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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



PHI LADELPH IA. 

 Various Items. 



Business fairly huninucl 

 Stock was more plentiful. > 

 cold. Thanks to gloriou- -u 

 quality was way up, thiif 1 > 

 ness and vividness almiit i 

 flowers that did rm. V h.:iii l 



Prices ruled about i1m -. . 



licforc. with very h..n> I'U- 



falo .-St 

 that M 



was much needed. The -• ' ipI .i--riiil.ly 



brought out more choiir I pi i- tlim 



for several seasons. Swr.i i.j- .n. In- 

 coming more plentiful and can bu had 

 witH reasonable certainty from now until 

 the close of the season. Lilacs have been 

 quite a factor. . 



The i)laTit 111:1 iki I has been fairly brisk. 

 The stiiuij -iiii-lnii.- has improved the 

 quality ni i!i. M. -111111- stock, w^ich is 

 now quilr lunliis.-. 



The air is full of rumui ■■ ni , liaiiucs. 

 So-and-so won't grow flii- mM -a-i'". 

 but he will grow that. «.■ ,u. i-M. I In- 



rose or Jiallii ji 

 two or 111 11.- k 

 like number uf 

 we see about us 

 ly travel on the 



of 



It is not 

 1 grower of 



uieties of palms that 

 How far we can safe- 

 lines is a problem. 

 Phil. 



BUFFALO. 



There is liUle ot any ,i;rtMt moment 

 happened in this .|iiirl inwii ..f late. W c' 

 escaped the sjii'al -1 im iliai ha- \i~iS". 

 our state from l.aU. (miaii- t- ila I'mn 

 sylvania line and.liuni iluLhi-ti-V la-l 

 to Albany, but we felt the eliects of it 

 several days, for trains were delayed 

 many hours and in some cases aban- 

 doned. 



Valentine's day caused a ripple in the 

 demand for violets, several of the Main 

 street stores enticing the lovi- stricken 

 of both sexes «illi ImmuIiIhI liiil.- Imixcs 

 of flowers. Alaiv. ImmIiIh Iumm liirKnl 

 with an arrow ■-- 1 - ili' ii\iaii' .li-ijii. 

 A few years la 

 empty pockets 

 for many of tli 



Prof. John 

 West India i-1, 

 destinah.ii i- 

 and iici li i|i- < 

 some 'J' I '1 -ill 



\v, -I. Ill New York will not, 

 iiiiiil.iilc anything to the 

 I r.altiiMi)re except our friend 

 1 hope he will be there to 

 lark-u-see" (not original). 

 niations that you don't hear 

 , but which 'is acting re- 

 ■11 with us, is the pure white 

 'Peru." Keep your eye on it. 

 We shall go five strong to the city of 

 finty hills and look forward to the oys- 

 ters" and things very much. \\ . S. 



,nl- over the Buf- The need of two phones at the Park 



I f ,111.1 at no.in ' street gardens is thoroughly proved by 



, 1 111 ill' 111 out ' 111' p-ularity with which one rings 



',,,";,, \ will lir "liilc ilie other is in use. By the way, 



" ' ,, oioiluriii" ' Sutlicrland's old number of "Boston 



,'.^r,v'i'i ions ' ° I l'.iTU" has been transferred to the line 



at his new place in order to save us all 



the trouble of memorizing a new one. 



J. S. Manter. 



markabl}' 

 good (low. 



of 111 

 in sli 

 few I 



to 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



uialli.i IK at the beginning 

 , |,i,.,lii..,l it- ciroct quickly 

 irj il,,ijl ,iM|i-. which for a 



must he the yellow 

 is arriving in very 



But there is no di 



aliv l.alt of nirliusi 



ST. LOUIS. 



Oob Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club was held on the 

 14th. with twenty members present. It 

 was by far the most interesting meeting 

 the club has held for some time. The 



show of r 

 shortage ; 

 J. F. Am 

 onlv exhi 



failnr 



to the 



I1-. 



lack for flowers ol aii\ 

 entine's day helpeil mu' 

 ing the moderate cut ■ 1 

 large demand for c\cr; 

 especially heavy use foi 

 ists, themselves, did not send flowers for 

 valentines in all eases, as proven by the 

 fact that one young floral artist printed 

 "You are a" upon a card, fastening un- 

 ive four-inch lobster, and 

 he whole comhination bv 



derneath a 



dispatched 



which wa- ui\' n tlh> In -1 |'i i''- 



F. Tessoll lia.l 0,1 rvlnlutaai 1 Hue \a-c 



of Golden Ualc-, uhidi wa- liivcu -pccial 



mention. 



