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The Florists^ Review 



Apbil le, 1Q14. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



This was a wonderful Easter for the 

 plantsmen, with a complete disposal of 

 everything salable and most of the 

 stock perfect, the weather and the 

 time combining to favor the growers 

 and to make deliveries easy. There 

 was no scarcity of anything except 

 the small and medium sizes of aza- 

 leas. Never have I seen more beauti- 

 ful plant combinations. Each artist 

 expressed his individuality in novel 

 and elaborate creations. The windows 

 were made especially attractive. Every- 

 thing at all reasonable in price was 

 deposed of. A few of the expensive 

 plants sold slowly. The day of $50 

 azaleas and baskets is over. 



Some call it, as usual these later 

 years, a plant Easter, but the cut 

 flower department was again in evi- 

 dence. There was no unreasonable 

 addition to the regular prices, aiid the 

 many hundreds of retailers in the two 

 cities appreciated the fair conditions 

 and bought heavily. A fair estimate 

 of the average level may be gathered 

 from the prices of the principal varie- 

 ties. American Beauties, the best of 

 them, reached 50 cents; some Brunners 

 touched the same figure. The novel^es 

 in roses advanced to 15 cents, the older 

 varieties selling at from 8 to 12 cents. 

 A good deal of the short-stemmed stock 

 brought low prices; one wholesaler 

 made a sale at midnight as low as $15 

 per thousand. 



Carnations w^re abundant and 2 to 

 5 cents was the regular quotation; 

 most of the arrivals were disposed of 

 at from $3 to $4 per hundred. The 

 select orchids were quickly disposed 

 of at 75 cents. I heard of a few touch- 

 ing the dollar mark. Violets, which 

 were none too plentiful, made their 

 exit for the season with flying colors, 

 at 75 cents to $1. Of course there 

 were plenty of violets and orchids that 

 sold below these figures. Large quan- 

 tities of violets were short-stemmed, 

 and some had the earmarks of age. 



Valley was in good demand and held 

 at $4 per hundred for the select 

 throughout the day. The best lilies 

 did not go above 12 cents. The mar- 

 ket was full of them. Prices fell to 10 

 cents and even to 8 cents as the night 

 came on. Of tulips, daffodils and bulb- 

 ous stock of all kinds, of hyacinths, 

 callas, sweet peas, stocks, daisies, lilac, 

 wallflowers and mignonette there was 

 no lack, and in these but little advance 

 in prices was made. 



Monday the inevitable retreat began, 

 and before the end of the present week 

 normal and much lower levels are as- 

 sured. 



Club Meeting. 



An attendance of over 100 greeted 

 President Duckham at the meeting of 

 the Florists' Club April 13. F. E. Pier- 

 son, chairman of the flower show com- 

 mittee, gave an interesting address on 

 the exhibition and said there will be a 

 profit of over $1,000 to divide between 

 the club and the Horticultural Society 

 of New York. Total receipts amounted 

 to over $27,000. Nearly $9,000 in cash 

 premiums was paid and silver cups to 

 the value of $1,100 were awarded. A 

 motion to appoint a committee to act 

 in conjunction with the Horticultural 

 Society, with a view to a flower show 

 in 1915, was unanimously carried. Votes 

 of thanks were given Julius Roehrs Co. 



and A. H. Hews Co. for the loan of 

 stock, and to Joseph A. Manda for his 

 efficient management. Interesting ad- 

 dresses on the exhibition also were 

 made by Messrs. O'Mara, Wallace Pier- 

 son, Fuld, Schloss, Totty, Ebel, Irwin, 

 Manda, Holt and Bunyard. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: John R. Baumann, Rahway, 

 N. J.; Joachim Boehler, Locust Valley, 

 N. Y. ; H. D. Darlington, Flushing; An- 

 thony F. Dwyer, North Bergen, N. J.; 

 N. S. Hitchcock, New Rochelle; Thomas 

 L. Hughes, Millbrook; John A. Ken- 

 nedy, Red Bank, N. J.; Samuel H. 

 Russin and F. A. Steinhoff, West Ho- 

 boken, N. J.; Charles H. Brown, Thomas 

 F. Galvin, Sol. Hanfling, J. R. Kervan, 

 A. Kottmiller and S. H. Russin. Messrs. 

 Duncan, Boh^er an^ Kervan, new mem- 

 bers, were introduced and briefly ex- 

 pressed their appreciation. . Nomina- 

 tions were: J. B. Deamud, Harry 

 Ramm, Wm. H. Mallan, C. N. DuRie, L. 

 Bonnet, Ed. C. Vick, L. Halloren, H. 

 Mauntch, S. G. Milosy, Wm. Enter- 

 mann, P. G. Josephson and Alfred H. 

 Fisher. 



Harry A. Bunyard announced the 

 meeting of the National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety at the Museum of Natural His- 

 tory <^mii 27 and 28 and the club voted 

 $50 in i^half of the premium list, which 

 already is large. 



Prof. Headly, of the New Brunswick 

 Experiment Station, gave an interest- 

 ing lecture on insect pests and the vari- 

 ous methods of controlling them. 



