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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Septbmbbb 14, 1911. 



as usual at this time, are a surplus. The 

 street men offer them at "5 centa" for 

 a bunch of ten. You can imagine their 

 wholesale value. Carnations are com- 

 ing to' the front rapidly. Stems are 

 longer and 2 cents is obtainable for 

 select stock. The short stems stay down 

 at 50 cents per hundred. 



There are plenty of tritomas. Valley 

 is advancing and lilies have com- 

 menced an upward movement, selling 

 up last week to $5 per hundred. Or- 

 chids are not abundant and prices have 

 not changed. 



Club Meeting. 



Monday evening the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club opened for the season, with 

 President Nugent in the chair. The 

 evening was largely a memorial night 

 in honor of John Birnie, whose sudden 

 death at Baltimore saddened every 

 heart. Secretary Young read the min- 

 utes of the club at its special meeting 

 in Baltimore, and spoke feelingly of 

 the tribute to Mr. Birnie at the train. 

 President Nugent also gave a eulogy. 

 Messrs. Totty, Bunyard and Sheridan 

 composed the committee on resolutions, 

 which were read by Mr. Totty and 

 ordered engrossed, framed and sent to 

 the bereaved family. Eloquent tributes 

 were also given by Messrs. Weathered 

 and Berry, and adjournment was taken 

 at an early hour as a token of respect 

 to his memory. 



Resolutions of sympathy for Mr. and 

 Mrs. Chas. Schenck and the family of 

 Charles Armitage were also read by 

 the committees appointed. 



F. H. Traendly reported for the 

 transportation committee and the com- 

 mittee was discharged with thanks. 



Emil Schloss, Walter E. Cook and 



E. E. Bates were proposed for member- 

 ship, and the resignation of S. C. Nash, 

 of Clifton, was accepted with regret, 

 he being one of the club's oldest mem- 

 bers. 



An interesting discussion followed 

 with reference to the next national 

 flower show, in 1913, introduced by 



F. H. Traendly, who spoke of the 

 adaptability of the new Grand Central 

 Palace for the purpose. Interesting 

 talks in behalf of the show at New 

 York were made by Messrs. Schultz, 

 Weathered, Rickards, Holt, Bunyard, 

 Totty, Lenker and Manda, and on mo- 

 tion of Mr. Totty the club extended an 

 invitation to the S. A. F. to hold the 

 next national flower show in New York 

 in 1913. This met with unanimous ap- 

 proval. 



M. C. Ebel moved the thanks of the 

 club to the Baltimore society for its 

 sympathy and kindness on the occa- 

 sion of Mr. Birnie 's death, and Mr. 

 Manda moved the thanks of the cluu 

 to the Baltimore club for its many 

 courtesies and hospitality during xixit 

 convention. 



The exhibits of the evening were ex- 

 cellent. John Lewis Childs displayed 

 many vases of fine gladioli and also 

 staged two vases of tritomas. E. S. 

 Miller, of Wading River, exhibited 

 vases of gladiolus seedlings. Wm. Trick- 

 er showed several plants of his new 

 vinca, and Frank Banning, of Kins- 

 man, O., sent some grand flowers of 

 Gladiolus Panama and his red seedling. 

 Messrs. Miller and Tricker received the 

 thanks of the club and Messrs. Childs 

 and Banning cultural certificates. 



Various Notes. 



Patrick O'Mara, of Peter Henderson 

 & Co., returned last week from a ten 



weeks' European trip, looking the pic- 

 ture of health. 



Kessler Bros, are filling their store 

 and conservatories with palms and 

 ferns, their stock of Dreyerii being es- 

 pecially well grown. 



A. J. Guttman has secured space in 

 the big room of the Manhattan Plant 

 & Flower Co., in the Coogan building, 

 and will engage in the wholesale cut 

 flower business again. Another acqui- 

 sition to the wholesale business in the 

 same room is A. H. Pritchard, formerly 

 manager of the retail business of Chris- 

 tatos & Koster, on Madison avenue. B. 

