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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 8, 1910. 



West Twenty-eighth street opened last 

 ■vveek and the young men are jnuch de- 

 lighted with their recejition and the 

 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. liick- 

 ards has been seriously ill with jmeunio- 

 nia for some time and is only now con- 

 valescing. 



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

 in town last week, celebrating the ad- 

 vent of a l^-jiouml sou. Mr. Maybie 

 consigns his croi>s to 1'. J. Smith. 



Bonnet & Blake, in Brooklyn, report 

 a line start on the new season, and a 

 wiile demand already for (Jhristmas. 

 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 IMcMahon 's restaurant 

 was. ch)se to Twenty iMgiith street, for 

 their overliow (.'liristmas trade. One 

 shipment of hnirel recei\ed last week 

 totaled ;'.."), UOO pounds. 



William I'. Ford has some line gera- 

 niums in i)ots in his windows. He says 

 mums will last until tlie holidays arc 

 over. He is well jdeased with tiie out- 

 look and sp(Mi(is his w 'ekeiuls at his 

 farm in l'enasyJ\anii. . 



George AV. (.'raw 1mic'\, J'>rooklyii, sa\s 

 his firm's Th.'.nlvsgiving business was 

 exactly double th;it ol IDD'.t, 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, Keidel & Meyer say they 

 are handling a lot of business, though 

 Mr. lieidel 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. 



^1. 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 liis last 

 Christmas in his jiresent lotation. He 

 has not yet chosen his new store, but lie 

 has till May to lind it. Meantime his 

 new auto relieves him of ever_\ kiud tf 

 anxiety. Some grand silver spruce in 

 tul>s ;idorn the entr.ance to his conser\:.- 

 tory. 



.iames .McMamis says (liristmas de- 

 mands for orchids will surely be in 

 ex<'ess of all jiast holiday calls. | 



.\. L. Young & Co. say they will have 

 a Christmas surprise^, as usual, for Mr. 

 Young's circle of friends and customers. 



George Salt ford rejiorts many large 

 orders already booked for violets for 

 " liristmas dcli\ery. 



Bowling. 



The veterans of Astoria fought the 

 raw recruits of ]S'ew York to an inspira- 

 tional defeat December 1. Seven from 

 the big city invaded the enemy's coun- 

 try and particiji.ated 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. 1st 2(1 'Ml Now York. 1st 2(1 .'Jd 



Hon'dson 1(17 210 1S«J .Scott 104 10!) 118 



Kiiisinuu 191 1C7 ir.O Miuida 127 15!» 104 



Lori'iiz 1,'^7 lit; 127 SliMW 112 ir,2 12!» 



.Slebroclit ItU ItiC l.',2 Sinitli ir,^ 12t> i:U 



DocrU'for ].">(» 147 127 Klcinmau .... 12!) 15!) 



Micsciii 2U3 14(> 17(; Kt'iuicli . . . l,->0 140 10.'. 



Siob'cht.II .. 18;{ ir.S (."liadwick . .210 158 1!)0 



Totals. 1032 ll(i5 107(; 'lOtals 858 070 000 



W. II. Marshall won the umbrella 



olferod by G. Myer for the regular 



bowling December L*. Following were 



the scores: 



I'la.ver. 1st 2d .'id 4tli 5tli 



Marsliall 141 l.so 14!) 142 141 



Kakuda !•;{ lOl 02 i;!2 115 



NiijjL'Ut 00 84 71 107 !)2 



Sliaw ir.(! 12;f 114 120 12S 



MoArdlc 100 1.^,1 KC, 121 127 



H'liy 100 111 125 ]2:i 145 



Maiida 20S 1.50 1,5(! 100 140 



li"in lo:{ 101 l(i8 107 IS!) 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Since December 1 the market has 

 weakened somewhat. There have been 

 no serious declines and the surplus 

 each diiy 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. Rhea Reid is unusually fine; 

 some prefer it to Beauty and it out- 

 classes Richmond 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 tiieir 

 day; a good many flowers are still ar- 

 riving, but they are not of the best 

 (juality and ])eople 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 wo usually see 

 in midwinter. Those who ])lant earl.v 

 or grow inside make the best prices. 

 Violets are still scarce and average .$1 

 jier hundred. A few go higher; poor 

 flowers lower. Some growers ar(! 

 picking Ijlooms not half developed, 

 which does not pay. Plenty of Paper 

 White narcissi are coming in and an 

 increasing number of Roman hyacinths. 

 Stevia is plentiful. IVlarguerites are a- 

 yvt rather small, but sell W(dl. Paii- 

 sies are of good quality and meet with 

 a good sale. ('alias .are still scarce. 

 Lilies are rather more plentiful .and in- 

 clude some Formosas. 



<'attleyas are scarc(> and liigliei' in 

 price. Some labiatas are still seen, 

 i'ercivaliana is on hand .Miid some 

 Triana'S. The sujijily of Cypripeilinin 

 insigiu' is abundant, but other orchids 

 are rather scarce and the cattleya suji- 

 ]ily will be short for a few weeks yet. 

 iiily of the v.'illey sells moderately. 

 The quality is not as good as we some- 

 times see. There is a b(^tter demand 

 for both asparagus and adiantum. A. 

 Crowe.'iiium brings better prices than 

 tln> old A. cuneatum. 



Pans of jioinsettias are now a feature 

 at all the stores and the suii|)ly will 

 be none too large. Those pans in which 

 small ferns, asparagus or cyperus were 

 also ])lanted look better .and sell more 

 readily than such as contain jioinsettias 



only. Lorraine begonias are fine and 

 with the leading growers arc now al- 

 most at their best. Cyclamens are 

 seen, but are not yet carrying many 

 flowers. Otaheite oranges and ardisias 

 are being used in considerable num- 

 bers. Azaleas 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 

 begonias 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, Vervaj- 

 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, 

 Dracaina 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 sjiecimen 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 

 jieas. He is picking many of the finest 

 double violets coming into the market 

 this season. 



Penii, on Bromfield street, had some 

 pretty baskets tastefully arranged with 

 cattleyas and other orchids last week. 

 X'iolets were, as usual, a special fea- 

 ture. Mignonette was the best seen 

 this season. Since the completion of 

 the new window with its artistic glas? 

 awning this is one of the most beauti- 

 ful stones in Hostoii ;ind business is 

 e\i'r on the increase. 



H. I\. Comley, on Park street, is 

 showing nice pans of the ]iretty blue 

 .\gathie:i colestis, sometimes called the 

 blue marguerite. Hon Silene roses here 

 liad L'l-inch stems and are good sellers. 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward is also jiopular. 



I.'. &: .1. Far()uhar iV Co. 's new houses 

 at Dedham will be each 50x200. One 

 is now being built. Others will be 

 abided in the spring. Hot water will 

 be used for heating, in preference to 

 steam, as being better for jiot plants. 

 .\ r;inge of smaller houses will be built 

 later for propagating purposes. 



The Fottler. Fiske, Rawson Co. has 

 had an excellent bulb season and is 



