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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Januabt 24, 190'7. 



compensation in better flowers, larger 

 quantities and sunny days, and so the 

 evening-up process may be confidently 

 expected. 



Various Notes. 



Many in the business have been se- 

 riously ill. with the prevailing malady, 

 the grip. Few of the wholesalers have 

 escaped. Even youth and cheerfulness 

 cannot prevent it. We hope now we 

 have seen the last of it for the season. 

 Among its prominent victims was the 

 secretary of the New York Horticul- 

 tural Society, also Jos. S. Fenrich. 



A visit to the plant growers is of 

 especial interest now because it be- 

 tokens the prospective Easter demand 

 and the voice of the public as to the 

 popular taste at that time. To par- 

 ticularize the growers and describe 

 their progress would absorb too much 

 space, for their name is legion. If the 

 Easter of 1907 may be foretold by the 

 quantity and beauty of the stock now 

 in process of preparation within a 

 radius of twenty miles of New York, 

 it will be far in advance of any of its 

 predecessors. Evidently a great ship- 

 ping trade is depended on and a word 

 to the out-of-town buyers may not be 

 out of place. Send your orders or make 

 your selections now. The late birds will 

 not catch many good fat worms. Al- 

 ready many thousands of dollars' worth 

 have been labeled and put aside. This 

 is just a friendly warning. Procrasti- 

 nation is a thief. Get busy. Easter 

 is only ten weeks away. 



When the auction season opens again 

 shortly, visitors will see a redecorated 

 store at Elliott's that does the artistic 

 management great credit. 



Next Wednesday, January 30, at 4 

 p. m., the Nassau County Horticultural 

 Society dinner at the Oriental hotel, 

 Glen Cove, L. I., will be enjoyed, and if 

 it equals that of last year no one can 

 afford to miss it. 



Arthur Boddington rejoices in the ad- 

 dition of an extra to his home depart- 

 ment. The little lady and the stork 

 came to Yonkers with the holidays. 



F. W. O. Schmitz, of Prince Bay, has 

 a grand stock of the four popular vari- 

 ties of spiraea for Easter. The demand 

 for Gladstone is growing and the stock 

 is extra fine. 



H. Frank Darrow is away on a New 

 England trip and reports a prosperous 

 season. His importations are large and 

 include about everything the florist and 

 nurseryman desire. 



Mr. Carrillo, of Carrillo & Baldwin, 

 the orchid growers and importers, is 

 now in the cattleya district of Brazil, 

 and writes the prospects for fine ship- 

 ments are favorable. The importing 

 season will soon be in full swing and 

 this enterprising house will do its share. 



The Geller Supply Co. is handling 

 large quantities of wild smilax. The 

 new store is crowded with all the flo- 

 rists' supply requisites and the move to 

 enlarged quarters was wise and profit- 

 able. 



George Hildebrand, the popular lieu- 

 tenant with John Young, celebrated his 

 wooden wedding at his home on West 

 Thirtieth street last week Wednesday. 

 His many friends attested their good 

 will in wood of every kind and size and 

 the gathering was a large and happy 

 one. 



Wertheimer :6ros. will move to con- 

 ^venient headquarters at 550 Broadway 



February 1. The popularity of this 

 firm is constantly increasing. 



Mr. Schumann, of Perkins & Schu- 

 mann, is an enthusiastic automobilist 

 and was in his element at the big show 

 last week and talking glibly of wheels, 

 sprockets, hubs and sparks. Soon every 

 wholesaler will have his auto to ensure 

 prompt deliveries and every retailer 

 who aspires has one now and couldn't 

 get along without it. Perkins & Schu- 

 mann expect to increase the size of 

 their store shortly, more room being 

 already a necessity. 



The Twenty-eighth street store of 

 Thos. Young, Jr., had a notable decora- 

 tion at Judge McCall's, on Eighty-sixth 

 street, last week, the halls, parlors, li- 

 brary and dining-room each having its 

 distinct effect with American Beauty, 

 Chatenay, Killarney, Robert Craig and 

 violets. Gfeorge M. Geraghty is the 

 decorator. The same firm had charge 

 of the family orders for the Dugan 

 funeral, with a casket cover of white 

 roses, and nine large floral pieces, in- 

 cluding orchid and violet wreaths and 

 a pillow of Chatenay and valley. 



J. K. Allen does not allow even grip 

 to interfere with his invariable nine- 

 teen-year-old rule of six o'clock every 

 morning. He has fully recovered and 

 hasn't missed a day in the memory of 

 the wholesale section. 



Ford Bros, show with commendable 

 pride a great daily cut of Enchantress 

 and other popular carnations from the 

 big establishment of Henry Hession, of 

 Flatbush. Flatbush should really be 

 renamed Carnationville, when the great 

 growers of the flower are deservedly 

 considered. 



