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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 7, 1904, 



seems pleased with the contimiod dcvolop- 

 mt'nt of the ribbon department of the 

 business. 



The Florists' Club's meeting last 

 Tuesday was largely devoted to matters 

 pertaining to the St. Louis convention in 

 August. A good-sized delegation is 

 promised. 



Wm. J. Young, Jr., of Germantowrij 

 is hard at work rebuilding three of his 

 greenhouses. 



Bayersdorfer & Co. are busy today 

 receiving and unpacking heavy importa- 

 tions. 



The glorious Fourth was true to its 

 name, bright and cool, an ideal holi- 

 day. 



Be Straight. 



Yon say your stuff did not all sell; 

 Tlie reason why you cannot toll; 

 You know you have not done so well. 



Always be strai);bt; always be straight. 

 You have to walk Instead of ride. 

 Must turn from the nay shew aside. 

 It/ is the ebb and not How tide. 



Always be straight; always be straight. 



Good men's regard does not destroy 

 Your loved ones' peace of mind mid joy; 

 Bright hope and self-respect, my Iniy. 



Depend" on being slraight, deiieiid on being 

 straight. 



Phii>. 



AN ARTIFICIAL WREATH. 



A. Herrmann, the florists' sujiply deal- 

 er, has made a handsome wreath to be 

 placed on the graves of the unidentified 

 dead of the Slocum disaster, at Lutheran 

 cemetery, on Long Island, next Sunday, 

 July 10. The wreath is more than four 

 feet in diameter and the easel on which 

 it stands is nine feet. Porcelain roses 

 and buds to the number of 224 were 

 used in the piece, which is of a style 

 largely used and greatly admired in that 

 section of Long Island. Tlie inscription 

 on the piece, translated in English, is 

 ' ' In Memory of the Unknown Dead. ' ' 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The holiday opened clear and hot and, 

 as expected, exercised no appreciable ef- 

 fect upon the wholesale market. Prices 

 remain on an even summer keel and there 

 will be "still water" until September. 

 The usual stagnation of the summer is 

 now established. Quotations are formal 

 and unstable. The cleaning up daily 

 gives no thought to real value. The 

 bargain hunters reap a harvest. The 

 street merchants do the bulk of the sell- 

 ing. Wholesale stores close early and 

 many of the retailers would like to, if 

 the custom could be made universal. Mr. 

 Bowe tells me he contemplates closing 

 from Saturday noon until Monday dur- 

 ing July and August. With the excep- 

 tion of a boy for emergency worlc, 

 this system could be profitably followeci 

 by every retailer in the city. 



Every hour of rest and consideration 

 given the faithful employes now will 

 bring four fold loyalty and effort when 

 the strenuous period returns. The re- 

 tail florists ' business is an abnormal en- 

 terprise at best. Regular hours in the 

 busy season are impossible and a more 

 patient, willing and uncomplaining serv- 

 ice can be found in no other line of 

 work in the country. When necessity 

 arises, an all night session is accepted 

 with placidity. 



In the wholesale market the supply of 

 lilies continues unusually large. Down 

 at John Scott 's, in Flatbush, I saw 

 thousands of Harrisii just opening, and 

 this is but one of many sources in this 

 vicinity that has kept the lily in such 

 profuse supply since Easter. Low prices 

 still prevail. Southern gladioli are here 

 and are affecting prices, wliile sweet 

 j)eas still bring about one-fourth the 



Wreath by A. Herrmann for the Slocum Dead. 



PiTTSBURc;, Pa.— H. B. Beatty has or- 

 dered a handsome silver loving cup to 

 be awarded the winner in the bowling 

 contest at St. Louis, also three smaller 

 prizes. 



quotations of a year ago, notwithstand- 

 ing extra quality. Many of the whole- 

 salers are away for their annual rest. 

 Some give daily attention to recreative 

 equine interests, and many find the in- 



numerable pleasure resorts around New 

 York sufficient fountains of recupera- 

 tion. 



Various Notes. 



Arthur T. Boddington is back from a 

 very successful trip and already finds 

 larger conveniences a necessity, so h-; 

 is removing to 342 West Fourteenth 

 street, where he will have all facilities 

 for the development of his business to 

 any extent. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons held their last 

 auction for the season last Tuesday, after 

 a successful season and good prices as 

 compared with former years. 



The present week will close the auc- 

 tions at deary's Horticultural HaLl. 

 Here, too, business has been excellent. 



The Herald Square Exhibition Hall 

 has been positively decided upon for the 

 great fruit, flower and vegetable show 

 of the American Institute, November 10 

 to 17. 



A meeting of the Rose Society's in- 

 coming officers was held last Friday at 

 the secretary's office, Alex. Montgomery, 

 John N. May, Henry Siebrecht, Sr., B. 

 Dorrance and Secretary Barron being 

 present. Letters of regret were read 

 from Messrs. Burton, of Philadelphia, 

 and Welch of Boston. The prospects 

 and prize schedule were discussed. Mr. 

 Montgomery announced great enthusiasm 

 around Boston, a large increase of the 

 membership of the society and several 

 life members secured since the Philadel- 

 phia meeting. Colonel Pfaif has offered 

 a $50 silver cup for the best group of 

 roses in pots, not climbers, and special 

 prizes will be given by the Boston Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club and by the 

 famous ' ' Old Guard. ' ' Benjamin Dor- 

 rance gives a $100 cup for the best dis- 

 play of cut roses, competition by grow- 

 ers outside of a radius of 150 miles of 

 Boston. Jno. B. Nugent offers $50 

 divided, $25 for the best vase of fifty 

 Liberties and $25 for the best vase of 

 new roses of late introduction. Pres. 

 Montgomery's prize is for twenty-five 

 roses of American origin. Further spe- 

 cial prizes are solicited, and all sections 

 of the country are appealed to for loyal 

 support of the society. Secretary Bar- 

 ron says the western_^ representation is 

 increasing since the reawakening of in- 

 terest and it is a matter of public rec- 

 ord that one prominent western member 

 has already shown his practical loyalty, 

 a good example which he hopes will be 

 largely followed. The meeting will be 

 arranged for about tlic middle of March 

 and it is unnecessary to say anything 

 of Boston hospitality. 



Hanfling & Kleppner, a new supply 

 liousc, have some fine novelties on exhi- 

 bition at 114 West Twenty-eighth street. 



Wtn. Ghormley is gradually improving 

 in health and will be back at headquart- 

 ers in good time for the reawakening of 

 business. 



The demand for the 2i[> inch pots of 

 Scottii has been universal. Mr. Scott 

 has shipped many to Canada and Califor- 

 nia and to every intervening city and 

 the demand continues. He is filling sev- 

 eral of his houses with plants in 6, 

 8 and 10-inch pots for the retail trade 

 and has many orders booked for the 14- 

 inch tub plants from the leading retail- 

 ers. 



Mr. Stumpp. of the Stumpp & Walter 

 Co., left on Saturday on his annual trip 

 to Bermuda. 



The incorporation of the New York 

 ^larket Gardeners' Association is now 



