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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JUMB 13, 1912. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Last week will be long remembered 

 in the New York wholesale cut flower 

 market. Never in its history have simi- 

 lar conditions existed. The enormous 

 receipts, the strike of the waiters in all 

 of the large hotels, and the banishment 

 of the street merchants, all combined 

 to flood the wholesale section with an 

 impossible surplus which left the market 

 completely at the mercy of the buyer, 

 and the average of values can be im- 

 agined. Had it not been for the relief 

 afforded by the department stores, the 

 loss would have been enormous. Even 

 with the relief which buying by the 

 truckload gave, there were thousands 

 of roses, carnations and peonies that 

 could not find sale at any price, and 

 which became an absolute loss. 



Few of the American Beauty roses are 

 up to the standard and prices have held 

 only for the best of them. The rest 

 have joined the procession of Killarney, 

 Maid, Maryland and Eichmond. Even 

 the novelties have shared in the general 

 recession. The extreme heat of several 

 days last week was evident in the rose 

 arrivals. Melody, Mrs. Ward, Chatenay, 

 Lady Hillingdon and Prince de Bulgarie 

 are used largely in the graduating 

 classes, and prices for these remained 

 steady through the general cataclysm. 



The hot weather put a great many 

 carnations to sleep. There was sale only 

 for the best and the supply was over- 

 abundant even of these. As for the peo- 

 nies, where they come from in such 

 floods is a problem. Only the best sold 

 at any price. Thousands upon thousands 

 were carted to the river. Even orchids 

 were given away by one of the retailers, 

 one with every 50-cent purchase, so you 

 can imagine the price at which the 

 wholesaler disposed of them. Some fine 

 cattleyas are arriving. There seems to 

 be an encouraging call for gardenias, 

 but the supply is less profuse. Outdoor 

 valley is abundant and cheap, so that 

 only the best of the regular supply 

 seems called for. Gladioli are becoming 

 abundant, and lilies of all kinds are 

 down to rock bottom prices, with a 

 light demand. Sweet peas are unsalable 

 unless long-stemmed and perfect. 



Club Meeting. 



A full house and a magnificent dis- 

 play of peonies marked the final meet- 

 ing of the season. George H. Peterson, 

 of Fairlawn, N. J., was present and 

 staged a fine exhibit, which included 

 twenty-eight varieties of peonies. The 

 club awarded a certificate of merit, giv- 

 ing special mention to a half dozen of 

 the best varieties. The thanks of the 

 club rewarded John Lewis Childs for a 

 display which included eight fine vari- 

 eties of peonies, two of iris and four 

 of calla's. 



Chairman Kessler announced complete 

 arrangements for the club's annual out- 

 ing July 2. 



Resolutions on the deaths of Mrs. 

 Eccles and Peter McDonald were read 

 and the secretary instructed to send 

 copies to the bereaved families. 



Chairman Traendly reported for the 

 transportation committee, suggesting 

 the New York Central or Pennsylvania 

 as the most desirable route for the 

 trip to Chicago, giving details as to time 

 and cost. If a company of 100 will 

 signify at an early date an intention 

 to go, a special train will be engaged 

 and the fare reduced to $18. If less 



than 100 go there will be no special 

 train, and the fare will be $23 and the 

 time over twenty-four hours. 



Wallace E. Pierson sent a telegram 

 reporting an encouraging response from 

 many florists' clubs, all favoring the 

 publicity enterprise to be submitted to 

 the S. A. F. in August. 



Al. Eickards made a practical report 

 for the house committee, serving a tur- 

 key lunch with much liquid refreshment. 



The following were elected to mem- 

 bership: J. H. Eeock, Walter R. Sie- 

 brecht, A. C. Sayler, George C. Sie- 

 brecht, Charles Schmieg and Herman 

 Warendorff. John Laing was proposed. 

 Messrs. Eeed, Sayler, Smead, Artberger, 

 Buckholtz, Vocke and Ed. Manda were 

 introduced and promised loyalty to the 

 club's interests. 



The president announced as members 

 of the entertainment committee for 

 the National Flower Show in 1913: 

 Messrs. Weathered, Miller, Schultz, Wil- 

 son, Chadwick, Scott, Ebel, Shaw, 

 Schenck and Henshaw. 



Various Notes. 



The flower show of the Horticultural 

 Society of New York was held June 

 8 and 9 at the Museum building, Bronx 

 park, and was well attended. The ex- 

 hibits were much more numerous than 

 anticipated, over 500 vases being used 

 in staging them. G. V. Nash gave an 

 interesting illustrated lecture on orchids. 

 The Sunday attendance was large and 

 the managers were much encouraged by 

 the increasing public interest displayed. 



G. V. Nash and family will make a 

 trip to Spokane, Wash., shortly, where 

 they have bought a fruit farm. 



M. A. Bowe sailed for Europe last 

 week on the Lusitania, for a six weeks' 

 stay. 



