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The Weekly Florfets^ Review* 



Apbil 13, 1011. 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



The dark and cool weather which pre- 

 vailed last week shortened up receipts to 

 such an extent that normal prices again 

 1 eigned. It also kept stock in good shape, 

 for the quality of cut flowers is fine, in- 

 deed. The supply of carnations and roses 

 was equal to the demand, while valley, 

 violets and bulbous stock were a little 

 more plentiful. The only flowers in which 

 a decided shortage is felt are American 

 Beauties; even the Chicago market was 

 of no help when this line of stock was 

 called for. "Wild smilax is also a thing 

 of the past for this season. Common 

 ferns braced up somewhat and now com- 

 mand $4 per thousand. The supply of 

 Easter lilies, both plants and cut flowers, 

 will be equal to the demand. 



Various Notes. 



At the club meeting, April 6, various 

 topics cf interest came up and created 

 some entliusiasm. The entertainment com- 

 mittee was empowered to arrange for a 

 May party sometime next month. Nic 

 Zweifel entertained those present with a 

 brief description df his trip to the Bot- 

 ton convention, plus the numerous side 

 trips. 



The Florists' Bowling League lost the 

 final match with the Odahnas, which was 

 rolled at Sonnenberg "s, on Third street, 

 April 7. Thus the florists lost two out 

 of three games. According to present 

 plans, the local boys will journey to Chi- 

 cago May 7 to roll the return game. 

 Anyone desiring to be in it (for all are 

 welcome), kindly inform Gust Rusch, care 

 of Helton & Hunkel Co., who is the man 

 in charge. 



William Currie, C. C. PoUworth and 

 Nic Zweifel, who attended the Boston 

 convention, returned last week. They 

 state it was the finest and largest show 

 this country ever had, and a credit, in- 

 deed, to those who helped make it such. 



The G. H. Hunkel Co. reports a heavy 

 call for plumosus seed of late. Mail order 

 trade is fully up to last year. 



The C. C. Pollworth Co. cleaned up on 

 Perle roses on Palm Sunday, owing to the 

 confirmation exercises in the various 

 churches. The firm 's plants and cut stock 

 for Easter are all in prime condition. 



At the greenhouses of the Holton & 

 Hunkel Co. they have been busy as bees 

 shipping plants for the Easter trade in 

 all directions. At the time of writing all 

 the best stock is spoken for. 



The Fox Point Floral Co., which forces 

 a large batch of pot plants for Easter, 

 reports being cleaned out, with the excep- 

 tion of a few spiraeas, on Palm Sunday. 



The Mueller & Schroeder Co. is cutting 

 exceptionally fine snapdragons, which 

 command a fancy price. This firm's car- 

 nations, too, are in fine shape. 



Roy Currie, of the Currie Bros. Co., 

 says the firm sold an exceptionally large 

 number of plants on the Saturday pre- 

 ceding Palm Sunday. 



If business keeps up the pace it set the 

 first day of this week, the Edlefsen- 

 Leidiger Co. can be more than satisfied. 



Christ Peterson, lately from Chicago, 

 has opened a stand for the sale of pot 

 plants at 53 Martin street. 



William Zimmermann is keeping, up 

 with the times, for one of his latest pur- 

 chases was an auto. 



The following were visitors: Ed Win- 

 terson, Chicago; James Matthewson, She- 

 boygan, Wis.; Mrs. Miller, Mrs. J. T. 

 Hinchliffe and Mr. Adams, all of Racine, 

 Wis, E, O, 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Palm Sunday made a unique spring 

 record. Early risers found the earth 

 completely covered with winter's snowy 

 mantle. The warm sun of Monday 

 melted this final reminder of winter and 

 rapidly, rising temperature gives hope 

 of the real advent of spring. The 

 plantsmen especially hope to avoid the 

 extra trouble and expense of wrapping. 



Prices of cut flowers are steady, and 

 the improvement gradual. There will 

 be enough of everything. For years 

 ' ' plant Easters ' ' have been the fashion. 

 The chances are about even again this 

 year for both branches of the trade 

 and plants and cut flowers will vie 

 equally for public recognition. The 

 week opens encouragingly. There is no 

 surplus. The left-over stock of last 

 week cleaned up rapidly. Beauties fell 

 to 30 cents April 8, There seems to be 

 an abundance of every variety of roses. 

 If values rise twenty-five per cent above 

 Monday's prices for Saturday, it is 

 generally believed that this will be the 

 limit. White carnations rose to 3 cents 

 April 10. All varieties are abundant 

 and quality is generally perfect; 4 to 5 

 cents will likely be the top quotation 

 for Easter. Fine cattleyas sold at 75 

 cents and even $1 was paid for the 

 best of them. A goodly variety of or- 

 chids are arriving and all of the best 

 wholesale houses will have their share 

 for distribution. The shipping demand 

 is increasing all the time, keeping pace 

 with the more numerous and larger 

 sources of supply. 



