The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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There were also quite a number of 

 flowers entered for exhibition only. 



The following seedlings were judged 

 for certificates: Mrs. K. A. Nelsoir, intro- 

 duced by E. A. Nelson, of Indianapolis, 

 a grand pink, color and form of Scott, 

 scored 91* points. No. 723A, a good 

 white, by Witterstaetter, stored 86 

 points; Norway, white, by H. Weber & 

 Sons, scored 8.') points. "They also ex- 

 hiliili.l l-'j\|'i, ,1 Ii.iiiilitul crimson, 



'I'lic \,niii>,in i;.i-r ( Miiipanv sent on 

 tluir ih» in-r. il,,' uliil.' Golden Gate, 

 but it fulled to receive the number of 

 points required for a certificate, which 

 was probably due to the distance it was 

 shipped. 



The following visitors were in town 

 during the past week: H. Heller, New 

 Castle, Ind. ; J. A. Evans, Richmond, 

 Ind.; Geo. M. Garland. Chicatro: G. Tcil- 

 mann. Marion. Ind.; Jacob 'Scluilz, M. 

 Kunsman. Loui>ville. Ky. i H. Kicman, 

 Wm. Berterniann, J'ld. Berterniann, A. 

 Wiegand.' E. A. Nelson, J. Grande, Robt. 

 McKeand, M. Billingsley, J. Hartje, In- 

 dianapolis. Ind.; Geo. A. Heinl, Toledo, 

 O. ; Jno. Heinl, Terre Haute, Ind.; M. 

 Rasmussen. New Albanv, Ind. ; Jos. Rolk- 

 er. New York; S. S. Skidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia; Theo. Bock, Hamilton, 0. B. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Trade Notes. 



Business in this city is keeping up 

 well considering that it is Lent and the 

 florists are supposed to have little to 

 do. There may not be so many swell af- 

 fairs that take a lot of stock, but there 

 seems to be enough doing to keep all the 

 good stock used up right along. Good 

 roses and carnations keep sold up clean, 

 but of violets there are many more than 

 can be disposed of and of bulb stuff there 

 is also plenty. 



A trip around to the growers showed 

 them to be in good shape and most of 

 them have some good stock coming on 

 for Easter. 



.John Hartje has violets by the million 

 and his Princess of Wales are simply 

 loaded with grand blooms. John has 

 enough carnation seedlings to plant an 

 acre and if numbers count for anything 

 he ought to be right in it. 



Henry Rieman always has his place in 

 trim condition and he is always busy; 

 this time it was funeral work. His 

 cinerarias and Primula obconicas are fine. 

 These primulas sell better than the Chi- 

 nese strain when grown well like these 

 are. 



Bertermann Bros, have a lot of fine 

 stock coming on of all kinds needed for a 

 store trade. They have lilies by the 

 thousands in all stages. They have sev- 

 eral hundred Mrs. Lawson which are do- 

 ing tine and they are so well pleased 

 with it that they intend to plant a bench 

 of it next season. 



E. A. Nelson is proud of his seedling 

 carnation which he has named Mrs. E. 

 A. Nelson and he says it scored pretty 

 high at Cincinnati on March 9. No vis- 

 itor goes away without having a good 

 look into the house which he has planted 

 to it. This variety will be in evidence at 

 the annual meeting which is to be held in 

 our city next year. 



Baur & Smith have their carnations in 

 fine shape. They are, by the way, the 

 only growers around this city who are 

 successful with E. Crocker and it is fine 

 with them. There is no sleepiness or 

 streaks about their blooms. Among 



their seedlings arc sonu; grand things 

 that will no doubt ho heard from at the 

 proper time. Cyclamen in 7-inch pots 2 

 Irrt an,.-, and full of bloom arc seen 

 lull- ami llirx have sold well. Their best 

 i:a-in -l.irk 1- a lot of Crimson Ramblers 

 ill liuU \\U\rh ;ire coming along in line 

 shape. 



On the 8th a party of florists went on a 

 trip to New Castle, Richmond and Cin- 

 rinnati where they attended the special 



,. iiidii inc. ting on the 9th. They re- 



|i, i1 a - I Mriic and no doubt the writer 



ha- iiii-~-iil a pleasant trip. EuU par- 

 ti, ail, n, ai, II,, I obtainable as yet, as tlie 

 h,,\- M, , ,1 a liltle more time to recover 



ii ill, , il,' I- before they can talk and 



thnik ,l,a,ily, A. 15. 



BUFFALO. 



Last week should liav,, liw-n tlir hrst 



known as tin- i'\»-rutnc (.uiiiniiUeL- <il 

 the S. A. F. and O. H., and I honestly 

 think that for intelligence and business 

 ability they will compare favorably with 

 any previous committee of the good old 

 society. President Patrick O'Mara, Vice 

 President Wm. F. Kasting, Secretary 

 Stewart, Treasurer Beatty and J. D. 

 Carmody, B. Cartledge, R. Witterstaetter, 

 J. F. Sullivan, E. M. Wood, Emil Buctt- 

 ner, C. W. Ward and Alex. Wallace. This 

 accounts for all of them except Prof. 

