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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULY 13. 1S99. 



located the Michigan Military Acad- 

 emy, in which the flower of the youth 

 of the state are educated. This trip 

 can be taken entire in about five hours 

 and will cost 50 cents for the entire 

 trip; but Log Cabin Park can be seen 

 in one and one half hours, and the cost 

 is two street car tickets — and speaking 

 of street cars reminds me that the 

 Convention City has the best system 

 of street cars in the world with six 

 tickets for a quarter and transfers 

 over nearly all lines, so the cheapest 

 way is to buy tickets. 



Now, a word about the trade exhibit. 

 There are at the present writing but 

 two tables left unsold, one 5x26 and 

 one 6x38; but have partly sold the one 

 5x26, so those intending to make an 

 exhibit should do so at once and it will 

 greatly assist the superintendent in 

 his work to do so at once, as he will be 

 a very busy man later on, but has en- 

 gaged a stenographer and typewriter 

 for the week of the convention, so 

 hopes to live through it. Address all 

 communications regarding the trade 

 exhibit to G. A. Rackham, and all 

 other matters to R. Flowerday, secre- 

 tary of our club. 



The president of our club, Mr. Breit- 

 meyer, is getting a reputation as a fine 

 decorator, for he was called to the 

 Upper Peninsula to do a job for a new 

 church the past week. Mr. H. Pick- 

 worth, one of our steady members, 

 was married on Thursday, June 22d. 

 He has the best wishes of the club. 



RAG. 



NEW YORK. 



The members of the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club, their wives, sweethearts, 

 sisters and cousins, will (if President 

 Plumb can have his way) have a jolly 

 good outing somewhere this summer. 

 Steps will at once be taken to make 

 all arrangements and we hope to be 

 able to give particulars by next week. 

 This is altogether very pleasant news 

 to a vast majority of New York flor- 

 ists, who can neither afford to go to 

 Maine on a fishing tour, nor yet to 

 Europe to see nonsense. If there is 

 anything that can cement friendship 

 or bring about a better feeling among 

 all the rivalry in our business here, it 

 is social gatherings. We have never had 

 a good florists' outing in New York; 

 this one will be a tremendous success 

 if certain noses are not carried too 

 high in the air. If the expense is made 

 to suit the majority and if the club 

 does not wrap itself up in an already 

 unbecoming narrow and threadbare 

 garment called "stuck on itself." 



There are nearly one thousand men 

 within 100 miles of New York City 

 who are anxious to belong to some 

 society with its headquarters in New 

 York. Sooner or later (and sooner) 

 the majority will rule. Yes, let's have 

 our picnics and our outings, and con- 

 ventions and exhibitions, and better 

 understandings; they all make better 

 men of us. Sure, there are a few who 

 have made money in the past; put 

 these men on a level with the begin- 

 ners of today and they would starve. 



The cultivation of flowers should place 

 every man on a level. If a man is 

 elected president of the S. A. F. or 

 any other society, he has no right to 

 suffer from swelled head the rest of 

 his life. It's simply cruel, nay, bar- 

 barous, to elect a man with such a 

 disease. American floriculture (we 

 would rather say horticulture, because 

 most of us eat vegetables and fruits) 

 admits of no class, recognizes no roy- 

 alty. My dear friend, President Plumb, 

 of the New York Florists' Club, let us 

 have a good big florists' outing in New 

 York City this summer; let the girls 

 take a prominent part in it, and great 

 will be the result! 



The committee on transportation to 

 Detroit will meet during the week, to 

 consider plans and routes for the trip. 



Capt. O'Mara, of the Bowling Club, 

 would like to hear from those intend- 

 ing to attend the convention, in order 

 that a higher mortgage could be placed 

 by his team on the prizes at Detroit. 



We are very often personally request- 

 ed not to publish the names of trade 

 visitors to New York, and I take it 

 that their requests are made because 

 The Review has a way of getting to 

 places other papers have not, and you 

 know some people have secret mis- 

 sions to attend to and New York is 

 often the place they get lost in. When- 

 ever there is a good thing growing 

 around here you're sure to see lots of 

 spies and visitors, from the west, par- 

 ticularly. Robert Craig and E. G. Hill 

 have just left for home, and whatever 

 they endorse in the near future — well, 

 it's good, that's all. 



