OCTOBER 27 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



561 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



JTov. l-2-MoRRisTo\vN, N. 1. -Morris Countv 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Society, C. H. At- 

 kins, Secretary. Madison, N. J. 



Xov. 2-4— PouGHKEEPSiE, N, V. — Dutchess 

 County Horticultural Society, Arthur A. 

 Longh'ren. Secretary. 



ITov. 3-5— New Bedford, M.\ss.— Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club. Peter Murray, Secretary, 



JTov. 8-9 — Worcester. M.\ss. —Worcester 

 County Horticultural Society. A. A, HLxon, 

 Secretary, IS Front Street. 



JIov. 8-10— H.\RTFORD. Cow. — Connecticut 

 Horticultural Society. C. M. Rodgers, Secre- 

 tary, Beacon Street. 'Hartford. 



ITov. 8-10— Montreal. Qieb.— Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, F. Bennett. Secretary. 



JToT. 8-11- BosTt>x.-MassachuEetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. Robert Manning. Secretary. 

 Horticultural Hall, Tremont Street, 



Hov. 8 12- iNDHNAPOLis.— State Florists' As- 

 sociation of Indiana. R. A. McKeand. Secre- 

 tary. Garfield Park. Indianapolis. 



ITov. 8-12— Philadelphia, Pa.— Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, David Rust,' Secre- 

 tary, Horticultural ?Iall. Broad Street. 



Sov. 8-12— Chicago.— Horticultural Society of 

 Chicago, W, N. Rudd, Assistant Secretary, 

 Room 202, 18.5 Dearborn Street. 



Hov. 8-12— St. Loi;is.— St. Louis Florists' Club. 

 Emil Schray, Secretary, 41U1 Pennsylvania 

 Avenue. 



»ov. 9-11— Providexce, R. I.- Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Society. C. W. Smith. Secre- 

 tary, 61 Westminster Street. Room 23. 



JTov. 9-11- Buffalo. N. Y.— Buffalo Florists' 

 Club, Wm. Legg, Secretary, 144U Delaware 

 .■\venue. 



Hov. 9-12— Toronto.— Toronto Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Association, E, H. Carter. Secre- 

 tary. Riverside Park, Toronto. 



Hov. 10-12— W ACO. Texas.— Texas State Floral 

 Society. Mrs. Louis Crow. Secretary, Waco. 

 Texas. 



ITov. 10-12— MiLLBROoK. N. Y. — Millbrook 

 Horticultural Society. Memorial Hall. J. O. 

 Pingry. Secretary. 



Hov. 10-12— Mount Kisco. N. Y. — Bedford 

 Flower Liub. H. A. Spavins. Mgr. 



JTov. 11-12— PoRTCHESTER. N. Y.— Westchester 

 Gardeners' Association, Opera House. A. 

 Grierson. Rye, Secretary. 



IXov. 15-16-Elmira. N. Y.-Elmira Horticul- 

 tural Society, R. R. Stockdale, Secretary. 



Xov. 15-17— Newport, R. I,— Newport Horti- 

 cultural Society, J, J. Butler. Box 213, Sec- 

 retary. 



ITov. 15-17— Syracuse. N. Y.— Central New 

 York Horticultural Society, D. Campbell, 

 Secretary. 



ITov. 16-18— Brockton. M.ass.— Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club, Walter E. Baker, Secre- 

 tary. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 

 The market is daily growing duller 

 and the bottom is a long -way off. 

 Prices are battered so badly that they 

 are beyond recognition. Mr. "Weir, of 

 Brooklyn, is the most popular man on 

 the market at present, because he buys 

 thousands upon thousands of roses at 

 $3.50 per thousand, and they must be 

 good or he won't take them at that. 

 ■When roses are down, nearly every 

 other flower follows, and still it's no 

 use kicking, for it will be worse if the 

 'warm weather continues, and the sup- 

 ply of mums is heavier. Perhaps there 

 was never so much mildew seen on 

 New York flowers as there is at pres- 



ent, and really much of the stock seen 

 is only fit for set design work. Then 

 again, considering the vast supply, 

 prices are just as high as they were 

 ten or twelve years ago at this season 

 of the year, and it is pretty safe to 

 say they will never be higher. 



As stated in our last notes, there is 

 too much "follow my leader" among 

 the growers, and everybody is grow- 

 ing the same few varieties of flowers. 

 There is lots of room away from the 

 beatea track, and lots of fine flowers 

 we never see here. Wedding decora- 

 tions so far this season have been poor 

 affairs indeed. Columns on columns in 

 the daily papers are filled with de- 

 scriptions of the bride's dresses and 

 all the lovely decorations by so and 

 so, but every florist here knows such is 

 all humbug. Suppose one does get a 

 church or house decoration, well, here 

 it is: Roses, $3.50 per 1,000; large 

 mums, $4.00 per 100; smilax, $8.00 or 

 $10 per 100, and look what you can do 

 for ?15.50. You can make a metropoli- 

 tan editor declare it. in scarehead 

 type, the flnest decoration ever seen in 

 New York. Mrs. So-and-So gives a re- 

 ception or tea, and for it orders a $2.00 

 box of flowers. The society editors 

 give her elaborate decorations a mag- 

 nificent description, and what are you 

 going to do about it? Well, just get 

 rid of your mildew and pray for cold, 

 very cold weather. 



