DSCBUBER 16, 1909. 



The Weekly Fbrists^ Review* 



4) 



Abraluim L. Miller. 



pared for a big Christinas. He has this 

 season imported heavily for his nursery 

 and finds this branch growing rapidly in 

 importance. 



M. A. Bowe will have a Christmas 

 branch store, as usual. A large addition 

 to his force has been made for the holi- 

 days. 



L. F. Carrillo, of Carrillo & Baldwin, 

 saUed for Colombia to collect orchids 

 last week, and the Brazilian collector of 

 the firm sails Friday, December 17. 



Gustavo Breckner, of Bayside, L. I., 

 one of the oldest growers of the Cut 

 Flower Exchange, died of heart failure . 

 November 21. The business was estab- 

 lished by his father over twenty years 

 ago. 



Henry Arthur Baker, of H. E: Fro- 

 ment's force, was 45 years old December 

 2. He started with J. J. Perkins in 1880 

 and has been in the service of J. K. 

 Allen, Traendly & Schenck and John 

 Young. He has charge of the rose de- 

 partment at Froment's. 



Ford Bros, are handling some fine car- 

 nations from E. N. Kroninger, of Allen- 

 town, Pa., and Henry Hession, of Flat- 

 bush. 



I-^yman B. Craw, of the Lord & Burn- 

 "^'^ Co., has fully recovered his health 

 and has plunged again into the activ- 

 >tics and details of the firm's business. 



Bonnet & Blake, in Brooklyn, now are 

 'ocated in a wholesale store that com- 

 pares favorably with any in either city 

 jn size and appointments. Double the 

 ou'^'iness of 1908 is their estimate of the 

 present year. 



. i'he Greater New York Florists' Asso- 

 ^ition, under the management of George 

 ^- Crawbuck, has made steady progress 

 ^^i-ing the last year, and Mr. Crawbuck 

 sa> s everything is far beyond the growth 

 ^f'ficipated. 



''"gust Millang has changed the title 



t^f his big store from Millang Bros, to 

 his name. 



Lager & Hurrell are shipping a large 

 assortment of orchids to James Mc- 

 Manus, who says the advance orders for 

 the holidays exceed those of any of the 

 twelve years of orchid history making in 

 which he has been engaged. 



A. J. Guttman reports a November 

 business forty-five per cent above that 

 of the same month last year. 



James Scott, of Elmsford, is receiv- 

 ing congratulations because of the stork's 

 visit, Sunday, December 12, with a baby 

 girl. 



A. C. Zvolanek, of Bound Brook, N. J., 

 starts Tuesday, December 21, for his 

 annual visit to California. 



Notwithstanding the inclement weather, 

 a considerable number of those inter- 

 ested in insecticides gathered at the 

 Manhattan Flower Market, on West 

 Twenty-eighth street, Monday afternoon, 

 December 13, to witness a test of 

 Aphinc. Palms covered with scale, 

 coleus with mealy bug, and mums with 

 black and green fly in abundance were 

 operated upon successfully, with R. M. 

 Schultz as master of ceremonies. Boses, 

 carnations and chrysanthemum flowers 

 were also dipped in the pure product at 

 its full strength, to show its harmless- 

 ness to everything except the insect 

 pests. It was stated that G. E. Tal- 

 madge is no longer with the company 

 that bears his name and that the manu- 

 facture and sale of Aphine is now in 

 full charge of Treasurer Ebel. 



The annual meeting of the New York 

 and New Jersey Association of Plant 

 Growers was held December 7 and the 

 following officers were elected: President, 

 Julius Roehrs, Jr., Rutherford, N. J.; 

 vice-president, A. L. Miller, Brooklyn, N. 

 Y. ; secretary, W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., 



Astoria, N. Y.; treasurer, H. C. Stein - 

 hoff. West Hoboken, N. J.; directors, 

 Louis Dupuy, Whitestone, N. Y.; F. R. 

 Pierson, Tarrytovr™ N. Y.; Julius 

 Roehrs, Sr., Rutherford, N. J., and David 

 McKenzie, Flatbush, N. Y. 



BowIinK. 



The Astoria Club bowled Tuesday 

 evening, December 7. Even Captain 

 Berry, of the New York Club, has con- 

 cluded patience is no longer a virtue and 

 has joined the Astorias. The proba- 

 bility now is that Astoria will represent 

 the New York Florists' Club at the next 

 convention. The scores of Tuesday were 

 as follows: 



Player— 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 



Mlesem 154 152 158 181 



Donaldson 106 138 161 109 



Siebrecht 164 127 137 127 



Henry Slehrecht 130 122 118 120 



Slabrecbt, Jr 122 155 136 144 



Lorenz 122 112 129 104 



Peter 131 160 138 144 



Alfred 131 166 120 186 



Berry 110 129 128 143 



Arnold 118 121 117 111 



Donaldson, Jr 136 161 124 160 



Scbleth 167 130 151 149 



ToUman 140 165 104 134 



Doerhoefer 112 176 166 150 



Elnsman 152 196 168 175 



J. Austin Shaw. 



A. L. MILLER. 



It seems to be really a correct prin- 

 ciple, as well -as a generally accepted 

 one, that the men who have been ener- 

 getic and successful in their chosen trade 

 have thus given pretty good evidence of 

 their ability to serve eflSciently as offi- 

 cers of that trade's societies or clubs, 

 if — "ay, there's the rub" — if such men 

 do not refuse the offices because they 

 cannot spare the time to give any at- 

 tention to club affairs. The New York 

 Florists' Club must be considered for- 

 tunate, therefore, in securing Abraham 

 Lincoln Miller as its president for 1910. 

 He surely has the qualification, also, of 

 being well acquainted with the club, its 

 methods, its aims and its needs, for he 

 has been a member of it for more than 

 twenty years. 



Mr. Miller was born May 1, 1865, in 

 East New York, now part of Brooklyn 

 and of Greater New York. Forty-five 

 years ago his father, Henry Miller, 

 founded the modest establishment which 

 formed the beginning of the present 

 prosperous business at 290 Jamaica ave- 

 nue, Brooklyn. Twelve years ago the 

 father retired and was succeeded by his 

 son, the subject of this sketch. The new 

 proprietor, having a clear insight into 

 the probabilities of the future and per- 

 ceiving the opportunities for expansion 

 that existed in the florists' trade, began 

 at once to enlarge his facilities. He 

 erected several more houses and, as 

 business increased, he bought thirteen 

 acres of land at Jamaica, L. I., estab- 

 lishing there a business in conjunction 

 with the East New York business. On 

 the newly purchased ground he built 

 some greenhouses, gradually increasing 

 the size of the range until it now con- 

 tains about 50,000 square feet of glass, 

 where he grows Christmas and Easter 

 plants, carnations and cut flowers. On 

 this thirteen-acre tract he also has one 

 of the largest and finest collections of 

 herbaceous and nursery stock on Long 

 Island. 



Cincinnati, O. — The greenhouses of 

 J. T. Conger, at Hartwell, were recently 

 damaged by fire to the extent of about 

 $500. Prompt action by the fire depart- 

 ment saved them from complete, ruin. 



