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The Weekly Flonsts^ Review. 



August 8. 1907. 



again be a large supply and a slow mar- 

 ket for palms, when these growers may 

 be expected to again conclude there is 

 nothing in the palm business. In the 

 meantime, those who have kept steadily 

 at it will do well, especially on kentias. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



A Ladder for Greenhouie Roofs. 



In the Review of July 18 I noticed 

 an inquiry from W. E. B. in regard to 

 a movable ladder for greenhouse roofs. 

 Perhaps my method will suit his purpose. 

 1 take a 2x4 clean pine scantling, of the 

 required length, and split it for the sides 

 of the ladder. My sashes are sixteen 

 inches wide, and I lay the strips of 

 scantling fifteen inches apart. Then on 

 tiie under sides of the side-pieces of the 

 ladder 1 nail strips of ash twenty inches 

 long and about three feet apart. This 

 ash, which is ]xli/_>, will also serve for 

 steps, on tlie upper side, which I place 

 ten inches apart. On one end of the 

 ladder J screw two iron hooks, to catch 

 on the ridgeboard. Tlie hooks I use 

 cost 25 cents. 



This was my own idea and has been in 

 use for the last sixteen years. The whola 

 weight of the ladder is only about twen- 

 ty-five j)ounds; therefore it is easy to 

 liandie. Paint the ladder and hang it in 

 a dry place when not in use. 



An Old Florist. 



To Remove Lime Shadicg. 



I noticeil in reading the Keview an 

 inquiry for something to take the lime 

 siiadiiig off glass. This is a matter that 

 has always l)othered greenhouse men 

 more or less, but by a very cheap and 

 simple method the lime can be removed 

 without injury to either paint or ])utty. 

 .\11 that is necessary is to scrub the 

 glass with clear cider vinegar, using a 

 soft brusli or a rag swab. Jt requires 

 only a small quantity of the vinegar to 

 ilo the deed, as it neutralizes the lime, 

 which can tlien be easily wasiu»d off with 

 the hose. 



The writer remembered having useil 

 this when a l)oy to wash the whitewash 

 off a ceiling in a living-room, and he 

 has experimented with it on glass and 

 found it to be effective. I hope this 

 will be a benefit to the trade in this 

 perjtlexing question. A. K. BoYCE. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market continues in a comlition 

 of statu quo. It is low tide. Prices 

 must be quoted as a matter of habit, 

 but it is a case of take what you can 

 get. Beauties, when they are beauties, 

 can be independent. Some fine stock 

 comes in from Newport and Briarcliff. 

 The quantity of extras couM be car- 

 ried by a child. Kaiserin is the queen 

 of the other roses; $10 per hundred is 

 easy for the good ones. The new 

 Brides and Maids are small and short- 

 stemmed, but their color and texture 

 give promise of early improvement. 

 The tendency of the market is encour- 

 aging. 



Carnations — well, one expert said 

 Monday, "Cut out fancies; cut 'em 

 out, there are no fancies." It is about 

 true. Three weeks yet before we ^et 

 really good ones. 



Lilies are doing well and prices are 

 firm. Valley should improve with the 



August weddings coming on. Dahlias 

 are here too early. Nobody wants them. 

 Some sold Monday as low as 25 cents 

 per hundred. Of gladioli there is no 

 end and the shipments are only just be- 

 ginning. What will the flood be like 

 by the middle of August? They are al- 

 ready down to 50 cents per hundred, 

 the new varieties do not go above $1. 

 A lot of stock of many kinds haver 

 sees a buyer and the weekly shrinkage 

 in the whole market is enormous. It 

 is a miracle that so much is disposed 

 of. It could not be if this were not 

 the best cut flower market in the world. 

 There is a lot of shipping to outside cit- 

 ies and resorts, quiet but constant. The 

 summer society centers are having a 

 boom which will last until September. 



To the G>nvention. 



"Everybody's going," said one of 

 the veteran wholesalers when 1 asked 



The Kditor Is pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents Ills Ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



kV^ 



As experience is tbe best 

 teacher, so do ^ve 

 learn fastest by an 

 ezchanee ol experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brouelit out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling: and pram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM YOU. 



an estimate on the delegation to the 

 S. A. F. convention, and all my in- 

 quiries confirm the prophecy. The 

 sj)ecial train, decorated and provisioned, 

 will start at 9:55 a. m., August 20, on 

 the Pennsylvania railroad, and the 

 loyalty of New York florists for its 

 big sister city will be demonstrated 

 beyond any question. We can safely 

 count on a delegation of 200. The ex- 

 hibitors will be nuiny and the space 

 already spoken for by seedsmen, flo- 

 rists' supply and ribbon houses, plant 

 growers and boiler companies is very 

 encouraging. 



