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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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verses that included the name of every 

 member of the society. Fred Atkins 

 made a splendid toastmaster. 



The musical program was excellent, 

 the floral decorations elaborate, and 

 every lady took home a handsome sou- 

 venir, the gift of Miss Mills, one of the 

 members and proprietor of the Hinode 

 Floral Co., Whitestone, L. I. 



Various Notes. 



Arrangements for the annual dinner 

 of the New York Florists' Club are now 

 complete. The date has been changed to 

 Saturday evening, February 27, so that 

 the Roman banquet hall at Shanley's 

 could be secured. The room is to be 

 arranged with round tables, at which 

 eight can be seated, so that friends can 

 arrange in advance to have tables re- 

 served and enjoy the dinner together. 

 Already several tables have been spoken 

 for. The fact that ladies are to be en- 

 tertained this year seems to give general 

 satisfaction. The price is reasonable 

 when the menu and entertainment are 

 considered. As the room can only seat 

 .300, it would be well to write W. J. El- 

 liott, chairman of the committee, at once 

 and secure desirable seats for the occa- 

 sion. 



The sympathy of the wholesale cut 

 flower section is with the veteran James 

 Hart, in the loss of his daughter last 

 week, and was demonstrated by the send- 

 ing of many beautiful floral tokens to 

 Madison, thirty wreaths and other costly 

 designs among them. The young lady 

 was a general favorite, the wife of Land- 

 lord Lyons, of Madison, and the stores 

 of the city were closed as a mark of 

 respect while the funeral was in progress. 



James A. MacDonald now has his 

 licadquarters at 3 East Thirtieth street 

 and says he is having a satisfactory 

 season. 



Charles Millang has severed his con- 

 nection with Millang Bros, and will 

 open a plant market on the corner of 

 Sixth avenue and Twenty-seventh street. 

 August Millang will continue in charge 

 of the handsome store and wholesale cut 

 flower and plant business at 41 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



O. V. Zangen has on exhibition at his 

 store, 52 "West Twenty-eighth street, the 

 new carnation, Mrs. Pfeufer, which he 

 will disseminate. The flower 's parentage 

 is Prosperity and Floriana; the color 

 and odor are distinct and the size aver- 

 aging over three inches. Jolm Pfeufer, 

 of Irvington, N. J., is the originator. 



John Armsby, who lias charge of the 

 orchid range lef erred to in these notes 

 last week, is an expert of thirty-five 

 years' experience. He has worked with 

 Lager & Hurrell, Julius Roehrs Co., and 

 many orchid growers of England. He 

 has a force of seven men and some 

 10,000 orchid plants under his care, in- 

 cluding 8,000 cattleyas, phalajnopsis, 

 deudrobiums, leelias, cypripediums, etc. 

 James McManus has handled the stock. 

 As many as 2,000 Trianse blooms have 

 been seen there at one time. 



Z. Piddington is now in charge of the 

 conservatory of Bloomingdalo Bros., the 

 position vacated by W. W. Burnham a 

 few weeks ago. 



Sheftel hall. Third avenue and Seven- 

 teenth street, New York, the same loca- 

 tion as in 1908, has been chosen for the 

 annual show of the National Association 

 of Gardeners, March 17 and 18. It 

 promises to be a big success. 



The annual exhibition of carnations 

 will take place at the meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club next Monday, 



February 8. There will be many novel- 

 ties, some of the prize winners and alto- 

 gether, Secretary May says, an exhibit 

 worth coming far to see. Exhibits may 

 be sent by express prepaid to Secretary 

 Young, 51 West Twenty-eighth street, 

 who will see that they are properly 

 staged and cared for. The exhibition 

 should prove of great value to carnation- 

 ists and draw a majority of the club 

 membership. An enjoyable evening is 

 assured. 



The salesmen of the Lord & Burnham 

 Co. will hold their annual dinner Satur- 

 day evening, February 6, at the Hotel 

 St. Denis, after a meeting at 2 p. m. in 

 the assembly room, where business prob- 

 lems will be discussed. Each salesman 

 is assigned a subject to elaborate upon 

 and defend, followed by an open dis- 

 cussion. Those present will be D. T. 

 Conners, of Philadelphia; J. B. Velie, of 

 Boston; and from New York and Irving- 

 ton, W. E. Cudlip, H. P. Merrick, M. C. 



