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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ar<ii ST 1C>, 1900. 



fenis. Sdiiu' extra line phoenix and 

 I'yciis iiiitl to tlio interest of the exhibit. 



Van I'raa;^ will open his new store at 

 (56 Broadwav. t-ldse to the entrance of 

 the subwav at New street, on Septem- 

 ber 1. 'J'his is (iiie of tlie best possible 

 locations in the ^\'all street ilistrict, and 

 ouglit to prove a most profitable ven- 

 ture. 



"Will Siflirceht, of Astoria, is so busy 

 rebuilding; his liouses, which have been 

 shortened on ai'count of the Avidening of 

 the boule\ard, that he finds it impossible 

 to comjdete his improvements in time 

 for the Dayton convention. 



John Na.^h and familv arc at North 

 Asbury I'ark. N. .1. 



Phil Kessler hd't on Tuesday for a 

 four A\eel\s' flip to (iermany. Many of 

 the members of tlie < Ht Flower Exchange 

 and his hrotlier \\holesalers saw him otf 

 with .'ipprojiriate c<"'lebi'atiiui. 



A. ^1. IJenshaw is I'esiding at Summit, 

 N. .)., and has, iluiiiig the last two 

 weeks, given most ot hi.s time to visiting 

 his grow CIS. 



James .Maloney. bookkeepiT for Hor- 

 ace K. J'ldjnent. lias returned fr(tm his 

 vacation at (l)-eenwood Lake. Mr. Fro- 

 ment liiniselt left on Mdiiday for Laki' 

 George. 



^V. 11. (lunther lias taken his brother. 

 Jack, into partnership, and from Sep- 

 tember 1 the new fiim will be known 

 as Gunther Hros. This is a fitting re- 

 ward for eighteen years of faithful 

 service. 



Artiiur Dacre has purchased the whole- 

 sale e.stablishmeid of K. G. Wilson, on 

 West Thirtieth street, and will conduct 

 the busine.xs hereafter on his own ac- 

 count. 



A. WaremlcirfV is rer(i\e)-ing rapidly 

 from the elVects of the operation last 

 week fur appendieitis. 



Max Limprcndit died at his residence 

 in Hoiidkeii August Id. at the age of 

 45 ye;irs. lie \\as liuried on Suii.lny, and 

 many lieautitul lldial otfering.s were sent 

 to the bereaved j.inuly. Wreaths from 

 Ford Hids. .and an iinmenso standing 

 wreath trum .lohn J. Perkins were among 

 the oiTerings of the wholesalers. Mr. 

 Limjireiht left :iii estate valued at over 

 $30,iitM). He \\:us a .Ma.^ter Masnn. For 

 over twenty years he has conducted a 

 florists' supi)ly business on West Thir- 

 tieth street. Kvery year he has had 

 charge <ii the immense tiecorations in 

 St. l'atriek"s cathedral, and his greatest 

 accomplishment was the superb ilecora- 

 tion of the hewcy arches. The immedi- 

 ate cau.'<e (d' his death A\as hjcumotor 

 ataxia. He w;is faithful and tireless at 

 all times, and was resjiected i;y all who 

 kuevv him. 'I'he liusiness will be centinued 

 by the family and will be in charge of 

 his son, who has been for a long time 

 associated with him. 



The I'reiicli bulbs are arriving in large 

 quantities and their quality is up to the 

 standard. All the seed stores are biusy 

 ami fall shij'inents jiromisc to be enor- 

 mous. The Thorburn Co. is now com- 

 fortably settled in its new .and commo- 

 dious store, re:iching through from Park 

 plac(f to Parelay stre<-t, ;ind larger and 

 more con\eiderit in every way than the 

 one they occupied on Cortlandt street. 

 The new station being built by the Penn- 

 sylvania on Thorburn 's old site reaches 

 through t{i Fulton street and, whether 

 by foresight or gooil fortune, the new 

 store (d William Klliott ic Sons is di- 

 rectly across the street from the eidrance. 



All these wh(desale bulb and vege- 

 table men will have an abundant field for 

 their opcr.atioDs in the new scheme which 



the Long Island railroad is developing. 

 Two hundred tliousaiul acres of waste 

 land on Long Island is to be converted 

 into mai-ket gardens. This is tiie land 

 which the farmers considered useless. A 

 stretcdi was juirchased and ile\eloped by 

 the railroad comj)any, and extra cultiva- 

 tion given it, ami it h;is bei'U demon- 

 strated that every acre can be made 

 prtditable. The Wading b'iver station 

 was called the most (k'S(date, the soil 

 sour and with a dei)th of oidy tliret,' to 

 six inches. Agricultural experts were 

 invited to study the experiments made 

 ujion the soil and they have been de- 

 (dared entirely satisfactory. 



