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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OFFERED BY HENRY F. MICHEI.L. 



Cineraria Hybrkla— Three best plants, first. 

 George Graham, gardener to Mr. Charles 

 lEiartshorne; second. George Robertson. 



Calceolaria Hybrlda— Three best plants, first. 

 Charles Uffler. gardener to Mr. George H. Mc- 

 Fadden. 



TTvaiiiilhs Twelve best blooms, either in 

 pi.ts or ]>:,n<. Hrst. William Klelnhelnz; scc- 



LUium Uurrisll— Three best plants, first. 

 Thornas Holland; second. William Kleinhemz. 

 ' Narcissus— Von Sion. double, one pan, one 

 prize. Thomas Holland. 



Prin 

 First. John Thatcher: second. Christian 

 ker, gardener to Mr. R. B. Ellison. 



Cineraria, six plants—One prize, Joseph Mc- 

 Gregor. 



Croton. specimen plant— One prize. Joseph 



Hyacinths, six pots and six pans, six varie- 

 ties— One prize, Francis Canning. 



open to private gardeners and 

 only. 



Hyacinths. White Roman, three pots or pans 

 — First. Joseph Hurley: second, John Mc- 



Jonquils, two pots or pans, in two varieties- 

 First, Joseph Hurley. 



Freeslas. two pots or pan.s— First, Joseph 

 McGregor: second. John McCIeary. 



I.,ily of the Valley, two pots or pans— First, 

 Robert Forrest, gardener to Mr. Beauveau 

 Borie: second, John H. Dodds. gardener to 

 Mr. H. S. Hopper, Narberth. 

 OFFERED BY R. & J. F.\RQUHAR & CO. 



Cyclamen, best six plants In bloom— First, 

 John H. Dodds: second. George Robertson. 



Primula Chinensis. best six plants in bloom 

 — Frist. Francis Canning; second. Joseph Mc- 



OTHER AWARDS. 

 Vaughan's prize for pansies. Joseph Mc- 



Plant decorations, open to private gardeners 

 only, decoration of growing plant.s. to occupy 

 not over 100 square feet of space— First. 

 Francis Canning. 



Vegetables, open to growers of exhibits only, 

 best general display of not less than twelve 

 sorts— First, John McCIeary: second. William 



Joseph Hurley, 



certificate to Thomas Holland, 

 stellata; prize to Westcotfs Nurseries, for 

 group of decorative plants: certificate to Wil- 

 liam Robertson, for specimen plant of gera- 

 nium: certificate to John McCIeary. for group 

 of flowering plants: sliver medal to Henry A. 

 Dreer. for the new Pandanus .Sanderi: certifi- 

 cate to William Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. 

 John Gardiner, of Boston. Mass.. for new as- 

 paragus; prize to Joseph McGregor, for best 

 exhibit of hyacinths showing most skill in cul- 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Thoic is at present little cliaiige from 

 last Aveek aside finiii a trifle sharper de- 

 mand for roses at the ]ii .v i'Mi-.|\- niliiig 

 rates and an increase in ili, -iuiiy of 

 white earnations. Tin l;Im(,iii\ i\r.itlier 

 continues and if we :ui i.ixmmM »iih a 

 few sunshiny days just liel'iire the coni- 

 jnj; holiday there would uudouhtedly he 

 a larjro increase in the supply at the 

 light time, but stock may he a little .soft. 

 At present Beauties are of good quality 

 and are in bi'isk demand, as are also 

 good long Bride.s and Maids, though the 

 shorts arc inclined to hang a little. 



'Lilies are moving well and pre.sent 

 rates are nearly up to Raster quotations. 

 We hear of several big lots of lilies not 

 previously reported, but it is still evi- 

 dent there will be none too many though 

 possibly not the serious shortage feared 

 at one time. There will be an abundance 

 of Dutch bulbous stock of good quality. 



All the wholesalers have already 

 booked large advance orders for Easter 

 and the business for this holiday is con- 

 fidently expected to break all records. 



Various Items. 



Mr. Peter Ifcinbcrg savs that during 



and after the heavy snow storm he had 

 a great deal of glass broken on the old 

 style wooden gutter houses by iiuUiit; 

 snow and ice. hut that not a single li,i;lil 

 was broken on the Garland iron ;;iili.i 

 houses. He thinks the iron gutters made 

 excellent returns on the investment in 

 this way. It is the starting of the melt- 

 ing at the gutter instead of at the ridge, 

 permitting" no ai-cunmlai i.ni- to later 

 slide down, that mak.- ili. 



A. Dietsch & < o,, in.. in 

 greenhouse building niatn la 

 iness far in excess of last y 



continues to 



crs of 

 rt bus- 

 Though 

 above the five- 

 not to be 



dollar mark, building 



checked. 



A bill has been introduced in the state 

 lesiislature at Springlield looking to the 

 ccmsolidatiiin of all the park boards into 

 one of seven iih-iiiIki-. In lie known as the 

 Board of I'lilili. I'ai k-. 



The Chiia^ . I'lihuin iiiges the forma- 

 tion of ail iirgani/.aliou in this city on 

 the lines of the Home (iardening Asso- 

 ciation of Cleveland, which distributes 

 flower s<.<'ds to school "children at less 

 than I. -I I I -liniii';ite a love of gavden- 

 jlio iinionj llir > liildren. 



