FEBRUARY 23, ]Sa9. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



307 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Weather Conditions. 



The past week has been a week of 

 snow storms, with business as low as 

 the thermometer, figuratively speak- 

 ing. Had there been a demand, it 

 would have been impossible to meet 

 it, owing to the heavy snow, which 

 served to block the railroad trafHc. It 

 was impossible for the growers to get 

 in town with their stuff in many cases, 

 their time being taken up in propping 

 their houses in order that they might 

 resist the heavy burden of snow that 

 lay on them. 



We are informed that H. C. Alburg- 

 er, grower of bedding stock, was part- 

 ly frozen out. Like many others, he 

 did not anticipate a blizzard, and, un- 

 fortunately, did not have sufficient 

 fuel to carry him through the storm. 



H. Schoenteld, formerly with Pen- 

 nock Bros., had his stock also partly 

 damaged, through some of his houses 

 getting below freezing point. He is 

 also a grower of bedding stock. 



The body of Andrew Dibley was 

 found hanging to a rafter in the green- 

 houses on Tuesday. He was 50 years 

 old and was employed by Christian 

 Kohler. a fiorist at Second street pike 

 and Cottman street. No reason as- 

 signed for the suicide. 



Business has been very good in the 

 way of decorations especially. Hugh 

 Graham had the decorating of two 

 large balls given in the Academy of 

 Music. The Floral Exchange also had 

 a large decoration at the Academy on 

 Feb. 7, the event being the Hebrew 

 Charity Ball. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Philadelphia Florist Club was held in 

 Horticultural Hall, Tuesday eve, Feb. 

 7. The attendance was not so large 

 as expected, due no doubt to its being 

 a very stormy night. Mr. A. B. Scott 

 read an essay on Grafted Roses for 

 Winter Forcing. Mr. Scott claims that 

 the grafted rose for winter blooming 

 has come and come to stay from the 

 fact that it will produce more extras 

 and firsts than those grown on their 

 own roots with the exception of Amer- 

 ican Beauty and Perle, which he is not 

 in favor of grafting. Mr. Craig in ex- 

 pressing his views on the subject 

 thought much the same as Mr. Scott. 

 Mr. Dillon is not in favor of grafting 

 Kaiserin. claiming that he gets better 

 results from own root stock in this 

 special variety. 



News Items. 



Pennock Bros, recently had a large 

 decoration at the Union League. We 

 understand that it reauired all the 

 decorative stock they had on hand to 

 ■execute it. H. H. Battles had the ta- 

 ble decoration. The event was a ban- 

 quet tendered the peace jubilee com- 

 Jnissioners. 



Prof. Undei-wood, from the Botani- 

 [Continued page 308J 



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