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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBER 27, 1S9S. 



tioii of chrysanthemums on Thursday, 

 Nov. 3. All of the prominent growers 

 and dealers have been invited. 



The annual chrysanthemum show of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held on Nov. 8 to 11 in- 

 clusive. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co. are now dis- 

 playing a fine lot ot florists' baskets, 

 having received a consignment of 100.- 

 000 from Europe during the past week. 



Henry Pcnn, an employe of J. W. 

 Cohen, has branched out for himself 

 at a new store on Chapman Place. 



P. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



It is said of an extremely careful 

 man that he never mailed a letter 

 without carefully examining the ad- 

 dress before dropping it in the box. 

 This example might, with advantage, 

 be followed by others. 



Business in cut flowers during the 

 past two weeks has left much to be 

 desired from a producer's and from a 

 •wholesaler's point of view. The de- 

 mand was hardly as brisk as the last 

 week in September, with the supply 

 probably more than doubled. Prices 

 then realized have proved the top 

 notch so far. and there are very many 

 sales made at lower rates. 



Carnations which were then rather 

 scarce at $1.00 a 100 for good ordina-y 

 stock, now fluctuate from $1.00 down 

 as low as 50 cents, with the street men 

 getting all they want at 25 to 40 cents 

 a 100 and even lower. 



Beauties are in fair demand. Extras 

 bring $1.50 and occasionally $2 in this 

 market. A good many medium 

 stemmed flowers are sold at 75 cents 

 and $1.00 a dozen. Kaiserins are excel- 

 lent and bring $4.00. Maids are ideal in 

 color and improving in size. They eas- 

 ily brought $3.00 week before last, but 

 last week went begging at $2.00. Brides 

 are harder to sell than Maids, having 

 to divide business with Kaiserin, and 

 as a consequence bring a little less 

 than Maids. The best Meteors bring 

 $3.00, but the cheapness of Beauty lim- 

 its the demand for them. The excess 

 of tea roses go to the street at or near 

 (JO cents a 100. 



Chrysanths are coming in freely. 

 George E. Campbell's house ot Fitz- 

 wygram is cut out. This variety was 

 followed by white and yellow Mon- 

 arch. Jacob Becker brought in some 

 fine Montmort and Morel on the 12th; 

 they brought $2.00 a dozen. Robert 

 Scott & Son sent in a few good Whill- 

 dins. followed last week by Mr.s. Hen- 

 ry Robinson. Mrs. Anthony and her 

 twin sister, Glory of the Pacific, have 

 made their appearance, 'oUowed 

 toward the end of the week by a host 

 of first blooms of other sorts, white 

 and pink being too plentiful and yel- 

 low and possibly darker shades being 

 wanted, as is generally the case early 

 in the season. Pot grown plants of 

 chrysanths are now appearing. Charles 

 Meckey has an especially well grown 

 lot coming in bloom. 



Germantown Hort. Society. 



The October meeting of the German- 

 town Horticultural Society was very 

 lively. The meetings are not always 

 productive of great results, horticul- 

 turally speaking. Our ways are too 

 simple to attract the great moguls, but 

 the society is doing good work never- 

 theless. Most interesting are the dis- 

 cussions after adjournment. On one 

 side of the room the secretary is ex- 

 plaining to a group of members the 

 ravages on outdoor roses committed 

 by a new borer supposed to have been 

 imported from France; while In an- 

 other part an enthusiastic amateur is 

 showing a choice specimen from his 

 garden to some lovely ladies who are 

 contentedly munching prize-winning 

 grapes. 



I must confess that while listening 

 to one of these informal chats, the ex- 

 hibits were whisked off before being 

 noted. There were some good ferns, 

 a specimen Adiantum Farleyense from 

 Frank Smith, being some thirty inches 

 In diameter, two good collections of 

 vegetables and on the president's desk 

 a Cattleya labiata showing evidence of 

 good culture. This was borne off un- 

 der the arms ot Albert Woltemate, so 

 it must be his. 



Penn. Hort. Society. 



The Pennsylvania Society's October 

 meeting brought out some good 

 dahlias, a grand collection of cosmos — 

 this is a wonderful cosmos and chest- 

 nut year — and blooms from Mr. Clink- 

 aberry's famous Cattleya labiata alba. 



