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December 17, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Pitfsbure Florists' Qub on Its Outiog, December 10. 



Rose White Killarney and for a vase of 

 a brilliant rose-pink carnation exhibited 

 by E. L. Enggren, of Aqueduct, L. I. 

 The thanks of the club were also ac- 

 corded the exhibitors of an adjustable 

 plant stand, and a Christmas tree stand 

 made by the Moore-Livingston Co., of 

 Lansdowne, Pa. The Killarney roses 

 were shown by the F. B. Pierson Co., 

 Tarrytown, and the Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories, Natiek, Mass. 



C. L. Allen, the venerable lecturer for 

 the evening, was unable to be ^present 

 because of illness and will be requested 

 to read his paper at a subsequent club 

 meeting. Patrick O'Mara spoke of the 

 splendid exhibition of the club and Hor- 

 ticultural Society this fall, with its 

 attendance in the three days of over 

 20,000 people. He said the society could 

 now look forward hopefully to exhibi- 

 tions on a larger scale, the whole floor 

 of the Museum building to be granted 

 for the show. 



Secretary Young announced six life 

 members on his list since the passage of 

 the resolution making $50 the fee. 



Vaiiout Notes. 



The auction of the Fleischman effects 

 at the store on Broadway brought a large 

 crowd of florists, but the goods were sold 

 at low prices to the trade largely. The 

 fitting up of this palatial flower shop is 

 said to have cost over $30,000. A small 

 percentage of this amount was realized. 

 The big ice-box was secured by Robert 

 "Wilson, of Brooklyn. 



George A. Saltford, the violet grower 

 of Rhinebeck, was in the city Saturday, 

 December 12. He says the Christmas sup- 

 ply will be abundant, and that the new 

 society, with a membership already of 

 135, is a success. Its objects, apart from 

 the wholesale purchasing of glass, green- 

 house supplies, coal, etc., is the cultiva- 

 tion of -the fraternal spirit and it has no 

 ambition nor thought of control of the 

 wholesale prieei" of violets, a consumma- 

 tion he says it is realized to be manifest- 

 ly impossible. 



John King Duer had a page of floral 

 arrangements illustrated in one of the 

 big Sunday papers, with much seasonable 

 and excellent advice on Christmas decora- 

 tions. One of the "400" himself, so- 

 ciety will naturally sit up and take 

 notice. 



Nick Schreiner is New York agent for 

 a big shipment of the red "Coon" ber- 



ries from Maryland, the shipper accom- 

 panying a large number of cases from 

 the south. They are extra fine. 



Walter Mott, of. Newburgh, reports a 

 splendid Thanksgiving business tor the 

 Yuess Gardens Co., especially of mums of 

 their own growing, and is greatly pleased 

 at the outlook and the growth of the 

 business. 



W. J. Palmer and wife, of Buffalo, 

 visited New York last week on their way 

 to a pleasant winter outing in Bermuda. 



Downtown enormous quantities of 

 Christmas trees, holly and evergreen 

 wreaths and wreathing are seen on every 

 corner, in addition to the big stocks car- 

 ried by the seed houses. Some of the 

 stores are handsomely decorated. Stumpp 

 & Walter Co. has arched its entire store 

 space on the street level and with bells 

 and holly and electric lighting produced 

 a most attractive effect. 



It is perhaps a waste of warning, but 

 already the menace of pickled stock for 

 Christmas asserts itself. If reports are 

 correct, the lessons of- the past have had 

 no effect. 



Henry Hentz is sending Moore, Hentz 

 & Nash a specially fine cut of long Beau- 

 ties. I am told over ninety-five per cent 

 of last week's shipments were specials — 

 a remarkable average. 



Daniel J. Mcintosh, 1144 Broadway, 

 has been granted a discharge from bank- 

 ruptcy. Liabilities, $8,780. 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, Mass., is 

 reported by A. T. Boddington as a recent 

 visitor. 