There will be {)lenty of lilies, and 

 12 cents seems to be the top quotation 

 in pots, and 8 to 10 cents -for the cut 

 lilies, at which figure most of the pre- 

 liminary booking has been made. Callas 

 are holding at about the same figures 

 and valley is steady at 3 cents for the 

 high grade, with much inferior stock 

 selling as low as $1 per hundred. There 

 are oceans of sweet peas, violets and 

 flaflfodils. The best violets will be 

 scarce, the experts say, but of the me- 

 dium grade there will be enough and 

 to spare. Bulbous stock, especially tu- 

 lips, is a drug, and hard to move at 

 any figure. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 April 10, was of exceptional interest. 

 Routine was quickly dispatched. The 

 dinner, reception, transportation and 

 legislative committees made reports and 

 were thanked, as were the donors of stock 

 for the annual dinner decoration and 

 Alex. McConnell for his decorative work. 

 Robert Young reported all arrangements 

 complete for the club's outing June 28. 

 Resolutions on the deaths of Mr, Kessler, 

 Mr. Pioroski and George Lorenz were 

 ordered. L. W. C. Tuthill was elected 

 to membership and M. H. Duryea, Joseph 

 Roberts and James Fisher were proposed. 



Exhibits of the evening included: 

 Calla Elliottiana, from John Lewis 

 Childs, of Flowerfield, L. I., was 

 awarded the thanks of the club. Car- 

 nation Wodenethe, showii by Mr. Whit- 

 ney, was given the thanks of the club, 

 having previously been exhibited by C. 

 H. Totty, the disseminator. Harry A. 

 Bunyard, general manager for Arthur T. 

 Boddington, staged a splendid collec- 

 tion of sweet peas, flowered from his 

 firm's seed by William Sim, of Clifton- 

 dale, Mass. Twenty-one varieties in 



many colors were included and a cultural 

 certificate was awarded. 



F. R. Pierson gave an interesting ad- 

 dress on the National Flower Show. He 

 said the total expenditure amounted to 

 about $25,000, over $8,000 in premiums 

 being awarded, but the admissions were 

 over $19,000, and he assured those on 

 the guarantee list that they will not only 

 get their money back, but a dividend in 

 addition. C. B. Weathered spoke of the 

 many courtesies the New York visitors 

 to the show had received and J. H. Pep- 

 per showed some views of the exhibition. 



Arthur Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., gave 

 a most interesting address on the gladi- 

 olus, illustrating his talks with colored 

 stereopticon views. He was enthusias- 

 tically cheered. 



The house committee, Messrs. Fenrich 

 and Rickards officiating, provided most 

 appetizing refreshments and it is dif- 

 ficult to understand why only one-third 

 the club's membership attends these de- 

 lightful monthly reunions. Among those 

 present this evening were C. S. liord, 

 Minneapolis, and Fred Lautenschlager, 

 Chicago. 



Various Notes. 



This will be the busiest auction week 

 of the year. Extra sales are announced 

 and the Fruit Auction Co. is offering 

 stock every day, with John P. Cleary 

 on the rostrum. Prices are at high tide, 

 hardy roses selling at from 9 cents to 

 30 cents each. The crowds at Elliott's 

 and MacNiff's are double those of last 

 year, mostly made up of suburban buy- 

 ers. Easter flowering plants are the 

 principal offerings this week. 



Of the better grade of plants the big 

 growers announce nothing left. The ad- 

 vance orders have been enormous. 



John F, Sharkey died April 6 at his 

 residence, 102 West Forty-eighth street, 

 and the funeral services on Sunday 

 were attended by many of his florist 

 friends. He leaves a wife and son. 



The bowlers have decided to use 

 Thumm's alleys, at Broadway and 

 Thirty-first streets, Friday evenings the 

 balance of the season. 



J, J. Fellouris will move, May 1, to 

 larger and more convenient quarters at 

 116 West Twenty-eighth street. 



Robert Berry has become manager of 

 a large estate at Great Neck, L, I, 



Patrick O'Mara is in the south. 



Arthur T. Boddington has returned 

 from a trip to Bermuda. 



A, T, Bunyard will open a Newport 

 branch in June. 



John Donaldson is convalescing. 



The new market is open, and the 

 growers are slowly changing to the 

 larger quarters at Fifty-ninth street. 



The first shipment of Easter lilies from 

 Bermuda arrived April 10, 1,500 crates; 

 price, 3 cents per flower. 



Arthur Merritt is in business on his 

 own account, on upper Broadway, in the 

 store formerly occupied by Mengum & 

 Westwood. Mr. Mengum is with Thor- 

 ley and Mr. Westwood is manager of 

 Fleischman's branch in the Pennsyl- 

 vania terminal. 



J. W. Merritt, of Brooklyn, has moved 

 his florists' supply establishment to the 

 ground floor at 386 Pearl street, where 

 he has abundance of room and facilities 

 for a large business. 



The large dailies carry quite exten- 

 sive advertisements of Easter stock, 

 many of the large department stores 

 making their floral displays a special 

 feature. Trepel has this department in 

 three of these stores under his man- 

 agement, and his aggregate purchases 



