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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



May 23, 1899. 



The Florist Club. 



May 22nd was Ladies' Night at the 

 New York Florists' Club, and a very 

 enjoyable evening it was too. None 

 enjoyed it more than the cluster of 

 newspaper men who sat in one corner. 

 It was quite a novelty to see pretty 

 girls in handsome dresses in the old 

 room, where 'tis customary to see only 

 the broad brows ot intellect and hear 

 the dry debates on some hypothetical 

 question in floriculture. We are sorry 

 there are not more such nights and we 

 wonder why a summer outing is not 

 arranged for. 



Prof. Elson of Boston, delivered a 

 most entertaining lecture on "Songs 

 of the Sea." The professor is a thor- 

 ough master of mu.sic. He handled 

 the subject in an easy, intelligent and 

 sympathetic manner, adding to his 

 amusing reminiscences and anecdotes 

 the pathos of sweet melody. His pro- 

 gram consisted of Songs of many Seas, 

 and they were sung in many langua- 

 ges and were very much appreci- 

 ated. Miss Mary Y. Esler, aged six 

 years, daughter of J. G. Esler, gave 

 several recitations and sang some 

 songs. The little girl is a wonder; 

 her elocution and knowledge of music 

 was remarkable; the little lady will 

 be pleasantly remembered by those 

 present. Messrs. W. J. Stewart, Alex 

 "Wallace, Chas. Plumb and Wm. 

 Plumb rendered several old favorite 

 songs. J. P. Cleary attended to the 

 piano, whilst most of the ladies and 

 gentlemen indulged in dancing; light 

 refreshments were served during the 

 evening. 



Among those present were noticed 

 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Plumb, Mr. and 

 Mrs. S. Henshaw, Mr. and Mrs. W. 

 Prosser, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sheridan, 

 Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Esler, Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. Birnie, Mr. and Mrs. A. Her- 

 rington, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Atkins, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Weeber, Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. W. Withers, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Chas. Millang, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Al- 

 len, Mrs. and Miss Berger, Mr. Thos. 

 Young, Miss Stead. Mrs. and Miss 

 Leinhardt, and a miscellaneous lot of 

 male wallflowers, bachelors, etc. 



IVBRA. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A continuation of the extreme dull- 

 ness has been the state of the cut flow- 

 er market during the past week, with, 

 however, a little better feeling during 

 the last couple of days; probably due 

 to the proximity ot Decoration Day, 

 and the unseasonable weather which 

 has a tendency to shorten the daily 

 cut. It is still diflicult to give thor- 

 oughly reliable quotations. There are 

 daily a vast range of prices, which, to 

 a great extent, depend on the ability 

 and personality of the salesman. 



Roses show the result of the cold 

 weather, and run small in size, and in 

 many cases with mildewed foliage. 

 Brides and Maids are quotable any- 

 where from ?1 to $10 per 100; Kaise- 



rins will, if good, bring ?1 per dozen; 

 Meteors, from $2 to $6 per 100; Beau- 

 ties, from $2 to ?20 per 100. Carna- 

 tions show at from 50 cents to $2 per 

 100; violets out of the market; lilies, 

 from 50 cents to $1 per dozen; callas, 

 the same; bulb stock about done; val- 

 ley, $2 to ?3 per 100; sweet peas, 50 

 cents to fl per 100. 



The News. 



The plant trade, owing to the unu- 

 sual cold season, has not been up to 

 the average at this time of the year. 



The outlook for flowers for Decora- 

 tion Day seems rather poor; there 

 will be very little out of door stuff, 

 and quite a lot of suburban shippers 

 use up their own flowers, thus with- 

 drawing quite a quantity of stock 

 from this market. 



E. G. Sterne & Co. have opened a 

 very neat looking store at 1 Ordway 

 Place. 



The Wax Brothers are bound to en- 

 joy themselves with some of the 

 profits of the "Imperial Violets," and 

 are trying to persuade the "speckled 

 beauties," up in Maine, that there is 

 money in flowers. 



Tim Waters, formerly with the 

 Growl Fern Co. as selling agent, has 

 gone back to his original situation at 

 McCarthy's. 



