April 21, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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too, .has advanced and •will hold at 3 

 cients^r the best until the outdoor val- 

 ley arrives. Arbutus is already here and 

 lilac is as abundant as any market can 

 possibly absorb. Plenty of bulbous stock 

 of all kinds comes daily and apple 

 and cherry boughs and even Magnolia 

 Soulangeana blooms make gay the re- 

 tail windows. 



Monday's storm resulted in light ship- 

 ments and also put a damper on business 

 generally. Prices did not advance be- 

 cause of this scarcity, as the general de- 

 mand is light and nothing of great im- 

 portance in decorating is on tap this 

 week, except the Gould-Drexel wedding. 



Meeting for Market Movement. 



A joint meeting of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club, the New York and New Jer- 

 sey Plant Growers' Association, the New 

 York and New Jersey Market Florists' 

 Association, the Cut Flower Exchange 

 and the Cut Flower Company was held 

 at the Grand Opera House building, Mon- 

 day evening, April 18. President Miller, 

 of the New York Florists' Club, occupied 

 the chair. About 100 were in attendance, 

 including those who follow all branches 

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

 gave full details of the proposed public 

 market, which the city has offered for 

 the plant and flower associations. He was 

 listened to with intense interest. Julius 

 Roehrs, Jr., spoke heartily in favor of 

 the scheme. President Miller said the 

 market was for every department of the 

 trade and was intended to include every- 

 thing that florists use. 



H. C. Steinhoff spoke of his twenty-five 

 years' experience with the Canal market 

 and of this being the first offer of the 

 kind that ever has been made. He spoke 

 of the markets of Paris, London and 

 other cities. He considered the oppor- 

 tunity worthy of immediate acceptance. 

 Mr. Moore, of the New York Cut Flower 

 Co., said he understood the city offer to 

 be for a retail market only. Mr. Miller 

 explained that the market must be a pub- 

 lic market. Charles Lenker said the mar- 

 ketman should have the privilege of sell- 

 ing in any way he deemed best, and that 

 harmony and success depended on it. A. 

 M. Henshaw thought the space inade- 

 quate for the purpose. John Birnie said 

 the market proposed would cover 50,000 

 square feet. Alex. Donaldson said it was 

 an ideal spot for a plant and cut flower 

 market and that everybody he had spoken 

 to agreed with him. He said the Cut 

 Flower Exchange had a lease for four 

 years longer and the Cut Flower Co. also 

 one, but that it might be possible to sub- 

 let, if the owners would consent. He 

 thought it was an opportunity that would 

 never come again. 



J. B. Nugent said sidewalk space is 

 available equal to the enclosed space, and 

 that it would take ten times as much 

 stock of flowers and plants as now come 

 to New York to occupy it all. President 

 Miller considered the city's terms reason- 

 able. 



Mr. Schraeder moved that petitions be 

 at once prepared requesting the city to 

 set the space apart for the market pur- 

 poses. The motion carried. 



W. F. Sheridan thought the market 

 should be wholesale only. It is impossi- 

 ble that there should be both wholesale 

 and retail work, he said. He referred to 

 the tie-up of most of the wholesale flo- 

 rists with long leases, but that he was in 

 favcjr ultimately of concentration, but for 

 wholesale only. John Birnie thought this 

 could be accomplished ; that many of the 

 small grower's would increase their out- 



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put, and that the craft never again will 

 have such a golden opportunity. He re- 

 ferred to the other markets of the world 

 and the greatness of New York in growth 

 and future destiny. A. M. Henshaw sug- 

 gested many practical necessities to make 

 it a success. Mr. Nugent spoke for the 

 retailers and thought the peddlers would 

 be put out of business and did not believe 

 the retailers would be injured in any way 

 by the establishment of the market. 

 Alex. Donaldson moved that each organ- 

 ization pay pro rata towards the expenses 

 of the negotiations. 



