APRIL 20, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



523 



expected home next Saturday or Sun- 

 day from their outing in New Mexico. 



Goo. Bartholomew has succeeded to 

 the firm of Bartholomew & Cowdery 

 at Mayfair. Chas. Cowdery will have 

 a place of his own, also at Mayfair. 



The Central Floral Co. will move 

 a few doors from their present loca- 

 tion on May 1. 



McKellar & Winterson are handling 

 the plant stands and silver fern dishes 

 made by C. P. Lincoln, of Hartford, 

 Conn. 



The Florists' Club meets tomorrow 

 (Friday) night. 



Mr. E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.. was 

 a visitor last Saturday. 



Bowling. 



At a meeting of the Bowling Club 

 last Friday evening arrangements 

 were made for a prize handicap tour- 

 nament of 24 games to be played dur- 

 ing May, June and July, each one en- 

 tering to play at least 16 games of the 

 24 to come in competition for the 

 prizes. A committee has been ap- 

 pointed to arrange the handicaps, 

 which will be based on previous rec- 

 ords. 



There will be two prizes, the first 

 being a $5 umbrella and the second a 

 $2.50 pair of bowling shoes. 



The officers were instructed to se- 

 cure and present to Mr. Geo. Asmus 

 the medals won by him in the last 

 series, and to also seek more satisfac- 

 tory alleys. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made during the evening: 



1st. 2nd. 3d. Av. 



George Asmus 169 159 174 167 



A. Henderson 121 171 ... 146 



E. F. Winterson 134 146 153 144 



Ohas. BallufE 124 1S7 115 143 



P. J. Hauswirth 103 140 155 132 



G. L. Grant 98 138 130 122 



James Hartshorne 100 U5 131 115 



C. Schweigert 95 106 135 112 



A. Lange 96 123 ... 109 



■W. Kreltling 107 109 ... 108 



I^fEW YORK. 



Notable Table Decoration. 



Some of the most extensive table 

 decorations ever seen in the United 

 States were those execuled by Thorley 

 for the Jeffiersonian dinner, given by 

 the Democratic Club at the Metropoli- 

 tan Oieia House, New York city, April 

 13. The tickets were iflO each and 

 there were over one thonsanJ covers, 

 each diner wearing a Bride rose bou- 

 tonniere. 



The tables. 34 in all, were arranged 

 the full length of house and stage, and 

 down the center of each table were 

 placed great mounds of American 

 Beauty roses; these were on green 

 mossed boards 8 inches wide and from 

 3 to 7 feet in length, the green used 

 being smilax and rose foliage. There 

 were 150 of these centerpieces, and 

 over 23,000 short-stemmed American 

 Beauties were used in ihem. Hand- 

 some candelabra with ros.^ colored can- 

 dles and shades and great white plas- 

 ter swans, around whose necks were 



attached immense bows of red, white 

 and blue ribbons, their backs hiden 

 with all kinds of fruit, and tall, grace- 

 ful epergnes filled with fantastic bon- 

 bons, broke the otherwise necessary 

 formality of the decorations and add- 

 ed additional force to the general har- 

 mony of color. 



Looking at these decoration.3 from 

 one of the balconies, one could not but 

 be impressed by the grand effect and 

 the magnitude of the undertaking. 

 Great credit is due to those who had 

 charge of it. It speaks volumes for the 

 New York market when 22,o00 short 

 Beauties can be got for any particular 

 job. There were never so many Beau- 

 ties together before. It was a great 

 "Feast of Roses." IVERA. 



BUFFALO. 



Business Conditions. 



The ardent couples that postponed 

 matrimony during the pious days of 

 Lent seem to have made the adjourn- 

 ment indefinite, or perhaps they are 

 waiting for June, for we have heard of 

 but few. and those of a magnitude that 

 will not disturb the flower market. 

 The ruling style of weather is any- 

 thing but propitious for tran.^ient shop- 

 ping and the florist suffers according- 

 ly. The three leading flowers are very 

 much king, with the carnation in the 

 lead. Bulb stuff since Easter has not 

 been so plentiful and those who have 

 good tulips for the next three or four 

 weeks will get more for them than 

 they did at Easter. 



The New Carnations. 



