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The Weekly Rorists' Review, 



mas. And doii"t have any doubts about 

 it, Christmas is going to be very good, 

 especially for (lowering plants and bas- 

 kets of mixed plants — have your stock 

 good. Cattleyas have .suddenly become 

 very scarce and consequently more re- 

 spected; good blooms bring 60 cents. 

 Carnations piomise to be good and plen- 

 tiful this season; they to a considerable 

 extent help out the shortage on roses 

 just now. 



Every grower seems to have a new 

 seedling. Chris Besold, of Mineola, has 

 perhaps the most remarkable seedling 

 carnation seen this year. The color is 

 sublime pink and on that account — in- 

 dependent of technicalities — there is a 

 great future before it. Mr. Besold has 

 named it Goethe. 



Some of the principal retail establish- 

 ments made horsey displays last week. 

 Some transformed their windows into 

 saddlers' shops, stables and carriage 

 houses. The Waldorf-Astoria was very 

 prettily decorated by Small & Sons. A 

 large quantity of wild smilax, ever- 

 greens, palms and yellow mums were 

 used, and the work was well done. 



If any one wants to see Liberty grow- 

 ing, or inquire about it, Wra. Turner, 

 gardener to Wm. Rockefeller, has a house 

 of it in full bloom. Mr. Turner has been 

 showing some grand blooms of it at all 

 the shows, and he informed us he has 

 been cutting the rose by armfuls. He 

 considers it easy to grow and a good 

 rose. 



John Condon, the Greenwood cemetery 

 florist, held a chrysanthemum show at 

 the Eden Musee, and for a one man's 

 show it was very creditable. ITie cen- 

 ter of the main hall was laid out with 

 benches of pot plants, and at the sides 

 were arranged some good blooms on 

 boards. There were many of Mr. Keen- 

 an's seedlings on exhibition; they are 

 called after more or less popular names. 

 Richard Croker is a claret red with 

 tiger-like whiskers; T. C. Piatt is white, 

 like Tom's grey beard; Paul Kruger is 

 a bronze red, like the mouth of his 

 cannon, we are told; David Harum, a 

 pink anemone, is good. There were sev- 

 eral good new chrysanthemums in Mr. 

 Condon's exhibit, and they deserve to be 

 watched. 



It is expected that the next exhibition 

 of the American Rose Society, to be held 

 in March next, will take place at the 

 Waldorf-Astoria. Negotiations are in 

 progress for same. C. W. Ward's house 

 of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, both for 

 present use and Christmas supply, is 

 a picture worth traveling a long way 

 to see. The stock is grand. 



Bobbink & Atkins have received and 

 are shipping an immense stock of aza- 

 leas. We never saw a better average of 

 quality. 



Bowling. 



The New York Bowling Club decided 

 to invite the Flatbush bowlers to play 

 an informal match on the alleys at 

 19 St. Mark's Place, New York City, on 

 next Monday evening. Last Monday ev- 

 ening the scores were: 



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Ler8chor..l-.0 147 143 Ma.v l,-.:i 



OM.ira ....101 140 131i Duckham. i).". 



J. I. D. 



Increase your foreman's ability by 

 giving him a copy of our Florists' Man- 

 ual — prepaid for $5.00. 



The Markeu 



Business was reported good the past 

 week from all over the city, and espe- 

 cially so in the West End, where they 

 furnish the decorations for nearly all 

 the fashionable weddings and parties. 

 The downtown florists claim that' trans- 

 ient trade was never better, and fu- 

 neral work is plentiful. The whole- 

 salers report that stock of all kinds is 

 plentiful, and both local and shipping 

 trade brisk. 



Chrysanthemums are abundant, but 

 the price on them has not been so high 

 as it was and they have ceased to be a 

 factor in depressing prices on other 

 stock. Good blooms are now bought 

 for $10 and $12.50, and from that down 

 to $5 per 100. 



Thanksgiving day prices go into ef- 

 fect today (Mondaj'). 



The roses coming to this market 

 have improved in quality. Beauties 

 have been scarce and the best brought 

 20 cents and from that down to 5 cents 

 for shorts. Fred Ammann, Joe Heinl 

 and Geo. Kellogg are sending in the 

 best, and as the demand is good thej- 

 bring top prices. Brides and maids are 

 good, some of them extra fancy. Kaiser- 

 ins and Meteors sell well and Perles 

 and Carnots have a good call, selling 

 from $2 to $6 per 100. 



