DECEMBER 22, 1898. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



87 



Review of the Work of the Chrysanthemum Society of America for 1898 — Continued. 



Name. 



Nagoya. 

 Xeno ... 



Stelletta . 

 Superba . 



^ueen of Plumes 



Miss Florence E. Deu- 

 zer 



Where 



Shown. 



Phila . 



Cincinnati 

 Chicago . .. 



Phila... 

 Boston . 



New York 



D.ATE. 



Nov. 26 



Dec. 3 



Exhibited bv. 



Nathan Smith & Son. 



Adrian. Mich. 



A. C. Zoolanek, 



W. Hoboken. N.J 



Color. 



Vellow 



Purplish pink 



Deep pink 



Pink 



Yellow 



Pink 



Bright pmk 



Delicate lilac pink 



Pink 



TVPE. 



lap. Ref 

 [ap. Inc. 



Jap. Kef 

 Jap. Inc. 



lap. Inc. 



hairy sec 



ap 



Points Scored. 



Remarks. 



SoLiEL D'OcTOBRE. This variety was reported upon as Soliel d'Or, with October Sunshine in parenthesis. .\s the first name had been, appropriated 

 to a Chrysanthemum, it appeared in the weekly report of October 29th as October Sunshine. It nas been ascertained that it is a French importation, 

 Ihe right name being as here given. 



fr 



G. J. Warren. Considerable controversy has arisen over the yellow sports from Mme. Carnot. Not less than three of them are catalogued by English 

 ,rowers. The following extracts from English catalogues may throw some light upon the subject : " Vellow Mme. Carnot. a deep canary yellow sport 

 _rom the well known Mme. Carnot.''— H. J. Jones' catalogue. ISUT. " Yellow Mme. Carnot or G. J. Warren."— Norman Davis' catalogue, 189S, " Mrs. W. 

 Mease, tlie sulphur Mme. Carnot, is thoroughly distinct from the yellow sport G. J. Warren."- H. J. Jones' catalogue, 1898. 



David S. Ward. The Committee consider this variety identical with Mrs. Robt. Mc.^rthur. and further inquiry has established the fact. 



Yellow Mayflower. .\s a certificate was awarded a yellow sport from Mayflower. November, 1896, under name of F. A. Spaulding, it is considered 

 advisable to withhold certificate from tlie last shown until their distinctiveness can be determined. 



Mrs. Geo. F. Baer. The issuing of a certificate for the variety Mrs. Geo. F. Baer, wTiich was withheld last year to determine its identity, will have to 

 be deferred until the several yellow sports from Mrs. J. Jones can be thoroughly tested. To add to the complications of this case there have been two more 

 yellow sports from this parent disseminated last spring. Mrs. J. Jones has sported to yellow and yellow with bronze shadings in six localities in this country. 



ELMER D. SMITH, Secretary. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



New York wishes the rest of these 

 great and glorious United States, in- 

 cluding Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philip- 

 pines, Hawaii, and all the rest of us, a 

 good, old-fashioned Yankee Christmas 

 and a prosperous future. New York 

 has been absent from your columns 

 for a short time, simply because we've 

 been too busy preparing for the great- 

 est of all festivities — Christmastide — 

 and we can assure you all we intend 

 to enjoy it, and advise you to do like- 

 wise. Of course, we'll have lots of 

 trouble in trying to please Shylocks 

 and cranks with flowers and the 

 prices. The present indications, how- 

 ever, are that we shall have a good 

 run of business, and ■we must take the 

 best there is in it out of it. There is 

 nothing specially new on the market, 

 Ibut there is a greater supply of desir- 

 able stock, such as poinsettias, which 

 are going at 25 cents; Harrisils, at 

 $1.50 to $2: violets today are $2; roses, 

 such as Maids, Brides, Meteors, etc., 

 all the way f-om |3 to $12; Beauties 

 are sold by th? half-inch, the highest 

 price being 15 cents; hyacinths, $2 to 

 $3; carnations, $2 to $6; valley, $3 to 

 15; cattleyas, from |35 to $50; mums 

 are out of it. 



