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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



291 



funeral woik auii a good counter trade. 



\"iry few fakirs are now seen on llie 

 etreels a- llciwcrs are too expensive for 



Tlic lu-r inniUct li.i- >"c'H very good. 

 The li-l l;,..uln- -mI,| Im„,, lt" I.> 50 

 cent- ■ .1' li iii'i 11. I hill. -.11. .■ .11 lliat. 

 Brill.- .n,.i M.M.I- I, n 1 11 ■ I de- 

 mand .It li . ii; .^.1 1" >^ ; I'.i N- .111.1 \\ not- 

 tons, $2 to .•;il; .\leleors and Cl.il.len 

 Gates, $4 to $8. Perles are ratlier 

 scarce. 



Carnations are <;rand in qnalily and 

 the d.'nian.l i;r.'al. DavhrcaU, Scott, 

 White Cl.iu.l an.l ('ran,, aiv I.M.Ued for 

 the )ii..-i. I'aii.v stuck l.rintrs $->SM to 

 $3, I. Ml >' I- iili.iiit tlie average price. 

 The t III. I 'i < 11 nation Co.'s stock has 

 agriMi I I -. Ill- Dunford's and Kloclv- 

 enki'iiii..'i - -t..i k. 



The biillj >l.ii.l< >ii.iii.n..l ii|i -.iiiiiwliat 

 lust week. Bol h I;, i.i.ui- iml ].aper 

 whites sell at $■> an.l .- : . n .-i,i-, si. .50; 

 valh-v, S-J to .'ti4; dall.i.lil.-, .s4. Callas 

 liavc'a ..i.ui.l rail at 1.". c.^nt, each. 



Violets arc in line demand with plenty 

 of them on hand at 40 cents per 100 

 and 30 cents in 1.000 h.ts f.ir the best. 

 Californias, small sinj;h' ami il.iulilc, are 

 out of the market. 



Various Iteins. 



Oui M-it 1 Mas wiLk IS oui old fiiend, 

 A L \ in.hin Kjnsintins Hagemann 

 & M<\ 1 \ \ ^ il I I \ 1 I poits that 

 the 1 II I i 1 1 I II in evei 



] 111 \ \ I lid thtii up 



town si 1 I II I I nil the one \i 



G2i (Hn( sti I \li Win 1 Uibon %\ill 

 soon ](i\( t(« txlitoinii loi his hi ilth 



John (,)ninn the l\oith Gland a\tnue 

 floiist, itioits good trade duiing the 

 present month. 



The club meeting which will be held 

 Thursday afternoon, February 14, at 3 

 o'clock sliDuld be well attended as the 

 annual rose show will be held. The 

 prizes of ^5. $3 and $2 for the best vase 

 of .50 riiscs is for the local growers only. 

 Entri.- ill,- fillins' up fn^t and a gi'eat 

 show i- ,\|.r. i,.i| III,. -Ii,.w committee 

 will iiiik,- II- liii.il i..|M.ii and the new 

 one will ii,' ;i|,|.,,iiii,.,l tor this year's 

 show. I'.vii \ 1,. „l\ 1- iinii,',]. regardless 

 of nieniljcr-lij|i, l'M-i,l,iii (iuy and Sec- 

 crctary S.lira \ ,\|i.,i 1 1 1. largest attend- 

 ance in the liisl.ny .,l llic club. 



Bowling. 



The bowling club had a good time Monday 

 night, nine members being present. A. L. 

 Vaughan was a visitor and rolled two good 

 games. The f,,llowing scores were made: 



1- 3. 3. 4. Total. Av. 



C. A. Kuchn 170 147 190 204 711 178 



J. W. Kunz nil ISO 192 150 662 165 



J. J. Beneke 147 ISO 171 156 654 163 



F. C. Weber 1.58 188 125 471 157 



Will Adels 169 179 109 153 610 152 



C. C. Sanders 141 148 .. 289 144 



F. M. Ellis 124 91 128 343 115 



John Young 91 100 152 343 115 



Theo. Miller 99 115 104 SIS 106 



A. L. Vaughan 173 1S9 .. 362 ISl 



J. J. B. 



A FUMIGATOR. 



I send you a ilrawini,' ,,f a tobacco fumi- 

 gator tliat I designed myself and which I 

 find superior to anything else of the sort 

 I have ever tried. 



In using it I first break or cut up corn- 

 cobs iir small pieces and soak them in coal 

 oil for future use. I put one of these 

 pieces in the bottom of the fumigator, 

 light it and set a bunch of stems on the 

 blaze. Then I roll up a bunch of stems 

 that have been made quite damp, about 

 3 inches in diameter and 12 to 20 inches 

 long, using ties of common wrapping 

 thread 3 or 4 inches apart, and set one 

 end of this on the fire, the roll being held 



upright by the wire frame. As it burns 

 away the ties will be loosened one by one, 

 and if the stems are quite damp and 

 rolled tight it will last one or two hours. 

 If not so damp, of course it will burn out 

 sooner. 



There is no danger of the stems blaz- 



ing. I find the tightly inclosed fumi- 

 gators burn out before they are very old. 

 This one never gets hot on top and will 

 last for a long time. J. Baldwix. 



Lafayette, Ind. 



BALTIMORE. 



Various Items. 



