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The Florists' Review 



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are becoming plentiful and prices are 

 gradually lessening. 



Valley is abundant and prices steady. 

 A slight improvement is noted in se- 

 lected gardenias. The short-stemmed 

 stock still finds the street merchants 

 the principal outlet. There has been 

 no decrease in the orchid shipments, 

 and prices are abnormally low. Even 

 the finest cattleyas seldom go above 

 $30 per hundred. 



Some splendid acacia and lilac arrive 

 daily. There has been no uplift to the 

 violet market and none is expected. The 

 best singles are the favorites. There 

 is no limit to the arrival of bulbous 

 stock of every kind. Daffodils, espe- 

 cially, are abundant and prices are re- 

 ceding rapidly. Freesias and sweet 

 peas are of exceptional quality. Every 

 retail window is gay with forsythia. 

 Tulips, in pots and pans, add to the 

 springlike decorations of the windows. 



Club Meeting. 



The lecture by W. R. Cobb, sales 

 manager for the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 at the meeting of the New York Flo- 

 rist's Club February 9, was on "Green- 

 house Construction; Its Recent Devel- 

 opment. ' ' The talk was profusely illus- 

 trated and held the close attention of 

 the 100 members present. The develop- 

 ment of the^ industry from its begin- 

 ning to the wonderful structures of to- 

 day was graphically portrayed. Mr. 

 Cobb received a rising vote of thanks 

 for his delightful and instructive ad- 

 dress. 



The exhibits all received the thanks 

 of the club. Hadley rose was shown 

 by A. N. Pierson, Inc., in such fine 

 form that the wholesale house where 

 they were on exhibition that afternoon 

 was offered $1 each for them. An ex- 

 cellent pink carnation, Mrs. C. Edward 

 Akehurst, grown by C. Akehurst & Son, 

 ■of White Marsh, Md., was staged by 

 the Pennock-Meehan Co. Rosette car- 

 nations were shown by Head's Bergen- 

 field Nurseries, and Prince Edward car- 

 nations were staged by A. C. Begerow, 

 of Newark. 



M. C. Ebel, for the essay committee, 

 announced the engagement of Prof. 

 Hadley and "other lecturers of na- 

 tional reputation" for the ensuing 

 meetings of the year. 



J. B. Nugent, of the dinner commit- 

 tee, suggested March 25 or 26 as the 

 date of the club's annual banquet and 

 quotations of from $3.50 to $5 per 

 plate were reported from the leading 

 hotels. The matter was referred back 

 to the committee for completion. Be- 

 cause of the flower show a large at- 

 tendance is anticipated. 



F. R. Pierson, chairman of the joint 

 committees of the New York Florists' 

 Club and the Horticultural Society of 

 New York, made an eloquent plea for 

 harmony and cooperation to insure the 

 success of the flower show March 21 to 

 28 at the Grand Central Palace. He 

 told of the $11,000 worth of floor space 

 for trade exhibits already sold, as 

 compared with only $13,000 at the exhi- 

 bition of 1913; also of the $12,500 pre- 

 niium list and the desire on the com- 

 mittee's part for special prizes. Many 

 of the wealthy members of the Horti- 

 cultural Society have already sub- 

 scribed liberally five silver cups among 

 the special announcements. The lead- 

 ing hotels also are donating premiums. 

 Mr, Pierson especially commended the 

 retail florists for their splendid co- 

 operrition and enthusiasm. It has been 



decided to dispose of tickets to the 

 trade at 25 cents each in quantities of 

 20 to 100, and at 20 cents each for 

 any number over 100. All members of 

 the club will be provided with a non- 

 transferable season pass. President 

 Duckham spoke of last year's record 

 and prophesied the success of the ap- 

 proaching show. Mr. Schling sug- 

 gested the sending of an invitation to 

 every retail customer on the books, with 

 the monthly statements, 6,000 of which 

 would be his contribution. Mr. Gutt- 

 man seconded this suggestion. E. C. 

 Vick, of the Sun, a son of the late 

 James Vick, of Rochester, was intro- 



Tfophy for Buffalo-Rochester G>ntest. 



duced by A. T. Bunyard and promised 

 the best efforts of his publication in 

 behalf of the exhibition. 



