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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



December 6, 1900. 



Bowling. 



. Charlie 

 In a long 

 B good as 



eight members present. Arthu 

 ae a new member and roll" ^ ' ' 



while. The scores made 

 usual and were as follows; 



12 3 1 •'' To. Av. 



Arthur Ellison... 140 167 17" " ' i-i "'•■ IT-J 



J.J.Beneke 13G 162 IT : M. 



C.C.Sanders 129 144 IJ- i -'■' 



Wm.AdelB 146 16H IJ' ;':; 



P.C.Weber.... 147 14" ii' w: ;■ .)7 



JohnYoung lH- i"" ll;l •■;J|^ i^jj 



Riwnter:::;:.::.:.'.': 'si i2(i m rs sbit 90 



J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Thanksgiving Day trade was very 

 good considering everytliing. Prices ex- 

 cept in a lew instances remained nor- 

 mal. Stock was not over plentiful and 

 most of the stores, both wholesale and 

 retail, closed up early in the day. The 

 weather was fine. Very few flowers 

 were worn on the streets, but it being 

 a general holiday house parties were 

 numerous and few of any account were 

 without flowers. Thanksgiving Day is 

 becoming more recognized and in a way 

 is a little Christmas to the cut flower 

 trade. 



Business continues to be fairly good. 

 Debutantes' receptions call for the most 

 flowers at present, and for these import- 

 ant events bright, sweet flowers have 

 the preference. The prevailing prices 

 are: Beauties, 50, 40, 25, 15; Brides 

 and Maids, 15, 10, 8, 6, 3, 2; Meteors, 

 12, 10, 8, 6, 3; Cusins and Morgans, 

 12, 8, 4, 3; Perles, 6, 4; Liberty, 20, 15, 

 8; Kaiserins and Carnots, 15, 10, 5, 3; 

 Golden Gates, 12, 10, 6, 3; violets, 1.50 

 to 2.50; specials, 3; valley, 4 to 6; 

 cattleyas, 50; cypripediums, 15, 12, 10; 

 carnations, 2 to 6. 



H. H. Battles, of Philadelphia, was a 

 visitor last Sunday. 



Wm. Long, in the old days, of New 

 York, but more recently of Boston, is 

 now with the "Fernery," at 14 West 

 23d street. 



Bowling;. 



Monday night saw a gala time on the 

 New York alleys, when the Flatbush 

 and New York clubs got together for 

 a friendly tussle. Those who came to 

 root for one side or the other forgot 

 the intention in the excitement of their 

 own bowling, in fact the greater por- 

 tion of the enthusiasm was on the side 

 alley where the junior teams were en- 

 deavoring to beat the scores of the sen- 

 iors, which they succeeded in doing in 

 several instances. In addition to this 

 there were several individual matches 

 which helped to keep the pot of fun boil- 

 ing. 



It was the first time any of the Flat- 

 bush men had rolled on these alleys, 

 and again their team was not their 

 strongest. It was not an even match, 

 yet it was an off night, too, with some 

 of their best men and the defeat was n 

 crushing' one. As is usual at ;>n event 

 like this there were many characteristic 

 illustrations of individual bowling pe- 

 culiarities and a photograph of some of 

 the attitudes assumed would be suffici- 

 ent to smooth out the busintss-carc 

 wrinkles on many a face. Following 

 are the scores. The return match will 

 be rolled on the Flatbush alleys Dec. 

 13th, at 8 p. m. 



NEW YORK. FLATBUSH. 



Lail^ 20t; 239 175 Zeller 171 1U9 15fi 



ROClirs 1311 ISl 133 H.Daildouze..l02 IMi 102 



OTHara 133 173 135 Schmutz 133 I.S3 163 



Siebrecht 114 113 125 Wocker 119 109 106 



Hafner 17(i 105 166 E. Dairdoiize.120 143 149 



Burns 114 ITO 126 Riley 138 166 181 



882 941 882 783 846 848 



JUNIORS. SENIORS. 



Tljlelmann 138 168 Donaldson 138 151 



Lcntz 204 157 Lerscher 222 211 



VanHolsen 163 m Taylor 89 112 



Merrlt 96 79 J.iang 73 ... 



Donlan 128 10? Elliott 136 146 



Stewart 117 



ANOTHER MATCH. 



Burns 142 142 Traendl.v I.i8 150 



Hafner 116 161 OMara 119 l.'>4 



Thlelmanu 188 168 Lang 146 162 



Roehrs ..129 133 Siebrecht 128 114 



J. I. D. 



BUFFALO. 



Various Items. 



The trade for Thanksgiving was very 

 good indeed. It seems to be an occasion 

 for the use of (lowers more and more ev- 

 ery year. There was no particular de- 

 mand for any one kind except we noticed 

 that a good many fine mums went oflf, in 

 fact it about cleaned up all the local 

 grown. 



Carnations are coming in rather more 

 freely, but we have had the most unfa- 

 vorable month of weather for both roses 

 and carnations, and perhaps that is what 

 is the matter with the violets. Some 

 good, sharp, clear weather is badly need- 

 ed. 



