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The Florists' Review 



Mat 7, 1914, 



dioli, ijis and sweet peas are more than 

 enough for any possible demand. Pan- 

 sies, stocks and forsythia are in every 

 window. Violets have said their "au 

 revoir. ' ' 



The spurt that usually comes at the 

 close of the week cleaned up the market 

 in good shape, so that the situation was 

 much improved at the opening of the 

 present week. Prices were firmer, es- 

 pecially on carnations. 



Various Notes. 



Bichard A. Vincent will lecture be- 

 fore the New York Florists' Club Mon- 

 day evening, May 11. The stereopticon 

 views used by Mr. Vincent are most 

 beautiful. Ex-President Vincent, of 

 White Marsh, Md., will be present, and 

 plants of various kinds will be on ex- 

 hibition. Full particulars as to the 

 club's outing July 1 will be given, and 

 information as to the transportation of 

 the New York florists by boat to the 

 S. A. F. convention at Boston. Bowling 

 will be enjoyed by the club members in 

 the afternoon, at the Coogan alleys. 



The J. J. Wilson Seed Co., of Newark, 

 N. J., reports an encouraging first sea- 

 son. In fact, one would hunt long to 

 find a pessimist among the seedsmen of 

 New York city and vicinity. 



The annual meeting of the stockhold- 

 ers of the Cut Flower Exchange was 

 held Saturday, May 2, at the office of 

 the company in the Coogan building. 

 The Exchange has leased the third story 

 of this building for another five years. 

 The retiring oflicers were Messrs. Sie- 

 brecht, Beckman, Leach and Donaldson, 

 V. S. Dorval is secretary, Henry Green- 

 hagen, of Secaucus, N. J., is the latest 

 addition to the membership. Extensive 

 improvements are to be made. 



Monroe & Reynolds have leased the 

 store at 111 West Tweniy-eighth street, 

 formerly occupied by the Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., for a term of two years, 



Walter B. Siebrecht has sold his in- 

 terest in the Baltimore Cut Flower Co. 

 Mr, Siebrecht has been ill during the 

 last week with grip and tonsillitis, but 

 is convalescing. 



The latest enterprise of C, C. Trepel 

 is an immense garden and the largest 

 dancing pavilion in the world, at Rock- 

 away Beach. Mr. Trepel says he needs 

 some recreation and this is his way of 

 getting it. Many carloads of nursery 

 stock are being sold at his various 

 stores. An attraction May 1 and 2 at 

 his Bloomingdale Bros, store was the 

 ladies' orchestra. 



The "House of Flowers," an adjunct 

 of the Abraham & Strauss store in 

 Brooklyn, was opened Saturday, May 2. 

 The front is already handsomely deco- 

 rated with boxes of ivy and blooming 

 plants. The color scheme is blue and 

 white. It is a unique departure from 

 the beaten track and Manager Abrams 

 is much elated. Assistant Manager 

 Michel will be in charge of the building. 



James Coulon is the latest addition to 

 the ranks of Brooklyn retail florists, 

 Mr, Coulon has been for twenty-seven 

 years the right-hand man of Mallon's, 

 His store is at 46 Smith street, an ex- 

 cellent location. Mr. Coulon 's two sons 

 are associated with him. 



The death of Clement Wocker, of 

 Flatbush, is recorded in this week's 

 obituary column. 



The Brooklyn Wholesale Cut Flower 

 Market is located at 356 Fulton street, 

 corner of Red Hook lane. Joseph Levy 

 is proprietor; Mrs. Levy has charge of 

 the office and is an able lieutenant. Mr. 

 Levy has had considerable experience in 



both the wholesale and retail cut flower 

 business, and is meeting with success in 

 his new venture. 



Wm. H, Miller's headquarters are at 

 109 West Twenty-eighth street, Mr. 

 Miller is a brother of A. L. Miller, of 

 Jamaica, L. I. 



The auctions of plants, bulbs, etc., 

 continue to draw large crowds, far in 

 advance of other seasons. At MacNiflf's 

 there is hardly standing room. The re- 

 tail florists of both cities are regular 

 purchasers. Sales continue until late in 

 the afternoon. 



■ Roman J. Irwin has been away on a 

 business trip. He moves next week to 

 new offices on the fourteenth floor of 

 the Masonic building. 



Bunyar's Double GiUa. 



The next exhibition of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York will take 

 place at the Botanical Gardens May 9 

 and 10, 



Thos. Young, Jr,, whose headquarters 

 for years have been located at the cor- 

 ner of Forty-second street and Fifth 

 avenue, has moved to 54 West Forty- 

 fifth street. 



