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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 17, 1907. 



dinner for weeks ahead. They have 

 added Will Wooden, a popular baritone, 

 to their staff and now make music to 

 beat the band. The New York Florists' 

 Club depends on them to manage its 

 musical programs. Their business is 

 growing beyond all expectations. Albert 

 Bickards is now visiting his customers 

 on Long Island. 



Once more we may remind you of the 

 carnation convention at Toronto, so that 

 you may still secure a berth in the spe- 

 cial car that leaves the Grand Central 

 depot of the New York Central at 8 

 p. m. Tuesday, January 22. Make no 

 mistake as to the hour and secure tick- 

 ets in advance. The attendance from 

 the city and vicinity will be large and 

 all anticipate a delightful outing in the 

 land of ice*^nd snow. If all these sick 

 ones in this damp, grippy climate could 

 get a few days of the dry, pure air of 

 Toronto, they would be well. The car- 

 nation convention is almost as popular 

 as the S. A. F. convention nowadays 

 and the new and grand varieties grown 

 and sent out from this center compare 

 with any in the world. It is little won- 

 der the attendance from New York will 

 be a large and creditable one. 



W. H. Donohoe had the family order 

 for a large funeral at West Brighton, 

 Staten Island, last week, which in- 

 cluded a palm decoration, a casket 

 cover of 4,000 violets and a standing 

 wreath of valley and orchids. 



Beecher said that, "in the smile of 

 a child and the sweet face of the rose 

 he could see the Infinite, ' ' and so in the 

 elaborate window display at Alex. Mc- 

 Connell's, in the Arcade, you can imag- 

 ine you see about everything worth see- 

 ing in floral combination and beauty. 



Some remarkable exhibits are to be 

 seen in the Broadway and Fifth avenue 

 windows, at times bordering on the sen- 

 sational: marble statuary, ribbons in 

 profusion, trunks filled with orchids, 

 great Japanese and European vases 

 filled with spring flowers, forsythia and 

 double flowering plum. After all, why 

 not anything that will attract and ad- 

 vertise and so increase a public inter- 

 est? Basket combinations are most ar.- 

 tistically managed. The new ferns are 

 grand acquisitions. These and many 

 other novelties are being used to open 

 the blind eyes and appeal to the dor- 

 mant artistic taste of the great multi- 

 tude who day and night wander up and 

 down the great white way. 



Truman C. Flagler, of 926 Fulton 

 street, Brooklyn, has sold his business 

 to Wm. H. Dudley. 



Wm. Starke has been ill with the 

 grip and so is in the fashion. His plant 

 trade continues to increase and more 

 room is a necessity. 



C. Bonnet, of Bonnet & Blake, Brook- 

 lyn, has about regained his health after 

 nearly three months' ordeal that re- 

 doced him over fifty pounds in weight. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Chang^es in Ownership. 



For a few years several prominent 

 Newport summer residents have absented 

 themselves from the queen of summer re- 

 sorts. This fact in some degree affected 

 commercial horticulture, but not to a 

 great extent, because in many cases the 

 residences of those absentees were each 

 year leased by others. Now several of 

 those, who in recent years have leased 

 places here, have purchased large estates 



lately owned by persons who had become 

 indifferent to the attractions of New- 

 port and there is much gladness in the 

 hearts of many engaged in the retail 

 trade. 



The most notable of recent transactions 

 of the kind referred to is the purchase, 

 by William B. Leeds, of Rough Point, 

 the beautiful estate of F. W. Vanderbilt. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Leeds, since they have 

 made Newport their summer home, have 

 been among the most lavish entertainers 

 and their entertainments were invariably 

 noted for the grandeur of the floral deco- 

 rations. There are vague rumors that a 

 range of greenhouses will be built for 

 supplying plants, fruits and flowers to 

 the new owners of Rough Point. 



Pembroke Jones has also purchased a 

 large estate and has engaged P. Devine, 

 lately gardener for the Baroness Seili- 

 erre, to superintend improvements and 

 alterations. It is more than probable 

 that greenhouses will be built by Mr. 

 Jones. 



Society Meeting. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 held its first meeting of the year, Janu- 

 ary 8, in the society's hall in the Mer- 

 cury building, President Bruce Butterton 

 in the chair. At a meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, held a week before, it 

 was voted to make the following recom- 

 mendations to the society: That during 

 the year 1907 two exhibitions of plants, 

 flowers, fruits, vegetables and decorations 

 be held in Masonic hall; that the amount 

 of money to be appropriated for pre- 

 miums should not be less than $1,000; 

 that the price of admission be reduced 

 from 50 cents to 25 cents, and that 

 music and dancing should take up a part 

 of at least one evening of each exhibi- 

 tion. All the recommendations were 

 adopted. 



