Fbbruary 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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New York and New Jersey Plant Growers' Association Dinner, Hotel Astor, New York, Februaty 2, 1910. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The week opens with zero weather, the 

 coldest of the season. Values fell gradu- 

 ally last week, but the market cleaned up 

 <iaily. No special events relieved the 

 monotony of the week, but for the last 

 two days before Lent begins several din- 

 ners, receptions and society weddings 

 were listed. 



Beauties have increased heavily in sup- 

 ply, and 50 cents would buy the best of 

 them February 5. This is likely to be 

 the top for some time. The quality is 

 superb. Richmond is scarce, and the 

 finest of them bring good figures. Of 

 Killarney there is always an abundance. 

 -More My Maryland could be disposed of. 

 The novelties in roses always find in New 

 York a ready market. The orchid ar- 

 rivals still are abundant and the sources 

 of supply increasing. Its growing popu- 

 larity is evident in the number of whole- 

 salers handling them. Cypripediums have 

 never sold at such low prices as now. 

 <Tardenias also have dropped from their 

 iiedestal, and only the best maintain the 

 •'anuary rates. Lilies and valley are 

 lower than a week ago, and tulips are 

 'lard to dispose of at the cost of the 

 imlbs. Daffodils, freesias and hyacinths 

 ire excellent in quality and sufficient for 

 'II demands. Violets sell at from 50 

 ents down, and this is the likely quota- 

 'on until Easter. 



The novelties in carnations hold at 5 

 ents to 6 cents, but for the old varieties 

 cents to 4 cents is the extreme quota- 

 'ou, and of the surplus, thousands are 

 ieared at 2 cents. The shipments are 

 ■eavy and promise to continue. In qual- 

 '■ y they have never been excelled. 



Plant Growers' Dinner. 



Tlio New York and New Jersey Plant 

 'lowers' Association celebrated Wednes- 



ay evening, February 2. It was the 

 -oeond annual dinner, and was served in 



iio artistically decorated, handsome ban- 



quet room of the Hotel Astor. The 

 members and guests made merry, to the 

 number of seventy-five, and all the mem- 

 bers of the society contributed to the 

 plant, orchid and valley table decora- 

 tions. Birds made melody. A splendid 

 orchestra supplied popular music, and 

 the menu was as complete as the most 

 expert gastronomist could have desired. 



President Julius Eoehrs, Jr., welcomed 

 the members and guests in well chosen 

 periods, and put upon the shoulders of 

 Fred L. Atkins the responsibility of 

 toastmaster, which position he filled ad- 

 mirably. A silent toast was given to the 

 memory of Messrs. Hallock, Scott and 

 Dreyer, who had passed away since the 

 meeting of a year ago. Interesting ad- 

 dresses covering every department of the 

 plant industry were made by W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., Anton Schultheis, H. C. Stein- 

 hoflf, Louis Dupuy, W. H. Siebrecht, Sr., 

 Louis Schmutz, John Donaldson and A. 

 L. Miller. President Pierson, of the IS. 

 A. F., covered twenty-five years of hor- 

 ticultural history in an able address, and 

 said the florists' business is yet in its 

 infancy. W. J. Stewart spoke eloquently 

 for Boston, and. assured all of welcome 

 at the great convention and flower show 

 of the coming year in that horticultural 

 city. John G. Fsler dilated upon the Hail 

 Association's record in the last decade, 

 and warned the growers not insured of 

 the possibility of the safety belt being 

 contracted. Mr. Schultheis spoke prac- 

 tically for an American Covent Garden 

 in New Y'ork. W. J. Elliott spoke for 

 modern methods of plant selling. J. G. 

 Whilldin, of Philadelphia, and Mr. 

 Drury, of Hews & Co., spoke for the in- 

 terests they represent. A. J. Guttman 

 spoke feelingly of his enthusiasm caught 

 from the harmonious spirit of the occa- 

 sion. J, H. Pepper spoke for the press, 

 emphasizing , the mutual necessity of 

 cooperation, and the ladies, though last, 

 were not forgotten by the genial toast- 

 master. 



The society is flourishing. Nearly 

 every grower in this section is a member 



of it. It demonstrates forcibly the bene- 

 fits of harmony and cooperation. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club's ladies' night is 

 Monday, February 14. This is also car- 

 nation night. W. H. TapUn will lecture 

 on "Carnations," and prizes are offered 

 for the best exhibits. Flowers may be 

 sent in care of Walter F, Sheridan, 39 

 West Twenty-eighth street. An interest- 

 ing entertainment will be provided for 

 the ladies, and the need of a home of its 

 own for the club will be further empha- 

 sized. 



The Elberon Horticultural Society's 

 banquet Monday evening, February 7, 

 was held at the Deal Country Club, Deal, 

 N. J. Several from New York attended 

 it. This was the second annual banquet 

 of this flourishing society. 



Friday evening, February 11, the an- 

 nual smoker and reception of the Horti- 

 cultural Society at Orange, N. J., takes 

 place, and that will end the festivities 

 until March 17, when the Florists' Club 

 will enjoy its annual dinner at the Fifth 

 Avenue banquet hall and entertain many 

 of the visiting rosarians. 



Wednesday, February 9, at 4 p. m., the 

 monthly meeting of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York was held at the Mu- 

 seum of Natural History. President 

 Wood lectured on "The Ideals of Horti- 

 culture. ' ' 



The Purity freesias, from William 

 Mathews, of Great Neck. L. I., are han- 

 dled solely by Philip Kessler, of the 

 Coogan building. 



M. C. Ebel, of the Aphine Mfg. Co., 

 will personally superintend the public 

 exhibit and test of the insecticide Satur- 

 day, February 12, at the establishment of 

 the H. F. Michell Co., Philadelphia. 



The selling of several of the buildings 

 on Twenty-eighth street of late, wherein 

 are housed a number of the oldest and 

 most prominent florists in the wholesale 

 business, has stirred up interest in other 

 localities that must ultimately bear fruit 

 and may carry further west of their pres- 



