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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



much shortoiicd. Flowers duiiia^c^d by 

 lain should not be allowed to leinain on 

 the vines. 



Sweet pea seed should be purchased in 

 separate colors and not in mixed lots. 

 Much better results can In- obtained in 

 the garden by keeping the tall and 

 dwarf, the early and late, varieties sep- 

 arate, and far more beautiful and varied 

 effects can be produced with the cut 

 flowers. 



For pink and white, the best varieties 

 arc "Earliest of All." "Extra Earlv 

 Blanche Ferrv" and ■■r.l.uh !,,■ nnv.'" 

 These are similar in enln,. 1 i,t ..,^r ,, mi,- 



■ i'>- 



Ic pink, 

 Tiadnor ; 

 lue, not 

 orange- 

 s is suf- 

 ent; the 

 iiist end- 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut llower business ,,f (1,, 

 been very fair since tin 1.1- 



of Inisiness lias been sin.ilh i. \ 

 iiiand is steady and llic ^M|i|il 

 grade not excessive. In view (it 

 ber of society people who hav 

 Florida and the Atlantic seal 

 the falling off in shi|ipiii.j n 

 conditions are >Mt i~i.n t,.r\ 

 that the love for ll.ixNri. ,- ,„ 

 to the wealthv l»» . I,ni ,- „ .|. 

 The weather h;i- , \ ,, I,,, •! 



shaky niaiket. Knses bebl wi 



bringing $\.:m. jflL'. .$;?. .$4, and a few .f.) 



a dnzeii. Teas. .S(i. .$s and .'dltl a hundred. 



■xvliat 



uid tlierc. Tulips w^ere 

 .•ti3 and $4 a hundred. 

 sold nominally at the 



I II' ' liil' in. riiiiij u:i^ |„.lj on Tuesday. 

 W. I'. Craig read a paper on the Balti- 

 more convention of the Carnation So- 

 ciety. There were a lot of interesting ex- 

 liibils. The evening c|o^,.,i „illi a 

 smoker •which was much .iii,.\.-.l li\ all 

 who were present. "SU: \\. M...'ti : 



The prejjarations for a plant l';astcr 

 are tremendous. Besides tlic few large 

 vli .1. -lie growers, who make a specialty 

 'I li-t.i. all the retail growers who 



growers who usually depend on cut (low- 

 ers. In short, every one will have a 

 finger in the pie excepting just a few 

 dyed-in-the-wool cut flower growers and 

 a few- others off in some lonely spot where 

 the commission mairs visit is a ereat, 



annual event and Ka-t r i- al -i im 



know-n. The result w ill l..^ w.HiIh.I imiIi 

 interest. It is too eail\ \.i i.. l-.. nni. li 

 into details of the vai'icti aii.l .piuiii\ 

 of the stock. I'mi.. ' 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



-March 2 to !t enclosed a mixed-up 

 week. Both su|)ply and demand were 

 very irregular and naturally fluctuated 

 so as to be mutually disadvantageous. 

 Prices have gallopd ii|. .....l ,;,,,>„ the 



whole gamut from ..i - to 



fairly good. The » :. - , ,, , . iTcsts 

 have at all times maii.ij. I i 1 . . j a sup- 

 ply of bulb stufl" on hand, it iiotliing else, 

 and part of the time have been rulining 

 over with everything. But for a week of 

 the early part of Lent 1 think the fra- 

 teriiitx ..III ...iiL' rat iilate itself. The use 

 of re. I I -, - III, Lirii particularly grati- 

 fyini; . II .1. ; iiiii .,| increase in the crop 

 and the la. I that they are not supposed 

 to lie used much in funeral work, which 

 must be the backbone of present trade. 



The Floral Exhibition. 



It was all right and fully demonstrat- 

 ed its value as a means of introducing 

 pids|ieetive buyers of new blood for their 

 iiii| ,v,ii~liid benches to all who make 



.1.11111- 1.. I.iing able to supply the article 

 . I I- p. I lineage. The little annual 

 allaii i.- -iiicly the iilacc to start an in- 



interest in a .j ...l .1.1 ..nr. It seems, 

 how-ever, to In' ..;.itniL; more and more 

 a New England atfair, since only one 

 entry of a foreign nature was shown. 

 This was by E. A. Nelson, of Indiana. 

 J, L. Dillon, of Bloomsburg, Pa., for- 

 \var.lcd ...me of his new white Queen 

 1.. III-.. I. lit they unfortunately arrived 



llir lillowmg entries of new and 

 standard kinds show how- fully the 

 ground was covered: 



Dark red. Saxon, by S. J, (Joddard; 

 Harvard. No, 099 and "a seedling, by J. 

 W T.iili.) i Son. 



