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The Weekly Florists^ RevieW* 



June 29, 1911. 



burned it out. The receut rains, bow- 

 ever, should do a great deal of good. 

 Asters bring from $3 to $5 per hundred 

 and lilies sell well at $10 per hundred. 

 There are plenty of greens in the mar- 

 ket now. 



Various Notes. 



The committee, consisting of E. W. 

 Guy, W. C. Smith, Charles Schoenle and 

 J. J. Beneke, of the Florists' Club, 

 which has the arrangements in hand 

 for the florists' picnic, has arranged to 

 hold the annual event Thursday, July 

 20, at Bamona park, and Max Peletier 's 

 famous band has been engaged for the 

 occasion. The Florists' Club pays all 

 the expenses, and all florists, their fam- 

 ilies and friends are welcome. All the 

 wholesale houses, as well as many of 

 the retail stores, have agreed to close 

 on that day, to give their employees 

 H day's outing. 



The Eetail Florists' Association will 

 hold its monthly meeting Monday, July 

 3, at 8 p. m,, in the Knights of Colum- 

 bus hall. "There is a raft of business 

 to be transacted," says President San- 

 ders, and a full attendance is requested. 

 The newly elected secretary and treas- 

 urer will be installed. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers said she would like 

 to be present at the Florists' Club ban- 

 quet, June 28, but, owing to the fact 

 that she is the only lady member of the 

 flub, she declined the invitation. David 

 Geddis represented the firm at the ban- 

 quet. 



The committee which will handle the 

 games at the Florists' Club's picnic 

 this year has been selected from the 

 four wholesale houses and consists of 

 Frank Windier, Albert Gums, George 

 Schriefer, Fred Alves, Otto Bruening 

 and P. Patton. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Ellison are en- 

 joying their vacation at the northern 

 lakes. 



Mrs. William Ellison, of the Ellison 

 Floral Co., will leave this week for her 

 summer home in northern Wisconsin. 



Pierre Schneider, of the Oakland Flo- 

 ral Co., at Kirkwood, says that their 

 greenhouses are all in shape again and 

 they are sending to C. A. Kuehn a nice, 

 clean lot of carnations. 



E. W. Guy and Henr^' Emunds, of 

 Belleville, 111., were here last week, buy- 

 ing supplies. They say that business 

 for the first two weeks in June was 

 splendid with all the Belleville florists. 



Nurserymen of this vicinit.y have suf- 

 fered a great deal from the long dry 

 spell and a great deal of the young 

 stock has been killed. C. C. Sanders 

 says the loss to the local nurserymen 

 will run into several thousands of dol- 

 lars. Relief came Saturday, but not 

 enough. A good soaker is badly 

 needed. 



Theo. Klockenkemper lias made ap- 

 plication for the position of superin- 

 tendent of public parks. He was su- 

 perintendent twelve years ago and 

 made • an excellent record during his 

 four years in office, and his appoint- 

 ment would be a popular one among 

 the local florists. 



W. J. Pilcher, Frank Fillmore and 

 •T. J. Beneke have again been appointed 

 as the reception committee for the 

 florists' picnic. This committee has 

 served in the same capa<'ity for the 

 last five years. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Weber cele- 

 brated their tenth wedding anniversary 

 .Tune 20, at their home. Mr. Weber 

 is state vice-president of the S. A. F. 

 for eastern Missouri. 



Louis Magen, a retired florist, aged 

 60, living at Maplewood, was killed last 

 week by a train on the Missouri Pacific 

 railroad. Further particulars will be 

 found in this week's obituary column. 



Woerner Bros., of Clayton, Mo., are 

 sending some extra good Killarney 

 roses to this market. They expect to 

 increase their glass for roses this sum- 

 mer. 



H. Heselmeyer, of the St. Louis Seed 

 Co., is traveling in Europe in the in- 

 terests of the firm. He was last heard 

 from in Holland. Martin Moran, of 

 this firm, says the recent rain has start- 

 ed the business going again. 



That wholesale quartet, composed 

 of Messrs. Smith, Ossick, Windier and 

 Patton, is surely a good one. Your 

 scribe was invited- to one of their re- 

 hearsals last week. J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Thanks to the reduction in ship- 

 ments of cut flowers, an encouraging 

 improvement is noticeable in prices and 

 a steadiness that indicates the summer 

 average has been reached. The lowest 

 prices of the season have probably been 

 seen. Even midsummer rates seldom 

 touch the bottom May and June have 

 done this year. This week should be 

 a busy one for the retailers, for com- 

 mencements are numerous. The June 

 weddings continue to give encourage- 

 ment in numbers. The big ships still 

 carry multitudes to Europe and every 

 steamer is freighted with floral bas- 

 kets, and boxes and bouquets innu- 

 merable. 



