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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 14, 1910. 



in.-irkcil. Mr. Kosslor, iu s|»oakiii}j; to tlic 

 lUL'ftiiij', gave the cictlit for its iliseovery 

 and growth to Emil Savoy, of Secane-us, 

 from \vlioin llic entire stoek was ])iir- 

 cliased liy liis lirni. An award of merit 

 was given !•]. I'ardell, gardener for Mrs. 

 II. P. Hootli, of (Ireat Neck. L. I., who 

 exliiliited \ases (if stocks, l'hn|)ress Eliza- 

 beth and (^ueen Alexandra, for which he 

 received a xoli' of thanks. He also ex- 

 liiliited ;t \ase of ranuiicnlus, which re- 

 ceived sinnliir ajipreciat idii. .Mr. l-"ardeli 

 ya\e ;i \alualile address on their pi'opaga- 

 liuri. liii^wciing many qneries. 



Various Notes, 



.\li>.- Sus;in Scuit l.ustgarten, of fdm- 

 hurst, M;iii;;li1cr of ( 'liarles Lnstgarteii. 

 was hurned to ii<'alli l''riday night, April 

 s. at :in entertainment at the Adelphi 

 <'oll(>ge, Ilioeklyn. 'J'he young lady was 

 iiidy ill years (dd. She ])ossesscd great 

 musical t.'iient and artistic skill and was 

 the oidy child of the bereaved parents, 

 who ha\c universal sympathy in their 

 ;;real atUiction. The funeral, on Sunday, 

 was largely attended and the lloral re- 

 mend>rani-es were of great beauty. 



The sympathy df theii- many friends 

 is also exteiideil in (ieoige .M. Stumjip 

 and to Mr. Winnefeld. nf l.ehnig A; Win- 

 nefeld. of liackensack, .\. .1., in the loss 

 i)f their \\i\('s. I'xitli were greatly re- 

 s])eeted and lielo\ed by .-i wide i iri le of 

 relati\(>s and friencls. 



Secretary Siebreclit >>i the New "N'ork 

 and New .bMsey I'lanl (iroweis' Associa- 

 tion, is enthusiastic as to the market 

 proposition made by the i-ity, favoring 

 com-i'ntration ,it the New Voik side of 

 the new liridge at I'irst avenue and 

 Fiftyidnth street. The association, at 

 a special meeting last week, endorsed the 

 plan unanimously. Th(> managers of the 

 early market. .Mr. Siidnccht says, will 

 umloubtedly acci'])t, ami so, at no dis- 

 tant date, the dream of .John Hiiiiie and 

 many nther enthusiastic plantsnu>n in 

 favor of an Anu'rican ('ovcnit (Jardenwill 

 be fulfilled. The location is an ideal one 

 ;ind till- room and accommodation and 

 m'n(>ral facilities c;innot be excelled. 



K'umors of many moxt's on West Tuen- 

 ty eighth street continut\ Some enterpris- 

 ing firms ai-e si'curing leases on jjrojierty, 

 with a \iew to subletting or selling leases 

 at a profit. Some have obtaineil favor- 

 able terms for renniining between Sixth 

 avenue .and Uroadwav. Those who are 



obliged to go to make room for sky- 

 scrajiers are hustling for new quarters. 

 Some of the present second-story men 

 will be on the ground floor. 



Mr. Lutz, formerly in tlu' growing busi- 

 ness near Far Kockaway, has established 

 a retail business at 540 Hudson street, 

 undi'r the title of the lliulson Florist. 



J'laily in .lune the champion Astoria 

 bowler, .lohn Mieseni, antl his wife, will 

 leave for a pleasure trij) to Kurope, but 

 with the understaniling that lie will re- 

 turn and h>ad ins (dub to victory August 

 17 at K'ochester. 



Tuesday, April li', was ladies' night at 

 Astoria. i'owliiig continues there as 

 ent hu-iastically as at the first of the sea- 

 son, and tiiere are several high rollers 

 in tin' membership. The prize last week 

 was given by Mr. Hlcekwiu. At the 

 ladies' tourmunent on Tuesday every- 

 one recei\('(| ;i handsome prize. 



Thursday ;iiul Friday, April 14 and 

 lo, John II. 'J'aylor. the veteran rose 

 growi'r of Jiayside, will sell his entire 

 stock of household furniture, prior to a 

 I'hii'opean trip. 



(handler Tayhu', the entomologist, rep- 

 resenting the Kentucky Tobacco Product 

 • '()., of Louisville. Ky., was in the city 

 several days last week. 



