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November 16, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



43 



Seedling carnation No. 310, by J. D, 

 Cockcroft; scored 84 points. 



Double Improved White Killarney by 

 S. J. Beuter & Son; scored 85 1^ points. 



Carnation Brooklyn, by Charles 

 Weber; thanks of club. 



Seedling petunia, by A. T. Bodding- 

 ton; honorable mention. 



White Killarney, by Robert Simpson, 

 vote of thanks. 



The award committee also reported 

 its visit to the greenhouses of C. H. 

 Totty at Madison, to see the rtew rose 

 Sunburst, for which a score of 90 

 points was given and a certificate of 

 merit. 



A collation was served under the su- 

 perintendence of Chairman Al. Rick- 

 ards, of the entertainment committee. 

 J. Hayes and Mrs. Maurice Glass sup- 

 plied the musical part of the evening's 

 program. 



J. Otto Thilow gave a stereopticon 

 lecture that was intensely interesting 

 and held the audience for two hours. 

 Nearly 200 views were thrown upon 

 the screen. Those of President Nugent 

 and P. O'Mara came unexpectedly and 

 aroused enthusiasm. 



Various Notes. 



The auctions were well attended last 

 week. The MacNiflf Co. says it was the 

 largest week in their experience. 



J. K. Allen has disposed of many 

 thousands of mums in pots. His next 

 plant specialty will be pansies in pots. 



Paul Meconi, in the Coogan building, 

 is rapidly building up a prosperous 

 business. 



Anton C. Zvolanek left Bound Brook 

 last week for his winter sojourn at his 

 sweet pea farms in California. 



The hunters, Messrs. Donaldson, 

 Miesem and Scott, of Whitestone, have 

 returned safely from a week 'a shooting 

 in Virginia and quail on toast is the 

 ■daily menu of their long-suflfering 

 housekeepers, each having brought home 

 "enough birds to last till Christmas." 



The new carnation. No. 310, the prize- 

 winning seedling owned by J. D. 

 Cockcroft, of Northport, is a rapid 

 seller. Badgley, Riedel & Meyer have 

 been handling it. Mr. Badgley has just 

 had aldermanic honors bestowed upon 

 him in Madison. 



Emil Schrader, of Staten Island, a 

 leading florist there, shot and killed a 

 <;hicken thief, whom he caught in the 

 act and was obliged to shoot in self- 

 <lefense. 



Woodrow & Marketos are occupying 

 the store formerly owned by August 

 Millang on West Twenty-eighth street 

 and are building up a fine retail busi- 

 ness, as well as doing a wholesale trade. 



Max Schling had the decorative con- 

 tract for a big dinner and ball at Mon- 

 treal last week. 



Frank & Sons, at Third avenue and 

 Eighty-seventh street, report trade ex- 

 cellent in their section, the low rates 

 advertised by the department stores not 



\^^ seriously felt there. 



Mr. Christensen, of Madsen & Chris- 

 tensen, Woodridge, N. J., was in the 

 city Saturday, the guest of Wni. Kess- 

 ler. The specialty of this house is the 

 daisy, five houses being devoted to its 

 culture. They also grow wallflowers 

 and gardenias. 



W. IT. Taplin, superintendent of the 

 Dailledouze plant in Flatbush, was in 

 Detroit last week, attending the fu- 

 neral of his uncle, Stephen Taplin. 



John Egenbrod, with Badgley, Riedel 

 ■& Meyer, was in the limelight last week. 



Max Schling Inspecting a Design for Iht Pulitzer FuneraL 



having saved the lives of an actor and 

 actress by a brave control of a runaway 

 horse. 



W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia, 

 was in the city November 13, attend- 

 ing the annual banquet of the Cana- 

 dian Club of New York. 



Mr. Moore, of Moore, Hentz & Nash, 

 was in the city November 11, from 

 Chatham. 



Max Richter, superintendent of the 

 orchid section of the Julius Roehrs Co., 

 has been seriously ill with typhoid 

 pneumonia. 



The large plate glass window of the 

 Growers' Cut FlowQr Co., Ill West 

 Twenty-eighth street, was broken last 

 week by an intoxicated man. 



The Kervan Co. had a scare last 

 week, the result of a fire on the third 

 story of their new building. The dam- 

 age was slight, and is covered by insur- 

 ance. The cold storage section was un- 

 injured. J. Austin Shaw. 



Joseph D 'Onof rio, who owns several 

 flower stores in Harlem, was set upon 

 and robbed while making his way home 

 one night last week. 



Sturgis, Mich. — John W. Vogt, for- 

 merly with E. C. Campbell, at Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., has succeeded A, Richter as 

 proprietor of the Sturgis Greenhouses. 



BOCHESTEB, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Business in general was good last 

 week and there is little surplus stock 

 on hand. Chrysanthemums are thin- 

 ning out a little, because the early va- 

 rieties are about exhausted and there 

 are few of the late varieties on the mar- 

 ket as yet. Yellow mums are not plen- 

 tiful, Bonnafi"on being about the only 

 good one to be had at present. In pink, 

 Patty is our best variety, having su- 

 perb blooms and being exquisite in 

 color. Timothy Eaton is beginning to 

 come in, but good whites are scarce. 



Carnations are not abundant, and 

 continue to be below par. Pink De- 

 light is coming in better now and has 

 a firm stem with good blooms. 



Beauties are much improved and spe- 

 cials are selling for $6 per dozen retail. 

 Radiance, Melody, Uncle John and Sun- 

 rise make their appearance occasionally 

 in small numbers and are much sought 

 after. Killarney and White Killarney 

 are in great demand and are excellent 

 in quality. Tafts are first-class, but 

 Richmonds are still rather poor. Wards 

 are falling off in supply and the demand 

 is greater than ever. 



There has been a spurt in the market 

 for gardenias and cattleyas. Both are 



