The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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vert, Edgar Sanders, C. A. Hunt, J. C. 

 Vau^hnn, T. Earl, J. B. Deamud, J. S. 



\\,\>,.n. U^illn Ki.lilln-. Edwin Eagle, 

 <; I Ci ml. I. I \ItlllnJ,^ Frank lien- 

 ^jiVn^ \.hlM■^^ l'..ii-.ii .iiid a lioat of Others 



Collee and sandwiclios were served in 

 the packing room before taking the train 

 for honve. All agreed that the time spent 

 on this excursion had been well spent. 

 It was the largest bunch of florists ever 

 got together on oni- train in this city 

 and there was no sliort count in the 

 bunch. 



Various Items. 



A full report of the last uVceting of the 

 Florists' Club will be found elsewhere in 

 this number. At the next meeting of 

 the club, to be held Friday evening, Feb. 

 1, the subject of greenhouse construction 

 will be taken up. The program includes 

 a paper on "Iron construction Of green- 

 houses versus wood," by W. N. Rudd, 

 and one upon "Saving of space and other 

 benefits of the iron gutter and iron 

 posts," by Geo. M. Garland. The rapidly 

 increasing use of the iron gutter and iron 

 post construction in this vicinity and 

 the great satisfaction expressed by those 

 who have used it, makes this subject a 

 peculiarly interesting one and there is 

 sure to be a large audi'enee to hear Mr. 

 Garland's paper, which it is understood 

 will present all the various points as 

 clearly as they can be set forth. 



McKellar & Winterson have been mak- 

 ing furth'er changes in their store, this 

 time adding several hundred feet of deep 

 glass eases for the storing of baskets and 

 various supplies. Their stock of supplies 

 is wonderfully varied and though they 

 have a big floor space room is at a 

 premium. 



Billy Kyle, at Kennicott Bros. Co., is 

 rejoicing over the arrival of a 10-lb boy 

 that made his advent last Sunday. M. 

 F. Kyle came in from Kalamazoo to see 

 his grandson, it being the first that will 

 be able to call him grandpa. 



John Zech's little girl has recovered 

 from the scarlet fever, but is now suf- 

 fering from an attack of rheumatism, 

 undoubtedly an after result of the fever. 

 Mr. C. Lawnrake Finley, of Joliet, was 

 a recent visitor. Mr. Finley isn't rak- 

 ing any lawns just now but says he will 

 have enough machines to rake all the 

 important lawns in the country by spring. 

 During his stay in the city Mr. Jas. 

 Souden became a warm admirer of the 

 humid game of basket ball. 



The bowlers play their next series of 

 league games this Thursday evening. It 

 • is expected that the team will visit Mil- 

 waukee next Saturday evening and do up 

 the bowlers "that made Milwaukee fa- 

 mous." 



Among other recent visitors Were 

 Henry Smith and Eli Cross, Grand Rap- 

 ids, Mich., and B. Hasselbring, Flint, 

 Mich. 



Chas. Schweigert will soon add a new 

 house, 15x100 to his range at Niles Cen- 

 ter. 



A. F. Amling's new addition at May- 

 wood will consist of two houses 36Jxl50 

 each. 



winter, with the mercury as low on Sat- 

 urday night as 8 degrees. Today (Jan. 

 21) it is April again with southerly 

 winds, and by turns scudding clouds or 

 an empyrean of spotless azure. 



Trade has li.'cn nnu-ually hri.sk, begin- 

 ning on Al l:i> will, iiiLMil M.ni.nnU fn. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade and Personal Items. 

 This climate of ours is equal to any- 

 thing! Within a week we have had vernal 

 skies and balmy airs, and, by way of 

 variety, an arctic storm, the worst of the 



week, nn.l | .-in- >>■' I'" "" 



one. .Ml -•'!<■"' il"" 'I - 'ii'l '■' ' ■'"- ''■'*'' 



been eil-j-'i I \ .nrjhl . .i ml I 1m I r li.i -. lieen 



a notalil.' li..i 1 ■:-• "II L i lull, 1 ii^rs, 



espccialU iMMUlir, .111.1 pM.l,-, l.ciii- no- 

 ticeably laeUing. Carnal inii., have not 

 l)ecn overabundant, but the cold of Satur- 

 day night caused the market people to 

 abandon business and dispose of their 

 stocks to the stores. Pros]>ects are im- 

 proving, and from now on a more regular 

 supply may be counted on, as the sun 

 o-ains in power and brightness. 



The funeral alluded to above was that 

 of a woman of fashion, with large connec- 

 tions and of wide society acquaintance. 

 The decorations, which wei'e by John 

 Cook, were profuse and handsome, the 

 grave being lined with greens and pink 

 roses, a huge pall of violets covering it, 

 and the wreaths, bunches and designs 

 which were sent by friends numbering, 

 according to the newspaper stories, sev- 

 eral hundred. One reporter, in his ambi- 

 tion to make a sounding narrative, d'c- 

 clared that in respect to the quantity of 

 flowers sent it was one of the most nota- 

 ble funerals ever seen in this city, there 

 being over 300 designs, "estimated by a 

 leading florist to represent a cash value 

 of $10,000." Of course about one-fifth of 

 this large sum Would have been nearer the 

 mark, but unquestionably the event made 

 an active local demand; and the influence 

 will be widely felt to the advantage of the 

 trade, since the example will be followed ; 

 whereas, had the some-time notice been 

 given in the announcement of this social 

 leader's funeral that "it is requested no 

 flowers be sent," a similar request would 

 have obtained in other cases. 