Five gentlemen were elected to mem- 

 bership and addresses made by Messrs. 

 Le Clair, Marquardt and Voigt. Those 

 proposed were Messrs. Doering, Mo- 

 richard, Mabie, Wolfinger, Giessler, 

 Buerlein, Eskesen, Yoiser, Pierkowsky, 

 Christensen and Leo Niessen and Ar- 

 thur A. Niessen, of Philadelphia. 



Various Notes. 



The Greek- American Florists' Asso- 

 ciation's ball takes place Friday even- 

 ing, February 13, at Terrace Garden. 

 Profuse decorations and a tremendous 

 crowd, as usual, are anticipated. Last 

 year over 2,000 participated in the 

 grand march. Vaudeville will be en- 

 joyed before the dancing. 



The sixth annual dinner of the New 

 York and New Jersey Association of 

 Plant Growers will be held Monday 

 evening, February 23, at the new Hotel 

 McAlpin, at Broadway and Thirty- 

 fourth street. Music, vaudeville and 

 dancing are promised. Messrs. Lehnig, 

 Miller, Schoelzel and W. H. Siebrecht, 

 Jr., form the dinner committee. 



Messrs. Wm. Mayer. Maurice Fuld, 



C. A. Ladiges and F. J. Le Clair were 

 elected to membership in the New York 

 Florists' Club Monday evening. 



The prospects for the spring exhibi- 

 tion, March 21 to 28, are quite en- 

 couraging. Over $11,000 worth of 

 space in the trade section has been 

 sold. But of especial interest is the 

 fact that the leading retailers of the 

 city are taking a practical hand in its 

 success. Large space has been already 

 engaged by Max Schling, George M. 

 Stumpp, A. T. Bunyard, David Clarke's 

 Sons, R. G. Wilson, C. C. Trepel and 

 Alex. Warendorff. 



The new variegated carnation, Ma- 

 jestic, grown by its originator, Harry 

 Weston, vice-president of the New 

 York Florists' Club, with stems four 

 feet long and blooms six inches in di- 

 ameter, are seen daily in the' windows 

 of the Growers' Cut Flower Co., where 

 they say they get $20 per hundred for 

 them. 



L. J. Kervan, Sr., leaves this week 

 for his annual visit to the south and 

 will be away until May, making his 

 home in Florida, as usual. 



The landscape department will be 

 a special feature in the new enterprise 

 of Woodrow & Marketos, at 37 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. The firm expects 

 to be well settled in the big store by 

 February 15. 



Frank Verona and Paul Meconi have 

 challenged John Donaldson and John 

 Miesem, or any two members of the 

 New York Florists' Club, to a bowling 

 match for $50, the best seven out of 

 thirteen games. 



J. K. Allen has recovered from an 

 attack of the grip and is again at his 

 desk. 



Messrs. W. E. Marshall and R. J. 

 Irwin are back from their western trips. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



The next monthly exhibition of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York will 

 be held February 21, at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. The exhi- 

 bition committee is authorized to award 

 special prizes for exhibits not provided 

 for in the regular s^edule. All are in- 

 vited therefore to bring in any inter- 

 esting plant or flower they may have, 

 thus adding variety to the exhibition. 

 Schedules will be sent upon application 

 to the secretary, George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 New York city. A meeting of the soci- 

 ety will be held at 3:45, followed by a 

 lecture on "Roses," by Alex Gum- 

 ming, Jr. 



BOCHESTEB VS. BUFFAI.O. 



Florists are not the enthusiastic bowl- 

 ers they were a few years ago, but 

 nevertheless the sport is strengthening 

 its hold at Buffalo and Rochester, where 

 a series of inter-city games has been 

 arranged, the first match to be rolled 

 at Rochester, February 20. H. E. Bates, 

 who, as well as being chairman of the 

 bowling contingent at Rochester, is 

 local manager for the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., has offered a silver trophy of 

 appropriate design, as shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration. The game Feb- 

 ruary 20 will be rolled on the Grand 

 Central alleys, followed by a dinner at 

 Hotel Eggleston. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — William W. Ar- 

 nold has been granted a permit to erect 

 a greenhouse at the corner of Barton 

 avenue and Oak street. The house will 

 be 18x100 feet and is expected to be 

 in operation in about six weeks. 



