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The Florists' Review 



June 12. 1013. 



Charles H. Totty. of Madisou, lias 

 taken over the Robert Schultz range of 

 greenhouses in that" town. Mr. Totty 's 

 shipping business has been enormous 

 this season and he needs additional fa- 

 cilities. 



J. Lewis Bradshaw, eldest son of G. 

 E. Bradshaw, was married June 7 to 

 Misa' Annette Robinson, at the residence 

 of the bride's father. The home deco- 

 ration was the work of the groom's 

 father. The young folks are at At- 

 lantic City. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association will set a pace 

 in outings this year that indicates a 

 prosperous season. Anton Schultheis 

 and Julius Roehrs, Jr., are the com- 

 mittee in charge of the affair. The 

 date is June 25, and the destination 

 Delaware Water Gap, via the Lacka- 

 wanna R. R.. leaving New York at 

 10:1,5 a. m. The excursionists will have 

 two days and a night there. There 

 •will be a trip to Stroudsburg, a boat 

 ride on the Delaware river through the 

 Avater gaj), dancing, musical entertain- 

 ment, prize bowling, etc. The tickets, 

 covering all expenses, are only .$8. .50 

 and may be obtained from Secretary 

 W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., Queen's Plaza 

 dourt. Long Island City. 



Jury duty is claiming its sub.iccts 

 in the wholesale district. M. C. P'ord 

 and H. K. Froment thus gave last week 

 to their country and their attention 

 "was thereby diverted from cut flower 

 conditions on Twenty-eighth ttreet. 



The early closing movement ir^ again 

 being discussed by the wholesalers. If 

 cooperation could be secured, there 

 "would be no Sunday opening, and :{ 

 p. m. during July and August would 

 ^ee the shutters up. 



Much dissatisfaction is expressed at 

 the delays in delivery of flowers by 

 the Adams Express since it absorbed the 

 business of the Long Island Express Co. 



Max Schling says every day in June 

 shows a wedding decoration engage- 

 ment on his books and that general 

 business continues excellent. 



M. A. Bowe says his May business 

 broke all records. 



The WarendorflF stores, which are 

 "all over town," have been doing well 

 all the season. The one on Liberty 

 street, near Wall, feels most the pan- 

 icky conditions in "the street," where 

 millions change hands in a day. De- 

 pression in Wall street means its coun- 

 terpart all over New York, in the flor- 

 ists' business. 



C. C. Trepel is adding two large 

 greenhouses to his conservatories on 

 the roof of Bloomingdale Bros., also 

 doubling the size of his retail store on 

 the ground floor, extending it all the 

 wav around to I^exington avenue. 



Ralph M. Ward left June 7 for an 

 extended western trip via Toronto and 

 Winnipeg to Vancouver, Mr. Ward's 

 representative, J. H. Reock, is now in 

 Euroj>e in the firm 's interests. 



A. L. Young is spending his week 

 ends at Suffern. N. Y.. where the moun- 

 tain breezes always blow. 



Alex. Westwood, in the Pennsylvania 

 terminal, has completed his first year at 

 this location and says it has been a 

 gratifyiug success. The transient trade 

 has been constant, Mr. Westwood has 

 taken a lease of the store for five years 

 and will add many improvements. 



New York sent many loyal Greeks to 

 the war. George Cotsonas has supplied 

 hia share from his working force, and 

 among them his nephew. A. Lecakes. 



Several of these men have been 

 woundetl, but all are expecte<l back 

 again as soon as the war is over, Mr, 

 Lecakes was five years in Mr. Cotsonas' 

 service. J. Austin Shaw. 



Oscar Lion, who is in France, has 

 sent customers and friends a picture 

 post card showing La Tour Eiffel on 

 which he has had printed a salutation 

 beginning: "We are thinking of you, 

 4,000 miles from home." 



Next Spring's Show, 



As reported in The Review for June 

 5, another big spring show will be held 

 in New York next year. Under date of 

 June 6 the following was sent out: 



By request of the joint committees 

 of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York and the New York Florists' Club, 

 the announcement is made that a spring 

 flower show, inttvrnational in character, 

 will be given by the organizations men- 

 tioned, in the New Grand Central Pal- 

 ace. New York, March 21 to 28, 1914. 

 A meeting of the committees will be 

 held within a few days, at which or- 

 ganization will be effected and a pre- 

 liminary schedule drafted, copies of 

 which will be distributed within a week 

 or two. A guarantee fund has been 

 started locally and already amounts to 

 .$2,300, and several special ])rizes have 

 been offered. A horticultural trade ex- 

 hibition will be held in connection with 

 the show. The undersigned has been 

 appointed manager of the trade exhi- 

 bition and will be pleased to make res- 

 ervations of space and furnish any in- 

 formation required. He has also been 

 entrusted with the preparation and pub- 

 lication of the official program of the 

 show, and will be pleased to quote ad- 

 vertising rates and book contracts for 

 advertisements at any time. 



