Dkckmbeu 14, lltl 1. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



49 



Joseph A. Manda. 



(Piesident-elect N'ew York FloristB' Club.) 



firm, aiiil in (jiiality ])t'rt'cct. witli 4 

 cents (ihtiiiiuihlo lor the selected. 

 Lilies have advanced to "> cents and 

 10 cents is the general jirediction for 

 Christmas. ('alias are inrreasinj^- in 

 qnantity every day, and so are the 

 higlier <;rades of yar<ienias. Violets 

 are abundant and lower rates jirevail. 

 Sweet ]>eas are ]>lentifnl and ste\ ia is 

 becoming a dru<j. Hyacinths and 

 narcissi yield a daily sur|dus of ^vhich 

 the street merchants t.'ilvc advantaye. 



The green goods men are all busy, 

 with the usu;il increase in litdp, and 

 many thousands of yards of rojiing are 

 already contracted for. There will be 

 plenty of wild sniilax, but l)ou(iuet 

 green is scarce and high. Holly in 

 <{uantity will jtrobably average .f4, with 

 •+•") a case for the best. The same bun- 

 dles of <'iirisfmas trees that brought 

 from $.")() to +l)tl a hundred last year 

 now sell from .+ 7") to *li"'. 



Club Meeting. 



The rooms of the Kloiists " (lui) were 

 w.dl filled December 11, over imi being 

 |>res(Mit, inany faces seen only on tdei-- 

 tion night. Messrs. Chalmers, Lange- 

 ler. Othile, K'iedel, liirnie and Irwin 

 were elected to meinbershi|i and those 

 of them jiresent gave bi'ief aiblresses, 

 with assurances of lovaltv. \. \j. N'oung, 

 •I. K. Flutte, A. Mi-Donald. Alfred I'. 

 Smith and .1. K. Karquhar were pro- 

 posed for membership. 



Prof. Craig, of Conitdl. gave a stir- 

 ring address, having maile the trip frf)m 

 Ithaca especially for the e\ening. A 



federation of the florists' (dubs of the 

 state for ]iractical action was advo- 

 catecl, and the appointment of a com- 

 mittee looking to a state organization. 

 I'. O'Mara told of th(> success in secur- 

 ing the a]ipro|(riations for experiment 

 giiMMihouses from the \ew Jersey legis- 

 lature and the need of organization in 

 .New York state, suggesting definite ac- 

 tion early in the new year, after the 

 (dub's lunv oflicers are installed. ^Ir. 

 Scott ;ind ^Ir. Weathered took part in 

 the discussion. 



A vase of the new carnation, Brool;- 

 lyn, was exhibited by Charles Weber 

 iind receiv(>d the thanks of the club. 



F. 1 r. Traendly s])oke of the rose and 

 carnation convention at Detroit, Jan- 

 uary 10, and suggested a transportation 

 committee to take care of the two car- 

 loads exiuM-ted to attend from New 

 York. 



b'esignations of Samuid Wliitefield 

 and J. II. Kemper W(>re iiccepted with 

 regret. 



Al. Kickards and his lieutenants 

 served a. sumptuous turkey collation 

 and received a vote of thanks for exc(d- 

 lent service during the year. 



ir. Beaulieu gave a short talk on his 

 recent tra\"(ds in France. 



I*. O'Mjira ])resenteil i-esolutions en- 

 dorsing the candidacy of W. F. Kasting 

 as commissioner of agriculture, which 

 were adopted by nnanimons vote. 



.\ letter was read from W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, Jr., declining the 7iomination 

 for treasurer. 1. S. TTemlrii kson and 

 ■F. 15. \ugent also deidined the honor 



of competing for tlic presideiicy, lea\ing 

 a (dear field for Joseph A. Manda. For 

 vice-president the vote stood: Kinsman, 

 11; Rassback, 39. John Y'oung and 

 \V. (r. Badgley ran for secretary and 

 Mr. Young was elected for the twenty- 

 second consecutive time. \V. C. Kick- 

 ards was elected treasurer. The trus- 

 tees elected were: John Donaldson, (>!•; 

 I'hil Kessler, 7)7; William II. Du(dvham, 

 ~>i. ^Messrs. Sheridan, <'hadwi(dv and 

 Weathered were tellers and C. IF. Totty 

 master of election. Mr. ]\randa has 

 been twenty-one years a member of the 

 (dub. All the newly electerl oflicers 

 made interesting speeches, with })ledges 

 of undying loyalty. 



Plant Growers' Officers. 



The Xew Y^ork and Xew .Tersey Plant 

 C rowers' Association elected the fol- 

 lowing oflicers December 12: 



President — Frcderi(dc ]\rar(|uardt. 



^'iee-president — Louis S( hinutz. 



Treasurer — II. C. SteinhofT. 



Secretary- — W. If. Si(d)re(dit, Jr. 



Trustees — A. Ij. Miller, (ieorge Scott, 

 Louis Dupu}'. 



Dinner Committee — Julius Poelirs, Jr., 

 Louis Dupuy, II. C. SteinhofV. 



"Various Notes. 



Oscar Lion, of Lion A: Co., sa\s lUll 

 li.is been the most prosperous year of 

 his firm's caret>r. The\- will moxc De- 

 cemb(>r lib to the new wholesale silk 

 district, on Fourth avenue, near 

 Eighteenth street. 



F. C. Iloran is this year celtd)rating 

 his silver jubilee as a wholesale florist. 

 He says he is looking forward to a 

 golden jubilee. 



Wni. I'. I'ord had large shi|iments of 

 P.onnaffons last weidi and expei Is to 

 ha\e a su]i)dy of mums up to Christ- 

 mas. 



The Xational Flower Show commit- 

 tee, (J. II. Totty, (diairman, met at tlio 

 oflice of Traendly & S(henck Decem- 

 ber 7 to arrange the s(hedule. 



Prit(hard iV- Donahue is the nanu^ of 

 a new wholesale cut flower firm with 

 head({iuirters in the ('oogan Imilding. 

 A. II. Pritchard has Iummi in the busi- 

 ness all his life, his father, Henry 

 Pritchard, of Astoria, being a success- 

 ful grower, especially of bouvardia. Th(! 

 junior member of the firm is S. J. 

 Donahu(>. Doth are young, ]ioi>u]ar 

 and energ(>tic. 



If. S. Mabie. of May wood. X. J., is 

 sending som(> sup(>rb sweet peas to P. 

 J. Smith, and says his new house, 4lix 

 ;!0(), devoted to this s|i(^cialty. will soon 

 be in full bloom, but a little late for 

 ( hristmas. 



,lohn (i. I-lsh^r, of Saddle Hiver. has 

 (>arned the gratitude of the cut flower 

 men by securing the restoration of the 

 old agreement that makes the s[iecial 

 didivery again efl'ectix'e. 



K'eed A: Keller are handling the b'iek 

 Christmas tree holder, made by the 

 b'hiiudander K'ef rigerator < 'o.^ Ithine- 

 l.ander. A\'is. 



F. C. Haines & Co.. of I'.edford Hills, 

 X. v., have established branili stores 

 at Stamford, Conn., and Pc'tdxskill and 

 Mount Kisco, X. \. 



Charles P. Austin has optMu^l ;i re- 

 tail ston^ at •") lOast Twenty-tdghth 

 street. At the same numlier I.ecakes 

 iV Co. ha\e a brauidi store for the 

 holidays. 



Among tlH> distinguishi'd \ isitors in 

 Xew N'ork last we(>k were: Wm. Sim, 

 of Cliftondale, Mass., and Thomas 

 b'oland, of ,\ahant. Mass., both nuva- 



