690 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



from ] i~:i III Liuiii lioxi'^ on nil 



the Iriiiii-. Siipp.-f -i.iiiclliiii^' like 

 80,000 violets were soKl in this market. 



The stores had aooil displays and all 

 seem satisfied with results, llannnoiid 

 and JIann &, Brown were out for the 

 biggest plums. Then eanie Harvey, 

 Whitty, Jlosmiller, Keynolds. Aniory 

 and Eby, followed by the market bri- 

 gade, and la.st, but possibly not least, 

 the new colored candidate — Korrester — 

 who had all the work for "Urudder Jas- 

 per" of "De sun do move" fame. 



i-^t the florists keep their eyes on 

 Kichmond. The business is ccilainly 

 moving here and some day not fur dis- 

 tant will reach dimensions to surprise 

 some of those wlio regard the nuuket a- 

 small. ' <l. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market- 



rt bii 



bmce my i; 

 creased and the jjrices cut to almost 

 nothing. The glut started the early part 

 of the past week, the best of stock being 

 hard to <li.|.<,M. .if uii.l llinr aio pro.s- 

 'jccts of ill" -1111 rnnliiiiiinu .lining (he 



piices olii,iiii.-il r.ii -i.i.k iiihl w nil u I 



reason, 'lluii- Iki- 1 n ciiMnly im. miik li 



stock br(iu..'ht to this market for the 

 light demand. The quality of the stock 

 (c.ming in at present is fairly good; in 

 loses American Beauty has improved 

 greatly. Violets are showing the effects 

 of the spring weather and a few warm 

 (iavs will put them out of the market. 

 Tli'is is all that can be said of the mar- 



Notes. 



iiting has been very brisk so 



far this spring. Mr. C. C. Sanders re- 

 port.s that he is very busy just now- 

 planting trees, evergreens and shrubs. 



C. Young & Sons Co. report large or- 

 ders coming in ' for plants, seeds and 

 bulbs. They expect a large trade this 

 spring. 

 'Mr. Wm. Boiichc. iIh- bind^.apr -ard- 

 ener, reports tlml hr i- m |irr-.riii at 

 ].anghlin's placr mi. I i- ;/r(lii,^ it in 

 line shape. Mr. l.aiigliliii will .-pare no 

 expense and will have the finest place 

 aiound St. Louis. Sander's Nursery is 

 furnishing all the plants, trees and 

 shrubs. 



.According to the reports of the com- 

 niLssioners to the Pan-American Exposi- 

 tion, Mr. Wm. Bouehe will have charge 

 of the work for the Missouri exhibit and 

 ■.\ better man could not be found to do 

 credit to old Missouri. 



Qub Meeting. 



The April meeting., of I he I'lorists' Club 

 last Thursday wa- vciy jiooily attended 

 only ten members Iwing jirescnt, most of 

 file growers being too busy with spring 

 trade. \o essays were read, all being 

 excused until the Mav meeting. The 

 first ten per cent of the World's Fair 



subscription was ordered paid. J. J. 

 IJcneke resigned as chairman of the ex- 

 l.il.ili.iTi rniMiiiillcc and Fred Meinhardt 



wa^ .i|.|.Miiit, ,1 lu the place by the prcsi- 

 di'iit. \.M III III' otiier business was 



Bowling. 



summer bowling in order to be In sliap 

 Buffalo match. Tlie attendance was 

 tlie fii-st night, but a full attendance 

 ised for next Monday. The scores wer 



J. W. Kunz 



.I.'!4 1S6 146 174 163 

 .156 1S3 163 157 136 

 .125 148 158 141 113 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



I'.ll-illr-- li;,.. Iiili.-n uir coiiMdciablv; 

 plants arc :i( a -tiiiidMiil; cut flowers 

 arc in long >iippi\ — nil adopted term — 

 hardly soniiiU ri;;lil. Carnations arc 

 holding faiil.\ well in price but roses 

 have tunibleil; ^2.M) a (loz. is about as 

 good as you can get for five foot 

 Beauties and Teas are down to $0 and 

 $8 a 100 for the best, with the accent on 

 the $6. 



Violets are nearly over, likewise bul- 

 bous flowers. Woulil to heaven they were 

 entirely over. One shipper alone sent 

 14,000 southern single dafl'odils to a 

 commission house on Monday of this 

 week. The stores seem fairly busy; 

 there is a good deal lioiii"' on still. 



Various Items. 



Mor 



ot 



Maids sliow great vigor. His young 

 plants grown in narrow houses are in 



.Iciiiiiiii:- Urn-. ,,t (limy, wlio have the 

 rc|iiil,ii i'Mi .ii i.il.iii- \'i\ line roses to 



uptown -I -. ,11. LMinu to tear down 



and i.l.iiil.l n iiiiiiili. r ..t their bouses 

 their patent benches 



lid had a very heavy 

 r Beauties for Easter. 

