DECEMBER S, 189S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



33 



City Hall Flower Market, J 5 Province Street, 9 Chapman Place, Welcli Bros., Proprietors, Boston, Mass. 

 The largest market for sale of flowers in New England. 



the extra express charges inconse- 

 quential in comparison. 



Up to and including ThanliSgiving 

 ■there seemed an unusually brisk de- 

 mand for white flowers, but this has 

 now shifted and color seems to have 

 the call. 



The outlook for Christmas supply 

 seems very satisfactory. While there 

 may be some shortage in roses, pres- 

 ent indications are that the supply of 

 carnations will be larger than for 

 some years. 



Roman hyacinths are coming in 

 freely now. 



Marriage of O. P. Bassett. 



Mr. 0. P. Bassett. the well known 

 senior member of the firm of Bassett 

 & Washburn, was married last Tues- 

 day, Dec. 6, the bride being Mrs. M. 

 Katherine Parsons. The wedding was 

 private and took place at the home of 

 the bride in Berwyn, the Rev. W. E. 

 McLennan officiating. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Bassett go to the Lexington Hotel for 

 the winter. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last club meeting Mr. E. Bu- 

 ■ettner, in accordance with the request 

 of the club, submitted a suggested list 

 of premiums for a spring exhibition. 

 He covered the matter very fully and 



though some believed that it was now 

 too late to start on a show for the 

 coming spring, It was thought well to 

 have the initial steps taken early for 

 the following year, and Mr. E. Wien- 

 hoeber was requested to submit the 

 schedule to the Horticultural Society 

 for its consideration. 



Various Items. 



The price of bouquet green has ta- 

 ken another lift, and the threatened 

 scarcity seems to be here. 



Benthey & Co.. with F. F. Benthey 

 in charge, opened their wholesale 

 commission store at 41 Wabash ave- 

 nue last Monday. C. S. Stewart, late 

 with Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson, 

 is with the new concern. 



S. B. Winter has closed an arrange- 

 ment with Larry Kelly, now with 

 Kennicott Bros Co., and will take his 

 place with Mr. Winter after the first of 

 the year. 



A. C. Kohlbrand, who had charge of 

 the city salesplace of Klehm's Nursery 

 until closed recently, is now with Ken- 

 nicott Bros. Co. 



Recent visitors: E. Haentze, Fond 

 du Lac, Wis.; L. H. Read, Grand Rap- 

 ids, Wis.; W. L. Hucke, St. Louis. 

 Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 



ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening. L. E. Coleman, Belvidere, 

 111., was a visitor: 



1st. 2nd. Av. 



G. Stollery 177 151 164 



J. S. Wilson 135 151 143 



E. F. Winterson 126 155 14() 



F. StoUery 145 131 138 



TV. Kreitling 149 US 133 



Jno. Degnan : IIG 128 122 



,T. Hartshorns 93 149 121 



C. W. McKellar 104 128 116 



L, E. Coleman 81 119 lOO 



P. J. Hauswirth 87 105 96 



MILWAUKEE. 



Thanksgiving Trade. 



Thanksgiving has been unusually 

 profitable for the florist this year. All 

 stock brought good prices and demand 

 was brisk, with enough stock to go 

 around excepting of Beauties and good 

 shipping carnations. Growers and re- 

 tailers are now looking forward to a 

 good Christmas trade and indications 

 point that way, as there will not be an 

 overstock in decorative greens and 

 prices bid fair to hold up well on stock 

 in all lines. Mums are about gone.. 

 Cut blooms averaged up in price equal 

 to last year, but there seemed to have 

 been a falling oft in demand for good 

 plants, while small, cheap plants sold 

 well. 



The usual after-effects of a holiday 



