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July 14, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



345 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Shipments continue from the grower 

 in .volume far in advance of other yearp 

 but the outlet seems to be dammed up, 

 somewhere and the "backwater" floods 

 the ice boxes of wholesalers. Even the 

 last resort is no longer in evidence, the 

 street merchants' brigade. Not an 

 ancient Greek or a son of sunny Italy 

 can be found on any street of the metrop- 

 olis. They have all flown to Coney Is- 

 land and other seaside resorts and are 

 dispensing fruit and hot corp and it will 

 be September before they can be depend- 

 ed on to take up the "white man's 

 burden" again. 



Kose shipments are abundant and car- 

 nations also. The quality is quite as 

 good as can be expected. This will be 

 a year of no shortage in any line, judg- 

 ing by present indications. Lilies con- 

 tinue to arrive as though they had be- 

 come perennial and prices are hardly 

 one-third of their accustomed value. 

 Gladioli, too, are already in excess of 

 expectations. What will be the verdict 

 when the great growers of the east over- 

 whelm the market? All outdoor stock is 

 abundant. No definite conclusion as to 

 actual sales can be determined by quo- 

 tations of prices. Those given indicate 

 about what are paid for necessities. The 

 "closing out at any price" values are 

 unmentionable. 



In nearly all the wholesale establish- 

 ments the curtains drop at 4 p. m. Flor- 

 iculturally after that hour Twenty-eighth 

 street is dead. Many of the stores on 

 Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth also close 

 early and doubtless soon the custom will 

 be almost universal. 



Many of the flower merchants, es- 

 pecially in the wholesale department, are 

 philosophers and take what comes as a 

 matter of course, and are unruffled. It 

 will be only a few weeks more and the 

 clouds will lift and another strenuous 

 and prosperous season will be in full 

 blast. In the meantime the coming con- 

 vention will absorb general interest. 



Various Notes. 



The holiday fever is raging. Employer 

 and employe are taking advantage of 

 the opportunity and making the "hot 

 time" of restful value. Stumpp's em- 

 ployes and their friends to the number of 

 about 100 enjoyed their annual ex^uf- 

 sion last week, many of the wholesale con- 

 tingent being there. The grove was at 

 Eckstein's, on Staten Island, and the 

 bowling prizes were secured by outside 

 talent. Jos. Fenrich won the first prize, 

 a $20 stein; W. Siebrecht, second, a $15 

 stein, and P. Smith, of Baynor's, the 

 third, a $5 silk umbrella. All kinds 

 of athletic sports were enjoyed and the 

 affair was a financial success. Str^ge « 

 to say, with so many ladies' men in at- 

 tendance, no ladies were there. Presi- 

 dent Traendly graced the occasion with 

 his presence. 



J. K. Allen arrived safely at Liverpool 

 June 29. 



John Krai, with Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 has been laid on the shelf for a week 

 with a sprained ankle. 

 ^ Arthur Wise, of Ghormley's, is enjoy- 

 ing a two weeks' outing, and James 

 Coyle, of the same establishment, leaves 

 on July 18 for St. Louis, Cincinnati and 

 Kentucky, to be away until August. 



Mr, and Mrs. Ferdinand Mangold, of 

 Irvmgton, celebrated their golden wed- 



ding Saturday evening at Lyndhurst, the 

 country seat of Helen Gould, where Mr. 

 Mangold has been superintendent for 

 forty years. July 9 was also the arni- 

 versary of his birth, which occurred 7(5 

 years ago at Carlsruhe, in the Grand 

 Dutchy of Baden. There he began his 

 horticultural life in the famous Botanical 

 Gardens at the age of 14, part of the 

 nine years spent there being in the em- 

 ploy of King Leopold. At the golden wed- 

 ding a large number of friends and rel- 

 atives were present and many valuable 

 gifts were sent, the best prized being 

 $100 in gold and a gold clock from 

 Miss Gould and a gold loving cup- from 

 the employes. 



Young & Nugent show daily a splendid 

 stock of cattleyas of all the best va- 

 rieties. 



A brief call at Tarrytown on Saturday 

 found the F. B. Pierson Co. still over- 

 whelmed with work, the shipping season 

 having lasted far beyond expectations. 

 The new Piersoni will be given an op- 

 portunity to show its beauty at the con- 

 vention. The past has been the greatest 

 year in this well known firm's experi- 

 ence. 



E. G. Asmus' Son is the new title of 

 the rose factory in West Hoboken, for- 

 merly known as E. G. Asmus & Son, 

 made famous through the dissemination 

 of the Liberty rose. 



The annual painting and enlarging of 

 the wholesale emporiums is now in order. 

 Charles Millang has rented his upper 

 floor, enlarged his cut flower department 

 and looks spick and span in a white 

 enamel front. 



