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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



APRIL, 13, 1S99. 



probably be another match played 

 with the Flatbush boys on strange 

 alleys in the near future. 



The chairman of the retailers' sec- 

 tion reported that his committee had 

 succeeded in getting the officials of the 

 White Star Line, the North German 

 Lloyd Line, and the Red Star Line of 

 Steamships to receipt for baskets and 

 boxes of flowers sent to passengers. 

 This is a very important victory. J. G. 

 Esler moved the consideration of the 

 Detroit convention, and as it appeared 

 to be the general opinion of those 

 present that the convention of 1900 

 should be held in New York, the whole 

 matter was referred to the executive 

 committee. 



Mr. Henry was on the card for a 

 paper on "The Bermuda Lily," and as 

 that gentleman did not appear the ex- 

 perts present went at the poor lily for 

 all they were worth. Mr. Dupuy, who 

 was reported to have had the best 

 lilies in New York this Easter, said 

 his lilies did as good in 5-inch as in 

 7-inch pots; he was not positive that 

 the lily disease could be detected on 

 the bulbs, but a careful examination of 

 the color and general substance of 

 them would convince him of their 

 quality. 



Mr. Atkins thought that much of the 

 disease was merely caused by errors 

 in cultivation. Mr. Siebrecht, after 

 recounting the early history of the 

 Harrisii, gave it as his opinion that 

 the Harrisii disease was brought about 

 by poor cultivation in Bermuda. Mr. 

 O'Mara brought out the fact that the 

 disease was on the decline. It was 

 said by others that the insect causing 

 this terrible disease was similar to the 

 "Eucharis Mite" and references were 

 made to places on "T'other side, ye 

 know." However, all the arguments 

 amounted to this: The Harrisii lily 

 disease was superinduced by first im- 

 poverished growing in Bermuda, sec- 

 ond the digging and shipping of the 

 bulbs before they were properly ma- 

 tured or seasoned. The disease is on 

 the decline now, because the powerful 

 rivalry of the Japanese bulb growers 

 has opened the eyes of the Bermuda 

 growers, and the American dealers are 

 more inclined to wait till the bulbs are 

 properly seasoned. About the most 

 interesting discussion of all, that re- 

 lating to American grown Bulbs, was 

 brought out by Mr. Morris. Mr. Burns 

 and others asserted that the finest of 

 all kinds of bulbs could be grown on 

 Long Island. Mr. Manda said the 

 Harrisii was hardy in Jersey; he hoped 

 to see the day when all kinds of Hol- 

 land stock would be successfully grown 

 in South Jersey, which he said was ad- 

 mirably suited to the cultivation of 

 ericas, azaleas, etc. He also made a 

 plea for the re-introduction among 

 Easter flowers of Lilium candidum, 

 which he said was far more beautiful 

 that the other lilies; the best results 

 could be obtained from bulbs collected 

 from the wilds or from long standing 

 ground. After a quasi-geographical 

 survey of the most suitable lands in 

 the United States for the cultivation 



of bulbs, Harrisiis in particular, Mr. 

 Wallace reported that the government 

 was already engaged in experimenting 

 on the matter in several states, and 

 the Agricultural Dep't he thought 

 would soon no doubt be able to send 

 out its reports. 



Bowling. 



The alleys this afternoon were 

 rather sparsely attended: many of the 

 crack bowlers had forgotten the games 

 were on for the afternoon. The fol- 

 lowing were there and this is what 

 they accomplished: 



Bums ISl 168 



Hatner 151 147 



Weathered 107 117 



Roehrs 206 166 



Stewart 100 120 



Atkins 121 131 



Donlan 127 135 



'Various Notes. 



It is reported that Mr. M. J. Moore, 

 violet grower, of Highland Falls, N. 

 Y., died last week of typhoid pneu- 

 monia. 



Rumors on top of rumors have just 

 been received about an "Irish Jew" 

 and a "Wily Greek." Both were frauds 

 and the sheriff held auction sales in 

 their stores Easter Saturday. And 

 still the growers won't learn. 



C. Fleming, of Bridgeport, Conn., 

 and J. Hackett, Phila., Pa., are visiting 

 and sizing up our city. IVERA. 



CINCINNATI. 



Club Exhibition. 

