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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 19. 1914. 



NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



St. Patrick's day occurred last Tues- 

 day, and everything white that could 

 be colored green, especially carnations, 

 felt the uplift. Last Saturday, by com- 

 mon consent, is recorded as a good 

 week end, if not the best since the 

 holidays. 



Boses were in wide demand last 

 week, especially American Beauties, 

 which soM, when selected, as high as 

 60 cents each Saturday. There was an 

 evident scarcity, but the warm, sunny 

 weather will soon add heavily to the 

 shipments, and the market will be for- 

 tunate if its present level can be 

 maintained until the Easter boom ap- 

 pears. The shipments of tea roses in- 

 crease daily, and a bottom of $10 per 

 thousand has been reached for the 

 older varieties. There is no overstock 

 of the new varieties, and an increasing 

 demand. Easter will be made espe- 

 cially interesting this year by the nov- 

 elties in roses. 



Carnations rose perceptibly the last 

 of the week, especially the whites, and 

 many of the retailers were busy with 

 aniline dye in anticipation of the Hi- 

 bernian demonstration. There is a sur- 

 plus of valley and prices are lower. 

 Lilies hold their average of the last 

 two weeks. Few sweet peas, except 

 the Spencers, are asked for, the short- 

 stemmed being almost unsalable. 



Orchids continue their low record; 

 even the selects seldom sell at over 35 

 cents. Triana3 and Schroederiana are 

 the varieties now arriving in abun- 

 dance. The demand for violets is so 

 light that there has been no increase 

 in values. The street men are their 

 only practical outlet. Some fine callas 

 are now arriving. Of bulbous stock 

 there is an oversupply, especially of 

 daffodils, the southern shipments hav- 

 ing begun. Tulips and narcissi sell 

 slowly and prices of all bulbous flow- 

 ers are low. 



The Flower Show. 



Before this week's Review reaches 

 its eastern readers the flower show will 

 be under way. The opening Saturday, 

 March 21, is expected to have an at- 

 tendance of 25,000. Everything is ready 

 for the greatest success ever realized 

 in this country in flower exhibitions. 

 Never has an outlook been brighter; 

 never have the retail florists mani- 

 fested so splendid and practical an in- 

 terest; never has society been so lavish 

 in its patronage, and never have so 

 many hotels donated valuable silver 

 cups for prizes. The dailies are many 

 of them giving pages of news about 

 the show, E. C. Vick, of the Sun, being 

 especially liberal in commendation, as 

 might well be expected from a son of 

 James Vick, of Rochester. In the next 

 issue a full report of the exhibition 

 will be given. 



Chairman Nugent says the call for 

 tickets for the banquet already exceeds 

 expectation. There will be over .500 

 present. 



Among the retailers, Max Schling and 

 George Stumpp promise some surprises. 

 Mr. Stumpp will have a Japanese gar- 

 den on exhibition, which he has per- 

 sonally constructed. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers will devote one day to a bowling 

 tournament, with a fraternal dinner in 

 the evening. 



Bowling Contest. 



The bowling contest last week at the 

 alleys in the Coogan building was well 

 attended and resulted in victory for 

 Messrs. Verona and Meconi .over 

 Messrs. Riedel and Anagoras. The 

 scores were: 



l8t 2ud 3r(l 4th 5tb 6th 



Riedel 208 149 139 176 115 126 



Anagoras 182 179 148 142 181 196 



Total 390 328 287 318 296 321 



Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Qth 6th 



Meconi 166 172 188 166 169 186 



Verona 126 164 146 230 162 168 



Total 291 336 333 386 321 304 



A match between Messrs. Verona 

 and Anagoras followed and was won 

 by Verona in three straight. games. 

 The scores were: 



Ist 2nd 3rd 



Anagoras 211 169 161 



Verona 223 194 169 



The winners of the last match, 

 Messrs. Verona and Meconi, have chal- 

 lenged John Donaldson and John Mie- 

 sem, or any two members of the New 

 York Florists' Club, Joseph Manda and 

 Joseph Fenrich preferred. 



Various Notes. 



John T. Withers gave an interesting 

 lecture last week at the Country Life 

 Permanent Exposition on "Trees and 

 Their Care," illustrated with beautiful 

 stereopticon views. Prof. Alvin C. Beal 

 has also been on the list of speakers at 

 this exposition. 



' Samuel Saltzberg, formerly with the 

 H. M. Robinson Co., has formed a part- 

 nership with Gilbert, of 275 Columbus 

 avenue, and the firm will conduct a 

 wholesale cut flower business. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons are rapidly re- 

 covering from the effects of last we^ 's 

 fire. The plate glass windows have 

 been replaced and the big store is be- 

 ginning to look natural again. The 

 principal damage was from smoke and 

 water. The auction season there is 

 expected to open Wednesday, March 24. 



