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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 16, 1906. 



ferns. Some extra fine phoenix and 

 cycas add to the interest of the exhibit. 



Van Praag will open his new store at 

 66 Broadway, close to the entrance of 

 the subway at New street, on Septem- 

 ber 1. This is one of the best possible 

 locations in the Wall street district, and 

 ought to prove a most profitable ven- 

 tore. 



Will Siebrecht, of Astoria, is so busy 

 rebuilding his houses, which have been 

 shortened on account of the widening of 

 the boulevard, that he fihdti it impossible 

 to complete his improvements in tiine 

 for the Dayton convention. 



John Nash and family are at North 

 Asbury Park, N. J. 



Phil Kessler left on Tuesday for a 

 four weeks' trip to Germany. Many of 

 the members of the Cut Flower Exchange 

 and his brother wholesalers saw him off 

 with appropriate celebration. 



A. M. Henshaw is residing at Summit, 

 N. J., and has, during the last two 

 weeks, given most of his time to visiting 

 his growers. 



James Maloney, bookkeeper for Hor- 

 ace E. Froment, has returned from his 

 vacation at Greenwood Lake. Mr. Fro- 

 ment himself left on Jilonday for Lake 

 George. 



W. H. Gunther has taken his brother, 

 Jack, into partnership, and from Sep- 

 tember 1 the new firm will be known 

 as Gunther Bros. This is a fitting re- 

 ward for eighteen years of faithful 

 service. 



Arthur Dacre has purchased the whole- 

 sale establishment of B. G. Wilson, on 

 West Thirtieth street, and will conduct 

 the business hereafter on his own ac- 

 count. 



A. Warendorff is recovering rapidly 

 from the effects of the operation last 

 week for appendicitis. 



Max Limprecht died at his residence 

 in Hoboken August 10, at the age of 

 45 years. He was buried on Sunday, and 

 many beautiful floral offerings were sent 

 to the bereaved family. Wreaths from 

 Ford Bros, and an immense standing 

 wreath from John J. Perkins were among 

 the offerings of the wholesalers. Mr. 

 Limprecht left an estate valued at over 

 $30,000. He was a Master Mason. For 

 over twenty years he has conducted a 

 florists' supply business on West Thir- 

 tieth street. Every year he has had 

 charge of the immense decorations in 

 St. Patrick's cathedral, and his greatest 

 accomplishment was the superb decora- 

 tion of the Dewey arches. The immedi- 

 ate cause of his death was locomotor 

 ataxia. He was faithful and tireless at 

 all times, and was respected by all^ who 

 knew him. The business will be continued 

 by the family and will be in charge of 

 his son, who has been for a long time 

 associated with him. 



The French bulbs are arriving in large 

 quantities and their quality is up to the 

 standard. All the seed stores are busy 

 and fall shipments promise to be enor- 

 mous. The Thorbum Co. is now com- 

 fortably settled in its new and commo- 

 dious store, reaching through from Park 

 place to Barclay street, and larger and 

 more convenient in every way than the 

 one they occupied on Cortlandt street. 

 The new station being built by the Penn- 

 sylvania on Thorbum 's old site reaches 

 ^ough to Fulton street and, whether 

 by foresight or good fortune, the new 

 store of William Elliott & Sons is di- 

 rectly across the street from the entrance. 



All these wholesale bulb and vege- 

 table men will have an abundant field for 

 thar operations in the new scheme which 



the Long Island railroad is developing. 

 Two hundred thousand acres of waste 

 land on Long Island is to be converted 

 into market gardens. This is the land 

 wI^ch the farmers considered useless. A 

 stretch was purchased and developed by 

 the railroad company, and extra cultiva- 

 tion given it, and it has been demon- 

 strated that every acre can be made 

 profitable. The Wading Kiver station 

 was called the most desolate, the soil 

 sour and with a depth of only three to 

 six inches. Agricultural experts were 

 invited to study the experiments made 

 upon the soil and they have been de- 

 clared entirely satisfactory. 



Mr. Wertheimber, of Wertheimber & 

 Co., is back from two weeks' stay in the 

 Catskills, and Mr. Lessner, of the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co., is testing the same 

 grade of ozone. 



Will Elliott is recuperating by fre- 

 quent voyages to the fishing banks and 

 indulging in his favorite game of bowlg. 

 He was bemoaning the loss of the silver 

 loving-cup won from his club by the 

 Kearneyites last Saturday. His brother 

 is taking the waters at Saratoga. J. B. 

 Kidd, many years ago with William Elli- 

 ott & Sons, and later with the Hinode 

 Florist Co., has returned to his former 

 love and is again with the old house. 



Boderick, brother of Patrick O'Mara, 

 has been very sick for some weeks from 



terially changed regarding other flowers, 

 except that prices are a little lower on 

 roses. Gladioli are still plentiful and 

 create quite a demand. White hydran- 

 geas are plentiful. Greens are selling a 

 little better than two weeks ago, especial- 

 ly asparagus and maidenhair fern. 



A Step in Advance. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has completed ar- 

 rangements by which it will come into 

 possession of three floors, that is, base- 

 ment, first and second floor, of a new 

 building that is being erected at 1209 

 Arch street. This building is of the most 

 modern type, being of concrete construc- 

 tion, and equipped with all the latest im- 

 provements. One of the features in the 

 new quarters will be an artificial refrig- 

 erating plant of the best make. There 

 will be two cooling rooms, one in the 

 cellar, with a capacity* of about 2,500 

 cubic feet, and one cooling room on the 

 first floor, having a capacity of about 

 4,000 cubic feet. The entire first floor 

 will be devoted to the sale of cut flow- 

 ers. The supply department and office 

 will be on the second floor. 



It wUl be the aim of the Leo Niessen 

 Co., to make its new quarters the best 

 equipped wholesale establishment in the 

 country. The business has been grow- 

 ing rapidly and for the last two years 

 had outgrown the present quarters. This 



The New Toneware Vases of Bayersdorfer & G). 



affection of the lungs and heart and was 

 seriously ill on Monday. He has been 

 many years with the Peter Henderson 

 Co. and is very popular with all his asso- 

 ciates. 



H. H. Berger & Co. report the safe 

 arrival of their French bulb shipments 

 and a sufficiency of 7x9 Harrisii to fill 

 fifty per cent of the orders, which is a 

 better average than many give. 



J. Frank Darrow will make his an- 

 nual call on his customers about Octo- 

 ber 1. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Tlie Market 



The poor returns made to the growers 

 for the less desirable grades of asters 

 have caused a falling off in supply of 

 these flowers. Prices are firmer on the 

 better grades, with a decided scarcity at 

 times. The conditions have not ma- 



move will increase the capacity of the 

 Leo Niessen Co. threefold. 



Mr. Niessen is a very strong believer 

 in the future of the commission house, 

 and he claims that it is sA established 

 fact that the commission man is the most 

 advantageous channel by which the 

 grower can disppse of his product, and 

 for the retailer the most reliable source 

 of supply. 



After the Meeting. 



The August meeting of the Florists' 

 Club had adjourned. The debate had 

 been exciting, lasting until later than 

 usual, and the members were scattered 

 about in groups talking eagerly, when 

 the president rapped for order. Silence, 

 or something approaching it, having been 

 restored, he said: "I hope each member 

 will do all in his power to convince the 

 florists whom he meets at Dayton that 

 we want them here next summer." There 

 is no doubt of that. Every mraiber 

 present agreed that we ought to have a 



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