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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



SEPTEMBER 1, 189b. 



grower with small blooms. There is a 

 wealth of chrysanthemums, many 

 specimens in pots both inside and out, 

 and a bench planted for cutting. The 

 most beautiful sight of all was a house 

 with the roof covered with allamanda 

 in full bloom; the rich yellow flowers 

 hung in great profusion from their 

 leafy stems. I regret being unable to 

 say whether this allamanda was Hen- 

 dersonii; none of the men knew. The 

 houses were scrupulously neat and 

 clean. 



The Gun Club. 

 The Gun Club did fairly well at the 

 monthly meeting of the Trap Shooters' 

 League on Saturday. Seven clubs com- 

 peted, the two that came out ahead of 

 the florists' team being aided by their 

 handicaps. The score follows: 



Possible. Hit. 



Anderson 26 22 



Ball 26 15 



Cartledge 27 al 



Landis 27 24 



Park 27 21 



Smith 26 24 



J. W. Y. 



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BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 



Of the few growers who are fortu- 

 nate to have flowers to sell, it is hard 

 to find one who is not satisfied with 

 the week's business. The retailers 

 have been busy with funeral work and 

 white flowers have been in excellent 

 demand. Asters seem to have the call 

 and sell well, white ones bringing $1 

 per hundred, as also the light shades of 

 pink. A few Semples were brought in 

 on Friday and the lucky "grower got 3 

 cents apiece for them. Roses are in 

 fair demand, Brides and Maids selling 

 at from $2 to $4 per hundred. Kaiser- 

 ins of good quality are scarce, easily 

 bringing $8. Meteors range from $2 to 

 $6 per hundred. Beauties in limited 

 quantity; quality poor, although 

 Welch Bros, are having some nice ones 

 shipped to them from New Hampshire, 

 which sell quickly at from $2 to $3 per 

 dozen. The supply of white carna- 

 tions from out of door growing has 

 considerably increased, but as the de- 

 mand is equal to it, they sell readily 

 at from $1 to $1.50 per hundred. Col- 



ored carnations are very scarce, only a 

 few insignificant blooms from old 

 plants, and a very few out of door 

 Scotts being seen. There is no market 

 for the rubbish, but the Scotts will sell 

 quickly at $2 per 100. Lilium lancifo- 

 lium album sells fairly well, bringing 

 4 cents, while some exceedingly well 

 grown tuberoses bring 6 cents. Odds 

 and ends of white flovers sell fairly 

 well, the call being for funeral work. 



News Items. 



W. W. Tailby, of Wellesley, is spend- 

 ing a week at Camp Dalton, Framing- 

 ham. He is a member of Company A, 

 cavalry, M. V. M. 



Dr. Campbell, of the Raybrook Gar- 

 den Co., Manchester, N. H.,. is spend- 

 ing a few days at Nantasket Beach. 



The convention delegation arrived 

 home on Wednesday, well pleased with 

 their trip. 



Wm. Appleton, of Providence, made a 

 business trip to the Hub this week. 



W. K. Harris, represented by Mr. 

 Skidelsky, has samples of his palm 

 stock on exhibition at Geo. Suther- 

 land's. Philadelphia palms take well 

 in this market. 



J. Warren Clark, of Millis, Mass.. ex- 

 hibited some excellent seedling gladi- 

 oli at the hall on Saturday, including a 

 vase of a fine, very light yellow, called 

 Yellow Bird. 



The annual sale of choice of stalls in 

 the Co-operative market will take 

 place on Saturday, September 10. Jas. 

 T. Carroll will be the auctioneer. 



The usual autumn exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 will take place on August 31 and Sep- 

 tember 1, and bids fair to outdo all 

 former shows. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is practically no change in 

 prices from last week though the sup- 

 ply is not quite so large, quality im- 

 proved somewhat by the cooler 

 weather, and fewer sacrifices. Every- 

 thing of really good quality seems to 

 be moved at the moderate rates pre- 

 vailing and the tone of the market 

 seems very healthy. Several dealers 

 report results to be very much more 

 satisfactory than at the same period 

 a year ago. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Swain Nelson has presented to 

 the Chicago Historical Society the or- 

 iginal plan for the first sixty acres of 

 Lincoln Park. Mr. Nelson made the 

 plan in 1865 and it was accepted by the 

 city council in September of that year. 

 The first appropriation for the work 

 of embellishing the sixty acres 

 amounted to only $10,000. The park 

 now contains 309 acres and last year 

 the sum of $160,000 was expended in 

 maintenance and improvements. 



Frank Peterson, a printer who has 

 been in the employ of E. H. Hunt for 

 the past five years, died Aug. 27 of 

 heart disease. 



Mr. J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., 

 passed through the city last Thursday 

 on the way home. From Omaha he 

 travelled through Nebraska and then 

 visited St. Paul and Minneapolis, mak- 

 ing brief stops at Chicago and Buffalo 

 before returning to Bloomsburg. 



Mr. Thomas -\ppleton, formerly a 

 well known grower at Lake p-oresi. 

 is now engaged in landscape work, and 

 has carried out some important work 

 in various parts of the country. 



Mr. M. Rice, of M. Rice & Co., Phila- 

 delphia, was a visitor this week, as 

 was also Mr. W. H. Ellis, of Milwaukee. 



Theodore Hitzler, a florist at Irving 

 Park, was seriously injured in a col- 

 lision with a street car, August 8. He 

 was thrown violently from his wagon 

 and it is feared he may be permanent- 

 ly disabled. 



Bowling. 



Only four bowlers turned up at the 

 alleys last Friday evening. The 200 

 mark was passed by Geo. Stollery, who 

 is forging steadily to the front as a 

 bowler. Following are the scores and 

 averages: 



1st. 2a. 3d. 4th. 5th. Av. 



Geo. Stollery 165 161 204 12S 128 157 



Fred Hills IIS 146 153 112 167 139 



F. Stollerv 142 140 326 13D 120 133 



J. S. Wilson 129 147 122 100 143 128 



NEW YORK. 



Bowling. 



The Flatbush Bowling Club meets 

 every Thursday evening at Swalsback's 

 Academy, Flatbush, for the purpose of 

 thorough enjoyment. There isn't a 

 more manly or generous company of 

 florists anywhere; they are the only 

 section of the New York Florists' Club 

 who refuse to adjourn for the summer. 

 On last Thursday evening a committee 

 from the Gardeners' Society invited 

 the Flatbush boys to send a team to 

 their bowling tournament to be held 

 on September 10. The invitation was 

 accepted, and President D. Y. Mellis is 

 now busy coaching his team of crack 

 bowlers. There will "be a hot time in 

 the old town" September 10. If Broth- 

 er Scott or any of those St. Louis 

 champions happen to be in New York 

 that night they are cordially invited to 

 buck up against some of the amateurs 

 who were not at Omaha. 



Business Conditions. 



Business is scarcely an agreeable 

 topic to write about just at present, 

 but we will have enough of it later on. 



Death of Wm. Tiffany. 



Lieut. Wm. Tiffany, of the Rosary 

 Flower Co.. died at the Parker house, 

 Boston, August 25. He was an ardent 

 advocate of all that was most beauti- 

 ful and artistic in our business, and 

 his death will be greatly felt in the so- 

 ciety elements connected with the flor- 

 ists' trade. 



Notes. 



Thos. Young has returned from Eu- 

 rope, looking all the better for his trip. 

 D. 



