DECEMBER 15. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



59 



Cattleya Percivaliani. 



all summer (the way to grow them.) 

 Off the end of one of the new houses 

 a flight of stone steps (a good many of 

 them) leads you down to a cool, moist 

 cellar of ample dimensions, where a 

 car load of flowers could be stored, 

 and where ice is not needed at any 

 time of year. Then there is the new 

 boiler house, with its battery of 40 

 horse power, steel boilers and fire- 

 proof boiler house and immense brick 

 shaft all new, and then _W. J. says, "I 

 have to put in 800 feet of 12-inch sew- 

 er 14 feet deep this summer." But all 

 this only keeps a man awake and pro- 

 longs his life. 



The man from Wilkesbarre and his 

 chum from Utica assailed W. S. be- 

 cause he spoke favorably of butted 

 glass. Mr. Palmer half-heartedly sup- 

 ported the latter, perhaps more from 

 sympathy than conviction, however, 

 not strong enough to prevent several 

 well-aimed 2-inch pots indenting sev- 

 eral head gears. The fusillade stopped 

 on our host proposing that we should 

 all return to town, and seeing a fine 

 crowd at the show we shook hands all 

 round and agreed that butting or not 

 butting should be left to our indivi- 

 dual choice, but we should not butt 

 «ach other. 



Visitors. 



We have heard of J. C. Vaughan fly- 

 ing through the city, but his stops 

 both ways have been so brief we 

 could not get a glimpse of him. Mr. 

 Ringier, of Chicago, was also in town, 

 but he avoided the precincts of Cold 

 Springs. Mr. McRorie called recently 

 and told us of the good things of- 

 fered at the "Universal Horticultural 

 Establishment," of W. A. Manda. Let 

 toe see I almost forgot; oh yes, of 

 course, Mr. Mott was here last week 

 doing a good business. And may we 

 all do a good business for the next 

 month is the prayer of your humble 

 servant. W. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Prices remain about the same as last 

 week, though in spots there is already 

 a slight stiffening, evidently anticipat- 

 ory of Christmas.' The outlook for 

 Christmas is very good so far, the 

 weather having been quite favorable 

 for the season, though the cold snap 

 on Tuesday was a drawback. While 

 there is no likelihood of a surplus, we 

 are inclined to think the supply of car- 



nations will be rather better than 

 usual at the season and that aside 

 from Beauties rose orders may not 

 have to be cut so severely as in the 

 past. 



Christmas comes on Sunday, and 

 though many will observe Monday, 

 still Sunday will be the day for a 

 large number, and it Is evident that 

 Saturday will be the heavy selling 

 day for the retailer, though this may 

 be extended into Sunday and in some 

 cases to Monday morning. Conditions 

 favor a longer selling season than 

 when the holiday comes on a week 

 day. 



Every year there is more or less 

 complaint about the grower failing to 

 reach the market at the right time to 

 get the most out of his stock, and this 

 week we endeavored to get the views 

 of the wholesalers as to the rightiime 

 to get stock in for the coming Christ- 

 mas. There was some diversity of 

 opinion, but it is evident that shipping 

 out on Christmas orders willT begin 

 as early as Tuesday and will be con- 

 tinued in varying volume up to Fri- 

 day. A few dealers thought that Wed- 

 nesday would be the heaviest shipping 

 day, but the majority flxed upon 

 Thursday as the day upon^jwhich the 

 largest number of shipp'ing' orders 

 would go out, and a few thought Fri- 

 day would be the day. All agreed 

 that from Wednesday on shipping 

 trade would be brisk, and that it 

 would be wise for growers to keep 

 their stock coming in rather than 

 bunching it at any particular time. As 

 Christmas prices go into effect Mon- 

 day there can be no object in hold- 

 ing back in quantity anyway. .In 

 any event the very last of the cut 

 for shipping trade should reach the 

 wholesaler by Friday morning at the 

 latest, and the last of that for city 

 trade should be in by Saturday morn- 

 ing at the latest. Anything coming 

 later than that is practically sure to 

 flnd "a banquet hall deserted." Dis- 

 tribute your Christmas shipments 

 from Tuesday to Saturday morning, 

 having the largest ones reach the deal- 

 er on Thursday and Friday, would 

 seem to be the best advice that can be 

 given after a careful review of the 

 opinions of the dealers. 



Various Items. 



Wietor Bros, have put in at their 

 greenhouses two liquid manure tanks 

 10x25 and 6 feet deep. 



Mr. S. B. Winter is confined to his 

 home by illness. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held Friday (the 16th.) 



Bowling. 



At the meeting of the Bowling Club 

 last Friday evening it was decided to 

 put up two gold medals, value $10 

 each, one to be awarded to the mem- 

 ber making the highest average dur- 

 ing a series of games covering three 

 months, and the other to go to the 

 member making the highest indivi- 

 dual score during the same series. 

 The medals must be won three times 