Of course, these prices are for De- 

 cember 19; they may or may not be 

 very, very different by Saturday. 

 Prices are things we don't take much 

 stock in. It xS impossible to quote 

 them correctly; simply because the 

 grading of stock, the critical buyers, 

 the culls, the six X's, and the debris, 

 must all be reckoned with, and this no 

 journalist has time to bother with; we 

 might attempt an average, but that 

 will never satisfy. 



We hear of a great many growers 

 changing their agents here today (De- 



cember 19), simply because they are 

 tempted with high Christmas prices. 

 Well, people are justified in getting all 

 they can, but they who hawk their 

 stock from one to another, generally 

 speai^mg, do not benefit much by it. 



Flowering Plants. 



There will be more fiowering plants 

 used this Christmas than ever. Orange 

 trees are fine in green pot baskets and 

 bow of orange ribbon. Ericas are 

 beautiful with crepe paper pot cover; 

 baskets of poinsettias and ierus are 

 lovely, and the cyclamen on the mar- 

 ket are superb; then there are baskets 

 of primulas, ardisias, anthuriums, and 

 an endless variety of combinations 

 which are cheaper and a great deal 

 more satisfactory than faded and pick- 

 led cut flowers at unreasonable prices. 



Growers should take notice of the 

 handwriting on the wall. Today there 

 was not a violet to be seen on the 

 market; Saturday we shall be asked to 

 buy stock we would have thrown away 

 last week. Mistletoe looks flne; Prin- 

 cess pine is not obtainable at any 

 price: holly is not specially flne. Im- 

 ported holly trees are grand. Wreaths 

 of box are beautiful and go well, 

 especially with a cluster of mistletoe 

 or red berries, and a bit of red ribbon. 

 Berry red immortelle stars in lycopo- 

 dium wreaths and holly wreaths are 

 the principal window dressings seen. 



Bowling. 



'But let's get away from business 

 awhile. That was a jolly impromptu 

 concert held after the last meeting of 

 the Florists' Club; it will be well to 

 have more of such. 



The Gardeners' Society's bowling 

 team say they lost the match because 

 there were florists on the team. Be 

 that as it may, there are rumors of 

 challenges being given out broadcast 

 among all the Florists' Bowling Clubs 



around New York, and there will be 

 lots of hard struggles soon. It is to 

 be hoped that the Philadelphia boys 

 will not come and "eat 'em all up"' 

 again before they get a proper chance 

 to defend themselves. 



There was a jolly party at the alleys 

 tonight. The following is a fair aver- 

 age game rolled: O'Mara, 174; Pen- 

 man, 137; Troy, 1.53: Traendly, 167; 

 Burns, 166; Leuly, 203; Ficken, 143; 

 Donlan, 123. 



The match game between teams rep- 

 resenting the New York Gardeners' So- 

 ciety and the New York Florists' Club 

 resulted in a victory for the latter. Mr. 

 T. Lang was the winner of Mr. Haf- 

 ner's prize, a silver match box. Fol- 

 lowing are the scores: 



N"E"W YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



J. Roehers 139 169 156 



'Wm. Burns 147 133 14S 



L. Hafner 141 137 135 



J. Penman 86 101 103 



F. L. Atkins 107 136 131 



T. Lan& 154 179 185 



Totals 774 855 858 



NE'W YORK GARDENERS' SOCIETY. 



P. O'Mara 150 119 ISl 



Jos. Manda 142 108 111 



Jas. Logan 132 102 89 



Wm. Plumb 132 99 135 



J. H. Troy 120 123 109 



Wm. Bartholomae Ill 153 93 



Totals 787 704 718 



Business Changes. 



Despite all the complaints of poor 

 business, we learn of very few going 

 out of the business. It is rumored 

 that Charles will discontinue his 

 cut flower department at Forty-third 

 street and 'Vanderbilt avenue after the 

 first of the month. 



A. Theismeyer has opened a florist 

 store at Thirty - seventh street and 

 Third avenue. 



Owen MacDonald, formerly with 

 Cristatos, has organized and will man- 