President Miller suggested a meeting 

 with Commissioner Goodacre, with repre- 

 sentatives of all the organizations. Anton 

 Zvolanek said all present seemed agreed 

 as to the project. He suggested that all 

 interests unite to effect a success. John 

 Birnie suggested that Secretary Siebrecht 

 interview the market association. H. C. 

 Steinhoff suggested a committee from 

 each organization to be given full power 

 to go ahead and complete arrangements. 

 Mr. Siebrecht moved that all associations 

 that have not already appointed commit- 

 tees, do so immediately, so that every or- 

 ganization may be represented by five 

 members. Charles Lenker emphasized the 

 necessity of a public market. There must 

 be no restrictions. The Growers' Cut 

 Flower Co., of sixty-eight members, 

 through its ex-president, requested the 

 appointment of a committee from its 

 membership. The New York Florists' 

 Protective Association was also sug- 

 gested, and the New York Retail Flo- 

 rists' Association. 



H. C. Steinhoff spoke in favor of the 

 various committees having full power to 

 make final arrangements. Charles Lenker 

 gave an interesting account of his travels 

 in Europe and his visits to the flower 

 markets there and their methods. John 

 Birnie and others declared the market 

 must be wholesale only. 



The meeting was one of continued in- 

 terest and harmony. The discussions were 

 spirited and practical and it seems cer- 

 tain that something practical will be 

 evolved without delay. 



Various Notes. 



The Aphine Mfg. Co., of Madison, 

 gave a demonstration of the value of its 

 insecticide "Wednesday, April 13, under 

 the auspices of the horticultural society 

 at Glen Cove, which proved to be one of 

 the most successful it has yet made. A 



large number of gardeners were present 

 and many of them brought infested 

 plants for treatment. The test was under 

 the supervision of Treasurer M. C. Ebel, 

 assisted by Robert Schultz, and several 

 from New York were present, including 

 Secretary Maynard of the Gardeners' 

 Society of America. A splendid meeting 

 of the Nassau County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in the evening. 



It is an anxious week for some of 

 the wholesalers on Twenty-eighth street, 

 who must find new quarters by May 1. 

 The ground between Sixth and Seventh 

 avenues is being well canvassed and con- 

 sidered. The Kervan Co. now occupies 

 two stores there, so rapidly has its busi- 

 ness grown. The wholesale cut flower 

 business seems to be pretty permanently 

 established in this locality. Long leases 

 have been taken in the big building 

 Traendly & Schenck and Walter Sheri- 

 dan have chosen. 



There is no diminution in the CDwds 

 that attend the auctions. Compared with 

 other years, prices are advancing and the 

 scarcity of nursery stock is plainly em- 

 phasized. Hardy roses and fruit trees 

 have advanced 100 per cent. The seed 

 houses are sharing in the general de- 

 mand. Every firm is behind in its ship- 

 ments. The continued cool weather is 

 a godsend. 



James Romaine Strang, for eight years 

 bookkeeper for "William Elliott & Sons, 

 died last week after an eight weeks' ill- 

 ness of tuberculosis of the bowels. He 

 was much respected by all who knew him. 



J. H. F. Matz has a prosperous plant 

 at Glen Cove, L. I., with over an acre 

 of land and several greenhouses, and is 

 the leading retail florist of that section 

 of Long Island. 



M. A. Bowe has orders for decorations 

 for two society weddings next week and 

 seems to. always have as much business 

 as he can attend to. 



It is rumored a prominent Broadway 

 florist is engaged to a charming widow 

 with two millions, and wedding bells in 

 June and a European trip are on the 

 program. 



The A. T. Bunyard Co. has a big wed- 

 ding in June at Bernardsville, N. J. 

 Romeo Guido is proving a good lieuten- 

 ant here. 



John F. Sharkey has a large wedding 

 Thursday, April 21, at the Church of 

 Epiphany, the Swift-Hurry wedding, 



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