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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



APRIL 13, 1S99. 



rush of work has arrived unusually 

 early. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made at the alleys after the club 

 meeting last Friday evening: 



1st. 2nd. Av. 



Geo. Asmus lij IW UT'/j 



E. F. Winterson I4S 146 147 



A. Henderson 145 147 146 



C. W. Mclvellar 1.54 132 143 



W. Kreitling 117 144 130 



G. L. Grant K.i; 95 125 



P. J. Hauswirth 110 130 120 



Chas. Hartwig SI ... 81 



Jos, Reeve 65 87 76 



P. M. Broadbeck 62 ... 62 



BUFFALO. 



Trade Conditions. 



This will long be remembered as a 

 cold, bleak spring; in garden opera- 

 tions a month at least later than last 

 year. Further reports convince me 

 that in the aggregate there was no 

 advance on last year's business. An 

 improvement may be reported from 

 one or two places of business, but 

 that can be accounted for by the par- 

 ties having more room, larger stock 

 and better facilities for doing busi- 

 ness. The weather will account in 

 part for our "arrested development'' 

 or "upward tendency," but not wholly. 



There is a good demand for roses, 

 carnations and violets at a sensible 

 price, but other flowers are greatly in 

 excess of demand. It is amusing, if 

 it did not "hurt," to see the beautiful 

 display of lilies in windows, green- 

 houses and cellars. You would think 

 you were in the city of Hamilton, the 

 guest of Her Brittanic Majesty's Mil- 

 itary Governor of the Island of Ber- 

 muda. Dutch stuff has gone to blazes. 

 One Main street store put out a sign 

 "Tulips and Daffies, 2.5 cents per doz." 

 The next store below went him 5 

 cents better or worse. Then two more 

 stores "saw us" and "called us" at 10 

 cents per doz. All good stuff, not 

 Easter surplus, but fresh flowers. 

 To those who import their bulbs and 

 pay duty, freight, and those old 

 boxes which we even have to pay 

 duty on, must realize what a lucrative 

 business it is to grow Yellow Prince 

 tulips or Von Sion. narcissus at 10 

 cents per dozen. 



Club Meeting. 



The chief event of this week will be 

 the annual meeting of our club to elect 

 officers for the coming year, and in- 

 cidentally adjourn to a place where 

 fish, flesh and fowl will be served in 

 every modest style. We expect, 

 through Billy Kasting's enterprise, to 

 see a carnation show little short of 

 our annual convention, and those who 

 could not attend the wonderful show 

 at Philadelphia will have an oppor- 

 tunity to see Generals Maceo and Go- 

 mez under command of a Marquis, 

 and Melba and Cerise Queen coquet- 

 ting with 'Whitcomb Riley. We hope 

 that Gov. Pingree, aged as he is, is 

 not getting jealous of a younger yel- 

 low, if it is a Gold Nugget. We fully 



expect that Jubilee will be Crane-ing 

 its stiff neck to scan its competitors, 

 but will console itself with the fact 

 that they are all sons and daughters 

 of America. And we hope to see 

 many more flowers as well as some 

 of the growers. This is, however, 

 prospective. The retrospective will 

 contain more facts and you shall have 

 it in good time. 



■Varioos Items. 



Almost the last brigade of the bulb 

 men passed throbgh the city a few 

 days ago. The rear guard told us that 

 only twenty Hollanders had crossed 

 the Atlantic this spring. We must 

 have had the nightmare or something 

 worse. We should have estimated that 

 the number was 420. Mr. Boddington, 

 of New York, was here and as he rep- 

 resents some Al firms he pocketed 

 some good orders. Mr. Gould, of Mid- 

 dleport, was also in town. 



Mr. Albert Wasson, for several years 

 manager of Mi's. D. Newland's green- 

 houses, has retired from the position 

 and is succeeded by Stepbie Jones, one 

 of the Jones Brothers, who are all 

 very capable greenhouse men. 



Bowling. 



The following scores were made by 

 the club, Friday evening, April 7: 



12 3 4 Tot. Av. 



