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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 31, 1899. 



was by all odds the most valuable 

 contribution presented, and be was 

 the guest of honor at the banquet that 

 followed that great gathering. 



NEW YORK. 



There's been very little of interest 

 to relate since my last notes. The 

 most important question of the day is 

 the too well filled ice-boxes. Lots of 

 stock is being sent in but the demand 

 for it is very poor indeed. Of course 

 the growers have no use for it home, 

 and even the street fakirs won't look 

 at in the city. Perhaps at no time in 

 the history of our business have 

 flowers been so cheap as they are to- 

 day, and the prospects for any immedi- 

 ate rise is dim enough. 



There is one point on which growers 

 seem to stand still for the past dec- 

 ade, that is their method of shipping 

 flowers to market. When one watches 

 the cumbersome boxes being unloaded 

 here he cannot help thinking how 

 much room there is for improvement. 

 Sometimes soap boxes, shoe boxes, 

 trunks, etc., are used and most of 

 them are tied with knotted ropes 

 which require too much expenditure 

 of patience to open. Then again many 

 shipments don't more than pay ex- 

 pressage. Surely there is lots of room 

 for improvement in the method of 

 shipping flowers. 



The Dewey reception is occupying 

 considerable attention, and florists are 

 wondering if there will be any in- 

 creased demand for flowers on that 

 occasion. The triumphal arch being 

 built will have none or little floral 

 decorations about it, it being made of 

 white-staff and it seems very doubtful 

 if the services of any florist will be re- 

 quired in any of the official events 

 scheduled, perhaps with the exception 

 of the breakfast at Claremont. 



The Florists' Club will meet on the 

 second Monday evening in September, 

 when preparations for the convention 

 of 1900 will be discussed and it is 

 hoped there will be a large attendance. 

 The Bowling Club will meet at the al- 

 leys that same afternoon. There is 

 some talk of having a bicycle race at 

 the next convention; you know we 

 have lots of expert riders here who 

 wish to test each other's steeds. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Gardeners' Society occurs on the sec- 

 ond Saturday in September. The affair 

 last year will be pleasantly remem- 

 bered. Aside from the exhibition and 

 dinner the event took the shape of a 

 howling tournament at which Phila- 

 delphia as usual captured the prizes. 

 It is more than likely the Philadelphia 

 boys will be asked to meet the New 

 Yorkers and Flatbushers again at this 

 affair. 



Echoes from Detroit are still to be 

 heard all over the land. Pres.-elect E. 

 M. Wood was seen here quietly sizing 

 up our city; some say he was only on 

 his way home, others that he was al- 

 ready planning for the great event. 



The florists here generally have to 

 go away before they can enjoy them- 

 selves. There were several plans spok- 

 en of in the way of local picnics this 

 summer, but it would seem that they 

 are afraid to spoil their patent leath- 

 ers at the seaside, or perhaps "it's 

 beastly to eat clams don't yer know." 

 Nothing but your dress suit and pate 

 de foi gras for the New York florist. 



Visiting our city: George Field, of 

 Washington, D. C. IVERA. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply has slightly increased 

 and quality continues to improve. De- 

 mand has, however, dropped off some 

 the last few days, though it is no 

 doubt only a temporary reaction. 

 Prices have not changed to any mate- 

 rial degree. 



All seem very hopeful of an un- 

 usually prosperous period the coming 

 season. The general business situa- 

 tion is all that could be desired, and a 

 good deal of money will undoubtedly 

 be spent with the florist the coming 

 winter. 



Club Outing. 



The Florists' Club visits the estab- 

 lishment of the Chicago Carnation Co., 

 at Joliet, this Thursday (31st inst). 

 Train leaves Rock Island depot (not 

 Union) at 11; 45 a. m., arriving at Hig- 

 inbotham Station at 1 p. m. Return- 

 ing, train leaves at 6:30 p. m. 



A regular meeting of the club will 

 be held at the usual place Friday 

 evening, Sept. 1. 