The committee of the Florists' Club 

 has completed all arrangements for the 

 annual outing, Tuesday, July 2. Chair- 

 man Phil. Kessler has over $400 pledged 

 for prizes. Tickets are: Double ticket, 

 $6; gentleman's ticket, $4; lady's ticket, 

 $2.50; child's ticket, $1. 



July 8 the Greek-American Florists' 

 Association will have its annual outing 

 at Wetzel's grove, College Point, L. I. 

 Nicholas Lecakes, J. J. Fellouris and 

 George Cotsonas are on the committee, 

 and they always make of it a great 

 success. 



June 8 the Astoria bowlers and their 

 ladies celebrated the close of their suc- 

 cessful season with a matinee, a swell 

 dinner, and an evening entertainment 

 at the Winter Garden. 



The directors of the New York Cut 

 Flower Exchange announce their first 

 annual dinner next week. The price of 

 tickets, $10, speaks for itself. The Wal- 

 dorf-Astoria or the Astor will house 

 these enterprising florists. 



W. A. Manda is expected home June 

 13 and the balance of the American 

 florists the following week. Messrs. 

 Patten and Farquhar are already here. 



Percy Eichter, for many years with 

 Asmus, as manager in the Coogan build- 

 ing, is now associated with Philip 

 Kessler. 



Messrs. Lustgarten, Sauter and Slinn 

 are the latest arrivals among the whole- 

 salers on the third floor of the Coogan 

 building. 



A. M. Westwood, formerly with Thor- 

 ley, opened an up-to-date retail store, 

 June 10, in the new Pennsylvania sta- 

 tion at Thirty-third street and Seventh 

 avenue. 



Frank Duggan, foreman for Eickards 

 Bros., was at Washington June 8 in the 

 front line of the great parade of 100,- 

 000 Knights of Columbus. 



L. W. Kervan is enjoying his second 

 week of jury duty. 



E. W. MacNiff says sales at his 

 auctions have been double the aggregate 

 of 1911. Mr. MacNiff and wife leave 

 in a few days for the mountains. 



Henry Weston, president of the Grow- 

 ers ' Cut Flower Co., has returned from 

 a visit to Atlantic City. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, 

 has reconsidered a former decision and 

 will add 10,000 square feet to his plant 

 this season. The Foley Mfg. Co., Chi- 

 cago, has the contract. 



Samuel Woodrow, of Woodrow & Mar- 

 ketos, has been out of the city attending 

 to some landscape contracts. 



Wm. P. Ford is enjoying his summer 

 week ends at his farm in Pennsylvania. 



The daughter and granddaughter of 

 J. B. Nugent, Jr., left for their Minne- 

 sota home June 8. 



John Young, secretary of the S. A. F., 

 has moved to pleasant and more com- 

 modious offices, on the first floor front 

 of the building at 54 West Twenty- 

 eighth street. 



Albert Wadley, of the Bound Brook 

 Nursery Co., has moved to New York, 

 having disposed of his interests there, 

 and is now one of the force of Wadley 

 & Smythe. J. Austin Shaw. 



OBITUAEY. 



Jerome B. Bice. 



Jerome Bonaparte Eice passed quietly 

 to his rest Saturday, June 8. Mr. Rice 

 was born in the town of Salem, N. Y., 

 July 19, 1841, and received his educa- 

 tion in the district schools, and at the 

 Albany Business College, from which he 

 was graduated at the age of 19. When 

 the Civil war broke out he was work- 

 ing on his father's farm in the town 

 of Jackson, Washington county. He en- 

 listed from White Creek, N. Y., August 

 8, 1862, becoming first sergeant of Com- 

 pany G, 123d New York Volunteer In- 

 fantry. May 21, 1863, he was promoted 

 to second lieutenant. He was taken pris- 

 oner at the battle of Chancellorsville, 

 May 3, 1863, and was confined in Lib- 

 by prison and Belle Isle prison. He 

 was subsequently exchanged. August 1, 

 1864, he was transferred to the signal 

 corps, and did duty in the depart- 

 ment of the Cumberland under General 

 Thomas until the close of the war. After 

 receiving his discharge he returned home 

 and worked on the seed farm of his 

 father. In 1866 he bought out his 

 father's interest in the seed business, 

 and continued on the farm for two years. 

 During this time and for a few years 

 afterward he was his own sole salesman, 

 traveling with a horse and wagon from 

 town to town. In 1868 he moved his 

 business to Cambridge, occupying the 

 second story of the old steam mill build- 

 ing on Main street, where he conducted 

 business successfully for eleven years. 

 In 1879 Mr. Eice completed his present 

 large warehouse and moved his business 

 into new quarters. In 1895 a fine office 

 building was erected, where twenty-five 

 bookkeepers and stenographers are em- 

 ployed. Over thirty salesmen and repre- 

 sentatives are throughout the country,, 

 and seeds from this establishment are 

 sold in every state in the union. The 

 company has branch houses at Detroit,^ 

 and at Wellington, Ont. In 1898 he waa 

 the unanimous choice of the American 



