Jdne 22, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



15 



NEW ORLEANS. 



The Market. 



The last week was a busy one for all 

 llorists catering to the cut ilower trade. 

 Weddings were of daily occurrence, and 

 for commencement night not less than 

 175 elegant bouquets, mostly of the 

 shower style, were furnished by the 

 different florists. White roses, carna- 

 tions and daisies were the flowers most- 

 ly used for that occasion and the gen- 

 eral effect was striking. The exodus 

 of the yearly tourists began a month 

 ago and by July nearly all social func- 

 tions will be at a standstill until late 

 in the fall. There has been no rain 

 liere for two weeks, but the clouds look 

 ominous and everyone wishes that 

 .hipiter Pluvius would open the locks 

 and send the much needed water from 

 above. 



Club Meeting. 



The last regular meeting in the fiscal 

 year of the New Orleans Horticultural 

 Society was held Juno 1.1, at Kolb's 

 (ierman Tavern. The president, Kich- 

 ard Kichling, was in the cliair, and the 

 secretary, C. K. Panter, at his desk, 

 with about twenty-five members pres- 

 ent. The feature of tiie evening was 

 an interesting and instructive paper on 

 "Landscape Gardening," read by Ed- 

 ward Baker, one of the veterans of 

 the society, and superintendent of the 

 parking commission. The essayist's 

 paper comprised, in broad outlines, the 

 entire history of landscape gardening, 

 especially in this country. Misdescription 

 of modern landscape gardening, with 

 reference to the proper arrangement 

 of trees, s^irubs, beds, etc., was of great 

 value. A lengthy discussion followed, 

 in which several members voiced their 

 sentiments, emphasizing the fact that in 

 general not enough money is spent for 

 the laying out, planting and mainte- 

 nance of gardens. Loud applause fol- 

 lowed the reading of this paper and a 

 vote of thanks was extended to Mr. 

 Baker. 



The city council will bring in shortly 

 its final decision in regard to the "fly" 

 ordinance. In order to guard the rights 

 of the florists against favoritism in the 

 requirements, which undoubtedly would 

 hurt their trade, the following commit- 

 tee was appointed: J. C. Quinette, P. A. 

 Chopin and Paul Abele. 



The society extended a vote of thanks 

 to Mr. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, 

 for the enjoyable outing on the lake 

 given the members May 28. 



The annual outing of the society will 

 take place on a Wednesday during the 

 early part of July. It will consist of a 

 boat ride to Mandeville, La., on the 

 banks of Lake Pontchartraiu. The ar- 

 rangements are in the hands of the fol- 

 lowing committee: Edward Baker, C. 

 R. Panter and Charles Eble. 



Up to this time no prospective candi- 

 dates for the offices of president and 

 vice-president have appeared, but it is 

 likely they will make their intentions 

 known during the outing. 



Various Notes. 



G. W. Eichling's business is con- 

 stantly increasing, especially in the 

 cut flower I'ne. The varied stock he 

 carries at his nursery, near the store, 

 is always in perfect condition. 



Max Sc'ieinnk, a young, enterprising 

 florist, will soon remove to his new 

 plnce on Panola street, where he built 

 a residence and a greenhouse, 2.5x100. 



These Are the Little Liners That Do'theBosiness 



His several thousand mums are in fine 

 condition. 



U. J. Virgin has an exceedingly busy 

 time with decorations of all kinds. At 

 his nursery he intends to make some 

 big alterations in greenhouse building. 

 Richard Eichling, his foreman, has the 

 place in good shape and well stocked, 

 especially with palms and ferns. He is 

 cutting daily a good supply of asters, 

 Lilium giganteum and lancifolium for 



store use. 



R. E. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Tiie lessening of shipments was evi- 

 dent Juno 17 and before the day ended 

 the demand had absorbed everything 

 worth while, and quite a little of the 

 sleepy accumulations also. The big de- 

 partment stores bought roses and car- 

 nations in lots of 20,000 and at figures 

 that enabled them to advertise special 

 sales of these at 10 cents a dozen. The 

 Trepels and Abrams were surely a god- 

 send to the overburdened market. It 

 is predicted that every department store 

 in the city, awakened by the remark- 

 able success of Charles Trepel in his 

 three big New York and Brooklyn 



stores, will add a flower department be- 

 fore the new season opens in Septem- 

 ber. 



There are few American Beauty roses 

 that are worthy of the name. The few 

 that pass muster bring 20 cents easily, 

 but ninety per cent of all arrivals of 

 i^his rose go at any figure offered. This 

 week should see some improvement in 

 general quality. The week opens with 

 small shipments and a steady market at 

 last week's average prices. Of Killar- 

 ney there is no limit; much of the stock 

 is short in stem and small in flower, but 

 it dominates the rose market always. 

 Maryland and Maid abound, but quality 

 is poor. Hilda grows in popularity. The 

 old Jacq., as thorny and sweet as ever, 

 had a banner week, and some of the 

 stock sent in brought good prices, 

 though the hot days made short work 

 of most of it. Few Richmonds arrive. 

 The rose market feels the influence of 

 direct shipments from growers to other 

 cities and to out-of-town florists. 



Carnations show a sleepy condition^ 

 as the result of the heat, and the accu- 

 mulations last week were abnormal. 

 One sale of 22,000 was made at less than 

 $2 per thousand and $1 per hundred was 

 top, except for a few. There is a big 

 call for peonies now that their season is 



