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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBER IS, 1900. 



rubber tube and nozzle. It should 

 save a great deal ot back breaking 

 labor in .syringing. 



A report of the progress of the Gal- 

 veston Relief Fund will be found 

 elsewhere in this issue. 



Mr. E. A. Barnard, an uncle of W. 

 W. Barnard, the seedsman, has given 

 to the city a tract ot land 300x283 feet 

 in 105th street to be used as a small 

 park site and children's play ground. 

 It is to be known as the "Amy Bar- 

 nard Park." Mr. Barnard has been a 

 resident of Chicago since 1844. 



NEW YORK. 



Popularizing the Carnation. 



Through the efforts of Mr. C. W. 

 Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, Queens, 

 L. I., every man in the great parade 

 of the Kepublican party in this city, 

 Nov. 3rd, will wear a pink carnation. 

 Mr. Ward has been doing some great 

 work in this matter, the wholesale 

 florists have promised him 20,000, and 

 local growers an additional 20,000 

 blooms, and the affair promises to be 

 the greatest boost carnations ever got. 

 There is no party politics about the 

 matter so far as the florists are con- 

 cerned, it's a case of hoisting carna- 

 tions still higher in popularity, and 

 everything possible should be done to 

 make it a success. The use of flowers 

 at all public events does immense 

 good in many ways, and Mr. Ward 

 and all those interested with him are 

 to be congratulated for what they in- 

 tend to do for floriculture at this great 

 demonstration. 



A Big Ice Box. 



Thomas Young, Jr., has just had 

 completed what is beyond doubt the 

 flnest ice box or cool room in connec- 

 tion with the florist business of this 

 city. It is 30x18 ft., beautifully fitted 

 up with many novel arrangements for 

 displaying every class of flowers lu 

 best advantage. Mr. Young is receiv- 

 ing very fine violets, and his daily 

 shipments of roses, etc., to out of town 

 florists indicates that some people keep 

 posted. 



The Market. 



Local trade has been taking jumps 

 backwards and forwards. Good stock 

 sells fairly well. Mr. Editor, you had 

 a cruel note in The Review saying 

 that orchids blooms were to be im- 

 ported from Europe for the New York 

 trade. I think the reverse of that 

 would he more like the truth. Cat- 

 tleyas are over plentiful. Good car- 

 nations are scarce. Chrysanthemums 

 are beginning to swarm. American 

 Beauties promise to be "The" rose 

 more than ever the coming season; 

 they are coming in fairly good. Lib- 

 erties are fighting with Meteors at 

 present with regards to quality. Most 

 of the average run of roses show the 

 great prevalency of mildew. Violets 

 are good, but move slowly. Valley is 

 good and not over plentiful. Dahlias 



are about the only outdoor flowers cf 

 any account just at present. 



The general feeling in all branches 

 of the trade is one of confidence tha: 

 the season will be very good. Bulbs, 

 seeds and general supplies have been 

 and are on the move. The plant trade 

 is also good, it only remains for the 

 cut flower end to wake up, which it 

 i.s sure to do when the election noise 

 is over. J. I. D. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Trade Condition?. 



The second week in October brought 

 business — real, active business — with 

 it. There were some weddings, some 

 teas for the debutantes who live out 

 of town and the general demand was 

 much brisker. The supply of good 

 blooms did not increase; it couldn't; 

 the proverbial dark days of December 

 are not in it with the dark days of the 

 past fortniglit. Result: Prices ad- 

 vanced a little about the middle of 

 the week. 



Beauties and orchids were very pop • 

 ular for the debutantes' teas. The 

 former brought $2 a dozen for choice 

 stock. I know that when this state- 

 ment appears in print I shall receive 

 at least two letters of protest. The 

 first, from a grower, stating that his 

 prices vary somewhat from mine; for 

 instance, he is getting $2.50 tor his 

 Beauties. The second from a retailer 

 stating that he can buy all the Beau- 

 ties he requires at $1 a dozen. Both 

 writers are undoubtedly accurate in 

 their statements, but the first omitted 

 to say that he only got his price for 

 the cream of his stock and the second 

 that he was not very particular about 

 the quality of the flowers he bought 

 and sometimes took chances on get- 

 ting any at all. I repeat choice Beau- 

 ties brought $2 a dozen. A very nice 

 grade brought $1.50 a dozen and shore 

 stems, 75 cents to $1. 