The first exhibition will be, in great 

 part, of roses and the exact time at 

 which it will be held will be decided 

 later, but it will most likely be in the 

 last week in June or the first week in 

 July. The other exhibition will just as 

 likely be held in early September, when 

 dahlias will again be a prominent fea- 

 ture. 



A communication was read from Pro- 

 fessor Wheeler, of the Rhode Island Ex- 

 periment Station, in which he stated his 

 willingness to deliver one or more lec- 

 tures before the society during the win- 

 ter. The secretary was requested to ac- 

 cept the offer on behalf of the society 

 and invite Professor Wheeler to deliver 

 the first address Tuesday evening, Janu- 

 ary 22. The subject of the address will 

 be, ' ' Soda in the Soil in its Relation to 

 Plant Growth." 



As the question of attendance at meet- 

 ings is one that concerns every horticul- 

 tural organization throughout the coun- 

 try, it may be of general interest to 

 make it known that this society has had 

 distributed to all its members a hand- 

 some calendar with the name and ad- 

 dress of the president and secretary, 

 with the day of the week and date upon 

 which the meetings are held, prominently 

 printed on them. This will, it is hoped, 

 act as a sufficient reminder, to members, 

 of their duty to themselves and to the 

 society during the coming year. 



Annual BalL 



The annual ball of the Newport Hor- 

 ticultural Society was held in Masonic 

 hall January 9. For a month one of 

 the best committees ever connected with 

 the society was exceedingly busy in the 



preparations for this event. This com- 

 mittee consisted of Bruce Butterton 

 Daniel Coughlan, John T. Allan and 

 Alexander Fraser; and to say that their 

 work was well done would only be giving; 

 them meager credit. The committee met 

 with unprecedented success, with the re 

 suit that the other evening there gatli- 

 ered at the hall to make merry a larger 

 .and more congenial crowd than hitherto 

 has met on a like occasion. 



The hall was beautifully decorated 

 with wreathing, bay trees, palms and 

 bells, all of whicn were illuminated by 

 electric lights innumerable. The stage 

 was bordered from end to end with speci- 

 men plants of Begonia Gloire de Lor 

 raine, donated by R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co., of Boston. Other out-of-town firms 

 taking a substantial interest in the af 

 fair included. Stump & Walter, Hitch 

 ings & Co., Weeber & Don, Lord & Burn- 

 ham, of New York, and Schlegel & Fott- 

 ler, of Boston. 



The grand march was led by Daniel 

 (Joughlan and Mrs. W. Allan, Jr. The 

 Harry S. Howard orchestra furnished 

 the music. Ralph Reilly. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Current Comment. 



Trade and weather conditions remain 

 unchanged from last week. An aver- 

 age temperature of about 55 degrees 

 in mid-winter is certainly strange in 

 this latitude. Of course all kinds of 

 stock shows the effects of so much 

 warmth and cloudiness and all are 

 wishing for colder weather and sun- 

 shine. 



Association Meetioc;. 



The twentieth annual meeting of the 

 State Florists' Association of Indiana 

 was a great success, both in attendance 

 and exhibits. Great interest was shown 

 in the business transacted and it is 

 hoped much good will result from this 

 meeting. The schedule for the judging 

 of flowers and plants was taken up and 

 adopted unanimously. Two amendments 

 were made to the constitution of the 

 society, defining the duties of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. Ira Clark, of 

 Greensburg, and Albert Pettit, of this 

 city, were elected members. The offi- 

 cers for 1907 are: Herman Junge, 

 president; Charles Knopf, Richmond, 

 first vice-president; F. Hukriede, sec- 

 ond vice-president; A. F. J. Baur, sec- 

 retary, and John Heidenreich, treas- 

 urer. 



A nice lot of carnations were ex- 

 hibited and much admired and certifi- 

 cates were awarded to the following: 



Sarah Hill, a large white, shown by 

 the B. K. & B. Floral Co., scored eighty- 

 seven points; Superior, a large, bright 

 pink, shown by the same firm, scored 

 eighty-five points; St. Nicholas, a fine 

 scarlet, and May, a nice, light pink, 

 shown by Baur & Smith, each scored 

 eighty-five points. 



Mabelle, shown by Weber & Sons 

 Co., gained the honor and was well 

 thought of by all. The color is ex- 

 tremely good and should fill a long-felt 

 want in the pink class. 



Pink Imperial, shown by J. E. 

 Haines, had no opposition. It is in a 

 class by itself. The large flowers of 

 deep color and long stems put it head 

 and shoulders above any other exhibit 

 in the room. Imperial is all right, but 

 the color won't go in this section. 

 Striped carnations of any color never 



