APKii. 10, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



33 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Again we have to report a dull and 

 heavy market. Many wholesalers de- 

 clared the conditions were even worse 

 than they were during the week follow- 

 ing Easter. Receipts were heavy, de- 

 mand light and prices consequently low. 

 Nevertheless, there was a fairly good 

 clean-up on Saturday except as to car- 

 nations and violets, considerable quan- 

 tities of which were carried over. Beau- 

 ties were plentiful and ^ in good condi- 

 tion. Specials brought 20 cents. Kil- 

 larneys sold all the way from 50 cents 

 to $6 per hundred, the bulk of the sales 

 being at $2 and $3. Lady Hillingdons, 

 which brought high prices last year, 

 have became so plentiful that they 

 liring little more than Killarneys. Sun- 

 hursts go at $1 to $10 per hundred. 

 Maids and Brides are at about the same 

 figures as Killarneys; the top bring a 

 trifle higher. Carnations are plentiful 

 and cheap, standard sorts going at 75 

 cents to $1.50 per hundred and special- 

 ties being had at $2, though for small 

 lots of choice flowers up to $.3 has been 

 paid. Cattleya Schroederee are a little 

 stronger, bringing from 15 to 30 cents. 

 Trianae are scarce and good flowers 

 bring as much as 75 cents. Mossiae are 

 coming in better and bring about the 

 same as Trianse. Valley is a little firmer 

 than last week, 4 cents being obtained 

 for small lots of long No. 1 flowers. 

 For the average flowers, 2 and 3 cents 

 prevail. Tulips are plentiful and cheap, 

 though the choicest kinds, such as Flam- 

 ingo, bring as high as 35 cents per dozen. 

 Narcissus poeticus ornatus sells at four 

 to six bunches for $1. Few Paper 

 Whites are shown, southern selling as 

 low as 10 cents per bunch and sluggish 

 at that. 



Sweet peas have a wide range, the 

 top price being $1 per dozen biTnches 

 for long-stemmed Spencer. Violets are 

 plentiful; the quality has been a little 

 better during the last few days but 

 still poor. In small lots as high as 25 

 cents per hundred has been paid for 

 choice singles, but by the box $10 per 



[ thousand is the ruling quotation. The 

 market is flooded with lilies and fine 

 flowers can be had at 3 cents, though 

 some quote 5 cents for the best. Callas 

 also are in full supply and sell at 50 

 cents and $1 per dozen. Some fine an- 



I tirrhinum is coming in and goes fairly 

 well at prices ranging from 25 cents to 

 $1 per bunch. Phlox is dull and almost 

 unsalable. Pansies are coming in 

 freely and sell well but at low figures. 

 An abundance of mignonette of poor 

 quality is reported. Lilacs are of good 

 quality, plentiful and cheap. 



The market was deserted April 5 

 by the proprietors, nearly all of whom 

 were found at the National Flower 



[fthow in the Grand Central Palace. 



Various Notes. 



, '^^_^ new six-cylinder Pope-Hartford 

 jtouring car with a New Jersey license 

 I displayed on the front, which has made 

 jits appearance recently on West 

 I f wenty-eighth street, is the newest 

 VjP'^S, ^^ ^' M. Henshaw, of Henshaw 

 I& Fenrich, the wholesalers. 

 I Anton C. Zvolanek arrived in New 

 jiork from his California farm April 

 r»> going to the flower show, where his 

 json has prepared a display of winter 

 ■s^eet peas grown in his houses at 

 l-Boundbrook, N. J. Mr. Zvolanek has 



William H. Siebrecht. 



(President New York Florists' Club.) 



twenty-three acres in winter sweet peas 

 at Lompoc, Cal., where he grows them 

 for seed. 



Victor S. Dorval, of Woodside, Long 

 Island, in discussing the situation from 

 the growers' standpoint, said that the 

 glut of cut flowers in the market was 

 due to the mild weather. "Some grow- 

 ers complained about the excessive 

 cold of last season, on account of the 

 coal burned," he continued, "but, as 

 a matter of fact, that cold season was 

 better for growers than the passing 

 mild one. In seasons like this, the 

 flowers cannot be held back. They all 

 bloom at the same time, the market be- 

 comes glutted and prices drop. ' ' 



William Kessler had a little flower 

 show of his own in his Twenty-eighth 

 street window last week, the star fea- 

 ture of which was a standard margu- 

 erite, or Paris daisy, measuring five feet 

 nine inches in diameter and literally 

 covered with blossoms. Mr. Kessler 

 counted 2,400 and then got tired. The 

 plant was one of an 18-month-old lot 

 grown by Madsen & Christensen, of 

 Madison, N. J., some of which took first 

 prizes at the International Show. 



Roman J. Irwin, of 3097 Broadway, 

 reports an unusually active demand for 

 commercial cuttings and small pot 

 plants. His orders have been particu- 

 larly heavy for chrysanthemums and 

 3-inch cannas. 



William Plumb has been appointed 

 manager of the Beechwood Heights 

 Nurseries at Boundbrook, N. J. 



A. C, Zvolanek, of Boundbrook, N. J., 

 has just returned from his California 

 branch, and Stopped over in New York 

 April 5 in time to enjoy the opening 

 of the National Flower Show. 



Moore, Hentz & Nash, F. R.^ Pier- 

 son and H. M. Robinson & Co. form an 

 interesting trio, having established their 



headquarters on the first floor of the 

 Coogan building. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club will be held 

 April 14 at its rooms in the Grand 

 Opera House building. There will be 

 many interesting events discussed, in- 

 cluding the National Flower Show. 

 Exhibits of novelties will add to the 

 interest of the evening, and the house 

 committee promises a fitting welcome 

 to all guests who may remain in the 

 city after the close of the exhibition. 



The annual banquet of the Club at 

 Hotel Astor, April 10, is expected to 

 transcend all its predecessors in at- 

 tendance and brilliancy. 



Wertheimer Bros, did not enter any 

 of their recent creations at the Na- 

 tional Flower Show, for the considera- 

 tion of the judges, but preferred to 

 wait for the convention of the S. A. F. 

 at Minneapolis. The firm's automobile 

 was kept busy carrying customers be- 

 tween the Grand Central Palace and 

 the store. 



Louisville, Ky.— Emil Frederick, aged 

 61, forfiierly a florist here, committed 

 suicide by shooting himself March 29. 

 Domestic troubles are said to have 

 prompted the step. He came to Amer- 

 ica from Germany thirty years ago. He 

 was in business at one time at Mount 

 Sterling, Ky. 



Charleston, S. C— Mrs. F. L. Aichele 

 and her son, F. J. Aichele, are the pro- 

 prietors of the Carolina Floral Store 

 and the greenhouse establishment run 

 in connection with it. They state that 

 John Salmon, of Baltimore, was not the 

 purchaser from C. M. Newman, as re- 

 cently returned in Charleston papers, 

 as he "merely forwarded part of th< 

 money for the purchase." 



