April 11, 1812. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



15 



Winsor, Lawson, Afterglow, Harlowar- 

 den, etc. On this occasion these were 

 superseded and the winners most in evi- 

 dence were Lady Meyer, Lady North- 

 cliflFe, Mrs. A. F. Button, Mrs. C. W. 

 Ward, Albion, Scarlet Glow, Garcia, De- 

 light, May Day, etc. 



In addition to the gold medals al- 

 ready recorded, H. Burnett, Guernsey, 

 was also in the front rank with a dis- 

 play of excellent merit. Silver gilt 

 medals went to the Langley Nursery 

 Co., Bucks; Young & Co., Cheltenham; 

 Stuart Low & Co., Bush Hill Park; Cut- 

 bush & Son, London, and A. F. Dutton, 

 Ivor; silver medals to C. F. Waters, 

 Balcombe; Bertie E. Bell, Guernsey; W. 

 Wells & Co., Ltd., Merstham; the New- 

 port Carnation Co., Newport, and All- 

 wood Bros., Haywards Heath. 



Bee. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



In many respects, this has been a 

 record Easter. The weather after Wed- 

 nesday was perfect; Saturday was as 

 pleasant as midsummer and almost as 

 warm. The splendid conditions pre- 

 vailed until 3 p. m. Sunday, when, just 

 after the great Fifth avenue parade 

 had ended and the last plant and box 

 of cut flowers had been delivered, a 

 fierce rain storm swept the city, lasting 

 far into the night. 



The sale of plants has never been 

 equaled. In many of the stores there 

 was an absolute clean-up and several 

 were obliged to reorder Saturday morn- 

 ing. Everything of any value was dis- 

 posed of. The combination basket and 

 box creations were the greatest fa- 

 vorites. The growers can surely have 

 no complaint. The prices of plants aver- 

 aged twenty per cent above last year. 

 Lilies, especially, soared on Saturday, 

 when it was realized there were not 

 enough to meet the demand. 



The prices for cut flowers were at 

 no time unreasonable and, as the night 

 advanced, roses especially declined. 

 There was an enormous lot of them, be- 

 tween the hot weather and some pick- 

 ling, and the clean-up of the medium 

 and short-stemmed stock was made at 

 about the regular Saturday level. The 

 top price for Beauties was 50 cents. 

 The best Brunners brought the same 

 price as Beauties. The novelties alone 

 of the carnation stock went above 6 

 cents and, in fact, from 4 cents to 6 

 cents bought the best, and toppers 

 could be had at 4 cents towards morn- 

 ing. Many thousands were sold at from 

 2 cents to 4 cents, and the small and 

 sleepy stock was disposed of as low as 

 $10 per thousand. 



Most of the violets sold at 50 cents 

 the hundred, although a few specials 

 brought 75 cents and even $1. Much of 

 the stock was low grade; only the best 

 was in demand. The top for orchids was 

 75 cents. There was an oversupply of 

 Schroederae. Valley and gardenias were 

 called for constantly and used by the 

 retailers largely in the cut flower 

 boxes. Valley climbed to 4 cents Sat- 

 urday, and some sold at 5 cents. Lilies 

 advanced from $10 to $12 and later $15 

 per hundred. There were none left at 

 any price by daylight. Callas sold 

 splendidly, up to $2 and $2.50 per 

 dozen. Bulbous stock, excepting the 

 finer varieties of double tulips, was a 

 drug, especially the southern dafl'odils, 

 which dropped as low as $1 a box of 

 300 to 400 blooms. The long-stemmed 



Dorothy Gordon. White Wonder. Mrt. C. W. Ward. 



E. A. Wallace's Exhibit in London Winning the American Cupr. 



sweet peas sold at good prices, but the 

 short stock was completely ignored. 

 There was a good supply of white 

 lilac, but it sold slowly. Acacia 

 was easily disposed of at good prices. 

 Smilax was in constant demand at $2 

 and up per dozen. 



AH things considered, the wholesal- 

 ers did well and have cause for con- 

 gratulation. The happy medium of 

 prices established could not possibly 

 have justified any objection from the 

 retailers and the universal clean-up re- 

 sulted in general satisfaction. 



Club Meeting. 



