FSBBUABY 8, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



785 



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fornia, and J. W. Stemmler, of the same 

 town, has decided to spend the two 

 months of bad weather coming in North 

 Carolina. Both these gentlemen ship to 

 the veteran, James Hart, who is going 

 south with Mr. Stemmler for two weeks, 

 his first holiday in a quarter of a cen- 

 tury. 



George Perkins, brother of John J. 

 Perkins, has purchased Patrick Byles' 

 plant of five houses at South Orange, 

 now devoted to roses and carnations. At 

 East Orange Mr. Perkins has five houses 

 and a fine retail business that uses all 

 their output. 



Jas. Greer, of South Orange, has pur- 

 chased a plot of land adjoining that of 

 Mr. Perkins and will erect five modern 

 greenhouses 200 feet long this summer. 

 As usual with the Madison experts, roses 

 will be grown exclusively. 



Ford Bros, have a harbinger of spring 

 in their windows, violet plants, the ad- 

 vance guard of their usual Easter spe- 

 cialty, when they dispose of shoals of 

 them. The early season has brought 

 southern daifodils to the market, reduc- 

 ing the home product, they tell me, al- 

 ready to $10 a thousand. 



The seventy-fifth fair of the American 

 Institute, the winter exhibition, opens 

 next "Wednesday, February 14, at 19 

 West Forty-fourth street. Apples, pears 

 and carnations will compete for the so- 

 ciety's prizes. The farmers' institute 

 At the same time and place, assisted by 

 the New Jersey State Horticultural and 

 Connecticut Pomological societies, will 

 be conducted by the Hon. D. P. Witter. 

 Wednesday evening Eobert Craig will 

 lecture on "Carnations Past and Pres- 

 ent." 



At Secaucus, N. J., on April 1, a new 

 orchid firm will be established. The 

 name is Carrillio & Baldwin. Seven 

 greenhouses will be devoted exclusively 

 to orchid growing. Mr. Carillio is now 

 in South America collecting for the April 

 importation. Mr. Baldwin has had 

 charge of the orchid department of Sie- 

 brecht & Son, at New Eochelle, for the 

 past six years. The display of C. Trianro 

 now on exhibition there is one of which 

 Mr. Baldwin is especially proud. Mr. 

 Smith, of North Easton, now with W. N. 

 Craig, will succeed Mr. Baldwin at New 

 Eochelle. 



The club smoker at Orange, N. J., last 

 Friday evening was a success. Among 

 the visitors were Ed. Boehrs, of Buther- 

 ford; J. Heeremans, of Morristown; C. 

 H. Totty, A. Herrington, Eobert Schultz 

 and M. Hand, of Madison; W. F. Boss, 

 of Newark, and Messrs. McManus, Gutt- 

 man, Ernshaw, Campbell, Burnett and 

 the Eicard brothers, of New York. 

 These musical enthusiasts with local 

 talent and general chorus accompani- 

 ments made abundant melody until mid- 

 night. 



A new greenhouse building concern, 

 with the title of Frank Van Assche, has 

 located at 1133 Broadway, which seems 

 to be headquarters for this line of busi- 

 ness in New York. The factory is in 

 Jersey City. 



Starke & Kleine have been shipping 

 plants as far as Eochester. 



Foley, of 226 Bowery, with green- 

 houses at Madison, enjoyed much help- 

 ful publicity last week by an illustrated 

 display description of his enterprises in 

 the New York News. Some of the retail 

 florists understand advertising thorough- 



ly; one of them, on Broadway, has it 

 down to a science. Hard to tell what 

 will be the next suriirise. 



Hoffmeyer, the up-town florist, had a 

 fine wedding decoration Wednesday of 

 this week at St. Thomas Church, on 

 Fifth avenue, and at the home of the 

 bride on West Seventy-eighth street. 

 Nothing but pink roses in every style 

 of arrangement, including an aisle of 

 rose trees now so popular here. 



Joseph Leikens had a brilliant affair 

 last week at the St. Eegis, the reception 

 of Mrs. Judge Eockler, of Providence, 

 E. I., to eighty ladies. The effect was 

 entirely Japanese. The sunken table m 

 horseshoe was filled in the center with 

 Japanese evergreens and primroses. The 

 same effect was carried out around the 

 table by cut flowers and branches of the 

 same. The whole Louis XV floor was 

 beautifully decorated with pink and white 

 roses and carnations. In one of the 

 rooms a great Japanese vase with 100 

 long-stemmed Beauties was the only fea- 

 ture. The whole effect was quite out of 

 the ordinary. The ladies all wore camel- 

 lias. 



White lilacs in pots, fancy tubs and 

 baskets are very popular. They come 

 from Boehrs and Steinhoff, and many re- 

 tail windows are made charming by 

 them. 



The "Flower Girl," of Hoboken, died 

 on Sunday at the age of 82. She has 

 made a living for fifty years, selling 

 flowers at the balls and receptions over 

 there, and everybody knew her. 



Julius Boehrs, Sr., is in Porto Bico. 



Anton Schultheis, who has been very 

 ill, is now convalescing and full recovery 

 is hoped for. 



