JUNE 7, 19U0. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



43 



Azalea mollis have recently passed out 

 of bloom. They served to give a bit of 

 color in the parterre before bedding 

 out time arrived. The rustic vases for 

 which the park is famous have all been 

 filled and have already made some 

 growth. Beds of alocasias and Cy- 

 perus papyrus have also been planted. 

 By the way, in carpet beds where a 

 low growing, gray white effect is 

 wanted, the variegated thyme is large- 

 ly used by Head Gardener Stromback. 

 It is also useful as a border. It should 

 be more generally used for the pur- 

 pose. 



NEW YORK, 



Erratic weather, erratic business, in 

 fact an erratic world, and it's just as 

 well to enjoy it all, for it's hard to 

 change them. Outdoor flowers, espe- 

 cially roses, are backward and it looks 

 as it the Rose Society's show, which 

 opens at the Eden Musee, June 12th, 

 will just about catch the first crop of 

 blooms. We again urge that this 

 show be made a huge success by every- 

 one sending his batch of blooms 

 whether for competition 'or not. If 

 you cannot come yourself to the city, 

 address your flowers to Leonard Bar- 

 ron or J. I. Donlan, Eden Musee, and 

 they shall be carefully staged and en- 

 tered. 



The condition of the cut flower mar- 

 ket is inclined to be spasmodic. Poor 

 grades are hard to move and fine 

 grades are scarce. Roses are being 

 sold for $5 or less a thousand, and 

 from that you can imagine the rest. 

 Cattleyas still continue plentiful. 

 Thomas Young is receiving specially 

 fine ones. 



The plant growers report the sea- 

 son's sales so far as satisfactory. Many 

 of them claim it to be their most 

 prosperous year. We visited the plant 

 market from 2 to 6 a. m. Saturday, and 

 saw that well grown plants sold quick- 

 ly. There was a vast amount of poor 

 stock on the market. It's a wonder 

 much of it can be sold at any figure. 

 The prices for good stock were; Gera- 

 niums, 75 cents to $1; fancy pelargo- 

 niums, $1.25; variegated vincas, 75 

 cents; fuchsias, 50 to 75 cents; nastur- 

 tiums, 50 cents; petunias, 50 cents; 

 verbenas, 35 cents per dozen, and so on. 



At the cut flower market the same 

 morning Harrisii were $6 a hundred; 

 paeonies, crimson 60 cents, pink and 

 white 75 cents per doz.; gladiolus, $1 

 per doz.; carnations, $1 to $2 per 100; 

 blue cornflowers, 5 cents a bunch; yel- 

 low, white and lilac, 2 cents a flower; 

 sweet peas, 6 cents a bunch; water lil- 

 ies, 50 cents per lOO; Jacques, $4; val- 

 ley, $2.50; smilax, $16 per 100. Prices 

 have been wandering downwards 

 since. 



The Florists' Club will meet next 

 Monday and all are requested to at- 

 tend. Perhaps the entertainment 

 committee will have something be- 

 sides apologies. 



The bowling club will meet that aft- 

 ernoon, and the following notice is not 

 only given out for the uenefit of New 



Yorkers but is also put out for others' 

 to adopt; "The team selected to rep- 

 resent New York in the national tour- 

 nament to be rolled during the conven- 

 tion will be the men having the high- 

 est scores in the three first games 

 rolled each night during the meetings 

 of June and July, members to be pres- 

 ent at least five nignis out of the 

 eight." This is a fair way of selecting 

 the team. There are a number of fine 

 bowlers here as elsev/here who never 

 come near the alleys. This class 

 should be ruled out of every team roll- 

 ing for at least league prizes. We 

 would like to see other cities adopt 

 the same plan, and from now on liav? 

 the scores and names published each 

 week in the trade papers. Fine alleys 

 have been secured. There are six to- 

 gether with an accommodation for 

 over 300 rooters. These alleys will be 

 entirely neutral; the New Y'orkers 

 have only rolled a few games on them 

 the day they were hired and they will 

 now keep away until the convention 

 day. 



There are seven teams entered up to 

 date and we expect it to be a dozen. 

 Denver, St. Louis, Chicago, Boston and 

 other small places please wake up. 

 Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, 

 Philadelphia, Flatbush and New Y'ork 

 are the teams which have already sig- 

 nified their intentions to compete. 



