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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Jdnb 16, lOlJ. 



NEW TOBK. 



The Market. 



Extreme heat and enormous ship- 

 ments of peonies depressed the market 

 last week and the great storms of Sat- 

 urday and Sunday left it wobbly and 

 uncertain. There is no increase in the 

 volume of trade in cut flowers, and 

 prices are at their lowest ebb, "There 

 are no prices," was the response of 

 one of the veterans, who says the mar- 

 ket of May and June to date is unique 

 in his twenty-five years' experience. 

 Midsummer prices never came so early. 



Few good American Beauties are 

 arriving. Little of the stock goes above 

 10 cents for the selected, and from 

 that down to zero. Of other roses the 

 natural shortening of the supply is slow 

 in developing, and $10 per thousand 

 would secure about anything arriving 

 if large quantities were purchased. 

 There is little quality to any of it. 

 Many thousands of carnations remained 

 unsold, and were placed in the discard 

 last week. Nearly every wholesaler sup- 

 plied his share. It needed extra fine 

 goods to secure an offer of $10 per 

 thousand. The results of the extreme 

 heat were especially seen in the carna- 

 tion shipments. Lilies do not go above 

 4 cents and thousands are disposed of 

 at $10 to $20 per thousand. There 

 is no scarcity of gladioli and prices are 

 falling fast. The storms have badly 

 damaged the peonies that remain, and 

 rendered most of them unsalable. This 

 week will probably leave few unmar- 

 keted. 



The exodus to Europe is lessening. 

 The retailers have had a wonderful sea- 

 son in steamer flowers, and boxes and 

 baskets innumerable have sped the part- 

 ing coronationists. The June weddings 

 are now at full tide, and some splendid 

 decorative work has fallen to the lot 

 of every florist of prominence. 



Club Meeting. 



The rooms of the New York Florists' 

 Club were well filled Monday evening. 

 President Nugent opened the session 

 promptly on the stroke of eight, as is 

 his invariable custom. Besolutions of 

 sympathy on the death of J. H. Taylor 

 were read and approved. Chairman 

 Fenrich made a favorable report on 

 the club's outing, June 28, and before 

 the meeting closed the committee had 

 sold several hundred dollars' worth of 

 tickets and an equal amount was con- 

 tributed for prizes. Everything prom- 

 ises a great success. The whole affair 

 will be unique and new features will 

 add to the enjoyment. It is necessary 

 that the committee know in advance 

 how large the crowd will be. All let- 

 ters should be sent to the chairman, 

 Joseph H. Fenrich. 



The committee on greenhouse build- 

 ing at Cornell was unable to report 

 any further progress, the deadlock at 

 Albany and the fire having put a 

 damper on everything but political leg- 

 islation. 



F. H. Traendly reported for the 

 transportation committee. The Penn- 

 sylvania railroad and the Baltimore & 

 Ohio offer a rate and three-fifths, and 

 the certificate plan is advised. The 

 fare is $7.44. Mr. Miller moved that 

 the trip be made Monday afternoon and 

 that all arrangements for special train 

 and refreshments be left with the com- 

 mittee. Fifty dollars was appropriated 

 and all florists from New England go- 

 ing to the convention at Baltimore are 



asked to join the New York Florists' 

 Club and enjoy the privileges of its 

 special. 



The exhibits for the evening were 

 many and varied. E. G. Wilson, of 

 Brooklyn, exhibited his new fern, un- 

 named, which the award committee 

 thought to be a species of cybotium. 

 A later report will be made. Mr. Wil- 

 son also exhibited a vase of his new 

 blush sweet pea. John Lewis Childs 

 exhibited a collection of new varieties 

 of gladioli, the dwarf calla, Mrs. 

 Koosevelt, the yellow calla, Elliottiana, 

 and some grand peonies. The hearty 

 thanks of the club were accorded all 

 the exhibitors, including the Cottage 

 Gardens Co., of Queens, N. Y., for a 

 vase of peonies. 



Messrs. Bunyard, Totty and Simpson 

 were appointed a committee to draw 

 up resolutions on the death of the 

 daughter of Charles Schenck, and 

 Messrs. Traendly, Bunyard and Shaw 

 on the death of Charles Armitage. 



The president announced the nomi- 

 nating committee for 1912 as follows: 

 Messrs. Miller, Sheridan, Totty, Birnie, 

 Kessler, Hendrickson and Siebrecht, Jr. 



Interesting addresses were made by 

 John G. Esler on "Hail," E. W. Mac- 

 Nifl on the "Lights and Shadows of 

 the Auction Business," and L. W. C. 

 Tuthill on "Advertising." Considera- 

 ble discussion followed. Mr. Totty said 

 Mr. Tuthill 's essay was one of the clev- 

 erest ever read before the club and 

 gave his own experiences in proof that 

 "advertising is the vital force that 

 brings success." Mr. Ebel spoke of 

 advertising as an investment and not 

 an expense and illustrated its influ- 

 ence. Messrs. Bunyard, Berry and 

 Weathered also gave experiences of in- 

 terest and the thanks of the club were 

 accorded all the speakers and essayists 

 of the evening. 