The Florists' Exchange celebrated last 

 Monday another year of its existence, the 

 volum'e of business done considerably ex- 

 ceeding that of the preceding year. This 

 is the clearing house for the producers 

 and retailers of this location. It remains 

 under the management of Mr. Alexander 

 Scott, who has long been in charge, and 

 who is painstaking, courteous and oblig- 

 ing, and, above all, possessed of the confi- 

 dence of those who do business with the 

 establishm'ent. Its quarters are small, 

 cramped, but there are some signs that 

 before long some change will be made 

 which will add to its eflSciency and to the 

 comfort and convenience of patrons and 

 'employes. 



The liberal employment for the decorat- 

 ors at the Astor ball and the Vanderbilt- 

 French wedding of Golden Gate roses 

 promises to bring added popularity to 

 that lovely variety. W'e are told by some 

 of the storekeepers that the public is be- 

 ginning to ask for this rose by name, and 

 the demand for it, which is deserved by 

 its merits, will b'e increased by the hall 

 stamp of social approval. A vase of fine 

 specimens of this rose may usually be 

 seen in the window of Wm. J. Halliday, 

 and Mr. Moss recently exhibited at the 

 Gardeners' Club some beautiful examples 

 of what superior culture will do for it. 



One of the daily papers reports that at 

 a meeting of the club one of the savants of 

 the State Agricultural College d'elivered 

 a lecture on "Bacteria on Plants, and 

 their Diseases," and spoke chiefly of the 



"Calla Rat" and the spot on violeU. Of 

 the terras in which he spoke of this new 

 type of rodent no mention was made. 



Active preparations arc being made for 

 the reception and entertainment of the 

 ei.iiiin" Carnation Convention. A com- 

 iiiitli ."'hn-? been raised to arrange for the 

 j ,,|,,,i,t .iiel Mi l'".dwin a. Scidewitz has 

 1, ,, ,|,,,wiii-l ii^ chairman, as well as 

 ,],l,,,,i.,l {•< :mi lis toastmaster. As Mr. 

 S.idewilz is a resident (and mayor) of 

 Annapolis, which may be regarded as the 

 vciy center almost of the oyster and ter- 

 rapin industry, his experience is likely 

 to "ive him peculiar fitness for the first 

 important post, and he will doubtless 

 prov.' in the second capacity not only elo- 

 quent himself but a provoker of eloquence 

 in others. ,, , , . 



The bogus check man recently made His 

 ■idvent in Baltimore. After "doing" Chas. 

 K Smith and John Eberhart, his career 

 was stopped by William J. Halliday, who 

 detained him until an officer was called 

 by iilione, and he now languishes behind 



Buildinc greenhouses continues. Geo. V. 

 Smith acquired several houses and their 

 appurtenances from the directors of the 

 citv jail, who have gone out of the flor- 

 ists business, and has erected with the 

 material several large houses on his place 

 on the York road at Waverly. Mr. S., 

 who for many years has had a store in 

 the east end, has now started anoth'er at 

 the west, on Madison avenue. Fred. C. 

 Bauer, Govanstown, has built an addi- 

 tional house, 14 by 75 feet, has it already 

 filled with callas and young pink and 

 white Cochet roses (which become more 

 and more popular) and is looking around 

 for a site for the next one. 



Halliday Brothers had a decoration re- 

 cently where one table was adorned with 

 Genevieve Lord carnations exclusively, 

 and Robert H. says it was the prettiest 

 sicht in its line he ever saw. His en- 

 do'isement of Lord is emphatic, and our 

 experience leads us to endorse the en- 

 dorsement of the capable and knowing 

 President of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety. ^^■ 



ST. LCXJIS. 



The Market. 

 Trade for the past week has been 

 rather brisk with all kinds of work 

 plenty. There was but little stock cora- 

 in" in though which was unfortunate 

 tor those who had large orders to fill. 

 The quality of the roses that are now 

 coming in is very poor. Nearly all the 

 local as well as shipping growers are 

 olT crop and with the exception of viol- 

 ets and carnations the supply is not equal 

 to the demand. 



American Beauties have been very 

 scarce all week. The call for them, how- 

 ever, has not been large and the price 

 remains about the same as reported last 

 week. Good Brides and Bridesmaids are 

 received in limited numbers only and 

 not enough to go around. The best are 

 sold as high as $0 and $8 though poorer 

 stock could be had for $4 a 100. Mete- 

 ors, Perles and other roses seem about 

 the same. The wholesale men claim they 

 never saw stock in roses so scarce as it 

 is at present. 



Carnations show a great improvement 

 in quality. The sliipraents are quite 

 large, more so than heretofore, and bet- 

 tcr'prices are being realized. Very lit- 

 tle inferior stock is coming in now. 

 Prices the past week were from $2 to 



