FEBRUARY 9, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



255 



number of oar prominent commercial 

 growers, were represented, while the 

 private gardeners attended to. exhibit- 

 ing of Orchids. Mr. N. F. Comley of 

 Lexington, had some nicely grown vio- 

 lets, of the Luzonne and California 

 single type. W. E. Cobuni had two 

 fine dishes of cut florets of Primula 

 sinensis showing a great range of col- 

 or. W. A. Patten of Tewke.-^bury. Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, of Medford, Wm. Nicholson 

 of Framingham, and S. J. Goddard of 

 Framingham, made some fine exhibits 

 oi well grown specimens of carnations. 



Of new varieties, Joseph Towell of 

 Paterson, N. J., had a vase of Gov. 

 Griggs, which is of a color similar to 

 Daybreak. J. N. May of Summit, N. J., 

 sent on some nice blooms of the deli- 

 cate pink "Melba," and some immense 

 flowers of Olympia, red and white, 

 variegated, a splendid carnation. E. A. 

 & W. K. Wood exhibited a promising 

 white one, called Priscilla, a seedling 

 from Daybreak, 



J. E. Rothwell. Mrs. John L.Gardner 

 and the Botanic Gardens of Cam- 

 bridge, made fine exhibits of season- 

 able orchids, and H, A, Wheeler and 

 James Comley showed quite a variety 

 of our old friend — Camellia Japonica, 

 C. H. Souther had a nice lot of freesias 

 and Begonia incarnata improved. 



The News. 



Among the growers who are think- 

 ing of accompanying President Nichol- 

 son to Philadelphia, are Peter Fisher 

 of Ellis, with blooms of Mrs. Thomas 

 W. Lawson; W. A. Patten of Tewkes- 

 bury, Thomas Roland, John Pritchard, 

 William Spillsbury, J. Sims, and W. 

 Ward. 



The event of the week has been the 

 suit brought by Messrs. Galvin and 

 Lawson, against Wax Brothers, who 

 have been advertising a "Lawton," icar- 

 nation. The court ordered them to de- 

 sist, and instructed them not to sell 

 any carnation of that, or any name 

 similar to The Lawson. 



The great social event has been the 

 annual ball of the Mayapia Hunt Club, 

 andTowmbly was the decorator, trans- 

 ferring the large Paul Revere Hall into 

 a tropical garden, and receiving many 

 compliment.^ for his excellent taste. 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club have a meeting at Horticultural 

 Hall on Tuesday evening, February 7, 

 Prof. Wm. P. Brooks of the Mass. Agri- 

 cultural College will deliven am address 

 on What Plants Feed upon and How to 

 Feed Them, and Mr. Wm. Nicholson 

 will talk on the coming convention of 

 the American Carnation Society. 



Messrs. C. H. Allen of Floral Park, 

 N. Y., and Mr, Henshaw, representing 

 Mr. John N. Mayf of Summit, N. J., 

 have been visitors this week. 



Mr. Thomas F. Galvin made a flying 

 trip to New York in quest of American 

 Beauty roses, stock here being limited. 



W. F. Murphy is back at his post at 

 N. F. McCarthy's and flower sellers 

 are congratulating him upon' his re- 

 covery from La Grippe. P. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



New York is getting her full share 

 of frost and snow this winter, and of 

 course as a rule the poor florist gets 

 more than his deserved portion. There 

 would at least be some consolation 

 and incidentally a partial recompense 

 for sleepless nights, tending fires, if 

 the market was anything but slow. 

 This week there has been a very con- 

 siderable drop in prices, and the out- 

 look with Lent so near is not very 

 pleasant. Of course, there is an abun- 

 dance of everything when the demand 

 is unsteady, and especially so is it now 

 when all kinds of bulbous stock is 

 crowding on the benches. Harrisiis 

 continue to be poor in quality and 

 bring from ?10 to $12. Daffodils are 

 fairly good and very plentiful and sell 

 from $2 to $3. Golden Spur narcissus 

 are extra fine and bring $3 to $4; 

 Poeticus, $3; Paper Whites, $1 to $2; 

 Romans. .|1; tulips, which are so far 

 poor. $1 to $2; valley, ?1 to $2, and in 

 every Greek's hand, "10 cents a 

 bunch." Freesia, 10 to 20 cents per 

 bunch; lilac, 75 cents; mignonette, $4 

 to $15; violets, 25 to 75 cents; carna- 

 tions, ordinary, oO cents to $1; spe- 

 cials (not, of course, including The 

 Boston Peach), $2 to $4, smilax, $12; 

 asparagus, three for $1; cattleyas, $25 

 to $40; oncidiums. $3 to $5; Cyps, $6 

 to $8; forsythia, $2 per bunch; Japan 

 quince, $3 to $5 per bunch; flowering 

 almond, $3; Beauties, any price up to 

 $50; Maids, $2 to $10; Brides, ditto; 

