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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 10, 1909. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Genuine winter weather is here, and 

 a healthful tone pervades the cut flower 

 market. There is no longer an oversup- 

 ply of anything. Prices have hardened 

 and the quality of the goods is now 

 perfect. 



Last week was dull until Saturday. 

 Then the change for the better was 

 marked. Beauties were in wide demand 

 and a few specials reached record fig- 

 ures for the season to date. Of other 

 roses, some remarkable stock of My 

 Maryland, Killarney and Richmond is ar- 

 riving; 42-inch stems are seen on these 

 specialties and great is the demand for 

 them. Bride and Maid, however, are not 

 relegated to the discard by any means, 

 and the best of them were worth 10 cents 

 to 12 cents on Saturday, with 8 cents as 

 a fair price for good stock. TJiese prices 

 may not be maintained this week, when 

 Christmas shopping makes the multitude 

 forget flowers completely. 



The demand for orchids cleans up the 

 market daily at good figures, and the 

 out-of-town call is persistent. Nothing 

 to compare with the Christmas display 

 of orchids has ever been seen in New 

 York. The cypripedium supply is abund- 

 ant and of splendid quality and variety. 

 There will be few chrysanthemums left 

 for the holidays, and these are already 

 spoken for. 



Carnations are nearly all top-notchers 

 now. Even the smaller growers are plant- 

 ing only the best varieties. The supply 

 is enormous, but it all goes. If there 

 is any surplus, the big speculators and 

 the department stores sweep it oflf the 

 boards. Prices have been satisfactory 

 and the red varieties short of the de- 

 mand. Alma Ward and Winsor seem 

 to be the favorites of the white and pink 

 novelties, though the latter is a novelty 

 no longer. Lilies are going up and val- 

 ley is strong at 3 cents to 4 cents, with 

 the selected Long Island stock command- 

 ing 5 cents. Violets are now perfect, 

 and for the special bunches of 100, 75 

 cents to $1 was the general quotation. 

 They are here in millions now. 



Of bulbous stock there is an ample 

 supply, and, with the exception of bou- 

 quet green, nothing in green goods is 

 wanting. One fortunate wholesaler in 

 Brooklyn secured a three-ton shipment 

 early, which is going at 10 cents to 12 

 cents a pound. Many are short and 

 roping will sell at double last year's 

 figure. 



All things considered, the outlook is 

 bright and cheerful and there seems to 

 be no good reason why wholesaler, retail- 

 er and grower should not have the mer- 

 riest Christmas of their lives. 



Club Meetm£. 



The last meeting of the Florists' Club 

 for the year took place Monday evening, 

 December 13, with President Turner in 

 the chair. The attendance was way 

 above 100 and would have been double 

 that if it had not been fox the pouring 

 rain. The special business was the an- 

 nual election of officers, which resulted 

 as follows: 



President — A. L, Miller. 



Vice President — Joseph A. Manda. 



Treasurer — W. C. Rickards. 



Secretary — John Young. 



Trustees for two years — H. A. Bun- 

 yard, F. R. Pierson, Phil Kessler, 



Trustee for one year — Wm. Duckham. 



Edwin Pearson, L. J. Reuter and Al- 



fred Demeusy were elected to member- 

 ship, and F. B. De Forest, W. C. Wright 

 and John Kessler were proposed. 



W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., made a compre- 

 hensive report for the club's market 

 committee, of which A. L. Miller is chair- 

 man, referring to the various meetings 

 of the joint committees at the office of 

 F. H. Traendly, October 27 and 29, at 

 which the advisability of establishing a 

 plant market at Canal and Spring 

 streets was proposed and agreed upon by 

 all. The city title to this land was thor- 

 oughly investigated by the attorney for 

 the Plant Growers' Association, in which 

 it was found the city had acquired the 

 land, or part of it, in 1827, the balance 

 of the block later, Avith the understand- 

 ing that it could only be devoted to park 

 or market purposes. Mr. Miller said he 

 considered the property the most desir- 

 able place for a great city plant market 

 and suggested leasing the land from the 

 city and erecting a building suitable for 

 this purpose. John Birnie suggested the 

 three committees combine, and declared 

 this the ^nly place available in the city, 

 because of its convenience for the early 

 morning trade. After full discussion 

 Patrick O 'Mata moved the continuance 

 of the committee, to make a full report 

 at the January meeting, by which time 

 the city authorities will be interviewed 

 and a definite announcement made to the 

 club. 



The club's silver and bronze medals 

 offered to the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America were won by George H. Hale 

 and John W. Head, and the secretary an- 

 nounced their early delivery. 



Benjamin Hammond's letter was read, 

 announcing the sending of premium lists 

 for the American Rose Society's meet- 

 ing in New York and asking local en- 

 thusiasm and support in its behalf. C. B. 

