SEPTEMBER 29, 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



465 



that it is a little early yet for tha 

 storemen to plunge on extra fine stock, 

 and Mr. Roehrs seems to have enough 

 of it to supply all New York. 



Alfred Dimmock is here again and 

 as usual has something good up his 

 sleeve. This time we believe his spe- 

 cialty will be the grand new plant. 

 Acalypha Sanderi. Too much cannot 

 be said of this novelty. It's a good 

 thing and we understand Mr. Dim- 

 mock has a well established lot of it 

 to offer next month. 



The Flower Show. 



The American Institute flower show 

 was open to the public at the Academy 

 of Design. 23d street and 4th avenue, 

 8 p. m., Monday. Sept. 26, and will re- 

 main open for two weeks. 



There is a wonderful display i-f dah- 

 lias at this show, and anyone interest- 

 ed in them should attend the exhiln- 

 tion. W. P. Peacock. Atco, N. .1.. has 

 several hundred vases in as many va- 

 rieties of dahlias f-mbracing all sec- 

 tions. Wm. Turner, Tarrytown, N. Y.. 

 shows the best collection of green- 

 house grown fruit ever seen in Amer- 

 ica; they comprise about 50 dishes of 

 magnificent fruit. 



Gqo. Hall. James Dowlen and N. 

 Butterback, all of Sea Bright, N. J.. 

 do themselves proud in the remark- 

 ably well grown plants, flowers, fruit 

 and vegetables they show; they de- 

 serve great credit, especially Hale, for 

 his splendid group of 40 varieties of 

 fancy caladiums. Julius Roehrs, Carl- 

 ton Hill, N, J., exhibits Acalypha San- 

 deri in bloom. 



F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.. 

 shows fine decorative plants, cannas 

 and dahlias. H. A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia, shows a superb collection of 

 nymphaoas in tanks surrounded by 

 ferns, and also a grand lot of Japanese 

 trees. H. F. Burt, Taunton, Mass., 

 fills several large tables with splendid- 

 ly grown dahlias, and Parry, of Parry, 

 N. J., exhibits a collection of nuts that 

 !Tiake one hungry. L. Higgins. East 

 Bridgewater. Mass., also shows grand 

 dahlias in every class; as does Wm. 

 C. Winter, of Mansfield. Mass. 



J. L. Childs. of Floral Park, N. Y.. 

 exhibits several hundred vases of her- 

 baceous flowers and gladiolus, and A. 

 Herrington. of Madison, N. J., simply 

 astonishes one with his marvelous dis- 

 ■ play of old-fashioned and rare flowers. 

 Ellwanger & Barry. Rochester. N. Y.. 

 show 100 dishes of native grapes. The 

 staging was not nearly finished on the 

 opening night and we must leave a 

 list of the awards and comments on 

 the finest things until next issue. D. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



It is a pleasui'e to write about the 

 market once more, for now there is a 

 market to write about. The week 

 just ended showed a decided improve- 

 ■ment over its predecessor, both in cut 

 flowers and in plants. Cut flower pri- 



ces were a little higher on some 

 things; the most noticeable improve- 

 ment was in the steadiness of the 

 market and in the amount of business 

 done. The very best Beauties, of which 

 Edwin Lonsdale is sending in some, 

 brought $2 a dozen. These were used 

 principally for shipping orders. Good 

 average flowers of the same variety 

 brought $1.25 to $1.50. Brides and 

 Maids are now nice, fair size, good 

 color (on Maids), and stiff stems, and 

 bring $2 to $4. You don't hear of so 

 much cutting — like 75 buds for $1 

 cash — as a week ago. 



Carnations are in brisk demand at 

 or near $1 a hundred. Violets are be- 

 ginning to appear and chrysanthe- 

 mums are expected. The summer flow- 

 ers are over. Dahlias are of some 



use. Cosmos will be welcomed in 

 great numbers a little later. 



Decorative Plant Trade. 



Business in decorative plants is 

 most encouraging for this month. It 

 is the general verdict that customers, 

 while a trifle late in ordering, owing 

 partly to the unusually hot weather 

 early this month, are now buying with 

 more freedom than last year. 



William K. Harris finds business in 

 this line showing an improvement oj 

 20 per cent over last September. He 

 says his orders are, as a rule, for the 

 more expensive plants and that those 

 persons who have visited his place 

 seem very hopeful of a good season 

 and show confidence in their buying. 



Joseph Heacock has just begun offer- 

 ing his palms and already the stock is 

 moving freely. There is no question 

 that the stock of decorative plants of- 

 fered for this market is exceptionally 

 fine with prices aboiit the same; in 

 some cases a shade lower than last 

 year. 



Notes. 

 John J. McLean, for many years an 

 assistant to George Craig, died on 

 Monday. Mr. McLean's loss is sin- 

 cerely mourned by his many business 

 friends. 



The dahlia meeting of the Penn. 

 Horticultural Society was held on 

 Tuesday and Wednesday. As at the 

 show in Germantown the week before, 

 these flowers were disappointing: W. 

 P. Peacock of Atco, N. J., who might 

 be termed the "Dahlia King." made a 

 good exhibit. The H. A. Dreer Com- 

 pany Drought and filled a water lily 

 tank. Everything considered, the 

 show was gratifying. 



The monthly handicap tourney of the 

 Trapshooters' League was held at Con- 

 shohocken on Saturday. The Florists' 

 Gun Club tied for second place, nine 

 clubs competing. Score: Anderson, 

 18; Ball, 20; Burton, 25; Cartledge, 21; 

 Park, 24; Smith, 15—123, John Bur- 

 ton won the Peter's trophy. 



Perhaps we are all sport mad. But, 

 are we not following your example, Mr. 

 Scott'.' And does not each one work 

 all the better for a bit of good, honest 

 sport? J. W. Y. 



FOR LONG-STEMMED FLOWERS. 



The accompanying engraving shows 

 a wire support used by Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., wholesale commission florists, 

 Chicago, in jars of long-stemmed flow- 

 ers. They are found very desirable in 

 not only economizing space in the cold 

 storage room but in lessening the lia- 

 bility of injury to the flowers when 

 handling the jar. The support can be 

 used in various sizes of jars and is 

 inexpensive. 



BUFFALO. 



The liome coming of the soldiers 

 and the home coming of those who 

 were fortunate enough to be away ai 

 the mountains and sea shore, as well 

 as those who pulled down their front 

 blinds and lived in the back part of 

 the house, supposedly at Breaker^ 

 Bend, have all helped to awaken busi- 

 ness considerably. Flowers are none 

 too plentiful. There is good demand 

 or at least signs of good call for 

 palms, rubbers, etc., for the house. 

 This is a healthy, satisfactory busi- 

 ness and shows the ever increasing de- 

 mand for this very proper kind of 

 room decoration. I have often thought 

 what a great boon the illustrated soci- 

 ety jokes in our comic and other pa- 

 pers were to the florist. Whenever a 

 noble Lady gets off a joke on my no- 

 ble Lord there is sure to be a spread- 

 ing latania on the sideboard, in fact 

 next to the supposed wit it is the most 

 conspicuous feature and doubtless 

 helps greatly to impress on all classes 

 that a palm in the room is an essen- 

 tial. 



Violets are being asked for and can 

 soon be supplied. Carnations are so 

 different now from what they will be 

 in two months that we look forward 

 to the advent of the noble chrysanth. 



