The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



527 



cultivation and propagati 

 ern heniisplieie. 



The president c.illr,! ;i 

 disease of Narcissu- I In 

 land and the sad li;i\o( 

 among the biill)s <<i ilia 

 Price told that niu' uf ih,. 

 had this winter wa- :i !■ 

 irises, lie grow Hum i 

 siiiiiinn. iip.iK',1 III. Ill . 



fijiir l.ii; ll.i\\ri~ tu a -Iriii, Kill llie color 

 ut 111.' l.lH->Min- was a liltli' l.lu.-r llian on 

 llciwirs (lilt of doors. Jtr. Fra.ser spoke 

 of having a fine lot of Iris Susianus in 

 bloom in pots. 



Kleven new members were proposed for 

 election. V. A. 



Cut flower trade since Lent came in 

 has been rather quiet, except for funeral 

 work, of which there is a good deal to 

 do. The death of Hon. C. L. Magee made 

 a demand for all white flowers to be had; 

 very many extra large pieces were made, 

 some being very handsome ones. 



Blind & Hoffmeyer are cutting the 

 best roses now; Burkl the best carna 

 tions. 



The Jones underfeed stoker which 

 Burki had in~;1.illcd under one of his 

 boilers tlii- wint. r -.iiii^ to do its work. 

 Burki says h,- iv pl.aM.l with it now. 



Lord & lliii nliaiii I o. are getting 

 out material fur two iron houses, 28x 

 400 each for the Pittslmig K.isc Co., at 

 Bakerstown station, of which Burki is 

 at the head. Tlicy are to be planted with 

 roses as soon as finished. Baek. 



The Market. 



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Trade conditions are 

 as last week. Business is good on the 

 average but demand is spasmodic and a 

 good day is apt to be succeeded by a 

 poor one. There is a trifle firmer tone on 

 carnations, especially wdiites. The range 

 is still $1.50 to $3, with $4 for fancy. 

 Roses still range from $4 to $7, with the 

 majority at $5 to $6. Violets and bul- 

 bous stuff are still dragging and as a 

 rule have to be cleaned up at low figures. 

 All are looking forward to a big Easter 

 business. 



The guessing as to the supply of lilies 

 for Easter is still going on. It is evi- 

 dent now that there will be a shortage 

 but no two are agreed as to how great 

 a one. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, Mr. Benjamin Durfee, of the Amer- 

 ican Rose Co., Washington, D. C, dis- 

 played two large vases of fine blooms of 

 his new rose. White Golden Gate. They 

 were much admired and were examined 

 with great interest by many rose grow- 

 ers present. A committee consisting of 

 Messrs. E. Buettner, Geo. Collins and 

 J. S. Wilson, was appointed to examine 

 the blooms and report and they did so. 

 recommending that the club's eertifieate 

 of merit be awarded, which was done. 

 They reported the rose as practically 

 identical with Golden Gate except as to 

 color. 



Mr. Durfee favored the club with some 

 remarks on roses, which will be found 

 elsewhere in this issue. The paper by 

 Mr. H. N. Bruns, with discussion by Mr. 

 Aug. Jurgens and others, will also be 



umn of this issue, 

 he next meeting, to 

 hides two papers on 

 l''lowers Suitable for 

 uket," one by G. 

 1 l.v ,'. F. Hawkc-. 



Various Items. 



Ilir liiHc I'mliliiiaiiii liiotlicis are to- 

 gether again. Adolph i.as closed his 

 store at 55 Wabash avenue, and his stock 

 is now being handled by his brothers, 

 pending I lie r.implption of the organiza- 

 tion ill ihr l',i, liliiiann Bros. Co., which 



is beiiiu II |iMi.ii,.,l with a paid up 



capital -iM, L ,,i ,;'io.oOO. The new com- 

 pany will control both the big places at 

 ]\[orton Grove and will have over 200,- 

 000 square feet of glass to draw supplies 



Wietor Bros, are cutting some fine 

 Triumph carnations and have a big 

 crop coming on. It has a fine, strong 

 stem with them. They have had no 

 trouble from stem rot. 



Mr. C. M. Dickinson returned from 

 the east Wednesday and Mr. C. L. 

 Washburn is expected back from North 

 Carolina next week. 



George Piepgras has filed a petition 

 in bankruptcy and his business is now 

 in the hands of the courts. 



Bassett & Washburn will soon build 

 at Hinsdale a range of nevif houses con- 

 taining 40,000 square feet of glass. 



Last Tuesday the Grand Rapids train 

 due here at 7 a. m. did not reach the 

 city till 2 p. m. and as a result a lot 

 of Michigan flowers reached the market 

 very late that day. 



