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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 1, 1909. 



iileutloD The Review wnen you write 



There seems to be no influence possi- 

 ble whereby to lift the market in July. 

 It and August will be months for repair- 

 ing the fences, recreation by the sad sea 

 waves and in the reverberating moun- 

 tains, the visitation of the patient, 

 wealth-producing growers and the com- 

 pletion of plans for the great season 

 of prosperity this fall and winter, ' ' when 

 the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn 

 is in the shock." 



The market is flooded with Crimson 

 Kamblers, stocks, feverfew and herba- 

 ceous stock of every kind. They add va- 

 riety to the retail windows. The water lily 

 and the miniature pon<ls with fish, frogs, 

 turtles and fountains are again in evi- 

 dence. The good old summer time is 

 here. 



Various Notes. 



The outing Thursday, July 1, was the 

 talk of the town at the first of the week. 

 Everybody is going and a grand time is 

 anticipated. The young men of the 

 street are especially enthusiastic. The 

 ball games will be bitterly fought and 

 several of the wholesale houses will fol- 

 low Arthur Boddington's method, and 

 close for the day. John A. Foley, with 

 Lecakes & Co., has had his express wag- 

 ons decorated with the announcements 

 of the outing. Everyone in the whole- 

 sale section, and this applies also to the' 

 seedsmen and nurserymen, has taken the 

 most loyal interest in the success of the 

 annual festival. 



Early closing is still a vital question. 

 Only a few stand in the way of its gen- 

 eral' observance. Closing at 1 p. m. 

 during July and August should be the 

 universal decision. 



The auctions are over for the season. 



The Astoria bowlers are still practic- 

 ing for Cincinnati. Friday evening, June 

 25, after a spin in their touring car, 

 they enjoyed a bowl and dinner at one 

 of the Long Island popular resorts, and 

 think they are ready for anything the 

 S. A. F. can materialize. Captain Fen- 

 rich, of the New Yorks. is also hope- 

 ful of getting a team together to better 

 last year's record, when, owing to the 



sudden illness of one of its members, the 

 club lost the championship by five measly 

 pins. The New York bowlers will prac- 

 tice at Thumm's alleys every Tuesday 

 evening. 



Harry Cathcart, of the Yuess Gardens 

 Co., Newburgh, whose stock is handled in 

 New York by Henshaw & Fenrich, was 

 operated on for appendicitis last week 

 and rallied satisfactorily from the ordeal 

 and at last report was out of danger. 



The Greek Florists' Retail Associa- 

 tion's outing, July 29, is the next annual 

 event that is always a success. All ar- 

 rangements have been made and Wetzel 's 

 has been chosen for the festival. A great 

 many of the English speaking wholesal- 

 ers and retailers always attend. The 

 Greek games and dances are well worth 

 witnessing. 



Mr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Levy, of John 

 Seligman & Co., are summering at Sea 

 Gate, L. I. 



The interest in the coming S. A. F. 

 convention at Cincinnati is growing and 

 there will be a good attendance from the 

 east. The weather of the last week here 

 will make Cincinnati weather, even in 

 August, seem cool. The committee of 

 the Florists' Club has decided on the 

 New York Central as the ofBcial route. 

 The fare, including Pullman, will be less 

 than $40, all expenses included. 



Last week 's distinguished visitors at 

 New York, from the western part of the 

 state, included W. F. Kasting, of Buf- 

 falo, and Peter Crowe, of Utica. 



Horace E. Froment spent the hot week 

 making it hotter for criminals, on jury 

 duty. Most of the prominent wholesalers 

 took their turn at it. A few escaped. 

 Those who thus toiled for their country 

 cheerfully declared the obligation could 

 not have come upon them at a better 

 time. 



Mr. Sinn, with John King Duer, has 

 charge of the gardens at Steeple Chase 

 and Kessler Bros, decorated Dreamland, 

 at Coney Island. J. Austin Shaw. 



Uniontown, Pa. — A hail storm last 

 month broke a considerable quantity of 

 glass at Chas. H. Cramer's greenhouses. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



The last week, which opened auspi- 

 ciously and promised to be the best of 

 the month, proved a most disastrous one 

 for the cut flower trade, the terrific hot 

 wave upsetting all calculations and caus- 

 ing a greater waste in flowers than has 

 been seen for many a day. It is im- 

 possible to quote prices even now, for 

 demand is sUght compared to the floods 

 of flowers arriving. Peonies, which were 

 at their flood tide last week, came in with 

 a grand rush and large quantities went 

 to the rubbish heap. Boses fared as 

 badly. The indoor varieties suffered from 

 the heat and an abundance of fine out- 

 door hybrids made them sell the poorer. 

 Carnations are getting small and poor 