 Weathered suggested a committee of 

 three to attend to the entertaining of 

 the society and C. H. Totty, F. R. Pier- 

 son and Robert Simpson were appointed. 

 F. H. Traendly, A. L. Miller and C. B. 

 Weathered spoke in behalf of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society and F. R. Pierson sug- 

 gested that funds be provided without 

 drawing on the funds of the club for en- 

 tertainment purposes. A great meeting 

 is anticipated and a fine banquet already 

 assured. J. H. Pepper referred to the 

 meeting of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety at Pittsburg in January, and a 

 transportation committee of William 

 Duckham, J. H. Pepper and C. B. 

 Weathered was appointed. Quite a 

 number announced their intention of a 

 visit to the smoky city. 



The death of John Seligman was re- 

 ported. J. A. Shaw, W. J. Elliott and 

 John Young was appointed a committee 

 to draw up suitable resolutions. 



President Turner announced his in- 

 tended visit to Europe during the com- 

 ing year. 



The exhibits were excellent and at- 

 tracted much attention. George Schune- 

 man exhibited five vases of sweet peas. 

 The varieties were Boddington's Snow 

 Bird, and Zvolanek's Mrs. Alex. Wal- 

 lace, Mrs. Charles H. Totty, Christmas 

 Pink and Florence Denzer, awarded a 

 cultural certificate. Frank E. Whitney, 

 of Fishkill, showed a vase of carnations, 

 Woodenithe, white, which scored eighty- 

 six points and received a preliminary 

 certificate. The Cottage Gardens Co. 

 showed a magnificent vase of Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward carnation, for which the thanks 

 of the club were accorded, it having al- 

 ready secured the club's certificate. 



Charles Weber showed a vase of white 

 carnations, Seedling No. 14, which 

 scored eighty-two points, and a vase of 

 his new pink. Seedling No. 12, which 

 scored eighty-five points and won the 

 club'fe preliminary certificate. 



The house committee did nobly and a 

 vote of thanks was given J. B. Nugent, 

 .Tr., for the turkey and cider from his 

 own farm. 



Captain Berry announced a turkey 

 bowling contest for Wednesday evening, 

 December 15, at Thumm's alleys, to 

 which all the club members were invited. 



Varioiu Notes. 



The plantsmen have already begun 

 to deliver their holiday orders. Some of 

 the biggest growers are completely sold 

 out already. 



The F. R. Pierson Co. is sending enor 

 mous quantities of Killarney aiid Winsor 

 to the New York market, while the Alma 

 Ward and Mrs. Ward carnations in ad- 

 dition keep Joseph Millang, the manager 

 of the New York Cut Flower Co., hust- 

 ling as he never hustled before. 



Kessler Bros, are doing a large busi- 

 ness in Boston ferns. 



Oranges, ericas and camellias from A. 

 Schultheis, of College Point, already 

 brighten many retail windows. This 

 week will leave nothing unsold in his 

 big plant. R. Dreyer's stock has drawn 

 a host of buyers, and at John Scott's 

 David McKenzie says everything in 

 bloom and all the big and medium Scottii 

 are already booked for local delivery. 



John Young and some of his friends 

 celebrated his assumption personally of 

 the responsibilities of the big plant at 

 Bedford Station Saturday and Monday, 

 with appropriate ceremonies. The genial 

 wholesaler will be greatly missed, but 

 he will maintain a city office and visit 

 the street weekly and so keep in touch 

 with the happy associations of nearly a 

 quarter century. With the 701-foot 

 houses now and the contemplated carna- 

 tion range, he will soon have one of the 

 largest cut flower plants in the east. As 

 stated in this column last week, he has 

 arranged with Traendly & Schenck for 

 the disposal of his shipments. Henshaw 

 & Fenrich have been fortunate in securing 

 the flne store so long occupied by Mr. 

 Young. 



Moore, Hentz & Nash report a great 

 call for red berries, their annual Christ- 

 mas specialty. 



President Hauck, of the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., who lives at Bloomfield, N. 

 J., was in the city several days last 

 week, and with the other members of the 

 company, is enthusiastic over the results 

 to date. 



J. K. Allen has some handsome pans 

 of pansies and poinsettias in his win- 

 dows, an interesting side issue to his 

 regular Christmas trade. 



Charles Millang is celebrating his sil- 

 ver jubilee this month — twenty-five year? 

 in the wholesale business. In honor of 

 the event, he says he has presented Mrs 

 Millang with a silver tea service. 



Myer, on Madison avenue, has taken 

 a branch store on the opposite corner, 

 where he has installed three Japs and 

 two Japanese girls as assistants for the 

 Christmas plant trade, handling import- 

 ed evergreens and horticultural novel- 

 ties of many kinds. 



David Clarke's Sons are celebrating 

 their sixtieth anniversary, and say this 

 has been the best year of all. 



Alex. McConnell says November busi 

 ness was encouraging and he has pre- 