G. McClure ; .. 146 148 138 132 529 132 



G. Kumpf 112 151 119 129 611 12S 



W. Webber 150 125 122 ... 397 122 



W. Grever 130 114 125 ... 369 123 



Wm. Scott 134 163 168 154 619 155 



C. Reichert 122 109 UO 83 424 106 



W. A. Adams 92 108 ... 200 100 



D. J. Scott 117 119 161 139 539 135 



H. Buddenborg .... 79 125 70 ... 271 91 



G. Schmidt 117 165 141 ... 423 141 



W. B. Scott 121 120 117 ... 358 119 



C. Risch 166 125 121 158 670 143 



Mc. Nolan 118 125 124 ... 367 123 



W. P. Kasting 163 132 139 434 144 



w. s. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



The customary reaction which fol- 

 lows the holiday rush of business has 

 taken place during the week, but not 

 to such an extent as to make trade 

 what you might call dull. The uni- 

 versal Easter weddings are much in 

 evidence and help out the demand 

 very much. Goods of all kinds are in 

 ample supply, but at much lower 

 prices and it looks now like a good 

 even run of trade up to warm weather. 

 Roses are excellent in quality. Brides 

 and Maids selling fairly well at from 

 $4 to $12.50 per 100; Meteors, rather 

 slow, from 50 cents to $1 per dozen; 

 Beauties range all the way from 50 

 cents to $5 per doz.; Jacks and Brun- 

 ners holding their own at $1 and $2 

 per doz. Carnations, of good quality, 

 run from $2 to $3 per 100; extras, 

 from $4 to $6; seconds, $1 to ?2. 'Vio- 

 lets from 25 to 75 cents per 100, qual- 

 ity very good for so late in the sea- 

 son. Longiflorum lilies seem to be 

 plenty, selling at $1.50 to $2 per dozen; 

 Callas, 75 cents to $1 per dozen; valley 

 from $2 to $6 per 100; bulbous flowers 

 running from 25 to 50 cents per 

 dozen. 



The News. 



Mr. Thomas F. Galvin, Boston's 

 well known retailer, has started on a 

 trip to Cuba, where he has some in- 

 terest in a new horticultural venture, 

 the growing of palms and tropical 

 plants for northern trade, his brother, 

 Joseph Galvin, has charge of the Cuba 

 plant. Jack Edgar, the foreman of 

 the extensive establishment of E. N. 

 Pierce & Sons, of Waverly, is taking 

 a well earned vacation, having sailed 

 for the "old country" on Wednesday 

 last. 



It is with a great deal of regret 

 that we note the death of Mr. A. C. 

 Bowditch, one of Boston's old time 

 florists, and a member of a noted 

 family of horticulturists. 



The Holland bulb men are very 

 much in evidence this week, such men 

 as Van Zanten, Becrhorst and Jac. 

 Wezelenburg being represented here 

 during the past few days. P. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The trade about town since Easter 

 has been very satisfactory and almost 

 every one has been busy, mostly fune- 

 ral work, the past week. Stock of all 

 kinds has been plentiful during the 

 week, roses in particular threaten to 

 become a glut, but a good local de- 

 mand with good shipping ti'ade used 

 up all the surplus stock. 



The quotations are somewhat 

 changed, being lower. The best Brides 

 Maids, Meteors and Carnots dropped 

 from $S to $4 and $6; Perles and Woot- 

 tons $2 and $3. Perles have been very 

 scarce of late, but are coming in better 

 now and indications are that they will 

 be very plentiful. Some fine long 

 Beauties were seen the past week that 

 brought $4 per dozen, the poorer ones 

 selling from $1 to $2 per dozen. Car- 

 nations are still in big demand, espe- 

 cially white, which have the call this 

 week, bringing $2.50 to $4 for fancy 

 varieties; common $2 and $3. 



Bulb stock is still being piled up in 

 large quantities. Dutch hyacinths, 

 Romans, Paper Whites, tulips and val- 

 ley are selling well but only the light- 

 er grades, such as can be used for 

 funeral work. Harrisii and callas also 

 sold well the past week and there are 

 plenty of them in the market just now, 

 owing to those growers who were late 

 with their stock for Easter. Violets 

 are not over plentiful and are in fair 

 demand, bringing 50 cents per 100. 

 The small singles are all gone and 

 Californias are the only ones to be 

 had. Sweet peas are a little slow in 

 coming in and sell at 50 cents, growers 

 say there will be more of them by the 

 end of this week. Srailax and fancy 

 ferns are a scarce article in this city, 

 but the wholesale men have promised 

 us some by the end of this week. The 

 season is very backward for the plant 

 and seedsmen and all are complaining 

 very much as to business. The nurs- 