 Cowell, who is in Jamaica, and Lawrence 

 Cotter, who we did not have the pleas- 

 ure to see in ButTalo. Their delibera- 

 tions and conclusions will all appear in 

 good time. A very able presiding officer 

 kept them at work and by Wednesday 

 noon their labors were over. 



Now, never did the poet say anything 

 truer than that "The best laid schemes 

 o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley." We 

 had a half dozen sleighs engaged for a 

 trip around the Pan-American grounds, 

 but riding was out of the question. It 

 was the cold, blustering, drifting day of 

 the winter, and to hurry from one point 

 of shelter to another was all the visitors 

 could be induced to do. Had the Mid- 

 way, with its most alluring features been 

 running, it would not have sufficed to 

 hold even the older members of the party 

 and a return to the city, where a warm 

 and comfortable bowling alley was ready 

 to receive us, was highly welcome. 



Three games were played, but as the 

 sides represented no particular section 

 of the country the scores are not im- 

 portant. Vice President Kasting was 

 captain of one side and W. S. of the 

 other, and in spite of the good playing 

 of Mi\ Kasting and the feeble effort of 

 W. S. the latter's team won all three 

 games. I tell you when you have such 

 veterans as R. Witterstaetter and such a 

 colossus as Emil Buettner and such 

 weight and energy as Capt. I. Braik on 

 your side you can't very well lose. Any 

 team that has six Mr. O'Maras next 

 August will stand a good chance of fin- 

 ishing on top. He is a straightforward, 

 earnest roller and is there every time. 



It is impossible to notice the many 

 different styles, but those who have 

 never seen J. D. Carmody and ex-Presi- 

 dent Wood roll know little about the in- 

 tricacies and possibilities of this popular 

 game. Carmody approaches the line with 

 a low, stealthy, crouching gait, such a 

 position and action as you would imag- 

 ine was that of a man-eating tiger when 

 about to feast on an unsuspecting Hindoo 

 maiden. For his age he has remarkable 

 speed, and is great on spares, a sure 



indication of a good eye, and every florist 

 knows that meat saw eye. 



Jlr. Wood's position and delivery is 

 entirely different. He approaches the 

 balk line with a pleasant, ambling gait 

 with the ball dangling at the end of his 

 lingers as if he would be very glad to get 

 rid of it, as you will occasionally see a 

 man removing a dead cat from some lo- 

 cality where it was out of place. There 

 is a great lack of speed compared with 

 the expert players, but the triple screw 

 on the ball makes up for all that. It first 

 runs to wifliin an inch of the left hand 

 gutter, then curves over to within a 

 hair-breadth of the right and then rolls 

 up against the center pin. Here is where 

 what is known as the back screw tells, 

 for twice out of three times down tum- 

 bles every pin. It's remarkable and 

 cannot be'fully described. 



John Evans is quite a bowler; pity 

 there are not a few more like him in 

 Richmond. Our Dan Long was great OD 

 double headers and if he had a little 

 more control of the ball he would be a 

 dangerous man. 



The evening was spent at a vaude- 

 ville show, but not the one we intended. 

 BnlVal,, ha- ,i- liii-' a house in this line as 



an\ ill ill, 1 1 and much finer than 



can l„ I, .1111,1 1 iiiv big cities, but, alas, 



the \\huc K.ii ti, ii'ble shut up that one 

 and a poorer quality was indulged in. 

 Several carnation enthusiasts visited 

 Mr. Palmer's place on Thursday in com- 

 pany of Mr. Palmer and W. S., and 1 

 believe enjoyed it very much. 



The committee was well pleased with 

 the convention hall and all expressed the 

 belief that the society has never had a 

 better meeting place. " Excuses or apolo- 

 gies are worse than idle, but I do feel 

 that a greater welcome could have been 

 given the visitors, but things were "agio 

 us" and there is plenty of opportunity 

 in store to redeem ourselves. 



Business has been just fair for Lent, 

 with plenty of flowers. Wc were very 

 sorry we could not visit Toronto to par^ 

 ticipate in their carnation exhibition. 

 Mr. W. J. Palmer is the proud possessor 

 of a beautiful silver cup known as the 

 John Hallam cup, which was awarded 

 him at Toronto for a fine display of the 

 leading varieties, including Lawson and 

 the Marquis. 



The principal visitor in town last week 

 was Mr. Arthur Co wee, of Berlin, N. Y., 

 the well known gladiolus .specialist. Al- 

 though it is only a side issue with him> 

 he is marvelously successful, as the 

 whole country knows, and he deserves 

 to be, for he puts brains, enerfry and snap 

 into his work. It is gratifying to know 

 that in conjunction with Mr. Groff of 

 Simcoe, Ontario, they will make the 

 largest exhibit of gladiolus at the Pan- 

 .'\merican that has ever been staged. 



"W. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



ThelVIarket- 



Business is still in the same quiet con- 

 dition that it was in last week. Prices on 

 all grades of stock are on the downward 

 grade. This is especially true of roses, 

 violets and bulbous stock ; the latter is 

 a great glut at all the commission 

 houses. 



Carnations are holding up fairly well 

 and most of the better stock is disposed 

 of at $2, extra fancy ones bringing a 

 little more. In 500 lots they can be 

 bought for ,$1 per 100. 



Roses are ver/ abundant and the de- 



