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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBBB 11, 1906. 



GINTHER BROS. 



WHOLESALE 

 FLORISTS..... 



30 West 29th Street, New York City 



^TELEPHONE No. 5)1, MADISON SQUARE^ 



.-ta:- 



Orchids, Violets, Carnations, 



Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, Roses 



and Every Variety of CUT FLOWER in SEASON. 

 t^^GPEaTER FgCHITlES THAN FVFP-^g ' 1^ 



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At tiie Old Stand, wiilcli has been Headquarters for nearly 20 years* 



GUNTHER BROS., 30 W. 29tli St, New York City 



Aleuttoti TUe KcTJew when yon write. 



strate the wisdom of the contention nev- 

 er to ship a violet to the New York 

 marked before the middle of October. 

 If growers will heed this suggestion 

 next year it will be dollars in their 

 pockets and the depressing send-off of 

 this and other seasons avoided. That 

 first crop should never get beyond its 

 own barnyard. 



Beauties are scarce and the best are 

 independent; $30 per hundred is easy 

 and some bring even more. Quality is 

 improving as the mercury descends. 

 Good Maids and Brides, too, are boom- 

 ing and $6 to $8 was asked and given 

 without argument. The lower grades 

 have sold rapidly. Carnations look like 

 themselves again. Enchantress leads the 

 upward tread and many of the old 

 favorites again are on deck. Lawson is 

 especially brilliant. 



Orchids are abundant, all seasonable 

 kinds. Every window worth while has 

 a beautiful display. This seems to be 

 orchid week in earnest. Prices are firm 

 and advancing. Contracts are booked 

 away ahead, and for the season. Mc- 

 Manus tells me "the orchid is king." 



Lilies bring better prices, also valley 

 and as for the once despised dahlia, 

 never has such fine stock in such great 

 variety reached New York and they be- 

 gin to be appreciated and as they de- 

 serve. The new varieties britg good 

 prices and all through the present week 

 they will hold their place and re-assert 

 their claim to recognition. 



It is gratifying to see the season's 

 opening made so early and hopefully and 

 10 know from now on the florists' busi- 

 ness will boom daily until the "robins 

 nest again." 



Qub Meetii>£. 



Nearly fifty members were present at 

 the club meeting Monday evening. The 

 interest was maintained until nearly 11 

 o'clock. The next meeting, the second 

 Monday in November, will be ladies' 

 night, chrysanthemum night, and the 

 banner meeting of tue year. 



The special committees read resolu- 

 tions on the deaths of Roger O'Mara, 

 Joseph Johnson and James Weir, Jr. 



Committees on resolutions on the 

 deaths of the mother of S. Burnett and 

 the father of F. R. Pierson were ap- 

 pointed. 



Messrs. Zvolanek, Turner and Lovett 

 were elected to membership and Lewis 

 Olsen and Andrew Carlson were pro- 

 posed. 



The resignations of Edward J. Taylor, 

 of Southport; Samuel Thome, of Mill- 

 brook, and John Champion, of New 

 Haven, Conn., were read and accepted 

 with regret. On Mr. O'Mara's motion 

 Mr. Thome was elected an honorary 

 member of the club. 



Charles Totty reported for the com- 

 mittee on awards for the following ex- 

 hibits and the thanks of the club were 

 tendered the exhibitors: Gerbera Jame- 

 soni magnifica, by O. V. Zangen, Ho- 

 boken, N. J. ; dahlias, by H. Beaulieu, 

 Woodhaven, L. I.; dahlias, by Fred Hol- 

 lender. Ozone Park; Chrysanthemum 

 Mrs. R. Fothergill, a new pink variety 

 by Mr. Totty, on which judgment was 

 deferred; Andrew Wilson, of Summit, 

 N. J., exhibited his own plant oil and 

 insecticide. 



President Scott announced the nomi- 

 nation committee and suggested the re- 

 opening of the question box at future 



meetings and other methods of increas- 

 ing the general interest in the club's 

 advancement. 



Mr. Jaenecke, of Queens, L. I., pro- 

 posed for immediate discussion: "Is 

 a Stove Plant a Greenhouse Plant?" 

 A' spirited discussion of an hour re- 

 sulted. Messrs. O'Mara, Beaulieu, Bir- 

 nie, Wheeler, Nugent, Scott, Weathered, 

 Zeller, Lenker, and others took part and 

 great interest and merriment resulted. 

 It was finally moved that the term ' ' stove 

 and greenhouse plant" be considered 

 obsolete and abolished, and that they 

 be classified hereafter as greenhouse 

 plants and that this suggestion be made 

 to all the horticultural societies in the 

 United States, and was unanimously ap- 

 proved. 



The house committee, under the lead- 

 ership of Prof. Nugent, maintained its 

 seductive and satisfying reputation. 



Variottt NotM. 



Killarney roses are popular and a 

 great demand is evidently on the tapis 

 for the winter. Richmond is itself again, 

 or getting there. 



George Mathews, the sweet pea expert, 

 of Great Neck, is back from Scotland, 

 where he spent the summer. 



C. W. Ward has returned from his va- 

 rious journeys in his own country, his 

 trip to Europe having been postponed. 

 His fine carnation novelties are already 

 here and bringing top prices as usual. 



Mr. and Mrs. Will Craig, of Philadel- 

 phia, were in the city last week celebrat- 

 ing anniversaries and enjoying the great 

 wUte way. Mr. Craig reports an nn- 

 usual stock and demand for bis bulbs 

 and other specialties and is optimistic 



