The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Dbcdmbbb 8, 1910. 



West Twenty-eighth street opened last 

 week and the young men are much de- 

 lighted with their reception and -^e 

 good will of the trade. Few young men 

 have ever launched their ships on such 

 favorable seas. The outlook is broad- 

 ening every day. 



The father of W. B. and A. L. Eick- 

 ards has been seriously ill with pneumo- 

 nia for some time and is only now con- 

 valescing. 



H. Maybie, of Maywood, N, J., was 

 in town last week, celebra.ting the ad- 

 vent of a 12-pound son. Mr, Maybie 

 consigns his crops to P. J. Smith. 



Bonnet & Blake, in Brooklyn, report 

 a fine start on the new season, and a 

 wide demand already for Christmas. 

 They claim there are no better carna- 

 tions than they receive from A. 

 Dameusy, of Flatbush. 



Lecakes & Co. have secured the big 

 building on Sixth avenue for this 

 month, where McMahon's restaurant 

 was, close to Twenty-eighth street, for 

 their overflow Christmas trade. One 

 shipment of laurel received last week 

 totaled 35,000 pounds. 



William P. Ford has some fine gera- 

 niums in pots in his windows. He says 

 mums will last until the holidays are 

 over. He is well pleased with the out- 

 look and spends his week-ends at his 

 farm in Pennsylvania. 



George W. Crawbuck, Brooklyn, sa,As 

 his firm's Th.anksgiving business was 

 exactly double that of 1909, which he 

 thinks is ' ' going some. ' ' 



Phil Kessler caught his bowling 

 thumb in the ice-box last week and 

 could not participate in the triumph of 

 his associates. 



Badgley, Eeidel & Meyer say they 

 are handling a lot of business, though 

 Mr. Eeidel can hardly handle anything 

 at present, having crushed two of his 

 fingers in the ice-box a week ago. Mr. 

 Badgley was in from Madison Decem- 

 ber 3. 



Miss Lois G. Moiles is now book- 

 keeper for the Growers' Cut Flower Co. 



T. Melstrom writes from Bruges, Bel- 

 gium, of his intention to locate there. 



M. A. Bowe will remain in his pres- 

 ent store on Broadway until after the 

 holidays. Like all the big retail houses, 

 he has been busy lately with theatrical 

 and funeral work. 



Alex. McConnell is to enjoy his last 

 Christmas in his present location. He 

 has not yet chosen his new store, but he 

 has till May to find it. Meantime his 

 new auto relieves him of every kind of 

 anxiety. Some grand silver spruce in 

 tubs adorn the entrance to his conserva- 

 tory. 



James McManus says Christmas de- 

 mands for orchids will surely be in 

 excess of all past holiday calls. 



A. L. Young & Co. say tliey will have 

 a Christmas surprise, as usual, for Mr. 

 Young 's circle of friends and customers. 



George Saltford reports many large 

 orders already booked for violets for 

 Christmas delivery. 



Bowling. 



The veterans of Astoria fought the 

 raw recruits of New York to an inspira- 

 tional defeat December 1. Seven from 

 the big city invaded the enemy's coun- 

 try and participated in making a Long 

 Island holiday. The scores will tell the 

 story. This week Friday Astoria will 

 "take its medicine" at the New York 

 alleys, when an effort will be made to 

 turn the tables. If each side wins, the 



deciding struggle will take place on 



neutral alleys. 



Astoria. l8t 2d 3d New York. Ist 2d 3d 



Don'dson 167 210 186 Scott 104 109 118 



Elnsman 191 167 150 Manda 127 159 101 



Lorenz 157 146 127 Shaw lU 152 129 



Siebrecht 164 166 152 Smith .....155 126 131 



Doerh'fer 150 147 127 Klelmnan J . . . 129 159 



Mlesem 203 146 176 Fenrlch ...150 146 165 



Sleb'Cht.H .. 183 158 Chadwlck ..210 168 190 



Totals. 1032 1165 1076 Totals. .. .858 979 996 



W. H. Marshall won the umbrella 



offered by G. Myer for the regular 



bowling December 2. Following were 



the scores: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



Marshall 141 180 149 142 141 



Kaknda 93 161 92 132 115 



Nugent 66 84 71 107 92 



Shaw 156 123 114 120 128 



McArdle 100 151 105 121 127 



Berry 109 111 125 123 145 



Manda 208 150 156 160 140 



Irwin 163 161 168 107 189 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Since December 1 the market has 

 weakened somewhat. There have been 

 no serious declines and the surplus 

 each day is not heavy, but prices have 

 softened. Supplies are not large, the 

 colder weather having shortened them 

 up. Eoses are still in rather short sup- 

 ply and selling better than almost any 

 other flowers. Long-stemmed Beauties 

 are now of fine quality, but the me- 

 dium grade flowers are more in de- 

 mand. Ehea Eeid is unusually fine; 

 some prefer it to Beauty and it out- 

 classes Bichmond at present. Killar- 

 ney and White Killarney are selling 

 well and some fine flowers are now 

 seen. Bon Silenes and Safranos with 

 quite long stems are arriving. Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward remains as popular as 

 ever. Chrysanthemums have had their 

 day; a good many flowers are still ar- 

 riving, but they are not of the best 

 quality and people are tiring of them. 