 Meteors, $4 to $12; Cuslns, $3; Perles, 

 $3, and so on down the list. If one 

 buys in quantity, and especially for 

 cash, prices are the buyer's own. Ous- 

 ins are being used more, and it looks 

 as if this grand little rose will be pop- 

 ular again. It is surprising how Perles 

 have dropped out of favor; they are 

 very seldom seen in what are called 

 "high-toned stores." 



Flowering Plants. 



Flowering plants are plentiful and 

 good. Azaleas this year seem very 

 good and sell from $1 to $4. White 

 lilac in pots are pretty and go at 

 $1.50. Some splendid cyclamen can 

 be got for 50 to 75 cents; primroses, 

 $1.50 to *2 per dozen, and all kinds of 

 bulb stock can be had in boxes or 

 pans as cheap as cut flowers. Epacris 

 are on hand for the first time; $3 per 

 dozen for 314-inch pots. Favorite 

 plants for window use just now are 

 orchids growing on wood or in bas- 

 kets, and whether it be dendrobium, 

 oncidium or cattleya. they excite the 

 most interest of all flowers and don't 

 cost much. Adiantum Farleyense is 

 scarce; 5-inch stock brings $1 each; 

 more of it has been used this year 

 than ever, and those who had large 

 batches of it in the early season made 

 the mistake of rushing it off too quick- 

 ly. A. cuneatum Is not over plentiful 



and small ferns seem to have been 

 awfully pushed. 



Bowling. 



But let's get away to the bowling 

 alleys, where every man, be he blonde, 

 brunette, or grey, straight or bent, is 

 a boy again, and casts away dull cares 

 with every whizzing ball and bawl. 

 Cynics there are 'mong us, to be sure, 

 who hasten topuncture the idiosyncra- 

 sies of human nature; but pshaw! the 

 athlete — the jolly athlete — and the 

 philosopher only have room at the 

 alleys; the athlete to smash the pins, 

 the philosopher to reason out the an- 

 tics of men's arms and legs. 



It was certainly a great night to- 

 night at the iNew York Alleys, the 

 forthcoming match with the Flatbush 

 champions brought out nigh forgotten 

 faces, and instilled all with the flre 

 of enthusiasm; so much did the oc- 

 casion work up O'Mara that he in the 

 first game scored 243; this we believe 

 beats the record so far as Florists are 

 concerned, and we wish some of those 

 who intend going to Detroit to make 

 a note of it. Following are the scores 

 of the evening: 



O'Mara 243 157 H3 163 



L/ang 147 165 145 184 



Hafner 116 U7 113 



Troy 152 103 121 



Plumb 141 131 



Leuly 152 145 126 141 



Burns 112 136 124 103 



Traendly 105 143 119 121 



Bunyard 123 104 120 145 



Stumpp 148 141 146 



Donlan 128 97 141 



Butterfield 95 



The match between New York and 

 Flatbush will take place at the Alleys, 

 at 57th St. and Sixth ave. at 3 o'clock 

 sharp on Monday, Feb. 13th; there 

 w'ill be ten or more on each side and 

 a great army of coachers. J. H. 

 Troy will offer a prize to be competed 

 for during the games. 



Notes. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 will hold an exhibition of new and 

 standard carnations at their rooms, 

 64 Madison ave. on Saturday evening, 

 Feb. 11. C. W. Ward offers a prize 

 for the best collection, the society, 

 one for display, and J. I. Donlan one 

 for new carnation not yet in com- 

 merce; all competition confined to 

 private gardeners, but the trade will 

 be well represented and carnation 

 cranks should visit the show. 



We are pleased to notice Mr. Ward's 

 acceptance of the Boston challenge, 

 and certainly hope for New York's 

 victory. 



Florists here in general are sur- 

 prised at the advertising capabilities 

 of our brothers from the Hub, and re- 

 grets are many that the dry goods 

 stores should be the first to get the 

 carnation in New York. 



John Keyes, an old time wholesale 

 florist, met a sudden death on Tues- 

 day, Jan. 31. He was without an 

 enemy in the florist business and all 

 regret his untimely end. IVERA. 