The office of the Peters & Reed Pot- 

 tery Co, has been removed to 23 West 

 Twenty-third street. 



Mrs. J. B. Deamud, of Chicago, has 

 joined her husband here, 



Arthur T, Boddington left April 30 

 for a trip to Texas, He was at Waco 

 May 4 and 5 for the meeting to organize 

 the Texas Florists' Association, 



J. Basedow, a basket-maker for fifteen 

 years employed by Reed & Keller, died 

 suddenly April 29, He was 63 years 

 of age and leaves a wife and son, 



J. Austin Shaw. 



A COMMON RAEITY. 



"Did you ever see anything like itf " 

 was the query that accompanied a 

 double calla that reached the office of 

 The Review from C. A. Hancock & Son, 

 of Oelwein, la. In the same mail was a 

 photograph, reproduced herewith, of a 

 double calla that came as a surprise at 

 the Independence Greenhouses, at Inde- 

 pendence, Kan. A double, or even a 



triple spathe, is a not uncommon occur- 

 rence in callas, although its appearance 

 is sufficiently infrequent so that it al- 

 ways creates a great deal of interest 

 and comment. 



The bloom received at the office of 

 The Review was composed of a small, 

 perfect spathe, completely en^jircled by 

 one of , much larger proportions. Refer- 

 ring to the bloom shown in. the illustra-. 

 tion,' Robert Bunyar, proprietor of the 

 Independence Greenhouses, wrote, "The 

 smaller lily was as large as the ordinary 

 calla and the larger one was about twice 

 as large as the smaller one." 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



There. is., ft good call for stock, but the 

 supply. has been so large that, at the- 

 best, only.fair prices are jealizqd. • Ship-, 

 ping business is good.. A large- number; 

 of ordeirs for carnations for Mothers' 

 dt^y.havp come.in and more are being, 

 filed each day. The May festiVal-this. 

 week is also using its share of blooms 

 fpr.cora^gee.- , • ., ■ - .. r ,- . 



' Amierican Beauty receipts continue, 

 large, and. -sufficient, fo^, present needs, f 

 Choi?a blooms may be had in all sizes. 

 Other roses continue in good supply. The 

 carnation cut is about the same as it 

 was a week ago. Owing to the weather 

 conditions prevailing locally, many En-^ 

 chantress are quite pale. 



• Easter lilies continue .to glut the mar- 

 ket but are not as overplentiful now as 

 they were at the last writing, Calla . 

 receipts, too, are heavier than require- 

 ments. Outdoor bulbous stock, receipts- 

 are large and include some fiqe parrot- 

 tulips. Outdoor lilacs have, been coming 

 in strong, but the end of this week will . 

 probably see the last of them. Valley . 

 from outdoors has been . added tO' the • 

 list of flowers .and, with forced valley, 

 is enjoying a good call. Orchids are sell- 

 ket. Sweet pea receipts are limited. 

 There is a strong call for greens of all 

 kinds. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club's regular meeting 

 will be held next Monday, at the club 

 rooms in the Flower Market, at 8 p. m. 



C. E. Critchell has been having some 

 fine galax, that he is taking out of 

 storage. 



E. G. Gillett's wirework department 

 is being kept busy turning out orders 

 for wire-baskets. 



R. D. Ruttle, of Covington, Ky,, had 

 the big Woodall-Lafume wedding deco- 

 ration last Wednesday. 



L. H. Kyrk received some fine lilacs 

 from Chas. Schumann last week. 



Visitors include: Martin Reukauf, 

 representing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia; Sprinkleproof Sam Selig- 

 man, representing Wertheimer Bros,, 

 New York; Henry A. Mollers, represent- 

 ing the American Foil Co., New York; 

 D. M. Fleischer, of Eislingen, Wurtem- 

 berg; Henry Ehrhardt, of Sidney, O.; 

 Mr. Sanders, representing Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co., Chicago, and Peter Weiland, 

 of New Castle, Ind. C. H. H. 



Hutchinson, Kan, — Nerval and Elwood 

 Kline, proprietors of the Kline Flower 

 Shop, in the Rorabaugh- Wiley building, 

 and G. J. Lamont, in the piano business 

 here, will build greenhouses at the cor- 

 ner of Eleventh and Monroe streets. The 

 range will be 100x150 feet and will sup- 

 ply the Kline Flower Shop. 



