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1 'he Weekly Florists' Review^ 



MARCH 23, 1S99. 



had a handsome jar of Daybreak and 

 received honorable mention for high 

 culture. Jno. Cook staged handsome 

 exhibit of his new rose— '•Baltimore." 

 It is a large showy dower of delicate 

 creamy tint, with pale pink center, 

 and a wonderfully vigorous grower; 

 also an unnamed seedling, both of 

 which deserve great credit. A well 

 deserved honorable mention was given 

 to R. H. Arning for a vase of fine 

 Bride roses. His Perles and Maids 

 were also good, and Scott and Mc- 

 Gowan gave evidence of careful cul- 

 ture. Ardman Bros." Maids merited 

 the honorable mention received. Robt. 

 Craig & Son of Philadelphia, sent a 

 large vase of their new carnation, Mel- 

 ba, which won for them unlimited 

 praise. 



Much admiration as well as honor- 

 able mention was also given a large jar 

 of rich crimson America by E. G. Hill 

 & Co., Richmond, Ind., which was well 

 deserved, as they were fine. Weber 

 & Sons, Oakland, Md., were highly 

 complimented upon their exhibit of 

 White Cloud and Armazindy. 



A particularly handsome and grace- 

 ful basket of mignonette, antirrhi- 

 num, Primula Forbesi, and Aspara- 

 gus Sprengerii, contributed by S. 

 Feast & Sons attracted much attention 

 for delicacy and graceful arrangement. 

 Their vase of Maids was especially 

 fine and won unstinted praise. Chas. 

 Akehurst had a vase of 100 blooms 

 of dark crimson carnation and Wm. 



B. Sands' Evelina, Bon Ton, Scott 

 and Fire Fly carnation and Brides- 

 maids were equally admired. 



Words fail to express the admira- 

 tion for the vase of Golden Gate, a 

 rose of delicate pink, the petals 

 wonderfully large, and when in halt 

 bloom are in cup shape with fine bud 

 formed centers; contributed by the 

 American Rose Co. of Washington, D. 



C. It is a remarkably fine rose and 

 worthy of all that can be said of it; 

 also their handsome pink rose, Mme. 

 Chatenay. 



After the show, which closed at 9 

 p. m., the club held their annual elec- 

 tion of officers. The following were 

 elected: President, N. F. Flltton; 

 vice president, C. M. Wagner; secre- 

 tary J. J. Perry; financial secretary, 

 Henry Ekas; treasurer. W. B. Sands; 

 librarian, J. L. Wagner. A vote of 

 thanks was extended to the non-mem- 

 bers who sent contributions to the 

 show. 



After the meeting a most enjoyable 

 smoker was held. The club feel much 

 encouraged by the success of the ex- 

 hibit, as to the prospects of the forth- 

 coming fall show. A preliminary pre- 

 mium list was distributed among 

 members. 



Notes. 



Trade has been fair for Lent is the 

 general ve-dict. and flowers plentiful. 



Benj. F. Durfee, Washington, D. C, 

 and C. D. Ball, Holmsburg, Pa., were 

 recent visitors. C. F. F. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Business Conditions. 



Being the middle of Lent and hav- 

 ing had another cold wave have com- 

 bined in bringing the trade here very 

 nearly to a standstill, with the excep- 

 tion of funeral work, which kept some 

 of the trade busy. Everyone in and 

 around Indianapolis 1.3 making prepar- 

 ations for Easter, and all seem 

 to think there will be a 

 great demand for Easter plants, 

 of which there will be quite a 

 supply with the exception of lilies. 

 Although a great many Harrissii were 

 bought here they all seemed diseased 

 and had to be thrown out. A few that 

 risked buying Longiflorums are right 

 in it as they will get most of them in 

 by Easter. Azaleas will also be scarce 

 as a good many growers got them in 

 too soon and now regret it. At pres- 

 ent there is a large supply of carna- 

 tions and violets, while roses of good 

 quality are scarce. 



Club Meeting. 



