MAY -1, li99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



571 



many roses imported before, and the 

 sales are enormous. One firm reports 

 selling over 100,000 imported H. P. 

 roses this season so far; the same firm 

 has just got over a fine batch of 20,000 

 small ficus. 



Bowling. 



There was quite a large gathering of 

 the boys at the alleys last night, and 

 in consequence there was lots of en- 

 thusiasm. Some expert pool players 

 ■whom it was impossible to get away 

 from the tables were wishing that a 

 pool tournament might be arranged 

 for next August. 



Following are the bowlers' achieve- 

 ments: 



1st. 2nd. 3rd. 



T. J. Lang 139 li;6 186 



A. S. Burns 16S 119 160 



P. Traendly 125 103 142 



L. Hafner 146 129 



E. Leuly 123 163 113 



T. Roehrs 153 148 121 



J. Gillivary 120 110 99 



J. Hammond 99 109 



J. I. Donlan 16S 122 128 



S. Butterfleld 78 122 



M. Hansen 140 128 



P. Fischer 110 116 



H. Torrance 119 105 



T. Jansen 139 138 



J. Fitzgerald 101 113 



The return match or deciding games 

 between the New York Florists' Club's 

 hcwlers and the Flatbush Florists' 

 bowlers will take place on the alleys 

 at the Central Opera House, 67th St. 

 and 3rd Ave., on Saturday evening 

 next, May 6, the games to start at 8 

 o'clock. There are six fine alleys there 

 and lots of room for coachers. 



IVERA. 



A HANDY IMPLEMENT. 



I send you a handy device for re- 

 moving the pollen from Harrisii lilies. 

 It can be made out of a piece of pine 

 or cypress wood. Take a piece seven 

 inches long and five-eighths of an inch 

 square, run a rip-saw two or three 



A Handy Device for Lily Growers. 



times to within an inch of the end, 

 take the sharp corners off and the de- 

 vice is ready for use. I find the work 

 can be more readily and safely done 

 with this simple device than with the 

 fingers. B. S. MEYERS. 



Buffalo. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The market is flooded with flowers 

 and the demand is totally Inadequate 

 to move the supply. Still, even with 

 the heavy supply good stock in roses 

 is none too plenty, for they have suf- 

 fered seriously as the result of the 

 recent burning hot weather, and the 

 average of quality has been very ma- 

 terially lowered. What few good roses 

 there are move off very well, but in 

 the lower grades the losses are seri- 

 ous. The situation has been much 



aggravated by the removal of the 

 Greeks from the streets by the city 

 authorities. It is at such times of 

 glut that this outlet for cheap stock is 

 especially helpful to the market, and 

 it certainly is unfortunate for the 

 grower that the action should have 

 been taken just at this time, for they 

 will undoubtedly be back on the street 

 again in a few days, when stock may 

 be scarce again. 



The Greek is certainly a decided 

 factor in the market, as bis absence 

 since Sunday morning has proved con- 

 clusively. It is the clearing out of the 

 poor end of a consignment that makes 

 it possible for the commission man to 

 bring up the average of his returns to 

 the grower, and when the poor end is 

 all loss, as at present, it hurts all 

 around. Taking an average consign- 

 ment of 500 roses on an average mar- 

 ket, the results will be about as fol- 

 lows: About one-third, say 135, will 

 be good, and of these 100 will bring 

 $4.00 and the remaining 35 will bring 

 $1.00, a total of $5.00 for the cream; 

 1S5 will be fair, a hundred selling for 

 $2.00 and the 85 for $1.00; the 180 re- 

 maining may bring $1.00. This brings 

 the total up to $9.00. But if there is 

 absolutely no sale for anything but the 

 cream, the total returns will be only 

 $5.00 for the 500 roses, which makes a 

 very low average. And the grower 

 who sends in all low grade gets noth- 

 ing at all, as his stock does not enter 

 into the selling class. The Greek is 

 really the only customer for this class. 



Again, the presence of large quanti- 

 ties of unsold second class goods in 

 the market has a depressing effect 

 upon prices all around. Mr. E. E. 

 Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., illus- 

 trates this by quoting a remark made 

 by a retailer, who said: "We needn't 

 be in any hurry to buy now. With the 

 fakir out of the way, we can always 

 be sure of a supply in the afternoon if 

 we want anything, and prices will be 

 easier then." Kennicott Bros. Co. have 

 been meeting the situation by pre- 

 senting large lots of flowers to the 

 hospitals, crediting the grower at the 

 prices the stock would bring were the 

 Greek in the market. A rather ex- 

 pensive operation for them, but which 

 they believe to be the wisest course 

 under the circumstances. 



But the glut will probably have ter- 

 minated by the time this is in print. 

 On Tuesday there was a heavy storm 

 and dark weather, which, following 

 the heat, will undoubtedly shorten the 

 supply, and even a scarcity may re- 

 sult. And the weather bureau reports 

 a cold wave on the way from the 

 northwest that is expected to reach 

 Chicago this Thursday. 



The bulk of the Harrisii lily crop 

 has been cleaned up and prices are 

 more nearly quotable again. W. E. 

 Lynch pulled some of his growers out 

 of a hole by carrying a lot of their 

 lilies in cold storage until the worst 

 of the glut was passed. In a tempera- 

 ture of 34 to 38 degrees some of them 

 were carried three weeks and came out 

 in good condition. 



Parrot tulips are in and sell very 



well. Trailing arbutus and good lilac 

 also move well, though a good deal o{ 

 the lilac is poor. 



Variouf Items. 



At Lincoln Park the tulips are now 

 in splendid bloom. They are certain- 

 ly as fine as ever before, though we 

 hear reports of serious damage to 

 these and other bulbs elsewhere. But 

 many other supposedly hardy things 

 have been seriously damaged or killed 

 outright by the severe winter here as 

 in other localities. Of the montbretias 

 which have passed several winters 

 safely not a vestige remains, and many 

 more hardy subjects are either killed 

 or sadly damaged. The sandy sub- 

 soil is probably responsible for the 

 fact that less damage was done here 

 than in other places. 



Head-Gardener Stromback has beds 

 of stocks, pansies, verbenas and petu- 

 nias already planted out. 



We hear of very serious losses 

 among hardy plants, shrubs and trees 

 at Highland Park. Even the Norway 

 spruce is included among the list of 

 killed. The native Rosa setigera was 

 badly injured, being damaged worse 

 than the Crimson Rambler. Rosa 

 rugosa was the only thing in the rose 

 line that came through unscathed. 



The rain of last Tuesday was very 

 welcome. The fall of rain during April 

 was the smallest for that month dur- 

 ing the existence of the weather bu- 

 reau. 



Bassett & Washburn are now pretty 

 well settled in their new quarters and 

 have things admirably arranged for 

 the handling of their large business. 



E. H. Hunt is also getting things in 

 definite order and is beginning to look 

 ship-shape again after the general up- 

 heaval his place has been subjected to. 

 Mrs. Hunt has returned from Denver, 

 but Mr. Hunt will remain till the 

 weather is more settled. 



Mr. A. McAdams is now improving 

 rapidly and it is expected that he will 

 be removed from the hospital to his 

 home this week. 



Mr. Schultz, the florist of Hammond, 

 Ind., was seriously injured in a run- 

 away last Saturday. 



Mr. S. B. Winter has retired from 

 the wholesale cut flower commission 

 business, having sold his fixtures and 

 good will to Mr. W. E. Lynch. Mr. 

 Lynch will now occupy the whole floor 

 at 19 to 21 Randolph street. 



Mr. H. Weber, of Oakland, Md., was 

 a visitor last Tuesday. He had a lot 

 of flowers of his flne new light pink 

 carnation Genevieve Lord with him, 

 and they were much admired by all 

 who saw them. 



J. A. Budlong has about completed 

 three new houses, each 22x300, for 

 American Beauties, and is preparing 

 to erect two more of same size for car- 

 nations. All are to be heated by 

 steam. 



Charles Siek, for some time with E. 

 C. Amling, has gone to Joliet to take 

 charge of the floral department in the 

 store of .T. P. Wilcox & Co. there. 



One of Mr. Amling's little daughters 

 is down with diphtheria. 



