JUNE 29, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



97 



half the labor that the tall ones do. 

 And plant thickly; eight inches be- 

 tween the rows and four inches be- 

 tween the plants will grow just as 

 good flowers as a greater distance. 

 There should be no vestige of shade of 

 any kind on the glass, but give all the 

 ventilation you possibly can, for the 

 method of growing them under glass 

 in midsummer is very artificial. 



Of all the varieties there are a few 

 that stand out as the best commercial 

 sorts, and far in advance of all is 

 Ivory. Then there is Yellow Queen, 

 Bonnaffon, Lincoln and Jerome Jones, 

 and we may add Maud Dean. For the 

 man who simply retails his flowers 

 and is not asked for young plants, 

 what is the use of growing many va- 

 rieties? Above all, if any variety does 

 well with you, plant it, and don't be 

 carried away by the flowery descrip- 

 tions of new aspirants that took the 

 gold cup at Pumpkinville-'s last mum 

 show. WM. SCOTT. 



NEW YORK. 



Heavy Hail Storm. 

 "Hailstones weighing 3 ounces each 

 and measuring five inches in circum- 

 ference," that's what we had 25 miles 

 from New York city last week. On 

 Saturday, June 24th, the fertile and 

 beautiful Hudson Valley was visited 

 by a most terrific storm. Tarrytown 

 seems to have been the center of its 

 fury, and here we are told that for 

 something like half an hour immense 

 sized hailstones fell and completely 

 covered the ground. A vast amount 

 of damage was done to all manner of 

 vegetation; trees were stripped of 

 foliage, flower beds and vegetable 

 gardens, of which some of the finest 

 in the country are here, were pitifully 

 riddled and destroyed, yes even the 

 greenhouses were smashed and their 

 contents severely injured. The F. R. 

 Pierson Co.'s greenhouses seems to 

 have suffered most; great damage was 

 done there. It was only last week we 

 informed you that New York was be- 

 ing roasted alive, that we were suffer- 

 ing a record-breaking spell of warm 

 weather, and it seems incredible that 

 we should now have to report the 

 havoc of a hailstorm in the fairest 

 part of our state — a salty icedness 

 burnt in humidity — but we've got to 

 take it as it comes and one need not 

 be surprised nowadays at anything. 



Japanese Plants. 

 Cleary had a two day sale of dwarf- 

 ed Japanese trees and shrubs, June 21 

 and 22. They were from Kushibiki 

 & Aria, of the Atlantic City Japa- 

 nese Nursery (who by the way have 

 just opened a branch for the New 

 York district at Mountain Station, 

 Orange, N. J.). The plants offered for 

 sale were the usual Japanese special- 

 ties: dwarfed pines, retinosporas, 

 maples, etc., and immense prices were 

 got for most of the stock, maples from 

 $3.00 to $7.00, conifers from $5.00 to 

 $20.00 and one Retinospora obtusa 

 nana about 3 feet high in a tub 



brought $120.00, and a similar one 

 $85.00. These in addition to many 

 more were purchased by one of our 

 rich society leaders, T. L. Parks, of 

 Purchase, N. Y., who is about to con- 

 struct a miniature Japanese garden. 



G. M. Stumpp was one of the princi- 

 pal buyers. He has now a fine col- 

 lection of this class of stock picked 

 up at the different auctions the past 

 season. This Japanese fad is an ex- 

 pensive one for retail florists to in- 

 dulge in. It is very difficult to keep 

 these trees in the store for any length 

 of time, and if they are put out doors 

 the cats and dogs resent it. Our cli- 

 mate is a most trying one for these 

 starved and strangled victims of art. 

 Mr. Kushibiki informs us that trained 

 plants and vases are becoming very 

 scarce in Japan, that is those which 

 can be got for sale. We expect to see 

 the Japs manufacture iots of the stock 

 here, however, and they deserve very 

 great credit for the intelligence and 

 taste displayed in their art. 



New York for 1900. 



The committee appointed by the 

 President of the New York Florists' 

 Club to formally invite the Society of 

 American Florists to hold their annu- 

 al convention in New York City in 

 1900. held a very enthusiastic meeting 

 in the club rooms June 26th. From 

 the tone of the discussion and the 

 amount of work done at this meeting 

 the invitation will not be any half 

 hearted affair, and the S. A. F. will 

 be a pig-headed mule if our "Irish- 

 Depew" cannot convince it that it 

 should come to New York next year. 