Heim Bros, will this season add 25,- 

 000 square feet of glass to their range 

 at Blue Island. 



It is evident that the building of new 

 greenhoiiif ;: has imt yet been cheeked bi 

 the pii\:iiliiiL' liiuli prices of glass. Dur- 

 ing till' la -I ic 11 ili\s the John C. Mon- 

 inger ('u., llii~ lity. has received orders 

 for cypress material for new houses that 

 will require a total of 224,200 square feet 

 of glass to cover them, and this is ir 

 addition to many other large orders. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Wednesday, March 13, was carnation 

 night with the Morris County Gardeners' 

 lind Florists' Club and some magnificent 

 flowers were staged. C. W. Ward, Cot- 

 tage Gardens, Queens, had on exhibition 

 a large collection including Roosevelt, 

 Harry Fenn, Morning Glory, Joseph 

 Manley, a fine scarlet. Golden Beauty, 

 Marquis, Viola Allen and Novelty. 

 These flowers traveled in fine condition 

 and the entire collection was deservedly 

 awarded a certificate of merit. 



J. L. Dillon sent a fine lot of Queen 

 Louise. This variety also arrived in ex- 

 cellent condition and was much admired. 

 Peter Fisher sent a large vase of his 

 matchless Lawson. It is needless to 

 praise this exhibit for everybody knows 

 the quality of Fisher's Lawsons. John 

 N. May exhibited Olympia in good shape 

 and seedlings No. 2972 and 2209. One 

 of these seedlings, but I forgot which, is 

 a lovely shade of true pink, the other a 

 very large white. 



Of the local lights W. Duckham staged 

 vases of Glacier. White Cloud. Bradt 

 and mixed varieties, all of which were 

 excellent. A. Herrington exhibited Law- 

 son, Olympia, Crane and Marquis, all 



very fine, Lawson particularly bo. D. 

 Shannon had a vase of immense Brides- 

 maid roses with three foot stems, and 

 W. Charlton a mixed vase of roses, Brides 

 and Maids. 



John N. ^May was the essayist for the 

 evening. He gave an informal talk on 

 carnationsi as seen at Baltimore and else- 

 where and reiterated the statement that 

 it didn't pay to grow any but the very 

 finest flowers, mentioning where he had 

 seen Scott's sold for $5 a thousand dur- 

 ing the past week. In his opinion mulch- 

 ing the beds at this season was the cause 

 of the flow-ers splitting their calyxes. A 

 hearty vote of thanks was accorded the 

 lecturer for his address and also the gen- 

 tlemen who had been good enough to 

 send their flowers for the club's inspec- 

 tion, notably Messrs. Ward, Dillon, Fish- 

 er and May. C. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held March 12 and officers for 

 the ensuing year were chosen as fol- 

 lows: T. J. McRonald, president; W. 

 W. Hunt, vice president; J. F. Coombs, 

 secretary; Theodore Wirth, treasurer. 

 The board of trustees elected include 

 the above named officers, also George Os- 

 born, John Coombs, and J. F. Huss. 



After the business meeting there was 

 consideration of the subject of carna- 

 tions and other flowers. George S. Os- 

 born showed several varieties of carna- 

 tions, which included Marquis, Bradt, 

 Lawson and Red Bradt. Some of the 

 blossoms measured from three to three 

 and one-fourth inches. Mr. Osborn gave 

 an interesting talk as to the best grow- 

 ers, the best sellers and the most profit- 

 able to grow. Mr. Huss talked on or- 

 chids and other flowers. 



At the close of the meeting a vote of 

 thanks was extended to the entertain- 

 ment committee, also to Messrs. Huss 

 and Osborn. There is some talk among 

 the members of forming a bowling team. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The second annual exhibition of the 

 American Rose Society was held in New 

 York, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs- 

 day, of this week. A full report, togeth- 

 er with views of the display, will appear 

 in our special spring number, to be is- 

 sued next week. 



Flower Holder. — Simon Weiler, of 

 New York city, has patented a flower 

 holder that can be attached to any part 

 of the dress to hold a bunch of flowers in 

 any desired position. The holder com- 

 prises a bar having a fastening device 

 by which it is secured to the dress. A 

 pin on the bar extends approximately 

 parallel to and in the direction of the 

 length of the bar to receive the stems of 

 a bunch of flowers. Ribbons on the bar 

 can be passed in front of the stems and 

 tied in a bow. 



Oakland. IMd. — H. Weber & Sons con- 

 template adding 10,000 feet of new glass 

 next summer. 



Dixon, III. — The greenhouse of Chris- 

 tian Wuhl was destroyed by fire 

 March 5. 



Don't miss having an adv. in our spec- 

 ial spring number to be issued next week, 

 if you have anything to sell to the trade. 