Various' Items. 



Mr. Joseph Molck. of Jeffersonville, 

 Ind., was in town last Saturday pur- 

 chasing a stock of palms, supplies, 

 etc. 



Though bearing a German name Mr. 

 Molck is a Frenchman, having been 

 born in Alsace-Lorraine while it was 

 French territory. He served seven 

 years in the French army, and during 

 the entire time was in the Seventh ar- 

 tillery. He was in the same regiment 

 with Dreyfus, who was then a lieu- 

 tenant, hut not in the same company. 

 He knew Dreyfus well and has been 

 following the reports of the great trial 

 closely. 



He believes that Dreyfus is guilty, 

 hut that he is the least guilty one of a 

 rotten ring. His theory is that Dreyfus 

 became aware of the methods by 

 which a corrupt combination of of- 

 ficers was lining its pockets and 

 adroitly forced himself unbidden into 

 this combination by possessing him- 

 self of information that was dangerous 

 to those implicated. That he was there- 

 fore treated with, but placed in the 

 most dangerous position, and when 

 discovery threatened an attempt was 

 made to clear their own skirts by 

 throwing all the odium upon him. Mr. 

 Molck says the French army is rotten 



from top to bottom, but especially at 

 the top. 



Mr. Molck has visited all the places 

 mentioned in connection with the 

 Dreyfus trial. He was for three years 

 stationed in Rennes, and was frequent- 

 ly on guard in front of the building 

 in which the trial is now proceeding. 

 In 1868 and 1809 he was stationed in 

 French Guiana, and has passed within 

 a stone's throw of Devil's Island, upon 

 which Dreyfus was imprisoned. 



Recent visitors: M. Rice, of M. Rice 

 & Co., Philadelphia; Harry Balsley, 

 Detroit; F. W. Taylor, Pan-American 

 Exposition, Buffalo; J. J. Curran, with 

 G. Van Bochove & Bro., Kalamazoo, 

 Mich. 



Those growers who planted in their 

 roses very early are already cutting 

 some excellent blooms for the season, 

 notably Bassett & Washburn and 

 Wietor Bros. 



Mr. W. G. Newell and his bride, of 

 Des Moines, la., have been spending 

 their honeymoon in this city. They 

 return to Des Moines in a few days. 



Charles F. Klunder has filed a peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy. He schedules lia- 

 bilities of $82,067 and states that he 

 has no assets. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 

 Business has shown some improve- 

 ment, especially in the line of funeral 

 work. There are flowers enough for 

 the demand, except carnations and 

 Beauties. A few good asters are still 

 coming in; the bulk of them are very 

 poor. The best are sold at $1.50; oth- 

 ers 50 cents per 100. There is an un- 

 usually fine crop of Kaiserins coming 

 in just now; the extra select bring $1 

 and the poorer go at $2. Brides and 

 Maids, $3 and $4. Meteors and Perles, 

 $2. The best carnations sell at $1; 

 seconds, 50 cents. Gladiolus and tube- 

 rose stalks bring $4 and $5. Hardy 

 hydrangeas are in good demand for 

 funeral work, $4 per 100 is the price. 



Notes. 



M. Rice, of Philadelphia, was in 

 town last week visiting among the 

 trade. Mr. Rice reports business ex- 

 ceptionally good, having booked a 

 large number of orders he:e and at thj 

 convention. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held Thursday, Sept. 14. 

 at 3 p. m. President-elect Ammann 

 and President Sanders expect a large 

 attendance. The installation of the 

 new officers will take place and other 

 matters will come up that will be of 

 great importance to all. At this meet- 

 ing President Kunz, of the Bowling 

 Club, will tell all who did not attend 

 the convention all about Detroit and 

 how the bowlers lost the Evans cup. 

 Those who want to spend an enjoyable 

 afternoon should not fail to attend. 



A plant called the Boat plant is in 

 full, bloom at Shaw's Garden. There 

 are two of them and each have a 