It is difficult to quote orchids intel- 

 ligently in this market; there are 

 practically no wholesale orchid grow- 

 ers; most of the flowers come from 

 out of town, some from large private 

 conservatories, yet they cut a consid- 

 erable figure in the week's business. 

 One fair debutante wore a large bou- 

 quet of these blossoms arranged over 

 her arm. producing the effect of a 

 string of bouquets and avoiding the 

 weight of such a string. She also 

 wore orchids in her hair. The effect 

 was novel and striking. 



Kaiserins and La France from sum- 

 nier(?) houses sold readily at $3 to 

 $5. Brides and Maids remained at 

 $3. The general stock of these va- 

 rieties did not warrant an advance. 

 Carnations are improving and moved 

 higher. Good blooms brought $1.00 a 

 100. A few choice fancies $1.50. Vio- 

 lets do not count for much yet. Dah- 

 lias are still in the market. Chrys- 

 anthemums are coming in slowly. 



The stores are buying plants now 



and ordering more to be set aside and 

 sent in to them in from four to six 

 weeks. Indications point to an active 

 season. PHIL. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Club Meeting. 



The October meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club was attended by 

 eighteen members. 



President Guy called the meeting to 

 order at 3:30 p. m. The exhibition 

 committee reported that the show 

 would be held in the front vestibule 

 of the music hall. Exposition build- 

 ing, including the two side naves. 

 This will give them as much room as 

 they had last year in the coliseum 

 and the cost will be less. The com- 

 mittee is hard at work and holds 

 weekly meetings. Everything points 

 to a successful show. 



Three applications for membership 

 were read as follows: Theo. Miller, 

 a retailer; Phil Goebel, head gardener 

 at Tower Grove Park, and Chris. S. 

 Eichhorn. of the South Side Carnation 

 House. 



The secretary read letters from Otto 

 Fehrlin and J. D. Pruessner, Galves- 

 ton florists, which were acted upon 

 and Henry Berning and C. A. Kuehn 

 were appointed a committee to receive 

 suljscriptions and the amount collect- 

 ed to be sent to them at once, to be 

 distributed equally among the florists. 



Mr. C. L. Washburn, of Bassett & 

 Washburn, Chicago, who was a visitor, 

 spoke in behalf of the Galveston flor- 

 ists. 



The essay of Emil Schray on "Prof- 

 itable Winter Blooming Plants," was 

 read, followed by Frank Fillmore 

 with an essay on "The Best Method 

 of Growing Roses and the Best Varie- 

 ties for Present Demands." These es- 

 says were well received and Mr. Fill- 

 more's appears in this issue of The 

 Review. 



Those who attended the meeting 

 from out of town were: C. L. Wash- 

 burn, Chicago; J. F. Ammann. Ed- 

 wardsville. 111.; Chas. Connon, Web- 

 ster Grove. Mo.; A. S. Halstedt, Henry 

 Emmons and E. W. Guy, Belleville, 

 111. 



The next meeting of the club will 

 be held Thursday, Nov. 8, at 3 o'clock. 

 Essays for the meeting will be by 

 Herman G. Ude on "Successful Violet 

 Culture," and C. C. Sanders on "Hardy 

 Flowers for the Florist's Use," which 

 will, no doubt, be very interesting. 



The Market. 



Trade the past week has been only 

 fair and shows no improvement over 

 the previous week. Stock of all kinds 

 is of better quality and there seems 

 to be plenty of it. Chrysanthemums 

 are still absent, but the wholesalers 

 claim that by the end of the present 

 week we will have them from the 

 south. The rose market was good last 

 week, especially American Beauties. 



