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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jandabt 19, 1905. 



president J. E. Freeman. After looking 

 over the hall and giving us quite a lot 

 of valuable information in regard to the 

 convention, the committee adjourned to 

 the French Castle for dinner. 



Eecent visitors: P. O'Mara, New 

 York; M. Rice, B. Eschner, Martin Eeu- 

 kauf and 8. 8. Skidelsky, Philadelphia; 

 F. X. Millman, Cumberland, Md.; P. 

 Crowle, of 8peilman & Sons, Sassenheim, 

 Holland. Next week we will look for 

 Holland and Belgian drummers in 

 bunches. F. H. K. 



MADISON, N. J. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society, of this place, held its 

 annual smoker on Wednesday evening, 

 January 11. At this meeting the newly 

 elected officers took their stations and, 

 while the evening was largely given over 

 to pleasure, it was evident that this year 

 the society is going to boom along as it 

 never did before. The newly elected of- 

 ficers are: President, John Herremans; 

 rice-president, M. McNulty; secretary, 

 £d. Beagan; treasurer, Wm. Charlton. 

 The newly elected president, while com-, 

 pa^tively a new man in the district, has 

 already shown his ability as a grower 

 and the future of the society will be 

 assured with him. The treasurer's re- 

 port showed every bill paid for the year 

 and a balance of some $250 in the treas- 

 ury. 



The punch that is brewed every year 

 for this occasion has acquired interna- 

 tional renown and it was up to the test 

 for quality, strength and abundance. A 

 first-class vaudevUle show had been ar- 

 ranged and the boys were kept in roars 

 of laughter until after midnight. This 

 society voted several years ago to cut 

 out the formal dinner and substitute the 

 present style smoker and it seems to 

 suit the members much better and good 

 fellowship reigns supreme. 



The E. G. Hill Co. sent on for exhibi- 

 tion a vase of their new rose, Eichmond, 

 and also one of Eosalind Orr English. 

 One of our members brought down a 

 vase of Liberty to compare it with 

 Eichmond and Eichmond proved well 

 able to take care of itself, being stronger 

 in gi-owth, heavier in foliage and a shade 

 brighter in color. Wherever Eichmond is 

 shown it is doubtful if it will ever have 

 to stand a more searching inspection 

 than it did at Madison, because the 

 members are mostly rose growers and 

 many hundreds of dollars have been 

 spent here testing new kinds only to 

 meet with disappointment. To the credit 

 of Eichmond be it said that not one 

 adverse comment was passed on it, the 

 only question being as to its freedom and 

 this part the introducer vouches for. A 

 certificate was unanimously awarded. The 

 Chicago Carnation Co. also received the 

 club certificate for Hancee, which, 

 though somewhat battered by rough 

 handling on the cars, showed up as 

 grandly as ever. 



The meeting finally came to an end, 

 as all good things must, though it may 

 be said to have been the longest session 

 that the club has held for I under- 

 stand some of the members did not get 

 home for two days after. However, all 

 is once more "quiet along the Potomac" 

 and the only sound to be heard is the 

 rose grower bewailing the fact that 

 prices are again down out of sight and 

 unless a change soon takes place, some of 

 us will be meandering gently over the 

 hill that leads to the poorhouse. 



Charles H. Tottt. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



Last week was most unsatisfactory as 

 to prices in the wholesale market and 

 the tendency was constantly downward. 

 Especially was this the case with violets. 

 Even the finest specials at times fell to 

 75 cents, while ordinary stock could be 

 had at any price, one prominent dealer 

 closing out a surplus at $2 a thousand. 

 The up-state growers will think seriously 

 before adding the 100,000 square feet 

 of glass meditated for 1905. Some pre- 

 monitory spring exhibits are seen in the 

 windows. Tulips, jonquils and Jilae are 

 abundant. Lilies are unlimited in quan- 

 tity. Carnations fell to $1 a hundred 

 for ordinary kinds on Saturday. 



The retailers are all busy, however, the 

 dinner and ball season having opened 

 with a rush. Leikens had an especially 

 beautiful decoration of white roses and 

 American Beauties at the St. Eegis. 

 Hodgson had the decoration for the 

 Astor ball. The coming weeks are full 

 of engagements for functions that will 

 tax the originality and best efforts of 

 the floral artists. There should be noth- 

 ing but prosperity to record for many a 

 week. 



Various Notes. 



Don't forget that the annual dinner 

 of the Florists' Club will take place two 

 weeks from next Saturday evening. Mr. 

 Sheridan has already sold enough tick- 

 ets to insure a success of the affair. 



Members of the trade desiring to con- 

 tribute to the Vilmorin memorial are 

 requested to send their subscriptions at 

 once to A. T. Boddington, secretary of 

 the committee, as the time is close at 

 hand when the fijial remittance must be 

 sent to France. 