 J. Slinn, Jr., is installing new ice-boxes 

 and other conveniences, in the same 



Bayersdorfer Building, Philadelphia. 



large room, which will be occupied 

 this winter hf wholesale houses in 

 either cut flowers or plants. 



J. J, Fellouris has decided to sublet 

 part of his large store to some firm in 

 the wholesale cut flower business. 



Gunther Bros, say their shipments of 

 dahlias have begun and that the season 

 promises well. 



H. A. Barna/3, of Stuart Low & Co., 

 London, England, is a late arrival. 



Charles Millang says he has made 

 some profitable deals of late in real es- 

 tate on Long Island, and his new auto 

 corroborates the cheerful report. Charles 

 does not hesitate to turn an honest 

 penny in any legitimate enterprise. 



George Saltford spent two happy and 

 restful weeks at his old home in Rhine- 



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beck. He says violets could be shipped 

 now if the people "wanted them. 



Fred Atkins, of Bobbink & Atkins, 

 Rutherford, is back from a two months' 

 business trip in Europe. 



September 16 and 17 the exhibi- 

 tion of dahlias takes place at Bronx 

 park. There will be a meeting of the 

 Horticultural Society September 16, and 

 the lecture on plant life at 4 p. m. 



September 20 and 21 the eightieth 

 annual exhibition of the American In- 

 stitute will be held in the Berkeley 

 Lyceum building, 19 West Forty-fourth 

 street. Will C. Rickards will be man- 

 ager, as usual. 



The retail florists in Brooklyn seem 

 cheerful and busy. Phillips had a big 

 wedding last week, and has half a 

 dozen already booked for October. Wil- 

 son is busy in both his stores. Jahn 

 is busy with weddings and dinners. 

 Masur has added an upper floor to his 

 store, and decorated and enlarged his 

 quarters. 



At Arthur T. Boddington 's, Harry A. 

 Bunyard says the increased demand and 

 short seed c^op indicates a quick clear- 

 ance on the popular varieties of florists' 

 sweet peas. 



E. Allan Peirce, of Waltham, Mass., 

 was a visitor September 11. 



The initiative bowling of the season 

 was enjoyed by a select few on the 

 club's alleys September 11. The plan 

 is to meet at Thum's, Thirty-first 

 street and Broadway, every Friday 

 evening. M. C. Ebel offers a bowling 

 ball as a prize to the visiting member 

 of any gardeners' society making the 

 highest score up to December 31. 

 Among the distinguished visitors Mon- 

 day afternoon were Messrs. Duckham, 

 Stewart and Traendly. Mr. Traendly 's 

 bowling achievements are in his wife's 

 name; since convention the big silver 

 cup Mrs. Traendly won has had sev- 

 eral fillings. 



W. H. Siebrecht, Sr., will return 

 from his European trip on the Kaiser 

 Wilhelm II, which will arrive Sep- 

 tember 26. 



W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., and wife, 

 mother, brother and sister have re- 

 turned from a week's auto trip through 

 the Berkshire hills. 



Suhrer & Gray have leased the store 

 at 31 East One hundred and twenty- 

 fifth street. J. Austin Shaw. 



THE BATEBSDOBFEB BX7ILDING. 



The accompanying illustrations give 

 an idea of the warehouse of H. Bayers- 

 dorfer & Co., of Philadelphia. 



One of the pictures shows the Arch 

 street front of their 5-story building, 

 which extends back to a street in the 

 rear. Although this entire building 

 is devoted to the company's supply 

 business, it is not large enough. This 

 season another building, across the 

 street in the rear, is being used as an 

 additional warehouse. 



Each of the other photographs shows 

 one-quarter of the factory that occupies 

 the front of one upper floor. This fac- 

 tory is becoming increasingly impor- 

 tant. Here are made many of the most 

 popular supplies, such as the rattan 

 electric lamp holder, one of the latest 

 novelties. Here, too, are made all the 

 special orders called for to meet special 

 requirements all over the country. Mr. 

 Bayersdorfer has received many letters 

 of congratulation on his firm's exhibit 

 at Baltimore. One writer, who had 



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