Carnations are unsurpassed in qual- 

 ity just now, and all the new fancy va- 

 rieties sell out clean at $2 and $3 ; other 

 varieties, such as Scott, Daybreak, 

 Flora Hill and Portia, bring $1 and 

 $1.50. The latter are quite plentiful 

 just now, but by the end of this week 

 the market will find them scarce, as 

 Thanksgiving Day will use many thou- 

 sands of all kinds. 



Violets are extremely scarce, and the 

 few warm days the past week did them 

 no good, and this week, when plenty of 

 them could be sold, few will come in; 

 50 cents is asked for the best Califor- 

 nia's and 25 cents for singles; no dou- 

 bles to be had. 



Romans and paper white narcissus 

 are in the market in good shape and are 

 plentiful from the jump. Romans sell 

 at $3 and .$4; paper wliitos, $4; stevia, 

 $1 per 100. Smilax sells at $12.50, with 

 plenty of it in the market, and the de- 

 mand good. 



Notes. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held here on Thursday, Dec. 

 13, at 3 o'clock, and will be an import- 

 ant niic. A report will be made by the 

 exliiliii i'lii .niiiniiUoe on the last show, 

 aii.l \l.--i-, I Mr. llalstedt and Ude, Jr., 

 will ir:Ml III, 11 essays. President Guy 

 expel U I \erv iiieiiiber of the club to be 

 present. Tlic meeting will be called 

 promptly at 3, as it will be quite lengthy. 



Martin Reukauf is in town, represent- 

 ing H. Bayersdorfer & Co., selling hol- 

 iday novelties. 



Otto Fehrlin, late of Galveston, Texas, 

 hag located in St. Louis, having bought 

 out the Vale of Cashmere Company's 

 place in Grand avenue. Mr. Fehrlin re- 

 ports that he is doing quite well, and we 

 hope he will continue so. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers reports business 

 good. The opening of the Castle Square 

 Opera Company at Music Hall kept her 

 busy the past week. 



John M. Hudson is nut and around 

 again looking better than for a long 



time. John is talking of opening a store 

 downtown during the holidays. 



Chas. Connon, Sr., of Webster Grove, 

 is reported very sick. Mr. Connon is 

 still abed, but much improved at this 

 writing. 



Charlie Kuehn and J. J. Beneke are 

 now members of the Marquette Bowling 

 club, which is a member of the city 

 league. They are still members of the 

 Florists' club, and bowl every Monday 

 night. The Marquettcs are third in the 

 race of the clubs. Arthur Ellison and 

 Billy Adels are members of the Court 

 House team of the same league. 



Ellison & Tesson will close their up- 

 town store some time next month and 

 will do their business at (!25 Olive street, 

 which is their downtown branch. 



Frank Ellis, Chas. Kuehn and Henry 

 Berning, our wholesale men, are making 

 great preparations for supplying the 

 trade during the holidays. Now that we 

 have three houses the trade will not 

 have to suffer for the want of good stock 

 and plenty of it. All report good orders 

 ahead for Thanksgiving Day. 



Bowling. 



A WESTERN PLANT. 



Few who have met the genial Mr. J. 

 F. Wilcox, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, un- 

 derstand that while he is one of the 

 largest growers of cut flowers in the 

 country this is only a department of 

 his business. In addition to his great 

 range of glass devoted to cut flowers 

 he grows plants and vegetables on a 

 very large scale and also has an exten- 

 sive fruit farm 



We present herewith a group of 

 views showing the different departments 

 of his diversified business. He has a 

 total of 500,000 feet of glass and in the 

 cut flower department alone 5,000 tons 

 of coal are used annually. 



Besides his large trade in Council 

 Bluffs and Omaha he ships his cut flow- 

 ers and vegetables into every western 

 state and to many of the larger cast- 

 em eilies. He sends thousands of pack- 

 aj.- .iiiiiiullv to Denver, Salt Lake 

 ( iiy, I'.iillanil. Chicago, St. Louis, Cin- 

 einiiiii. ill hill, all the principal cities 

 III' Die \\e~i .mil middle west. His store 

 is located at 521 Broadway, where he 

 supplies the local demand for flowers 

 and plants of every description. A de- 

 partment of Mr. Wilcox's business that 

 has immensely grown in importance dur- 

 ing the last few years in his horse- 

 radish factory. Thirty acres of ground 

 is devoted exclusively to raising horse- 

 radish, which is giated by steam and 

 specially prepared and bottled for him. 

 This product, also, is shipped all over 

 the country. 



As a grower of cut flowers Mr. Wil- 

 cox has acquired an enviable reputa- 

 tion. The roses and carnations he sent 

 to one of the Chicago club's displays 

 one winter created quite a stir, especi- 

 ally his Beauties. 



