The Weekly Florists' Review, 



7J9 



New Pink Carnation 

 Crcssbrook. 



moist locations. The Golden Eoii i< one 

 of tlie many flowers accused of being 

 the cause of hay fever, but the evidence 

 is not conclusive. John Higoins'. 



CARNATION CRESSBROOK. 



This new pink carnatkm origiuMtcd 

 with Jlr. Chatterton Warburton, of Kail 

 Kiver, Mass., and the blooms shown at 

 the Baltimore convention of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society were certainly fine. 

 It was scored 94 points by the ju<lges, 

 which is 9 points more than the number 

 required to secure a certificate. The 

 blooms are a very pretty shade of pink, 

 well formed and borne on long, stout 

 stems. We were very favorably im- 

 pressed with it. S'nce the convention 

 the variety has scored another 94 points, 

 this time at the Boston Flower Growers' 

 Exhibition on March 9th. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Business is in fair sliape when you 

 consider that it is tlie end of April. 

 Quaker's ladies, crocuses and snowdrops 

 are in full b'.ooni outdoors. Next week 

 will be May. 



The plantsraen hardly did as well as 

 tisual with leftover and belated Easter 

 stock. The stores had more than usual 

 to begin with ; the azaleas were all too 

 ripe to keep, and lilies very plentiful. 

 Most of the stock has been cleared up 

 somehow and its place is being filled by 

 the next crop. The more up-to-date the 

 place, the quicker the benches are cleared 

 and refilled, for time and space mean 

 money. 



While business is fair for this season 

 there are entirely too many flowers on 

 the market. Carnation; hold up fairly 



well, but siMcnd-clas— well, in fact. :.ll 

 second-chi-- -lull i- iii ii\rr-N|i|ily. Tlie 

 street mrii li.'l|, i., ,li -|, .-r di i ]i. -t." 1. 

 but the \:<un Mr.uli.i I,;,- lirni :rs.n«-\ 

 them. l.ilic- .Mllllllll.' ;iliuil.l:illl :in.l r:iu 

 be had at anv price. Large white and 

 yellow dai>ies sell fairly well at $1.50 

 per 100; also white sweet peas at same 

 price; Blanelie Ferry goes slowly at $1 

 per 100. Smilax and asparagus con- 

 tinue in fairly good demand. 



Varioxis Items. 



William K. Harris, who was taken ill 

 Easter Monday, is happily recovering. 



Hugh Graham had foii 



per 100; whereas in this country $3 to 

 $4..50 is about the highest price ob- 

 tainable. 



.Trim Curwrn. .Tr., fnrmrrlv nf Villa 



\.i\:,, ll:l- ]r:,^,A LVdOII f.rf of ^In-- ;il 



Secretary Rust has a band of able, hard 

 working growers who are pushing the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society along 

 in good shape. The April meeting 

 brought out sharp competition for the 

 prizes ofTered. Cultural papers were 

 read by experts and keen interest was 

 manifested. 



It is the fashion among our horticul- 

 tural writers to make disparaging re- 

 marks about the foreign salesmen who 

 visit this country each spring. Prob- 

 ably this is due chiefly to regret that wc 

 are unable to supply our own wants in 

 plants and bulbs. Until we can do this 

 we owe a debt of gratitude to the en- 

 terprise of these growers from abroad, 

 who produce what our customers want 



and send their representatives to our 

 doors to offer their products. This city 

 has been known for some time as a good 

 market by these travelers. 



The business done here in palms has 

 fallen away of late years; we do them 

 well now ourselves, thanks to Dreer, Ball, 

 Ileacock and others. The importation of 

 araucarias has increased ; we have as yet 

 no specialist in this field; there are also 

 a LMoat many Ihu- i hi in, is still im- 



ported. The 

 the (lowering 

 (1 



■ i.s among 

 y azaleas; 

 Iply grown 



re so ailmiiably ;iii'l 'h 

 as (d defy home competition. 



The qmmtity of bulbs which we im- 

 pirl cai-h year is piniiily enoinious. At 

 ]}res('ii( till- liMiiiii of the business is 

 barely '.lim- ii^ nwn, there being a 

 slight 111. iii-i III liriMing and a distinct 

 decnu-p 111 I iij ..I bulbs. The fall- 

 ing oil' in tlir .|ii.iiiiii\ f. II. I'd each sea- 

 son is due p;uil\ til ill .,i-is alVccting 

 Harrisii lilies. ii,iiii--ii- \..n Sion, tulip 



La Heine and - _■ Mniilics of Dutch 



hyacinths and partly to a change in 

 taste, which has put these showy flowers 

 on the back track. 



llvigh Graham built a new palm house 

 before Easter; to fill it he drew from 

 outside, clearing up Edwin Lonsdale's 

 avnilabic stock. 



Ilir irtiiilrr- .Iniii- i.iii-iile planting 

 li.ivr M-'.l till I, 1 mil- -11 l.'jiiiblers left 



n i:,i-ii.| 111 till- »,iy, thus sav- 



iii;4 |i:iii lit lc:i-t I'f tlirii- investment, A 

 very large number of pansies are seen 

 about town in vases and window boxes. 

 Boston ferns in small sizes are in de- 

 mniid both in and outside of this city. 



.Iiijin F, Sibson. who has charge of the 

 MiKcan place, "Fernhill," Nicetown, has 

 hi- liiiusi's ill exceptionally nice condi- 

 liiiii r.iiiutir- riu.l 1111 iiiil ions are in 

 I III -III] r, Aiiiiiiij I .iiiMii-ii- he thinks 

 „i :i . I m|m,,|„,i, i ,,„.ki 1 iiii.l Flora Hill, 

 lull 111, li.-l Mill is llir Maiquis, The 

 pliiuls of this variety were field-grown, 

 and when lifted were rather small. They 

 have done finely all winter and are now 

 large plants still in excellent condition. 

 Phil. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Weather. 



For the week ending today (April 22) 

 we liave a record of clouds and rain, a 

 lower than normal temperature, but no 

 heav3' freshets or destructive winds, such 

 as have devastated other sections. The 

 copious precipitation has replenished the 

 springs and water courses and put a 

 period to the most prolonged winter 

 drouth that has been experienced here 

 since any weather memoranda have been 

 kept. The ground will now be in most 

 favorable condition for working and all 

 out-of-door operations, which are behind- 

 hand now. will go ahead with vigor. The 

 bloom of hard}' shrubs which are now in 

 season is profuse, the winter not having 

 had any injurious influence as in so 

 many years. 



The Market- 

 In the cut flower trade fairly active 

 conditions prevail. There is a glut of 

 callas and Harrisii lilies and more than 

 sullicient roses coming in except good 

 whites. Good Beauties are seljing well. 

 The supply of carnations is not much be- 

 yond the everyday requirements and they 

 "sell at prices which are a shade above the 

 average at this particular season. Hya- 

 cinths, tulips and narcissus are over- 

 done — especially the last, which come in 

 great quantities from farther south. 