Various Notet. 



The New York Florists' Club will 

 meet again on Monday, Septem}:er 9. 



On the afternoon of August 5 fire did 

 great damage at the plant of Pierce 

 & .Co., the manufacturers of mastica. 



Myer, the Madison avenue retailer, is 

 spending two weeks at Averne. 



James Blauvelt, manager of A. War- 

 endorff's Forty -second street store, 

 whose summer home is at Spring Val- 

 ley, N. Y., had an experience with 

 burglars last week that relieved him 

 of money, watch, jewelry and all por- 

 table articles of value in his home, fonr 



other homes yielding up their offerings 

 the same night. 



In contradiction to this tale of ill 

 luck George Saltf ord recovered L st 

 week in a field at his old home in 

 Rhinebeck a wad of $25 in bills which 

 he dropped a year ago and which the 

 seasons and the cultivator had muti- 

 lated sufficiently to make sending to 

 Washington for redemption necessary. 

 Even the teeth of the mowing machine 

 had left their mark on the mazuma. 

 Now he is sorry he had not lost $250. 

 We are never fully satisfied. 



Walter Reimels and friends are on 

 their way to the Jamestown exposition 

 in a naphtha launch, a rather perilous 

 trip with summer storms abundant. 



John Nash last week visited E. H. 

 and R. C. Pye, of Nyack, growers of 

 fine Kaiserin and Chatenay roses and 

 carnations, 



Mr. Nash, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 left August 3 for a three weeks' out- 

 ing at Lake Mahopac, accompanied by 

 Mrs. Nash. 



John Krai has been flirting with the 

 sound waters with friends for several 

 weeks in his motor boat, Coynette. 



B. S. Slinn, ,lr., is on deck again 

 after a pleasant summer in Texas, Ari- 

 zona and Michigan. 



A. ,T. Guttman and family are at 

 New Paltz, N. Y., and will go direct 

 from there to the Philadelphia con- 

 vention. 



J. K. Allen's address for three weeks 

 will be The Larson, Atlantic ('ity. From 

 there Mr. Allen will round up his holi- 

 day at the S. A. F. reunion. 



Mr. and Mrs. .1. A. Peterson, of Cin- 

 cinnati, were here last week on their 

 way to Denmark and Norway. 



George Stumpp and wife and W. B. 

 Siebrecht and wife are visiting the 

 great cities of Germany and sailing th(> 

 Rhine together. They will return about 

 September 1. .Jos. Vocke, manager for 

 Mr. Siebrecht, with his family, is ba^k 

 from a two weeks' stav at Shohola 

 Glen. 



William Ford starts tliis week for 

 his three weeks' forgetterv in the 

 mountains, for Michael Ford has re- 

 turned rosy, fat and full of energy 

 again. 



Robert Simpson had the company of 

 millionaires Gates and Starin on his trip 

 to Europe. There's no company too rich 

 nor too good for the ])rogressive rose 

 grower nowadays. 



Mr. Trumpore, of Small's, is iu)w in 

 the Adirondacks. 



Mr. Ross, with F. R. Pierson Co., has 

 got back alive from Scotland. 



Thomas Young, Jr., is making his an- 

 nual voyage this week to Euro^ie and 

 Alex Mc(^onnell is already on the way. 



Alex Smith, of the Cut Flower Ex- 

 change, has been browning himself at 

 Bound Brook. 



Miss Mildred Foran, of the Cut 

 Flower Co., is spending her vacation at 

 her home in Quebec, Canada. 



James F. McConnell, manager for 

 L. M. Noe, with Mrs. McConnell, is in 

 the Berkshires. 



Messrs. Hillman, Jos. Millang, Sulli- 

 van and Hackland, of the New York 

 Cut Flower Co., are all suburbanites 

 and need no special vacation, every day 

 of the long summer being a holiday to 

 those of us who live in the delightful 

 environs of Flushing, Borough Park and 

 other cool and shady retreats, all within 

 thirty minutes of the greatest amuse- 



