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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AUGUST 18, 1898. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



For this time of year, tlie market 

 lias been unusually active owing prin- 

 cipally to the scarcity of flowers, 

 caused by so much rainy weather, and 

 by the unusual amount of funeral 

 work. Those growers who laid in for a 

 lot of out of door stuff are feeling con- 

 siderably blue. Sweet peas have not 

 been good for anything in over four 

 weeks, and asters are suffering from 

 stem rot, and there are quantities of 

 misshapen flowers which are unsala- 

 ble. Good roses are in excellent de- 

 mand; Kaiserins will easily bring $i 

 per doz.; Meteors ti-om ?6 to ?8 per 

 100; while Beauties are eagerly sought 

 after at last week's quotations. Brides 

 and Maids are improving in quantity, 

 but are awfully small, and are sticliy 

 at from $2 to ?4 per 100. 



Carnations are about done; a very 

 few coming in from out of doors, which 

 bring $1 per 100. Asters are in good 

 supply, and colored ones are a drug 

 White ones will bring from 15 to 35 

 cents per 100, the latter price being 

 obtained for some fine Giant Comets. 

 Tuberoses and gladioli in limited quan- 

 tity bring $4 per 100 stalks, valley firm 

 at $4; plenty of forced pond lilies, av 

 eraging 4 to 6 cents each. White 

 flowers, such as achillea, candytuft, 

 etc., sell well, being wanted for fu- 

 neral work. 



The Weekly Exhibition. 



This week's show was devoted to ex- 

 hibits of gladioli and perennial phlox 

 and some excellent di.spla.vs were made 

 by prominent private gardeners. 



Mr. J. Warren Clark entered gladioli 

 in three classes and obtained three 

 first prizes. His entry of seedlings was 

 fine, some of them being fullv equal to 

 Lemoine's. John L. Gardner also ex- 

 hibited seedlings and obtained second 

 prize. There were several displays of 

 phlox, and Geo. Hollis, Rea Bros, and 

 T. C. Thurlow received first, second 

 and third prizes, respectively, for eight- 

 een named varieties. Display exhibiu 

 of phlox were made bv Geo. Hollis 

 Chas. H. Souther and T. C. Thurlow! 

 Rea Bros, also showed some new 

 French hybrids. 



The usual collections of natives were 

 shown by Alice Grinnell, who was 

 awarded a bronze medal. Mrs. P. D. 

 Richards and the Misses Doran. Gratu- 

 ities were awarded to R. B. Strothers 

 for display of seasonable bloom; also 

 to James Comley for a fine collection. 



Among other exhibits the Bussey In- 

 stitute and Mr. John L. Gardner had 

 some very fine Montbretias, receiving 

 first and second prizes, respectively. H. 

 A. Wheeler showed two opecimen 

 plants of Torenia Fournieri. receiving 

 a gratuity. 



News Items. 



W. H. Elliott, wife and son. of 

 Brighton, E. M. Wood, of Natick. and 

 W. J. Stewart comprised Boston's dele- 

 gation to the annual convention. 



N. F. McCarthy, with Bob iind Aleck 

 Montgomery, of Natick. are catchin,g 



fish and fighting mosquitoes down in 

 northern Maine. 



The funeral of Col. Bogan, of the 

 Ninth regiment, Massachusetts, U. S. 

 Volunteers, on Thursday, mnde busi- 

 ness quite lively, there" being sr, set 

 pieces sent to the Armory where he 

 laid in state. Galvin capt.ired the 

 most of them, making forty-seven set 

 designs. 



W. A. Bock, of Cambridge, is con- 

 fined to his residence with sciatic 

 rheumatism. 



Miss Smithers, bookkeeper for Mc- 

 Carthy, returns to her labors this 

 week. 



Wm. Nicholson is building n house, 

 100x12, for small plants. Chas. Cum- 

 mings, of Woburn, is also building a 

 house, 75x18, with propagating house 

 attached, while R. B. Lastman. of Wa- 

 verly, and J. Harrigan, of Foxboro, 

 are both hard at work remodeling 

 their houses. P 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The trade situation here remains 

 about the same as last week, very lit- 

 tle doing anywhere. Some of the store 

 men seem to think that now the war is 

 over fall and winter trade will be ful- 

 ly up to the standard of former years. 