Tlie editor la pleased 

 wben a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subject treated In 



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As experience Is the be«t 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by art 

 exchanee of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are broucht out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling' and gram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your beau 



WE SHALL. BK GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM TOU. 



Wright, T. B. De Forest, George Sykcs, 

 J. F. Gorman, W. S. Stockwell, W. R. 

 Westcott, A. H. Bates, Lyman B. Craw 

 and L. W. C. Tuthill, the advertising 

 manager. Good fellowship will abound. 



The Lord & Burnham Co. has just re- 

 ceived the order to build another big 

 house for the F. R. Pierson Co., at Scar- 

 boro, a duplicate of the houses 55x350 

 already constructed. 



Samuel Trepess, of Glencove, one of 

 the charter members of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society, has two 

 children ill with pneumonia. 



Kessler Bros, are now in their new 



store at 50 West Twenty-eighth street and 



have fine facilities for exhibition of 



plants and a general wholesale business. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY. 



William A. Munroe. 



William A. Munroe, who has conducted 

 a seed store at 831 Westminster street. 

 Providence, R. I., committed suicide at 

 his home, 243 Waldo street, on the night 

 of January 28, his body being found in 



the morning by his stepson, Robert L. 

 Van Meter, who lived with him. When 

 the body was found it was lying on the 

 bed with gas pouring from two burners 

 directly above, and the door and windows 

 tightly shut. Mr. Munroe buried his 

 wife last April and had been feeling 

 despondent ever since. While he left no 

 letter or word of any kind, this is the 

 only reason that could be given for the 

 deed. He had conducted the store at 831 

 Westminster street for about twenty 



years. 



Leander R. Peck. 



Leander R. Peck, who died at Provi 

 dence, R. I., January 28, was the pos- 

 sessor of one of the largest and most 

 valuable collections of orchids in New 

 England. He began his collection about 

 ten years ago. David Marsh was placed 

 in charge. At the time of his death his 

 collection had cost him upwards of $50,- 

 000. Mr. • Peck was born February 12, 

 1843, and was one of the wealthiest men 

 in Rhode Island. 



George A. Weaver. 



George A. Weaver, one of the best - 

 known dealers in agricultural and horti- 

 cultural tools, implements and supplies 

 in Rhode Island, died at his home in 

 Newport, January 26, after an illness of 

 several weeks, due to heart trouble and 

 pneumonia. He was the son of George 

 B. Weaver and was born in Newport, 

 November 30, 1854. Part of his life he 

 spent in farming, but engaged in busi 

 ness with his father, succeeding him 

 when he was but 21 years of age. His 

 store was destroyed by fire in 1892, but 

 a much larger building was at once 

 erected on the same site, and a few years 

 ago the business was incorporated as the 

 George A. Weaver Co. 



Sophia Schwerin. 



Mrs. Schwerin died at Burlington, la., 

 January 27, of pneumonia. She was 

 born in Hanovc-r, Germany, March 17, 

 1836, and in the early days of Burling- 

 ton she and her husband ran a grcen- 

 iiouse and garden. 



Patrick Kenefick. 



Patrick Kenefick died at his son's resi- 

 dence, 20 Fenwick street, Halifax, N. S., 

 January 21, at the age of 72 years. Mr. 

 Kenefick had been in the employ of 

 George E. Boak for the last twenty-eight 

 years, and for the last seven years he 

 had been manager of the Fenwick Nur- 

 series. He is survived by his wife, three 

 sons and five daughters. 



Alfred Ashley. 



Alfred Ashley, a brother of Ernest 

 Ashley, the florist at Allentown, Pa., died 

 .lanuary 28 at the Allentown Hospital, 

 the result of a runaway accident a few 

 hours before, when the delivery horse he 

 was driving became uncontrollable 

 through fright at a Lehigh Valley switch 

 engine. Deceased was born in England 

 about twenty-nine years ago and was a 

 son of Edwin and Julia Ashley, both of 

 whom are still living in England. He 

 had been in this country for several 

 years, during which time he was in the 

 employ of his brother. 



Orange, N. J.— The president 's recep- 

 tion and annual smoker of the New Jer- 

 sey Floricultural Society will take place 

 February 12, at 8 o'clock. The usual 

 display of flowers, entertainment and 

 prominent speakers will be features of 

 the evening. 



