The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



721 



W. J. Lawrence, President Toronto Florists' and Gardeners' Association. 



"or more inches across. Planted tliat 

 season, it threw up five grand spikes of 

 flowers of a heautiful fleshy pink, of 

 large size and good substance. 



When I lifted it in fall it had in- 

 creased seven-fold, each uf the seven 

 corms being two inches to three inches 

 in diameter. One of these seven last 

 year gave an immense spike of flowers, 

 "the lower two buds breaking into one 

 flower, which in size made a mere mi- 

 crobe of anything in the Childsii or any 

 other of the big things I have yet seen. 

 Unfortunately it had been given to a 

 neighbor, and" I thus lost the opportunity 

 of trying it out. E. J. L. 



London, Ont. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Market conditions are rather better 

 than last week, the supply having less- 

 ened and the demand increased some- 

 what. In fact, conditions are very sat- 

 isfactory for the season, though ruling 

 prices are hardly up to the same time 

 last year. Though there is a good deal 

 of stock in the market, there is none too 

 many good roses to meet the shipping 

 demand, and prices on this grade hold 

 up to $5 and $0. From these rates 

 prices shade down through the various 

 qualities to $2 for the poorest. In 

 Beauties the best bring $3 to $4 and 

 from that down to 75 cents. 



Carnations still hold their strong po- 

 sition and are $1.50 to $3 for good and 

 occasionally some fancy sorts bring $4, 

 while again Scotts have been sold at as 

 low as $1.00. Lilies are plenty and 

 are slow movers at from $4 to $6, with 

 some sales of extra at $8 to $10. Tu- 

 lips, etc., are slow, but are moving 

 rather better than last week. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 last Friday evening the attendance was 

 light, as the secretary had overlooked 

 sending out the usual notices. But 

 there was a quorum and some business 

 was transacted. The transportation 

 committee was instructed to issue a 

 j;cni ral iinilaUon to the florists in Chi- 

 rac" aihi 111.' west to participate in the 

 tii|i III I'.iiil.il.i next August and to en- 

 (liMMir III Irarn definitely how many 

 would join llic party, so the club would 

 be in a position to get the very best 

 possible terms and accommodations. The 

 secretary was instructed to request 

 Messrs. Hawkes, Swenson, Klehm and 

 Kennicott to have their essays ready to 

 read at the next meeting, to be held 

 May 2. The subjects to be covered are 

 hardy plants by the first two and 

 paeonies by the last two. 



Various Items. 



Several of the down-town retailers 

 have joined forces against the street 

 men and as a result an ordinance was in- 

 troduced at the meeting of the city coun- 

 cil last Monday evening which, if passed, 

 will no doubt "keep the flower sellers oflF 

 of the streets, as they will be "kept 

 moving," and but little business can be 

 done while "moving." The ordinance 

 was referred to the judiciary committee, 

 and as there is some little political in- 

 fluence backing it the street men may 

 soon have an opportunity to take a va- 

 cation. But, of course, much depends 

 upon whether counter influences are set 

 at work or not. 



If the ordinance goes through it will 

 cut off an outlet for the second and 

 third grade stock and may seriously af- 

 fect returns from this stock. One com- 

 mission house looked up their last Satur- 

 day's sales tickets to see what propor- 



tion of their sales wore to street men 

 and found that out of a total of $507 

 no less than $82 went to basket men and 

 $50 to stand keepers, a total of $138 

 to street men. They say that but for 

 the street men this stock would have 

 gone to the dump. 



The Poehlmann Bros. Company is now 

 fully organized, with John Poehlmann, 

 president; Adolph Poehlmann, vice 

 president, and August Poehlmann, sec- 

 retary and treasurer. The firm will 

 soon "build three houses 23x300 and a^ 

 1 1 an to 8x306. 



Weiland & Eisch are preparing to 

 move into their larger quarters in the 

 basement of the building they are now 

 in and are having them fitted up in 

 line shape. They will then handle the 

 out of two more large growers. They 

 have broken ground for the range of 

 new houses at their place in Evanston. 



E. C. Amling has absorbed the space 

 formerly occupied by George Picpgras, 

 and now occupies the entire floor. 



A shipment of trailing arbutus has 

 arrived at Kennicott's. 



We have heard of no damage to flor- 

 ists by the storm on Sunday, though 

 the wind was certainly strong enough 

 to endanger weak houses. 



At 0. J. Friedman's last Saturday 

 evening we noticed a very attractive 

 table center piece arranged by Joe Cur- 

 ran. It was circular in form and filled 

 with valley interspersed with eattleyas. 

 P. J. Hauswirth had a dinner dec- 

 oration for a college fraternity last 

 Friday evening, and the society's colors 

 being yellow and lavender he used daf- 

 fodils and violets throughout. The 

 boutonnieres contained a single yellow 

 narcissus and several violets, the latter 

 being wired to keep them in position. 



The daily papers are manifesting 

 much interest in the fact that a "Cen- 

 tury Plant" is about to bloom in the 

 con'servatory at Washington Park. 



At Rogers Park, Henry Phillip is 

 building a range of 60,000 feet of glass. 



Bowling. 



played, and Uir sim ,- iniiiiw 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Easter trade was good with most of 

 the stores, the only kicks being made by 

 beginners; the old houses did the best 

 business. The weather was splendid and 

 cut flowers were plentiful with the ex- 

 ception of liliums ; they were very scarce, 

 many stores only carrying a few dozen 

 while some had none at all. Trade since 

 Easter has been quiet at most stores 

 and will perhaps remain so until our 

 President McKinley visits us sometime 

 in May. Stock is becoming very plenti- 

 ful, outside roses are in abundance and 

 prices are taking a downward turn. 



Sweet peas have been in market the 

 past two weeks and are splendid in qual- 

 ity. 



Prices: Beauties, $1 to $2; Brides, 

 Maids, Kaiserjns, 25 to 50 cents; Me- 

 teors, 15 to 50 cents; Cecil Brunners, 



