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16 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 20, 1911. 



NEW TOBE. 



The Market. 



The week ojiens with a recurrence of 

 extreme heat and humidity, followed 

 by refreshing showers. The general 

 verdict seems to be, "No .stock and no 

 business," for so several of the critics 

 express the situation. The hot wave 

 left many deaths in its wake, and the 

 only demand during the last week was 

 for funeral flowers. The scarcity of 

 white roses and carnations was marked, 

 but prices did not advance and evi- 

 dently the long summer stagnation has 

 begun. Dullness has prevaifed in the 

 society resorts, but some improvement 

 is now noted. Newport has been de- 

 cidedly dull, but the boom there seldom 

 materializes before August. 



Few roses from the new ]»lanting are 

 arriving of any quality or length of 

 stem. Those which are worth while 

 are f^\i and far between, and sell read- 

 ily to the leading stores. There are few 

 good Beauties, and 25 cents is top for 

 them. A few excellent Kaiserin are 

 offered and Maryland and Killarney 

 will again arrive before the week 

 is over, uj) to usual standard of bud 

 and stem. There is no change to re- 

 port in the orchid market. Some fine 

 gigas are constantly on tap. They sel- 

 dom rise above 50 cents. Carnations 

 were somewhat firmer at the close of 

 the week, owing to the limited ship- 

 ments of good blooms, but $1 per hun- 

 dred would buy the best of them, 

 (iladioli are abundant and values retro- 

 grading. Soon the local growers will 

 flood the market and the price will 

 drop to 50 cents per hundred. 



The heat affected the lilies badly, 

 many arriving wilted and almost un- 

 salable; $5 per hundred was easily ob- 

 tainable for the selected. Valley holds 

 at ]>revailing prices, $2.50 per hundred 

 being the top grade quotation. 



Asters have begun their invasion. 

 Smilax drags and large quantities have 

 been disposed of as low as 50 cents per 

 dozen .strings. Prepared oak and mag- 

 nolia leaves prove as popular as ever 

 and every retailer keeps his stock of 

 wreaths replenished daily. 



There is no diminution in the sweet 

 pea suppl}', but little of it is of the 

 high grade the market will encourage. 



The philosophers have all accepted 

 cheerfully the inevitable conditions of 

 the "good old summer time" and are 

 waiting patiently for the business boom 

 that is assuredly coming this fall and 

 winter, unless all signs fail. 



Various Notes. 



Secretary Fellouris, of the Greek- 

 Americau Florists' Association, reports 

 final results of the outing last week as 

 away ahead of all records of the so- 

 ciety to date. 



It is said the contemplated outing of 

 the K Y. and N. J. Growers' Associ- 

 ation will include a trip to Glen Island 

 and one of the famous shore dinners of 

 tliat resort, so pleasantly remembered by 

 all who attended the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion at New York some years ago. 



Meyer, of Badgley, Riedel & Meyer, 

 Inc., left July 16 for a two weeks' so- 

 journ in the Catskills. Mr. Biedel and 

 familj- are at the seashore for the 

 summer, and Mr. Badgley says life at 

 Summit is a perpetual holiday. He 

 already is sending in some fine new 

 stock of Killarney and White Killarney. 



Lord & Burnham Go. has just com- 

 pleted the engagement to erect for 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, Mass., an 

 iron-frame greenhouse 50x600 feet. 



.los. J. Ijovy and family are enjoying 

 their summer outing at one of the cool 

 resorts in the Catskills. 



It is reported that Alexander J. 

 Guttman contemplates returning to his 

 first love and reentering the ranks of 

 the wholesale florists of Twenty eighth 

 street this fall. 



A. Moltz and family are in the coun- 

 try, ivir. Moltz is rapidlv improving in 

 health. 



Nicholas Lecakes is spending his 

 week ends with his family at his Con- 

 necticut farm. 



Mr. Moore, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 finds a glowing demand from the west- 

 ern metropolis for his orchids, and ships 

 daily grand cattleyas to his Chicago 

 agents. Mr. Moore celebrates soon 

 the thirty-third anniversary of his mar- 

 riage. 



John Krai and wife have been enjoy- 

 ing a holiday up state and are now 

 motor-boating in their own ship on 

 Long Island sound. E. Hanft, also a 

 salesman for Moore, Hentz & Nash, is 

 back from his vacation. 



H. E. Froment is leading the stren- 

 uous life with his bookkeeper, lieuten- 

 ant and several employees away for 

 their resting spell. 



AVm. P. Ford is enjoying his annual 

 rest on his farm at Chadds Ford, Pa., 

 a healthful and charming elevation. 



Every wholesaler is now taking ad 

 vantage of the summer lull and making 

 things bright and beautiful for the fall 

 openings. 



Early closing is more and more 

 popular. 



J. K. Allen and Mrs. Allen left July 

 15 for a two weeks' outing at Oxford, 

 N. Y. 



The lily shipments reach into the 

 thousands daily at P, .T. Smith's, as 

 usual, but the hot spell deteriorated 

 man J- of them. 



