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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NOVEMBEI! 1, 1900. 



Jlr. Eiscle can show you. Go and see 

 for yourself. It sounds funny when you 

 are looking at a square acre of kentias, 

 all as neat and trim as David Harum's 

 parlor, to be told that this size and that 

 size are very scarce. It makes you stop 

 and think what tremendous strides our 

 business has taken in fifteen years. 



Mr. Eisele showed me a house of Adi- 

 antuni Farleyense. grandly grown, and 

 he was good enough to say that I was 

 at liberty to repeat that iie had found 

 leaf-mould or wood-soil poison to them. 

 All they wanted was a good yellow loam 

 (not sand) and a little cow manure; 

 nothing in the way of leaf-mould should 

 touch them. 



There is enough horticulture around 

 Philadelphia to keep one busy moving 

 for a month, and as I was on Pan-Ameri- 

 can business I had to keep moving, and 

 regret I could not visit all, but I made 

 sure of seeing Mr. Habermehl's wagon. 

 Don't miss this wagon if you go to 

 Philadelphia. Thorley's isn't in it. You 

 would never think to see John miss a 

 spare that he owned such a vehicle. The 

 lamps on the side are dazzling even when 

 not lighted; when lit they must be blind- 

 ing. The Messrs. Habermehl have to my 

 mind an ideal place for doing a fine re- 

 tail business. 



What a good natured crowd you meet 

 in the basement of Horticultural Hall, 

 and how smoothly and gracefully John 

 VVesteott and Deacon Harris retire to 

 the little room in the rear at stated in- 

 tervals. I had a sore thumb or would 

 have shown them how to make strikes, 

 I don't believe there is another crowd in 

 the country that gets along so sociably 

 and pleasantly. 



I was glad to hear Mr. B. Cartledge, 

 whom I found presiding over his fine 

 store, and Mr. R. Kift, as well as the 

 artistic Battles, all say that business 

 was very good. Mr. Battles can show 

 you something strange. Within a few 

 doors of each other he runs two stores, 

 in one of which every article is gilt 

 edged, as also the price, while in the 

 other shop a cheaper grade is kept. It 

 is an original idea, but Mr. Battles says 

 it works finely. "Here, ladies. I have 

 the choicest of everything; fresh, no ice 

 box; but you must pay for the best and 

 my taste as well. If you want a cheaper 

 article you will find it two doors below 

 at my other store.'' Wir. Scott. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Complete committees as appointed by 

 the president to examine and pass upon 

 seedlings and sports at the various cen- 

 ters are herewith announced as follows: 



Boston, Mass. — A. H. Fewkes, chair- 

 man, Horticultural Hall, Tremont street; 

 E. A, Wood, J. H. Wheel'er, 



New York, N, Y, — E, Dailledouze, 

 chairman, care New York Cut Flower 

 Co,, 119 West Twenty-third street; James 

 W, Withers, A. Small. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; Wm. K. 

 Harris, John W'esteott. 



Chicago, 111, — James S, Wilson, chair- 



man, care J, B, Deamud, 51 'Wabash ave- 

 nue; Geo. StoUery, E. Weinhoeber. 



Cincinnati, O. — R. Witterstaewer, 

 chairman, care Jabez Elliott flower 

 market (care janitor) ; James Allen, Al- 

 bert Sunderbruch, 



Remaining dates on which chrysanthe- 

 mum seedlings and sports may be exam- 

 ined are as follows: October 27, Novem- 

 ber 3, 10, 17 and 24, 



Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must in all cases b'e prepaid 

 to destination, and the entry fee of $2, 

 when possible, should be forwarded to 

 the secretary not later than Tuesday of 

 the week preceding examination, 



EDWIN LONSDALE, Sec'y. 



Wyndraoor, near Philadelphia, Pa, 



Work of the Comiruttees. 



Oct, 20, 1000. 



Boston, Mass, — Nathan Smith & Son. 

 Adrian, Michigan, exhibited lolantha, 

 a Japanese incurved pink variety, whicli 

 scored according to commercial scale 8.3 

 points. Tendency of the p'etals to drop 

 may injure it as a shipping variety. 

 The extreme earliness of the variety was 

 taken into consideration in making the 

 above judgment. 



Cincinnati, O. — lolantha, exhibited by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, 'scored 85 points 

 commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — lolantha, shown by 

 Nathan Smith & Son, scored commer 

 cial scale 82 points, exhibition scale 80 

 points. 



