August 11, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



521 



in itself worthy of a visit. Around the 

 new mansion recently erected on a high 

 eminence, many thousands of trees and 

 shrubs have recently been planted and 

 vistas cut through the extensive woods 

 to open up choice scenery. This estate 

 promises, when developed, to be second to 

 none in the state. 



At John E. Thayer's we found Mr. 

 Clarke as busy as ever making improve- 

 ments. In the houses chrysanthemums 

 were good. Preparations were being 

 made to' house carnations, which looked 

 well in the field. Gloire de Lorraine be- 

 gonia is something Mr. Clarke always 

 does well and a bench of this looked very 

 thrifty. Orchids are not much grown 

 here, but calanthes have recently come 

 into favor. Some large specimens of 

 Ncphrolepis Piersoni Avere exceedingly 

 well grown. Outdoors the large kitchen 

 garden looked trim and crops luxuriant. 

 A new flower garden .is an interesting 

 feature and many fine specimens of trees 

 and shrubs are dotted about the lawns 

 and grounds. W. JL-6^IG. 



NEW YORK, 



The Market. 



Prices have a downward tendency, when 

 there is any tendency at all. The amount 

 of stock arriving is in advance of other 

 years, but a microscope is necessary to 

 find any quality in the most of it. Gla- 

 dioli are everywhere. There seems to be 

 no limit to them, nor bottom to their 

 value, while the creation of a demand is 

 so remote that one could safely offer a 

 large reward for its detection, i^ut "it's 

 a long lane that has no turn," and the 

 coming fall and winter will be the best 

 the florists of this country have enjoyed 

 in a generation. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Eeed, of Keed & Keller, is off for 

 St. Louis this week to arrange his dis- 

 play. He has one of the best locations 

 in the big hall and a great collection of 

 novelties and inventions in tho supply 

 line. 



Henry Rudolph, the primrose special- 

 ist, of Caldwell, N. J., was in town last 

 week. He is doing considerable rebuild- 

 ing this season. Jos. Fenrich handles 

 his output in New York. 



Frank Miillang has postponed his visit 

 to his ranch in Oregon until next sum- 

 mer, so as to see the big exposition at 

 Portland at the same time. 



Charles and August Millang are hav- 

 ing their summer vacations at Bayside, 

 L. I., as usual. 



Wholesalers have a grievance in the 

 holding and destruction of boxes by the 

 retailers. Hundreds are lost every month. 

 Many are not seen for a year and the 

 result will have to be a cheap box which 

 can be thrown way. In England, at 

 Covent Garden, the boxes are always 

 charged for. 



William Hackland, of the New York 

 Cut Flower Co., leaves August 15 for a 

 two weeks' vacation in the Adirondacks. 



John Nash, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 is spending three weeks with his family 

 at Highland Mills, N. Y. 



Young & Nugent are making extensive 

 improvements in their store, putting in a 

 new front, changing and refitting the 

 oflace and preparing for big fall and win- 

 ter business. 



The Hinode Floral Co. 'a new green- 

 houses are rapidly approaching comple- 

 tion. They are preparing for an im- 



mense lily demand and their constantly 

 renewed stock of dwarf Japanese trees 

 has grown constantly in popularity. 



N. LeCakes is well pleased with his re- 

 moval of headquarters to Twenty-eighth 

 street. 



Lion & Wertheimer will be represented 

 at the convention, not only by a fine ex- 

 hibit, but several members of the firm 

 will be in attendance. 



Alex. McConnell has had a busy week 

 with weddings and funeral designs, some 

 of the latter being of especial beauty. 

 For the obsequies of W. L. Browning, 

 head of the firm of Browning, King & 

 Co., a design of sago leaves and orchids 

 and an immense cross of lilies seven feet 

 in height and a six-foot wreath were spe- 

 cially commendable. The Bayne-Johnson 

 wedding decorations at Grace church re- 

 ceived much favorable comment. The 

 bride's bouquet of white orchids and val- 

 ley with garlands of stephanotis was 

 beautiful and unique, and the palm dis- 

 play in keeping with the firm's thirty- 

 two years of metropolitan reputation. 



Alex. McConnell has a fine assortment 

 of evergreens at his nursery in New 

 Bochelle and some grand stock, at the 

 city store, of large Hydrangea Hortensia 

 in full bloom. In the greenhouses are 

 large imported orange trees from Paris, 

 tub grown and full fruit, the largest ever 

 brought to this country. 



Julius Roehrs has started on his annual 

 tour in Europe, which will probably ex- 

 tend into October. In his absence his es- 

 tablishment at Rutherford is in good 

 hands, Julius, Jr., superintending the 

 business. 



Albert Wadley started a week ago for 

 California in greatly improved health 

 and will spend several weeks on the 

 coast. 



