The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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A Chinese Hooeysuckje Loosely Trained upon Piazza and Showing the Graceful 

 Sprays of Blooms. 



The friends of your correspondent, W. 

 .. read with interest his anto-binnfraph- 

 -■al sketch in llir I;,,i ^^.^i,A^. r-|u,.i,,llv 



it has i.rc,-)„,iv,l, ,-.|,,,.„i,.l. I.v >. i.l.' ,ii- 

 cles of friends, and both known at last, 

 as they desired to become, as skillful and 

 successful gardeners. Rix 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Bu'^incss was lively for the first four 

 .In- ..I hist week. Then came two days 

 .1 ...1,1 weather and the market weakened 

 -.iiiiiw hat. This was due to the weather 

 only in so far as it diminished tran- 

 sient trade. There were other causes. 

 The debutantes were all launched on the 

 -,.iial se.i. iiiiil tliiir wiis the usual quiet- 

 Ill -- |,ir,,',lni.j ilir ( III i-tnias rush. 



Ili'.iiiiir- -iiiliM.l III,, si. the price fall- 

 in- ;iv,:i\ .,11 ilie lii^li.T jj,-ades. Maids. 

 II III, ,,,iiiraM. Ihlil Ihoir own, as did 

 ,, Mil, 111, .11- Ml ,^.,'.1 .|iiality. In last 

 w. k > icpi.it I iipptiu to say that "Any- 

 thmj: brousrht .$2 a hundred," whereas 1 

 intended it to read that anything nice 

 brought that price. Many ordinary 



vers were then and still are sold for 

 no a hundred. 



I'he indications for Christmas point to 

 ,ery large demand, a fair supply of 



I (lass stock and a heavy supply of 

 lower grades unless the weather is 



erac. In plants business has been 

 ive. The stores have large blocks of 

 age plants in their conservatories and 

 s week will receive many flowering 

 Ills. The indications arc that we 



II see a great blooming plant Christ- 

 s. almost a little Easter in fact. 

 'niiiscttiaa and stevia. good old favor- 



side and 

 11(1 other 

 it shape. 



for 



hclly, but it is awfully risky for Cloire 

 de Lorraine and the other plants in 

 flower. 



Hugh Graham has offered a reward of 

 $oO for the capture of the person who 

 damaged his glass and plants on Dec. 7. 

 Such outrages are dastardly. It is to be 

 linrie,! til,' III iiii'l nilin will be found and 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club was held on Thursday, the 

 13th, and was the first meeting since 

 the flower show. The show committee 

 reported that there were enough funds 

 on hand to pay all prizes, and they were 

 .ndeied paid at onee. The committee was 

 , ,,iiliiiiie,l until the next meeting to 

 L'H,' ill, 111 liiii,' I. wind up all matters 



Henry J.jIuui ,:f Collinsville, 111., was 

 cleeled a member. 



X. Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., had 

 on exhibition their new late chrysanthe- 

 mum Supeiba and was given a certificate 

 of merit E W Guy of Belleville, ex- 

 hibited a fine vase of Marquis carna- 

 tions and Di A S. Halstedt showed a 

 fine vase of well-grown mixed carna- 

 tions 



F W Ude, Jr , and H. G. Ude, read 

 their essays, one on "New Carnations," 

 the othei "on "Violet Culture." and both 

 \\(ie \\p\\ received. Dr. Halstedt was 

 not piepiied to lead his essay, but will 



II iM it irid\ foi the next meeting. 



I 111 Til \t meeting of the club, on Jan. 



III Hill 111 the annual carnation meeting. 

 ;in,l grciwers of carnations are requested 

 to send new varieties. The club has 

 donated $10, divided into three prizes, 

 for .^0 blooms each. First, .$.5 ; second, 

 $3 : third, $2 ; open to local growers 

 only. 



The delinquent members were given 

 one more month to pay their dues before 

 being dropped from the rolls. 



At the next meeting there will be three 

 essavs read, one by .T. F. Ammann, one 

 by F. C. Weber, and one by Dr. Hal- 

 stedt, 'I'li.s,, wiih tlie carnation display 

 shoiiM iiiiki :i \ . 1 y interesting after- 

 noon iiiil i\ii\l,,,ly is invited regard- 

 less of iiiiiiilii'i -liip. 



The Market. 



The past week the cut flower business 

 was quite lively, especially with funeral 

 work, and very little complaint was 

 heard, and all seemed satisfied. The 

 wholesalers all feel happy. They report 



