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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABY 19, 19ir. 



in the green goods situation; plenty 

 of everything. 



Various Notes. 



March 15 is the date announced by 

 the Elliott Auction Co., and by. the 

 MacNiff Horticultural Co., for the 

 opening of the auction season. Mr. 

 MacNiff is installing a seed depart- 

 ment. 



A good many New Yorkers attended 

 the dinners at Morristown and Tarry- 

 town this week. 



For the annual dinner of the New 

 York and New Jersey Plant Growers' 

 Association, February 2, the commit- 

 tee appointed consists of Julius Koehrs, 

 Jr., Herman Steinhoff and Louis 

 Dupuy. Secretary Siebrecht says a 

 large attendance is already assured. 



M. A. Bowe says the new store at 

 60 West Thirty-third street is all right 

 and business continues good. A unique 

 farewell was a path of rose leaves from 

 the old store to the new, and a fine bit 

 of advertising it proved to be. Mr. 

 Bowe makes large use of the big 

 dailies for his publicity. 



Retailers say that the sensible cus- 

 tom of sending plants or cut flowers to 

 friends on St. Valentine's day is likely 

 to be observed again this year, even 

 more generally than last. This is a 

 most sentimental village at times, and 

 the old Saint provides an outlet for 

 the pent-up affections that the "wise 

 guys''. have learned to use to their ad- 

 vantage. 



Eeed & Keller say business is in a 

 healthy condition and collections more 

 satisfactory than usual. 



Fortunately for Hart, the loss in his 

 fire last week was covered by insur- 

 ance. The destruction was complete. 

 A new store will be erected on the 

 same site. Temporary quarters have 

 been secured close at hand. 

 . The exodus to Twenty-eighth street 

 between Sixth and Seventh avenues 

 continues. A. H. Langjahr has se- 

 cured the ground floor at 130 West 



Bickards, Sperling, Gloeckner, Burnett, 

 McArdle and others are visiting their 

 patrons and at the same time taking 

 in the gardeners' societies' banquets. 

 All the seed houses are unusually busy 

 for so early in the season. 



J. K. Allen is recovering from a 

 rather severe case of thorn poisoning 

 that confined him to his home for a 

 week. 



J. J. Coan, of the Growers' Co.. says 

 there is not likely to be any shortage 

 of carnations this season. 



Charles Weiss & Sons report excel- 

 lent satisfaction with their progress 

 since opening their wholesale store. 



Kessler Bros, say they are having 

 their first rest in two months, and that 

 the plant demand is continuous. 



J. P. Smith is on duty again after 

 his fight with rheumatism, lasting since 

 Christmas. 



The Gould wedding is the coming 

 event in house and church decoration. 

 Alexander McConnell has the contract. 

 Already the preliminary work of the 

 decorators has begun. 



The market project, at Fifty-ninth 

 street, is now a certainty. W. H. Sie- 

 bricht says all objections are now re- 

 moved and even more ground than was 

 first promised will be placed at the grow- 

 ers ' disposal. April 1, he says, will be 

 opening day. Let us hope the date is 

 not unpropitious. 



Henry C. Siebrecht, father of W. 

 H. Siebrecht and Henry Siebrecht, of 

 New Eochelle, died Monday, January 

 16, at the age of 91. He was born in 

 Germany, and came to America about 

 forty years ago. 



W. G. Saltford and son, Arthur, of 

 Poughkeepsie, have been here as the 

 guests of George Saltford. 



R. "Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, will 

 lecture before the New York Florists' 

 Club February 13. 



F. H. Traendly and H. A. Bunyard 

 are in Boston for an S. A. F. meeting. 



The annual dinner of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' Society, 



Store of Kusik-Eckhardt G>^ Minneapolis, Destroyed by Fire. 



Twenty-eighth street. There is a pos- 

 sibility of the large building opposite 

 Traendly & Schenck's becoming avail- 

 able, and if so, every inch of space on 

 the ground floor will be snapped up by 

 the wholesalers. 



The Kervan Co. has completed re- 

 moval to the new and convenient store 

 at 119 West Twenty-eighth street, 

 where the entire building is utilized. 



