Decdmbeb 15, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



45 



The outloc^k now is for a sufficiency 

 of orchids. There are many growers 

 around New York and many whole- 

 salers are handling them. The price held 

 at $1 last week for cattleyas. Cypri- 

 pediums could not rise above $12 per 

 hundred. Valley is firm at 4 cents for 

 the best. Gardenias, when selected, 

 bring $5 per dozen. Callas are worth 

 12 cents to 15 cents, and Harrisii ad- 

 vanced to 10 cents and 12 cents and 

 will even do better for the holidays. 

 There is an abundance of rubrums. 

 The market is still flooded with stevia 

 and sweet peas, hyacinths and narcissi. 



Smilax and asparagus show an over- 

 supply, especially smilax. A good deal 

 of it went as low as 50 cents per dozen 

 strings. Princess pine is scarce; 15 

 cents a pound is offered for it, but no 

 one seems to have it for sale. Holly 

 is selling for $5 per case and will go 

 higher when it has the quality. Christ- 

 mas trees are here, many thousands of 

 bundles, but prices are firmer than 

 usual. The outlook is bright for a 

 merry Christmas for grower, whole- 

 saler and retailer. 



Club Meeting. 



The contest for the presidency, De- 

 cember 12, resulted in the closest vote 

 in the history of the New York Flo- 

 rists' Club, J. B. Nugent defeating 

 Joseph A. Manda by one vote. Other 

 officers elected were: Vice-president, 

 Harry A. Bunyard; secretary, John 

 Young; treasurer, W. C. Rickards; 

 trustees, F. H. Traendly, C. H. Totty, 

 Charles Weber, I. S. Hendrickson. The 

 election was conducted by Walter Sheri- 

 dan, William Duckham and Joseph Fen- 

 rich, as tellers. The election of vice- 

 president and secretary was unani- 

 mous, other nominees withdrawing. 



The committee to further state legis- 

 lation for greenhouses at Cornell was 

 appointed as follows: P. O'Mara, chair- 

 man; J. A. Shaw, secretary; C. H. Totty, 

 Eugene Dailledouze, W. E. Marshall, C. 

 Weber and A. H. Langjahr. A letter 

 from W. F. Kasting said that an appro- 

 priation bill has been prepared for 

 early presentation to the assembly at 

 Albany. Frank H. Wilshire and J. F. 

 Slimon were elected to membership and 

 with Mr. Blomburg and Mr, Renter 

 pledged their loyalty. The outing com- 

 mittee was discharged with a rising 

 vote of thanks. Messrs. Weathered, 

 Traendly and Bunyard were appointed 

 a committee to draft resolutions on the 

 death of the brother of the Manda boys. 



The display of roses and carnations 

 was the most interesting of the year. 

 E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., was pres- 

 ent and staged vases of Rose Que^n and 

 Sunburst, each of which was scored 

 ninety points and awarded a preliminary 

 certificate. Mrs. Aaron Ward by the 

 same exhibitor was given the thanks of 

 the club. F. »R. Pierson brought two 

 vases of his new rose. Improved Killar- 

 ney, and was given eighty-seven points 

 and a preliminary certificate. C. H. 

 Totty was awarded ninety points and a 

 preliminary certificate for Carnation 

 White House and received the club's 

 thanks for Carnation Princess Charm- 

 ing, which had previously received the 

 certificate. W. A. Manda staged his 

 new unnamed red seedling begonia in 

 several sizes and received the club's 

 thanks. Charles Lenker staged some of 

 his fine double stevia and was awarded 

 a cultural certificate. 



Interesting addresses were made by 

 Mr. Hill, Mr. Pierson, P. O'Mara, C. H. 



Harry A. Bunyard. 



(Elected Vice-President of the New York Florists' Club.) 



Totty, W. A. Manda, Robert Schultz, 

 Robert Berry, Robert Simpson and 

 Henrv Weissman. Mr. Hill was espe- 

 cially entertaining and said a better 

 spirit of appreciation of new roses and 

 other flowers is manifest and that great- 

 er encouragement is being given those 

 who originate and disseminate them. He 

 told of his European travels and de- 

 scribed the methods of rosarians there 

 and of the behavior of American vari- 

 eties on that side. 



During the recess the new president, 

 who had served long and faithfully as 

 chairman of the house committee, 

 served a turkey luncheon. 



Various Notes. 



Never have finer blooming plants 

 been seen than the supply at College 

 Point, Flatbush, Jersey and among the' 

 Long Island growers this season, 

 azaleas, poinsettias, ericas, camellias, 

 cyclamens, orange trees, and all at 

 their best. Every retailer has already 

 made his selections. There will be none 

 unsold the night before Christmas. 



J. K. Allen has his usual big display 

 of poinsettias in pans, grown by Charles 

 Hunt, of Staten Island. He received the 

 first shipment of the Clarence Mackay 

 light pink carnation last Wednesday, 

 and says its keeping quality exceeds 

 any other variety. 



L. W. C. Tuthill is back from his 

 western trip, much enthused by the 

 wonderful promise of prosperity he 

 found everywhere he visited around 

 Chicago. The Lord & Burnham new 

 plant at Des Plaines is about ready 

 for the anticipated boom. 



Few retail florists ever have cele- 

 brated the sixty-first birthday of their 

 firm. But this is what David Clarke's 

 Sons are doing this month. 



A. L. Miller will be kept busy in 

 presidential work in 1911. No sooner 

 does he retire from the chair of the 

 New York Florists' Club than the plant 

 growers confer upon him their place of 

 honor. 



The F. R. Pierson Co. is cutting large 

 crops of American Beauty and Kil- 

 larney. 



The Cottage Gardens Co. is sending 

 fine Mrs. Alma Ward to the New York 

 Cut Flower Co., where Joseph Millang 

 holds sway. 



Kessler Bros, have their two stores 

 filled to capacity with Christmas plants 

 and palms and ferns. Their cut flower 

 department is growing rapidly. They 

 say there is a fine demand for Dreyerii. 



Moore, Hentz & Nash's importation 

 of English mistletoe is going fast. Mr. 

 Nash now wishes he had brought over 

 from his "hold 'ome" 500 cases. 



This is Charles Millang 's twenty- 

 sixth year in the wholesale cut flower 

 business. With every inch of space in 

 his store utilized, he says he is doing 

 the business of his life this season. 



Born under a lucky star, M. A. Bowe 

 finds his two stores just what he needed 

 for his big Christmas trade. His head- 

 quarters still are 1294 Broadway. He 

 says he has already booked enough 

 Christmas orders to keep an ordinary 

 flower store busy until January. 



The venerable Henry Arthur Baker 

 is again a member of the force of H. E. 

 Froment, who says there will be plenty 

 of stock next week. 



August Millang maintains daily a 

 window decoration that compares fa- 

 vorably with any on Broadway. 



One of the prettiest conceptions of 

 the season is the gilded bamboo bas- 

 kets invented by the Forster Mansfield 