■l.,:Mlni_' 1-1, 111. IS report that the Len- 

 ten -..a -.'I. ha- I II the quietest in years, 



so many huge useis of Howers have been 

 away, "in California or Florida. They 

 hope the wanderers will return in time 

 for Easter. Nevertheless the season as a 

 whole has aveiaged good. 



^McKellar k Winterson have been doing 

 a big business in supplies for Easier. 

 This has included a big lot ..t tli. -il\.i 

 birch bark ware, over 4liii pi...- ■_: in- 

 with one order, .lohn St.n.i i- i-.' i 

 with this lirm and is taking Ih.M at llii- 

 bu>v -.a-. 11 «i(li l,i- a.-, ii-t. .1111.1 Mgor. 



Til,- C.-.i. W iiili..l.l I .1. put lip an elabo- 

 rate .1.-. ..1 .il i.iii I'.. I I lie -priiiL.' ..p.-ning at 

 tlie Si.-M.l I .i..p.-i -l..r.'. I'll.- main aisles 



BUFFALO. 



Hiisiness has been just fair and can- 

 II. ii expect much till the great week ar- 

 iIm'^. We expect a very lively Easter 

 .111.1 every one is feeling good and there 

 ail- already a ■_'n-at many strangers in 

 t(i\(ii. l.ii'l- ..t pa-.:i'ji'. who will be here 



.\s iii.ni 1..I1. .1 III a pii-vioiis note, lilies 

 are scan. Talaai 1.,.- a ni.-e lot of Ja- 

 pans, a- \i.'ll a- J Lj''i'i l"i .if azaleas, 

 liebsto. k h:i- I i.ii'j. I.ii .il -lapans just 

 right tin .lai.'. I. ill 111, iiia|..i'itv rather 

 short. He ha- a -pleii.li.l l.n ..f a/aleas 

 and a thousand hybrid i. - '-. i.iit lii- Lad- 

 ing article is 300 or 4i"i w.ll l>l...iiiied 

 Crimson Ramblers. .luu -a\ - lluy ran't 

 be beat in the country, and he is about 

 right. They were grown in pots last sum- 

 mer. C. F. Christensen has a tlunisand 

 verv fine Harrisii. and at the Cold 

 Spring- .'-tal.li-liini'iil ..f William Scott 



1„ h.-.l.lin- planl-. 



S. M. Michaels now has his si, ire al 

 .510 Xorth Robey street. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. have made their 

 usual complete arrangements for hand- 

 ling a big Easter business and are receiv- 

 ing many advance orders. 



Wietor Bros, are cutting a fine lot of 

 earnations having several large houses 

 .just coining in crop. 



Bassett & Washburn will have a big 

 lot of lilies as well as a full line of other 

 stock for Easter. 



Word has been received that the S. A. 

 F. will give one silver medal and one 

 bronze medal for new and meritorious 

 plants of American origin at the next 

 fall exhibition of the Horticultural So- 

 .icty of Chicago. 



plenty, but 1 ,l,in i lull, \. .nr too many. 

 Easting is pnpaiiim t.i n.cive large 

 shipments from ,jUt nl l,.uii growers, aiid 

 will doubtless do a big business, as he 

 di<l last year with the order book in his 

 hand and jirancing about among the 

 blocks „r lili,-. .i/.i!,.as and Rambler 



ro.ses. -iii^inij ill,, prices he wants. 



He is. al.n i-i a- mil li at home as he is at 



better. 



Visitors in town are not very numcr 

 ous, unless you count the Hollander-. 

 Four of them in one day. but we c^i-apd 

 them all. Mr. Xelson r...L'iu-. . f Ikiiaxia. 

 was in looking at the r.m \nn ii.,iii' ami 

 Mr. Boddington-laid (ill ..V. 1 ^nn la^ In'ie 

 and we showed him ,(\, i tin I \p..-iiiMii. 

 Like all visitors, he wa- .ji.iih -nipri-c,! 

 at its magiiitudc aii.l k. .iii\, ,ilili..u;;h 

 this is just the time h li..ii lli,. L;i..un,ls 

 are at their worst. 



The Florists' Club met last Thur.sday 

 and elected ollicers for the coming year. 

 We had all made up our minds who were 

 the right ones to carry the work of the 

 society through this important year. 

 There was oirly one spirited contest! and 

 that was when David .1. Scott nearly beat 

 out the veteran Keitsch for the |i,'i>ili,in 

 of treasurer. David is a business hov 



-,.,'i,tan. William Legg: linancial secre- 

 tary. Emil Hroucker: treasurer. Charles 

 II. Keitsch: who. with the election of 

 .lohir F. Cowell, D. B. Long and William 

 Scott, will be the board of directors. W'p 

 have dignified ourselves by the name of 

 "Directors," but our pay is not raised. 



Captain .lames Braik is a compara- 

 tively recent addition to our activ,- ranks 

 and a welcome one. He brings av,iir(lu- 

 pois, energj', ability, snap and the lust of 

 good fellowship into our delibciations. 

 His only weakness is, he does love a game 

 of bowls. He will abseirf himself from a 

 praver meefinir or anv ntlier Hireling to 

 trundle the .^pli, i ,.i.l. ' T M..iikl l,.,k .Tohn 

 Westcott and ( apiain I'.i.nk iipinaliiwl- 

 ing alley for t\Miii\ 1..111 li.iiiis and make 



