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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



members were present. An interested 

 visitor, Mr. Peter Barr, London, Eng- 

 land, of Narcissus fame, was also pres- 

 ent. 



After tlie regular business the main 

 object of the meeting was brought be- 

 fore the association, the question as 

 to who and who would not continue 

 their stands through the 'iumnier 

 months. After considerable discussion 

 Mr. Rapp. the superintendent of mar-' 

 ket, announced that those members 

 who had paid their market fees up to 

 date, could, by giving notice, relin- 

 quish their stands and by formal no- 

 tice secure them again in thi future. 



Messrs. Steinhoff. Dreyer and Leach 

 said they would hold theirs during the 

 summer, as they had great hopes for 

 the future of the market and hoped 

 by setting the example to induce others 

 to do the same. It was decided lo id- 

 journ to meet again the first Tuesday 

 in September. 



Before doing so, h{)wever, Mr. Mor- 

 ris, in his usual witty and inimitable 

 style, introduced Mr. Barr, who then 

 addressed the association, giving a his- 

 tory of the London Covent Garden, 

 where he had been in business for over 

 40 years. He spoke of its early history, 

 comparing it with their own and Kaid 

 in spite of attempts to move it some- 

 where else Covent Garden Market, like 

 Clinton Market, would always be the 

 centre for plants and flowers. During 

 the discussion that followed, Messrs. 

 Withers and Morris took part, the wit 

 of Messrs. Barr and Morris was espe- 

 cially pointed. It was rather, however, 

 the thrust of the rapier than that of 

 the bludgeon, as Brother Morris ox- 

 plained, and was much enjoyed by the 

 members present. 



Mr. A. D. Rose was at his post as 

 secretary and Mr. Newly-Wed Schiller 

 was also present the first time since 

 the happy union. P. S. He went home 

 early. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Thomas Young, Jr., "quietly 

 folded his tent" and sailed away last 

 Saturday on the S. S. Campania to 

 "dear old Lunnon." from whence he 

 will go to the old homestead at East- 

 bourne, the most fashionable watering 

 place in the south of England, return- 

 ing in time for the fall opening. 



Mr. R. W. Clucas, of the firm cf 

 Clucas & Boddington Co., has gone to 

 Asbury Park, where his family is at 

 present located and will remain there a 

 week, basking in the sun and taking 

 an occasional dip in the briny. 



Mr. David Y. Mellis, of the Borouga 

 of Queens, has also gone to salubrious 

 Asbury Park, and will doubtlessly be 

 much missed by the Flatbush bowling 

 Club, "Lobster pots," not "standard" 

 will be more in David's line in future, 

 and we trust the catches will be large. 



Mr. Robt. Grey, late manager for 

 Air. Julius Roehrs. has taken a posi- 

 tion as superintendent with Mr. Oakes 

 Ames, North Easton, Mass., and so we 

 may hear of some more seedling or- 



chids which are Mr. Grey's specialty. 



H. M. Sanborn and family of Oak- 

 land, Cal., have gone to Bradley 

 Beach, N. J., for their summer vaca- 

 tion. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



For this season of the year business 

 still holds its own, there being nothing 

 to break the usual summer dullness, 

 although the stock is fairly well clean- 

 ed up for funeral work and sent to the 

 departing European steamers. A large 

 number of well known society people, 

 the war scare having abated to some 

 extent, are now taking their annual 

 outing abroad, and it all works to the 

 advantage of the trade. 



Of staples, roses can be said to be 

 in the greatest demand, and as is 

 usual at this time of the year are not 

 over plenty, and anything above an 

 average quality sells on sight. Beau- 

 ties are very good and sell well, some 

 nice stock coming from Newport, price 

 ranging from 7.") cents to $4 per dozen. 

 What stock of Kaiserins that show 

 up are taken readily at $1 per dozen, 

 while Brides and Maids sell from .$2 to 

 $4 per hundred. 



Casey, of Melrose, is now bringing in 

 some of those elegant Perles for which 

 he is famous and easily obtains $.] and 

 $0, while Renter's Meteors go slower, 

 averaging $5. 