New York, N, Y, — The above variety 

 by the same exhibitors scored 77 points 

 commercial scale, 



Chicago, 111, — The above variety was 

 exhibited and scored commercial scale 

 71 points. 



Kriwix LoxsDALE, Sccietarv, 



NEW YORK. 



The terrific explosion, fire and loss of 

 life in the lower section of this city on 

 Monday has overshadowed all other mat- 

 ters. The full extent of its awfulness 

 can neither be told nor imagined. It was 

 one of those events which compel a bus}', 

 heedless, rushing community to stop and 

 think. Some people never know how 

 much they have to be thankful for. 



Business is fairly good, considering all. 

 Some desirable grades of stock are not 

 overplentitul. Carnations are somewhat 

 behind time and it is thought there will 

 be a scarcity of them for Saturday's great 

 parade; still, local florists will do their 

 best to make the carnation part of it a 

 success. Cattleyas are getting scarcer 

 and consequently more valued. Some 

 very fine mums are seen about, but the 

 great majority ai'e of the common "don't- 

 know-what-to-do-withthem'' class. 



The Florists' Club committee organ- 

 ized for the purpose of getting up a great 

 flower show in New York next year met 

 last night and had long and various dis- 

 cussions over the matter, and finally ap- 

 pointed a subcommitte'e to wait on the 

 managers of Madison Square Garden and 

 other large halls. 



Ex-Alderman John Morris' circus with 



the sound money florists at their meeting 

 last week is the grand morsel of flori- 

 cuitural gossip. Mistakes occurred on 

 both sides. Considering it was only an 

 election argument, where some of the 

 wisest and gravest make fools of them- 

 selves, it would be wrong for enmity to 

 exist after the affair. The severest par- 

 tisans before election can easily be the 

 warmest friends afterwards; they can 

 and should be gentlemen at all times. 

 There's room enough for all with their 

 arguments in this country, and tolera- 

 tion is a grand soothing syrup. Differ- 

 ences of opinion neither make us inferior 

 nor superior; all are common clay, only 

 some get red-headed. 



The New York Florists' Sound Money 

 Club has been organized for the purpose 

 of parading with the sound money ele- 

 ment here on Saturday. They are most- 

 ly retail florists and have been holding 

 several meetings for the purpose of per- 

 fecting arrangements. W. Trtnnpiu'e, T, 

 Lang, R, Brower, Arthur Merritt and 

 others have been among the promoters. 

 They expect to turn out from 100 to 125 

 men in the parade and they are to carry 

 a silk banner of crimson and pink, wear 

 carnation boutonnieres of the same col- 

 ors, and carry canes dressed with yellow 

 chrysanthemums and gold ribbon. 

 Strange combinations of color for floral 

 artists to adopt; but it's only an election 

 matter. 



The coming event will be the opening 

 of Thorley's new store at 4.5th street and 

 Fifth avenue. It is expected to have it 

 finished and opened befoi'e horse show 

 week. Florists' stores are springing up 

 like mushrooms on Columbus and other 

 avenues; the glare of their liglits is in- 

 jurious to the eye; they dazzle one so 

 much that it is impossible to see the 

 names of the owners, and the faces in 

 them look strange and full of anxiety. 



Bowling at the alleys last night result- 

 ed as follows : 



Burns ., ,101 17H l.-)."> WoennT. l;i.-, ln,s 109 



SfheiK-k.-lliK 140 177 Donlan 1S,'> 120 



Slebreeht.lSIl 1411 l.-.:j OMara 179 



Lang- 1M8 17U 191 Marshall 120 



Traen(il.v.l72 IBo 140 Lock HO 



J. I. D. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



Even at the risk of being accused 

 of pessimistic tendencies, I must howl 

 calamity once again. Salesmen are all 

 in full retreat and the ground is cov- 

 cicd with a litter of all kinds of ma- 

 terial they are obliged to leave behind. 

 Probably the ice-room at the Park street 

 market never presented so congested an 

 ajipearance for so long at a time. 



Prices on all lines have perceptibly 

 dropped, excepting, possibly, on white 

 chrysanthemums. The earlier sorts have 

 licen hurried off the plants and later 

 varieties have not quite reached us yet, 

 ]icrhaps. Rose bushes are standing the 

 ilrain wonderfully, but the cut is begin- 

 ning to look rather bedraggled. The 

 lunger this warm weather lasts the 

 greater effect a cold wave must produce 

 upon the supply, and there i^^ a proph- 