If there are any gun clubs or folks 

 interested in rifle practice (he need 

 not be a Boer), they are requested to 

 communicate with W. J. Elliott, 54 

 Dey street, New York. He is Secretary 

 of War on clay pigeons and will be 

 able to give all information. 



The following are the scores which 

 will count in the selection of the bowl- 

 ing team, and members of the club not 

 mentioned here will be given an_ op- 

 portunity to pull up. Marshall doesn't 

 wish to scare anyone, but he is going 

 to do his best to show New Yorkers 

 can win if they so decide; 



T. Roehrs 188 148 147 



A. Burns 133 137 153 



I'. Schenck 141 144 167 



T Lang 152 134 1S8 



P. Traendly 117 140 149 



Van Asch 81 138 108 



W. MarshaU 176 158 214 



,1. McManus 122 128 132 



J. Donlon 121 105 



J. I. D. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



There was only a fair supply of 

 choice stock in the market for Deco- 

 ration Day. but roses were plenty and 

 sold cheap. The shipping trade was 

 really good, but the home trade did 

 not amount to much. The growers 

 complain that the rains and the cool 

 nights have badly mildewed most of 

 the stock. 



Business has not improved since last 

 writing, and, as there is little prospect 

 of the street car strike being settled, 

 the outlook for a change for the better 

 is not promising. 



The market has been in good supply 

 all the past week. Jacques, sweet peas 



and Cape Jasmines are very plentiful. 

 Choice stock of Meteors, Maids and 

 Brides brought $5. others $2 and $3. 

 Jacques sold at $2 and good American 

 Beauties were sold at $2.50 per doz. 

 Carnaiions are still in good supply, 

 white and good red are the only scarce 

 ones. Daybreak and Scott are very 

 fine and have the call at $1 per 100. 

 Cape Jasmine sold at 75 and 50 cents 

 per 100. Paeonies and other outdoor 

 flowers will be gone by the end of the 

 week. Blue cornflowers are selling 

 well and some fine valley sold the 

 past week at $2. Smilax is plentiful 

 and sells at $12.50. 



Plant men are taking things much 

 easier this week, as the rush is about 

 over. At the union market the grow- 

 ers claim the past week was a little 

 better with them, especially Decora- 

 tion Day, as a great many plants were 

 sold this year for decorating graves. 



The various schools will have their 

 commencements this month and this 

 will, no doubt, help boom the cut 

 flower trade. But it will not be what 

 it used to be. The florists at one time 

 counted on June as their best month. 

 All invitations read "No flowers," and 

 that hurts, but we have to pay school 

 taxes just the same. 



Various Items. 



Willie Holtz, foreman at Kuehn's 

 wire shop, was married last Saturday 

 night to Miss Grace Smeathers, at Al- 

 ton, 111. We congratulate you, "Billy," 

 and may your life be a happy one. 



Frank M. Ellis, with H. G. Berning, 

 will be married this week Wednesday 

 to Miss Emma Krueger, of 1912 Penn 

 street. Congratulations are now in 

 order, as Frank is very popular with 

 the trade. 



John M. Hudson is reported much 

 improved and perhaps will be about 

 again by the end of the week. 



Mrs. C. Young, mother of John, 

 Harry, Will, James and Mrs. Ellison, 

 is reported very sick the past week. 



Park Commissioner F. L. Ridgely 

 will leave for Chicago this week to at- 

 tend the meeting of the American 

 Park and Outdoor Art Association. 



President Ammann of the Florists' 

 Club is looking forward to a big meet- 

 ing next Thursday, June 14th, and 

 hopes that the miscellaneous cut flow- 

 er show will be large and that the 

 members will all bring something to 

 exhibit, as there will be three prizes, 

 $5, $3 and $2. The committee in 

 charge is expected to be there early to 

 stage the exhibits. As the plant sea- 

 son is about over and the store men 

 not busy, it is expected that all the 

 old-timers will be on hand. The new 

 exhibition committee is expected to be 

 there early, as a meeting has been 

 called for at 2 o'clock sharp. F. C. 

 Weber, C. C. Sanders, Emil Schray, 

 Frank Fillmore, John W. Kunz and 

 Carl Beyer, please take notice. 



J. J. B. 



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