last week: 



Slebrecht 172 136 156 



Sorby 137 128 152 



Shaw 158 132 134 



O'Mara 176 168 143 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The trade has settled down to the sum- 

 mer basis, the only difference being that 

 considerably more than the ordinary 

 quantity of stock is coming in. Receipts 

 continue almost as heavy as in early 

 June, replanting operations not being ap- 

 parent in the quantity of stock in the 

 market. Beauties of satisfactory quality 

 are the one item that is in short supply. 

 The quality of these has been on the down 

 grade for some time and they are now but 

 little better in this respect than the Brides 

 and Maids. It would seem that the grow- 

 ers of the great quantities of very badly 

 mildewed tea roses which are seen would 

 make haste to get the houses replanted, 

 but such does not seem to be the case. 

 There are some very fine Kaiserins coming 

 in, which sell as high as $8 j)er 100, but 

 by far the greater part of the receipts of 

 roses are jobbed off by the box. 



Those who thought there was a decrease 

 in the carnation cut in sight have found 

 themselves mistaken. Receipts are fre- 

 quently 25,000 blooms a day in several of 

 the commission houses and there is no 

 market for such quantities. When the 

 stock is a day old it is almost impossible 

 to sell it at any price, the Greeks re- 

 fusing anything but fresh stock of pretty 

 fair grade at 5 cents a bunch. There are 

 still considerable quantities of lilies, but 

 many of them are now auratum. If one 

 wishes peonies he will have no trouble in 

 finding whatever quantity he may need. 

 Prices are as variable as the quality, 

 but most of them value low. .The re- 

 ceipts from the growers have practically 

 ceased, but there are large quantities still 

 in cold storage. The outdoor sweet peas 

 have come in the last week and countless 

 thousands are seen in the commission 

 houses. Lily of the valley continues in 

 fair demand, . but feverfew and other 

 small stock of that character is not 

 wanted, except for window display. The 

 indoor gladioli are nearly gone. As- 

 paragus continues very scarce, but other 

 greens are plentiful. 



Beginning July 1 the wholesale houses 

 will close at 5 p. m. daily. July 4 they will 

 close at noon. Buyers should bear this in 

 mind. 



Various Notes. 



Peter Jensen, of 890 W. North avenue, 

 was in the market as usual Sunday morn- 

 ing and within a few moments of his re- 

 turn home fell dead of heart disease. He 

 was 33 years old and was doing a fairly 

 prosperous retail business with the assist- 

 ance of his wife. They had no children. 

 Mr. Jensen was formerly a rose grower 

 for ,T. A. Budlong, by whom he was held 

 in high esteem. The funeral was held on 

 Wednesday afternoon and many in the 

 trade sent floral pieces. 



It is stated that George A. Kuhl and 

 J. S. Wilson, who bought the Albert Fuchs 

 plant on June 15, just prior to the adver- 

 tised auction, have withdrawn from the 

 deal prior to the completion of the trans* 

 fer. Mr. Fucha states that he is again 

 the sole owner of the establishment an.l 

 that he will at once proceed with the auc- 

 tion as originally contemplated. 



