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JCLT 20. 1006. 



ling odontoglossums which have come 

 through our recent hot wave all right 

 and will, we bope, flower for the raiser 

 in a fe^f years. 



Anf ont-of-town gjbwer carried in 

 2,600 carnations and about the same 

 number of sweet peas to one of the 

 markets on July 13. He says he had 75 

 cents left after his car fares were paid. 

 Spent half the day trying to sell them 

 and naturally went home a trifle out of 

 sorts. Others have fared about as badly. 



Recent rains have greatly helped car- 

 nations in the fields. Many growers are 

 already starting to house. 



Not much convention talk is heard this 

 hot weather. The impression that Wash- 

 ington is a very warm city will proba- 

 bly deter some from making the trip; 

 still Boston will send a good represen- 

 tation, W. N. Craig. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Very little can be added, in the way of 

 a market report, to what was said a week 

 ago. "We have had the warmest ten days 

 New York has ever experienced in July. 

 But, after all, one might as well take an 

 optimistic view of things. The condition 

 of the market is not particularly un- 

 usual. It always seems a little worse 

 each year when the dog-days arrive and 

 the accumulations of unsold flowers pile 

 up in the ash barrels; but it is the same 

 old story every year, and, while the -new 

 merchants feel this condition of things 

 keenly, the old stagers look upon it philo- 

 sophically, and go right on with their 

 work unmurmuringly, knowing that be- 

 fore long the clouds will lift and busi- 

 ness boom again. 



The asters have arrived. Not the John 

 Jacob Astors of "the 400," but the as- 

 ters of the 400,000, for that is about 

 the quantity we may anticipate to reach 

 this market weekly. There will be room 

 for all the perfect flowers that come, 

 but imagine the finish of the rank and 

 file, especially the rank! The whole- 

 salers are already gritting their teeth in 

 anticipation of their troubles. Gladioli, 

 also outdoor-grown and undeveloped, are 

 coming in floods. It is a question how 

 all will be disposed of to the satisfaction 

 of everyone concerned. Certainly New 

 York will this summer be headquarters 

 for this flower. 



The week opens with a more comfort- 

 able condition of things in every respect. 

 The Newport season has begun and the 

 demand from there for good flowers 

 promises to be extensive. Orchids, espe- 

 cially, and American Beauties are in de- 

 mand. Much of the rose stock arriving 

 now is inferior. Carnations are neither 

 plentiful nor of good quality. Those 

 that are perfect sell well. Now that the 

 wedding season is over valley goes beg- 

 ging. Nobody wants sweet peas. Holly- 

 hocks and dahlias have appeared. Whole- 

 sale stores close from noon to dewy eve. 

 Most of them are locked at four 

 o'clock. Eedecoration of the stores is in 

 full blast. 



Various Notes. 



Twenty-eighth street will swarm this 

 winter with wholesale firms new and old. 

 It is too bad that at this centre some 

 Croesus of horticulture does not build 

 an edifice capable of accommodating 

 everyone in this branch of the trade. 

 There could be no doubt of the wisdom 

 of this centralization and of the general 



acceptance of the opportunity by every 

 enterprising man in the business. Here, 

 too, in a large enough building, might 

 be located^ club \Qfimr tbnt womd be a 

 credit to 'the organisation. Bjit these 

 are dreams which some of us inay not 

 be here to see realized. 



An interesting announcement for 

 American floriculture is our world's fair 

 in 1909, which will celebrate the three 

 hundredth anniversary of the discovery 

 of the Hudson river and which it is now 

 claimed will be the greatest interna- 

 tional exposition the world has ever seen. 

 It will open in September, 1909, and al- 

 ready committees have been appointed. 

 Magnificent structures will be built with 

 a view to permanency. 



The exodus to Europe is not yet over. 

 Last week Fred Atkins, of Rutherford, 

 was a passenger on the Staatendam, 

 making a business trip. Many of those 

 now in Europe expect to be home in 

 time for the convention. 



The transportation committee of the 

 New York club is busy at present, mak- 

 ing final arrangements for the special 

 train and its conveniences for the en- 

 joyment of its members and visitors at 

 the national convention. Everybody in 



Photographs. 