Ml'. Wertheimber, of Wertheimber & 

 < d., is back from two weeks' stiiy in the 

 • 'atskills. and .Mr. Lessner, of the Yoko- 

 hama Nursery Co., is testing the same 

 grade of ozone. 



Will Elliott is recuperating by fre- 

 fiuent voyages to the fishing l)anks and 

 indulging in his favorite game of bowl^. 

 He was bemoaning the loss of the silver 

 io\ing-cu|> won from his club Ijy the 

 Ke.arneyites last Saturday. His brother 

 is taking the waters at Saratoga. ,1. H. 

 Kidd, many years ago with William l-;ili- 

 idt k Sons, and later with the Hinoiie 

 l''lorist Co., has i-eturned to his former 

 love and is again with the old house. 



Koderick. brother of J'atrick O'Mara. 

 has been very sick for some weeks fiom 



terially changed regarding other flowers, 

 except that prices are a little lower on 

 roses. (Jladioli an; still plentiful and 

 create quite a dermmd. White hydran 

 geas are plentiful. Greens are selling a 

 little Itetter than two weeks ago, especial 

 ly as2>aragus and maideidiair fern. 



A Step in Advance. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has completed ar- 

 rangements by which it will come into 

 |)osscssion of three floors, that is, base- 

 ment, first and second fkxu-, of a new- 

 building that is being erected at lli09 

 Arch street. This building is of the most 

 modern type, being of concnde construc- 

 tion, and ecjuipped with all the latest im- 

 ]irovements. One of the featnres in the 

 new quarters will be an artificial refrig- 

 erating ])lant of the l)est make. There 

 will be two cO(ding rooms, one in the 

 cellar, with a capacity of about l!,.'iO() 

 cubic feet, ami (uie cooling room on the 

 first floor, having a capacity of about 

 4,0110 cubic feet. The entire first floor 

 will be devoted to the salt! of cut flow- 

 ers. The supjdy department and nflice 

 will be (Ui the second fiooi'. 



It will be the aim of tin; T.,eo Niessen 

 < o.. to make its new quartt-rs the liest 

 equippeil wladesale estahlishment in the 

 country. The business has been griiw- 

 irig lapidly .-nid for the last two years 

 had ontyi-owii the pi'eseiit (piarters. This 



The New Toneware Vases of Bayersdorfer & Co. 



atfection ot' the lungs ;ind heart and w;is 

 seriously ill on .Moriclay. He lias been 

 man\ ye.ir-- with the I'eter I lender>oii 

 ( CI. iiiiij is \ei_\ popular wiili .all his asso 

 (dates. 



II. II. P.erger iV • 'o. report the safe 

 airi\:il o|' their French |>ull> shipments 

 and a sniliciency of Ts'.t Hairisii to fill 

 fit'tv pel cent ot' the orders, which i< a 

 bettei ;i\erage tliaii many give. 



.1. Fr.'iiik harrow will inaki' his un 

 nu:il c:dl on hi-- cii>toiners atmut <)cti. 

 ber 1 .1. .Vl .-~) 1\ Sii vu. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market 



Till' pool nluilis in.'ole to the ^loWel'S 



fdr the le>s iji-siialili' ;.;rades of asters 

 have cnused a f.allin:; oil' in sii|)ply of 

 these flower.v. j'rices are (inner on the 

 better grade>, vMtli a decided scartdty at 

 times. The coiiclitions have not, nia 



move will increase the capiudty of tin 

 i.eo Xiesseu (Ji. threef(dd. 



Mr. Niessen is a very strong believer 

 ill the future of the commission house. 

 .•iiul h( chiims that it is an established 

 tact that the I'onimission man is the most 

 adv.antageoiis (di.annel by which the 

 flower can dispose of his product, and 

 for the retailer the most reliable some 

 "1 supply. 



After the Meeting. 



The .\ugust meeting of the l'"loiisl-' 

 ' lub had adjourned. The debate haii 

 been exciting, lasting until later than 

 usual, and the members were scatteied 

 about in groups talking eagerly, when 

 the presideid rapi»ed for order. Silence, 

 or soiiiething ap|)roaching it, having been 

 restored, ho said: "i hope.' each member 

 will do all in his j)ower to convince the 

 florists whom he meets at Daytim that 

 we want them here next summer." There 

 is no doubt (d' that. Every member 

 piesiiit ai^iced fh.at we ought to have a 