The new catalogue of the MacNiff 

 Horticultural Co. is unique and inter- 

 esting. The auction department is now 

 in full swing. Importations of fine 

 stock of hardy roses, rhododendrons and 

 evergreens are arriving weekly. 



The sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to Mr. MacNiff in the loss of 

 his mother. 



C. C. Trepel has opened a new store 

 at Eighty-ninth street and Broadway, 

 with Mrs. Trepel in charge. Business 

 to date has been quite encouraging. 

 Mr. Trepel will have an enormous dis- 

 play of plants in all his stores for 

 Easter. 



Lord & Burnham Co. will hold a con- 

 vention of its boiler salesmen the sec- 

 ond week in April, lasting for three 

 days. 



L. W. C. Tuthill spoke on "The Joys 

 of Gardening Under Glass: A Practical 

 Presentation of the Delights of Cold- 

 frames and Greenhouses for the Ama- 

 teur," with stereopticon views, Tues- 

 day evening, March 17, before the 

 Philadelphia Horticultural Society. 



Harry A. Bunyard lectured March 

 18 at the agricultural college at Am- 

 herst, Mass., on the subject of "Pro- 

 fessional Floriculture." 



Eminent visitors last week were E. 

 G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., and Pat- 

 rick Welch, of Boston. 



Robert G. Wilson, who has been ill 

 for some weeks with scarlet fever, is 

 convalescent and expects to be able 

 to be on hand at the show. 



G. Myer, who has been ill for sev- 



eral weeks with the grip, is conva- 

 lescing. 



There was a meeting March 16, at 

 the rooms of the Greater New York 

 Florists' Association, of the commit- 

 tee appointed to arrange for Brooklyn 

 day at the flower show, March 24. The 

 committee consists of D. Y. Mollis, G. 

 W. Crawbuck, R, G. Wilson and J. V. 

 Phillips. J. Austin Shaw. 



Louis Wagner, of 365 Tenth avenue, 

 walked in his sleep out of a third story 

 window March 11 and fell to the street. 

 He was convalescing from an operation 

 for appendicitis and his nurse was in 

 another room at the time. He was 

 taken to the New York hospital, but 

 his condition was found not to be seri- 

 ous, although physicians were surprised 

 he was not killed. 



TOLEDO. 



The Market. 



The weather has been favorable the 

 last week and trade has picked up con- 

 siderably. All kinds of stock are more 

 plentiful and of better quality. Bulb- 

 ous stock is abundant, but is selling 

 well. Sweet peas are to be had in 

 many different shades and in large 

 quantities. Carnations are no longer 

 scarce and are of much better quality. 

 Several local growers of roses report 

 stock in fine shape. Since the weather 

 has improved, more people are walk- 

 ing about, with the result that many 

 corsages are being sold daily. This 

 helps out sales immensely. 



Club Meeting. 



The semimonthly meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club was honored by the pres- 

 ence of genial and amusing J. B. Dea- 

 mud, who is in this city representing 

 Vaughan 's Seed Store, of Chicago. The 

 club members hardly took cognizance 

 of his presence until a question of how 

 to get better attendance at the meet- 

 ings came up, when Mr. Deamud gave 

 the club an illuminating talk on how 

 the thing was worked in Ohicago. He 

 advocated serving a lunch at each meet- 

 ing, which should be held at some hotel, 

 and assured the members of a large 

 attendance at every meeting. As a 

 result of his talk, F^ank Schramm and 

 Arthur Kneisel were appointed a com- 

 mittee to look up a suitable place to- 

 hold future meetings. After the meet- 

 ing an impromptu lunch was arranged. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Helen Patten is back after a 

 splendid sojourn in the south, where 

 she witnessed the Mardi Gras festival 

 at New Orleans. Miss Patten is not 

 enthusiastic, as she claims she got a 

 severe attack of the grip while wait- 

 ing for Rex to appear. 



Paul Timm has made several changes 

 in the interior of his houses, including 

 many brackets, which will enable him 

 to more eflSciently handle his product. 



Miss Ida Schwartz, employed by Miss 

 Helen Patten, is visiting friends in 

 Monroe and enjoying a well-deserved 

 vacation. 



It is not always safest to take the 

 elevated railroad, as Louis Bessler, em- 

 ployed by Emil Kuhnke, found to his 

 sorrow. Mr. Kuhnke hauls his coal to 

 his boiler room by means of a track 

 which is quite a few feet above the 

 ground and when the car tipped one 

 day last week, Mr. Bessler lost his bal- 



