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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NOVEHBBR 9, 1905. 



Charles Millang says his importations 

 are all disposed of and he could have 

 sold many times the quantity. Next 

 year he will quadruple his purchases in 

 Europe. He is now devoting his entire 

 personal attention to his mum shipments, 

 which make a grand daily display in his 

 conservatory, which he has set aside for 

 their accommodation. 



James Hart, the veteran, is receiving 

 some grand Beauties from his Madison 

 shippers. 



Phil Eessler is quite delighted with 

 his new quasters in the Googan building. 



Traendly & Schenck are handling su- 



Gtrb Chatenay and an endless stream of 

 gh grade mums is flowing in and out 

 of their big store all day. 



Great interest was taken in Tuesday's 

 election by the wholesalers, and some of 

 them were too excited over it to eat. 

 Julius Lang is an enthusiastic Jerome 

 man and was not afraid to let the other 

 fellows know it. 



Wm. Ghormley has the sympathy of all 

 in I his ' serious and incurable illness. 

 THere is no hope of his recovery. He has 

 made a brave fight during the past year, 

 maintaining his geniality and hope to 

 the last and bearing his suffering with 

 rare patience and courage. 



Pierson's Glenview was the best dark 

 mum at the Tarrytown show, a heavy, 

 well built bronze flower of remarkable 

 size and beauty. Their unnamed yellow 

 seedling is early, with size and foliage 

 of the Appleton order, and as early as 

 Eobert Halliday and October Sunshine. 

 Their new pink is a brilliant flower, very 

 early, close to Glory of Pacific and 

 ahead of Coombes. A big display of ele- 

 gantissima fern goes to the Chicago and 

 Kansas City shows. Eobert Craig was 

 a recent visitor at Tarrytown and says 

 he is growing and making money this 

 year on Piersoni. Mr. Pierson was 

 loud in praise of Winsor carnation; a 

 bread winner he calls it. 



A. J. Guttman is at Chicago this week, 

 exhibiting Victory. This week Victory 

 was shown at Philadelphia, Boston, 

 Columbus and Chicago, and word has 

 come that at each place' it gained»-the 

 highest award. Last week it was shown 

 at Lenox, Bed Bank, Tarrytown, Orange, 

 Poughkeepsie and Tuxedo, gettting spe- 

 cial prizes at several and the highest rec- 

 ognition everywhere. Victory ought to 

 be pretty well known by the end of the 

 show season if enterprise will make it 

 so: and it will. 



The Parker-Bruen Co. report their fac- 

 tory at Harrison, N. J., very busy on 

 the manufacture of their novelties. Their 

 business has advanced very rapidly since 

 opening their city office, 1133 Broadway. 



Wadley & Smythe officiated at the Cas- 

 the wedding at Sparkiil last week. 

 White and yellow mums were used pro- 

 fusely, the canopy of oak foliage fea- 

 tooned with oncidiums. These orchid 

 weddings are growing very popular. 

 Judging by the exhibits of this prince 

 of flowers at the New York show, there 

 will be enough to go around and no wed- 

 dings will have to be postponed. 



The John Young Co. has the pleasure 

 of securing the first wedding in the re- 

 built St. Thomas church, that scene of 

 so many of the most brilliant weddings 

 of the past quarter of a century. This 

 is the Moore-Fargo event, and an autum- 

 nal decoration, palms, autumn foliage 

 and chrysanthemums, being used. Bridg- 

 man says it will be a triumph of his 

 skill. 



Henry Siebrecht, Jr., and Charles See 



are spending a few days and dollars 

 down at Mt. Pocona on a shooting expe- 

 dition. Siebrecht & Son had a dinner 

 deQoration at the Holland House on Sat- 

 urday and used 1,000 of their own cat- 

 tleyas and nearly as many Killarney 

 roses. 



W. H. Donohoe's store at 3 West 

 Twenty-ninth street is now complete and 

 takes its place with the other bon-ton 

 shops of New York. This week Mr. Don- 

 ohoe has the elaborate decorations at 

 the Meajdow Brook Hunt Club, of West- 

 bury, L. I. 



Fleischman opened, at Fifth avenue 

 and Forty-third street, on Wednesday, 

 one of the most complete and beautiful 

 stores in the world. A fine conservatory 

 at the rear is its best feature, but the 

 size, richness and style of the whole com- 

 bine to place it a step in advance of any 

 to date. 



Warrendorf opens another store this 

 week, at Seventy-second street and Mad- 

 ison avenue, in the style of the Ansonia 

 shop, one of the best in New York. 



David Clarke's Sons ^o steadily on- 

 ward at their great place on upper 

 Broadway, where their motto, "Nothing; 

 but the best," still prevails. With their 

 own greenhouses in the Bronx to draw 

 upon, they are ready for all require- 

 ments. They are counting on a big 

 Thanksgiving. Four weddings in one day 

 this week show which way the wind 

 blows. 



Thos. Young, Jr., has opened his fine 

 new wholesale store at 43 West Twenty- 

 eighth street with complete conveniences 

 of every kind. On his list of growers is 

 John N. May, of Summit, who has re- 

 turned to his first love, with large ship- 

 ments of his specialties in roses and car- 

 nations. 



