24. 



The Florists^ Review 



Hritumbeb 24, 1914. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Optimism soenuHl to i)revail in the 

 wholesale cut flower market at the close 

 of last week, thanks to the ideal 

 weather, the lessening of shipments and 

 the awakening of life among the re- 

 tailers. Prices gciiorally have been 

 steady, with an ii[)ward tendency for 

 the best grades, especially of roses. 

 American Beauties advanced to $20 per 

 liundred for the .-^elects on Saturday 

 afternoon. Sunburst and Ophelia seem 

 to grow weekly in popularity and qual- 

 ity. Double White Kilarney is a gen- 

 eral favorite. Roses apj)eal to the public 

 this season in wonderful variety. There 

 are over twenty-five kinds to select 

 from in the daily market. 



The best carnations arriving do not 

 yet sell above $].')() i>er hundred. The 

 supply of these is limited, and, in fact, 

 of all kinds. There seem to be only the 

 standard varieties this season. Novel- 

 ties in carnations will be few. Cosmos 

 and celosias are here, and already a 

 great abundance of low-grade dahlias, 

 for which there is no demand at all. 



The late shipments of gladioli are 

 larger than expected and good stock 

 had advanced to $1.50 per hundred as 

 the week ended. The closing days of 

 the aster distribution show still a great 

 abundance of all grades, with only the 

 new and selected stock selling at prof- 

 itable prices for the grower. Both 

 asters and gladioli will last as a feature 

 in the market until October. 



The mums are coming. For several 

 weeks we have had Golden Glow. Now 

 Smith 's early white is here. Some fancy 

 prices were realized for the best Golden 

 (tIow on Saturday. Valley is firm at 

 last week's quotation, and longiflorums 

 are on the move to a higher plane at 

 last. Some of the wholesale houses were 

 asking $6 per hundred last Saturday. 

 An unexpected flood of orchids arrived 

 Saturday. Prices fell rapidly. Even 

 the best cattleyas fell to $35 per hun- 

 dred. Oncidiums remained unsold, 

 though quoted everywhere at 50 cents 

 ])er hundred. 



Various Notes. 



The Country Life Permanent Exposi- 

 tion continues in the Grand Central 

 Terminal. Moon and Marshall & Co. 

 continue their exhibits. W. H. Lutton 

 has a model greenhouse there. - 



J. K. Allen visited last week the 

 nurseries and greenhouse establishment 

 of Thos. W. Head, of Bergenfield, N. J. 



Considerable space has been added 

 to the store of Gunther Bros., the oflices 

 enlarged, and the whole place redeco- 

 rated. Mr. Gunther predicts smaller 

 shipments of dahlias this year than 

 usual. 



With this week begin the Jewish holi- 

 days. The market is expected to make 

 a generous response, as usual. 



Frank H. Traendly and family re- 

 turned Monday, September 14, from 

 their summer home at Eowayton, Conn. 



Improvements in the store of the 

 Walter Siebrecht Co. are completed and 

 the office room greatly enlarged. 



John Wilson, of Short Hills, N. J., is 

 now at Jupiter, Fla., in charge of the 

 Jupiter fern farms. The entire output 

 of the fifty-two acres is handled by 

 the Growers' Cut Flower Co. 



Louis Hanfling, representing Bussin 

 & Hanfling, has returned from a suc- 

 cessful trip through New England and 

 reports general prosperity there. 



Herman B. Rosens, owing to the rapid 

 increase of his business, has been com- 

 pelled to remove his headquarters to 112 

 West Twenty-eighth street. His display 

 of original creations and French copies 

 of fine flower novelties is large and 

 unique. 



According to Ralpli M. Ward & Co., 

 azalea shipments from Belgium are 

 coming forward regularly now and no 

 trouble is anticipated. The freight 

 rates have advanced, and also insurance 

 rates. French bulb shipments are still 

 coming; the Patria arrived September 

 17, and the Sant' Anna is due September 

 20. These steamers are calling at sev- 

 eral ports in the Azores, taking a longer 

 time than usual in reaching New York. 



Abraham Rosen is now with Clarence 

 Slinn, the violet specialist, at 112 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



Samuel Woodrow, of Woodrow & 

 Marketos, visited lioston last week, 

 completing a contract for some exten 

 sive landsca])e work. A fine assortment 

 oT plants and palms are already in- 

 stalled in their big store, including some 

 immense kentias from private estates. 



It is rumored that C. C. Trepel will 

 open three more retail stores in Man- 

 hattan in October. Manuel M. Voit, 

 formerly manager at Gimbel Bros.' for 

 Mr, Trepel, is now financial secretary of 

 his New York enterprises. 



Singapore rugs grace the floor of G. 

 E. M. Stumpp's beautiful store, at 

 Fifty-eighth street and Fifth avenue. 

 Many novelties in Austrian and English 

 ware are on exhibition and the window 

 decorations are always original and at- 

 tractive. George Stumpp is still in Ger- 

 many. 



