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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



AUGI'ST 25, 1898. 



the car had been switched down into 

 the yard some distance from the de- 

 pot. That dentist evidently carries in 

 stoclv a tjrand of gas with lasting qua- 

 lities, and he will not soon be forgot- 

 ten by the genial gentleman from the 

 Quaker City. 



J. G. Esler. Secretary of the Hail 

 Association, spent a few days in the 

 city on his way home from Omaha. 

 Accompanied by E. Leuly. of New 

 York, he made a trip to Milwaukee 

 and back. 



NEW YORK. 



The Convention. 



"Stories of the West" are in order. 

 They seem to have had a good time 

 out there dangling those "golden 

 keys." However, we hope to see Pres- 

 ident Gude's suggestion as to the hold- 

 ing of an annual exhibition acted 

 upon. The giving of a mere trade 

 show, no matter how extensive, should 

 scarcely satisfy the ornamental horti- 

 culturist element in the society, and 

 perhaps it is stronger than some are 

 aware of or wish to acknowledge. 



Visit to Floral Park. 



On Wednesday, Aug. 17, on invita- 

 tion of Hon. John Lewis Childs, some 

 40 private gardeners and florists vis- 

 ited the beautiful bulb nui-series and 

 herbaceous gardens at Floral Park, L. 

 I, Manager E. S. Miller, after guiding 

 the party through fields of magnifi- 

 cent gladioluses, liliums and other 

 flowers, took them to the Floral Park 

 Hotel, where luncheon was served. 

 Short talks were given by several of 

 the party and all expressed their ap- 

 preciation of the great treat given 

 them. Mr. Childs has nearly 200 acres 

 of flowers at Floral Park and the 

 grounds are beautifully laid out. Some 

 idea of the place may be formed if 

 one can imagine SO acres of gladiolus 

 all in bloom, 2 acres of lilies, several 

 acres of geraniums and miscellaneous 

 bedding plants, and thousands of her- 

 baceous flowers. In one of the large 

 buildings the visitors were shown five 

 thousand cut gladiolus in one hundred 

 named varieties, all nicely staged. 

 Among the visitors were Fred Atkins 

 W. I. Brower, Samuel Henshaw, J W 

 Withers, Frank Traendly and J. I. Don- 

 Ian, of New York city: A. J. Wenger- 

 ter, A. Welsing, James Boyle, Thos 

 Garrett, P. Reilly, Win. Hawley, Wm. 

 Read, David Thompson and A. L. Mil- 

 ler, of Brooklyn; W. G. Gomersall of 

 Fishkill. N. Y.; Wm. Scott, of Tarrv- 

 town, N. Y.; A. Dummit. Mt. Vernon, 

 'N. Y.; J. M. Hunter, Paterson, N. J ;' 

 Thos. Griflin and Sam Leuba, West- 

 bury, L. I.; and J. M. Logan, White 

 Plains, N. Y. 



Several of the party also visited the 

 grounds of Mr. Chas. H. Allen, close 

 by, where a fine display of choice can- 

 nas was much admired. Mr. Allen has 

 some very fine seedlings in his collec- 

 tion, which will be heard from later. 



A Bowling Contest. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 will hold a grand bowling tournament 

 in connection with their second annual 

 dinner, which will be held at the Cen- 

 tral Opera House, GTth street and 3rd 

 avenue. New York city, on Saturday 

 evening, September 10, bowling to com- 

 mence at 7 o'clock. This will be the 

 event of the year for fun, all the Gar- 

 deners' Societies, Horticultural Asso- 

 ciations and Florists' Clubs in and 

 around New York will be invited to 

 send teams to compete for the prizes 

 to be offered; and apart from this there 

 will be inducements for everyone pres- 

 ent to do his best at knocking down 

 the pins. 



The society originally intended to 

 give the usual set dinner and an ex- 

 hibition. The committee, however, 

 knowing that such dinners are rarely 

 enjoyed with their yards of rehash 

 speechmaking, decided to cast away all 

 formality and business and have the 

 night devoted to fun only, so if any 

 of the champion bowlers are around it 

 would be well for them to attend. Six 

 alleys are available and a great good 

 time is assured. The committee in 

 charge are J. W. Withers, P. O. box 

 1097, New York city; John Scott, Keap 

 St., Brooklyn; and J. I. Donlan, .365 I 

 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City. 