■Violets so far are very poor, and 

 give evidence of the prevalence of dis- 

 ease. The best mum seen on the mar- 

 ket so far is Mrs. H. RoDInson; they 

 are very flne. Dahlias and other out- 

 door flowers are abundant and help to 

 make matters worse instead of pret- 

 tier. 



Bo'wling. 



It's a good job the Bowling Club 

 is started, for it helps to distract men's 

 minds from business cares. They were 

 a good jolly crowd that met at the al- 

 leys on Monday night last, and be- 

 tween good stories and loud cheers 

 there was very little room for any- 

 thing but laughter. The New York 

 Florists' Bowling Club has been al- 

 ready productive of good, for it has 

 brought together faces seldom seen at 

 the Florists' Club meetings. About the 

 scores, well, they were all right for 

 beginners and strange alleys. The club 

 will be heard from in due time. Messrs. 

 Burns, Weathered, Lang and Leuly 

 were appointed a committee on by- 

 laws and instructed to report at the 

 next meeting of the Florists' Club. 



Ne'vvs Notes. 



American Gardening commences an- 

 other chapter in its eventful career. It 

 was sold by the A. T. De La Mare 

 Printing •: Pub. Co.. Monday, Oct. 24. 

 It will be published by J. W. Withers, 

 at 135 Liberty street. New York city. 

 Leonard Barron continues as editor. 



There were two exhibits in seedling 

 chrysanthemums before the commit- 

 tee on Oct. 22; Polly Rose, a white 

 sport of Glory of the Pacific, exhibited 



by A. D. Rose, Jersey City, N. J., and 

 Harry A. Parr, a pale yellow flower 

 sent by Paul Bender, Rider, Md. 



H. W. C. Dihm, superintendent of 

 the Siebrecht Nurseries, Trinidad, 

 West Indies, is visiting New York. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 will hold a free chrysanthemum show 

 in their rooms, 64 Madison avenue, on 

 the afternoon and evening of Satur- 

 day, Nov. 19. There will be some 

 twenty classes in which prizes will be 

 offered, and competition will be con- 

 fined to private gardeners. The trade 

 will be invited to show whatever- nov- 

 elties they may have. This promises 

 to be a fine little show, as it will be 

 after all the local exhibitions are over. 

 D. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 

 This week has surely been a Chrys- 

 anthemum week for as is usual at this 

 time of the year, all kinds of stock 

 have been dull, with a full supply of 

 everythirig and a limited demand. 



The downfall of the rose market has 

 beeu especially noticeable, with per- 

 haps the exception of one or two va- 

 rieties, and $4 and $5 has been the av- 

 erage for Brides and Maids, with 

 quality improving all the time. Kaiser- 

 ines are not so much in evidence as 

 they were, these sell now with the 

 Brides, although a few choice ones will 

 bring $1 per dozen. Carnot is still a 

 leader and the demand and supply are 

 about equal. Lawrence Cotter of Dor- 

 chester is cutting some fine blooms, 

 stems about 18 inches in length, price 

 averaging $10 per hundred. Beauties 

 still hold their own, $2.50 per dozen 

 being the limit. Meteors plenty, but 

 not in demand; $6 per hundred is the 

 asking price. 



Contrary to the usual anticipation at 

 this season carnations seem to hold 

 their own, and stocks are pretty well 

 cleaned up every morning. Common 

 varieties, such as Fisher and Scott, 

 sell at from $1 to $2 per hundred, 

 ■with extra quality bringing as high as 

 $3. Fancy blooms, mostly Flora Hill 

 and Bradts, bring $4 per huDdred. 



Violets still run small, the weather 

 is not to their liking; 50 cents to 75 

 cents per hundred is the selling price. 



Chrysanthemums have been very 

 plenty, and sell very low, especially 

 Mad Bergmann, price ranging from 

 35 cents to $1 per dozen. Colored va- 

 rieties are not so plenty, ranging from 

 50 cents to $1.50 per dozen. Valley 

 the same as last week. The market 

 is full of cosmos, with small sales. 

 Odds and ends rather scarce. 



Ne'ws Items. 



Peter Fisher has begun to bring in 

 his famous carnation Mrs. Thos. W. 

 Lawson. Galvin controls the sale of 

 them and Is advertising them as an 

 especial feature for this season's use. 



Messrs. E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, 

 Mass., give their annual trade exhibi- 



