MARCH 20, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



415 



ther, Nehring and Hicks talked on 

 Plant Respiration, illustrated by nu- 

 merous actual experiments. 



Max Herzog, of Gratiot station, will 

 build a new house in June, 20x100, for 

 American Beauties. 



Beyer Bros, will rebuild three of 

 their old houses this summer. Other 

 Improvements are also contemplated. 



J. M. Jordan and Julius Koenig, Sr., 

 two of our oldest florists, are still sick. 

 Mr. Koenig is reported a little better, 

 but still very ill. 



Show Matters. 



The chairman of the executive com- 

 mittee for this year's show has ap- 

 pointed the following chairmen of 

 committees: Fred C. Weber, special 

 prizes; C. C. Sanders, finance; Emil 

 Schray, premiums; John W. Kunz, 

 hall and printing; F. J. Fillmore, dec- 

 oration and delivery; Carl Beyer, ad- 

 vertising. 



All arrangements have been made 

 for holding the show at the Coliseum; 

 date, week of November 12. The com- 

 mittee will hold a meeting some time 

 during the week, la order to have the 

 preliminary list out among the grow- 

 ers by the first week in April. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club had a very small 

 attendance Monday night and rolled 

 five games. Most of the members re- 

 ported sick. Scores were as follows: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. Av. 



.. 1S4 148 143 134 211 800 160 



.. 145 133 135 154 136 703 140 



.. 104 14S US 157 133 690 138 



»S 135 127 153 613 128 



.. 101 133 U7 132 135 61S 134 



C. A. Kuehn 

 J. J. Beneke 

 J. W. Kunz . 

 John Young .. 

 F. C. Webar 



J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



Easter Prospects. 



I forget whether March came in like 

 a lamb or a lion, but if anybody says 

 it's lamb-like now they are a ly'n; 

 it's horrid; it's all right for those that 

 are too early but disastrous to those 

 who have to force things. We heard 

 yesterday a dickey bird singing in the 

 back yard. It was, I think, a song 

 sparrow. This morning he shook the 

 snow froi" his wings and made an air 

 line for Baltimore, Md. 



Business has been rather slow of 

 late, which we must expect at this 

 particular time. There are quantities 

 of violets coming in, many of them 

 of inferior quality, but a large lot are 

 sold at the very popular price of 25 

 cents per bunch, the bunch contains 

 25 flowers. Carnations of anything 

 like decent quality are quickly sold, 

 in fact the.v are really scarce. When 

 we think of the quantity that came to 

 town a few years ago at this time with 

 present supply, it makes us ponder 

 why it is so. Carnations will be 

 a scarce Easter article in this part. 

 There are plenty of roses of all quali- 

 ties to suit the taste and purse. There 



has been a great supply of tulips, 

 daffies and Romans. They have all 

 gone very slowly. The odorless tulip 

 and daffodil have had their day to a 

 great extent. For cheap flowers in 

 April and May they will always be 

 largely used, but in competition with 

 the rose, carnation, violet, valley and 

 mignonette they are snubbed as too 

 plebeian. Customer.; are beginning to 

 buy plants, order them tor future 

 dates, and many say: "Well, I shall 

 want a plant or two for Easter," and 

 they mean it sure and there is little 

 doubt about the demand before us. 

 It is bound to be great. 



I paid a short visit to my neighbor, 

 W. B. Milley, of Masten street, a few 

 days ago and am glad to say he has 

 the finest, healthiest lot of Harrisii 

 lilies that I have seen in our neigh- 

 borhood. W. B. seems to have found 

 some dealer who imported only dis- 

 ease-free bulbs or else he was gifted 

 with the faculty of that Philadelphian 

 who once told us he sorted all his 

 bulbs when they were delivered and 

 destroyed all the diseased articles. 

 "Oh, would some power the gift to gie 

 us" to do that. 



Bowling. 