The supply of good stock is short of 

 demand but poorer stock is plentiful 

 at low figures. Roses are looking bet- 

 ter, owing to the cool weather. The 

 best Meteors, Brides. Bridesmaids and 

 Kaiserin are bringing from !?3 to $4, 

 Perles $2. Carnations are only fair, 

 supply not large, white being very 

 small. The best in the market are 

 Scotts. which bring $1 per lOO. 



Sweet peas are very scarce and al- 

 most out of the market. Asters too 

 are scarce, in fact they have not been 

 plentiful this season and very few are 

 seen. Hardy hydrangeas are very 

 plentiful now and sell af $3 per 100. 

 the heads being very large and are 

 cut with long stems. Gladioli and 

 tuberose stalks are a glut, price $2 

 and $3 per 100 stalks. A great many 

 of them are being relegated to the 

 dump pile. 



The outlook for better quality of 

 stock in the near future is very pro- 

 mising. Young rose stock is "all in 

 fine shape. Carnation and violet 

 fields are also looking in tip top con- 

 dition. 



Notes. 



The long looked for convention has 

 come at last and by the timo this is- 

 sue of The Review is in the hands of 

 our readers we will be enjoying the 

 hospitality of our Omaha frieuds. Our 

 delegation from St. Louis leaves to 

 night (Sunday) in a special car over 

 the Missouri Pacific R. R. and the 

 party numbers 22. 



Mr. W. J. Boos, representing Ed- 

 wards & Docker, Philadelphia, is in 

 town selling cut flower boxes This is 

 Mr. Boos' first visit to the city since 

 the convention in 1893. 



Mr. M. Rice, of Philadelphia, was a 



visitor for a few days on his way to 

 attend the convention. Mr. Rice is 

 with the St. Louis party. 



President-elect Sanders, of the Flor- 

 ists' Club, expects a large attendance 

 at the next meeting of the club and 

 will offer special inducements to bri:ig 

 the members out. Let us see how 

 large an attendance we can bring out 

 to greet the new president; don't fail 

 to attend, as those going to Omaha 

 will have some very interesting sto- 

 ries to tell of their trip. 



Bowling Items. 



The last bowling before the conven- 

 tion was done last Wednesday night 

 and here are the scores of the team 

 that will represent St. Louis at 

 Omaha: 



Names— 12 3 Total. Av. 



C. A. Kuehn 199 160 181 5W ISO 



C. C. Sanders 222 166 140 528 176 



E. Schraj' 191 123 148 462 154 



J. Kunz 152 161 146 459 163 



.T. J. Eeneke 152 149 144 445 148 



C. Beyer Wl 152 133 416 ns 



J. J. B. 



HAGERSTOWN, MD. 



, Mr. Wm. Bester has changed from 

 steam to hot water in five of his 

 houses, using a boiler of immense ca- 

 pacity. His energy and capability are 

 strikingly displayed this season. The 

 roses, of which there are three large 

 houses, are the pink of perfection and 

 promise to surpass in excellence any 

 grown in this community. Mr. James 

 Quinn is his foreman. 



In chrysanthemums he is growing 

 varieties that suit the trade, the de- 

 mand for which is growing more pop- 

 ular here every year. Some of the 

 new early varieties, however, are at- 

 tempted this year, though past expe- 

 rience is that the later ones sell better. 

 The old and fully tried carnations will 

 be the main crop grown. Of these 

 there will be three houses. In bulb- 

 ous stuff he is very crowded in the 

 season, for which the demand is often 

 greater than the supply. 



Mr. Henry Bester, brother of Wil- 

 liam, also refitted his houses with hot 

 water this season. His plant is not so 

 large as William's, but has trade for 

 double his present capacity. He grows 

 fine roses and most excellent carna- 

 tions. Immense quantities of vege- 

 table and bedding stuff are grown. He 

 supplies the rich farming classes sur- 

 rounding the city. ENOS. 



QUICK RESULTS. 



The ink on your paper was hardly 

 dry before we got a telegraphic order 

 for the whole stock we advertised. We 

 are now out of stock or would keep the 

 adv. going. Shall have more to offer in 

 the near future. Thanking you very 

 much, we are. yours truly, 



McDonald & Steele. 



Crawfordsville, Ind. 



Discontinue my adv. Sold the lot of 

 roses before the Review was cold to a 

 party that telegraphed he would take 

 the whole. Respectfully, 



Springfild. 111. H. L. PHELPS. 