Various Notes. 



The steamer Arcadian arrived from 

 Bermuda last week with over 1,000 

 boxes of Easter lilies. The ship has 

 brought this season over a million 

 lilies; most of them are sold directly to 

 the visitors who have been in Ber- 

 muda and left their orders for direct 

 shipment. Few of the lilies seem to 

 have reached the New York cut flower 

 market. 



The new law concerning Sunday clos- 

 ing and twenty-four hours a week of 

 continuous rest from labor for em- 

 ployees is now in effect, and a few have 

 reason to declare it practical. It is said 

 one of the florists on Fifth avenue has 

 already been subjected to three fines, of 

 $50, $100 and $500. A third offense en- 

 titles one to a free pass to the Tombs. 

 The law seems arbitrary, and is espe- 

 cially severe upon the florists' trade. 



The Walter R. Siebrecht, Co. an- 

 nounces its Baltimore interests have 

 been purchased by the Baltimore Cut 

 Flower Co. Mr. Siebrecht retains an 

 interest in the new company, of which 

 Thomas Barker is president and man- 

 ager. 



Mr. Dierks, of the firm of Aumer, 

 Dierks & Arenwald, has undergone a 

 severe operation and is still in the hos- 

 pital, but at last accounts was out of 

 danger and convalescing. 



The Brooklyn Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Market, a new enterprise, under the 

 management of Joseph Levy, seems to 

 give promise of success. The Easter 

 trade, Mr. Levy says, was quite satis- 

 factory. 



Messrs. Trepel and Berstadt, who 

 have charge of the cut flower depart- 

 ment of Loeser & Co., Brooklyn, added 

 a large part of the store's basement to 

 their sales space for Easter. These 

 gentlemen have two other stores in 

 Brooklyn. 



Mr. Abrams, manager of the flower 

 department of Abraham & Strauss, in 

 Brooklyn, says the firm is building a 



"house of flowers" for him, in the 

 style of the one on Fifth avenue. New 

 York, with a conservatory on top of its 

 third story. It will be ready for occu- 

 pancy before Decoration day. 



All reports from Brooklyn, both 

 wholesale and retail, indicate one of 

 the best Easters the city has ever 

 known. 



F. Murray, manager of the Tuxedo 

 Park Association, was in the city last 

 week, a guest of Harry Bunyard. 



Gladiolus America at P. J. Smith's 

 for Easter was as perfect as at the 

 height of the gladiolus season. 



Herbert L.. Jackson, formerly with 

 L. B. Nason, has opened a store at 

 Onderdonk and Myrtle avenue, Brook- 

 lyn, which he calls the Eosery. 



A $25 plant of Dendrobium nobile 

 was the center of Wm. Kessler 's win- 

 dow decoration Easter week. Mr. Kes- 

 sler 's plant business for the week was 

 far ahead of any season in his expe- 

 rience. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. is en- 

 joying great success at present, its 

 sales drawing such an attendance that 

 there is hardly standing room in the 

 big store. The seed department is also 

 booming. 



D. C. Howell has charge of the 

 flower department of A. D. Matthews' 

 Sons, Brooklyn. 



Alex. M. Westwood, whose store is 

 in the Pennsylvania Terminal, has re- 

 covered from an attack of grip. He 

 will be married early in May. 



Ed. Van Reyper, of the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., is still confined to his 

 home with rheumatism. 



The Cut Flower Exchange has re- 

 newed its lease in the Coogan building. 



Al. Rigo, formerly with Henshaw & 

 Fenrich, is now with the Pennock- 

 Meehan Co. 



Most of the seedsmen did a large 

 business in potted plants for Easter. 

 The busy season is here, and day and 

 night work general. 



At the meeting of the executive 

 board of the American Rose Society, 

 held in New York April 13, the matter 

 of awarding the Hubbard quinquennial 

 gold medal to the raiser of the best 

 American rose of the period was again 

 laid on the table. 



David Clarke's Sons had sixteen 

 churches to decorate for Easter. 



G. Myer has purchased the corner he 

 has occupied for some years, at Fifty- 

 eighth street and Madison avenue, and 

 will make important improvements dur- 

 ing the summer. 



Visitors: Frank M. Johnson and 

 George Husmann, representing the A. 

 L. Randall Co., Chicago; Miss Mae Car- 

 roll, off'Norwood, O. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Alton, HI. — ^Joseph Krug, who has 

 been confined to his home for several 

 weeks, is well on the road to recovery, 

 being able to get outdoors now. 



Webster City, la. — The Curtis Floral 

 Co. is contemplating the dismantling of 

 the range at Hampton, la., and the re- 

 moval of the houses to its plant here. 



Port Jervis, N. Y.— Frank J. Weiss 

 has made many improvements at the 

 Brierley place and hopes to rebuild 

 some, as well as to add more glass 

 soon. Business is steadily increasing. 

 He came here two yeaiy ago, taking 

 hold of a business greatly neglected, 

 and has already made an excellent im- 

 pression. 