 On last Saturday afternoon and even- 

 ing was held the regular monthly ex- 

 hibition of cut flowers at the club 

 rooms of the Florists' Society. The 

 display was not so large as usual, but 

 the stock exhibited was far above the 

 average. There was an unusual at- 

 tendance, owing to the fact that it was 

 advertised that the Lawson carnation 

 would be on exhibition. The blooms 

 arrived in excellent condition, which 

 proves that it is a splendid keeper. R. 

 Witterstaetter had his new pink, 

 known as No. 557 A, which was de- 

 clared by all to surpass the Lawson in 

 every respect. The flower is of a beau- 

 tiful shade, somewhat lighter in color 

 and stands erect in a graceful man- 

 ner. In size it equals any carnation 

 ever shown in this city and is also 

 perfect in form. Dick also had another 

 seedling, known as No. 518 B, a beau- 

 tiful large flower of a deep pink color, 

 which would be hailed with delight by 

 all carnation growers but for the fact 

 that it is a spring bloomer. His dis- 

 play of standard varieties was mag- 

 nificent and greatly admired by all. 

 The Hoffmeister Floral Co. had a 

 beautiful vase of their new rose, 

 Maid of Honor, on exhibition. Barr 

 & Jones made their initial exhibit by 

 displaying a large vase of fancy car- 

 nations. George & Allen had their 

 usual display of roses, carnations and 

 bulbous stock. Their Beauties were 

 especially fine. In the evening the reg- 

 ular meeting of the Society was held, 

 but no business of importance was 

 transacted. 



Notes. 



Business has been rather quiet since 

 Easter and stock is coming in at a live- 

 ly rate, especially roses and carna- 

 tions. Ferns are out of the market 

 and smilax is scarce and eagerly 

 sought for; bulbous stock and lilies 

 are far from being a glut, most of our 

 growers hitting it just right for East- 

 er with this class of stock. Recent 

 callers were: Theo. Bock, Hamilton, 

 0.; Frank Knauf, Columbus, 0.; John 

 Boehner, Dayton, O.; John Weltz, 

 Wilmington, 0., and Walter Mott (you 

 all know him). , B. 



FLATBUSH, N. Y. 



Bowling. 



The return match between teams 

 representing the Flatbush Florists' 

 Bowling Club and the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club's bowling section, took 

 place at Schwalsbach's bowling alleys, 

 Flatbush, on Thursday evening, April 

 6. There was a good attendance of 

 coachers for each side present and in 

 consequence bantering enthusiasm ran 

 high. To use an alley expression, "All 

 friendship ceased" from the very start 

 of the game. The Flatbushers were 

 out for vengeance for their recent de- 

 feat by the New Yorkers, and to the 

 credit of the latter be it said they be- 

 haved manfully in a strange country 

 and acted cool under the terrific can- 

 nonnading by the enemy. It was like 

 the battle of Waterloo in this way. 

 Amid the awful din and crashes of the 

 fray could be heard the "Gott en im- 

 mel" of the Teuton, "Sacre dieu" of 

 the Gaul, "Ye Spalpeens" of the Celt 

 and the "Gee whizz" of the Puritan. 

 Ah, yes, 'twas a hard fought field and 

 toward the early morn the exultant 

 songs of the victors as they marched 

 across the "Flat-Bushes" were an- 

 swered by the defiant chorus of the 

 Manhattanites: "Wait till we meet you 

 at Detroit." The following is a sum- 

 mary of the actions, and, considering 

 the fact that many of the combatants 

 were suffering from broken hearts and 

 fingers received at the affair in New 

 York, it must be admitted they did 

 very well indeed: 



NEW YORK. 



1st. 23. 



J. Manda 126 122 



T. Roehrs 130 147 



J. Penman 107 lOS 



A. Burns 147 134 



P. O'Mara 175 140 



T. Lang 1S7 169 



F. Traendly 129 94 



B. Leuly lU 147 



1112 1049 



Total 2161 



FLATBUSH. 



1st. 2d. 



W. Prosser 185 128 



J. Ravnor 118 ]8!> 



A. ZeUer 156 146 



L. Schmutz 141 119 



P. Riley 131 189 



P. DaiUedouze 128 155 



D. MeUia 130 127 



E. Dallledouze 169 135 



1158 1181 

 Total 2339 



After these battles there was a gen- 