The auctions of bulbs, plants, etc.. 

 on Vesey street, are already attracting 

 "crowded houses." A sale of orchid 

 ]dants by the MacNiff Horticultural Co. 

 drew the experts, Messrs. Roehrs, Manda 

 and Lager, into competition. 



Max Schling is building a greenhouse, 

 14x60, at his home grounds in Bronx- 

 villo. It will be completed by Novem- 

 ber 1 and is being constructed by Mr. 

 Schling for the creation of new varieties 

 and the illustration of new methods of 

 culture, 



C. H. Totty is sending blooms of the 

 rose, Mnie. PMouard Herrott, to Hen- 

 •shaw & Fenrich. J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUARY 



DRANK TO-BAK-INE AND DIED. 



Those in the trade generally under- 

 stand the deadly nature of all the nico- 

 tine extracts used as insecticides, but 

 every now and then someone not ac- 

 quainted with the trade meets an 

 accidental death through attempting to 

 swallow nicotine, mistaking it for some- 

 thing else. 



The latest sudden death from this 

 cause is reported from St. Paul, where a 

 baker named Joseph Horejs, visiting his 

 friend, Carl Nedved, 900 Palmer street, 

 undertook to sample a bottle of liquid 

 found standing in the boiler-shed. 



It was To bak-ine liquid, sure death to 

 human beings as well as to insects. 

 The bottle was properly labeled 

 "Poison," but the visitor did not stop 

 to look at the label. His death was 

 almost instantaneous. The coroner's 

 jury rendered a verdict of accidental 

 poisoning. 



Bridgeport, Conn. — Fred Kolb is build- 

 ing. Part of his frontage may be taken 

 off to conform to new lines surveyed by 

 the city. There is ample room in the 

 rear for a good-sized range of glass. 



Peter J. Krug. 



Peter J. Krug, a retired florist, di .] 

 September 18 at his home in Wallington 

 N. J., after a year's illness. He w is 

 born sixty-six years ago in Liverpuol 

 and came to America with his parehts 

 when he was 8 years old. For a numb r 

 of years he conducted a business in W 1- 

 lington and grew cut flowers ai il 

 plants which won many prizes at honi- 

 cultural shows. He was penniless wlnn 

 lie started in business, but he accunm. 

 lated an estate estimated at $250,0(ii». 

 Mr. Krug served throughout the Civil 

 war as a member of the Thirty-thiid 

 New Jersey Regiment in a division com- 

 manded by (teneral Sherman. lie 

 fought in many engagements. He is 

 survived by his wife and seven children. 



Mrs. C. Loveridge, 



Mrs. Jessie E. Loveridge, wife of <'. 

 Loveridge, of Peoria, 111., died Septem- 

 ber 19, at the age of 48 years, 5 months 

 and 17 days, and was buried September 

 21 in Springdale cemetery. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Loveridge were married OctobcM- 

 26, 1892. Ten children were born to 

 them. One died in infancy and nine 

 are left with their father to mourn h<r 

 loss. 



Mrs. Mary Zuber, 



Mrs. Mary Zuber, wife of Fraiiic 

 Zuber, the florist of Whitestone, N. Y.. 

 died Sunday, September 13, in the Long 

 Island hospital, after a lingering illnes^. 

 Besides her husband she leaves four 

 stepsons and four stepdaughters. 



Charles R, Koch. 



Charles R. Koch, the Philadelphia 

 seedsman, died September 9, at the age 

 of 75, at his home in Philadelphia. Mi. 

 Koch was born in New Ringgold, Pa. 

 He fought in the Civil war. After the 

 crisis he engaged in the seed business 

 under the firm name of Girvin & Koeli 

 in Philadelphia. About twenty-five 

 years ago he bought the seed business 

 of the P. B. Mingle Co. and remainci 

 active in the business until the last. 

 Mr. Koch was a former vice-president 

 of the Commercial Exchange and ii 

 director of the Mutual Trust Co. lli' 

 was a member of the G, A, R. and <'f 

 the Messiah Lutheran church. lie 

 leaves his wife; a son, .John W. Koch; 

 and three daughters, Mrs. J. Frank 

 Shellonberger, Jr.; Mrs. William li' 

 Tliomjison and Mrs. John W, Althon-'. 



George Rauchert. 



George Rauchert, 53 years old, of ■' 

 East One Hundred Twenty-fifth strei^ 

 Manhattan, New York, dropped uncoi 

 scions on Ziedler avenue, Maspeth, Su! 

 day afternoon, September 13, and di< 1 

 before a physician i*eached him. Tl ■' 

 cause was given as an epileptic strol<' • 

 The body was taken to Skelton - 

 morgue, Elmhurst, and later removal 

 to the man's home. Identification w -^ 

 made by means of cards in the man - 

 pockets and confirmed by his relative . 



Evanston, HI. — Lightning struck tl ' 

 brick smokestack at the greenhouse i 

 tablishment of Richard F. Gloede du 

 ing a recent storm, knocking dow > 

 about two-thirds of the 55-foot stacl - 

 The bricks fell on the boiler shed an ' 

 practically demolished the roof. 



