The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Joseph Heacock's Delivery Wagcn. 



prizes for 



I- will 

 more 



respondent, 

 lys regard- 



rollini; ..II 111.' II. 'u i.'L:iikii„iii all.v-, I 

 hope III. 'II -,'..1,'- ai.' ii,,l -., -1,1, li Ihal 

 they w.aild nut lo.jk wvU in piiiit. Out 

 witii thcui and let's see the scores of 

 your usual two-hundred men. The 

 mighty Scott, the great John Berry, 

 MaufT, Zinimer and Valentine should 

 make a good team to roll at Buffalo next 

 siiinnier. J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



New Year's day, the first of the cen- 

 iry (or was it a" year Eigo?) is drawing 

 1 a close and I have just time to tell 



-1,'i'jl, 



para five I 

 for II,, «, 

 It ha- 1,. 



lusy time 

 :ood busi- 

 ere com- 

 1 demand 



falo Club ball, al ulii.li I'aliii.i ,l,.l -om,' 

 tine decorations. On Chri.stmas night all 

 parties were eclipsed by a ball given by 



steam railroail track within the city 

 limits; a st..! plant, bui.umg at an out- 

 lay of t\\.'iii\ iiiilli.,ns, and the Pan- 

 American i:\|,.i-iii.,ii that at first was 

 thought to bi' l.„al, then state, then na- 

 li.iiial, but now by millions of intelli- 



tienl I pie known to be what its name 



iiii|,li,'-. — ail-American. An exposition 

 that fur completeness, for beauty, for 

 enjoyment and delight of the finest 

 senses of man, will eclipse any exposition 

 the world has ever seen. I can hear sev- 

 eral murmurings; that say "HJold on. 

 Will, you are piling it on."" I am not, 

 but if I had the ready and beautiful 

 phraseology of an Austin Shaw I could 

 say much more and could not exaggerate 

 the beauty of this great effort on the 

 part of our people. 

 The growth of horticul 



n the past 

 1- tale and 

 i.iwn from 

 lis. or the 



enthusiast, to a great euinn,, i , iai l,n-i 

 ness; but our trade or prul.'--i.,ii i- ili.' 

 oldest on record and constanth all.'ii.i.',! 

 to all through all civilized' histories. 

 When we read of the banquets of Nero, 

 where showers of violets fell from the 

 eeilin.ir unto the guests, we must nut 



as our civilization lasts and the more 

 civilized and refined the nation becomes 

 tile more will the use of sweet flowers 

 extend. They are the pure and harm- 

 less, but welcome, messengers of love and 

 .joy, of friendship and sympathy, and, 

 rather than their use being curtailed, 

 will they be seen in the home of every 

 family throughout lb. lan.l. 



I wish all 111..-, kiii'l „ii,l .'onsideratc 



.ho 



read my note.- a \.i\ happy and pros- 

 perous New Vear. I will join them in 

 being thankful that we have lived to see 

 the end of this marvelous century. In 

 material prosperity unequaled in the 

 world past; in invention and discovery 

 of the truths of nature still more mar- 

 velous. Best of all freedom of thought 

 and the clnrinns tnitlw that s,;, .„,.,. has 

 reveal. '.L Tli.' ,l;,ik ^,'ll ,,1 ln.'-iiv has 

 been lill,"l l.,i all ii u.- »,,,,t i., see. 

 On,' liiin.li,',l .M'ai- a-,, an K|,i-,'..|'al ser- 

 mon w.inlil be largely <levoted to the 

 temperature and general conditions of 

 lull : today it is to be moral and you will 



Tlieie are greater problems for this 

 eenlin y than the one just passed. I hope 

 .;,iir .hiMren will live to see the day 

 when war will be looked on with horror 

 instead of glory; when poorhouses will 

 be vacant; when our municipal govern- 

 ment will be a pride to us instead of a 

 scandal ; when socialism of the best kind 

 will have put an end to labor troubles: 

 when there will be less religion and a 

 higher morality. To those who think 

 I use the wrong word I beg to say that 

 the correct meaning of the word religion 

 is the outward observance and when 

 peojile say a certain man is truly reli- 

 ._'i.,ii- tli.'\- 111. 'an thai 1,.' i- liighly moral. 



1 b,,|i,' all ,1 1,111,1 \\,ll 'J, I iin progi-ess- 



iiiLi a- III ih' |,:,-i hill M'ars — there is 

 I'hniv .,1 i,„iiii upwards. I hope for a 

 L'l , al, I . ,|,ialii \ ui man. And that must 



, ami till ii is here we are onlv 



.'m.'Vuim; (i.aii barbarism. W. S. " 



Christmas Trade. 



Christmas is spoken well of by the 

 craft generally, the bulb goods men being 

 the most marked dissenters, as 'expected, 

 .and the rose men generally did not come 

 out with colors flying quite so high as 

 they had hoped. Prices were not brok- 

 en, however, and the shortness of the 

 crop during the next two or three days 

 allowed time for the absorption of any 

 surplus. 



Carnations proved to be about as 

 scarce as predicted, but not quite. If 

 there was a surprise concealed in the 

 violet situation it was that the crop 

 turned out heavier than expected, and 

 that the demand exceeded expectations 

 enough to fully meet the supply at good 

 l)rices. $2 being the general figure for 

 first-class ones. 



It seemed to me personally that the 

 trade as a whole was not so heavy as it 

 ought to have been, but most others seem 

 to think I am mistaken and claim a 25 

 to .'!5 per cent increase. Several of the 

 retailer-- in th,- . ity did not handle thfe 

 sup)ily ..f I..-.- ih.-y bargained for so 

 advania'j, .,ii-l\ ,,- tln-y hoped, even with 

 the as-i-i;i,i,. ,,i h.'avy orders for ex- 



\,,t III a ll\ t,,\\ ;ii ,|s the lend of the week 

 I 'i,' 'III ,'f all kill, Is exceeded the always 

 liLilil il.'iiiaii.l iif that date and prices 

 bi'gan lo melt. This is a dangerous 

 symptom always and I fear it will be 