CEND a picture of yotir place 

 to the Review for ptiblica- 

 tfon» 



CEND a picture of any well 

 executed floral design or 

 decoration* 



CEND a picture of any well- 

 grown specimen plant or 

 house of plants* 



The photographs need not be any- 

 thing more than good, "sharp^' pictures* 

 that is, clear in detaiL Be sure to write 

 y»ur name and address on each one. 



the vicinity of New York will be wel- 

 come and there seems no good reason 

 why four or five cars should not be filled 

 with vacation enthusiasts who are post- 

 poning their annual outing so that it may 

 include this delightful opportunity of 

 visiting the capital. 



It was not Thomas Sharkey who enter- 

 tained the stork last week, but John F. 

 Sharkey, of the Thomas Young, Jr., Co. 

 Mr. Sharkey and his increased family 

 will leave early in August for their an- 

 nual sojourn in the mountains. 



Louis Futterman, of Gunther's, is at 

 Rockaway for a couple of weeks. John 

 A. Foley, manager of the N. Lecakes Co., 

 is also spending his leisure with his 

 family at Rockaway. 



George Hildebrand, John Young's 

 lieutenant, is at Darien, Conn., for his 

 vacation. Among the others who are 

 resting are James Coyle, of Gormley's; 

 Arthur Hunt, of Langjhar's, and Thom- 

 as Miller, of Sheridan's. 



An Irish world 's fair is announced by 

 the city papers to be held this fall in 

 Madison Square Garden. Exhibits from 

 the "old country" are being arranged 



for. This show will doubtless come in 

 competition with the fall show of the 

 New York Horticultural Society. The 

 Slllarney rose will get a well merited 

 boom at the Iri^h ejchiljition.. ' 



W. F. Sheridan, John B; Nugent, Jr., 

 and John Young compose the transporta- 

 tion committee of the Florists' dub, 

 and all intending to go to Washington 

 should send the committee word at once, 

 so complete arrangements for the com- 

 fort of everybody may be assured. 



His many friends sympathize with 

 Arthur Merritt, of Thorley's, in the loss 

 of his eldest son, a young man of 15 

 years, who died of appendicitis Monday. 



Louis Siebrecht, of Floral Park, N. 

 Y., who for thirty-three years has con- 

 ducted a florists' business there, died on 

 Thursday, after a long illness. He was 

 a relative of Henry and William Sie- 

 brecht, of New Rochelle and Astoria. 



The Greenhouse Co., the incorporation 

 of which was announced in last week's 

 Review, has lost no time in getting to 

 business. They have taken over the plant 

 of the Phillips Mfg. Co., in Jersey City, 

 and are reported to have already booked 

 a number of contracts. They have $200,- 

 000 capital stock and aim to be a large 

 factor in the greenhouse building busi- 

 ness. W. R. Phillips is president of the 

 company and many of his associates and 

 employees have much experience in the 

 business. 



The retail windows on Broadway and 

 Fifth avenue these days are wonderfully 

 alike. Most of them have a vase of red 

 gladioli. A few liave a background of 

 Scottii ferns. Some have only the fern, 

 simple, restful and sufficient. 



White roses were very scarce Monday, 

 hardly any in the market. The best 

 Beauties touched $20 per hundred, fine 

 asters $2 and good carnations brought 

 $1 easily. There is no doubt last week's 

 prices were bottom. When things can- 

 not get any further down they must 

 improve. 



The reporter who saw 1,000 orchids 

 used last week by one house, in some fu- 

 neral designs, was looking through his 

 magnifying glass. Half that quantity 

 would be nearer the facts. The designs 

 were wreaths and a huge broken column, 

 the latter quite unique as to the flower 

 used for the design, but not otherwise 

 remarkable, unless the price obtained for 

 it made it so. It was backed with sago 

 leaves aiid filled with smilax. 



H. Herrmann, the supply man, is back 

 from Germany with new designs and im- 

 mense stocks for the fall season. He 

 will have an exhibit at the convention. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON. 



Arrangements have been practically 

 closed which will enable the S. A. F. 

 delegation from Chicago to attend the 

 convention, joining the Detroit and per- 

 haps other delegations via the Wabash, 

 and secure the desired stopover of ten 

 days at Philadelphia at about the fare 

 and one-third rate. Further particulars 

 will be given next week or on application 

 to P. J. Hauswirth, 227 Michigan ave- 

 nue, Chicago. 



HAIL INSURANCE. 



The annual report of the secretary of 

 the Florists' Hail Association will show 

 over 23,000,000 square feet of glass in- 

 sured. August 1, 1904, the aggregate 

 insurance was 20,674,358 square feet. 