The Naval Parade. 



There was a large quantity of 

 flowers used in connection witli the 

 great naval parade, which was held in 

 New York on August 20th, but it was 

 not of a nature to raise prices, it mere- 

 ly saved lots of flowers from the ash 

 cans. There is always a slight in- | 

 creased demand for all kinds of stock 

 on Saturdays and Mondays, and again 

 Monday is the day the market is most i 

 glutted with poor stock. A recent ar- ! 

 rival informs me that in the finest I 

 stores in London they are offering 50 

 fine cut roses in a green rush hamper ' 

 all for two shillings and sixpence or 

 00 cents, and they are much finer than | 

 any seen here at present. Of course ' 

 we are seldom able to produce good ' 

 roses here in summer, but if we could 

 get them we would probably ask ?4 or 

 $G for 50 fine roses in a hamper bas- 

 ket. Roses coming in here now are 

 but poor makeshifts and whilst retail- 

 ers should make allowance for the 

 season, growers should not expect $1 

 per hundred for roses that are hard to 

 sell for 50 cents. 



Notes. 



There is likely to be a cut rate war 

 'mong growers of certain stock the com- 

 ing winter, and many developments are 

 looked for in regard to the credit and 

 cash systems springing up. The Smi- 

 lax King views the future of his no 

 credit system serenely at present; so 

 far it has been successful. What it 

 will be when everybody has cyps and 

 smilax to sell has yet to be told, but 

 in any case Koffman deserves credit 

 for his courage. 



Among visitors during the past week 

 were W. C. Cook, Chicago; Mr. and 

 Mrs. J. W. Ludwig and nephew, Alle- 

 gheny, Pa., who enjoyed seeing the 

 victorious warship parade and visiting 

 our markets. Mr. Ludwig is one of 

 the boys whom we like to call often. 

 D. 



THE RETAIL FLORIST. 



Theatrical Designs. 



The theatrical season is about com- 

 mencing in the principal cities and 

 there are usually a great many flowor:^ 

 used for the "Opening Nights," the 

 order given to the florist is generally 

 "send something large and showy" 

 and it is the rule to use up any old 

 thing so long as it looks big. We are 

 given to believe that actors and ac- 

 tresses don't care what they get so 

 long as they get flowers; this is a 

 great mistake for the majority of these 

 people have great taste and their in- 

 fluence is powerful; then again the 

 flowers sent are always compared with 

 others, and your tag may turn into a 

 boomerang. 



In sending flowers to a theatre re- 

 member tha: everything connected 

 with the place is more or less specta- 

 cular. Therefore your contribution 

 should be none the less so, but should, 

 above all, be artistic, and while it is 

 essential that your basket or bouquet 

 of flowers should appear grandly im- 

 posing from the gallery, it should also 

 be well finished to enable it to bear 

 the scrutiny of critical eyes in tlie box- 

 es and orchestra. 



There is 'an abundance of outdoor 

 flowers obtainable at present and 

 highly adaptable for the above class 

 of orders. Large high handled bas- 

 kets are most suitable designs Hnd the 

 handle cannot be too high. Get a 

 basket with a handle about 4 feet high 

 and fill it good and full with one col- 

 ored gladiolus, which must be well 

 open. Twine the handle with crepe 

 paper or ribbon of the same color as 

 the gladiolus and have one Dide the 

 handle and the top garlanded with the 

 same flower or Lilium auratum locvs 

 well on the handle; this makes a very 

 showy l>asket if made well. 



Roses are cheap and there is no rea- 

 son for mixing them. If you make 

 your bunches or baskets of rose .. 

 have them all Meteors. Morgans. 

 Maids or Beauties and don't be afraid 

 to use ribbon. Keep cut forns and 

 soft green stufi's off your designs as 

 they wilt very soon in a warm thea- 

 tre and spoil your work. 



Sometimes special designs are or- 

 dered or we are requested to get up 

 something new or grotesque. Some 

 one may want to send an appropriate 

 design to a leading actress or actor 

 and there is nothing more {xpressive 

 than a standing star made of scarlet 

 carnations or Meteors, even gladiolus 

 can be utilized; red flowers only 

 should be used. If the piece be sent 

 to a colored artist, send a horse shoe 



