April 14, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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south has about finished its daffodil dem- 

 onstration and is sending enormous quan- 

 tities of the purple variety of lilac, the 

 street men absorbing most of it. Next 

 come arbutus and outdoor valley and 

 tulips. It takes a wonderful market to 

 absorb it all. There is no city on earth 

 that could use the enormous arrivals 

 profitably except New York. Unlike the 

 old days when shipments were made to 

 all parts of the country, now the shipping 

 trade is almost nil and the big city must 

 find or make the market within its own 

 environs to absorb it all. 



Carnations are perfect in quality now, 

 but it is hard to realize over $10 per 

 thousand for them, except the novelties. 

 Violets do not pay the cost of picking 

 them ; the few that arrive are not wanted. 

 The street men were selling them at 10 

 cents per bunch Saturday. Lilies have 

 improved a Uttle, but the best of them 

 could be had at $4 per hundred. Or- 

 chids hold at the present quotations, but 

 gardenias were as low as $5 per hundred. 

 Smilax is good property to have, some of 

 it selling up to $2.50 per dozen. There 

 is an abundance of snapdragons and for- 

 sythias,, and the retail windows are filled 

 with blooming plants. 



Since Easter there have been many 

 \ved(3ings and dinners. A great many 

 frtral offerings have been sent to the 

 boats, as farewells to the great opera 

 stars who are leaving for Europe, and the 

 theaters are still in full blast, with their 

 nightly offerings of flowers at the pro- 

 duction of new plays. The inafket will 

 now proceed "on the even tei^r of its 

 way" until Decoration day. ^^ — ^> 



Qub Meetiog. 



The meeting of the club April 11 had 

 an attendance of seventy-five, with Presi- 

 dent Miller in the chair. 



W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., secretary of the 

 New York and New Jersey Plant Grow- 

 ers' Association, gave an account of the 

 society's negotiations with the city for 

 market space. He reported the space to 

 be placed at the trade's disposal to be 

 well adapted for the purpose, with a 

 mea&ufement of 170x275 and forty to 

 sixty feet in height, with a similar space 

 outside the enclosure for wagons. The 

 space is cemented. Electric lights, heat 

 and glass sides are also promised by the 

 city. A public and permanent market 

 was insisted upon by the florists, the city 

 to retain control of same, to build stands 

 to suit tenants. Spaces 8x20 and 15x15 

 are not to cost over $2.50 a week, with a 

 lesser rate promised at the start of the 

 enterprise. Rules are to be agreed upon 

 between the city and the various florists' 

 associations. Speedy attention is urged, 

 because the park commissioner has ap- 

 plied for the place as a public play- 

 ground. It was suggested that petitions 

 be completed, to be presented to the city 

 controller, with the names of all inter- 

 ested. President Miller considered the 

 city 's proposition a good one, better than 

 any other ever made or ever likely to be 

 made. John Birnie said it was an ideal 

 place for the purpose. Mr. Nugent said 

 he believes everything will be done by 

 the civic authorities to make the great 

 cut flower and plant market one of the 

 finest in the world, the same privileges 

 being accorded as all the other markets 

 enjoy. "William J, Elliott feared the bur- 

 den of care would be excessive during the 

 dull, hot months, but John Birnie seemed 

 confident the market, once established 

 would be maintained every day in the' 

 year and at a reasonable cost. 



Harry Turner thought the proposition 



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a practical one and hoped the Florists' 

 Club would endorse it. James Dean con- 

 sidered the opportunity a golden one and 

 if the offer were not accepted it would 

 be a great mistake, predicting many 

 changes in the next five years. F. E. 

 Pierson spoke in behalf of the project 

 aijd declared present methods will be 

 revolutionized. W. H. Siebrecht added 

 that the city's object is to make a per- 

 manent market, to build offices and ar- 

 range for every department of the hor^. 

 ticultural business, doing all that can 

 reasonably be asked, and covering an 

 entire city bloc^k with its conveniences. 