January 28 has been chosen by the 

 New York and New Jersey Plant Asso- 

 ciation as the night for the society's ban- 

 quet, and the St. Denis hotel is likely tOy' 

 be the place of meeting. The members 

 say it will be a grand affair. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Retailers and ^Wholesalers to Cooier. 



The retail florists of Greater New York 

 have formed an organization known as 

 the Retail Florists', Protective Association 

 of New York. The association has been 

 incorporated, as a membership corpora- 

 tion, and the following officers have been 

 elected : 



President — Charles A. Dards. 



First Vice-President — Marshall Clarke. 



Second Vice-President — Joseph G. Lei- 

 kens. 



Treasurer — Geo. M. Stumpp. 



Secretary — Herman Warendorff. 



These officers, together with Messrs. 

 John J. Foley, John S. Nicholas, William 

 P. Sears, John H. Troy and Thomas 

 Young, Jr., constitute the board of 

 directors of the association. 



The objects of the association as they 

 are set forth in its constitution are as 

 follows : 



(a) To take proper measures to prevent the 

 Invasion by wholesale dealers into the retail 

 trade. 



(b) To secure enforcement of the law as to 

 the sale of flowers on the streets by unlicensed 

 vendors. 



(c) To establish a mutual credit system for 

 the exchange of information as to non-paying 

 customers, and for the prevention of bad debts. 



(d) To establish a reliable collection bureau 

 for the collection of outstanding accounts by 

 high-class legal counsel. 



(e) To arrifnge for a businesslike credit sys- 

 tem between the wholesalers and retailers, such 

 as prevails ii^ other lines of business. 



(f) To take such steps and adopt such meas- 

 ures from time to time as will conduce to the 

 uplifting of the retail floral business, Us pro- 

 tection and preservation. 



Any retail florist, whether individual, 

 partnership or corporation, is eligible to 

 membership in the association. 



It is the opinion of the board ,of 

 directors that the best way to cultivate 

 the mutual business interests of the 

 retail and wholesale florists is by devel- 

 oping an amicable and cooperative spirit 

 between them. To this end a committee 

 of seven members, consisting of C. E. 

 Grunewald, J. S. Nicholas, Herman 

 Warendorff, Jos. G. Leikens, C. H. 

 Brown, S. Myer, John J. Foley, and the 

 president, Charles A. Dards, who is a 

 member ex officio, was appointed at the 

 last meeting of the association to confer 

 with the officers of the Wholesale 

 Florists' Association in order to take 

 such steps as may be agreed upon to 

 work out the best interests of both the 

 wholesale and retail florists. 



Herman W.^RENDOErr, Sec'y. 



OBITUARY. 



Frank M. Strong. 



Frank M. Strong, one of the best 

 known growers at Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 died at his home, 1214 Madison avenue, 

 at i):'60 a. m., December 13, after an 

 illness of several months of tuberculosis. 



Mr. Strong was born in Tioga county, 

 N. Y., April 28, 4860. Twenty-five 

 years ago he removed to Grand Rapids, 

 engaging in the greenhouse business as 

 a florist and vegetable grower. He 

 was the founder of the Grand Rapids 

 Floral Co., which has since passed into 

 other hands, and on the organization of 

 the Grand Rapids Greenhouse Co., com- 

 posed of tiie leading growers of veg- 

 etables under glass and a number of local 

 florists, in 1907, became its president, 

 /which position he held at the time of his 

 •death. 



Surviving Mr. Strong are a widow, one 

 son, Stanley, and a brother, Harley, all 

 of Grand Rapids, and a sister, Mrs. 

 Greener, of Binghamton, N. Y. 



Valter Slade. 



Walter Slade died at his home in At- 

 tleboro, Mass., Saturday night, Decem- 

 ber 5, after a brief illness. Before re- 

 moving to Attleboro, about a year ago, 

 he had for several years been engaged 

 in the florists' business at Franklin, 

 Mass. Earlier in life he had been con- 

 nected with the woolen mill industry in 

 Pascoag, R. I, He was 63 years old, 

 and leaves his wife, two sons and two 

 daughters. 