Bowling has been laid on the shelf for 

 a couple of weeks, owing to the extreme 

 heat and the absence from the city of 

 some of the leading members. The club 

 feels confide it of a fair representation 

 at St. Louis and a team that will about 

 equal the record of Chicago, St. Louis 

 or Philadelphia. 



Ealph M. Ward writes that business 

 in Europe in his line is very good. He is 

 en route to Vienna, Rome, Naples, 

 Grenoa, Marseilles and Paris and will 

 shortly sail for home. 



J. McManus is handling some fine 

 Doweana and gigas cattleyas and has 

 often a dozen fine varieties of orchids on 

 hand to pick from. 



William Ford, of Ford Bros., has fully 

 recovered from his week's illness, his 

 especial regret being missing the out- 

 ing. He had everything cut and dried 

 for the- fat men's race, running at 22.5 

 pounds. With the Sterling Fishing Club 

 he will shortly enjoy his annual holiday 

 at Bamegat Bay. 



Mr. Trumpour, of Small's, who made 

 such a brave fight for first honors in the 

 mile race, won last year the arm chair 

 given to the best runner over 45. He 

 made a lot of the youngsters quit this 

 year also. 



Clarence Saltford, who sprained his 

 ankle in the ball game, is still on 

 crutches at Bhinebeck. 



Frank Frank, the retail florist of 

 Eighty-seventh street and Third avenue, 

 and Joseph J. Levy, will begin their 

 holiday with two weeks fishing at Lake 

 Huntingdon, Sullivan county, on July 25. 



William H. Donohue and William 

 Hanft, lie\itenants of Thomas Young, 

 Jr., are away for a month's vacation. 



It is asserted that the manager for a 

 prominent wholesaler on Twenty-eighth 

 street will lead a handsome young lady 

 to the nuptial altar on July 16. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business is flat and unprofitable this 

 week, the beginning of summer, as one 

 of the retailers put it. Let us hope 

 that a summer commencing in the middle 

 of July will be short. The weather has 

 been cool, good for root action and for 

 health, as shown by the small number of 

 funeral orders. The quality of flowers 

 is fair for the season, the outdoor stock 

 giving needed variety. In roses, Beau- 

 ties and Kaiserins lead, with some nice 

 Liberties, and those fine Westerly 

 ■Bridesmaids of S. S. Pennock's. The 

 same Bhode Island town also sends fine 

 blooms of Carnation Lillian Pond to the^ 

 above named wholesaler. This, with 

 Prosperity, Flora Hill and Mrs. Lawson, 

 are best now. Valley continues to come 

 in steadily in good form. Leo Niessen 

 has L. auratum and L. Harrisu. Asters 

 have come; Edgar & Co. have a purple 

 variety. There is plenty of smilax. 

 Sweet peas are declining, both in quan- 

 tity and quality. 



A Solarium. 



After a season such as the one just 

 closed, one does not naturally expect 

 much building, so the cheerful smile and 

 ready response of D. T. Connor, who 

 so ably represents the Lord & Burnham 

 Co. here, to the question of "anything 

 new?" was a pleasant surprise. This 

 firm has furnished material for a house 

 30x150 for J. Butter Hess, of Gap, Pa.; 

 one house 37x110 for Fred Eitchie, Lan- 

 caster, Pa.; one house 20x60 for William 

 Gibbons, and a sun parlor at Dr. Kirk- 

 bride 's asylum for the insane at Forty- 

 fifth and Market streets, West Philadel- 

 phia. This sun parlor or solarium, as 

 it is called, will be quite unique. It 

 will be 35x50 feet, entirely covered with 

 glass and built in the most substantial 

 manner. 'It will be fitted up handsomely 

 inside, with tables, chairs, rugs, plants, 

 books, magazines and writing materials. 

 It is the gift of two sons who present 

 it to the institution in lo\-ing memory 

 of their mother, who spent some years 

 of her life there. The work is expecte«l 

 to be finished in September. 



Roses. 



Bef erring to the letter of "Bibes" in 

 your issue of last week, the July planted 

 houses of Beauties to which I referred 

 did yeoman service from Thanksgiving 

 until Lent. The firm which grew them 

 is among the largest and most successful 

 of Philadelphia's Beauty growers. The 

 eastern rose growers heartily welcome 

 "Ribes" and are glad he has become one 

 of us. 



Various Notes. 



George G. Fleming and William H. 

 Patton, at the Bittenhouse nurseries, 

 have succeeded M. F. La Roche at Col- 

 lingdale, Pa. They expect to grow cut 

 flowers for the wholesale market and to 

 do landscape gardening. 



M. Bice & Co. received 160 eases by one 

 steamer last Saturday. They are work- 

 ing overtime to keep pace with the 

 heavy imports. 



^"^ieo Niessen continues to receive fine 

 newv/crop Beauties from Carl Jurgens, 

 of w^wport, B. I. 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co. expect between 

 200 and 300 cases of florists' supplies 

 this week. Samples of this stock for 

 the coming season will be shown at St. 



