Febblarv 14, 1001. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



353 



on as a potent factor iir developing a 

 taste for fine carnations. From such in- 

 formation as lias reached those in charge 

 it is liilieved the number and quality of 

 till' llowirs will not be behind former 



The l)anquet to the society will be held 

 in the same hall with the show, and it 

 is hopicl to be an agreeable inciderrt of 

 the meeting. . 



A number of society ladies are showing 

 a lively interest in the display. Amongst 

 others, Jlrs. T. Harrison Garrett, who 

 will make a fine show of orchids and 

 stove plants, which will contribute mark- 

 edly to the rxti'iit and appcarairce of the 

 exhibition. 



A ladic-' an.xiliary committee has 

 been selected to look after the comfort 

 of any ladies who may attend the meet- 

 ing. Rix. 



NEW YORK. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular ii,..,nl,K „„Tii„._,- ..( il,r 

 Florists' Club, InM m, \|.-imI,i\ ni.^lil 



last, was well attfn.lr.l I mi hii-i:i-t !.■ 



The by-laws were i li;i irjnl . iii|icm,i in- 

 the president to a|i|i.iiiii .< iM'iiini:i i iirj 

 committee of scvm. wlni-r i|iii\ n -'ull 

 be to pick out in lii i i:il !» -i -uiii .1 i- 

 manage the club; tlurr u,i- .jiiii. a li- 

 eussion over the matter, which was set- 

 tled by a decisive vote in favor of the 

 above. 



The several committees reported prog- 

 ress. Mr. Withers read the schedule to 

 be oflTered for the ^Madison Square Gar- 

 den show, and the exhibition committee 

 were instructed to proceed with the 

 printing and distribution of them as soon 

 as possible. Messrs. May, E. Dailledouze 



N. F. Flitton, Vice-President Baltimore 

 Florists' Club. 



and O'Mara were appointed a committee 

 to confer with the Chrysanthemum Soci- 

 ety at the Baltimore meeting in regard 

 to that body taking part in the New 

 York show. Secretary Young and Treas- 

 urer Weathered announced that the med- 

 als and certificates in connection with 



R^rry Ek.ib, Fin.incial Soc'y Baltimore 

 Florists' Club. 



the convention exhibition had been all 

 sent out. The essay and entertainment 

 committee reported that preparations 

 ■were beinc made to have an exhibition 



of res,- .11 llir hvsl ivuular iiifftins. 

 Thr u.ix- 1 ,,r;,.~ ,,.,,,, nillrr will 



were a| | ird ,i l.'^islative committee 



to \\;it<!i til. MiiMr^is of the florists' 

 traili' III il. |i.p"-('d drastic laws on 



Mr. John H. Taylor read a very inter- 

 esting paper on carnations, and the dis- 

 cussion which followed elicited much in- 

 formation. Mr. May gave his experi- 

 ences with several of the introductions 

 of 1900; Marquis was good but not early 

 enough in his section; Ethel Crocker was 

 very fine. E. Dailledouze, on being asked 

 to give his opinion, said he knew nothing 

 — he was there to learn. Mr. Taylor ex- 

 hibited vases of very fine Scotts and Go- 

 mez; the Scotts were never planted out- 

 side but were put in the benches from 

 the propagating house in May and com- 

 menced flowering the latter part of July, 

 and kept on giving splendid results ever 

 since. In arrswer to a query from Mr. 

 Dailledouze, Mr. Taylor said Scotts 

 grown indoors all the time gave a larger 

 proportion and better blooms than those 

 grown for a time outside; he also stated 

 that Gomez was one of the best sellers 

 with him this season. 



There was quite an interesting exhi- 

 bition of carnations in the rooms, and 

 the judges, Messrs. Birnie, Woerner, 

 Schweinfurth and P. Dailledouze, award- 

 ed them the following number of points 

 on the rules adopted by the American 

 Carnation Society: Laura C. Sherwood, 

 a striped variety grown by E. R. Sher- 

 wood, Norwalk, Conn., 76 points; No. 

 2,972, a very large white, 85 points; No. 

 4,112, brilliant cerise pink, 75 points; 

 No. 2,209, a bright illuminated pink, by 

 far the greatest novelty shown, got 89 

 points; Maid of Honor, a light pink, 

 78 points; the above four varieties were 

 shown by John N. May. 



Willard F. Jagger, of Westhampton, 



1j. I., showed a large wliite marked No. 



I, which got 80 points, and a dark pink 

 marked 4 that won 80 points. A. Ras- 

 iiiussiM, New Albany, Ind., sent om; called 

 llouNHi Maid, which received 84 points. 



II. W rlj.r & Son, Oakland, Md., exhibited 

 NiJiua\. a very large white, which got 

 s7 |...iiil-^, and Egypt, a dark crimson, 



Ml. May showed a vase of very fine 

 ii!M,i|.ias. Ed. Weimar, Mt. Vernon, N. 

 ^ , siMii seedlings, among which were 

 ,.Mi;il .if great promise. The committee 

 n |,..ric-.l there was not enough of each to 

 judge by. This was also the case with 

 Hein-y Kindsgrab's new white. Daille- 

 douze Bros, exhibited an immense vase 

 of magnificent blooms of Prosperity. 

 rinse blooms were wonders and easily 

 ciiit>lione all the other varieties shown. 

 A vaiicty called Cressbrook, sent by C. 

 Warl.urlon, Fall River, Mass., on Satur- 

 day, was still in fair condition. 



The first annual old-fashioned beef- 

 steak dinner given by the Florists' Club 

 in their rooms on the night of Feb. 9, 

 at which some seventy of the boys took 

 part, was a great success, and much cred- 

 it is due the committee. W. R. Smith, 

 rif Washington, was present, and was as 



Bowling last night resulted as follows: 



Triirn.llv 104 167 177 19S 



Hafn.r' 199 191 20O 17S 



Butterflelfl US 136 182 121 



Burns 15S H9 157 161 



Shaw U.C 131 125 137 



Lang 199 US 146 200 



Donlan 156 



J. I. D. 



Trade Conditions. 



A very few words cover the whole 

 ground. The crop along all lines has 

 been slowly increasing and rapidly do- 

 ing so in the case of roses and violets, 

 particularly single violets. There has, 

 however, been demand enough to use up 

 everything at fair prices, except what 

 may be called "No. 1" roses. There are 

 enough of the grade ususrlly termed "ex- 

 tra" to supply the demand for good 



Fred'k G. Burger, Treasurer Baltimore 

 Florists' Club. 