The chief event of the week was our 

 annual reunion, election of oflicers and 

 modest feast. Through the endeavors 

 of W, F. Kasting the boys had an op- 

 portunity to view several of the fine 

 carnations disseminated this spring 

 as well as some that are not yet sent 

 out. The warmest kind of thanks were 

 voted to these gentlemen who so kind- 

 ly sent handsome bunches of iheir 

 products: E. G. Hill sent a fine vase 

 of America, grand scarlet flowers; 

 W. N. Rudd sent along Pingree. Jubi- 

 lee and Cerise Queen; C. W. Ward fa- 

 vored us with his pair of Cuban pa- 

 triots, both Gomez and Maceo looking 

 fine; F. Dorner & Sons Co. sent Crane. 

 Bradt and White Cloud; T. A. Webb 

 brought in good specimens of his scar- 

 let Dorothy Sweet; Peter Crowe did 

 not forget us and a big box of his 

 3-foot stemmed Bridesmaid and Bride 

 roses adorned the tables. Mr. Stroh, 

 of Attica, had a vase of a grand pink, 

 brighter and better than Scott, a sport 

 of the latter; George Fancourt's con- 

 tribution was several fine vases of the 

 standard varieties of carnations, and 

 our local grower, C. F. Gunther, of 

 Hamburg, exhibited some inagni.iccnt 

 American Beauty and other roses. Per- 

 haps I missed some exhibits, but I did 

 not miss one variety, and left it to the 

 last because all shows and entertain- 

 ments should have the best for the 



final, the gem of the performance, and 

 that was 50 blooms of the matchless 

 Marquis. If you want to ape tae 

 French pronounce it as if U were 

 spelled "Markee." It you speak En- 

 glish or United States, pronounce it 

 just flat Marquis. In size, form, color 

 and stem it is perfect, and what .'s 

 getting rare in lai-ge carnations, viz., 

 fragrance, it has to the highest degree. 

 No carnation of recent introduction 

 has it to such perfection. 



It was remarkable that many of our 

 city florists' did not have the brains, 

 the energy, the pride in their business, 

 or the common decency, to visit Mr. 

 Kasting's place and view these flowers 

 after they had been sent hundreds of 

 miles to give them a dead-head show. 

 Some were afraid their club dues 

 would be demanded, others are under 

 petticoat government, and it was 

 "dangerous to meet that crowd, my 

 dear." Others more saving than sen- 

 sible calculated that the dollar they 

 would earn by stopping home, added 

 to the dollar they would spend, would 

 buy a pair of rubber boots. Not so 

 with the men who had to travel any- 

 where from ten to thirty miles; they 

 came in like stalwart men who take 

 an interest in keeping abreast with 

 the times in their business. How is it 

 our countrymen are leaders in all 

 walks of life? The great men of our 

 great cities are country-born lads. Our 

 country supervisors are head and 

 shoulders the peers of our city legis- 

 lators, and our country florists are far 

 better specimens than the city men. It 

 must be their environments, their close 

 touch with nature, and their elevating, 

 intelligent work, the attention to their 

 growing crops. What a difference in 

 effect on character must be the virtu- 

 ous emulation to grow by skill and 

 close application the flnest flower or 

 plant, from the enervating, tricky 

 trick of selling ten cents a 

 dozen cheaper than your neigh- 

 bor. There is too much electric light, 

 trolley car. clam chowder, cigarette, 

 and pool room about a big city to 

 raise an all 'round man and we must 

 forever look to the sequestered vale or 

 rural hamlet to supply our cities with 

 their great men. Excuse this diver- 

 sion. 



We were glad to see with us C. P. 

 Gunther, of Hamburg; C. Hewson. of 

 West Seneca; Thomas and William 

 Mansfleld. of Lockport; E. A. Butler, 

 of Niagara Falls; W. G. Stroh, of At- 

 tica; E. S. Hampton. Springbrook. and 

 several others from suburban locali- 

 ties. Mr. Harry Balsley and son hap- 

 pened in town that day and had a good 

 opportunity to show and expatiate on 

 the manifold advantages of his "semi- 

 sub-watering violet and carnation bot- 

 tomless pot." He will have eventually 

 a more abbreviated and explanatory 

 name for his invention, and when he 

 adopts a suitable name I shall treat it 

 with great respect. 



Club Election. 

 The officers of the club for the year, 

 and it is a year of some importance to 