Meeting the wishes of the exhibitors 

 at the recent show, the display will be 

 confined to two floors, and all music, 

 entertainment and business features 

 will at the next show be relegate<l to 

 the second floor. 



John Young, Sec 'v. 



WHITESTONE, N. Y. 



The fine greenhouses, plant and home 

 of William Pankok were sold June 2 

 to the J, M. Keller Co., Fifth avenue 

 and Sixty-fifth street, Brooklyn. The 

 new owners are now in possession of 

 the business. They will conduct it 

 along similar lines to the manner in 

 which Mr. Pankok did. 



Thirteen years ago the business was 

 started in Whitestone under the firm 

 name of Pankok & Schumacher. Two 

 years ago Mr. Schumacher retired from 

 the business and since that time Mr. 

 Pankok has conducted it personally. 

 The plant and home are situated on- 

 Eleventh avenue, opposite St. Luke 's 

 church, and are on a high elevation, 

 commanding a pretty view. The 

 grounds are well stocked with plants 

 and shrubs of beautiful and rare vari- 

 ety. The property consists of about 

 seven acres. 



Mr. Pankok expects to sail for Ger- 

 many June 12, with his little girl. He 

 will be followed later by his wife and 

 other members of the family. 



Mr, Pankok is prominently identified 

 with the business interests of White- 

 stone, being a director of the First Na- 

 tional Bank. He will continue these 

 rel<»tions with that institution. 



The new firm bears an excellent repu- 

 tf'^'on. It is composed of John Appel 



and Max O, Jordan. Mr. Appel will 

 reside in Whitestone, Mr. Jordan will 

 likely take up his residence here in a 

 year or so, when the lease on the Brook 

 lyn plant expires. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The bottom has completely dropped 

 out of the market and business last 

 week was more unsatisfactory than at 

 any time during the present year. 

 Values took a decided tumble ali 

 around; in fact, there were no stable 

 prices on the majority of flowers. No 

 reasonable offer was refused and street 

 fakers have secured all the stock they 

 needed at their own prices, Roses arc 

 in heavy oversupply and hard to move. 

 A good <leal of the stock now arrivinjj 

 is badly mildewed. Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 easily maintains its supremacy as a 

 yellow rose. Taft remains a popular 

 variety. Carnations are at last hard to 

 clean out. Prices which a week ago 

 were $4 and $5 per hundred have dwin- 

 dled to $1.50 and $2 for choice stock. 

 Large numbers are unloaded at $5 per 

 thousand and quite a few even lower. 



Sweet peas are hard to move and, 

 while the better gra«les are selling tol- 

 erably well, there is a heavy surplus. 

 The same holds true of marguerites, 

 snapdragons, gladioli, Spanish iris and 

 cornflowers. Lilies are a veritable drug 

 and can hardly be cleared at any price. 

 Valley has had a fair call for weddings, 

 but is in oversupply. Gardenias are 

 more plentiful than they were, but the 

 demand is poor. Cattleyas continue 

 rather low in price; the suj)ply is abun- 

 dant. Quite a few growers who had 

 belated crops of stocks, feverfew, etc.. 

 for Memorial day are now sending quan- 

 tities of these to the market. It is 

 doubtful if in any case they bring the 

 express charges. Peonies are in abun- 

 dant supply. There is a fair call for 

 strings of As^paragus plumosus and 

 smilax. 



Exhibition. 



The two leading flowers at the exhibi- 

 tion in Horticultural hall, June 7 and 

 8, were the rhododendron and the peony. 

 Of the latter only early varieties were 

 shown. T. D. Hatfield, gardener to 

 Walter Hunnewell, was the largest ex- 

 hibitor of rhododendrons, filling three 

 large tables. R. (J, (Chamberlain, gar 

 dener to Francis Skinner, took first 

 prize for the largest and best collection 

 of rhododendrons, six trusses of each: 

 also for twelve varieties of hardy aza 

 leas, showing fine flowers. For a group 

 of orchids Donald McKenzie, fardener 

 to E. B. Dane, was first, and William 

 Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. .1. L. Ganl- 

 ner, was second, each showing capitHi 

 groups. 



German irises were largely shown. Fo 

 twenty-four vases the awards went t > 

 M. Sullivan, gardener to W. Whitman: 

 E, F. Dwyer & Son, and T. C. Thurlow"- 

 Sons Co, For twenty-five species o; 

 hardy herbaceous flowers Old Tow i 

 Nurseries was first. Blue Hill Nurseries 

 second, and Frederick .1. Rea third, 



F, J, Dolansky had some well-flowerc I 

 plants of Cattleya Mossia>, C. Mendellii 

 and C. gigas. He secured a silver medal 

 for two well-flowered plants of the 

 beautiful white Cattleya Mossia; Wag 

 neri. J. T. Butterworth hail a fine spec 

 imen of Miltonia vexillaria. H. Stewart, 

 gardener to Miss Cornelia Warren, had 



