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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Septembeb 28, 1911. 



held September 22 at President George 

 B. Hart 's office, it was decided to aban- 

 don the flower show for this year, be- 

 cause the time was too short to make 

 adequate preparation. President Hart 

 said that the decision did not uecea- 

 sarily mean that there would bo' no 

 more flower shows in Kochester, as 

 there are good prospects that the plan 

 will revive when conditions become 

 more favorable. E. C. A. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



The Market. 



Trade is improving right along, with 

 stock more plentiful and getting better 

 as time goes on. There has been con- 

 siderable funeral work lately and it has 

 kept stock worked up closely at all 

 times; on several occasions it was dif- 

 ficult to get enough stock to go the 

 rounds. There are few flowers in this 

 market at present except- carnations 

 and roses. The roses are improving, 

 both in quality and supply. Killarney 

 and White Killarney are fine and some 

 good Maids and brides are coming in. 

 A few good Richmonds are to be had 

 and the demand has been about equal 

 to the supply. The demand for Beau- 

 ties was good last week, as there were 

 a great many fall openings and these 

 created a good demand for cut stock, 

 as well as taking everything in the line 

 of decorative plants. Potted ferns are 

 moving well, but the supply is limited 

 in this market. A number of weddings 

 have been booked for the coming month 

 or so, and business will soon assume 

 about the right gait to keep everyone 

 on the move. 



Various Notes. 



The Pifth Avenue Floral Co. is in- 

 stalling a new boiler at the Fifth ave- 

 nue plant. They are cutting large quan- 

 tities of carnations. 



E. Metzmaier has a fair amount of 

 work right along and expects a heavy 

 trade in the near future. 



The Columbus Floral Co. has finished 

 planting two of its new houses to car- 

 nations and is just planting the last 

 half of the third one to lettuce; the 

 other half contains tomatoes, which 

 are in fine condition. The firm is also 

 installing a new boiler, which makes a 

 battery of three boilers. Everything 

 here is in fine condition and the pros- 

 pects are good for some excellent carna- 

 tions. J. M. 



NEW HAVEN, CONN. 



The Market. 



The season of 1911-12 is now open 

 and, with the return of the people 

 from the shore and mountains, it is ex- 

 pected that business will pick up rap- 

 idly. Trade during the summer kept up 

 fairly well and business increases as 

 fall advances. The florists are looking 

 forward to a busy and prosperous sea- 

 son. 



The first frost of the season occurred 

 September 13 and much damage was 

 done throughout Connecticut. There 

 has been a great deal of rain, which 

 did much good to vegetation and out- 

 door stock. Asters continue to be the 

 leading flower. Carnations are making 

 an early appearance, but as yet the 

 ■terns are rather short 



There have been many weddings this 

 month. Bridal bouquets seem to be in 



great demand. There seems to be a 

 scarcity in diflerent lines of stock. Fu- 

 neral work still keeps the florists busy. 

 Palms and ferns sell well. Roses are 

 plentiful, but are not first-class as yet. 

 The recent rains did' a great deal to- 

 ward improvement of the dahlias. 

 There seems to bei a great demand for 

 flowering plants this fall. 



Various Notes. 



J. H. Smith, at South Norwalk, re- 

 ports a highly satisfactory season. He 

 is building new houses at his plant. 



The Horticultural Society held its 

 fair at Orange, September 5 to 8. 



The dahlia growers of Connecticut 

 have had poor luck this year, due to 

 the long, dry, hot season. 



Charles Mnnro had a sale of fine 

 ferns last week. 



James Bruce, on Orchard street, has 

 some fine houses of carnations. 



The dahlia show of the New Haven 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 in this city September 13. B. 



THE NEW NIESSEN BUILDING. 



The Leo Niessen Co., Philadelphia, 

 has moved into its new quarters at the 

 northwest corner of Twelfth and Race 

 streets. The accompanying illustration 



New Niessen Building, Philadelphia. 



gives an excellent view of the building, 

 60x100 feet, with nine stories and a 

 basement, built of reinforced concrete. 

 The first floor and basement will be 

 occupied by the company for the whole- 

 sale cut flower business. The sixth, 

 seventh and eighth floors are already 

 occupied by other business enterpriseji, 

 while the second, third and fourth 

 floors are not yet under lease. 



Leo Niessen says that in the new 

 quarters the company has three times 

 its former facilities. There is addi- 

 tional counter space, badly needed to 

 properly handle shipping orders, or, as 

 Mr. Niessen graphically described it. 



as "no Stephen Girard business," 

 by which he was understood to mean 

 the rehandling of orders. There is ad- 

 ditional space in the cooling room, en- 

 abling the company to handle more 

 flowers. Best of all, there is more light. 

 Mr. Niessen lays great stress on this 

 advantage. The basement, with its 12- 

 foot ceiling, is lighter than his first 

 floor Was on Arch street. The first floor 

 is even better, a corner building with 

 large windows and high ceilings giving 

 perfect light. Phil. 



NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



The market is menaced, at the opening 

 of the present week, by a combination 

 of excessive heat and humidity. The warm 

 Indian summer of the last week was bad 

 enough, for rose stock especially, much 

 of which came in open, soft and unsal- 

 able. Now we have a hot wave to con- 

 tend ngainst. Business is far from satis- 

 fjictory. Little lift is expected until the 

 fn st (Iocs its deadly work on the outside 

 flowers. There still are asters and gla- 

 dioli to be reckoned with, and plenty of 

 them are arriving daily. The dahlia tide 

 is at its zenith, and a great deal of hand- 

 some stock is arriving. Prices of these 

 do not advance, however, and if the hot 

 temperature remains, the market will 

 be flooded with them before the week 

 is over. The top figure for orchids Sep- 

 tember 23 was 35 .cents, and the ship- 

 ments are growing larger. Many sold 

 as low as 20 cents and the street men 

 were offering them on Fifth avenue. The 

 only flower that seemed at all normal 

 was the lily. A few sold as high as 8 

 cents, though the week's end saw 6 

 cents as top. Valley holds firm at the 

 usual quotations. 



Strange to say, large quantities of 

 violets come down daily. Many are claim- 

 ing a growing foundation of over fifty 

 violet experts. As there are about fifty 

 wholesalers here, you may gather some 

 idea of the prospective supply this win- 

 ter. These early shipments of poor 

 stock in hot weather seem about the 

 weakest display of business enterprise 

 imaginable. Far better to wait and send 

 perfect stock and receive a reasonable 

 price for them. 



Carnations are not yet perfect enough 

 to command over $2 per hundred and 

 most of the stock is stUI short-stemmed 

 and sells at the buyer's offer. The qual- 

 ity of American Beauties is now attract- 

 ing the buyers and the demand for these 

 is insistent. Other roses are also fast 

 improving and the best sell readily at 

 $4 to $5 per hundred. The short-stemmed 

 roses go at any price and many do not 

 go at all. 



Various Notes. 



Great sympathy is expressed for the 

 family of I. L. Powell, of MiUbrook, 

 N, Y., by the members of the New York 

 Florists' Club, of which Mr. Powell had 

 long been an honored member. His sud- 

 den, death, from pleuro-pneumonia, took 

 place September 22 and several of his 

 New York friends attended the funeral 

 Sunday. 



Sympathy is also extended another 

 member of the local Florists' Club, in 

 the accidental death of a brother of 

 Frank PiorkovsM, of White Plains, N. Y. 



W. C. Hart, of the Sycamore Dahlia 

 Farms, East Walden, N. Y., was a visitor 

 last week and attended the American 

 Institute dahlia show. 



G. H. Chisholm, representing Sutton & 



