APRIL 20, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



525 



Geranium Little Pink. 



plentiful at 50 cents. Smilax in good 

 demand and brought as high as 25 

 tents per string; |2.50 per dozen. 



Bowling. 



The Bowling Club rolled four games 

 on Monday night and some very poor 

 ones at that. E. W. Guy, of Belleville, 

 being in town, rolled the first two 

 games with us. The scores were as 

 follows: 



12 3 4 Total Av. 

 C. A. Kuehn ....15S 169 137 166 630 1571/. 

 C. C. Sanders ...110 168 145 174 597 149' 



J. W. Kunz 156 145 107 140 648 137 



Carl Beyer 127 159 101 147 534 133>/.> 



J. J. Beneke ....116 143 113 116 488 122' 

 F. J. FiUmire ..105 98 129 124 4.'^6 114 

 E. W. Guy 155 138 293 146 



J. J. B. 



GERANIUM LITTLE PINK. 



The accompanying engraving is 

 from a photograph of a portion of a 

 bench of plants of the new dwarf ge- 

 ranium Little Pink that originated 

 with Mr. W. E. Hall, Clyde, 0. It is 

 a seedling from Mars and is very like 

 its parent in habit, but the flowers are 

 double pink and borne in the greatest 

 profusion. The shade of color is very 

 similar to that of the old variety Mrs. 

 R. B. Hayes. This will undoubtedly 

 prove a grand novelty in the Mars 

 class. 



ST. PAUL. 



Since Easter we have had very fine 

 weather, bright clear days and warm 

 nights. All stock has been benefited 

 T)y the change and the cut has in- 

 creased. The growers have thrown 

 out some roses an., carnations to make 

 room for bedding plants, consequently 

 the demand for cut flowers exceeds 

 the supply. Trade has been very good 

 and there is a better feeling prevail- 

 ing than for several years past. There 

 ias been a slight call for blooming 

 plants since Easter, so that the few 



carried over have been disposed of 

 without loss. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Society 

 was held at the Ryan Hotel, April 8. 

 The attendance was lighter than 

 usual. Gus. Monson, who had prom- 

 ised a paper on rose culture for the 

 meeting was absent, so there was no 

 regular paper for the evening. The 

 Legislative committee reported the 

 failure of the passage of the bill pro- 

 hibiting the sale of flowers by state 

 institutions, but reported prospects 

 bright tor the passage of the bill re- 

 quiring all products of state institu- 

 tions offered for sale to be plainly 

 labeled grown by the name of the 

 institution. 



Notes. 



The rebuilding of the old market 

 house has caused the removal of sev- 

 eral flower stands from that institu- 

 tion and will scatter the trade in 

 bedding plants which has heretofore 

 been done in and around the market. 



Fred Schulze has opened a store on 

 St. Peter street. Chas. Vogt, whose 

 store in the market house Ijuilding 

 dates back ten or twelve years, has 

 moved into a new location on Sixth 

 and Market streets, a block distant 

 from his old stand. The others who 

 did a thriving business at the old 

 market will undoubtedly find suitable 

 locations. 



L. L. May & Co. had a very credit- 

 able display of carnations the past 

 week. Among other varieties we noted 

 Bradt, Gold Nugget, Jubilee, Mrs. 

 .loost and Mrs. Jas. Dean, any one of 

 which surpassed the "Lawson," dis- 

 played a few weeks since, both in 

 form, size, stiffness of stem and frag- 

 rance. 



Trade with the Philippines has al- 

 ready opened up in the florist line, 

 Messrs. Holm & Olsen having received 



an onlor ilii' .i i'idiu .Manila a few 

 days since. 



C. S. Ford, representing A. Her- 

 mann, was a caller the past week. 



One of the grocery stores sold roses 

 at 3!) cents per dozen last week. We 

 are rapidly becoming metropolitan in 

 our customs and expect the Greek 

 fakir next. However, we do not look 

 for him until our growers produce 

 enough for our liome demands. 



X. Y. Z. 



OBITUARY. 



George Savage. 



George Savage, the noted orchid 

 grower, died at his home in Rochester, 

 N. Y., April 16, aged 54 years. Early 

 in the winter Mr. Savage contracted 

 the grip, which brought on heart 

 trouble, and later developed cerebral 

 spinal meningitis, which caused his 

 death. 



Mr. Savage was probably the most 

 noted orchidist in this country and 

 had a host of friends in the trade, who 

 will deeply regret to learn of his 

 death. Under his management the Kim- 

 ball collection of orchids, of which he 

 has had charge for the lafvc fifteen 

 years, attained world wide reputation, 

 and some of the most remarkable 

 hybrids in existence were produced by 

 him at the Kimball conservatories. 



Mr. Savage was born in England and 

 his first position in this country was 

 with Mr. Taplin, at George Such's, 

 South Amboy, N. J. Later he took 

 charge of this place, and it was from 

 there he came to Rochester to build up 

 the great orchid collection of the late 

 W. S. Kimball. 



Mr. Savage was a student and a man 

 of wide information on all horticul- 

 tural topics. He was a credit to the 

 profession and his work in the field 

 of orchid culture will lonr? stand as a 

 monument to his memory. He was 

 laid at rest last Wednesday. 



Mrs. J. B. KcUer. 



The wife of .T. B. Keller, the veteran 

 florist of Rochester, N. Y., died April 

 10. The many frienJs of Mr. Keller 

 will be deeply &rleted to hear of his 

 bereavement. 



ST. JOHN, N. B. 



Easter, for which so much prepara- 

 tion had been made, has come and 

 gone, and all florists are thoroughly 

 well pleased with the trade done. 

 There was an increased demand for cut 

 flowers. Pot plants a drug, just the 

 reverse of Christmas trade. 



Prices ruled a shade on the better 

 side. Harrisii and longiflorums were 

 scarce and commanded good prices. 

 Valley, palms, ficas. azaleas, spireas 

 and all bulbous stock in excellent con- 

 dition and sold well. 



William McLean states supply not 

 equal to the demand. H. S. Cruick- 

 shank: "More demand for cut flowers 