 After Thanksgiving they are not a pay- 

 ing proposition. 



Carnations are rather lower in price. 

 The bulk have not yet attained a 

 length of stem such as we usually see 

 in midwinter. Those who plant early 

 or grow inside make the best prices. 

 Violets are still scarce and average $1 

 per hundred. A few go higher; poor 

 flowers lower. Some growers are 

 picking blooms not half developed, 

 which does not pay. Plenty of Paper 

 White narcissi are coming in and an 

 increasing number of Eoman hyacinths. 

 Stevia is plentiful. Marguerites are as 

 yet rather small, but sell well. Pan- 

 sies are of good quality and meet with 

 a good sale. Callas are still scarce. 

 Lilies are rather more plentiful and in- 

 clude some Formosas. 



Cattleyas are scarce and higher in 

 price. Some labiatas are still seen. 

 Percivaliana is on hand and some 

 Trianaes. The supply of Cypripedium 

 insigne is abundant, but other orchids 

 are rather scarce and the cattleya sup- 

 ply will be short for a few weeks yet. 

 Lily of the valley sells moderately. 

 The quality is not as good as we some- 

 times see. There is a better demand 

 for both asparagus and adiantum. A. 

 Croweanum brings better prices than 

 the old A. cuneatum. 



Pans of poinsettias are now a feature 

 at all the stores and the supply will 

 be none too large. Those pans in which 

 small ferns, asparagus or cyperus were 

 also planted look better and sell more 

 readily than such as contain poinsettias 



only. Lorraine begonias are fine and 

 with the leading growers are now al- 

 most at their best. Cyclamens are 

 seen, but are not yet carrying many 

 flowers. Otaheite oranges and ardisias 

 are bbing used in considerable num- 

 bers. Aznleas now are quite well flow- 

 ered, with Firefly as the leading 

 variety. 



Laurel and other greenery are higher 

 in price. There is already considerable 

 snow in northern parts of New Eng- 

 land and this makes collecting of 

 ground pine difficult. Everything in 

 the way of green supplies will rule 

 higher this season. The law now will 

 not permit the removal of laurel without 

 its being . inspected first, owing to the 

 likelihood of spreading some of the in- 

 sect pests, particularly the gypsy moth. 



Various Notes. 



The W. W. Edgar Co., of Waverley, 

 Mass., has the finest lot of Lorraine 

 begonia^ it has been our privilege to 

 see. They had 6,000 of them, but they 

 are rapidly being sold out. Of 

 azaleas they have 15,000. Quan- 

 tities of Firefly, Mme. Petrick, Vervae- 

 neana, Deutsche Perle and others are 

 grown for Christmas trade. Pauline 

 Mardner is a pretty soft pink. Of 

 Charles Encke 5,000 are grown largely 

 for Easter trade. Of lilies the firm 

 will this season handle 14,000. Of 

 hydrangeas they have thousands for 

 Easter and Memorial day trade. Bed- 

 ding geraniums number 8,000. There 

 are fine lots of poinsettias, cyclamens, 

 Dracaena terminalis, ficus and many 

 other plants. All are well grown and 

 a credit to the capable and energetic 

 manager, Herman H. Bartsch. 



Sidney Hoffman, at his Massachu- 

 setts avenue store, had one window 

 almost entirely filled with big bunches 

 of the beautiful Bouvardia Hum- 

 boldtii December 3. Cattleyas were a 

 feature in one window and superb 

 vases of White Killarney roses in 

 another. Some splendid specimen aza- 

 leas were noted and a fine line of ever- 

 greens in tubs and pots. At the 

 Mount Auburn Greenhouses are well 

 grown houses of gardenias, poinsettias, 

 azaleas and other plants, all of which 

 are handled at the stores. 



W. B. Goodenow is just starting to 

 pick from his earliest sowing of sweet 

 peas. He is picking many of the finest 

 double violets coming into the market 

 this season. 



Penn, on Bromfield street, had some 

 pretty baskets tastefully arranged with 

 cattleyas and other orchids last week. 

 Violets were, as usual, a special fea- 

 ture. Mignonette was the best seen 

 this season. Since the completion of 

 the new window with its artistic glass 

 awning this is one of the most beauti- 

 ful stores in Boston and business is 

 ever on the increase. 



H. E. Comley, on Park street, is 

 showing nice pans of the pretty blue 

 Agathsea ccelestis, sometimes called the 

 blue marguerite. Bon Silene roses here 

 had 24-inch stems and are good sellers. 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward is also popular. 



E. & J. Farquhar & Co.'s new houses 

 at Dedham will be each 50x200. One 

 is now being built. Others will be 

 added in the spring. Hot water will 

 be used for heating, in preference to 

 steam, as being better for pot plants. 

 A range of smaller houses will be built 

 later for propagating purposes. 



The Fottler, Fiske, Eawson Co. has 

 had an excellent bulb season and is 



