DECEMBER 22, 1898. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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of a deeper shade of pink. Those who 

 saw it were very favorably impressed 

 with it. Mr. Hill also sent blootus of 

 his new red carnation, America, which 

 were also very favorably cop.imented 

 upon. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hunt are still 

 sojourning in New Mexico. 



Recent visitors: C. C. Pollworth, 

 Milwaukee; Geo. Souster, Elgin, 111.; 

 Mr. Anderson, of Williams & Sons 

 Co., Batavia, 111. 



Chas. W. Zaremba sued the World's 

 Columbian Exposition Co. for $1,000, 

 the value of orchids which he claims 

 were stolen from his collection on ex- 

 hibition at the fair. The suit came up 

 in court December 17 and was dis- 

 missed on motion of plaintiff's attor- 

 ney. 



John Craig, of Cornell University, 

 who succeeds Prof. J. L. Budd as pro- 

 fessor of horticulture in the Iowa Ag- 

 ricultural College on January 1, passed 

 through the city last Friday. 



Mr. S. B. Winter is still confined to 

 the house by illness. 



Mr. Andrew Miller, of the Central 

 Floral Co., deprecates the throwing 

 out of the Testout rose by the grow- 

 ers. It was very popular with his cus- 

 tomers and he feels that the grower 

 could obtain a price for It that would 

 warrant growing it. He found his cus- 

 tomers ready to pay an extra price for 

 it. Retail buyers are continually 

 looking for something different from 

 what can be secured from most any 

 fakir on the street. He could sell 

 many orchids were he assured of a 

 dependable and regular supply, espe- 

 cially cattleyas when bought so they 

 can be retailed at 75 cents a flower. 

 Customers note the sameness of the 

 stock of the florist and are continu- 

 ally asking for something different. 



During the past season extra select 

 mums were in as good demand as 

 ever with him, but poor ones wouldn't 

 sell at all. People would pay $4 a 

 dozen for fine blooms quicker than 

 they would pay $1 a dozen tor poor 

 ones. 



Bo'wling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys last Friday 

 evening. A pair of suspenders was 

 the novel prize put up by Walter 

 Kreitling to be awarded to the one 

 making ine highest score. Mr. G. As- 

 mus was the winner with a score of 

 187. Walter was requested to put up 

 a pair of trousers as the next prize 

 and to have them of a color to harmo- 

 nize with the suspenders: 



1st. 2nd. 3d. Av. 



G. Asmus 187 117 116 140 



J. Degnan 155 112 149 138 



W. Kreitling 145 129 141 138 



P. Stollery 144 130 141 138 



G. U Grant 132 157 126 138 



A. Henderson 130 140 ... 135 



Jno. Zech 152 117 ... 1.34 



E. Wlnterson 134 134 



P. J. Hauswirth 107 185 109 133 



J. Hartshome 124 144 US 128 



<5. Stollery 117 137 130 128 



C. W. McKellar 125 125 



■C. C. Pollworth 116 137 112 121 



J. S. Wilson 103 103 



H. C. Rowe 70 99 ... 84 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Such weather, nothing but weather, 

 wet, rainy, muggy, fungus-breeding 

 weather; if it does not improve soon, 

 it will not be as good a Xmas as it 

 otherwise might be. Everybody is 

 busy, too busy to even talk to you. 

 To see the quantity of holly and greens 

 at the grocery stores and meat shops 

 one would not think it was scarce — 

 yet the price is higher than formerly, 

 7 cents per yard as against 5 cents of 

 last year. Southern palm crowns and 

 leaves, needle pines and artificial palms 

 promise this year to cut quite a figure 

 In trade; as the church folks have dis- 

 covered how cheaply they can decorate 

 with them. 



Trade prospects are very gratifying, 

 prices stiff, stock scarce, and if the 

 weather clears up it promises to ex- 

 ceed the record of last year. 



Shipping trade is good, but all or- 

 ders have to be judiciously pared down 

 to make stock go round and prove sat- 

 isfactory to all. 



At the last club meeting the glass 

 question was the main subject of con- 

 versation; the committee, Geo. F. 

