JUNB 12, 1913. 



The Florists* Review 



13 



New Houses io G>urse of Construction for .the Leedle Floral Co., Springfieldt O. 



ing the present summer's crop of rose 

 plants, and will add greatly to the rose 

 growing facilities of this company. 



Ge Dale. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market last week suf- 

 fered its most disastrous shake-up, and 

 shake-down, in a generation. The old- 

 est inhabitant cannot remember any- 

 thing to compare with it for the first 

 week of June. The market could not 

 digest the enormous shipments. Cellars 

 and ice-boxes were still running over 

 Saturday night, after everybody had 

 been supplied at his own offer. There 

 have been no warm spells worth men- 

 tioning and nearly every variety of 

 flower is arriving in superb condition. 

 The demand, however, is far below ex- 

 pectations, and the numerous marriages, 

 dinners and school celebrations seem 

 to hardly create a ripple. 



The serious break in prices began 

 June 2 and conditions since have re- 

 flected the slump in securities in the 

 financial district. There is no diminu- 

 tion in the rose shipments, and no short- 

 age of any variety. Retail prices in 

 the big department stores were less 

 than half the wholesale figures of a 

 week ago. American Beauties went 

 begging, the best of them away under 

 $10 per hundred. This fact gives, in 

 a word, the general situation. The 

 same conditions prevail as to all the 

 teas, and even the novelties, so-called, 

 are down to unheard-of levels. Great 

 quantities of the lower grades of roses 

 sold at $2.50 per thousand. 



Peonies dominate everything at pres- 

 ent, grand stock, much of it, and in 

 ^eemingly endless supply. Onlv the 

 oest sells at a figure profitable to the 

 grower, and mediocre shipments do not 



. ^* all- Quite large quantities are 

 ^oing into cold storage, but most of the 

 "irrivals are well advanced and preser- 

 ;^Tl °"* ^^ ^^^^ question. Carnations 

 tnat brought 4 cents and over for Me- 

 morial day were selling at 50 cents 

 er hundred last week. The supply is 

 TT-^^t ^^"« s^ems to be an un- 

 ,nil,^^°^i'^'' ^^""^P in tlie orchid de- 

 Z.l .V ^^^ <''^"e*l for and prices 

 io,? \ }. ^oMvest for the year. Val- 

 7./ol<3s firm, this flower and the 

 '.^'}^. <""chid being the favorite for 

 Thp ?^ f'ouquets for the society girls, 

 firm u ^* ^^ '°°g on longiflorums, some 

 rmg haying many thousands left over 

 ■'St week. Prices dropped to 4 cents 



for the finest, and the short stems fell 

 to 2 cents and under. There is no end 

 yet to the sweet pea flood. Some of 

 the stock is grand, but prices are un- 

 mentionable. There is an abundance 

 of gladioli, daisies and all the season- 

 able flowers. 



The retail windows are gay with 

 ramblers, snowballs, syringa and bloom- 

 ing plants, and most of the leading re- 

 tailers say their June weddings already 

 booked will insure a good month 's busi- 

 ness. 



Club Meeting. 



The June meeting, the last of the 

 season, was attended by over 100 mem- 

 bers. President Siebrecht being in the 

 chair. The exhibits included a vase of 

 Milady from A. N. Pierson, of Crom- 

 well, Conn., and a new fern, a seedling 

 of Whitmani, from Scott Bros., of 

 Elmsford, both receiving the thanks of 

 the club. 



The following members were elected: 

 T. H. Poblos, Sea Cliff, L. I.; A. E. 

 Jackson, West Summit, N. J.; Vincent 

 Shaketano, Adolph Goldenberg and A. 

 M. Scheider, of New York. The fol- 

 lowing were proposed: Alexander M. 

 Westwood, George E. Stumpp, Frank 

 Kerpen, Jr., and John C. Daley. The 

 membership of the club now numbers 

 over 400. 



The transportation committee's re- 

 port, from Chairman Bunyard, gave full 

 details as to routes and rates. The con- 

 sensus of opinion seems to favor the 

 D., L. & W., the train leaving New 

 York at 2 p. in. and reaching Chicago 

 at the same hour the following day, 

 proceeding thence on the Chicago spe- 

 cial train. The fare is $27.80. berths 

 and meals extra. The power to decide 

 was left to the committee and twenty- 

 two of those present announced their 

 intention of attending. The club au- 

 thorized the use of $100 in providing 

 comforts on the way. A special train 

 from New York is possible and the 

 privacy of special cars is assured. 



C. H. Totty reported for the flower 

 show committee, with details of the ar- 

 rangements for next year 's show. W. 

 A. Manda, Wallace Pierson, Julius 

 Eoehra, .Tr., and Frank Traendly con- 

 stitute the club's committee. P. O'Mara, 

 F. R. Pierson dnd Joseph A. Manda are 

 the committee of the Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



\V. H. Siebrecht, Jr., reported for the 

 plant market committee and announced 

 the successful completion of the nego- 

 tiations and the early opening of the 

 plant market in Union Square. Chair- 



man Kessler announced over $400 sub- 

 scribed in behalf of the prize fund for 

 the club's outing, July 1. Mr. Bun- 

 yard read the resolutions on the death 

 of A. L. Don. 



P. O'Mara reported, for the legis- 

 lative committee, the vetoing by Gov. 

 Sulzer of the $60,000 appropriation for 

 greenhouses for floricultural research 

 work. And a petition of protest was 

 signed by every club member. 



A splendid address on affiliation was 

 made by A. Farenwald. W. F. Kasting 

 also spoke at length on the same sub- 

 ject and Edison supplied a program of 

 instrumental music that was greatly 

 appreciated. 



Various Notes. 



L. W. Kervan, Sr., who marched with 

 his comrades on Memorial day, was 

 taken to the hospital and underwent an 

 operation June 6. The reports are en- 

 couraging, and his complete recovery 

 seems assured. Mr. Kervan is in his 

 seventieth year. 



The June exhibition of the Horti- 

 cultural Society of New York was held 

 June 7 and 8. Notwithstanding a heavy 

 rain, the attendance was fair on Satur- 

 day, and an audience of over 200 

 listened to an interesting illustrated 

 lecture by Dr. Britton. On Sunday the 

 attendance was large. A meeting of 

 the council was held on Saturday at 

 2:30, and plans discussed as to the 

 flower show in 1914. F. R. Pierson, 

 Joseph Manda, W. A. Manda, Patrick 

 O'Mara and A. T. Boddington were 

 present. The display of peonies was es- 

 pecially good, though the exhibitors 

 were few. Collections of roses and 

 orchids were most creditable. The trade 

 exhibitors of peonies were F. R. Pierson 

 Co. and Cottage Gardens Co. The only 

 non-commerciaJ exhibitor was A. La- 

 hodny, gardener to T. A. Havemeyer. 

 Trade exhibitors in the miscellaneous 

 plant classes were Lager & Hurrell, 

 John Lewis Childs and F. R. Pierson Co. 

 In the same classes there were entries 

 by W. D. Robertson, gardener to Mrs. 

 B. Stern; J. Woodcock, gardener to Gen. 

 Mc Alpine; P. W. Popp, gardener to H. 

 Darlington; Geo. Wittlinger, gardener 

 to Miss B. Potter; J. P. Mossman, gar- 

 dener to Clement Moore, and A. La- 

 hodny. Bobbink & Atkins received a 

 bronze medal for a collection of hardy 

 herbaceous plants and W. A. Manda a 

 silver medal for Dendrobium Sanderae. 

 Jas. Stuart received recognition for 

 some fuchsias and J. P. Mossman for 

 some seedling orchids. 