American Beauties when good sell 

 readily at 25 cents, and there are not 

 enough of them. Some notable ban- 

 quets last week used all the available 

 supply. Of the other roses, Maryland 

 is in best demand and of fine quality. 

 So are Kaiserin and Killarney, when 

 selected. Most of the Killarney now 

 arriving are short-stemmed, however. 

 Only the top grade deserves considera- 

 tion. Many thousands of carnations 

 sold last week at .$10 per thousand, and 

 from that down to 25 cents per hun- 

 dred for the leftovers. Even the best 

 of the newer varieties brought no more 

 than 2 cents. The extreme heat put 

 a large proportion of the arrivals to 

 sleep. Lilies and valley are firmer. 

 The market now seems able to digest 

 the orchid shipments and, while prices 

 have not advanced, there is no surplus. 

 Long-stemmed sweet peas are in con- 

 stant demand. There is an abundance 

 of iris. The peony has fulfilled its mis- 

 sion and departed. Gladioli are not 

 j'et abundant. Of outdoor flowers, 

 both old and new, there is a sufficiency 

 and the Crimson Rambler is head and 

 shoulders above all else in quantity 

 and beauty. 



Various Notes. 



The New York Florists' Club held 

 its annual outing June 28, too late for 

 an account of it to appear in this issue. 



.July () the Greek-American Florists ' 

 Society will have its annual celebra- 

 tion, also at Wetzel's, going by boat, 

 and furnishing an extensive program 

 of dinners, games and dancing. Last 

 year the attendance was over 500 and 

 this year, George Cotsonas says, they 

 will double the number. 



The sweet pea convention this week 

 at Philadelphia will draw a good at- 



tendance from New York and vicinity. 

 M. C. Ebel, of Madison, will have his 

 insecticide products on exhibition and 

 give a demonstration, which he' will re- 

 peat at the Baltimore convention. 



The Forster Mansfleld Co. has been 

 filling some large contracts at New- 

 port. 



Interest in the coming convention of 

 the S. A. F. is growing daily. There 

 will be a big delegation from New 

 York. A special train will start at 

 10:30 a. m. Monday, August 14, and 

 those who can join the New York crowd 

 are requested to send their names to 

 Chairman Frank H. Traendly, of the 

 transportation committee, 131 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



July 1 and 2 the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York will have an ex- 

 hibition of outdoor roses, irises, sweet 

 peas, herbaceous plants and vegetables; 

 Richard Richter, manager. Nearly 

 $100 in prizes is offered. The show 

 will be held in the museum of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 park. Dr. Britton will lecture there, 

 at 4 p. m. Saturday. At 5 p. m. Geo. 

 V. Nash will escort those in attend- 

 ance over the beautiful grounds of 

 New York 's finest park. 



Patrick O'Mara left June 28 for an 

 outing in Europe, and doubtless an ex- 

 amination of the Blarney stone on his 

 travels. The New York Florists' Club 

 sped him on his way with a box of 

 perfectos. 



Myer, the retailer at Madison ave- 

 nue and Fifty-eighth street, is spend- 

 ing his week ends on his farm near 

 Middletown, N. Y. He has purchased 

 four fine cottages at Averne, L, I. 



Among the notable dinners last week 

 was the one given by the Canadian 

 Club of New York, in honor of the 

 coronation, at which President Taft 

 was the honored guest. The floral 

 decorations were by M. A. Bowe. 



McKinney, at Forty-second street and 

 Fifth avenue, had the contract for a 

 large Brooklyn wedding last week and 

 some Delmonico dinners that were 

 greatly to his credit. Arthur Merritt 

 was the artist in the Brooklyn deco- 

 ration. 



"Temporarily closed," is the notice 

 on the door of the Buds seed store, on 

 Barclay street. 



Jos. J. Levy was celebrating last 

 week the second arrival of the stork 

 at his home, with a daughter. 



Miss Horn and Miss Hess have de- 

 cided not to close their store at 767 

 Lexington avenue during July and Au- 

 gust, as has been their custom. These 

 young ladies have an excellent busi- 

 ness established. 



G. Lionel, formerly with Brower, has 

 opened a store at Hastings on the Hud- 

 son, with New York headquarters with 

 Kessler Bros. 



George Saltford will enjoy his sum- 

 mer outing at his old Rhinebeck home. 

 Clarence Saltford 's week ends include 

 some fine catches of the finny tribe at 

 Atlantic Highlands. 



The employees of the wholesale sec- 

 tion have arranged for a fishing excur- 

 sion. The managers of the affair are 

 the foremen in P. .L Smith's store. 

 All the tickets are already sold. 



Siebrecht & Siebrecht had a fine dis- 

 ]>lay of gigas and other popular or- 

 chids last week. 



J. K. Allen has fully recovered from 

 the grip and is on deck every morning 

 again, as usual. 



M. Neigel, with Bonnet Bros., and 