 P. O'Mara, in speaking of his efforts 

 on this line in the past, said that the 

 project had been under consideration for 

 years and referred to the many public 

 markets in European and American 

 cities, suggesting that all the interested 

 parties should get together and work in 

 harmony. ' 



A joint meeting of all the trade asso- 

 ciations was suggested, and later in the 

 evening this was decided upon, the club's 

 rooms having been secured for that pur- 

 pose Monday evening, April 18, at 8 

 o'clock. Mr. Siebrecht said the city was 

 coming to the florists. The controller 

 wanted practical • evidence ; ©f their in- 

 tent and then the men in authority would 

 go 'ahead without delay.. 



On C. H. Totty's motion the Florists' 

 Club endorsed the proposition and asked 

 its members who so desire to collaborate 

 with the other societies in behalf of its 

 speedy consummation. 



H. A. Bunyard reported for the outing 

 committee, July 1 having been selected 

 for the event, but owing to inability of 

 many to attend on that date the com- 

 mittee was authorized to select another 

 day and report at an early date. 



Mr. McTaggert and C. A. Krick were 

 elected to membership ^nd each gentle- 

 man addressed the club and pledged 

 hearty support. Messrs. Merritt, Mel- 

 strom and Weir were proposed. 



Walter Sheridan reported for the din- 

 ner committee, showing an attendance of 

 261, forty-eight guests, and a deficit of 

 only $21.75, expressing also thanks for 

 the donations of flowers and the fine 

 work of the decorators. F. R. Pierson 

 offered his check in payment of the debit 

 balance, but the club, while expressing its 

 appreciation of the offer, voted to pay 

 the amount from the club's treasury. 

 The committee was awarded the thanks 

 of the club and many expressions of sat- 



isfaction with the evening's enjoyment 

 were given, R. E. Berry waxing espe- 

 cially eloquent. 



John Young expressed his thanks for 

 the, club 's telegram, received by him dur- 

 ing the meeting of the executive commit- 

 tee at Rochester. 



Hitcuings & Co. offered a silver cup of 

 $25 value to be awarded each year, the 

 class for exhibits being left with the ex- 

 hibition committee. The thanks of the 

 club were tendered the donors. 



A letter from Prof. L. B. Judson, of 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, was read, 

 urging the club's endorsement of the bill 

 now before the legislature, granting 

 $50,000 for the erection of greenhouses. 

 F. R. Pierson spoke in its behalf and the 

 necessity for the appropriation, and the 

 motion to endorse was unanimously car- 

 ried. 



F. H. Traendly spoke for the Rochester 

 convention and moved the appointment 

 of a transportation committee. F. H. 

 Traendly, John Young and H. A. Bun- 

 yard were appointed. F. R. Pierson gave 

 a glowing account of the meeting of the 

 executive committee of the S. A. F. at 

 Rochester and predicted the most admir- 

 able and successful convention ever held. 

 He said Rochester is an ideal city in 

 every respect. He also referred to the 

 executive committee's intent to ask the 

 Department of Justice to investigate the 

 high and unreasonable price of glass and 

 the illegal organization that has accom-, 

 plished the iniquity. 



• A. C. Zvolanek, the sweet pea expert, 

 addressed the club interestingly on his 

 recent visit to California and his meet- 

 ing with Messrs. Fischer, Lonsdale and 

 other eastern celebrities there. 



A committee was appointed, J. H. Pep- 

 per, R. E. Berry and J. Austin Shaw, to 

 draw up and send resolutions of sym- 

 pathy to Judge Vesey, of Fort Wayne, 

 because- of his great bereavement. Touch- 

 ing tributes were paid to the memory: of 

 his estimable wife, -so suddenly called 

 away, whom everybody loved and hon- 

 ored. 1 



Exhibits were many and of great 

 merit. Louis Dupuy, of Whitestone, ex- 

 hibited hydrangeas, Hortensia La Lor- 

 \ raine, a light pink, and Avalanche, a 

 snow white of rare excellence, for wliich 

 a certificate of merit was granted by the 

 committee. Mr. Dupuy, Jr., addressed 

 the club. Kessler Bros, exhibited speci- 

 mens of their new fern and ,one of 

 Scottii in comparison. The differ.ence is 



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