The monthly meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held April 8. The attendance 

 was excellent, considering that it was 

 the night after Easter. S. J. Renter 

 & Son, of Westerly, R. I., staged a vase 

 of grand Double White Killarney, for 

 which Mr. Renter, who was present, re- 

 ceived the hearty thanks of the club, 

 after which he graciously presented the 

 flowers to President Manda for his 

 bride. Louis Dupuy, of Whitestone, ex- 

 hibited four of his new hydrangeas. 

 Bouquet Rose, Gel de Vibraye, Mme. 

 Monillerd and Mile. R. Gaillard, for 

 which he received three certificates of 

 merit and one honorable mention. 



I. S. Hendrickson, chairman of the 

 exhibition committee, suggested a plant 

 night in May in honor of the late John 

 Birnie. C. B. Weathered reported for 

 the dinner committee and moved the 

 thanks of the club to Alex. McConnell, 

 who decorated the banquet room, and 

 William Sim, A. N. Pierson, Inc., C. H. 

 Totty, Charles Weber, John Donaldson, 

 Lager & Hurrell and F. R. Pierson, who 

 donated the flowers for the occasion. 

 The small deficit was ordered paid from 

 the club's treasury and the committee 

 discharged with thanks. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: 0. Vermeulon, Philip (lox, 

 Hugo F. Jahn, P. H. Goodsell, Wallace 

 R. Pierson, John McArthur, John A. 

 Payne, J. F. Weir. Elwood Brant, Will- 

 iam Tricker, Philip Arzberger, Arthur 

 Coekcroft, Jno. H. Bockmann, W. Rehm, 

 Heber B. Ware, Thomas Roland, Richard 

 Hughes, George I. Laird, Louis Milliot 

 and A. Embury. The following were 

 proposed: Ed. A. Manda, Peter Duff, 

 George Pierce, Paul A. Rigo, J. E. Mil- 

 ler, Andrew C. Scott, August Junge 

 and Samuel Redstone. 



Mr. Beaulieu made an earnest ad- 



dress concerning his treatment by the 

 express companies. O'Mara said the in- 

 vestigation of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission augured ill for these com- 

 panies, though the matter was not in 

 the province of the club's legislative 

 committee to handle. 



Messrs. Cox, Sefton and Armitage, 

 new members present, were introduced 

 and gave addresses. Robert Schultz, 

 who has recovered from an illness, ac- 

 knowledged the club's courtesy while 

 he was "on the shelf" and received 

 a rousing welcome. Mr. Raymond, ar- 

 tist, of East Aurora, N. Y., was pres- 

 ent and made a brief address. 



W. F. Sheridan took the chair while 

 Mr. O'Mara made a witty speech of 

 congratulation to President Manda, 

 whose marriage had just become known. 

 Mr. Manda modestly acknowledged the 

 well-wishes. He exhibited the club's 

 original certificate of incorporation and 

 it was placed in the hands of the treas- 

 urer for safe keeping. 



Secretary Young reported the death 

 of one of the club's oldest members, 

 Herman Maenner, and Messrs. Donald- 

 son, Miesem and Marquardt were ap- 

 pointed a committee to draw up suit- 

 able resolutions. Mr. Sheridan read 

 the resolutions on the death of Bayard 

 Cutting and a letter of jthanks from 

 Mrs. Cutting was read. T Resolutions 

 on the death of Mm. M. Jfc. Ebel were 

 read, to which Mr. SJbeV^ho was pres- 

 ent, gratefully responded. 



Harry A. Bunyard was the lecturer 

 of the evening. The photographs from 

 which the slides for his stereopticon 

 were made were furnished by George 

 Asmus, of Chicago. Mr. Bunyard gave 

 an interesting account of the Chicago 

 show, showing many charming views. 

 He said the show was a success from 

 every point of view and dwelt upon 

 the splendid outlook for the national 

 exhibition in 1913 in New York and 

 the grand prize offerings and prospects 

 for the sweet pea show in Boston. 



Various Notes, 



The new plant market at Fifty ninth 

 street, near Second avenue, is in full 

 blast and will doubtless become a per- 

 manent organization. 



Wm. E. P. Seidewitz, of Pimlico, 

 Md., was a visitor April 5 and attended 

 the bowling in the evening. 



McHutchison & Co. last week re- 

 ceived from the continent on seven 



