November 29, 1000. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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was some keen eompetilion. Tlie silver 

 cup for best lifly blooms was captured 

 by Miller & Sons, of IJracondale, On- 

 tario, Can., for their new white ehrys- 

 anthcmuni, Timothy Eaton; these were 

 of immense size, and created a favorable 

 impression on all who saw them. Second 

 prize went to A. Ilerrington for lifty 

 Golden Wedding. Twcnty-Mve blooms, 

 Iwentv-live variidies, Win. Se.dt lirsl 



exed. Irii i.d. Iii>l. .1. .\lr\irliul. Ten 

 hite, lirst, William ScoU. Ten yellow, 

 rst, Wm. Scott. Ten any color, first, 

 HI. Duckhani. John N. May exhibited 

 beautiful lot of pompons and his new 



It was a guild shou and was well at- 

 tended. J. W. Withers was manager 

 and the judges were Wni. Turner, An- 

 drew Grierson and Albert Small. 



The Horse Show. 



The great National Horse show at the 

 Madison Square Garden is an event 

 eagerly looked forward to by society and 

 every florist in these parts. It is quite 

 safe to say that no other event on this 

 continent oira-inn- 111. -ame expendi- 

 ture. Millii'ic 11. |.. Ill .111 dresses for 

 this affair, ami iImh mil unce upon a 

 time were spent im llu'.'.eis. As the 

 years ]:ass along, liowevei-, less flowers 

 are being worn, and this must not be at- 

 tributed to a lack of devotion to (lowers 

 but to the increasing elaborateness of 

 dress. Madame or miss refuses to hide 

 her rare lace or embroidered vest behind 

 a mass of flowers, and then, j-ou know. 



Some prize- winning blooms at the Mt. Kisco, N. Y., show. 



Stock is flabby and off color and crops 

 are all astray. Chrysanthemums are on 

 the decline in supply, though there will 

 be more than sufficient for the wants 

 for some time to come. Poor stock, poor 

 business, would describe the situation in 

 brevity. Once in a while a little good 

 stock comes to town and there is a raid 

 on it, but the average supply is poor and 

 the unusually warm weather is respon- 

 sible. From present indications, many 

 large growers tell us, the supply of good 

 American Beauties for Christmas looks 

 very dubious; but few buds are showing 

 80 far. There is, however, every pros- 

 pect for an immense trade whether it 

 be in plants or flowers or both and grow- 

 ers are putting forth every effort to be 

 in a position to supply that demand. 



Following are the prevailing prices 

 per 100, the range being from the best 

 down to the poorest grades: Beauties, 

 40, 25, 20, 15, 5; Brides and Maids, 12, 

 10, 8, 6, 2; Meteors, 12, 10, 8, 3, 1; 

 Chisins and Morgans, 12, 10, 8, 4, 2; 

 Kaiserins and Carnots, 15, 12, 8, 6, 2; 

 Perles, 4; Liberties, 15, 8; carnations, 3 

 to 1; violets, 2 to 1 ; valley, 3 to 2; 

 cattleyas, 5 per doz.; cypripediums, 

 $12.50 per 100; gardenias, 3 per doz. 



The Exhibition. 

 At the American Institute show some 

 very fine blooms were shown, in fact, 

 none better were seen at the shows this 

 year. Julius Eoehrs staged a choice as- 

 sortment of foliage and flowering plants; 

 Lager & Hurrell some choice orchids; 

 Siebrecht & Sons exhibited a few speci- 

 men ferns and palms. There was very 

 little competition in classes for plants. 



mum Yanariva was in good form here. 



C. W. Ward, of Queens, showed an el- 

 egant lot of carnations, among which 

 Gov. Roosevelt and another new crimson 

 were the stars. There was also a very 

 good yellow seedling in the batch, and 

 the exhibit attracted considerable at- 

 tention. The Briar Cliff Greenhouses 

 were the largest exhibitors in carnation 

 classes; they won first on collection and 

 several firsts and seconds in other 

 classes. Chris Besold showed his new 

 Admiral Cervera, a Spanish combination 

 of color, and Goethe, a charming pink 

 seedling. Weber & Sons, of Oakland, 

 Md., exhibited several vases of their fine 

 seedlings; a white, labeled 110, similar 

 to Flora Hill, was favorably commented 

 on; a pink, No. 11, very much like Gen- 

 evieve Lord, was awarded a certificate 

 of merit. Geo. M. Hall and Wm. Turner 

 put up fine vases of carnations. The 

 former showed Lawson in fine form and 

 won first in the class for varieties. 



J. M. Feeter won first in violets with 

 a bunch of fifty. Nathan Smith & Sons, 

 Adrian, Mich., exhibited some new chrys- 

 anthemums and a choice collection of 

 cypripediums. 



Wm. Turner showed a fine vase of 

 Liberty. The first prize for twelve 

 Beauties went to Dr. Seward Webb's 

 gardener; second, Wm. Turner. First 

 for Carnots to G. M. Hay, who also won 

 first on Bridesmaids, and Geo. Hale's 

 Morgans were well worth the first prize 

 they won. A vase of Dailledouze Bros.' 

 new carnation Prosperity was the center 

 of a group of admiring gardeners; it 

 looks as if all must have this in their 

 collections next season. 



there are the diamonds, which must get 

 a fair chance to sparkle. 



We visited the horse show to see what 

 flowers were worn, and out of 150 ladies 

 occupying the boxes twenty-five wore 

 violets, fifty wore chrysanthemums; 

 there was a spattering of orchids and 

 roses among the remainder. In the sec- 

 ond grade seats the wearing of flowers, 

 both violets, chrysanthemums, roses and 

 carnations, was more general, and 

 though the great majority of florists may 

 not have noticed increased sales it is 

 safe to assume that an event like the 

 horse show is of immense benefit to the 

 florist trade still. No sane man can ex- 

 pect a doubling up of prices for it, 

 though; those times are gone when such 

 was possible. 



Various Items. 

 It has been a bad year so far on prices, 

 and in consequence there has been con- 

 siderable hard thinking done in the 

 greenhouses. It cannot be helped, boys, 

 such things will occur again, and it will 

 be worse in years to come, for the reason 

 that many farmers are stopping the cul- 

 tivation of cabbage and corn and are 

 going into the growing of violets, roses, 

 etc., etc. The business has more and 

 more become like that of the races — the 

 best horse comes first. The track is wide. 

 Growers hereabouts tell us it has been 

 a difiicult fall on roses; good grades of 

 stock are scarce ; Beauties, most of all, 

 seem to be off crop at present; it is bet- 

 ter to have them so now than when 

 they will be more badly wanted and 

 crops which are off now will stand a 

 better chance to be in again for Christ- 



