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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBGB 14, 1907. 



94 points and Princess with 85. Clias. 

 Weber, of Ijynbrook, showed three splen- 

 did vases of Imperial, Pink Imperial and 

 Aristocrat carnations. 



It has been announced that at the next 

 meeting of the club only those members 

 will be entitled to vote for the new offi- 

 cers whose dues are paid to date. The 

 nominating committee placed the follow- 

 ing members in preliminary competition 

 for thfe honors: For president, Chas. H. 

 Totty, Charles Weathered, Wm. Duck- 

 ham; vice-president, W. Marshall, H. 

 Weston, A. Jaenecke; treasurer, Walter 

 Sheridan, J, K. Allen,. A. L. Miller; sec- 

 retary, 'John Young, J. Austin Shaw, S. 

 S. Butterfiold; trustees, E. V. Halloek, 

 W. B. Durie, Peter Wagner, Chas. Len- 

 ker, A. J. Guttman, A. M. Henshaw, A. 

 Rickards, Eobert Simpson. 



Conrad Schafer was elected to mem- 

 bership. Messrs. Simpson, A. J. Manda 

 and Langjahr were added to the award 

 committee for the evening. 



Henry S. Adams, of Wellesley, Mass., 

 gave an interesting lecture on "School 

 Gardens," illustrated by many photos, 

 which were distributed to his hearers dur- 

 ing the discourse. A hearty vote of 

 thanks was tendered him and Mr. 

 O'Mara gave an eloquent address, in 

 which he dwelt upon "The wealth which 

 out of the land must come." 



J. B. Nugent, chairman of the house 

 committee, took charge of the evening's 

 developments at the close of the regular 

 business, and ably assisted by Messrs. 

 Rickards and Fenrich, dispensed intellect- 

 ual and gastronomic feasts to all. The 

 ladies enjoyed a luxurious spread in the 

 club's parlors. The rooms were made 

 homelike for the occasion, and the tables 

 were nicely decorated with handsome 

 roses and carnations of the exhibitions. 



The artists who helped to make the 

 evening memorable until midnight were 

 Messrs. W'oodell, the Rickards brothers, 

 the Burnett brothers, Mrs. Bevins and 

 Miss Eeiff, in vocal and instrumental 

 music, the ladies especially delighting all, 



society's membership next year from 

 eighty to 800. The one regret of all 

 present was the small membership of the 

 year and the unresponsiveness of the 

 trade to the secretary's solicitations. 



Robert Rutter, the president^of the 

 American Institute, made an elo(^nt ad- 

 dress of welcome to the society. 



The papers by Messrs. Duckham and 

 Totty were practical, brief and interest- 

 ing and the discussion was participated 

 in by Messrs. Herrington, Stewart, Vin- 

 cent and other prominent horticultur- 

 ists. 



W. N. Craig, of Boston, as chairman of 

 the committee on closer relations, will do 

 effective work in its behalf. 



President Totty made a great display 

 of new varieties, and carried off many 

 of the honors, including the gold medal. 



Elmer D. Smith and wife came all the 

 way from Michigan to the mum show 

 and continued their trip easterly to Bun- 

 ker Hill. 



R. Vincent and son were especially 

 jubilant because the pompon has at last 

 come into its own and its value has been 

 officially recognized. Mr. Vincent made 

 a stirring address in his behalf. 



The master gardeners were much in 

 evidence at the mum show and their 

 handiwork was the real foundation of the 

 society's triumph. Harry Turner's new 

 celosia. Pride of Castle Gould, was a 

 center of interest. So were Cook's new 

 roses and Pierson's fine display of his 

 carnations. 



Arthur Boddington's cosmos is win- 

 ning its widening way wherever it is ex- 

 hibited. 



Various Notes. 



The flower shows are over and the rec- 

 ords they have made exceed all accom- 

 plishments of the past. At Madison and 

 Tarrytown, and in fact wherever these 

 annual exhibitions have been held, the 

 verdict has been that quality and variety 

 has never been excelled. Of the Chi- 

 cago show, F. H. Traendly, who re- 



in the Land of the Big Grain Fields. 



while Chairman Nugent was at his best 

 and kept all in good humor by his wit 

 and facetiousness until the wee sma' 

 hours. Everybody declared it one of the 

 best nights in the club's history. More 

 and more the need of a home of its own 

 is indicated. 