 Crabb, reported that the agent could 

 give no definite answer on prices, as 

 the tariff differed on different kinds of 

 glass, and as the same grades even 

 differ, according to the make of differ- 

 ent factories, he would have to see the 

 glass before a quotation could be made. 

 Mr. Crabb was instructed to invite him 

 to attend a club meeting, when more 

 light could be had on the subject. It 

 appears that the breakage in bulk lots, 

 through shipments, should not exceed 

 3 per cent, and that the lighter the 

 color of the glass, the more brittle, that 

 the darker colored glass was the 

 strongest. 



A committee of three, Eli Cross, 

 Henry Smith and Geo. F. Crabb, was 

 appointed to look into the expense and 

 feasibility of organizing a bowling 

 club in order to inject a little attractive 

 fun into the meetings. 



GEO. F. CRABB. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market. 



Everything seems bright for Christ- 

 mas trade. 



Dealers report in general good busi- 

 ness and bright prospects. Prices have 

 continually crept up since Thanksgiv- 

 ing. Tea roses are bringing $8 to $15; 

 Beauties, $25 to $75; carnations, $3 to 

 $4; Romans, $2 to $3; narcissus, $3; 

 valley, $5; violets, $1. The market is 

 overstocked with many inferior roses 

 that bring $2 to $4, and want more at 

 that. Greens can now be seen on al- 

 most every street corner. Farmers 

 from far and near simply fiood the 

 market at almost any price. 



Notes. 



J. L. Loose is constructing right in 

 the center of our fashionable neighbor- 



hood on Connecticut ave., a fine con- 

 servatory, 100x35 feet, which he ex- 

 pects to have completed by the 1st of 

 the year. It will no doubt be one of 

 the best paying investments in the 

 city. 



One of the handsomest decorations 

 of the season was probably the one at 

 National Rifles' Armory, the occasion 

 being the Ladies' night of the Mystic 

 Shriners. Both halls were elaborately 

 decorated with palms and wild smilax. 

 The work was executed by A. Gude & 

 Bro. 



Representatives of Bayersdorfer & 

 Co., H. A. Dreer, and J. C. Vaughan 

 were in the city this week and report 

 good holiday trade everywhere. 



. F. H. KRAMER. 



FLATBUSH, N. Y. 



Wednesday night, December 14, was 

 a red letter date to' the florist bowlers 

 of Flatbush and their friends, the oc- 

 casion being the dinner given by the 

 Lobsters to the Clams, and the Clams 

 wouldn't shut and the Lobsters were 

 neither green nor red. The Flatbush 

 Florists' Bowling Club, in order to 

 create a greater enthusiasm among 

 themselves, some time ago formed two 

 teams, one called the Clams, the other 

 the Lobsters; they were to play a se- 

 ries of games, the losers to provide a 

 dinner for the crowd. The Lobsters 

 lost, and December 14 the dinner was 

 given, and rarely — aye. very rarely — 

 has a more enjoyable affair been held. 

 There was no superabundance of 

 frills, but there were immense heaps 

 of fun and pleasure, which florists, as 

 a rule, too seldom see. 



Papa Zeller acted as chairman of the 

 banquet, and the man who may he 

 looked upon as the pioneer of our 

 business here was equal to the occa- 

 sion. Messrs. W. J. Stewart, Butter- 

 field and Donlan represented the hor- 

 ticultural press. Songs were sung and 

 stories related by Messrs. Dailledouze, 

 Schmutz, Prosser. Brennan, Werner — 

 in fact, all present assisted in making 

 the night one destined to remain a 

 pleasant recollection. 



GREENHOUSE BUILDING. 



We have received a copy of the 

 beautiful new "Catalogue of Green- 

 houses," issued by the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Company, Irvington-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. It is really a portfolio of hand- 

 somely engraved views of greenhouses 

 and conservatories erected by this old 

 and well known firm of horticultur.al 

 architects and builders. The vari-sty 

 of designs is very interesting, and the 

 views of the iron-frame rose-houses 

 will make every gi'ower wish to pos- 

 sess such light and solidly built struc- 

 tures. We expect to present a few of 

 these engravings in an early issue of 

 the Review. The book is evidently too 

 expensive to send out as freely as the 

 ordinary catalogue, but intending 

 builders can no doubt secure a copy 

 by sending 6 cents, to cover cost of 



