JANUARY 4, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



435 



JAMES COYLE. 



In the New York wholesale cut flower 

 district everybody knows Jimmie Coyle 

 and to know him is to be his friend. For 

 eighteen years Mr. Coyle, although now 

 only 33 years of age, has been identified 

 with the wholesale cut flower industry on 

 Manhattan Island. He began his experi- 

 ences with the veteran James Hart. For 

 ten years he was on the staff of Thos. 

 Young, Jr., and later was with the New 

 York Cut Flower Co. When Mr. Ghorm- 

 ley embarked in the business Mr. Coyle 

 shortly became his manager. It was a 

 team which built up a splendid business. 

 Since Ihe death of Mr. Ghormley and the 

 taking over of the business by H. E. 

 Froment, Mr. Coyle retains his position, 

 with a practical interest in the business. 

 He is a member of the Masonic Frater- 

 nity and the New York Florists' Club, 

 a jovial, light hearted, energetic son of 

 the Emerald Isle with whom the fates 

 always deal gently. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



Christmas week was excellent and so 

 it was with happy faces the "Happy 

 New Year" greetings were given in the 

 floricultural domain. New Year's eve 

 churches, theaters, hotels and streets 

 were crowded beyond all past experiences 

 and for hours pandemonium reigned. It 

 was a glorious welcome and the young- 

 ster 1906 was ushered in by a climate 

 that made his pictured garb entirely ap- 

 propriate. The fact is there has not 

 yet been felt the breath of winter and 

 before we know it Easter will be here. 

 A dozen weeks soon pass, only eleven 

 more as you read this letter and the 

 great festival of Christendom arrives. 



Business was good all through the 

 holiday week. Wholesale prices were 

 satisfactory to all except the retailers, 

 and they were so busy they had little 

 to complain of. No one had cause to 

 say anything but good of Christmas. It 

 surprised even the most optimistic. There 

 were not enough plants left after Mon- 

 day to make any window respectable and 

 the call for cut flowers maintained the 

 best Christmas prices to the very close 

 of the day; in fact, everything really 

 good was taken. The pickled roses, the 

 sleepy carnations and the scentless vio- 

 lets found no legitimate takers at any 

 price and reached the streets, the ash 

 barrels and oblivion, where they belong. 

 Let us hope the lesson may have some 

 good effect on the shortsighted perpe- 

 trators of the perennial iniquity. 



Prices are gradually approaching nor- 

 mal values. Beauties held at $1 for the 

 best up to Saturday night, and Brides, 

 Maids and Richmonds were firm at splen- 

 did prices. Violets dropped to $1 for 

 specials and carnations gradually re- 

 ceded to their regular values, the novel- 

 ties holding well above the rest, as they 

 deserve to. 



Various Notes. 



Don 't forget the club meeting next 

 Monday evening. Secretary Young will 

 care for any exhibits sent him. The 

 new officers will wax eloquent. The 

 great flower show to beat those of Chi- 

 cago and Kansas City will be discussed 

 and some familiar faces that have trav- 

 eled far are locked for and some stories 

 of western floriculture are anticipated. 

 There will be the usual refreshments. 

 Altogether it will be a meeting worth 



James Coyle. 



while, and the new president deserves 

 encouragement. 



The new bowling club meets Tuesday. 

 Officers will then be elected and an ex- 

 cellent membership is now assured. The 

 alleys in the Coogan building are very 

 convenient. The club has a section all 

 to itself. 



H. E. Froment reports that Christmas 

 trade made a larger total than the house 

 showed last year. 



Louis Dupuy, of Whitestone, had a 

 narrow escape from a serious accident 

 last week when his horse ran away and 

 he was thrown from the buggy. What 

 he said in French when he landed is un- 

 translatable. 



Next week Wednesday comes the 

 Madison smoker, the following evening 

 the Red Bank Society's banquet and if 

 Tarrytown follows its usual custom there 

 will be its annual feast the same week 

 and day of Madison 's, both of them too 

 good to miss. There should be a com- 

 promise and a ' ' getting together. ' ' These 

 reunions mean much for harmony, good 

 cheer and inspiration. 



Traendly & Schenck made the mid- 

 night hour Christmas eve memorable by 

 an elaborate caterer's spread for their 

 friends and employees. 



One of the happiest of the all-nighters 

 was the youthful Johnny Wier, of Brook- 

 lyn, looking exactly as I remember him 

 in 1890 and in especially good humor 

 on this occasion. 



The Brooklyn florists all acknowledge 

 the best Christmas in their memories. 

 The fact is the village across the bridge 

 is fast becoming citified and folks over 

 there buy something more than rubber 

 plants and baby carriages. With its 

 million and a half of people it is ad- 



vancing rapidly. Its 400 feel just as 

 important as the society contingent in 

 New York and buy almost as many 

 flowers, while its wholesale stores and 

 supply houses are quite metropolitan and 

 make it very independent. 



All the supply houses were completely 

 sold out. To specify would be to men- 

 tion all of them. There were no ex- 

 ceptions. 



With the advent of Christmas comes 

 the announcement of the new ribbon 

 house of Wertheimer Bros., of 463 

 Broadway, succeeding that of Lion & 

 Wertheimer. Some fine novelties may 

 safely be anticipated in 1906, and a fine 

 exhibit at Mr. Altick 's bailiwick in Au- 

 gust. Ribbons were used profusely at 

 Christmas, of every size, kind and style. 

 Schloss Bros, and Rodh say the demand 

 from florists was far in advance of other 

 years. 



Kuebler moves to his new store on 

 Willoughby street, Brooklyn, this week. 



Hicks & Crawbuck are settled again 

 after their fire, and their big Christmas 

 trade was not seriously interfered with. 



.J. K. Allen's advance orders for 

 ("liristmas exceeded all former expe- 

 riences. 



M. A. Purdy states that he has re- 

 signed as manager of the Dutchess 

 County Violet Co. and will devote his 

 time to his business at 1590 Broadway. 



Dr. D. T. MacDougal has severed his 

 long connection with the New York Bo- 

 tanic Garden to become director of the 

 botanical department of the Carnegie 

 Institute, Washington. 



Julius Lang won his prophetic bets 

 again and McClellan has been declared 

 the -mayor. Elaborate floral offerings 



