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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





rBBBUARS 16, 1911. 



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low, except lilies. These have mate- 

 rially improved. Nothing worth while 

 could be had under $1.50 a dozen, and 

 from that to $2, February 13. Good 

 callas also brought that sum easily. 

 There is a tremendous quantity of poor 

 freesia in the market. Purity only is 

 worth growing, evidently, for it holds 

 at a good figure. 



There still is more smilax than the 

 market can digest and the price corre- 

 sponds. Wild smilax is moving rapidly 

 and the market never is oversupplied. 



The holiday Monday, with its many 

 dinner celebrations, and the devotion 

 Tuesday to St. Valentine, cleaned up 

 the market most satisfactorily and 

 gave an encouraging prospect for the 

 balance of the week. « 



Club Meeting. 



There was an attendance of nearly 

 100 members at the meeting of the 

 Florists' Club, February 13. The leg- 

 islative committee reported on its work 

 in behalf of the asking for $50,000 from 

 the state legislature for greenhouses at 

 Cornell, and Messrs. Pierson and 

 O'Mara announced their intention of 

 attending the hearing at Albany Feb- 

 ruary 15. H. A. Bunyard reported for 

 the transportation committee, and it 

 was voted to go to Boston on the even- 

 ing of Friday, March 24, via the Fall 

 Eiver line, arriving on the morning of 

 the opening of the National Flower 

 Show. 



Messrs. Maynard, Russell and I'Homa- 

 deau were elected to membership, and 

 Messrs. Tricker, Knight and Broezel 

 were nominated. Messrs. Maynard, 

 Hanig and Tait were introduced to the 

 club, and each made a brief speech. The 

 secretary read a letter from the Phila- 

 delphia Florists' Club, inviting the New 

 Yorkers to participate in the visit to 

 the Dreer establishment March 8. 



A vase of carnations was exhibited 

 by William Kleinheinz, of Ogontz, Pa., 

 a brilliant red of large size, which the 

 committee scored eighty-seven points, 

 entitling it to a preliminary certificate. 

 Mr. Kleinheinz has named the variety" 

 Dimple Widener, 



R. Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 

 gave a thoroughly interesting talk on 

 his recent trip through the places of 

 horticultural interest in Holland and 

 Belgium, showing the scenes through 

 colored lantern slides. Fallowing his 

 account of his European travels, he re- 

 ferred to the coming S. A. F. convention 

 at Baltimore and assured everyone of a 

 hearty welcome. Mrs. Vincent ac- 

 companied her husband to New York. 



The club's banquet will take place 

 at Shanley's March 18. 



Various Notes. 



The Greek ball February 6 was the 

 usual success. Mr. Polykranas was 

 master of ceremonies. Messrs. Riechers 

 and Jackson were the wholesalers' rep- 

 resentatives, from P. J<*6mith's force. 



Bernardsville Horticultural Society 

 celebrates Saturday evening, February 

 18, and the Elberon society next week, 

 at Long Branch. These will close the 

 festive season this side of Poughkeep- 

 sie, where Mr. Saltford reports the an- 

 nual banquet of the Dutchess County 

 Horticultural Society will be given 

 shortly. The New York Florists' 

 Club's dinner, Saturday evening, March 

 18, will be the event of the year. There 

 will be music and high class vaude- 

 ville, and no long speeches. Tables for 

 eight can be secured in advance, and 



already eight of them have been 

 spoken for. 



John G. Esler hopes to return to his 

 Saddle River home in a week. He says 

 he will be four weeks on crutches. His 

 friends have made his hospital expe- 

 rience as pleasant as possible, with 

 flowers and sympathy. 



Wm. Muller, Brooklyn, is selling hifl 

 retail store and greenhouses, and will 

 take up the growing business on Long 

 Island. 



Charles Elliott, of Laie Geneva, 

 Wis., has returned from a visit to Eng- 

 land and intends taking a position as 

 gardener in the east. 



Charles Millang has obtained a judg- 

 ment for $496.18 against H. J. Tice, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. 



The second annual dinner of the 

 Yonkers Horticultural Society, Febru- 

 ary 7, was a fine success. Nearly 150 

 sat down to a splendid menu and pro- 

 gram. Arthur Herrington was toast- 

 master. All the horticultural societies 

 sent their orators. W. A. Sperling, of 

 the Stumpp & Walter Co., spoke for 

 the seedsmen; Robert Rennison, of the 

 Yonkers Nursery Co., for the nursery 

 interests; L. Milliot for the retail flo- 

 rists, and J. A. Shaw for the press. 

 Many of the leading New York seeds- 

 men were present, Joseph A. Fenrich 

 was the delegate from the wholesalers 

 and the Madison quartet, Messrs. Totty, 

 Duckham, Ebel and Schultz, were much 

 in evidence. 



C. C. Trepel has taken the flower de- 

 partment of Gimbell Bros., New York, 

 and C. Abrams, of Brooklyn, the Abra- 

 ham-Strauss flower department, Brook- 

 lyn. 