We have had here the first snow of the 

 winter, about six inches in the suburbs, 

 and not melted yet, but going down 

 slowly to replenish the springs below, 

 which is greatly needed, so severe a win- 

 ter drought as that prevailing being very 

 rare in this locality. 



For the week ending with this writ- 

 ing (Jan. 28) trade has been very good, 

 though the scarcity of flowers is remark- 

 able. The crops of nearly all growers 

 appear to be oil' at once, and the stores 

 find some difficulty in securing their 

 daily supplies, while the exchange has 

 been at times completely bare. Prices, 

 consequently, both of carnations and 

 roses, are advancing. Some good 

 mignonette is coming in, and the supply 

 of violets is enlarging. Of greens, 

 sniila.x is overabundant, but asparagus 

 is scarce. Sprengeri does not take the 

 place here of plumosus and can only be 

 substituted for it when the latter is not 

 readily had. Yet for masses and heavy 

 work it is very effective. 



The Carnation Meeting. 



The interest in the carnation meeting 

 and show naturally increases. For the 

 exhibition, which, of course, will be a 

 free one, 10,000 tickets have been print- 



ed, and these will be distributed through 

 the agency of the florists of the city. 

 This serves the double end of making 

 them responsible for the character of the 

 attendance, and, as there is no other way 

 in which admission may be secured, 

 their customers will feel a certain sense 

 of appreciation of the favor shown in 

 their receipt. 



In the hall the exhibits will be placed 

 on low benches, so that the flowers will 

 be seen from above, and thus to more ad- 

 vantage than when the stages are high. 



The committee on general arrange- 

 ments and the banquet held a meeting 

 this evening. It is expected that the 

 ma\,ii of 111,- , ily and the president of 

 (he' [ill I. ...iiiini '-i,in will both be pres- 

 ent :,.|.I I, -ji.imI I,, suitable toasts. As 

 to til, i.:i-t, it>,lf, of course the bi- 

 valves, the Malacleniiiiv- |,;ilii-tM-. and 

 the ducks, which liav, niol,- to- re- 

 gion famous as a ji;i-ii.i ■' ■ , ntor, 



will under the inspimi- aii,,u,ju of 

 Mr. Sei,lcwitz, be marshaled in in the 

 nii»( ajiproved shapes. 



.\il,l t,> the list of those erecting new 

 greenli, u-,.-. r.,,l,.it L. Graham, who is 

 aboui -iiiiinL' luo, each 20x100 feet, for 

 rose-. Ill hi- |ila,.. at Waverly. And 

 yet oiil,\ .,n,. Ini.l year ago he put it 

 on iinbiic lecord that he would never, 

 never build another! 



The ealla continues to succumb to dis- 

 ease and many growers find themselves 

 .■ntirelv denuded of stock. Rix. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



r.n-iness continues very good with 

 some and fairly good with the great ma- 

 jority. It has been and promises to 

 eontinue to lie a prosperous season for 

 the ll,i«. 1 a 11,1 plant trade. Some kinds 

 of iinpoiMiii -1,1, k has been exception- 

 ally .-. .11. , .1- , ,.iii|i,ued with other years, 

 pailieularl.N »ii uith good roses. The 

 weather, of course, is always a most 

 powerful element in the business, and it 

 is onlv natural to heap the blame upon 

 it. 



It has been a very mild winter in New 

 York ; so far very little snow has fallen 

 and bright frosty days have been few as 

 eoni]Kii..l 1,1 III,, ilark and murky ones. 

 Kosi. .ji,.,,, I- hix. bad considerable trou- 

 ble ill -iMhliiiu iliiir scant output into 

 the iiiiiiiiii, 11,1.1, . -jiades one hears quoted 

 on 111, 111.1 1 k. I . mill exceptionally high 

 pric.v- liin. Ii.i'ii a lonsequent outgrowth 

 of insiilli, 1,111 -apply. 



Following are the prices per 100 that 

 prevail in this market at present, the 

 grades being special, fancy, extra, No. 1, 

 No. 2 and No. 3: Beauties, 75, 60, 50, 

 20, 10; Brides and Maids, 30, 20, 15, 10, 

 .5; Meteor, 20, 15, 12, C, 3; Liberty, 50, 

 30. 20, 15, 8; Golden Gate, 20, 15, 8, 3; 

 Brunners, 75, 50; Cusins and Morgans 

 (only extra and No. 1 and 2 offered), 

 15, 8, 3; Cattleyas, 50; violets, 50 to 

 1.50; valley, 2 to 3; smilax, 15 to 20; 

 carnal i.n-. ..r.Iinaiv, 1.50; fancy, 4 to 

 (i; a>i„ii,i.i,-. ,-,n 



S|iniiu il,m,i-. ,.-|iccialIy of the bulb- 

 ous lin, . Ill,, li,, ,.1 .^- very plentiful, and 



of course it i- ni ,ii- 



a-fairly goo.l -Ii..\\ ,. 



other. And tlaii a ;j 



flowering plant?, ili 



Faster, are appearing 



er combinations, will, n i- ili .iiulir. lo- 



er the market values e..ii-i.l..i .ilily with 



the next two weeks. 



\'ery many of the florists have bei 



Iter to make 

 bing or an- 

 qnantity of 

 nmncrs of 

 I- nith oth- 