Geo. M. Geraghty lias just passed 

 through a three weeks' illness with ap- 

 j)endicitis and will recuperate at Rocka- 

 way, where he has been camping for the 

 summer. 



John Scott has a beautiful exhibit of 

 his Scottii ready for shipment to the con- 

 vention and will personally superintend 

 the exhibition. The fern is popular with 

 all the large growers in and around New 

 York and the retailers have placed orders 

 for it in large quantities for October de- 

 livery. Mr. Dryer has a house of it that 

 looks grand and Chas. Zeller, David Mel- 

 lis and all the fern growers of Flatbush 

 seem to think it is the commercial fern 

 par excellence. 



The New York convention entry will 

 be somewhat short of anticipated num- 

 bers as many exhibitors have gone to St. 

 Louis in advance to install their displays. 

 Nevertheless a goodly representation will 

 be on hand on Sunday morning, and with 

 the Baltimore and Washington delega- 

 tions joining us, there will be the usual 

 merry party that always characterizes the 

 union of these fraternal organizations. 

 The invitation of the Washington florists 

 for 1905 receives the endorsement of the 

 Now Yorkers to a man. 



John J. Esler, the hail man, is one of 

 the advance guard from the east. He is 

 investigating the Pike, that he may ad- 

 vise the young conventionists of dangers 

 in time for safety. 



John H. Taylor, of Bayside, was mar- 

 ried July 28 to Miss Susan S. Stowe, at 

 Flushing, N. Y. Mr. Taylor is popular 

 in the trade and his reputation as a rose 

 grower is national, so there is no limit 

 to the congratulations. 



A more liberal body of men than the 

 New York wholesalers would be hard to 



find, always generous and considerate. 

 They have been especially so this season 

 in granting vacations to their employees, 

 so that all have been fully refreshed for 

 the coming season, which, based on the 

 law of averages, and after the dullest 

 summer ever known, should be the great- 

 est fall and winter in the cut flower busi- 

 ness in the decade. 



George Cotsonas & Co., the green goodS' 

 men, now at 53 West Twenty-eighth 

 street, will move October 1 to their new 

 store, 45 West Twenty-ninth street. 



Mrs. Samuel Henshaw is visiting this 

 summer at her old home in England, 

 while her youthful spouse is gardening 

 at his summer home in New Brighton and 

 giving no more evidence of his seventy or 

 more years of devotion to horticulture 

 than a boy of twenty. 



Sigmund Geller has some fine novelties 

 in the supply line among his personal 

 European selections this season. He re- 

 ports trade opening excellently for fall 

 and will be too busy to make his annual 

 visit and exhibit at the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion. 



Hanfling & Kleppner, the florists ' sup- 

 ply men, 114 West Twenty-eighth street, 

 will have a nice exhibit of their manu- 

 factures at the St. Louis convention. 

 They have some fine basket specialties. 



A. T. Boddington or Mr. Begbie will 

 be at St. Louis in charge of that firm's 

 exhibits of bulbs. 



Slinn & Hughes have moved into their 

 new quarters in the Coogan building. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Business is holding out quite well and, 

 taking everything into consideration, we 

 have no kick coming. The demand for 

 the better grade of flowers is good and 

 there is not enough of this class to fill all 

 orders. Beauties arc coming in fairly 

 large numbers and of nice quality for 

 this time of the year. They sell well at 

 the rate of $1 per foot of stem. Other 

 roses are rather scarce and the quality 

 is nothing to brag on. Some of them 

 are being cut from new stock and they 

 bid fair to be fine shortly. Carnations 

 are also scarce and sell well. Some of 

 them are still of very good quality. Some 

 fine gladioli are to be had at $3 per 100. 

 There is a good supply of green stock of 

 all kinds. 



Various Notes. 



The S. A. F. convention is now the 

 main topic of conversation among the 

 craft. There will be a good-sized delega- 

 tion from this city. All the old timers 

 are going, together with many new ones 

 who will take in the convention and the 

 World's Fair at the same time. 



Geo. Tromey, head hustler, at Fred 

 Gear's establishment, has been in a hos- 

 pital undergoing an operation. He is 

 much improved at present and hopes to be 

 out in a few days. 



Albert Miller and F. Kyrk are spend- 

 ing their vacation in St. Louis. 



Mrs. Julius Baer and son are at 

 French Lick Springs, Ind. J. O'MalJey 

 is also there. 



L. H. Kyrk is spending his spare time 

 at the Y. M. C. A. camp on the Miami 

 river. 



Wm. H. Gear is at Mt. Clemens, 

 Mich. 



Viwtors: John A, MeSeefory and B. 

 Eschner, both of Philadelphia. 



C. J. Ohmkr. 