Howard Nichols, superintendent at 

 Glenview and secretary of the Yonkers 

 Horticultural Society, had a bad fall on 

 the ice Friday, February 3, injuring his 

 head severely. • 



There was a delegation of New York 

 florists at Albany February 15 to ap- 

 pear before the appropriation commit- 

 tee in behalf of the asking of $50,000 

 for experimental greenhouses at Cor- 

 nell. 



Scott Bros., Elmsford, N. Y., have 

 purchased Carnation William Eccles, 

 which was exhibited at the January 

 meeting of the Florists' Club. It is 

 bright red. 



Mrs. A. H. Langjahr presented her 

 husband with a daughter February 11. 



Fred Smythe is in Europe. The firm 

 has added the entire floor above its store 

 to its oflBce and landscape departments. 



Frank Hicks, with the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., in New York, has had a 

 serious time with blood poisoning from 

 rose thorns. 



At the meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York at the American 

 Museum, February 8, George V. Nash 

 lectured on "Some Common Orchids 

 and Roses." The first of the monthly 

 exhibitions was held at the same time. 

 The schedule was planned to give non- 

 commercial growers an opportunity to 

 exhibit where they would meet in com- 

 petition only those of their own class, 

 but there also were several commercial 

 exhibits. Lager & Hurrell won a silver 

 medal for collection of orchid plants, 

 and Julius Roehrs Co. a bronze medal 

 for collection of cut orchids. The F. 

 B. Pierson Co. received a silver medal 

 for a new rose, sport of Killarney. 



Bowling. 



The scores made by the bowlers Feb- 

 ruary 13 before the club meeting were: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 



Donaldson 177 191 186 



Mlesem 127 143 168 



Slebrecht 145 162 165 



Rlckards 142 151 177 



Handel 220 172 166 



McArdle 134 118 131 



Shaw 148 118 106 



Berry 103 105 108 



Manda 165 156 135 



The scores February 10 were: 



Player— Ist 2d 3d 



Rlckards, Al 162 164 138 



Rlckards, Will ..184 138 117 



Young, John 143 104 85 



Kakuda t lOO 105 128 



Nugent 103 110 111 



Chadwick .172 171 188 



The weekly bottle of champagne was 



won by Al Rickards. February 17 the 

 Rutherford team will come to New 

 York for a match. J. Austin Shaw. 



CLEVELAND. 



Club Meeting. 



If the large attendance and the en- 

 thusiasm of those present at the flower 

 show of the Cleveland Florists' Club 

 Monday evening, February 13, is any 

 criterion, a new era is in sight for the 

 florists of Cleveland and vicinity. The 

 club-rooms at 2610 Troy avenue were 

 filled to capacity by the members and 

 friends, and the exhibits were first-class 

 in every particular. Twenty-four new 

 members were enrolled, and the next 

 meeting promises to bring forth some 

 concerted movement in regard to gen- 

 eral advertising of the trade in the 

 daily papers. Talks were given on this 

 subject by Mr. Jones, of the Jones-Eus- 

 sell Co., H. P. Knoble, of Knoble Bros., 

 and Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson. Mr. 

 Knoble advocated cooperation of all in 

 the trade, burying petty jealousies, and 

 a united effort to place the flower busi- 

 ness before the people of Cleveland in 

 a broad way. 



The committee in charge of the ex- 

 hibition of the evening consisted of 

 Adam Graham, Ed George, W. Stahl 

 and C. Russell. Mr. Graham read their 

 report, as follows: 



"Your committee on flower show begs 

 leave to report that we find a very fine 

 display of cut flowers from the grow- 

 ers in the vicinity of Cleveland, also 

 from the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., 

 showing Rose Mrs. Aaron Ward, saffron 

 in color, an improvement over the old 

 Safrano; also Carnation Bonfire, com- 

 mendable both as to color and stem. 

 From the Chicago Carnation Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111., Carnation Washington, an im- 

 provement on Lawson. From Joseph 

 Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa., Carnation 

 Dorothy Gordon, very fine. 



"Your committee wishes to make spe- 

 cial mention of a fine display of cut 

 flowers from the J. M. Gasser Co., con- 

 sisting of Killarney and White Kil- 

 larney roses. White Perfection, Beacon 

 and Lawson carnations, and a remarka- 

 bly fine vase of antirrhinums. The 

 Cleveland Cut Flower Co. makes a fine 

 display of different varieties of carna- 

 tions, including an excellent seedling 

 of Enchantress, also lily of the valley 

 and beautifully colored La Reine tulips. 

 John Blechschmitt shows a fine assort- 

 ment of carnations. Mr. Hoffman shows* 

 a good vase of a sport from the well- 

 known Carnation Prosperity. R. W. 

 Wasko shows a good vase of Princess 

 of Wales violets. C. W. Gerdem shows 

 a vine vase of valley. G. A. Barber, 

 Beloit, shows a -vase of sweet peas. 



"Your committee in presenting this 

 report wishes to commend the exhibitors 

 for the excellent evidence of their skill 

 and enterprise." 



