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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Seitkmbku G, 190G. 



Miimirc, and as a result had all our 

 blooms firmly j;liic'd logothor. So again 

 1 say, go slowly with all exj)crimcnts, 

 giving everything a trial, but only a 

 trial, until you have ])ersonally jjroveu it 

 to 111' good. K. E. SHUPiiKi/r. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Tlii' uiariiot remains under the influ- 

 ence of laiu'' receijits, iiiucli inferior 

 stofk ami sunnner stagnation, and yet 

 there is a s()irit of cheerfulness now evi- 

 dent under it all, tliat indicates the 

 early rc\i\al of the cut llower business 

 in all its dcparlinents. The wholesalers 

 have all coiiiiilfted their iiiiprovenu'nts ; 

 the stores look bright and attractive. 

 Many of them have been enlarged, mod- 

 ernized, and altogether indications 

 point strongly toward a more than usu- 

 ally prosjierous season. 



Astiis Mill bother thejtrade with their 

 aliund.inc-e and their inferior (|uality. 

 The fact is, tiiosr below the a\('rage arc 

 enliiily unsalable. It is far lit>tter for 

 growris 1(1 keep sucli Worthless stulV 

 aw;iy frntn liir niarkcl all(iL;i't Iht. There 

 are I'li'iity of ^liKThjlj r\i-\-\ i|ay, and 

 prices aif at t lie ImiI toni. Ilydiaiigeas ai'e 

 showing till' cllfi-ls of the dry. hot spell. 

 Ti'itii.iiias are aiMiiiLi to llu' e'tVecli\eness 



denuind. Plenty of lilies, especially spe- 

 ciosum. Longiiflorum sells at $8 per hun- 

 dred for the best, and are of the finest 

 quality. Carnations are still scarce and 

 short-stemmed, and roses are slow to re- 

 gain their (juality, length of stem and 

 usual values, though the supply of all 

 varieties, especially American Beauties, 

 is'nuu'h beyond e.tpectations. 



Tiie opening of the schools and the- 

 aties, and the return of the summer tour- 

 ists, are already having an encouraging 

 ell'ect in the volume of business, and at 

 soaie ]iri(e everything worth purchasing 

 is g(tne from the wholesale marts before 

 the close of the day. 



Septenilier.is exjiected to be the best 

 month of the New[iort season. Mrs. Bel- 

 mont had a large decoration Saturday, 

 which \Vjidley & Sniythc handled, using 

 their New York store assistants in addi- 

 tion to their New [tort force. Scver;il so- 

 ciety events there in the near future will 

 bring the season uji to its usual average. 

 I.eikeiis has had some large engagements. 



Th 



Fair and Mum Show. 



■<e\ent v-tifth annual fair and mtim 



shew at the Ameriian Institute is an- 

 nounced fnr \(i\eMilier 7 to !), and the 

 sclicdule of )iri/.e> is attractive. Over 

 s-iioii MiH's to the chi-ysantheinuin exhibit- 

 (Us, and ;i siher cup to the best Mrs. I'\ 

 I". Tlioni|ison. the new \ariety intro- 



Twig Plant Baskets and Willow Hampers. 



of the wiiid'iw cli>p|;iys in the retail win- 

 dows, niany nt' which iia\e not been up 

 to the New ^■(lrk standani Lately. Dahlias 

 i;row better daily ;ind the cactus \arielies 

 cniiiMiancI fair prices. Oii'hids are si-arce 

 an<( values are advancing. \Veddini:s an- 

 3'ew. aii'l \:rllev is abundant and in ■-rtiall 



duceil by Charles H. Totty, the Madison 

 expert. The allotments for groups of fol- 

 iage jdants, oii-liids, pansies, roses, (•ai- 

 nations and violets are also attractive. 

 The only menace tn a great success is 

 lack of room. 



The i-oininittee in i-harge inilii'les i '. 



T.. Allen, A. M. Eggleston, H. A. Sie- 

 biecht, Jas. Wood, A. Herrington and 

 A. L. Don. 



The Germans* Fete. 



