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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Fkbbuaby 28, 1907. 



given in the early morning and, of 

 course, was to the ladies, without whom 

 there would be no floriculture, no gar- 

 den of Eden, no anything. Every good 

 word spoken for the gentler sex struck 

 a responsive chord in the hearts of all, 

 both benedict and bachelor, and so, after 

 votes of thanks to the generous donors 

 of the flowers, and the dinner commit- 

 tee, and the toast-master, and the Sen- 

 ator, the twentieth annual closed with- 

 out the striking of a discordant note 

 and with the strengthening of the ties 

 of friendship among the club's mem- 

 bers that should redound to its pros- 

 perity through all the year. 



Various Notes. 



It will be rose night at the club early 

 in March and this and the Washington 

 convention together will make the next 

 meeting of special interest. The date 

 is March 11 and a goodly number of 

 the club's members have already ar- 

 ranged to attend the convention. There 

 will probably be a special car for them. 



Arthur T. Boddington is making a 

 special run on spiraeas for Decoration 

 day and reports an unprecedented de- 

 mand for everything in the seed and 

 bulb line this season. 



Siebrecht & Son are sending in from 

 their New Kochelle conservatories daily 

 an abundance of orchids, Killarney and 

 blooming plants of every seasonable 

 kind. 



M. A. Bowe has had a grip experience 

 of many weeks that has made the win- 

 ter an unhappy memory. He is now 

 convalescing rapidly. Dozens of the 

 florists have had similar experiences. 

 The epidepiic has been widespread and 

 few have escaped except the ' ' health 

 cranks," who claim exemption from all 

 maladies. 



Lecakes & Co. announce the arrival of 

 a carload of wild smilax and the largest 

 stock of galax they have ever stored. 



Joseph Penrich and B. S. Slinn, Jr., 

 handle some grand white violets daily. 

 The demand for these is fluctuating 

 and nondependable. When they are 

 wanted they easily double the price of 

 the ordinary variety. 



Charles Schenck, of Traendly & 

 Schenck, and his bride have returned 

 from their southern trip. 



John J. Foley, who has been ill since 

 Christmas, has recovered and is on deck 

 at his headquarters on the Bowery as 

 usual. His new "floral fotographs" 

 are much in demand. 



A visit to the growers now gives an 

 excellent line on what the Easter stock 

 will be. In Flatbush and Bay Bidge 

 the J. M. Keller Co., Charles Zeller's 

 Son, John Scott and Louis Schmutz 

 have already a fine assortment on exhi- 

 bition. Will Siebrecht, at Astoria, R. 

 Dryer, at Woodside, Anton Schultheis, 

 at College Point, and Mr. Darlington, 

 The Hinode Co., Louis Dupuy and Pan- 

 kok & Schumacher, at Whitestone, all 

 have large stocks. Over in Jersey are 

 the Julius Eoehrs Co., Bobbink & At- 

 kins, H. C. Steinhoff, F. Dressel and a 

 host of others on whom the metropoli- 

 tan market depends. 



The sympathy of the trade goes out 

 to the family of William Adams Bruce, 

 whose death occurred on February 12, 

 at Jersey City. He was the greatly ap- 

 preciated shipping clerk of the J. M. 

 Thorbum Co. for many years. 



Mrs. Clarke, of Ft. Greene place, near 

 Fulton street, Brooklyn, one of the pio- 

 neer florists of the Church City, has re- 



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tired from business after thirty years 

 of active and successful service. 



John Wilson, the rose grower of the 

 firm of Wilschi & Hoy t. Short Hills, N. J., 

 has patented a new greenhouse bench 

 that promises to become popular. If is 

 made of concrete reinforced with steel 

 and is practically everlasting. These 

 benches are now being installed in the 

 establishment of Robert G. "Wilson, on 

 Greene avenue, near Fulton street, 

 Brooklyn, the old Shannon place. Mr. 

 Wilson has eight greenhouses here that 

 are being completely repaired and mod- 

 ernized, as well as stables and other 

 needed facilities for his rapidly grow- 

 ing business. 



A. B. Kretschmar, of West Nyack, 

 cousin of A. H. Langjahr, was married 

 last week to Miss Kalesch, of Brook- 

 lyn. The Kretschmar brothers were for- 

 merly residents of Flatbush and Chas. 

 Koch was the purchaser of their green- 

 house interests there some thirteen years 

 ago. J. Austin Shaw. 



SCRANTON, Pa. — The Scranton Flo- 

 rists' Club will have its first exhibition 

 at Guernsey hall March 15. 



South Bend, Ind. — The South Bend 

 Floral Co. has been busy with some 

 changes in its establishment. New ice- 

 boxes have been installed and Walter 

 Tapper, a rose grower from Philadel- 

 ptija, will take charge of the greenhouse. 



Albany, N. Y. — W. C. King is about 

 to move to a new location on the corner 

 of Steuben and North Pearl streets, 

 where he will enjoy more commodious 

 quarters. The new store will have fifty 

 feet of frontage and will be fifty feet 

 deep. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Current G>inment. 



It is not often that people living in 

 Newport have reason to com{)lain of 

 the severity of the weather, but if it 

 served any good purpose I would not 

 blame them, even the old natives, for 

 grumbling a bit at the weather we are 

 having now. Just think of it! Zero 

 for several nights in February, with 

 the month of January as dark as Lon- 

 don in a fog! Hoses are scarce, and no 

 wonder. How could they be otherwise 

 under such conditions! If roses would 

 bloom freely in weather like we have 

 been having I would go home to Ire- 

 land and make a fortune growing Beau- 

 ties. Roses are high — ^too high for 

 Lent — but they are a distinct luxury, 

 so it does not matter so much. Carna- 

 tions are plentiful and of good quality, 

 but the local supply is not equal to the 

 demand; there are a great many 

 shipped from Boston. 



Last week an amateur minstrel com- 

 pany played in the opera house two 

 evenings for the purpose of raising the 

 sum of $2,000 to pay up the deficiency 

 in the account of the carnival commit- 

 tee. The efforts of the minstrels dur- 

 ing the first performance so pleased a 

 local gentleman of means that the next 

 morning he sent by messenger an order 

 to several florists to make a large num- 

 ber of bunches of American Beauties 

 and carnations for presentation to 

 every lady participant. The result was 

 a great scurrying to procure the neces- 

 sary material. It was obtained, how- 

 ever, and the good-natured gentleman 

 grumbled not a bit at the bills. 



Tuesday evening, February 26, was 