Jos. S. Fenrich was justly proud last 

 week over his showing of Alice Byron, 

 Enguehard and Bonnaffon mums. Tot- 

 ty's Eichmonds here are fine and abun- 

 dant. Joe will "receive" his friends 

 with turkey at his store on Thanksgiv- 

 ing eve. 



One standing in front of John Young 's 

 last week with but little stretch of imag- 

 ination could see Christmas speeding 

 hitherward. Lots of grand holly trees 

 in full berry were on exhibition, the ad- 

 vance guard of 400, ranging in price 

 from ^ to $12 each. New York will 

 use them all and some of them are in 

 demand for Thanksgiving. 



The Geller Supply Co. reports a fast 

 increasing business and are quite satis- 

 fied with their location in the heart of 

 the wholesale section. 



The New York Club meeting next 

 Monday will be even more important a 

 gathering than anticipated. Not only 

 will there be a large exhibit of chrys- 

 anthemums, but it has been decided to 

 make this the final ladies' night of the 

 year. Prof. Nugent, the authority on 

 gastronomies, will round out his two 

 years' service with special creations. 

 John Young, secretary, will care for all 

 exhibits of plants and flowers shipped 

 here for the event, and the largest at- 

 tendance of the year should be in evi- 

 dence. 



Burnham's show at Bloomingdale 's 

 was free and consequently crowded all 

 last week and now everybody knows an 

 orchid when she sees it. 



November 13, our big horse show be- 

 gins, and no more violets that week for 

 Chicago, remember. Mr. Lynch and Mr. 

 Pieser may be well fed, but we don't 



propose they shall feed their market with 

 our violets if we can help it. 



Starke & Kleine have added another 

 greeuhoupe to . their stor&ge capacity. 

 TboBe yoniig m^ are doing a fine ship- 

 ping trade and growing rapidly. 



Wertheimber & Co. believe in inde- 

 structible Christmas bells, and have two 

 styles to offer this season, the demand 

 for which has already begun. 



J. K. Allen's early bird experiences 

 have caught many a worm, and a faith- 

 ful lot of steady customers thtfer last 

 twenty years. • Noj wonder that* "six j 

 o'clock every morning" rooster his 

 learned what to crow. 



Perhaps a prouder man than either 

 Lager or Hurrell at the big show was 

 James McManus, who handles all the 

 orchid output of this firm in New York, 

 as well as that of many other growers, 

 and who was quite certain first prize had 

 gone where it belongs. 



Echoes of the Show. 



There is a rumor that Macy's exhibi- 

 tion hall wUl not be available another 

 year for the flower show. ,j . ->>-j 



Dr. Hexamer was worn out Friday 

 night, after a most anxious and labori- 

 ous week. Whatever glory attaches to 

 the management of the exhibition may 

 jtistly be accorded him. 



What happened Friday to wake up the 

 people f It was the only day worth call- 

 ing a good attendance. The two acres 

 were actually filled for hours in the eve- 

 ning with a greatly interested crowd. 



Siebrecht 's rockery was a neat piece 

 of Leo Osternei's work, and a drawing 

 card, and their great displays of cattle- 

 yas and Farleyense were most attractive 

 and creditable to their orchid grower. 



Ellwanger & Barry's apple and pear 

 display was in keeping with this great 

 nursery house's reputation. 



Among Julius Eoehr's great orchid 

 collection were three plants worth $600. 



A. Herrington had his new adiantum, 

 a distinct novelty, reminding one most 

 of Croweanum. 



E. Vincent, Jr., & Son made a grand 

 showing of pomgons and were both pres- 

 ent. Mr. Vincent is still full of his Eu- 

 ropean trip. 



Eudolph Fischer, of Great Neck, has a 

 bread winner in his fine carnation. 

 Abundance, most appropriately named. 



John Lewis Childs was one of the larg- 

 est exhibitors at the mum show. Mr. 

 Jaenicke was in charge and in the dis- 

 play was a fine group of his own seed- 

 ling caladiums. His dracsenas were also 

 superb. 



Arthur T. Boddington's exhibit, 

 "Everything for the Garden," won the 

 silver medal, and Harry Bunyard was as 

 proud of the honor as if he wore it. 



The Cottage Gardens' exhibit reached 

 the whole length of the big building. It 

 was only a drop in the bucket from their 

 100-acre nursery, where they have 40,- 

 000 rhododendrons, 100,000 peonies and 

 $200,000 worth of conifersB and nursery 

 stock in every size and variety. In their 

 carnation display Craig, Alma Ward, 

 Peary and the seedlings were all grand 

 stock. J. Austin Shaw. 



Washington, D. C— The new green- 

 houses on the grounds of the Department 

 of Agriculture were opened evenings of 

 last week for the department's annual 

 chrysanthemum show. Some very fine 

 specimen plants were shown, as well as 

 a collection of single-stems, embracing 

 nefu-ly all the new sorts and a number of 

 varieties not to be seen elsewhere. 



