SICPTEMBBR 15, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



433 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



We have experienced a sudden flop 

 of the weather from extreme heat to 

 frost. Saturday night it froze hard 

 enough in some sections to destroy 

 asters, tomatoes and other tender 

 stuff. Crabb & Hunter's aster patch 

 of 10,000 plants were ruined, which 

 would have been in their 'prime this 

 week. They were planted on low 

 land, which accounts, in some meas- 

 ure, for their taking it so hard. The 

 rest of the florists got off easier. 



Carnation planting is about over. 

 Henry Smith will finish his new car- 

 nation house and have it planted this 

 week. 



There is a good crop of mildew on 

 most of the roses coming in. Those 

 free from mildew wholesale at an ad- 

 vance of 1 cent over those affected. 

 Roses are scarce and poor in quality; 

 retail price, 75 cents per dozen. 



Carnations cut from the field have 

 made their appearance, selling at from 

 15 to 20 cents per dozen. 



Business is beginning to pick up 

 materially and the outlook for the 

 winter season is very flattering. 



Fred Dorner and Mr. Hudson, of 

 Lafayette, Ind., were recent callers. 

 GEO. F. CRABB. 



CLEVELAND. 

 The Market. 



Cut flower trade has been some- 

 what better the past week, with good 

 stock very scarce. Roses are selling 

 from $3 to $8. Carnations are improv- 

 ing, and selling at $1 per 100, short 

 stems 50 cents. Asters are about 

 done, Semples are selling at 30 to 50 

 cents per dozen. Japan lilies are all 

 gone. Ferns and palms have been 

 selling better the past two weeks. 



Notes. 



The home-coming of the 5th Regi- 

 ment and Battery A. 0. V. I. caused 

 a stir in cut flower stores. Mr. J. M. 

 Gasser had orders for 56 hand 

 bunches for the officers, requiring 

 1,400 roses, and boutonnieres for the 

 privates, requiring over 1.400 carna- 

 tions. This order was placed by the 

 Banquet Committee. Many flowers 

 were presented by friends of the sol- 

 dier boys. 



Cleveland has had the misfortune to 

 lose many of her noble sons by fever 

 and consequently many floral pieces 

 have been made by the florists, con- 

 sisting of floral flags and bunches, 

 finished with small silk flags tied with 

 white ribbons. Solid white pillows 

 with a spray of roses and tied with 

 small silk flags take well lettered 

 Soldier Rest, the latter predominating 

 for all set pieces. 



The Florist Chib had a meeting. 

 Monday evening, at which was held 

 the nominations of officers. The fol- 

 lowing were nominated: For Presi- 

 dent. A. Graham, E. H. Cushman; 1st 

 vice-president, Samuel M. Pentecost, 

 A. Schmitt; 2nd vice-president, James 

 Eadie, James Wilson; secretary, G. A. 



Tilton. A. H. Graham, S. Pentecost; 

 treasurer, Herman Hart. 



Mr. Wm. A. Smith, formerly with J. 

 M. Gasser, is putting up some houses 

 in Lakewood, where he will grow 

 roses for the trade. 



Mr. Emil Brown, also at one time 

 with Mr. Gasser, has taken charge of 

 Wamelinck Bros.'s greenhouses, where 

 he will make a specialty of Brides, 

 Maids and Perles. 



Mr. John Stanley has assumed 

 charge of Mr. J. M. Gasser's rose 

 houses. 



The florists have discontinued to 

 close at 6 p. m., and now keep open 

 until 8. 



Miss Minnie Binder returned at 

 last. Miss B. had a splendid time at 

 the convention. This was her initia- 

 tory trip to florists' conventions and 

 she votes them all right. She stopped 

 a week in Chicago on her way home, 

 and speaks very highly of the treat- 

 ment received from the craft there. 



Mr. D. Charlesworth & Son kindly 

 donated the use of palms for the sol- 

 diers' banquet. 



Mr. F. Smith, of Smith & Fetters, 

 was on a brief business trip to Buf- 

 falo, last week. O. A. C. O. 



AUDUBON PARK, NEW ORLEANS. 



