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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuabt 1, 1906. 



it takes to accomplish the work of de- 

 struction. 



The work of pinching and tying will 

 also need closer attention as the plants 

 make a more rapid growth. The sooner 

 unnecessary growths are pinched out 

 after they appear, the better the strength 

 of the plants will be concentrated into 

 the proper channels and loss of energy 

 averted. W. S. Croydon. 



A NEW INDIANA PLANT. 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 from photographs of the newly erected 

 plant of the Johnson Floral Co., Kendall- 

 ville, Ind. There are eight houses. 

 Seven aire 15x60 feet and the other is 

 12x40. The place was built since July 

 1, 1905. Three houses are in carnations, 

 one in roses, one for ferns, smilax, etc., 

 one for mums and bedding plants, one 

 for a cold house and one for potted 

 stock for forcing. The stock is all in 

 good shape for so late a start. Kendall- 

 ville is an excellent little city of 5,000 

 prosperous people and trade is starting 

 off well. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



Another week of unprecedented wea- 

 ther, with not even frost enough to in- 

 dicate the approach of winter when it 



The Glen Cove Dinner. 



The Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety's first annual dinner on Saturday 

 evening, at Glen Cove, L. I., was a great 

 success. Thos. Harrison, of Elsinore, the 

 La Dew estate, is president of the soci- 

 ety, and his splendid address on the laud- 

 able ambitions and future of the club, 

 its harmony and success, was a fitting 

 close to an evening of great enthusiasm 

 and enjoyment. 



The tables were handsomely decorated 

 with azaleas, roses and mounds of foli- 

 age plants by the members. There were 

 vases of Long Island Beauty, a splendid 

 pink carnation, from F. Boulon & Son, 

 of Sea Cliff; Victory, from Guttman & 

 Weber, and Abundance and his fine 

 white freesia, Puritj', from Rudolph 

 Fischer, of Great Neck, L. I, 



Buell G. Davis gave a stirring address 

 in which he spoke of the wonderful prog- 

 ress of gardening in Nassau county dur- 

 ing his twenty-two years in Glen Cove, 

 predicting great triumphs for the vigor- 

 ous young society and giving praise for 

 its splendid exhibition in the fall. Every 

 member and visitor present contributed 

 his share towards the evening's enjoy- 

 ment. The society's tenor, John Mc- 

 Nichol, was in fine voice. The Ricard 

 brothers, of Thorburn's and the Stumpp 

 & Walter Co., sang old and new songs 

 by the dozen and added greatly to the 

 happiness of the occasion. Other speak- 



Establishment of the Johnson Floral Co., Kendallvillet Ind. 



ers and songsters were: F. L. Atkins, 

 of Rutherford; G. A. Burnett, of Bur- 

 nett Bros.; W. Ross, of F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Tarrytown; John White, with J. 

 H. Troy, New Rochelle; A. J. Guttman, 

 New York; Rudolph Fischer, F. Boulon, 

 Jr., Charles Lenker, Chas. Jenecke, of 

 John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, and a 

 score or more of the well-known gar- 

 deners on the princely private estates of 

 the neighborhood, club members and 

 others. A more willing, versatile, ge- 

 nial, harmonious gathering of the bone 

 and sinew of the gardening profession it 

 would be hard to find. 



Various Notes. 



The military funeral of General 

 Wheeler on Sunday was an imposing 

 ceremony. Great loads of flowers were 

 in evidence, and from the President's 

 orchids to the ivy wreath of the old sol- 

 dier all classes paid sympathy and honor 

 to brave Fighting Joe. Very many of 

 the florists of Brooklyn and New York 

 were called upon to share in the provi- 

 sion of these beautiful emblems of es- 

 teem and affection. 



S. Masur, Brooklyn, had charge of the 

 funeral decorations for Attorney Sher- 

 man last week, a prominent lawyer of 

 the city of churches. A blanket of pink 

 roses was the special feature. Mr. Masur 

 also had charge of the Dryer wedding, 

 the house being elaborately decorated 

 with nearly 2,000 pink roses and many 

 boxes of wild smilax. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club is to be held' at the St. 

 Denis, at 7 p. m. sharp, this week Sat- 

 urday. Chairman Sheridan has already 

 the pleasure to announce an assured suc- 

 cess. Very many visitors from adjacent 

 horticultural societies will be with us. 

 A week earlier and we would have 

 caught the celebrities on their way home 

 from Boston. A goodly number 

 "stopped over" on Sunday, Vice-Presi- 

 dent Altick among them. The officers 

 were looking over the ground with a 

 view to the carnation convention here 

 during the World's Fair year, 1909. 



Poughkeepsie dines its Dutchess Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society on February 

 22. Elberon, N. J., contemplates its 

 first ' ' annual ' ' in February. ' ' That 

 will be about all" this season. 



Alex McConnell was very busy Sunday 

 with funeral work. Among other offer- 

 ings were some fine orchid wreaths from 

 the Goulds for General Wheeler. 



Meyer Gottlieb, for twenty years with 



should be almost over. Monday the tem- 

 perature fell to freezing, clear and cold, 

 the day ideal, and boomed the retail 

 business to the satisfaction of all. Mc- 

 Kinley day was observed more loyally 

 than any year since the movement began. 

 Prices remained normal. No excessive 

 rates were demanded and when the 

 wholesalers closed at 6 o 'clock hardly a 

 carnation remained unsold. 



Good Beauties are still scarce and for 

 the best $9 a dozen was obtained read- 

 ily. Richmond is selling well and com- 

 manding fine prices, the best retailing 

 easily at $10 a dozen. Its lasting qual- 

 ity and perfume make it very popular. 

 Brides, Maids and the other standard 

 roses hold about the same as last week. 



Violets do hot go above 75 cents for 

 specials, and with the anticipated flood 

 I will not be surprised to see 50 cents as 

 top price. 



Tulips are abundant. Freesias and 

 narcissi are increasing daily. Lilac and 

 cattleyas are equal to the demand. 



Establishment of the Johnson Floral Co., Kendallville, Ind. 



