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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 1. 1905. 



J. A. Budlong is handling very fine 

 irises and other outdoor stock from the 

 Peterson nursery. The iris is not a ship- 

 ping flower but it is in good demand 

 locally. 



A local T^holesaler found that he could 

 not move long Beauties at the beginning 

 of last •n-eek, so he put them into a cold 

 storage warehouse for Memorial day. 

 They came out in fine shape and sold 

 promptly but how long they lasted in a 

 warm room deponent saith not. 



Bassett & "Washburn have bought stock 

 of Breitmeyer's antirrhinums and will 

 have them in considerable quantity next 

 season. 



Peter Veckler, who has been very suc- 

 cessful with a Beauty section for John 

 Muno, is visiting his mother in Ger- 

 many. 



Governor Deneen says that he will ap- 

 point a practical man as superintendent 

 of the west parks. Politicians have 

 been favored in the past. 



D. J. Murphy and his bride are here 

 from Boston. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. had a large lot 

 of fine candidum lilies but did not find 

 them in as brisk demand as had been 

 expected for Decoration day. 



Percy Jones has enlarged his space in 

 the Market and has put in a good sized 

 icp-box for hi.s private use. 



Peter Keinberg had a tremendous cut 

 of carnations the past week, 120,000 

 whites alone in three days. There was 

 a quiet little celebration at the new 

 Eeinberg home one evening last week 

 in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eeinberg 's 

 twenty-second wedding anniversary. 

 Leonard Kill now lives in the house Mr. 

 Eeinberg vacated. 



Emil Buettner will be ready with a 

 big cut of peonies in a day or two. All 

 the local growers will have quality much 

 better than the southern crop. 



There was "nothing doin' " at the 

 club meeting May 25. Everybody too 

 busy. 



Of course there were growers who 

 came in with a big lot of stock after 

 the market was practically over. They 

 were los?r by not getting the stuff in 

 Monday but will come out fairly well 

 for Wednesday saw very light receipts. 

 Stock received Thursday will hold over 

 to Friday, and Friday and Saturday have 

 been very good days in recent weeks. So 

 ^everybody ought to be satisfied. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The market flows on with little 

 change. Decoration day caused a rip- 

 ple on the surface but no stirring of the 

 depths. There is a flood of outdoor 

 flowers. Prices are about the same in 

 a}"^ lines as last week and the same ad- 

 jectives are used by the wholesalers to 

 express their opinions of the business. 

 Peonies and iris are already abundant. 

 Entail windows are brilliant. Orchids 

 are extensively used for their decora- 

 tion. Fine hydrangeas are largely 

 used. There are plenty of lilies and 

 gladioli increase daily in supply. Stock 

 is all superb in quality. 



Various Notes. 



Fred C. Weber, Mrs. Weber, Miss 

 Weber and Theo. Miller, of St. Louis, 

 spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this 

 week in New York and sail Thursday 

 morning for Germany. 



J. F. Sullivan, of Detroit, was in 

 New York a few days last week, visit- 



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ing relatives on his way from his old 

 home in Avondale, Pa., to which he was 

 called by the death of his father, at the 

 age of 83 years. Mr. Sullivan spent 

 considerable time visiting the wholesale 

 and retail sections of this city and a 

 ff;W of the suburban growers. He prom- 

 ises the usual large delegation of De- 

 troit enthusiasts at the Washington con- 

 vention. 



The big sale of greenhouse property 

 at Ditzenberger Bros., Bay Ridge, takes 

 place this week Thursday. Auction 

 sales are in full blast at the regular de- 

 pots. Cleary's Horticultural Hall had 

 an immense Decoration day sale on Mon- 

 day, a happy innovation that paid well. 



The largest New York Florists' Club 

 meeting in its history takes place June 

 I?.. The ladies are to be bountifully 

 provided for. Chairman Nugent will 

 not only care for the "inner man" but 

 has a fine literary entertainment on 

 the program as well. The question box 

 is full of topics of interest. Peonies, 

 strawberries and novelties will be on 

 exhibition. A word as to the wisdom of 

 coming early is suggested. There will 

 not be room for all. It is the last 

 meeting of the club until September and 

 the last before the club's outing, June 

 28. Programs will be ready for dis- 

 tribution at this meeting. 



One of the most artistic and beautiful 

 floral effects produced in this vicinity 

 for many a day was Harry Hoffmeyer's 

 work at the funeral of Kirke LeShelle, 

 tho playwright. Apple blossoms from 

 his favorite trees, the last flowers his 

 eyes looked upon before the final curtain 

 was rung down, were woven into a 

 beautiful blanket and carpet, and were 

 scattered everywhere in and around the 

 home, producing one of the most pa- 

 thetic and charming ensembles we have 

 ever seen. Mr. Hoffmeyer and his force 

 of assistants spent nearly a day on the 

 decorations. 



The number of June weddings booked 

 by the prominent retailers is very en- 

 couraging. Some very elaborate ones 

 are on the tapis. Commencements, 

 school exercises, graduations, and sail- 

 ings for Europe will mike the next 



four weeks about the liveliest of the "] 

 year. 



A goodly number of nurserymen from 

 New York and vicinity will attend the 

 convention at West Baden, Ind., June 

 14. Fred Atkins, of Rutherford, N. J., 

 and H. T. Jones, of Elizabeth, N, J., 

 are among the speakers from the east. 

 On June 20 the seedsmen meet at Alex- 

 andria Bay, Thousand Islands. New 

 York will be well represented there, 

 but the multitude will go to the big 

 gathering of the S. A. F. at Washing- 

 Ion. Nobody in New York thinks of 

 missing that. 



Scollay, of Brooklyn, has just secured 

 aii order from the city, the contract in- 

 volving the sum of $30,000. It is hard 

 to find a boiler firm in the east that is 

 not overwhelmed with business this 

 season. Greenhouse building goes on in 

 all directions most encouragingly. The 

 outlook is optimistic. This country is 

 only in its infancy. The florist and 

 nursery interests are only yet in the 

 early stages of development. There is 

 no limit to the prospective advancement 

 of horticulture. 



The summer flower show of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, will take 

 place June 14 and 15 in the Bronx park 

 museum building. 



Daniel B. Long, of Buffalo, called last 

 week. 



Mr. Jones' greenhouses, at Nutley, 

 N. J., were visited by thieves last week 

 tc the tune of $200. 



The New York florists with branches 

 at Newport are already busy at the 

 society city. Wadley & Smythe have 

 just issued a catalogue of Decorative 

 Art illustrative of their- fine landscape 

 v.'ork and their expert moving of large 

 trees that is attracting much atten- 

 tion. 



A visit to the greenhouses of John 

 Scott last week at Keap street, Flat- 

 bush, was a revelation. Over 50,000 

 young Scottii are ready for distribu- 

 tion, fine stock in grand condition, and 

 there will be 50.000 more in a few 

 weeks, so rapidly do they increase. The 

 sale for plants in G-inch to 8-inch pots 

 all winter has been phenomenal. Not 