We have the second largest city in 

 the world and the greatest floricultu- 

 ral mart of the Continent; why 

 shouldn't we get the convention? 

 Philadelphia and all the large and 

 small cities around us uses us for a 

 market; why shouldn't they want us 

 to get it? The Rough Rider florist of 

 New Mexico wants to see our "Sights." 

 and mind you, the girls in every sec- 

 tion of this great land yearn to visit 

 New York, because it has the best all 

 Europe can show in the way of art 

 and fashion, and why shouldn't they 

 come here? Yes, spend your anni- 

 versaries and your honeymoons in 

 New York next year and rest assured 

 that every florist, every horticulturist 

 in these parts will do his or her best 

 to entertain you, and we have so much 

 to show you that I must try to give 

 you a list of them next time. 



Bowling.' 

 There was lots of fun at the bowling 

 alleys this afternoon, and though the 

 day was warm everything went lovely. 

 New York will be represented at the 

 alleys in Detroit positively, so get 

 those prizes ready. Following are some 

 of the scores made during the games: 



P. O'Mara 163 137 117 



T. Roehrs 127 125 127 



A. Burns 162 146 150 



W. Plumb 139 140 134 



W. Manda 143 138 180 



W. Siebrecht 145 125 113 



F. Traendly 129 143 95 



Trade Conditions. 

 The condition of the plant market is 

 "Busy getting ready for next season." 

 And in the cut flower line there is the 

 usual jog-trot line of trade, mostly 

 divided between the cemeteries and 

 the steamers — the flowers used to 

 cheer up those who travel, and flowers 

 to adorn those who travel no more. 



IVBRA. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



With continued warm weather, the 

 conditions are still very unfavorable 

 for a very brisk business in cut flow- 

 ers. Carnations and roses, which form 

 the bulk of the stock, are running 

 very poor in quality, and are mostly 

 handled by the fakirs. Prices are very 

 low and depend a great deal on the 

 ability of the seller. White roses have 

 had the call during the week, owing 

 to the demand for graduating pur- 

 poses, and have been almost entirely 

 cleaned up. Brides bring from $2.50 

 to $8 per 100; Kaiserins, from $6 to 

 $10, and are scarce at that; Maids are 

 more plentiful, quotable at from $2 to 

 $6; Meteors, from $4 to $10; Beauties, 

 from 25 cents to $2 per dozen. Jacks 

 and Brunners, from out doors, are of 

 fair quality, and are eagerly sought 

 after by the fakirs, who willingly pay 

 $3 to $5 per 100. 



Carnations are fast deteriorating in 

 quality and are still coming into mar- 

 ket in large quantities, 35 cents to $1 

 per 100 being the prevailing figures; a 

 few strictly choice varieties may reach 

 $2 per 100; sweet peas from outside 

 are now showing themselves, but of 

 rather short stems, 25 cents per 100 

 being about the figure; feverfew, 

 candytuft and other seasonable flowers 

 are plenty, selling fairly well. 



The Annual Rose and Strawberry Exhibit. 



The exhibition of roses and other 

 seasonable flowers, although very 

 good, was hardly to be compared with 

 that of a year ago, the quality of the 

 flowers and fruit being much inferior, 

 owing to the long severe dry spell. On 

 roses, the estate of the late Joseph H. 

 Fay took most of the honors, making 

 a grand exhibit of elegant specimens. 

 Their Margaret Dicksons, Gabriel 

 Luizets and Ulrich Brunners were 

 exceptionally fine. The strawberries 

 showed the effect of the dry weather. 



Prize-s were awarded as follows: For 

 group of decorative plants arranged 

 for effect, 1st, Jason S. Bailey; 2d, E. 

 S. Converse. For six plants, orchids, 

 six named varieties in bloom, 1st, 

 Jas. E. Rothwell; 2d, W. P. Winsor, 

 who also secured 1st for three best 

 plants and 1st for best specimen. The 

 Theodore Lyman third prize for a col- 

 lection of twenty-four distinct varie- 

 ties, three blooms each, was awarded 

 to the heirs of Joseph S. Fay, who also 

 received eight lsts, six 2ds and one 

 3d prize, their exhibit covering over 

 one-half of the space in the upper 

 hall. For collection of thirty spikes 

 of Sweet Williams, six varieties, 1st, 



