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The Florists' Review 



AuoDSX 13, 1914. 



Citrus Liniouium is a treat. It is said 

 to be a favorite pot plant in China, 

 where a small plant may produce many 

 large lemons. 



There is. one draca'ua, aptly named 

 Draceeha Craigii, that has won much 

 expert admiration. Its special attrac- 

 tion lies in the fact that it is not only 

 colored on top of the leaf, but it is 

 colored, brightly colored, on the under 

 side of the leaf and also on the stem. 

 Pink vies with green and lighter 

 shades. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



""Wars and rumors of wars!" Noth- 

 ing else is talked about these days in 

 the New York wholesale market. There 

 is 80 little business one can hardly see 

 it with the naked eye. The demand 

 from the retailers has vanished. No 

 weddings;' no steamer sailings; New 

 York is abnormally healthy, so that 

 there are, few funerals; and the market 

 is completely swamj)ed with asters and 

 glodiolii 



The first of this week saw many a 

 load of these, surplus flowers carted off 

 and carried awaj' by the outgoing tide. 

 There are plenty of roses of every va- 

 riety. The outlet for Beauties and nov- 

 elties has been clogged. Newport and 

 oth«r popular society watering places 

 are canceling their contracts, and lawn 

 <lecorations and floral demonstrations 

 have many of them been abandoned. 

 Ophelia, Shawyer and Hadley are 

 among the new arrivals. 



There are few carnations, and of 

 these few are salable. Of orchids there 

 is an oversupply, or else the demand 

 has reached its minimum. One thing 

 is evident: A great many of them were 

 left unsold as the week ended, and the 

 expected demand from Washington did 

 not materialize. The top figure for 

 (■attleyas Saturday was $25 per hun- 

 dred. But few lilies go above $3 per 

 hundred, and valley remains at the 

 summer quotations. If the war con- 

 tinues, next season will see a quite dif- 

 ferent range of ])rices. 



A few dahlias are arriving. Kain 

 made havoc in the sweet pea fields. 

 From up state the news is drought, 

 while here we have been rained on al- 

 most continuously since Ht. Swithin's 

 day. So the Kochester asters are not 

 up to recent years. Around New York 

 there is no complaint as to quality, but 

 jtrices are so low that growers are dis- 

 couraged. The supply of gladioli is a 

 re\elatioii. Surely every grower of 

 anything has added a field of these. 

 Saturday fine stock was actually sold 

 as low as 2 cents a bunch of ten, or $2 

 ]ier l.fiOO. Even the best America did 

 not go above .$1 per hundred. 



Club Meeting. 



A largo and enthusiastic special meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club was held Au- 

 gust 10. In the absence of .John Young, 

 •loseph A. Manda acted as secretary. 

 The clul) unanimously endorsed the nom- 

 inations of C. II. Totty for president of 

 the S. A. F., W. F. Kasting for treas- 

 urer and .lohn Young for secretary. 



F. II. TraeniUy announced everything 

 ])rogressing favorably for the boat trip 

 to the convention, with a large num- 

 ber of berths engaged and a local at- 

 tendance of over 200 assured. 



Various Notes. 

 Tuesdav, August 11, the annual out- 

 ing of the Westchester and Fairfield 



Horticultural Society took place at Rye 

 Beach, N. Y., and was largely attended. 

 The affair was a great success. 



Alfred Whiteley, lately with A. J. 

 Guttman and formerly with Max 

 Schling, is now a member of the force 

 of the 8. 8. Pennock-Meehan Co., at 

 117 West Twenty-eighth street. 



Wm. H. Plumb, superintendent of flo- 

 riculture of the Panama exposition, will 

 be in Boston during the 8. A. F. con- 

 vention. 



(leorge Polykranas will manage the 

 wholesale business at 111 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, under the title of the 

 United Cut Flower Co. 



Among the distinguished visitors lagt 

 week were W. A. Burpee, Robert Craig 

 and Paul Berkowitz, of Philadelphia. 



W. E. Marshall is back from his 

 western trip. 



.lames McHutchison has returned 

 from his trip to Australia ajid Japan. 



Large crowds stand in front of the 

 windows of the Stumpp & Walter Co. 

 all the week. The map of Europe is 

 interestingly portrayed with grass seed 



Where Is His Araucaria ? 



and field seeds, showing each country 

 engaged in war, with the flag of each 

 nation displayed. Al. Rickards, of this 

 firm 's force of salesman, has been nurs- 

 ing during .Tuly more boils than Job 

 ever dreamed of. 



B. M. Wichers, of Gretna, La., was 

 a visitor August 10, on his way to 

 Boston. 



