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The Florists' Review 



Mat 16, 1913. 



NEW yobe:. 



The Market. 



Mothers' day certainly has estab- 

 lished its permanency as a flower day. 

 Its influence was felt more widely this 

 year than ever before and the carnation 

 market especially was called on to re- 

 spond to an increased demand. In fact, 

 May 10 the supply of white carnations 

 was entirely depleted. Prices remained 

 at a reasonable level, even the best of 

 the stock seldom selling at over $5 

 per hundred. In all other colors the 

 regular rate of the week prevailed. 

 Much heavier shipments and lower 

 levels are predicted for the present 

 week. The extremely hot weather has 

 been followed by a cold wave. May 11 

 being the coldest May day in many 

 years. There was a heavy frost in many 

 of the outlying sections. 



Apart from Mothers' day business 

 last week was far from satisfactory. 

 The general demand was not sufficient 

 to absorb the daily arrivals and roses 

 especially suffered in quality and value. 

 The large buyers for the department 

 store trade had the rose market at their 

 mercy. Prices at times were cut to mid- 

 summer quotations. Even American 

 Beauties fell to half the levels of the 

 preceding week. The supply is large 

 and increasing. The same may be said 

 of all varieties of roses, except a few 

 of the specialties. Killarney, Maryland, 

 Eichmond, Bride and Maid bring less 

 than half of their legitimate value. 



The orchid market also is demoral- 

 ized, owing to the oversupply of cat- 

 tleyas. Lilies sold at low rates last 

 week and valley also is meeting with a 

 lighter demand. There is no surplus of 

 the better grade of gardenias, but $2 

 per dozen is top price for the selected. 

 There seems to be an unexpected supply 

 "of gladioli so early in the season and 

 peonies began to arrive in quantity sev- 

 eral weeks earlier than in 1912. There 

 is no end to the lilac supply, and the 

 price has fallen to unmentionable fig- 

 ures. Of sweet peas there is a great 

 abundance, only the best grades meeting 

 with any buying appreciation. The 

 same may be said of daisies, tulips and 

 stocks. Warmer weather is predicted 

 for the east this week and wholesalers 

 are not at all optimistic as to the out- 

 look. 



Club Meeting. 



The May meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club was well attended, over 

 100 members being present when Presi- 

 dent Siebrecht took the chair. 



The exhibits were limited — Eucomis 

 punctata, by John Lewis Childs, who 

 was accorded a vote of thanks, and the 

 new dark red geranium, Maryland, by 

 E. "Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, Md., 

 which the club requested to be ex- 

 hibited in pots at a later meeting. 



For the entertainment committee, 

 Chairman Weathered reported progress, 

 and also reported for the emblem com- 

 mittee, announcing the acceptance of 

 the design exhibited at the last meet- 

 ing. The prices quoted were: Gold 

 plate, 25 cents; rolled gold, 45 cents, 

 and solid gold, $1.10. After some dis- 

 cussion by Messrs. Manda, Marshall, 

 Schling and Pierson, the gold button 

 was decided upon. 



H. A. Bunyard, of the transportation 

 committee, announced for those who 

 will attend the Minneapolis convention 

 a rate one way of $37.30, and a round- 

 trip ticket for $55. A train leaving 



New York at 12:40 rioOn on the pre- 

 ceding Sunday will arrive at the con- 

 vention city early on Tuesday morning. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club and the 

 Cook County Florists' Association have 

 extended courtesies to the New York 

 club, and have suggested the union of 

 its members with the Chicago boys, 

 changing to their special on arrival in 

 Chicago. Wallace E. Pierson and the 

 president favor the boat trip to Duluth 

 via Buffalo for those who can spare the 

 time. Mr. Bunyard will give a final re- 

 port at the June meeting, which will 

 be the last until September. Chairman 

 Kessler announced that over $300 in 

 cash subscriptions already had been se- 

 cured for the prizes at the club's out- 

 ing, July 1. 



P. O'Mara gave an encouraging ad- 

 dress as to the building of the $50,000 

 greenhouses at Cornell, the bill having 

 passed both houses at Albany and only 

 awaiting the signature of Governor 

 Sulzer. Mr. O'Mara urged every mem- 

 ber to write the governor a personal 

 letter in behalf of the enterprise. 



The tariff bill at Washington was 



the subject of considerable discussion, 

 Messrs. Scott, Vincent and O'Mara 

 participating. Dissatisfaction was ex- 

 pressed with the wording of the amend- 

 ments and the numerous contradictions. 