Wm. H. Kuebler, Brooklyn, is back 

 from the Shriners' convention at Roch- 

 ester. 



Some impressive fish stories are com 

 ing in from Asbury Park and the High 

 lands, where Joseph A. Fenrich and 

 Clarence Saltford are sojourning. 



Geo. A. Kuhl, of Pekin, HI., and 

 Mrs. Kuhl are to spend their summer 

 at Asbury Park, N. J., motoring from 

 there to the Baltimore convention. 



O. V. Zangen, Hoboken, N. J., has 

 added to his force of canvassers J. M. 

 Fischer, formerly with Thorburn & Co. 



A. M. Heushaw left England for 

 home July 13. 



W. H. Siebrecht's stand in the Coo 

 gan building is again open, with .Toseph 

 Vocke in charge as usual. 



The Long Island Florists' Bowling 

 Association, of Astoria, sent over some 

 of its crack bowlers to the New York 

 alleys Friday evening, July ]4. This 

 club will have its own team at Balti- 

 more. The bowling average competi 

 tion for Mr. Pierson's balls has closed. 

 with few competitors, only half a dozen 

 maintaining their interest every night 

 during the long season, Messrs. Chad 

 wick, Manda, Nugent, Shaw, Scott and 

 Kakuda having seldom been absent. 

 The scores Friday were: 



Player. Ist 2<1 •"•I 4tli 



Donaldson 100 \T.\ 191 17!t 



Mleseni 181 178 1!>4 ]8»i 



Cook 1.S4 122 120 14."! 



Chadwick 170 180 100 201 



Scott 114 14C l.SO 144 



Kakiida \TA\ 1."):! 148 l.",;! 



Manda Iti7 165 177 17." 



J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. Loms. 



The Market. 



The market conditions last week 

 were bad and little can be added to 

 what was reported in the last issue. 

 The weather conditions have had a 

 great deal to do with this, the tem- 

 peratures playing from 90 to 100 de- 

 grees in the shade all of the week, with 

 no rain to amount to anything for the 

 last six weeks. Really first-class 

 cut stock is by no means easy to ob- 

 tain and a good deal of hustling is 

 necessary to secure enough to fill or- 

 ders. 



There are a few roses coming in that 

 are of the first grade. Carnations are 

 scarce and the best now are usually 

 classed as second grades. Sweet peas 

 have succumbed to the heat. Asters 

 are coming in and the best clean ui> 

 at once. Gladioli are more plentiful 

 and down in price. Extra good valley 

 and lilies can be had daily. All out- 

 door stock comes in poor, showing the 

 c'fl'ect of the dry weather. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club took place 'ihursday 

 afternoon, July 13, at 2 o'clock. There 

 was a great deal of interest displayed 

 by the members in all matters that 

 came before the meeting. The attend- 

 ance was encouraging to the officers, as 

 thirfy-five members braved the hot 

 afternoon and took part in three hours 

 of interesting business matters. 



Chairman Guy of the trustees report- 

 ed that everything was in readiness for 

 the club's annual picnic. A telegram 

 was read from Secretary 'Pyfer of the 

 Chicago Florists ' Club asking the 

 members who will go to the S. A. F. 

 meeting to join them in their special 

 at Cincinnati on their way to Balti- 

 more. This was placed in the hands 

 of State A'ice-president Weber, who 

 has the transportation in charge. 



A letter was read from the Retail 

 Florists' Association asking coopera- 

 tion with them on bill No. 13, now in 

 the hands of the House of Delegates, 

 to eliminate the crepe puUors, as the 

 city counselor has put his O. K. on it, 

 making the bill constitutional. 



David Geddes was elected to mem- 

 bership and H. Werner, a grower at 

 Clayton, made application. The nom- 

 ination of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, Robert J. Windier; vice 

 jiresident, C. E. De Wever and Frank 

 V'^enneraann; secretary, J. J. Beneke; 

 treasurer, William C. Smith. A. J. 

 Bentzen having resigned as trustee, the 

 nominations for his one-year term were 

 William C. Young and C. C. Sanders; 

 for the three-year term, J. F. Am- 

 mann and Frank A. Weber were nom- 

 inated. 



Election of officers will take place at 

 the next meeting of the club, Thurs- 

 day afternoon, August 10. 



Various Notes. 



Maurice F. Widmer, of Highland, 

 111., has bought the flower establish- 

 ment of Ammann & Johann at East St. 

 Louis, HI. He took charge .Tuly 15. 



Lurlwig Zimmer, the Biddle market 

 florist, has closed his store for the 

 summer and left July 13 for New York. 

 From there he will take the steamer 

 for a visit to his old home in Hamburg, 

 to return September 1. 



Messrs. Kuehn, Angermueller, "Bern- 

 ing and Smith, our wholesalers, have 