We have received a copy of the 

 Year Book of Audubon Park, New Or- 

 leans, a neatly printed and handsome- 

 ly illustrated book of 77 pages, that is 

 something more tlian a mere report of 

 the proceedings of the park authori- 

 ties. In addition to the usual state- 

 ment of receipts and expenditures and 

 reports of otlicers and committees, 

 there is a catalogue of the trees, 

 shrubs and other plants of which spe- 

 cimens are to be found in the park, 

 and the list includes no less than sev- 

 enty-six species and varieties of the 

 palm, in addition to a host of other 

 tender plants. 



There is also a chapter on "Park 

 Study" in whicii are printed numerou/i 

 appropriate extracts from various es- 

 says on t'he purposes and proper uses 

 of a public park, by competent author- 

 ities. These last shoidd prove very 

 beneficial in educating the people, and 

 the Year Book is designed to interest 

 the people in the future of the parks. 

 In this respect the Year Book is a de- 

 cided advance over the usual park re- 

 port. 



NO DUTY ON ORANGE TREES. 



By a recent decision of the U. S. Gen- 

 eral Appraisers seedling orange trees 

 of the Mandarin variety are held to be 

 free of duty under paragraph 560. act 

 of 1897, as tropical fruit plants im- 

 ported for purpose of propagation or 

 cultivation. The decision was given 

 upon a protest against the act of the 

 collector of customs at New Orleans 

 in assessing duty of 25 per cent. Fol- 

 lowing is the text of the decision: 



"The goods are 17 bales of seedling 

 orange trees of the mandarin variety, 

 imported from Kobe, Japan. They 



were assessed for duty at 20 per cent, 

 under the provision of paragraph 252, 

 act of 1897 for 'all trees, shrubs, plants 

 and vines, commonly known as nur- 

 sery or greenhouse stock, not specially 

 provided for.' They are claimed to be 

 entitled to free admission under para- 

 graph 560 as 'fruit plants, tropical and 

 semitropical, for the purpose of pro- 

 pagation or cultivation.' These seed- 

 lings are tropical plants imported for 

 cultivation in the orange belt of Loui- 

 siana, a region more or less semitrop- 

 ical in character. We find that the 

 young trees, seedlings, or plants are 

 both nursery stock and semitropical 

 fruit plants. We hold that enumera- 

 tion under paragraph 5G0 is the more 

 specific, and sustain the protest ac- 

 cordingly." 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Thompson's Sons. Rio Vista, Va., 

 strawberries; Nanz & Neuner, Louis- 

 ville, Ky., plants, bulbs, nursery 

 stock; J. M. Thorburn & Co., New 

 York, bulbs and flowering roots for 

 fall planting; George Hancock & Son, 

 Grand Haven. Mich., field-grown car- 

 nations; Ellis & Pollworth, Milwau- 

 kee, Wis., price list cut flowers, palms, 

 ferns, bulbs, etc.; W. & T. Smith Co.. 

 Geneva, N. Y.. specialties in trees and 

 plants; W. L. Smith, Aurora, 111., 

 plants; Thomas Meehan & Sons, Ger- 

 mantown. Pa., nursery stock; Griffith 

 & Turner Co., Baltimore, Md., bulbs, 

 seeds, farm implements, etc.; W. P. 

 Simmons Co., Geneva, O., new and 

 rare greenhouse plants; J. H. H. Boyd, 

 Cagle. Tenn., tree seeds. 



OPINION WANTED. 



During the past few months. I have 

 been sending to a large retail firm in 

 one of our large cities a considerable 

 amount of cut flowers, smilax, etc. The 

 prices were quoted at so much "net." 



Recently I received a bill from the 

 firm for the express charges on the 

 flowers, etc. I was amazed as I be- 

 lieved my quotation "net" made the 

 receiver liable to all such charges. 

 What is your opinion in this matter, 

 my fellow readers? 



SUBSCRIBER. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



C. F. Baker has planted several 

 houses with carnations, Red Jacket 

 and Oneida. He has some surplus 

 stock outside, which is very fine. These 

 two kinds should give general satis- 

 faction if they acquit themselves as 

 they do at home. 



C. F. Seltzer has added a violet 

 house to his snug plant. He is highly 

 successful with this flower. W. M. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



We are pleased to be able to report 

 that Mr. W. R. Smith has so far re- 

 covered as to be able to be up and 

 about. He left the city September 4 

 for Boyds, Maryland, to fully recu- 

 perate after being confined to his bed 

 for more than eight weeks. 