The seedsmen are all hustling 

 through their representatives, or per- 

 Houally, for the spring trade. Marshall, 



January 15, was a great success. About 

 100 were present. Interesting addresses 

 were made by Wm. Turner, Harry Bun- 

 yard, C. H. Totty, A. Herrington, Wm. 

 buckham, and Messrs. Murray, Everett, 

 Woodcock and Larson. At 10:30 Toast- 

 niaster O 'Mara turned over the balance of 

 the evening to Mr. Duckham, and speech 

 and song and recitation and colored 

 minstrelsy enlivened the occasion. 



The stork visited the home of W. H, 

 Siebrecht, Jr., at Astoria, January 15, 

 with a baby girl. 



. Bowling. . . 



The Alex. D. Shaw prize, a bottle of 



champagne, was won Friday, January 



13, by the bowling club's secretary. 



Another bottle goes to the top scorer 



January 20. The following week a 



handicap game, arranged by Chadwick, 



will have as a prize, given by an old 



bachelor friend of the club, a pair of 



lady's shoes. The last scores were: 



Player. 1st 2d 3d 4th Bth 



Watkins 94 96 ... 



Kunkel 104 131 



Berry 139 109 



Nugent 85 97 89 92 ... 



Shaw 148 159 152 139 176 



Manda 139 170 155 181 141 



Scott 119 129 118 132 156 



Kakuda 128 129 123 167 141 



A special meeting of the club will be 



held at the alleys January 27. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Wertheimer Bros, have designed a 

 gold and silver sprinkleproof chiffon 

 which they will distribute as an Easter 

 novelty. 



The greenhouses of Valentine Hamann, 

 Summit, N. J., were destroyed by fire 

 January 11. The range sheltered 18,000 

 carnation plants. Mr. Hamann esti- \ , 

 mates his loss at $12,000. 



Chas. F. Meyer, Inc., has been or- 

 ganized to deal in bulbs, plants, seeds 

 and nursery stock. The authorized capi- 

 tal is $50,000, and the incorporators are 

 C. F. Meyer, Chas. Schwake and E. A. 

 Marxsen. 



C. W. Ward, of Queens, who was taken 

 ill in New Orleans, is reported to be 

 improving rapidly. 



At a recent meeting of the council 

 of the Horticultural Society it was de- 

 cided to hold exhibitions in conjunc- 

 tion with the monthly meetings, that 

 more frequent opportunity might be 

 provided for those having choice plants 

 and flowers to exhibit and for lovers 

 of such things to enjoy them. The 

 first three of these monthly exhibitions 

 will be held at the American Museum 

 of Natural History, on the second 

 Wednesday in February, March and 

 April. The following meetings, during 

 the summer, will be held at the New 

 York Botanical Garden. A number of 

 prizes will be offered at each exhibi- 

 tion. The first of these occurs Feb- 

 ruary 8. This will be devoted pri- 

 marily to orchids and roses. Premium 

 lists, etc., may be had by addressing 

 Geo. V. Nash, Secy., Bronx Park. 



CRINUMS NOT FLOWERING. 



I have some crinums in my house and 

 cannot get them to bloom. I wish you 

 would tell me how to get them in 

 bloom in Ohio. H. W. E. 



Some crinums are evergreen when 

 grown under glass; others are not. Pos- 

 sibly you have either C. Moorei or C. 

 Poweliii. These showy flowering bulbs 

 are popular outdoors in the warm states 

 and some will winter as far north as 

 New York, when in a sheltered spot 

 and well protected. In Ohio indoor 

 culture would be necessary. Give the 

 plants an abundant water supply until 

 early fall ; then keep cooler and drier. 

 When growth recommences in January, 

 afford more water and heat. Perhaps 

 your crinums need repotting. It re- 

 quires quite large pots, or even tubs, to 

 get strong flowering bulbs. Use coarse 

 fibrous loam, lumpy dry cow manure, 

 charcoal and coarse sand for compost. 

 An animal top-dressing will suffice for 

 several years once your plants are in 

 good-sized pots or tubs. C. W. 



