JUNE S, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



29 



The entire responsibility of this ex- 

 hibit is carried this season by Mr. Ull- 

 rich, and in fact the whole exposition 

 is taken out of the hands of the states 

 and is under wealthy local manage- 

 ment. It did not seem possible, after 

 such a success as last year's, with its 

 half-million dollars' surplus, to repeat 

 the enterprise and carry it to a finan- 

 cially satisfactory conclusion, but I 

 begin to believe these western expan- 

 sionists are capable of anything they 

 undertake to do. "Schley days," 

 "Dewey days," Cuban, Porto Rico, Ha- 



PYRAMIDAL PRIMULAS. 

 The accompanying engraving, which 

 we have reproduced from the English 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, shows the pyra- 

 midal blooming Chinese primula Lady 

 Emily Dyke, one of the newer devel- 

 opments of the pyramidalis type, a 

 strain developed by H. Cannell & Sons. 

 Instead of the usual compact truss, 

 we have in this form an elegant, loose- 

 ly branched pyramidal inflorescence, 

 which satisfies the taste of many even 

 more than the older forms. 



Pyramidal Flowering Chinese Primulas. 



waiian and Philippine exhibits, and all 

 the drawing features of last year, how- 

 ever, will surely "do the business." 

 Bowling. 



Omaha promises to send a strong 

 team to the convention, including the 

 majority of last year's members. Hav- 

 ing been through the "smoke of bat- 

 tle" once, they expect to tackle the 

 next fight with their nerves strung up 

 to the proper tension. Last year they 

 had an attack of "stage fright" and 

 didn't do themselves justice. Satur- 

 day evening an impromptu game was 

 enjoyed, as a compliment to the writ- 

 er, and Mr. Wilcox, whom every florist 

 knows, broke the local record with a 

 high score of 233. This made amends 

 for leaving his Council Bluffs store 

 full of customers and journeying over 

 on his "busy" night to the exposition 

 city. On Monday evening the club 

 will bowl and probably select its team 

 for Detroit. I will not be surprised if 

 Omaha and Lincoln send at least a 

 dozen men to the convention. That 

 projected "special train from Chicago" 

 catches their fancy. 



Mr. A. Donaghue, Sr., has returned 

 from the coast after a delightful win- 

 ter's outing there. 



The game on Saturday evening re- 

 sulted as follows: 



Wilcox . .. 



Shaw 



Hadklnson 

 Henderson 



233 

 138 

 152 

 167 



Ave. 

 166 163 184 

 154 176 156 

 136 151 146 



AUSTIN. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



There is an excellent shipping de- 

 mand and while there is an abundance 

 of stock in the market it is still dif- 

 ficult to pick out enough roses of good 

 shipping quality. The recent stretch 

 of very hot weather has increased the 

 cut but the average of quality has been 

 seriously lowered. In roses there is 

 an especially noticeable shortage of 

 good shipping Meteors, Brides and 

 Beauties. There is a great abundance 

 of carnations but they go to sleep 

 with frightful rapidity, sometimes 

 even before they reach the whole- 

 saler. Many rose houses are being 

 cleared out for replanting. There is a 

 large stock of paeonies in the market 

 in spite of the damage to hardy plants 

 last winter. 



All are hoping for cooler weather 

 which would help both business and 

 the quality of stock. The number of 

 shipping orders indicate that June bus- 

 iness has opened in good shape out- 

 side, though locally trade is not what 

 it should be. 



Club Meeting. 

 At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club President Sanders was instruct- 

 ed to present a suitable floral arrange- 

 ment on behalf of the club to the 

 nurserymen when their convention 

 opens next Wednesday at the Chicago 

 Beach Hotel. 



Those present reported a satisfac- 

 tory Decoration day trade but noth- 

 ing specially new was brought out. 



The next meeting will probably be 

 the last for the summer and the spe- 

 cial order of the evening will be a 

 discussion of means of securing a good 

 attendance from this city at the De- 

 troit convention of the S. A. F. The 

 street trade question will also be taken 

 up. 



Various Items. 



Miss Therese Paasch, daughter of 

 Christian Paasch, the Clybourn ave. 

 florist, was married last Monday eve- 

 ning to Julius Szerlinsky, Jr. The 

 ceremony took place in Schoenhofen's 

 Hall, which had been very elaborate- 

 ly decorated for the occasion by Mr. 

 Paasch, the display of palms being 

 especially fine. 



Mr. A. McAdams is progressing very 

 satisfactorily and is expected to be 

 able to attend to business again in a 

 short time. 



Bedding plants have sold well this 

 spring and good 4-inch geraniums are 

 already very scarce. 



Dr. S. A. Wheeler, of the Wheeler 

 Floral Co., Mason City, la., passed 

 through the city last Tuesday on his 

 way home from a convention of rail- 

 way surgeons at Richmond, Va. 



Bassett & Washburn will be west- 

 ern selling agents for the grand new 

 crimson rose Liberty. 



"Farewell, farewell, my own true 

 love," is a refrain that reverberated 

 along the line from Chicago to Oma- 

 ha last Friday evening in company 

 with Poet Laureate Shaw. 



John C. Moninger Co., makers of cy- 

 press greenhouse material, are build- 

 ing a two-story brick addition 86x60 

 feet to their factory. 



Bowling. 



Following are the scores and aver- 

 ages made after the last club meet- 

 ing: 



1st. 2nd. Av. 



C Hunt 141 137 139 



E: V\'interson 118 137 127 



W. K.eitlinB 139 116 127 



C. McKellar 132 115 123 



A. Lange 131 115 123 



.1. A. Shaw 199 43 121 



G. L,. Grant 114 122 118 



Jno. Degnan 91 88 89 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



predicted, Decoration day busi- 

 ness was far in advance of anything 

 on record, and was confined almost 

 entirely to flowers from the inside. 

 Prices ranged high, in fact, above the 

 average price for the season. Every- 

 body cut everything in sight, and_the 

 result was that from Monday to 

 Thursday there was an actual scar- 

 city of all kinds of stock, and what 

 there was easily brought mid-winter 

 prices. But Friday and Saturday 

 wrought an awful change; it seemed 

 as if everybody was in; almost looked 

 like another holiday rush. The re- 