The exhibition committee made its 

 final report and was discharged with 

 tlianks. A letter was read from Secre- 

 iai\ llcir inviting the members to at- 

 triiil ihc carnation sliow to be held at 

 lliltiiiiore this month. -V letter was al- 

 so received from W. <'. .lay. m. avtaiy of 

 the Toronto Ftm-i- 'lu''- a-kniL' tor 

 information in i.jna ti m, knii: its 

 meetings more inliir-tiuy t- llic niciii- 

 bers. Our secretary was instructed to 

 write our Toronto brothers how we do it. 



The office of one trustee 

 ■ Dr • " 



declared 

 Halstedt was 



,..M\c a- tl.al o 



■Various Notes- 



V rose, of whii 



vhich little has 

 or three months, has 

 s presence seen (and 

 atuket. The present 

 ar rather short stems 

 1- But flieir a]ipear- 

 ,, In- - the Meteor cx- 

 .„,,. ,ln iHin-i-keep- 



itic 



,.\\rH l.Mvcs for the 



. alialll the -ilst. His 



iia ica and Porto Rico 



1 hope he will find 



- for his fine houses. 



_ ke a good supply of 



snake bite antidote, which, if of the right 

 iliiality, will also save him from malaria 

 and yellow fever. 



We "had a visit yesterday from Mr. J. 

 D. Eisele and Mr. "Strohlein, of Riverton, 

 N. J. Most oi the day was spent at the 

 Pan-Ameriean, and nearly every part of 

 the ground was tramped over. There is 

 such a mantle of snow covering the 

 grounds that the landscape features have 

 to be imagined, but every visitor now is 

 charmed with the architecture and col- 

 oring of the many beautiful buildings. 



Mr. J. C. Spencer, of Utiea, and an- 

 other florist friend whose name I am 

 sorry to have forgotten, arrived this 



It is gencrallv lucdictcd that the new 

 one wUl not' be able to displace the 

 old as a general all-tlie-year favorite, 

 however. 



Compreheirsive circulars concerning 

 the March 9th exhibition at the Park 

 street market are out and should be in 

 (he hand- of every live grower. 



■|l,i ,1, x\ |H'-iiions of our wholesale es- 

 I il,li-lini. in - rirali^ a new paradox in 

 li,,. ill, ol\ ml urate meshes of (he husi- 

 ,„„;. Inonloi i.ii.aclicithci o,i,.„ftl,c 

 two of thcau \nu ran -<• .l-uii liaiiklni 

 street to llau I. \ -1 1. ,-i . \ 1 m 11 lo 1 lie 

 right takes you to M,(aill,r- ^^h.v,■ 

 vou can not get left, and a (urn to the 

 "left for an equal distance takes you to 

 Sutherland's which is also right. You 

 will note it is a cas^- where you must 

 "T><'t not thv right hand know what 

 thy left hand' doeth." Both of them are 

 in' greatly improved quarters, Mr. ^NIc- 



ved 



make 



iblc 



spacious 



vacant and 



elected to serve out the year. 



Mr. Beneke read his essay on "Some 

 Requirements for the Elevation of Our 

 Business," which appears elsewhere ni 

 this issue. The other essay was by F. f. 

 Weber on "Cut Flowers for the Flori>t- 

 T'-i- ntlii I Tlian Chrvsanthemunis, Roses 

 iiid I a ma lion-." Mr. Weber was not 

 ,1,1,. (,, l„ or. -cut, but sent his essay 

 ilown aii.l it was read by one of the mem- 

 bers of the club. The tw^o essays were 

 well received with a vote of thanks. 



At the next meeting of the club essays 

 will be read by Carew Sanders, Robert 

 F. Tesson and H. G. Berning. These will 

 no doubt be very interesting and should 

 bring out a large attendance. 

 Question Box. 

 The question box br.uight out a grcai 

 discussion on the question ..f -How An- 

 Liberty Roses Doing.' \l.-i-- Aui- 

 mann, Fillmore and C"\ iIiulIiI n a 

 grand rose, worthy oi nnili 1 tii.il, 

 thouah at present they -a\ it 1- a Lii.at 

 reste'i-. Mr. Guy said Frances .Joo>t was 

 the best pinTv carnation, much better than 

 Scott and that better prices were .)b- 

 tained for it. Messrs. Ammann and 

 Emupdt were of the same opinion. As to 

 Crocker and Lord, they claim that Lord 

 is much the better of the two. In the 

 discussion on Harrisii lilies for Easter, 

 all claimed that the loss would be about 

 8 per cent. 



Mr. H. G. Ude was asked how his new 

 white seedling carnation was getting 

 along and replied that he would have 

 to discard it. owing to rust. Mr. Em- 

 undt got up and congratulated Mr. Lde 

 for not putting it on the market to soak 

 some poor unfortunate brother florist. 



The next meeting of the club will be a 

 misc(dlaneous flower show, which will be 



