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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



OCTOBBB 18, 1904. 



Newport, an adiantum somewhat like 

 Groweanum, a further exhibit being 

 asked for by the committee and further 

 inspection before an expression of opin- 

 ion could be intelligently given. Wm. 

 Duckham's exhibit of new chrysanthe- 

 mums earned the thanks of the club. 

 The committee of award's especially 

 noted the earliness of the varieties and 

 their great commercial value. Elsie Ful- 

 ton is a French variety distributed in 

 England, very early, of good size, twelve 

 inches in diameter, extra heavy and of 

 rare purity of color. The immense Merst- 

 ham Yellow is from Australian seed 

 raised in England, was perfectly formed 

 and ready for exhibition as early as Oc- 

 tober 1. It has a perfect stem and foli- 

 age and the flowers exhibited were grown 

 in 6-inch pots. The stock of both varie- 

 ties will be distributed through C. H. 

 Totty, of Madison, N. J. 



The second Monday in November will 

 be chrysanthemum night at the club 

 rooms and the largest exhibit of the year 

 should then be made. Special nights will 

 continue until the end of the year, at 

 one of which the ladies will again be 

 welcome. The average attendance for 

 1904 to date has been about seventy-five, 

 the best record in the club's history. 



Various Notes. 



William Siobrecht, of Astoria, whose 

 son is an electrician, is quite in the fash- 

 ion with his new automobile, rendered 

 safe by the possession of a chauffeur in 

 the family. 



Much sympathy is felt for James Ham- 

 mond in the loss of his only daughter. 

 The funeral from St. Michael's church 

 last Wednesday was largely attended and 

 the floral offerings were numerous and 

 beautiful, many of his brother wholesal- 

 ers sending handsome remembrances. 



Two very handsome windows of Scot- 

 tii fern grace the entrance to the com- 

 pleted orchid emporium of James Mc- 

 Manus. 



C. W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens 

 Co., Queens, is expected home from Eur- 

 ope on Saturday. 



M. A. Bowe had some fine designs at 

 the reception to Mme. Schuman-Heink at 

 the opening of the Broadway Theater 

 last week. A star ten feet high of Amer- 

 ican Beauties on an easel, with a center 

 crown of Liberties and white carnations; 

 the German and American flags in scar- 

 let carnations, lily of the valley and vio- 

 lets, also a laurel wreath, were conspic- 

 uous. 



A visit to the immense palm factory at 

 Carlton Hill, N. J., found the head of 

 the house, Julius Roehrs, Sr., back from 

 his European tour in splendid health and 

 quite enthusiastic over recent importa- 

 tions, especially the new standard pyra- 

 mid hays called Kaiser Kronen, a de- 

 cided novelty. Twenty-seven houses are 

 now devoted to orchids, of which Mr. 

 Roehrs has several hundred varieties. 



One of Reed & Keller's latest novel- 

 ties is a small folding ball, for which a 

 great demand is already developed. 



Jos. Millang, manager of the New 

 York Cut Flower Co., has been rearrang- 

 ing his floor space so that all offices are 

 now located at the sides and the whole 

 room is open, thus adding greatly to the 

 efficiency of the service. 



Wm. Ghormley is installing a new and 

 much larger ice box fitted with electric 

 lights and divided so that different tem- 

 peratures are maintained in its separate 

 compartments. Mr. Ghormley 's health 



is greatly improved and he is on deck 

 daily. 



Young & Nugent 's new store is now 

 complete and ite decorations and facili- 

 ties are of the best and its window dis- 

 plays of orchids daily most attractive. A 

 setting of 300 cattleyaa last week was a 

 feature. Mr. Nugent 's father, John B. 

 Nugent, Sr., has recovered from a seri- 

 ous illness. 



' ' Jack ' ' Gallatin, who was at one time 

 in the florists' business on Fifth avenue, 

 is now a full fledged actor in the Baron- 

 ess Fiddlesticks company. 



Last week in Dard's eight-story apart- 

 ment house, 341 Madison avenue, the 

 ground floor of which is occupied by his 

 fine store, a gas explosion occurred that 

 threatened serious consequences for a 

 time. 



Brooklyn's interest in floriculture 

 seems to be increasing if one may judge 

 by the number of new stores opening on 

 Fulton street. At 5901 Phillips & Fil- 

 chett have a very pretty place in the the- 

 ater section and a few blocks above, Rob- 

 ert G. Wilson, at the comer of Greene 

 avenue, has one of the largest and most 

 artistically decorated establishments in 

 the city. A new greenhouse is now being 

 constructed at the back and the mirror 

 effects, with birch bark trimmings cov- 

 ering the walls of the entire store, are 

 a credit to Mr. Wilson's taste and orig- 

 inality. 



The annual exhibition of the American 

 Institue of New York, November 10 to 

 17, promises to be one of the greatest 

 ever seen in this city. . Great preparations 

 are in progress and a large interest is 

 developing, not only in this vicinity but 

 in many adjoining states. With no con- 

 flicting dates, it should land at the head 

 of the procession. 



A live count from sunny Italy gives 

 tone to the force in on© of the wholesale 

 and retail stores on Twenty-eighth street. 



Guttman's and Weber's new red car- 

 nation. No. 3 seedling, has touched 6 

 cents during the past week. The supply 

 is yet limited. 



Geo. Cotsonas & Co. have moved to 

 their main store, 45 West Twenty-ninth 

 street, retaining their branch at 53 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. They report a 

 good trade and are much pleased with 

 their new quarters. 



Bowling. 