There is a rare old gathering every 

 Friday night to bowl. Would that 

 such a number would turn out or 

 rather turn in at our club meetings, 

 to discuss some important and new 

 (?) question, such as "How to kill 

 rust on Carnations." The bowling 

 club is very enjoyable, builds muscle 

 in the effeminate youth and limbers 

 up the aged. There is plenty of youth 

 about the club (25 members) and 

 enough silver hair to give dignity. 

 Out of such a number surely six 

 crackerjacks can be found for Detroit. 



Notes. 



We have had several nearby visit- 

 ors of late, among them Mr Broad- 

 head, who is building a large range of 

 glass at Jamestown, N. Y.; Mr. Henry 

 Wise of E. Aurora; Mr. Larder of Fre- 

 donia; J. Lansing Moore of Van Bur- 

 en Point, N. y.; Mr. Moore of High- 

 lands on the Hudson. I did not ask 

 Mr. Moore his nationality and it's none 

 of my business, but I will wager a 

 glass of lemon sour that he belongs 

 to that thrifty, energetic race of which 

 the dry goods king Stewart, of New 

 York, was a type, the North of Ire- 

 land, and when Mr. Moore says: "I 

 have orders for 125,000 violets for 

 Easter, could pick more, but wouldn't 

 have time," the listening victim gets 



the odorous blues and wonders where 

 he's at. 



Our hotels have been somewhat 

 congested this past week from the 

 great influx of Holland gentlemen. 

 There have been representatives of 

 Messrs. Segers Bros., Speelman & Co.. 

 Mr. Van Zanten and many who repre- 

 sented themselves. The writer was in 

 the rural districts and unfortunately 

 missed the extreme felicity of an ex- 

 change of compliments. W. S. 



BALTIMORE. 



Gardeners* Club. 



On Monday afternoon and evening 

 the Gardeners' Club gave a free carna- 

 tion show, which proved a very inter- 

 esting occasion, and reflected great 

 credit upon its promoters. The many 

 visitors were agreeably surprised at 

 the excellence of the exhibits which 

 were never finer at the large shows, 

 but the quantity also astonished them. 

 The hall was handsomely decorated 

 with palms and ferns, kindly con- 

 tributed by Messrs. Feast & Sons, E. 

 A. Seidewitz, and Fred Burger. A par- 

 ticularly fine specimen of Bostonien- 

 sis added much to the graceful ap- 

 pearance of the whole and formed a 

 lovely background for the many 

 beautiful roses, and carnations, 

 which mingled their brilliant colors 

 and fragrant odors with that of the 

 modest violet. 



Austin K. Upp contributed large 

 bunches of this fragrant flower, and 

 Lehr Bros, added much to the suc- 

 cess of the show by their careful ex- 

 hibit of 1 to 5-year-old plants in full 

 bloom. A handsome bunch of Farqu- 

 har violets, grown and exhibited by 

 Thos. Stephenson, received honorable 

 mention for superior culture. 



Carnations were shown that were a 

 revelation as to wonderous size and 

 delicate tints. The display not only 

 afforded evidence of the marvelous ad- 

 vance of the carnation, but the long 

 thrifty stems plainly told that the 

 proper requirements for their perfect 

 culture were thoroughly understood. 



Messrs. Halliday Bros, offered a spe- 

 cial prize of $10 for best vase of 100 

 carnation blooms, assorted varieties, 

 which was won by C. M. Wagner, 

 gardener for the Misses Bell. Their 

 own exhibit, was well worth a prize, 

 had one been offered, for their vase 

 of Flora Hill was in the estimation of 

 many equal, if not superior in size and 

 quality to the celebrated Boston 

 beauty, Mrs. Lawson, which Wm. G. 

 Halliday sent as his contribution to 

 the show. Messrs. Halliday's new 

 sport from Bradt, a large rich crim- 

 son, attracted much attention and a 

 certiflcate of merit. Bradt too was 

 much admired. Victor, Scott, and a 

 new red, Mathew Richmond, gave evi- 

 dence of such thorough culture that 

 many remarked they should have had 

 a prize. 



Henry Eichholz of Waynesboro, Pa., 