Owing to the severe cold weather 

 only a few of the old reliable brand 

 attended the meeting, March 7; how- 

 ever, those that did had a very en- 

 joyable time. This meeting was de- 

 voted to roses and violets, although 

 the display was not a large one. Fol- 

 lowing awards were made: H. W. 

 Rieman on Brides, Maids, Perle and 

 Meteor; John Hartje on Farquhar 

 and California violets; Mr. Rieman re- 

 ceived a certificate on a white seedling 

 carnation conceded by all to be the 

 best carnation shown at any of our 

 meetings since Mr. Hartje first show- 

 ed his now famous Jubilee. After the 

 meeting the exhibits were sold at auc- 

 tion and it was inteiesting to see some 

 ot the boys bid. Through their liber- 

 ality the association realized quite a 

 sum. Oscar Pflumm was elected a 

 member of the association 



The annual appearance of the Hol- 

 land bulb growers in Indianapolis has 

 begun. There have been at least a 

 dozen here in the last few weeks. One 

 of them, Mr. B. D. Kapteyn, attended 

 the club meeting and was called upon 

 for a speech. He responded by telling 

 how bulbs are propagated and grown 

 in Holland, which proved very inter- 

 esting. Mr. Kapteyn finds business 

 very good, especially so in this city, 

 but complains bitterly of the careless 

 way bulbous shipments are handled in 

 the custom house at New York. 



It was not decided at the last meet- 

 ing to what the next meeting will be 

 devoted; very likely it will be Easter 

 flowering plants. 



Notes. 



John Berterman has been on a trip 

 to Chicago and states that Easter 

 stock, especially lilies, will be scarce. 



John Grande is having trouble with 

 his hands. Sometime ago, while mak- 

 ing a design, he ran a wire into his 



thumb, resulting in blood poison, and 

 troubling him ever since. 



John Rathsam has been sick, but is 

 now able to attend to business. 



The marriage of Mr. Edw. Smith to 

 Miss Jessie Tyer is announced. 



Mr. Fred R. Hukriede was recently 

 married to Miss Katie A. Rothert 



FRED. 



WINDOW ATTRACTIONS. 



More and more attention is being 

 paid by the retailer to his window dis- 

 plays, all realizing the value in an ad- 

 vertising way of features that attract 

 and hold the eye ot the passer-by. 



The engi-aving on our front page is 

 from a photograph of a window dis- 

 play by W. J. Palmer & Son, Buffalo, 

 N. Y., that served its purpose by at- 

 tracting a great deal of attention. Buf- 

 falo is to have a "Pan-American Ex- 

 position" in 1901. The matter is now 

 very much in the minds of the citizens, 

 and every passer at once appreciated 

 the significance of the design seen in 

 the center of the window. 



The globe was five feet in diameter 

 and was of brown galax leaves, the 

 American continents being worked out 

 in daffodils, and the pan at the left in 

 violets. Buffalo stands at the top to 

 welcome the people of the western 

 hemisphere to its coming exposition. 



WM. SCOTT'S Miscellaneous Season- 

 able Hints are universally acknowl- 

 edged to be decidedly the most valua- 

 ble contributions to the current litera- 

 ture of the profession. Why? Because 

 they tell the florist doing a general 

 business the little things that he wants 

 to know and in the way he wants to 

 be told. They are of direct money 

 value to every one in the business. Mr. 

 Scott writes exclusively for The Flor- 

 ists' Review. 



MILBURN, N. J.— Mr. H. " ■"Se- 

 vens has a fine house of Black Ham- 

 burg grapes grown in pots and carry- 

 ing 10 to 12 lbs. of flue fruit to each 

 pot. The plants are about 10 months 

 old. The fruit will be ready for mar- 

 ket the latter part of April. He has 

 also a house of Muscat of Alexandria 

 just started. 



LANSING, MICH.— J. A. Bissinger 

 intends just so soon as Easter shekels 

 are gathered in to rebuild his whole 

 establishment and erect a model in ev- 

 ery sense. 



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