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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



763 



the death of his brother, until it reached 

 its present splendid proportions. He 

 is a hard worker, an excellent organizer, 

 genial, kindly, full of enthusiasm, and 

 commands the absolute confidence of his 

 business associates. 



Charles E. Meehan was for many years 

 salesman for John Burton, commencing 

 when he was hardly tall enough to see 

 over the counter on Avhich he placed the 

 flowers. He was known as the best sales- 

 man in his city. About 1886 he went 

 into business for himself, building green- 

 bouses in Germantown, where he pros- 

 pered exceedingly. In 1902 he was 

 chosen as manager for the Philadelphia 

 "Wholesale Flower Market. He has 

 pushed this business with such perse- 

 verance that from being of rather doubt- 

 ful strength it has become one of the 

 ' strongest commission houses in the city. 

 Mr. Meehan is now the controlling stock- 

 holder. He is a wonderfully good judge 

 of supply and demand, of quality in 

 flowers and plants and an excellent buyer. 

 Like Mr. Pennock, he is far-seeing, punc- 

 tual and systematic. Thpre can be no 

 question that these two young men will 

 make the new firm a brilliant success. 



Phil. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The hot, humid weather of the last 

 month beats the record. The last week 

 has been no exception to the rule. Every 

 day it has rained heavily. The heat, 

 too, has been excessive, and the quantity 

 and condition of the flowers reaching the 

 wholesale market may be better imagined 

 than described. The consensus of opin- 

 ion is that July and August of 1906 

 have so far established a record for 

 abundance of stock, lack of quality and 

 unsatisfactory results. 



A great many of the roses coming to 

 the market these hot days are anything 

 but satisfactory in quality, and it is nec- 

 essary to close them out at a great re- 

 duction from even the low quoted prices. 

 There is no demand for asters. Pretty 

 nearly everything is unloaded at the 

 buyers' option. There is absolutely no 

 limit to the gladioli. The sources of 

 supply are very numerous this year. The 

 beautiful pink variety, America, from 

 Childs, of Floral Park, maintains its pop- 

 ularity. The next surplus announcement 

 will doubtless be of the dahlia. Hy- 

 drangeas are abundant, and a trip 

 through the suburbs of New York dem- 

 onstrates that the supply is inexhaust- 

 ible. 



The wet weather has had a bad effect 

 upon outdoor stock, especially the afcters. 

 Carnations are poor. There seems to be 

 an excess of valley, atrd lilies have depre- ^ 

 ciated. There is little prospect of a 

 change for the better in the market be- 

 fore the first part of September. 



The G>avention Trip. 



The interest in the Dayton convention 

 grows daily. Walter Sheridan reports 

 all the berths in one car booked, which, 

 at this early date, is more than encourag- 

 ing. You may safely put down New 

 York as good for fifty, and it is quite 

 possible this total will be added to when 

 the magnificent entertainments promised 

 by the Dayton people are thoughtfully 

 considered. The train leaves the Grand 

 Central depot at Forty-second street at 

 2:04 p. m. on Monday. Chairman Nu- 

 gent, of the catering department, has 

 forgotten nothing that will tend to make 



ill 



Samuel S. Pennock. 



the trip an enjoyable one from begin- 

 ning to end. 



Various Notes. 



A -visit to the great gladiolus farms of 

 John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, last 

 week revealed a scene of expansive and 

 variegated coloring such as I never have 

 before witnessed. Over 125 acres are 

 devoted to the cultivation of this king 

 of summer flowering bulbs, and as the 

 average production is 80,000 to the acre, 

 you can reckon for yourself the enormous 

 output yearly. There are over 400 named 

 varieties, the most popular one of all to 

 date being America, a beautiful soft 

 pink. I am j|[debted to I. S. Hendrick- 

 son, for whom a beautiful white and 

 deep pink gladiolus was named, for many 

 courtesies, and my visit to the offices, 

 greenhouses, bulb warehouse, and print- 

 ing offices was made of a special inter- 

 est. Mr. Childs himself is busy in the 

 preparation of his new catalogue. An 

 enormous increase in the value of real 

 estate in this section has demonstrated 

 the foresight of Mr. Childs. The firm 

 will send a fine exhibit of gladioli to 

 Dayton, under the supervision of Mr. 

 Hendrickson. 



Two interested visitors at the estab- 

 lishment of Anton Schultheis, of Col- 

 lege Point, August 10, were Mr. Pfister, 

 of Washington, D. C, and J. F. Hubs, 

 of Hartford, Conn. Mr. Schultheis has 

 ten acres of fine land, bought years ago, 

 before the boom, that cannot be pur- 



chased today for less than $3,000 an 

 acre. It was seventeen years ago that 

 he made his first purchase here. Now 

 he has one of the most complete horti- 

 cultural plants on Long Island. Thirty- 

 seven houses are devoted to a large va- 

 riety of stock for the New York market, 

 and great quantities are shipped every 

 season all over the country. He has a 

 splendid stock of ficus, large assortments 

 of the popular ferns, houses of kentias, 

 orchids, begonias, ardisias, double dai- 

 sies, primulas, cyclamens, asparagus, 

 ericas, dracsenas, cycas, oranges, etc. 

 Mr. Schultheis is just completing a new 

 packing shed, 45x66. 



The Schultheis boys are enjoying a 

 holiday in Sullivan county. These young- 

 sters, of whom there are seven, have 

 now four greenhouses of their own, where 

 they are taught practically the methods 

 that have made their father so success- 

 ful. 



R. Dreyer and family have just re- 

 turned from a two weeka' holiday in Sul- 

 livan county and the Thousand Islands. 

 Gerard Dreyer leaves on Saturday for 

 Neversink, N. Y., and will end his vaca- 

 tion at Dayton and Niagara Falls. Mr. 

 Dreyer, Sr., has eight and a half acres 

 of land here which has risen rapidly in 

 value, and on which he has planted a 

 splendid stock of hydrangeas, ficus and 

 California privet, thousands of the lat- 

 ter averaging four to six feet in height. 

 The greenhouses are filled with dracsenas, 

 palms, and Scottii, Boston and other 