 1 of stout canes that 

 f he seven-foot stakes 



is country for 

 it is thought 

 Dad annually 



next summc 



and gutter; 



Adolph ¥ 



for tin.-, -flui.-lui.i,, 



David Anderson, of Uarrettsford, Dela- 

 ware county, will plant two 150-foot 

 houses in American Heautics this sum- 

 mer. If li.' il(M> 111. nil n^ wi'll n- Brides 

 and Maid- tli.\ will i..' \.n\ lim- indeed. 



I'niiik l'.l.ik.'l...i..iii;li. ..I rkivlon, \. J., 

 formerly of .Ml. Aiiy. rrp.nt- ,i;..od Eas- 

 ter business. This is only his second 

 year but he is educating the natives to 

 buy flowers and feels much encouraged. 



Charles Zimmer. West Collingswood, 

 N. .r., reports excellent Easter business. 

 He had some lilies late but there were 

 many others in the same boat. 



William .J. Jloore has put a fine new 

 w-agon on the street. Husiness is surely 

 way lip with this hustling commission 



The April meeting of the club was 

 favored with three splendid papeis on 

 the rose bv .John N. Mav, Summit. N. .7.. 

 John H. Taylor. HnvMde, Long Island. 



and Benjamin Durfee, Washington. 

 These papers are to be sent to Dean Hole, 

 who was elected an honorary member of 

 the club. John Walker was also elect- 

 ed an honorary member. 



Robert Craig has a promising lot of 

 calceolarias well set with buds. 



Jean \'iaud is a likely bedding gera- 

 nium, it is of the Briuint type, flowers 

 large and double, color pink.' 



The Floral Exchange are said to hav. 

 placed many young plants of Queen of 

 Edgely rose in small lots among private 

 gardeners. 



Myers & Sanitman exjject to grow Sun 

 rise next season, it is understood, ^s a 

 side bench rose in some Beauty houses. 



It is estimated that the loss to all oi 

 us through the rainy Saturday befon 

 Easter was not less than $25,000. Tlii- 

 is probably conservative. 



.lohn \\ estcott reports his wholesale 

 Easter trade as ahead of last vear. but 

 the retail trade was ruined by 'the rain. 



Williniii W 1111:1, n-. Ilniii.'- -I'l.',! lienor 



He is s; 

 Hyphen 



Trade Conditions. 



No more .sympathy need be wasted on 

 the Puritanical city of Beans-l^-the-Bay. 

 Things have been better since Easter 

 than colli. 1 !..■ ,Ai,..,t..,I consid.ninLj the 



of 'the n'im.ili.i,'." ■ni.''"lu., 'w'.-.-k-' 'I'nTn 

 held ba.-k tin- 1,1. .-.nn- -oiin-wlinl. as 

 well as the customers, so that really 

 there was not much of a glut after the 

 very fair demand was supplied. Of 

 course cvcr\thing \vas quite closelv 

 .i.il'|..l f.ii Isnstcr which helped ma- 

 t.ii,ii|\ 111 k..|.iiig goods down to market- 

 nkl.' ijii.uit 11 1.-. N'iolcis even tried to 



.-1 km. I ..1 - 1 linliii.'.l innllw l.rlHccll 



til.- -nl.-nini ,,l i In- Iv \l. W" I ( '.i., 



Wclcl, liros.. and .Mnnl.i. with tin- as- 

 sistance of tieo. Suthcrlnink wlm Im- the 

 cut of the Exeter Ko-... i mi-. r\ ,it.n ics. 

 Ijike the great and onl\ .iiigiiinl Amer- 

 ican beauties these goods are shy in 

 bloomers especially in cold weather and 

 it is really remarkable that the sunnv 

 side of a cold New llniup-liirr hill cnii 

 compete with fli.' mi. I. II.' Mlnnii. -tntcs 



thi 



■ grt 



the crop of tho-.- lull- .m l li.' u.nniuc 

 sort. But the Exclcr |ii.i|.l. \<].i\ n u>»'d 

 game with them and lli.n ..mI.i i.in 

 perature comes in goml |.ki\ ilniinj t In- 

 next two months in keeping up ,i ,i;oi.h1 

 color. 



Beauties are now selling at from $1 

 to .$() per dozen in competition with a 

 fail -uppl\ of .lacks and Brunuers, 

 liii.l.-- ami' \lni.ls at from .$2 to .*li: per 

 IIHI; pink-, .-s-i to .H4 per 100 on .irood 

 oi.liuaiy kiuils; violets, 25 to 50 cents; 

 bulb goods, lilies and quite an array 

 of spring material at low prices. But 

 qt'ioted prices are of no value just now. 

 ll wouhl take a trombone ten feet long 