Carnations are a sticker, quantities 

 being sold at from $2 to ?5 per thou- 

 sand. A few exceedingly good kinds 

 and blooms will, however, bring good 

 prices. Henry Cartright. of Wellj-^ley, 

 brought in this week some Scotts from 

 out of doors which were fully equal to 

 the best inside gi'own flowers, and 

 easily obtained .$1.50 per hundred. 



Valley is plenty and in fairly good 

 demand, still held at $4. The supply of 

 sweet peas has fallen off. with only a 

 very few good ones, which have gone 

 up to about $2..'><l per thousand. Asters 

 are being brought in in larger quanti- 

 ties, selling from "lO cents to $1 per 

 hundred. 



The Weekly Exhibition. 



The usual weekly exhibition brought 

 out a few fine collections of seasonable 

 out of door flowers and three nice 

 dishes of tuberous begonia blooms, for 

 which prizes were awarded, first to E. 

 P. Converse, second and third to James 

 L. Little, who was also awarded a 

 gratuity for gloxinias. Miss Alice L. 

 Grinnell obtained first prize for native 

 ferns and a gratuity for a collection 

 of native flowers. W. C. Lewis, John 

 L. Gardner and E. Sheppard showed 

 some fine blooms of hollyhock and re- 

 ceived gratuities. Mrs. E. M. Gill was 

 awarded gratuity for display of rea- 

 sonable flowers, and Messrs. R. and J. 

 Farquhar & Co. for an elegant show if 

 auratum and longifiorum lilies. \V. X. 

 Craig exhibited hollyhocks and sweet 

 peas. Rea Bros., a collection of herba- 



ceous blooms, and the Misses Dornn. 

 native flowers; all were awarded grat- 

 uities. 



Newrs Items. 



The exodus of florists still continues. 

 W. Good and Jack Doyle are at Sun- 

 apee, N. H., while Carbone has tempo- 

 rarily closed his Boston store and gone 

 abroad. 



Ned McMulkin, manager of Galvin's 

 back bay store, is summering at Scitu- 

 ate, Mass. 



John Kelly and Miss Smithers, of 

 McCarthy's, began their annual vaca- ' 

 tion on Monday. John goes to Thumbs- 

 cap Island, Me., Miss Smithers to Hal- 

 ifax. 



H. Siebrecht, of New York, stopped 

 off here for a couple of days on his 

 way home from Bar Harbor, and Judge 

 Hoitt, of Nashua, spent a few hours 

 here on Saturday. 



Dan Carmichael, for the past couple 

 of years with Seedsmen T. J. Gray & 

 Co., has severed his connection with 

 that house and goes on Monday to Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, in the employ of J. M. 

 McCullough's Sons. P. 



BUFFALO. 



The city has been quite lively this 

 past week for fifteen to twenty thou- 

 sand strangers on our principal streets 

 are very noticeable and they were 

 members and friends of the Young 

 People's Baptist Association who se- 

 lected our city for their convention- of 

 'OS. With the exception of some palm 

 decorations at the churches and meet- 

 ing halls we did not notice any great 

 effect on our sales and many other 

 lines of business could say the same, 

 btit such a number of worthy people 

 cannot invade our city for several days 

 without the whole community being 

 benefited. 



We have scarcely had our pro7erbial 

 cool weather the past two weeks. It 

 has been decidedly hot, with drying 

 winds and a ten days' rain would be a 

 blessing for which all would be 

 thankful, even a baseball magnate 

 would be willing to lose the gate re- 

 ceipts for one day to see a downpour. 

 City lots can be kept green with the 

 hose, but the more important expanse 

 of our beautiful parks and cemeteries 

 need nature's stimulant badly, and I 

 hope we will all get it soon. 



Mr. Shaw, with his able pen, which 

 wags just now in Omaha, honors some 

 men by appealing to them to gather 

 their friends together and start a 

 march for Omaha next month. I wish 

 I could say for sure that a good team 

 would go from here. A very important 

 meeting of the club will be held this 

 week and the convention will be one 

 of the subjects discussed. Good old 

 Philadelphia has promised her usual 

 contingent. Really one may ask what 

 would a convention be without the 

 boys of brotherly love, and the very 

 great majority of them go to conven- 