B. S. Slinn says it may be carnation 

 week in Toronto, but the violet is king 

 on the ground floor of the Coogan 

 building. 



John J. Foley has been ill since be- 

 fore Christmas, at his home, at Madi- 

 son, but now is convalescing. His ill- 

 ness has been severe. 



Bonnet & Blake, in Brooklyn, are 

 handling grand carnation stock from 

 John May and their Long Island grow- 

 ers and some of the finest roses grown 

 in Madison. 



The demise of the venerable James 

 Mallon, in Brooklyn, is reported in the 

 obituary column on another page. 



Siebrecht & Son are cutting fine stock 

 of Chatenay, Killarney, Richmond and 

 Kate Moulton roses from their own 

 greenhouses, also valley and TriansB and 

 Iselia orchids; of the latter over 300 

 daily. 



Joseph Leikens had a decoration Mon- 

 day at the residence of C. M. Schwab, 

 the steel magnate, and on Tuesday of 

 this week the Post-Turnbull wedding at 

 church and house, using lilies, forsythia 

 and Japanese quince, an early harbinger 

 of spring. 



A. J. Guttraan reports he sold from 

 Saturday until Monday, inclusive, over 

 80,000 violets. The demand from out 

 of town on Monday was phenomenal. 

 There would seem to be no necessity for 

 forbodings on the part of the violet 

 growers up the Hudson. The effort made 

 by some of the unposted editors of the 

 local press of Rhinebeck to disturb the 

 peace of mind of the growers there will 

 fall upon unresponsive ears. The violet 

 industry is but in its swaddling clothes. 



Robert G. Wilson, of Brooklyn, fills 

 many out-of-town orders for delivery at 

 Brooklyn theaters or homes. He also has 

 many orders for Long Island and New 



Jersey. His brother Andrew, at Summit 

 N. J., has made a great success of his 

 plant oil. 



A. Warendorff's window is a dream 

 with its autos of flowers, its trunks oi 

 orchids and baskets of roses. There is 

 never a commonplace display. 



Young & Nugent add novelty to artis- 

 tic arrangement and unique lighting ef- 

 fects in their Twenty-eighth street win- 

 dows and seem to be always busy. 



George Cotsonas & Co. find the com- 

 plete store at 50 West Twenty-eighth 

 street none too large for their shipping 

 trade. A largo force is constantly at 

 work here. 



N. LeCakes & Co. find their stands at 

 the Coogan building and the old Thirty- 

 fourth street market still a necessity, in 

 addition to their headquarters at 53 

 West Twenty-eighth street, where, in ad- 

 dition to everything in green goods, their 

 cut flower department under the manage- 

 ment of J. J. Foley is steadily develop- 

 ing. 



New York sent a goodly delegation 

 to Toronto Tuesday night. The cold 

 weather might have been expected; it 

 always comes on the week selected for 

 the carnation convention. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



DENVER. 



The Market. 



Trade has not been any too strong 

 in some lines, while in others it has 

 been good. We have had a few days 

 of dark weather, which had a bad effect 

 on roses. It seems to have no effect 

 on carnations; consequently there haa 

 been a falling off in prices to some 

 extent. Outside demand is good. City 

 trade is not quite up to the standard. 

 Funeral work was quite a factor; conse- 

 quently white roses were in greater de- 

 mand and were scarce. Long-stemmed 

 Beauties are not overplentiful and the 

 demand is good for all lengths. The 

 quality is fair. Bridesmaid continues- 

 to improve, so that at present some fine 

 stock is to be had. Demand is good. 

 Richmond and Liberty are in crop and 

 are perhaps better than any other roses^ 

 though the demand is not so strong, the 

 call being mostly for white and pink 

 roses. 



Carnations are in crop with every 

 grower at present and quality in most 

 cases is good, though lack of demand 

 has caused prices to come down to some 

 extent. Violets are good, but not over- 

 plentiful at 75 cents, $1 and $1.25 per 

 hundred. Tulips are coming in, but aa 

 yet are short in stem and there is not 

 much of a variety. 



Varioui Notes. 



J. A. Valentine, N. A. Benson and 

 Emil Glauber left Sunday, January 20,. 

 to attend the American Carnation So- 

 ciety convention at Toronto. They go 

 by way of Chicago and Detroit, expect- 

 ing to visit other of the eastern cities 

 before their return, in about three 

 weeks. 



The youngest daughter of C. J. 

 David, the north side florist, died of 

 heart trouble last week, the funeral 

 occurring Friday. 



A joint convention of the State Board 

 of Horticulture and the Colorado State 

 Horticultural Society will be held 

 January 25 and 26, in the Chamber of 

 Commerce in this city. A very inter- 

 esting program has been arranged, aa» 