Walter Mott, of Philadelphia, has 

 been a visitor about the "Hub" dur- 

 ing the past few days. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business has been considerably bet- 

 ter than last week. The supply has 

 kept up very well and though a good- 

 ly share has been only fair in quality 

 everything seems to move. Many of 

 the rose growers have suffered dam- 

 age from thrips. 



There is some diversity of opinion 

 as to the supply for Decoration Day, 

 some fearing a shortage, but the ma- 

 jority look for a generous stock of ev- 

 erything except smilax and possibly 

 white carnations. At the same time 

 several report that orders already re- 

 ceived will take their whole cut. The 

 magnitude of the supply will depend 

 a good deal upon the weather during 

 the next few days. Hot, sunny weath- 

 er would bring on some big crops, but 

 there seems no danger of a surplus 

 anyway, as all agree that the supply 

 of outdoor flowers will be very light. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last club meeting the most 

 interesting feature was a talk by Mr. 

 W. G. Bertermann, of Indianapolis, on 

 what he saw during his seven months' 

 stay in California, from which state 

 he was on his way home. 



He said that the California florists 

 have their troubles, too, and they 

 found the competition from the Italian 

 florists quite serious at times. He 

 spent most of his time near Monterey 

 and told of the work of the gardeners 

 at the Hotel del Monte in decorating 



the grounds about the hotel, which 

 must be kept in condition the year 

 around. He saw some of the sweet 

 pea fields at a dstance and said the 

 stripes of color made a very pleasing 

 sight. Two dry seasons in succession 

 had made the Californians feel rather 

 blue, but recent rains have raised their 

 spirits considerably. 



He found the Japanese garden in 

 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, very 

 interesting. It occupies about three 

 acres of space and is a relic of the 

 mid-winter fair of some years ago. 



There being no essayist for the 

 evening, the discur 'a on bedding 

 plants failed to get a good start. One 



new member was elected. 



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Various Items. 



Paul Kopanka is now foreman for 

 John Muno at Rogers Park. 



Remberg Bros, are adding 225,000 

 feet of new glass and rebuilding 100,- 

 000 feet. 



McKellar & Winterson are showing 

 some sheet moss in remarkably large 

 sheets. They had one piece 14 feet 

 long. 



Mr. C. C. Pollworth, of Milwaukee, 

 passed through the city last Monday, 

 returning home from a two months' 

 trip on the road. 



Geo. W. Gaskill and daughter Laura, 

 of Warren, O., called on the trade 

 here last Monday, being on their waj 

 home from Salt Lake City, where Mr. 

 Gaskill has been looking after mining 

 interests. 



The Albert Fuchs Floral Company, 

 by its president, Alexander Kappen- 

 baok, and its secretary. Max Koelling, 

 has sold to Albert Fuchs the entire 

 business and plant of greenhouses and 

 stores at Evanston avenue and Hal- 

 sted street. Lake View, and at 459 

 East Division street, and all interest 

 in the land, for a consideration ot 

 $25,000. 



Bowling. 



Some remarkably variegated scores 

 were made at the adjourned session 

 of the last club meeting. Here they 

 are: 



1st. 2na. 3d. Av. 



p. J. Hauswirth 161 169 163 164 



Jno. Degnan 158 133 1S9 160 



G. L. Grant 128 133 191 150 



E. F. Winterson 155 130 125 136 



Chas. Hunt 85 160 130 125 



A. Henderson 163 SS 89 112 



C. Schweigrert 112 120 103 112 



M. Barker 56 128 109 97 



D. P. Hawkes 85 86 97 89 



R. Kelday 106 75 80 87 



W. Bertermann 64 88 90 80 



R. Mueller BO 56 ... 53 



The second set of games in the 

 prize series will be played next Fri- 

 day evening. On this occasion the 

 Hon. Geo. Asmus will receive the 

 splendid gold medal won in the last 

 contest. 



POT LILACS. 



The accompanying engraving is 

 from a photograph of a display of pot 

 lilacs at the Horticultural Exposition 

 held in Hamburg in 1S97 and shows 

 how the German florists bloom the 

 lilac in various forms. The collection 