1^' .1 I 1. 1 lie, by Ingrain & Lynes; Car- 

 •liii..li-. 1.^ \l, L. Tyrrell; a seedling, by 



by C. Warburton; Liberty and Eincline, 

 by M. L. Tyrrell; Copley, by C. S. 

 Cooper. 



Light pink. Marquis, by Ayer, Bux- 

 ton, Tw-ombly. Nicholson." Ri'chwagen; 

 (ienevieve Lord, by Nicholson; Mrs. E. 

 A. Nelson, by E. .•(. Nelson. 



Very light pink. Davbreak. bv Sim; 

 No. 170, by Fisher: No. 3.5, hv Koper; 

 Beau Ideal, by N. D, Pierce. 



White. Eastern Stai-, Gov. Wojcott 

 and What Is It. bv Fisher: Nos. 24 and 

 101, by Koper: Jlay Whitney, by Car- 

 michael: F.adv Smith, bv EdL'ar :" Good- 

 enoii.jb. In- S. Liltlefield: While Cloud, 

 li.N T" I'l.v. I'.iiM'.Ti, Patten. 



^'llo'^- i;i.|..i i.lo. by Nicholson. 



\aii.L:..i. I r.i.i.lt, by Cummings, 

 Nich.l- I r. I I 1. I'alten: seedling, by 

 Fislc 1 I . . .1 .1 l.\ C. S. Cooper; Nos. 



MiL-n ii.it, l;,.-i,.,i Giant, bv Evans: 

 AllciiV Dcli.iii.c. I,v Patten. 



Palms and Ferns. Fine assortment by 

 A. Leuthy. 



Lilies. Elegant display by E. N. Pierce 

 &. Sons. 



\iolcts. Single, by Conley, Sim, Cum- 

 uiiiigs. J. H. Newman, Jeffrey & Co.; 

 .1 iii.lc. by Conley, Chapin & Co., J. S. 

 "-iiiil.y, llorrigan, Small; white, by 



Auiirrhinum. Red, by S. J. Goddard: 

 white, by Geo, E. Buxton. 



Begonias. Welleslcy, bv J. W. Tailby 

 & Son. 



Patten. I . i ,iiiv, n-l.i ,.i, i I, II \i .nii. 



i....,!,ii irjli. s!i points; Beau Ideal. 80 

 p'lni-; .\.i. I, S7 points; Crcssbrook, 

 ;iJ puiul.-; \. S7 points; Mrs. E. A. Nel- 

 son, 94 points; Eastern Star, SO points. 

 Messrs. Spillsbuiy, Roland and Zirn- 

 gicbel awarded general cash prizes on 



and second to Fi-h.a |..i I i-i.in siar; 

 on yellow, to Nu:lu)l.--uii lunly ex- 

 hibitor) (for Eldorado; on variegated, 

 first to Buxton and second to Patten for 

 Bradt. 



Cash awards were disarranged by ex- 

 hibitor putting in more than the pre- 

 scribed number to the vase and the com- 

 mit tec adhering to the rules of the Car- 



liiiii. I liiil. made a very interesting 

 ivliii.ii .'I 11.11 Liieenhouse fittings. 



All I III- ... .Ill red on my "busy day" and 

 I hold myself in readiness to be forgiven 

 for any errors or omissions. 



J. S. AL\NTER. 



CINCINNATI. 



Florist's Club's Monthly Exhibition. 



lecuu carnation exl 

 i)f the grandest disj 

 citv. Quite a nun 



.1.11 k. N..1I1 -.1 il..' iiivt a niinilicr of these 

 \i-ii..i- Siin.l.i\ moniiiig, and then shook 

 liiiil- Willi liinix'lf for not going out 



Albert Sun.lcibruch, Ed Gillett, Jas. 

 Allan, Wm. ^Murphy and Frank Ball 

 served as judges and awarded the follow- 

 ing prizes: 



W. K. Partridge for best vase of carna- 

 tions, 'mixed coinmereial varieties, 100 

 blooms. 



Best vase of carnations. 50 blooms, any 

 variety, was awarded to II. Weber & 

 Sons for Lawson. 



The best vase of white, light ])ink, red 

 and variegated went to W. K. Partridge 

 for White Cloud. Morning Glorv, Red 

 Bradt and Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt, re- 



R. Wi'tterstaetter took first for dark 

 pink with Law-son. Dick also woit the 

 ventilating apparatus offered by the 

 Quaker City AbL-liine Company, with 

 Enfiuirer f..i lli.' 1.. -i -..■.llin- . .i i nal I..11. 



Partri.l-.' ..n I W m. i-i.i.ii.'i 1.. ili In, I 

 fine display - .1 M-..t:i- i.ul 1 <,,■ |..i m.-i- 

 took the •■^111 ].ii/'- .ill.i.'.l t..i tl,.' li.'.t 