.bihn Mangam, for t(^n years in the 

 service of I'rank Millang, the wholesale 

 florist, has undertaken the retail business 

 on his own account at 41.3 Gates avenue, 

 Brooklyn, an excellent locality and not 

 far from the greenliouses ot Robert (i. 

 Wilson. 



W. A. Plaedel k Son is now the title 

 of the firm at 4(12 West Twenty-third 

 street, Mr. Blaedel, Jr.. having advanced 

 to ])artnership honors April 1. 



Carl Jurgens. Jr., of Newport, has ac- 

 <|uired space with Josejih A. Millang, of 

 the N'ew York Cut Flower Co., in the 

 Coogan building, and will handle bulbous 

 stock, valley and Beauties, in all of 

 which he has a national reputation. 



Alexamier Snnth, of Woodside, lately 

 weh'oiiH'd a visit of the stork — another 

 sign oi early spring. 



The new see(| firm started under the 

 mime of Buds, iit 7() Barclay street, has 

 as its manag(>r <'ail U. (iloeckner. for 

 many years in the em|iloy of J. M. Tlior- 

 burn (Sc <'o. 



.(. K. Alhm made an official trip into 

 Massa(dmsetts last week with a carload 

 of ci\ic boomers, in behalf of many im- 



Prcparing to Lay The Qjncrete For a Reinforced Bench. 



provenients contemplated in and around 

 Kearney, N. J., where he resides and 

 stands ' ' ace high ' ' in municipal progress. 



The auctions are crowded. The sub- 

 urban women have heard of the bar- 

 gains. Prices have not been so satis- 

 factory in years. Many varieties of 

 hardy roses are snapped up at $120 per 

 iuindred. The men look like landed ju'o- 

 jirietors ami most of the faces are un- 

 familiar. The rooms are too small for 

 the growing patronage. The streets also 

 have nu'rchants at every corner downtown, 

 offering trees, ])lants and Ijulbs for sale. 

 The seedsmen are handling great (juanti- 

 ti(>s of fruit trees. Prices are away up, 

 but only where they belong. 



Finil Tschupj), of the tirm of John 

 Tschujip iSc (,'()., West Iloboken, X. J., 

 died h'riday. A])ril S, and was Imried 

 Tuesday. April Hi. Fortl Bros, handle 

 the tirm 's sidpments. 



After a three moidhs' siege of rheuma- 

 tism, .Mr. Watkins, of W. K. INIarshall & 

 Co., is again at his desk. The firm is 

 having a busy season. 



F. A. Slattery, an old New York boy, 

 now with W. J. Palmer & Sop, of Buf- 

 falo, is visiting friends here. 



One of the fortunate ones on Twenty- 

 eighth street is J. J. Fellouris, whose 

 lease of Xo. oi; holds good, while so 

 many find it necessary to change their 

 quarters. The best piece of luck, how- 

 ever, was the sale of the lease by one of 

 the wholesale firms for an even .$10,000, 

 and with the luck was coupled business 

 shrewdness, expert management and 

 nerve. 



A. L. ^Miller, of Jamaica avenue, 

 Brooklyn, sold 60,000 of his own strain 

 of pansies and says he could have sold 

 1. "50. 000 if he had grown them. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



S. B. Wertheimer returned last week 

 from his annual trip to the European 

 fountains of inspiration for ribbon men. 



ONE-PIECE CONCRETE BENCH. 



Samuel Lum has one of the good sized 

 places at Chatham, N. J., a town scarcely 

 less famous for rose growing than is 

 Madison itself. The accompanying il- 

 lustration is reproduced from a photo- 

 graph taken in Mr, Lum 's establish- 

 ment, where the entire range is being 

 equipped with the so-called concrete-steel 

 benches, constructed under the Wilson- 

 lloyt system. The illustration shows 

 the bench builders in the act of oiling 

 the steel forms preparatory to pouring 

 the concrete. 



In this style of construction a steel 

 form is used as a mold and the bench is 

 reinforced with wires running through 

 the concrete. The raised parts of the 

 mold, shown in the illustration, give 

 drainage, t^uite a number of the places 

 in M.adison and Chatham have been try- 

 ing out those liencln^s and as a result are 

 installing more of them this season. The 

 day is nmloiibtedly coming when wood 

 b(mches will be completely displaced by 

 permanent construction. 



Concord Juncticji^, Mass. — Leonard 

 Cousins, Jr., has hiffpansies in fine shape. 

 Owing to the mi|ld spring weather so 

 early in the season, pansies are as far ad- 

 vanced as they would be in May in ordi- 

 nary years. They are covered with blos- 

 soms and his fine, large field of 250,000 

 is a sight worth going far to see. Ship- 

 ments, are being made daily to florists all 

 over the country. 