Sigmund Geller already has many 

 Easter novelties on exhibition, the result 

 of his European trip. Among other 

 Christmas mementos, Mrs. Geller pre- 

 sented him with a handsome girl baby. 



James Hart is shipping to out-of- 

 town customers who have been on his 

 books for over twenty years. 



The Beauty King declares the bottom 

 of the market has been reached and 

 from now on until Easter the advance in 

 values and volume will continue. 



Eeal estate in upper New York and 

 in Brooklyn is steadily advancing in 

 value. Fortunate indeed are the florists 

 whose ancestors located in the then sub- 

 urbs of the town. James Dean, who has 

 a mortgage on the presidency of Free- 

 port, L. I., vfas one of the first to realize 

 the rise in valuations, A slice of land 

 from the Wier estate near Bay Eidge 

 last week brought $60,000, and there 

 are others "only waiting." 



F. W. 0. Schmitz, of Prince Bay, won 

 his suit against Otto Grundemann, of 

 SecaucuB, last week, securing judgment 

 for $628.23, and Fred W. Kelsey, of 

 New York, secured a judgment for $900 

 and costs from George Gould, of Lake- 

 wood, N. J., for three cars of rhododen- 

 drons. 



The Scottii fern is as popular as 

 ever and Mr. Scott has had an enor- 

 mous sale on it, nearly every New York 

 retailer handling it in quantity. David 

 Clarke's Sons say they cannot get 

 enough of it and the demand is growing 

 constantly. The expected call for the 

 small stock will be anticipated by the 

 erection of another range of glass at 

 the Flatbush property early in the 

 spring. 



There will be a goodly contingent of 

 New Yorkers at the carnation conven- 

 tion and some fine exhibits of novelties 

 from the east. 



Bowling. 



The bowlers have been exceptionally 

 busy since last report. The second 

 match between New York and Hoboken 

 resulted in a victory for New York by 

 the following score: 



Hoboken. 1st 2d 3d T'l 



Manda 133 180 168 481 



Otte 196 142 139 478 



Hansen 160 140 127 417 



Dletz 109 1B7 104 870 



Fisher 109 92 151 862 



Menda 121 115 113 349 



Totals 817 826 802 2445 



New York. 1st 2d 3d T"l 



Lang 187 173 186 546 



Burns 154 146 170 470 



Traemdly 156 130 154 440 



Slebrecht 126 122 171 419 



KesBler 120 141 114 376 



Fenrlch 106 94 109 909 



Totals 849 806 904 2659 



At the same time the second teams 

 rolled as follows: 



Hoboken. 1st 2d T'l 



Bteauman 100 167 267 



Hansen, 136 111 247 



Burnle 108 116 224 



Bohler 69 128 195 



Stem 94 71 165 



Oarreau 116 ... 116 



Llmprecht 104 104 



Totals 623 695 1318 



New York. 1st 2d T'l 



Shaw 124 184 808 



But«erfleld 152 143 296 



Vocke 117 176 293 



Hart 128 112 240 



Buchholz 132 103 238 



Elcko 108 90 198 



Totals 761 808 1569 



Prize night at Flatbush is always 

 the banner meeting of the year. Every- 

 one brings a prize and high man in the 

 third game has choice of packages with- 

 out knowing the contents. There is al- 

 ways a rare collection of articles pe- 

 culiarly masculine. Following are the 

 scores : 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 



MelUs 189 169 180 



Riley , 157 135 196 



H. Dallledouze 149 16« 166 



Schmutz 147 141 188 



Slebrecht 145 164 169 



Scott 132 175 



Wocker 161 133 



Butterfleld 128 117 157 



P. Dallledouze 98 136 159 



.Shaw 110 150 126 



Zeller 146 115 123 



Bennett 76 100 110 



Morrison 97 108 77 



On the New York alleys Monday 



night the scores were as follows: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 4th 6th 



LAngr 148 166 145 222 213 



Penrich 179 174 167 153 167 



Young 99 160 133 150 102 



Scott 68 169 86 118 108 



Pepper 88 81 79 119 107 



Suttman 130 136 124 139 



Shaw 101 97 190 94 



Burns 120 151 122 



Traendly 185 188 136 



O'Mara 116 137 130 



flehrecht 121 123 114 



Manda 187 158 121 



J. Austin Shaw. 



TORONTO. 



Trade during the past two weeks has 

 been very slow and stuff has accumu- 

 lated considerably. Especially has this 

 been the case with those who were not in 

 time with their stock for Christmas, 

 while those who were in for Christmas 

 are so short on crop now that they do 

 not feel the drop in business. Carnations 

 have been gradually going down in price 

 until we hear them quoted as low as 80 

 cents per hundred for very good stock. 

 There is some satisfaction, however, in 

 the fact that business in other lines is 

 about as slow as in the flower business. 



D. J. 