The Florists' Club met at the house 

 of President Kasting last week. There 

 was a large attendance and some good 

 business was done. The president ap- 

 pointed committees to handle every fea- 

 ture of the coming convention, placing, 

 we believe, the best men in the rigiil 

 places. The committees are large enough 

 and it is to he hoped that every man of 

 them will do his duty. 



From what we know there will be a 

 gay time during the holiday season. 

 Many social events are aimounced and 

 there will be no flowers going to waste 

 for the next two months. Everything 

 points to this being the best season for 

 the florist in the history of our trade. 

 And why should it not be in a growing 

 community and the country at large 

 prosperous. 



Pan-American Exposition. 



The month of Xovember just closed has 

 been one of the worst for outside work 

 that we ever remember and somewhat re- 

 tarded the finishing up of the ground 

 work around the buildings. All of the 

 buildings are about under cover and the 

 staff work and plaster is also about com- 

 plete. The interior fiiii<liincr nml decora- 

 tion will go on contim -ly until .•.miple- 



tion. Between snou >i n; m, ;iii>l ruin the 

 horticultural depai I m. nt hlhiuucI to get 

 in all the bulbs. Of hyacinths, tulips, 

 narcissus, Spanish iris and other kinds 

 there are upwards of 200,000 planted in 

 the various beds in that portion of the 

 grounds known as the Music Gardens. 

 There are upwards of 150 of the beds 

 and with few exceptions filled with spring 

 flowering bulbs, and are the exhibit of 

 many different firms. 



These beds are of all sizes, ranging 

 from a surface of 100 square feet to 

 that of 8,000 square feet. This portion 

 of the grounds, which you enter imme- 

 diately from the Elmwood gate, consists 

 of some fifteen to twenty acres and is 

 practically finished. It must present a 

 most beautiful appearance in the spring 

 as those few beds not occupied by bulbs 



will be filled with pansies. There are 

 about twenty-five of them reserved for 

 pansies, which will be planted as soon a* 

 the ground is in condition to work in 

 the spring, and a few are occupied by 

 hybrid perpetual roses, so that during 

 the month of May this part of the 

 grounds will be most attractive. A large 

 quantity of herbaceous plants has also 

 been planted in several long borders, also 

 in this part of the grounds. 



The Department of Works has also 

 planted about a quarter of a million 

 bulbs. Two long borders on each side of 

 the Cascades, each about 500 feet in 

 length by 15 feet in width, are planted 

 with a great variety of hyacinths and 

 tulips in geometrical designs. The large 

 beds destined for summer blooming 

 plants have also been filled with bulbs. 

 These must make a most brilliant show 

 in the early days of the exposition. With 

 all the inclement weather a great deal of 

 planting has been done in the neighbor- 

 hood of the island on the banks of the 

 Eastern Canal and in that portion of 

 the grounds occupied by the foreign and 

 state buildings. The last piece of struc- 

 tural iron was put on the electric tower 

 within a few days, making a total height 

 of 385 feet. Looking from the esplanade 

 over the cascades and grand basin, the 

 electric tower, with the grand architec- 

 ture of the transportation building on 

 the left, the manufactures building on 

 the right, the horticulture building to 

 the west and the government building to 

 the east, with many smaller buildings in 

 view, this will be a most imposing sight. 



The large consignment of palms, dra- 

 caenas, oranges, etc., etc., from California 

 has been carefully housed in large wood- 

 en buildings with sufficient light for their 

 welfare. As there are to be thousands 

 of feet of boxes filled with flowers and 

 drooping and climbing plants, and also 

 many hundreds of vases to adorn the 

 grounds the propagating at the green- 

 houses is going on very lively. With 

 all these and the immense amount of 

 carpet bedding that the plans call for 

 an enormous lot of plants will have to 

 be ready by the first of June. 



All who haVe seen the horticulture 

 building, the exterior of which is about 

 completed, pronounce it the most hand- 

 some structure for the purpose that has 

 ever been seen at any exposition and it 

 certainly is a beauty. The two large 

 conservatories leading from it to the 

 mines and graphic arts buildings are be- 

 ing glazed and will by the first of the 

 year be heated with steam. They are 

 large and commodious structures and ad- 

 mirably adapted to the welfare of grow- 

 ing plants. All visitors are charmed 

 with the coloring of the buildings. 

 There is a variation in all of them but 

 they are a most beautiful combination 

 of tints. 



William Scott. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



We have had very irregular weather 

 of late, and trade has followed in the 

 weather groove. At Thanksgiving it 

 was fine, just cold enough to strongly 

 suggest winter and mild enough to suit 

 the most fastidious. The shipping de- 

 mand was steady and cleaned up stock 

 (rlose. Carnations, being very scarce, 

 brought good prices, although the whole- 

 sale price did not differ materially from 

 the retail. Eoses were about equal to 

 the demand except Beauties, which were 

 scarce. Violets are in heavy demand, 