Al. Eickards and committee had an 

 especially au revoir menu for the club 

 members. 



Various Note?. 



L. W, C. Tuthill was thrown from 

 his motorcycle last week and sprained 

 an ankle. 



J. B. Velie, manager of Lord & Burn- 

 ham 's Boston office, will be operated 

 on for appendicitis June 15. T. B. De 

 Forest, of the New York office, will 

 take charge there until his recovery. 



Lord & Bumham Co. has closed a con- 

 tract with P. S. Eandolph, of Ean- 

 dolph & McClements, Pittsburg, for six 

 houses 21x200 and one 50x200, the large 

 one to be devoted to sweet peas, a de- 

 cision arrived at by Mr. Eandolph after 

 seeing William Sim's exhibit at the 

 Boston show. 



W. H. Siebrecht and wife, of Chap- 

 paqua, sailed June 13 for a visit to 

 Germany. Patrick O'Mara is going 

 over Solomon Hanfling sailed June 

 10. M. A. Bowe says he shortly will 

 depart for an auto trip through Ger- 

 many, France and England. 



Arthur T. Boddington reports the 

 California sweet pea growers refusing 

 additional orders for seed, and fears it 

 will be "the shortest crop in years." 



Julius Eoehrs is back from his Eu- 

 ropean trip. 



Harry Turner now is superintendent 

 for the Untermyer estate, Graystone. 



Thos. Murray, of Tuxedo, and C. E. 

 Eussell, of Eoslyn, were recent visitors. 



The outing of the Plant Growers ' As- 

 sociation in July will be worth while. 

 Messrs. Steinhoff, Schoelzel and Eoehrs 

 are the committee. 



Henry Weston, of Hempstead, has 

 caught the sweet pea fever. Hitchings 

 & Co. have the contract for a house of 

 15,000 square feet to be devoted to 

 peas. 



A meeting of the New York Horti- 

 cultural Society, accompanied by an 

 exhibition, was held June 10 at the 

 New York Botanical Garden, in Bronx 

 park. The exhibition, which was held 

 in the basement of the large Museum 

 building, was also open on the follow- 

 ing day, Sunday. Prizes were offered 

 for roses, peonies, shrubs and trees, and 

 herbaceous plants. A. Lahodny, gar- 

 dener for T. A. Havemeyer, made a 

 large exhibit of peonies, irises, and 

 rhododendrons and azaleas. James 

 Stuart, gardener for Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable, sent a collection of choice peo- 

 nies and roses. A large collection of 

 roses was staged by John Woodcock, 

 gardener for Gen. E. A. McAlpin. The 

 display of peonies by the Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co. was superb. Special awards 

 to trade exhibitors were: John Lewis 

 Childs, certificate of merit for Phila- 

 delphus Virginal; Bobbink & Atkins, 

 special mention for a collection of her- 

 baceous plants; John Lewis Childs, spe- 

 cial mention for a collection of gladioli; 

 Julius Eoehrs Co., special mention for 

 a collection of cut orchids; T. A. Have- 

 meyer, special mention for a collection 

 of hydrangeas. 



Bowling. 



It was too hot for the bowlers June 9, 

 but W. Eickards and A. Kakuda each 

 averaged 166. 



Monday afternoon, June 12, at the 

 club's alleys, the Long Island Bowling 

 Club was represented by the veteran, 

 John Donaldson, who has fully recov- 

 ered from his recent illness. This club, 

 thirty strong, including the ladies, will 

 have its annual dinner and theater 

 party Saturday evening, June 17. The 

 Monday scores were: 



Player. 1st 2d 8d 



Donaldson 166 163 



Tallman 133 147 



Scott 148 144 181 



Kakuda 146 163 178 



Roehrs, Tbeo 179 156 157 



Maoda 189 161 203 



J. Austin Shaw. 



The approach of the close of the 

 auction season is marked by the annual 

 trade sale. The Elliott Auction Co. an- 

 nounces this for June 20. Their trade 

 sales always attract a big crowd to 

 42 Vesey street. 



James McAnney, a Manhattan re- 

 tailer, recently sued Charles Schaefer, 

 a grower on Shell road, Elmhurst, for 

 $500 damages. In his complaint Mr. 

 McAnney alleged that several days be- 

 fore Easter he telephoned to the de- 

 fendant for some flowers, which were 

 promised for immediate delivery, but 

 were never received. 



OLADIOLL 



A last planting of gladioli bulbs 

 should be made early in June. The 

 spikes usually produced on these are not 

 so large as on the earlier planted ones, 

 but they help to lengthen the season 

 nicely. Plant in trenches six inches, or 

 even eight inches, deep, and if the ground 

 is dry run a watering can over the bulbs 

 and soak them before covering them with 

 soil. Keep the earlier batches well cul- 

 tivated. They will withstand a surpris- 

 ingly long dry spell if they were not 

 shallow planted and the cultivator is 

 kept constantly at work to preserve a 

 loose surface mulch. 