 Mr. Vincent spoke of the efforts being 

 made by Mr. Gude, of Washington, 

 in behalf of the bill. 



C. H. Totty's report of the National 

 Flower Show showed receipts of $32,- 

 000 and disbursements of $30,000, leav- 

 ing a balance of $1,000 each for the 

 S. A. F. and the Grand Central Palace. 

 The aum of $13,424 was received for 

 rentals, and $7,635 was paid in pre- 

 miums, not including cups and medals. 

 There were over 40,000 paid admissions. 

 A long discussion followed as to the 

 wisdom of repeating the show in 1914. 

 Both the Grand Central Palace Co. and 

 the Madison Square Garden Co. are 

 bidding for it. Preference seems gen- 

 eral for collaborating with the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York, the value 

 of its name being urged by Joseph 

 Manda. F. H. Traendly also favored 

 the repetition of the exhibition in 1914 

 and suggested that the prestige gained 



by the success this year should be util- 

 ized. Mr. O'Mara made a long and 

 interesting address concerning the New 

 York flower shows of the past, success- 

 ful and otherwise, and gave an ex> 

 haustive history of the club's experi- 

 ences in this line for over twenty years. 

 The committee, with Mr. Totty as chair- 

 man, was continued, with instructions 

 to report at the June meeting. A 

 standing vote showed that the club ia 

 practically unanimous for holding a 

 show in 1914. 



Chairman Nugent, of the dinner com- 

 mittee, announced no deficit, and the 

 committee was discharged with the 

 thanks of the club. 



Messrs. Adolph Goldenberg, A. E. 

 Jackson, F. H. Poblos, Vincent Straki- 

 taus and A. N. Schneider were proposed 

 for membership. 



The members elected were: W. A. 

 Maltus, Herman Branch and Vivian L. 

 Outerb ridge, of New York city; Joseph 

 Levy, Ernest Ulrich and Charles Huber, 

 of Brooklyn; Harry F. Marquardt, 

 Woodhaven, Jj. I.; Frank Grumbach, 

 Jamaica, L. I.; A. M. Kirschner, As- 

 toria, L. I.; Louis Enne, Flushing, L. I.; 

 George Ehrle, Carlstadt, N. J.; John 

 E. Sefton, Elizabeth, N. J., and John 

 Watts, Greenwich, Conn. 



James White, of Elizabeth, N. J,, 

 addressed the meeting and Mr. Vincent 

 gave an interesting talk on afi&liation 

 and consistent and persistent effort. 



A. C. Zvolanek's resignation was ac- 

 cepted with regret. 



The death of the father of A. L. Don 

 was announced and Messrs. Bunyard, 

 Weathered and Sheridan were appointed 

 to draft resolutions of sympathy with 

 the bereaved. 



The usual spread was provided by the 

 house committee. 



Various Notes. 



At the New York Botanical Garden 

 May 10 and 11 the influence of the Na- 

 tional Flower Show was strongly in evi- 

 dence in increased interest and attend- 

 ance at the regular monthly exhibition. 

 The principal prize winners were F. E. 

 Pierson Co., Mts. F. A. Constable, Mrs. 

 A. M. Beoth, T. A. Havemeyer and 

 Louis C. Tiffany. The exhibits were 

 tulips, calceolarias, pelargoniums, wild 

 flowers, shrubs and flowering trees. 



C. H. Totty, chairman of the National 

 * Flower Show committee, gave a dinner 

 to his lieutenants at the Martinique 

 hotel. May 9. It was "some dinner," 

 if all reports concerning it are cor- 

 rect. There were present Wm. Duck- 

 ham, Harry Bunyard, Frank Traendly, 

 Walter F. Sheridan and the host. 



The Greek- American Florists' Asso- 

 ciation will have its annual outing July 

 9, at Wetzel's Grove. The New York 

 Florists' Club will celebrate July 1, at 

 the same place, going by boat as usual. 

 Philip Kessler is chairman of the outing 

 committee and reports the usual liberal 

 provisions for prizes. 



Judge Vesey, of Fort Wayne, Ind . 

 was a recent visitor. 



His many friends will be glad to 

 know of Harry Weston's recovery. 

 J. J. Coan, manager of the Growers' 

 Cut Flower Co., of which Mr. Weston 

 is president, reports a great popularity- 

 for the new carnation, Majestic, which 

 Mr. Weston will disseminate next sea- 

 son. 



Wallace E. Pierson, of Cromwell. 

 Conn., was in town last week. 



The largest distribution of carnations 

 for Mothers' day was made by John 