Messrs. Herrmann, Reid and Hanfling 

 were in Philadelphia August 10, attend- 

 ing a meeting of the leading florists' 

 supply men of the country. 



E. McKay Whiting, president or the 

 National Florists' Board of Trade, and 

 Mrs. Whiting left this week for a vaca- 

 tion in the mountains. 



A big reception to George Blake, of 

 Bonnet & Blake, Brooklvn, was ten- 

 dered on the return of the bridegroom 

 to his wholesale headquarters last week. 

 It included a band of music, refresh- 

 ments arid half a hundred of his friends 

 in and out of the trade. 



The receipt of the ordered kentia 

 seeds is problematical. Over 2,000,000 

 were supposed to be in transit when 

 the war broke out in Europe. All im- 

 ports are held up in florists' supplies 

 of every kind, and the seed houses are 

 at sea as to the filling of their orders. 



Among the lecturers alread.v engaged 

 for the coming season of the New York 

 Florists' Club are J. Otto Thilow, of 

 Philadelphia, on .Jamaica, W. T., and 

 R. Vincent, .Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 

 on Scotland. 



Fifth avenue florists are demonstrat- 

 ing as never before the value of win- 



dow advertising. Special artists are 

 being employed by some of the leading 

 firms, and one window was decorated 

 at a cost of $500. 



Geo. M. Stumpp, F. W. Kelsey and 

 wife, Mrs. Paul Meconi, Philip Breit- 

 meyer and Julius Roehrs are among the 

 Americans still in Europe, waiting pa- 

 tiently for opportunity to return. 



Edward Brenner, of George C. Sie- 

 brecht's force, is enjoying his vacation 

 in the mountains. 



Woodrow & Marketos have the con- 

 tract for the decorations for the fancy 

 ball at Narragansett Pier this week. 

 Mr. Woodrow says many of the con- 

 tracts for big events at Newport, R. 1., 

 have been canceled since the European 

 war began. 



Ed. Ancker and Hugh Peake are en- 

 joying their vacation together at 

 Greenport, L. I. 



Carroll Elliott is at Atlantic City, 

 Edward Reth on Long Island, and C. 

 E. Mol^-is at Overbrook, Pa. 



Carl jBernhard, with Stumpp & Wal- 

 ter Co.ms in Germany. 



At i^hur T. Boddington's it is said 

 a large^onsignment of French bulbs is 

 on the:*Germania, last heard from at 

 Lisbon..^ Mr. Boddington is optimistic 

 as to the war and believes it will not 

 be of long duration. Harry A. Bun- 

 yard has been serving his country, on 

 jury duty. 



Charles Kessler leaves August 15, 

 with his sister and fiance, for a two 

 weeks' vacation at Asbury Park, N. J. 



L. W. Kervan attended the reunion 

 of his regiment, the Fifth Connecticut, 

 at Savin Rock, near New Haven, 

 August 8. 



,J. K. Allen is having a new front 

 put in his store. 



The store of James McManus is re 

 ceiving its annual rehabilitation. 



Paul Berkowitz, of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., Philadelphia, has been spending 

 his vacation at Atlantic City, but 

 takes a run weekly to New York by 

 way of variation. 



.July 26, three days after the return 

 of Andrew Cova, treasurer of the New 

 York Florists' Supply Co., from his 

 European trip, Mrs. Cova presented him 

 with twin boys, Andrew and George. 



L. B. Nason is spending his week 

 ends at Asbury Park. 



Leo Rosens, head salesman for B. 

 Rosens, is home from the Catskills. 



The directors of the Cut Flower Ex 

 change, and others, visited John Don 

 aldson last week at his new home in 

 Patchogue, L. I. 



Martin & Brunger, landscape gar 

 deners, successors to Dinkel & Jewell. 

 have opened an office at 127 Main 

 street, Irvington. 



Robert E. Berry now represents thr 

 Shrewsburv Nurseries, of Eatontown, 

 N. J. 



The employees of the Julius Roehi-^ 

 Co., of Rutherford, enjoyed their an- 

 nual outing August 8 at the Roehi> 

 farm at Westwood. 



The Essex County Florists' Cln" 

 held its first annual outing August ■> 

 at Brunner's grove, Hilton, N. •'■ 

 There was an attendance of nearly H' '• 

 Edward Jacobie is president of th ^^ 

 organization, W^. G. Muller vice-prcM 

 dent, John Crossley secretary and -^ 

 Begerow treasurer. R. Yuell was chair- 

 man of the committee and its membc:^ 

 were ,T. J. McLoughlin, R. Pludncv, 

 C. Deisler, Wm. Haas, John Phifer, Jol" 

 Rassback and Edward Kemp. Tli'" 

 New York wholesalers were represent' • 