The chrysanthemum cup contest 

 proved a failure; there was no con- 

 test. The judges were pleased with 

 George E. Campbell's entry, consisting 

 ot six blooms each ot Merry Monarch, 

 Yellow Monarch. George S. Kalb, Har- 

 ry A. Parr, Mrs. J. T. Anthony and 

 Lady Fitzwygram, and recommended 

 that the cup be awarded him. 



Everybody is hoping that this Jubi- 

 lee week will put a little lite into busi- 

 ness. J. W. Y. 



CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the club meeting last Friday eve- 

 ning the annual election of officers 

 took place and resulted In the selection 

 of the following: Edgar Sanders, 

 Pres.: C. W. Johnson, vice-pres. ; C. W. 

 McKellar, Rec. Sec'y.; John Degnan, 

 Fin. Sec'y.; W. W. Barnard, Treas. 

 Executive Committee; John Zech, 

 Jos. Reeve, Chas. Held, W. L. Pa- 

 linsky, John Reardon. This is a strong 

 staff and should insure the continued 

 prosperity of the club. 



The Executive Committee was in- 

 structed to arrange for the annual 

 banquet, to take place during the time 

 of the coming chrysanthemum show. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the 

 retiring officers, and the sum of $50 

 was appropriated to be offered in spe- 

 cial premiums at the coming exhibi- 

 tion. 



Mr. Jos. Reeve brought to the meet- 

 ing a plant ot chrysanthemum Midge 

 in a 6-inch pot and bearing 14 fine 

 blooms. It was a beautiful specimen, 

 of perfect form (without stakes) and 

 finely foliaged. 



At the next meeting, to be held Nov. 

 4, the new officers will be installed 

 and there will be a discussion of the 

 question: "Are our flower shows a 

 beneflt to the trade?" The discussion 

 to be opened by Mr. J. T. Anthony. 



The Market. 



Prices and market conditions remain: 

 much the same as last week. There is 

 an excellent demand for good stock 

 and almost no call for inferior grades. 

 The supply of chrysanthemums is in- 

 creasing daily, but on the average the 

 sales hardly equal those of the same 

 period last year. Some really high 

 grade carnations are now being re- 

 ceived, though there is still quite a 

 quantity of low grades. Roses are gen- 

 erally improving in quality, though 

 some show the effects of the dark, 

 damp weather. Beauties are a little 

 scarcer. 



Some of the commission men say 

 they could do better for their growers 

 if they divided their shipments bet- 

 ter. They are apt to ship a short sup- 

 ply for Manday and Friday and too 

 much for Tuesday and Saturday. Mon- 

 day and Tuesday are both good sell- 

 ing days, while 'Tuesday and Saturday 

 are apt to be the reverse. It will evi- 

 dently be money in any grower's pock- 

 et to arrange his shipments so as large 

 a share of his stock as possible reach 

 the market the mornings of Monday 

 and Friday. Last Monday one com- 

 mission house received only 4 ship- 

 ments of carnations and could not fill 

 their orders. On Tuesday they re- 

 ceived 17 sliipments and had a sur- 

 plus. Much better returns could have 

 been made had the quantities been re- 

 versed or more equally divided. 



Various Items. 



R. H. Hardy is a new florist at l.">;> 

 Wabash Ave. Tom Rogers is mana- 

 ger. 



J. Austin Shaw returned to Omaha 

 last Tuesday. 



Probably the largest sign ever put 

 up to advertise a chrysanthemum show 

 now appears on the Wabash avenue 

 front of the building in which the 

 coming show will be held. It is 1(X> 

 feet long and 11 to feet wide, and the 

 words "Chrysanthemum Show" appear 

 in letters about (i feet tall. 



Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson 

 sent out to their customers 6,000 aza- 

 lea plants during the last few days. 

 The plants arrived in superb condition 

 and were as fine a lot as one could 

 wish to see. 



Mr. O. P. Bassett left last Tuesday 

 for a two weeks' stay at West Baden. 

 Ind. 



Poehlmann Bros, received their first 

 paper white narcissus for the season 

 last Tuesday. They are cutting a fine 