James Dean is still enjoying farm- 

 ing at Babylon. It encouraged every- 

 body to see him attend the meeting 

 recently held here to make plans for 

 the S. A. F. He was unanimously ap- 

 pointed a committee of one to wait on 

 Governor Roosevelt on a matter per- 

 taining to the club. Mr. Dean informed 

 your correspondent that he had pur- 

 chased a place at Freehold, L. I., 

 where he intends to establish his son 

 in business. Mr. Dean's son is serv- 

 ing a semi-apprenticeship under J. N. 

 May, at Summit, N. J. 



Some of the boys are getting tired 

 of the wholesale florist business. We 

 hear Peter MacDonald is away Ashing 

 and making his mind up what to 

 tackle next. 



Then we are told that Howard Blau- 

 velt will get out to go drumming. Some 

 of the others might make a better liv- 

 ing at something else. 



By the way, are we going to close 

 at 4 p. m. or not? The fellow who 

 signed first and broke away first has 

 not benefited much by it. What's a 

 25-cent order to do or to compare with 

 one's word of honor? 



Flowers that are good salable 

 flowers, are getting scarce, even Har- 

 rises are slackening up, and water lil- 

 ies, with the exception of those from 

 Rockland Lake, are of very poor qual- 

 ity. Sweet peas have a better chance, 

 in consequence. Carnations are becom- 

 ing poorer and scarcer. Roses are — 

 ausgespieldt. 



John Young is getting in very fine 

 Cattleya gigas. Market prices are up 

 and down according to weather. Roses 

 in lots, 25 to 50 cents per 100; Maids 

 and Brides, extras $3 per 100; Mete- 

 ors, good demand, 2 to 5; Beauties, 

 scarce, 12 to 25; Valley, plentiful, 1 to 

 2; cattleyas, 40; smilax, 10; sweet 

 peas 4; carnations, 35 to 50; fancy, 2 

 to 3. 



Bowlers, why, of course they were 

 there. Never mind the humidity; it's 

 the anti-humidity they look at. 



P. O'Mara 124 130 165 152 



W. H. Slebrecht 134 137 161 143 



T. Roehes 137 154 135 137 



A. Burns 155 173 158 160 



F. L.. Atkins 150 127 139 147 



Mr. A. L. Burns and wife intend to 

 spend their vacation at Shelter Island. 

 Their daughter is away among the 

 green hills o' Europe. IVERA. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Outside of a little funeral work there 

 has been but a light demand for 

 flowers of any kind; even the fakirs 

 seem disgusted with the business and 

 a portion of them has shifted from 

 flowers to fruit. 



Roses seem to be in ample supply, as 

 regulated by the demand. Brides and 

 Maids are now down to their summer 

 size, and show lots of mildew and sell 

 hard — quotable at from $1 to $6 per 

 100; Kaiserins are not plenty, and good 

 ones bring from 8 to 12i/> cents; Me- 

 teors scarce, from 4 to 6 cents; Beau- 

 ties also scarce, no change in quota- 

 tion. Carnations still coming in large 

 quantities, average price from 35 cents 

 to $1 per 100; strictly fancy a trifle 

 higher. A few Fishers, from out of 

 doors, have made their appearance, 

 but cannot, as yet, compete with Hill 

 and John Young from the inside. Fe- 

 verfew, sweet alyssum, candytuft, etc., 

 plenty. Sweet peas are more in evi- 

 dence, but of poor quality; held at 35 

 and 40 cents per 100. A few early as- 

 ters have made their appearance this 

 week, but are small and not attract- 

 ive; 50 cents per 100. 



The Saturday Exhibition. 



The exhibit this week was a prize 

 day for hollyhocks, phloxes and native 

 plants, but was a little too early for a 

 first-class show of both the specialties. 

 Prizes were awarded to the following: 

 Collection of native plants, first, Miss 

 Alice Grinnell; second, Mrs. W. S. 

 Eager; third, Miss Edith Noyes. Hol- 

 lyhocks, twelve blooms, twelve colors, 

 double, second, estate of J. S. Fay; six 

 blooms, to same; second, to same. Col- 

 lection of perennial phlox, first, Rea 

 Bros. Vase of seasonable bloom, first, 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill. Gratuities were award- 

 ed to Mrs. Gill and W. N. Craig for dis- 

 plays of seasonable bloom; to Norris 

 F. Comley for a collection of Iris 

 Kaempferii; to E. J. Methor for a nice 

 plant of Cattleya Gaskelliana; L. F. 

 Kennedy and James Comley for collec- 

 tions of Rhododendron maximum; Mrs. 