Echoes of the Flower Show. v 



President Loveless deserved the honor 

 of reelection. He is an ideal presiding 

 officer. Those who know him best, say 

 Lovemore should be his name. 



Vice-President Poehlmann, of Chicago, 

 will have an opportunity to increase the 



turned to New York Monday, has only 

 the most glowing account to give. Never, 

 he says, in beauty, quality, variety and 

 management has he seen its equal. 



The Begerow Floral Co., the bon ton 

 flower shop of Newark, N. J., opened its 

 new store last week to a crowded house, 

 distributing free many thousands of 

 roses. A. J. Guttman, who was a vis- 

 itor, says it is one of the handsomest 

 stores in the country. 



C. W. Dards opened his beautiful store 

 on Seventy-second street November 11. 

 There are many unique features that 

 place it among the tip top flower stores 



of the world. A fine conservatory adds 

 to its attractiveness. The interior deco- 

 rations are rich and massive and the 

 locality is teeming with millionaires. 



Charles Millang is doing his share this 

 week in dissipating the financial clouds 

 with his Sunshine mums and worry kill- 

 ing music. 



Good crowds now attend the auctions 

 and splendid stocks in palms and retino- 

 sporas, boxwood and fruit trees and 

 ornamentals are going at reasonable 

 prices. 



Le Moult, on the Bowery, is again a 

 grandpa, as his daughter, Mrs. Joseph 

 Fenrich, entertained the stork November 

 8 with a 12-pound. boy. 



Mrs. A. M. Henshaw is recovering. 



Large crowds attended the Central 

 park mum show November 10. The ex- 

 hibit is free and will continue until De- 

 cember. The arrangement and variety 

 of bloom is most creditable to the man- 

 agement. 



L. Wertheimber & Co. have some fine 

 Japanese novelties this year in vases, 

 that appeal to florists, and their usual 

 specialties in bells for Christmas. 



The Wholesale Florists' Protective As- 

 sociation may safely be announced as a 

 permanent institution. The few not yet 

 enrolled will doubtless come in out of 

 the cold before November 15, which is 

 the date that determines the scheme's 

 efficiency. The majority of the retailers 

 approve of it. Some refuse to purchase 

 from the wholesalers who stay outside. 

 One of the leading retailers gave this as 

 his ultimatum last week and made the 

 declaration practical. A few of the re- 

 tail men express a decided opposition to 

 the plan, largely because of its arbitrari- 

 ness, forgetting that the rules apply to 

 all, and that the ultimate result can only 

 be the elimination of the undesirable 

 competition in the business, and the plac- 

 ing of the trade at last upon a stable 

 basis. 



George M. Geraghty has been seriously 

 ill for a month, but has recovered. 



M. A. Bowe changes his window dis- 

 play daily. Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 

 is the latest plant to be effectively util- 

 ized for brilliant effects. In the very 

 heart of the city, he finds it to his ad- 

 vantage to keep his exhibit always up- 

 to-date. 



Of the retailers whose artistic ability 

 is continually demonstrated in moderia 

 and unique effects in window and store 

 decoration in New York, none draw more 

 interested attention than those of Alex 

 McConnell, John King Duer, W. H. Don- 

 ohoe, A. Warendorff, David Clarke's 

 Sons, Leikens and Myer, while over in 

 Brooklyn Robert G. Wilson and S. Masur 

 show the city of churches how to make it 

 also the city beautiful. These all pre- 

 dict and are preparing for an old-time 

 Thanksgiving. 



The ribbon houses which cater to flo- 

 rists' needs have no complaint of hard 

 times; in fact, they say there is more 

 business than they can attend to without 

 working into the night. It is an inspira- 

 tion to hear them dilate upon the trade's 

 prosperity. 



The collection department is not so 

 serious a consideration as it was two 

 weeks ago. 



The new firm of Spaulding & Hodg- 

 son has been incorporated, with $10,000 

 authorized capital stock. The incorpo- 

 rators are Sarah F. Spaulding and A. 

 W. Spaulding, of New York, and 

 Charles F. Hodgson, of East Orange, 

 N. J. The firm will do business both in 

 New York city and at Newport, R. I., 