The eighteenth annual horticultural 

 and agricultural exhibition of the Schwa- 

 bischer Sangerbund, of Brooklyn, began 

 on Sunday, September 2. The weather 

 was perfect and the immense grounds 

 were crowded with thousands of inter- 

 ested visitors. If New York could have 

 a llower show that would draw like this, 

 the problem of self-supporting exhibi- 

 tions would be solved. The secret seems 

 to be the appeal to the national spirit 

 and the loyalty towaril and friendship 

 of the Teutonic people for each other. 



Before the week's end 100,000 Ger- 

 mans will attend. The show itself is not 

 extensive, but every exhibit is most cred- 

 itable. 



Among the ]>rominent ilorisfs on hand 

 at the start were: Anton Schultheis, of 

 College Point; John Donaldson, of J^lni- 

 hurst, and O. V. Zangen, of iloboken, 

 N. J. 



The florists in charge of the big af- 

 fair are: August V. Schrader, Elmhurst, 

 1.. I., suj)erintenednt horticultural de- 

 partment; dohn .Micsem, secretary, Elm- 

 hurst, E. I.; 1 red Marfjuardt, Middle 

 \'illage, 1.. 1.; Hermann .Maenuer, Mas- 

 ]ieth, L. 1.; Chas. E. Koch, Clarkson St., 

 llrooklyn; .Tohn Bauniann, Jr., Middle 

 Village, li. 1.; Henry Bottjen, Elmhurst, 

 L. 1., superintendent agricultural- de 

 partinent. 



Among the prenuuat winners were: 

 .lolin liaumann. Middle \illage, carj)et 

 bedding, geraniums; .lohn Dreier, Mid- 

 dle Village, cottage garden, carpet bed- 

 tliug; ('has. Aoch, l''latbush, geraniums, 

 cannas, cidens, begoniiis, j)alms; E. Mar- 

 quardt, .Middle N'illage, geraniums, sal- 

 via, coleus, coxcomb, vinca, cyclamen; 

 August Schrader, l^liiduirst, salvias, 

 ticus, beds of foliage plant.s, conifers; 

 (Jluis. Trauth, Ne.vark, \. J., begonias; 

 Abe Millar, Jamaica, cannas, cut tlowers 

 cif iiaidy stock; .1 alius lioehrs (Jo., Ruth- 

 erford. .\. J., group of palms; II. .Maen- 

 ner, Masjjeth, grou|) of ]ialms, Boston 

 fern; John .Mieseni, Ebnhurst, Scottii 

 feiii, araucarias; litMiry A. Dreer, I'hila- 

 delphia, line display of water lilies. 

 There was the usual line showing of veg- 

 etables, and V. Mar(|uardt put up the 

 annual column of frints and vegetables. 



Various Notes. 



L'. Vincent, Jr., iV: Sou announce a 

 visit of ins]>ection to their dahlia fields 

 :it White .Marsh. Md., on Wednesday, 

 Septeiidier 10, and ( xpect large delega- 

 tions from New '^'ork and Philadelphia. 

 The () a. ni. and s a. m. trains on the 

 Pennsylvania will stop at Chase station 

 and Ml'. Vincent will meet :ill imssen- 

 geis. An enjoyalile visit is anticipated. 

 The lialtiinoie and Washington boys will 

 be there. 



Monday evening, September lU, is the 

 opening night of the fall season of the 

 New York Florists' Club, in the (!r;ind 

 Opera House building. M.auy matters 

 of intoi'cst will be considered, and a 

 large attendance is hojicd for. 



(leorge Saltford has made an exhaust- 

 ive canvass of the violet situation lateh", 

 visiting cibaut IdO growers in Khine- 

 beck, I'oaghkeepsie :iiid vicinity, and 

 covering over iifty miles :i day in his 

 autonioljile. Aliiint a million phuits tes- 

 tify to tile continue(l enterpiise of these 

 giiiweis. .'■Jonie twenly-livc new houses 

 have lieen built and the outjuit will be 

 as la!;^e as ever, though the ;iver;ige 

 .pialitv .H.is imt piornise so well as in 



