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Decbubeb 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



49 



Joseph A. Manda. ' 



(President-elect New York Florists' Olub.) 



firm, and in quality perfect, with 4 

 cents obtainable for the selected. 

 Lilies have advanced to 8 cents and 

 10 cents is the general prediction for 

 Christmas. Callas are increasing in 

 ■quantity .every day, and so are the 

 higher grades of gardenias. Violets 

 are abundant and lower rates prevail. 

 Sweet peas are plentiful and stevia is 

 becoming a drug. Hyacinths and 

 narcissi yield a daily surplus of which 

 the street merchants take advantage. 



The green goods men are all busy, 

 with the usual increase in help, and 

 many thousands of yards of roping are 

 already contracted for. There will be 

 plenty of wild smilax, but bouquet 

 ^een is scarce and high. Holly in 

 ■quantity will probably average $4, with 

 $5 a case for the best. The same bun- 

 dles of Christmas trees that brought 

 from $50 to $60 a hundred last year 

 now sell from $75 to $100. 



Club Meeting. 



The rooms of the Florists' Club were 

 well filled December 11, over 100 being 

 present, many faces seen only on elec- 

 tion night. Messrs. Chalmers, Lange- 

 ler, Othile, Eiedel, Birnie and Irwin 

 were elected to membership and those 

 ■of them present gave brief addresses, 

 with assurances of loyalty. A. L. Young, 

 J. K. Flutte, A. McDonald, Alfred P. 

 Smith and J. K. Farquhar were pro- 

 posed for membership. 



Prof. Craig, of Cornell, gave a stir- 

 ring address, having made the trip from 

 Ithaca especially for the evening. A 



federation of the florists' clubs of the 

 state for practical action was advo- 

 cated, and the appointment of a com- 

 mittee looking to a state organization. 

 P. O'Mara told of the success in secur- 

 ing the appropriations for experiment 

 greenhouses from the New Jersey legis- 

 lature and the need of organization in 

 New York state, suggesting definite ac- 

 tion early in the new year, after the 

 club's new officers are installed. Mr. 

 Scott and Mr. Weathered took part in 

 the discussion. 



A vase of the new carnation, Brook- 

 lyn, was exhibited by Charles Weber 

 and received the thanks of the club. 



F. H. Traendly spoke of the rose and 

 carnation convention at Detroit, Jan- 

 uary 10, and suggested a transportation 

 committee to take care of the two car- 

 loads expected to attend from New 

 York. 



Resignations of Samuel Whitefield 

 and J. H. Kemper were accepted with 

 regret. 



Al. Rickards and his lieutenants 

 served a sumptuous turkey collation 

 and received a vote of thanks for excel- 

 lent service during the year. 



H. Beaulieu gave a short talk on his 

 recent travels in France. 



P. O'Mara presented resolutions en- 

 dorsing the candidacy of W. F. Kasting 

 as commissioner of agriculture, which 

 were adopted by unanimous vote. 



A letter was read from W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., declining the nomination 

 for treasurer. I. S. Hendrickson and 

 J. B. Nugent also declined the honor 



of competing for the presidency, leaving 

 a clear field for Joseph A. Manda. For ^ 

 vice-president the vote stood: Einsman, 

 41; Bassback, 39. John Young and 

 W. G. Badgley ran for secretary and 

 Mr. Young was elected for the twenty- 

 second consecutive time. W. C. Rick- 

 ards was elected treasurer. The trus- 

 tees elected were: John Donaldson, 69; 

 Phil Kessler, 57; William H. Duckham, 

 54. Messrs. Sheridan, Chadwick and 

 Weathered were tellers and C. H. Totty 

 master of election. Mr. Manda has 

 been twenty-one years a member of the 

 club. All the newly elected officers 

 made interesting speeches, with pledges 

 of undying loyalty. 



Plant Growers' Officers. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association elected the fol- 

 lowing officers December 12: 



President — Frederick Marquardt. 



Vice-president — Louis Sthmutz. 



Treasurer — H. C. Steinhoff. 



Secretary — W. H. Siebrecht, Jr. 



Trustees — A. L. Miller, George Scott, 

 Louis Dupuy. 



Dinner Committee — Julius Roehrs, Jr., 

 Louis Dupuy, H. C. Steinhoff. 



Various Notes. 



Oscar Lion, of Lion & Co., says 1911 

 has been the most prosperous year of 

 his firm's career. They will move De- 

 cember 20 to the new wholesale silk 

 district, on Fourth avenue, near 

 Eighteenth street. 



E. C. Horan is this year celebrating 

 his silver jubilee as a wholesale florist. 

 He says he is looking forward to a 

 golden jubilee. 



Wm. P. Ford had large shipments of 

 Bonnaffons last week and expects to 

 have a supply of mums up to Christ- 

 mas. 



The National Flower Show commit- 

 tee, C. H. Totty, chairman, met at the 

 office of Traendly & Schenck Decem- 

 ber 7 to arrange the schedule. 



Pritchard & Donahue is the name of 

 a new wholesale cut flower firm with 

 headquarters in the Coogan building. 

 A. H. Pritchard has been in the busi- 

 ness all his life, his father, Henry 

 Pritchard, of Astoria, being a success- 

 ful grower, especially of bouvardia. The 

 junior member of the firm is S. J. 

 Donahue. Both are young, popular 

 and energetic. 



H. S. Mabie, of Maywood, N. J., is 

 sending some superb sweet peas to P. 

 J. Smith, and says his new house, 40x 

 300, devoted to this specialty, will soon 

 be in full bloom, but a little late for 

 Christmas. 



John G. Esler, of Saddle River, has 

 earned the gratitude of the cut flower 

 men by securing the restoration of the 

 old agreement that makes the special 

 delivery again effective. 



Reed & Keller are handling the Riek 

 Christmas tree holder, made by the 

 Rhinelander Refrigerator Co., Rhine- 

 lander, Wis. 



E. C. Haines & Co., of Bedford Hills, 

 N. Y., have established branch stores 

 at Stamford, Conn., and Peekskill and 

 Mount Kisco, N. Y. 



Charles B. Austin has opened a re- 

 tail store at 5 East Twenty-eighth 

 street. At the same number Lecakes 

 & Co. have a branch store for the 

 holidays. 



Among the distinguished visitors in 

 New York last week were: Wm. Sim, 

 of Cliftondale, Mass., and ThomAs 

 Roland, of Nahant, Mass., both men- 