The preliminary meeting of the New 

 York Florists' Bowling Club took place 

 on Friday evening and the attendance 

 was quite encouraging. A permanent 

 place of meeting has not yet been se- 

 cured. The prospects for a large mem- 

 bership are good and the best possible 

 selection of alleys and evening satisfac- 

 tory to the majority will be made. The 

 scores last week were : 



Plaj-cr. 1st 2d 3d 4th T'l 



Konrlrh 162 185 148 168 663 



Kfssler 192 134 1.38 168 632 



O'Mara 152 154 168 136 610 



Shnw 166 158 187 110 601 



Burns 150 142 146 155 593 



Triiendl V 137 141 144 151 673 



Marshall 110 108 153 135 506 



Match games with Madison, Flatbush 

 and Hoboken will shortly be arranged. 



Bowlins at Flatbush. 



Last Thursday evening was a gala 

 night at the Flatbush Bowling Club, the 

 members of the plant investigating com- 

 mittee joining the local bowlers and mak- 

 ing a hilarious night of it. The prelim- 

 inary dinner of the committee, with 

 champagne accompaniments, seemed to 



have contrary effects upon its members, 

 some of the scores made being really 



"unfit for publication," but here they 

 are: 



Player. Igt 2d T'l 



Butterfleld 171 151 322 



Klley 165 161 316 



Paul DalUedouze 126 166 382 



Wocker 139 138 277 



H. DalUedouze 123 141 294 



Slebreoht 163 100 263 



Traendly 116 137 252 



Zeller 118 132 250 



Wallace 125 124 249 



Scott 109 105 214 



Shaw 84 IO8 192 



Langjahr 84 79 163 



Lenker 94 57 161 



Blrnle 68 71 139 



J. Austin Shaw. 



NEW PLANTS. 



When novelties in the plant line are 

 exhibited before the New York Florists' 

 Club a committee is appointed to visit 

 the place where the plant may be seen 

 growing before a final award is made. 

 The committee, consisting of P. O'Mara, 

 A. H. Langjahr, Chas. Lenker, W. H. 

 Siebrecht, John Dowsett, A. L. Miller 

 and John Birnie made the- following re- 

 ports at the club meeting October 10: 



The Pierson Fern. 



Pursuant to the request o( the P. K. Pierson 

 Co., of Tarry town, N. Y., the committee of 

 award visited the establishment of that firm 

 on September 19 to Inspect the stock of their 

 new fern, the initial exhibit of this having 

 been made at the June meeting of the club. 

 Six members of the committee were in attend- 

 ance, also the president, as ex-offlclo member. 



The fern is as yet unnumed, so we cannot 

 designate it in this report except as a sport 

 from Nephrolepis Piersonl. The committee 

 made a thorough examination of all the stock, 

 both In pots and on the benches where it is 

 planted out. It is essentially different from its 

 parent. The fronds are shorter and broader, the 

 habit is denser and more compact, and the gen- 

 eral character of the plant is much superior 

 to it. 



The average width of the fronds in 8-lneh 

 pans is nine to ten inches at the widest point; 

 the average length of the fronds being twenty- 

 two to twenty-four Inches. The number of 

 character fronds per pan varied from twenty- 

 two to twenty-four inches. The average num- 

 ber of pinnae per frond is forty-five. The 

 width of the individual pinna is three and one- 

 half Inches. The length from tip to tip is 

 four and one-half to five inches when fully 

 developed. The details given were noted from 

 plants which were about three months in the 

 pans. 



The greatest distinctive feature of this new 

 fern are, first, the deeply cut formation of 

 the individual pinna and the manner In which 

 they are borne on the frond. Instead of being 

 placed so* that the edges are toward the sur- 

 face of the ground, as is usual with ferns, 

 and for the moet part with Nephrolepis Pier- 

 sonl. the pinnae on the new fern are so dis- 

 posed that the surface is parallel with the 

 ground surface when the fronds are erect. The 

 result is that the fronds are equally ornate, 

 whether viewed from the back or front, a very 

 valuable characteristic. 



The character of this variety seems to be 

 well established, the tendency to reversion, al- 

 though present, being scarcely noticeable. After 

 carefully considering the variety the commit- 

 tee unanimously agreed that it was worthy of 

 the club's silver medal, and herewith recom- 

 mend that it be awarded. 



The Scott Fern. 



The committee of award visited the establish- 

 ment of John Scott, of Flatbush, N. Y., on 

 October 6, for the purpose of insi>ectlng the 

 stock of his new fern, Nephrolepis Scottii. 

 Seven members of the committee attended, also 

 the president and vice-president of the club. 



The initial exhibit of this fern was made at 

 the rooms of the club at the November meet- 

 ing, 1903. The committee which examined 

 it nt that time was so favorably Impressed 

 by it that they unhesitatingly awarded it a 

 certificate of merit and did not ask to see It 

 growing. A request to examine the stock 

 was only recently sent to the club by the ex- 

 hibitor. 



The committee made a thorough examination 

 of the stock, both In pots and on the bench, 

 and were highly pleased at Its condition and 

 character. It was growing In all sizes, from 

 plants In 4-Inch pots up to specimen plants in 

 tubs, and it was absolutely uniform in all 

 grades, the characteristics of the large speci- 

 men plants being evident in the smallest speci- 

 mens on the place. The most careful exam- 

 ination failed to discover any tendency what- 

 ever toward reversion, and it seems as If the 

 fharnctpr of the plant is absolutely and indeli- 

 bly fixed. It Is In essence a condensed form 



