March 12, 1»14. 



The Florists' Review 



27 



F. R. Pierson, chairman of the show 

 committee, reported over $13,000 in 

 premiums and over $3,000 in special 

 prizes. The space sold for trade ex- 

 hibits amounts to over $13,000. Sec- 

 retary Young announced over $1,100 

 worth of tickets already sold. Fur- 

 chasers in quantity were: Max Schling, 

 300; W, A. Manda, 100; W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, 100; A. T. Boddington, 100; P. 

 J, Smith, 100; Bonnet & Blake, 100. 

 After some discussion a welcoming com- 

 mittee, consisting of Messrs. Duckham, 

 Young and Nugent, was appointed. The 

 speakers were Messrs. Ebel. Traendly, 

 F. R. Pierson, Marshall, Totty, O'Mara, 

 Schling, Manda and Wallace Pierson. 



Chairman Marshall reported for the 

 outing committee and announced the 

 date for the club's yearly reunion as 

 July 1 and the place Glen Island. 



J. H. Pepper gave an interesting ad- 

 dress on club affiliation with the S. A. 

 F., followed by discussion by Messrs. 

 Bunyard, Milliott, W. A. Manda, 

 Marshall and O'Mara. Mr. Pepper 

 stated that of the club's 432 members 

 156 are now members of the S. A. F., 

 over thirty-five per cent. The matter 

 was laid on the table. 



The exhibits were: Pots of Giant 

 and Victoria narcissi and De Wet tu- 

 lips, by M. Van Waveren Sons, awarded 

 thanks of the club; vases of sweet peas 

 and snapdragon, by Herman Mam- 

 mitsch, awarded thanks of the club; 

 vase of seedling white carnations, by 

 W. R. Seymour, of West End, N. J., 

 scored eighty-five points and received 

 a preliminary certificate. 



Various Notes. 



The spring show is only a few days 

 distant. The committees were busy last 

 week completing the schedule. Chair- 

 man Frank R. Pierson presiding. 



As has been stated, the annual ban- 

 quet of the New York Florists' Club 

 will be held in the ballroom of the Ho- 

 tel Astor, March 26, at 7:30 p. m. The 

 committee's members are John B. Nu- 

 gent, chairman, and Messrs. De Forest, 

 Scott, Stumpp, Koehne and Fenrich. 

 Seats may be reserved by addressing 

 Joseph S. Fenrich, 51 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, who already has sold 

 many tickets. 



William Kessler was visiting his 

 plant growers last week and reports 

 Easter stock coming along nicely. 



The big snow and wind did consider- 

 able damage in New York and vicinity. 

 The .'office fprce in W. Elliott & Sons' 

 store narrowly escaped injury following 

 the smashing of the glass skylight. 

 Much sympathy is felt for John Wil- 

 son, who has the old Pitcher & Manda 

 plant at Short Hills, N. J., which was 

 completely destroyed, some 40,000 feet 

 of glass being broken. 



Saturday, March 14, the New York 

 Horticultural Society will hold its 

 monthly meetiag at the Museum of 

 Natural History, Bronx Park. 



Woodrow & Marketos' new store on 

 Twenty-eighth street is complete and 

 stocked. The large space and the 

 height of the ceiling give excellent fa- 

 cilities. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended Percy Richters, of Philip Kess- 

 ler 's staff, in the loss of his mother. 



Jottn H. Andrews, of Mount Kisco, 

 has Deen appointed superintendent of 

 the Goodsell nurseries. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co. moved 

 March 11 to its new offices on the 

 eighth floor of the Woolworth building. 



Flower Show at the Country Life Exposition, New York, March 2 to 7, 191 4. 



C. W. Scott is back from a successful 

 western trip. 



A society event last week at the Ho- 

 tel Astor, under the patronage of Mrs. 

 Woodrow Wilson, in which the Misses 

 Wilson participated, was the occasion 

 of a beautiful decoration by the Boston 

 Florist Co. The stage, 30x45 feet, was 

 made to represent a forest scene. Fifty 

 bundles of Christmas trees were used, 

 as well as ten cases of southern smilax 

 and an abundance of rhododendrons, 

 azaleas and forsythia in full bloom. 

 The cost of the decoration touched four 

 figures. J. Austin Shaw. 



SOUTHERN EVEBO£EENS SCARCE. 



According to some of the shippers of 

 southern evergreens, especially ferns 

 and galax, the supply for the rest of 

 the season is certain to be short. The 

 following is from a large shipper in 

 North Carolina: 



"We are not going to be able to meet 

 our obligations with the buyers this 

 season. The condition of the weather, 

 and nothing more, is to blame for our 

 failure to supply the trade with their 

 full quota of galax, etc. There has 

 hardly been a day since January 1 that 

 the woods have not been deep in snow, 

 and through the month of February it 

 has been one continual snow storm, and 

 it is continuing right up to the present 

 moment. 



"January and February are the two 

 months in which we do the bulk of our 

 business, especially in filling the cold 

 storage stock orders, and, considering 

 the weather conditions, it will be read- 

 ily understood that we have been up 

 against something over which we had 

 no control whatever. Ourselves, as well 

 as a number of others, will lack mil- 

 lions of galax, ferns, etc., of filling or- 

 ders that were booked last fall, when 

 we had no way of telling what the 

 future would bring. But we, like all the 

 others, have done all we could to meet 

 our obligations." 



Albuquerque, N. M. — At the close of 

 the automobile show. Mayor Sellers was 

 presented with a floral design in the 

 shape of an automobile wheel, which 

 was furnished by the Albuquerque 

 Floral Co. 



SYRACUSE, N. T. 



The UTarket. 



Carnations, daffodils and tulips at 25 

 to 35 cents per dozen were again fea- 

 tured the latter part of the week at 

 the flower shops as well as in the de- 

 partment stores. The stock is quite in- 

 ferior to that sold during the week at 

 the usual prices for this season of the 

 year. The regular supply of roses, car- 

 nations and bulbous stock is in good 

 quantity and of first-class quality. 

 Sweet peas and single violets, with 

 Mignon roses, orchids and valley are the 

 leading flowers for corsages and for fill- 

 ing formal baskets. 



During the early part of the week, 

 floral work of all kinds was at a stand- 

 still, owing partly to the condition of 

 the weather. 



Various Notes. 



The most severe storm of the season 

 lasted from Sunday afternoon, March 8, 

 with high wind and continuous snow, 

 until Monday morning. Trolley cars 

 were snow-bound with passengers on 

 board all night. With such a storm and 

 the consequent high drifting, came the 

 inevitable damage to glass at various 

 greenhouses. At the plants of P. R. 

 Quinlan and the Baker Floral Co. con- 

 siderable damage to glass is reported, 

 together with the loss oif small amounts 

 of stock. The snow drifted so high on 

 the large house of the Baker Floral Co. 

 as to cause the breaking of the iron 

 brackets which supported the sash bars 

 at the gutter. But the report of the 

 greatest damage in this vicinity comes 

 from Geo. Dobbs & Son, at Auburn, 

 where the weight of the snow was so 

 great as to crush in the middle portion 

 of the large house, thereby allowing the 

 cold to enter the entire range, ruining 

 the stock of the entire plant. It is re- 

 ported that the loss will reach about 

 $8,000. Work has already been com- 

 menced to clear away the debris, so that 

 they may rebuild at once. They have 

 the sincerest sympathy of the trade. 



The roses at P. R. Quinlan 's are in 

 full crop and of an extremely good 

 grade. Daily shipments in large quan- 

 tities are being made to his two stores. 



