The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 2. 1S9S. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



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WITH last issue The Florists' Re- 

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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Richard Vincent. Jr., & Son, White 

 Marsh, Md., vegetable and other 

 plants; Ellis & Pollworth, Milwaukee, 

 Wis., wholesale price list cut flowers; 

 Geo. Hancock & Son, Grand Haven, 

 Mich., carnations; Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, wholesale list cut flow- 

 ers; same, Clara cemetery vase; E. H. 

 Hunt, Chicago, wholesale price list; 

 H. L. Sunderbruch Co., Cincinnati, 

 wholesale price list; A. G. Prince & 

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same, Clara cemetery vase; Haerens 

 Bros., Somergem, Belgium, azaleas, 

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 kins. Orange, N. J., Brazilian Tonic 

 Food for plants and flowers; W. J. 

 Hesser, Plattsmouth, Neb., palms and 

 decorative plants. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Plant Trade. 



The plant market has been very act- 

 ive, although for the first .ivo days of 

 last week the ground was really unfit 

 for planting. A lot of planting was 

 done somehow, and on Saturday every- 

 body planted like good fellows. At 

 least everybody who does that kind of 

 work, and much was accomplished. It 

 is said we have only had three clear 

 days in May. You can hardly expect 

 to crowd three weeks' work into a few 

 days, so it seems but fair to count on a 

 brisk demand for bedding plants after 

 Decoration Day. If the growers are 

 wise they will abandon the I'lue-hon 

 ored custom of dropping prices imme- 

 diately after May 30, for this year at 

 least. 



Cut flowers have been more active 

 than a week ago. There has been no 

 material change iu prices. The horse 

 show at Wissahickon Heights has 

 been responsible for some demand, the 

 dark weather which retards the out- 

 door blooms probably accounts for the 

 rest. 



This week, with Decoration Day and 

 the first of the June weddings, should 

 make business lively, with a probabil- 

 ity of higher prices. 



May Party of Florists' Club. 



The chief social event of the week 

 was the May party of the Florists' 

 Club at the gun club's grounds, Wissi- 

 noming. A jolly crowd gathered 

 around John Westcott's maypole and 

 thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Every- 

 body was there and everybody 'had a 

 good time. 



The afternoon was devoted to sports. 

 The most important event was the 

 200 lb. race. As in all great sporting 

 events, some difficulty was experi- 

 enced in getting the contestants to- 

 gether. One runner believed he would 

 have an unfair advantage, being under 

 weight, and another could not be in- 

 duced to start until he had assured 

 himself that Charley Longinette was 

 attending to his duties. Here is the 

 score sheet. Owing to the crowd 

 around the scales the weights are only 

 approximate: 



Entries. Weight. Result. 



Edwin Lonsdale 199% First 



Charles Fox 201 Second 



Thomas Butler 20O ....Lay down 



This was a disappointment to the 

 Wyndmoor people, who. but for Mr. 

 Butler's action, might have captured 

 second as well as first. 



The 40 yards dash was won by Du- 

 mont; W. C. Smith, second. Mr. Du- 

 mont also captured the broad jump; 



George Moss, second. In the hurdle 

 races. Dumont led Smith, Heacock 

 led Craig, Moss led Ashley, Clark led 

 Woodruff, Dumont led Woodruff, Moss 

 led Clark, Dumont led Heacock, and 

 Moss led Dumont. High jump. Clark 

 first, Dumont second. The sack race 

 was most amusing. F. Clark, first; 

 Ashley, second; Eaton, third. 



The dinner was served at ~:\a and 

 was a great success. I would like to 

 tell you about the evening, the shuf- 

 fleboards and the music, and the dan- 

 cing, but I cannot — not because the 

 dinner was too much for me, but be- 

 cause I could not stay to enjoy these 

 gayeties. 



Notes. 



William Vanderveur, Mr. Lonsdale's 

 "Little Billee." who went out to fighc 

 the Spaniards, has been rirevailed 

 upon to change his mind, and has 

 come marching home again to care for 

 the "little baby orchids and crotons" 

 once more. 



The Andorra Nurseries have an es- 

 pecially fine collection of paeonies just 

 coming into bloom. 



Thomas Meehan & Son say that the 

 season has been an unusually long one 

 for the nurserymen. 



The guaranteed free-from-disfiase lily 

 bulbs sold quickly at an advance over 

 the price of ordinary stock. 



J. W. Y. 



BUFFALO. 



Decoration Day Business. 



Fairly good weather accompanied 

 Decoration Day. It was cool and not 

 over bright, but not at all unsuitable 

 for the sale or welfare of the plants 

 just set out. Memorial Day is with a 

 certain class of people growing to be 

 less obsetwed, but with the masses — 

 the humble buyer — it never was more 

 universally commemorated. The cem- 

 eteries naturally were the .scene of 

 greatest activity (a paradox, seem- 

 ingly). 



The down-town stores say tUey no- 

 ticed little increase of business, but 

 those whose places were near the lead- 

 ing cemeteries had all the business 

 they could possibly attend to; notably 

 Louis H. Rapin. of Pine Ridge, who, 

 besides his immense trade :n filling 

 vases, disposed of several thousand 

 bunches of flowers at the popular price 

 of 2."i cents each. Quality considered, 

 it pays. Mrs. David Newland and Mr. 

 Wm. Legg, both situated ;lose to dif- 

 ferent entrances of our beautiful For- 

 est Lawn, were also taxed all day be- 

 yond their usual powers of endurance 

 in supplying the demands of their cus- 

 tomers. Incidentally a few stopped off 

 to congratulate W. S. on the many 

 flattering things said of him by the 

 Baltimore correspondent of a contem- 

 porary. 



The Supply. 



The supply of flowers can be 



summed up by saying there was an 



