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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



JANUARY 26, 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



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NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The condition of the market and 

 business in general remains about the 

 same as last week. Many grades and 

 varieties of roses, especially Beauties, 

 are scarce. Everyone seems to be oft 

 crop at the same time. This is where 

 the i-etailer misses the good old hy- 

 brids, such as Magnas, Nerons, Brun- 

 ners, Alexis and Gloire de Paris. It 

 seems strange that we never see them 

 more. There is lots of petty quarrel- 

 ing occasioned by the scarcity of such 

 a stock as Beauty, and though the 

 wholesalers may delight iu raising 

 prices, the retailer cannot, for the rea- 

 son that his customers will not stand 

 for it, as they can never understand 

 why prices should fluctuate, especially 

 at this time of the year. 



Bulb stock is becoming more and 

 more plentiful, but tulips and jonquils 

 so far are poor in quality. Freesia 

 is very flue and commands big prices. 

 Lilac is good and the bunches are of a 

 more generous proportion. Violets — 

 well, it's been a very hard season for 

 the boys who have only frame violets, 

 still they and others are coming in 

 plentiful now and the peddlers are 

 beginning to stick them in everyone's 

 face, offering to exchange 50 of them 



for 2.5 cents. Your printer's d 



made a mistake in the price of Harri- 

 siis last week; it should have been $2 

 instead of $2.50; that extra 50 cents 

 might cause trouble, and I know you 

 don't wish it. 



Notes. 



Congratulations and other things to 

 Mr. Galvin, of Boston, Every old 

 woman in New York wants to see his 

 wonderful posey. 



Some clever, yes indeed, very clever, 

 gentleman attended the last meeting 

 of the New York Gardeners' Society 

 and succeeded for the night in having 

 their own sweet way. Unfortunately 

 for these clever gentlemen, however, 

 the by-laws of the society make their 

 Ignoble fun very silly and a boom- 

 erang. 



The New Y'orU Florists' Club's 

 twelfth annual dinner will take place 



at Morello's, 4 West 29th street, on 

 Thursday, February 9„ at 7 p. m.; 

 tickets to be |3. For many reasons this 

 is expected to be the largest attended 

 dinner the club has ever given, for 

 apart from the reduction in price, the 

 committee promise an abundance of 

 all that is calculated to give thorough 

 enjoyment from an epicurean as well 

 as the jovial sense. No New Yorker 

 can afford to miss it. 



And just a word to everyone owning 

 a new flower. The exhibition of flow- 

 ers at these annual dinners are very 

 grand, and if you want to bring any 

 novelty (including that $30,000 car- 

 nation) Ijefore the floricultural eyes 

 of New York, send them to the com- 

 mittee, Messrs. L. Hafner, J. H. Troy 

 and John I. Raynor care John Young, 

 51 West 2Sth street. 



Bowling. 



Capt. Leuly is quickly getting his 

 team into shape for the match with 

 the Flatbush boys, on February 13th, 

 at the New York Club's alleys, 57th 

 street and Sixth avenue. There is 

 nothing like matches to draw the 

 crowd together and raise enthusiasm. 

 The meeting at the alleys tonight, 

 January 23, was a very jolly one, and 

 the following serves to show how 

 some of the team is progressing: 



O'Maia 218 



Troy 159 



Traendlv 135 



I^euly IIT 



Lang 151 



Hafner 165 



Burns K"! 



Bunvanl 161 



Schenck IW 



Donlan 122 



IVERA. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Floral Euchre. 



The Floral Euchre given by the St. 

 Louis Florist Club on Friday last at 

 the Concordia Club was a grand suc- 

 cess. Most all the florists in the city 

 and their friends attended and every- 

 body had a good time. The commit- 

 tee in charge was on hand early and 

 arranged all the prizes, which num- 

 bered fifty-seven. Among the prizes 

 were plants of all kinds, ferneries, 

 bouquets and boxes of cut flowers. 

 The following florists donated prizes: 

 F. C. Weber, Beyer Bros.. Geo. B, 

 Windier, L. Armstrong, W. E. Jor- 

 dan, C. C. Sanders, Jordan Floral Co., 

 Max Herzog, Emil Schray, Walter Ret- 

 zer, R. J. Mohr, Andrew Meyer, F. J. 

 Fillmore, Michel Plant and Bulb Co., 

 C. Young & Sons Co., Ellison & Tes- 

 son, J. J. Beneke, C. A. Kuehn, H. G. 

 Berning, F. Ellis, John Steidel and 

 J. T. Ammann. 



After the playing flfty-seven persons 

 went home with prizes. Dancing then 

 began, which was very much enjoyeu 

 by the younger folks and was kept up 

 until 2 a, m. The entertainment was 

 voted a Success and will no doubt 

 be repeated at an early date. 



The Market. 



Within the past few days business 

 has been very good in the cut flower 

 line. Dinners and wedding receptions 

 and other entertainments made a call 

 for quantities of cut flowers. The 

 down town florists seem well pleased 

 with'iiieir counter trade, notwithstand- 

 ing the fine weather we have had, 

 which brought out the fakir on all 

 corners down town. The West End 

 florists report good trade in all 

 branches. 



Only the very best Beauties have 

 the call at $25 and $50 and are a lit- 

 tle scarce, the cheaper short stemmed 

 stock being about $2 and are sold to 

 the fakirs by the pan. First-class 

 Brides, Meteors, Maids and Carnots 

 sell at $5 and $8, Perles and Woot- 

 ons, $2 and $4. 



Carnations are becoming plentiful 

 and go well. Daybreak. Scott an"n all 

 white bring $2.50, extra fancy $3. 

 Scarlets had a good aemand the past 

 week'. 



Bulb stock shortened up a little and 

 Romans sold at $4 for the best; Paper 

 Whites also bring $4; Freesias this 

 morning sold at $4; valley, $3 and $4. 

 Von Sions are coming in and sell at 

 $4. Tulips are too short stemmed to 

 bring a good price. Harrisii and cal- 

 las remain the same as last week. 

 Violets are in fair demand and plenti- 

 ful, especially southern stock. Cali- 

 fornia bring 50 cents, double 75 cents, 

 single 25 cents, southerh stuff $2 per 

 100 bunches. Smilax and other green 

 stuff remains about as usual at this 

 time of year. 



Notes. 



Alex Walbart will give up his store 

 under the Lindell hotel on Marcn 1, 

 and it is rumored that Mr. Walbart 

 will open at Grand avenue and Olive 

 street on March 15. This neighbor- 

 hood is fast becoming the center of 

 atrraetion to the florist and will make 

 four within 100 yards of each other. 



Thomson, Anderson & Kennedy, 

 greenhouse builders of St. Louis, were 

 the lowest bidders to erect a $30,000 

 plant at Toledo, O. 



Miss Theresa Badaracco, at 1308 

 Olive street, had a new front put in 

 her store, which gives the place a very 

 attractive appearance. Miss Theresa 

 reports business first class. 



Miss Atkinson, who bought out the 

 Ayers Floral Co. a few months ago, 

 has sold her establishment to Mrs. 

 Pheffer, of Pheffer o: Rotter. They 

 will move from Thirteenth and Wash- 

 ington to Easton avenue this week. 



The Goose plant which is now in 

 bloom at Tower Grove Park, is at- 

 tracting large crowds every day. Mr. 

 W. A. Walton, of England, editor of 

 the Cactus Journal, a guest of Prof, 

 Trealease, considers it one of the fin- 

 est plants of the kind he has ever seen. 



Mr. E. H. Michel has returned from 

 Colorado, where he went to adjust a 



