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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER 14, 1S99. 



ly recovered from the effects of the 

 accident sustained at Detroit. He was 

 in a very happy mood and on being 

 called upon to give an account of him- 

 self, rendered in very graceful lan- 

 guage his gratitude to all in the trade 

 who have shown such great kindness 

 to him. He spoke in glowing terms of 

 .the western people and their hospital- 

 ity, and felt assured that the next con- 

 vention would be the greatest event 

 known in the history of our business. 



Bowling. 



The New York bowlers are out for 

 gizzards this time. The annual meet- 

 ing will be held on the alleys, Fifty- 

 seventh street and Sixth avenue, on 

 Monday, Sept. 18th, at 7 p. m. Elec- 

 tion of officers, etc., for ensuing year 

 will take place at this meeting, also 

 ways and means devised by which the 

 "Slow-Town" crowd will be defeated 

 at the next combat. Th3 crowd at the 

 alleys Monday afternoon accomplished 

 the following: 



Roehrs 128 137 142 



Burns 153 170 162 



Schultheis 152 152 136 



Berry 119 129 123 



Bunyard 117 126 93 



O'Mara 119 15) 14n 



Traendly 125 137 106 



Butterfield 151 107 111 



Lang 1S8 130 



Donlan 115 91 



Various Items. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 held the first meeting of the season on 

 Saturday night last. An invitation 

 was received from the New Jersey 

 Horticultural Society for members to 

 attend the fifth annual meeting of 

 that society, which will be held in Or- 

 ange on the 2nd of October. The invi- 

 tation was accepted and a delegation 

 will attend to spiead the spirit of fra- 

 ternity. Let's have more of it be- 

 tween our societies and clubs. A com- 

 mittee, consisting of Messrs. Marshall, 

 Withers, Donlan, Bartholomae and 

 Manda, was appointed to arrange for 

 the annual dinner of the New York 

 Gardeners' Society, which event will 

 probably take place in November. 



Arthur Herrington and family have 

 returned from a most enjoyable trip 

 to Europe. Mr. Herrington hopes to 

 see a grand exhibition here next year 

 and will do his best to make it a suc- 

 cess. 



Alfred Dimnock, with something 

 either new or rare up his sleeve, will 

 arrive here on the Lucania, Sept. 16th. 



The auction season commences this 

 week, and both houses have a long and 

 interesting list to dispense with. 

 Cleary has been learning Japanese and 

 Elliott Spanish, and what else do you 

 need? The highest bidder takes it. 



W. E. Marshall has severed his con- 

 nection with the J. M. Thorburn Co. 

 and has associated himself with Wee- 

 ber & Don. 



E. B. Dunn, formerly with the J. M. 

 Thorburn Co., will with others open 

 a general supply business at 50 West 

 Thirtieth street. 



We have just been informed of the 

 death o£ William Davidson, who was 



at one time in business with Bennett 

 at Flatbush. Wm. Davidson was one 

 of the oldest and best informed flor- 

 ists in the country. He was closely 

 identified with all that was best and 

 progressive in commercial floriculture 

 in the days when heroism formed no 

 small portion of the florist's life. In 

 these days of the shoulder and elbow 

 rush of affairs it matters little who 

 falls by the wayside; ingratitude was 

 ever noted for bad eyesight and stony 

 hearts; it is only when one of the old 

 pillars tumble that the men of thought 

 will gratefully remember the early 

 struggles of the few who made the 

 business and the men of today what 

 they are. IVERA. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Trade has improved somewhat the 

 past week, which is due to the fact 

 that a great many are returning to 

 their city homes. 



Beauties, 15 to 25; Brides and Maids, 

 3 to 5; Kaiserins, 2 to 5; La France, 

 3 to 5; Meteors, 2 to 5; Perles, 2 to 3; 

 Carnations, 75 cents to $1, with some 

 of the best bringing $1.25; valley, 2 to 

 4; gladiolus. 2 to 3; tuberoses, $1 to 

 $3; asters, 50 cents to $1; adiantum, 

 75 cents to $1; asparagus, 50; smilax, 

 20. 



Various Notes. 



Robert Crawford had a dinner deco- 

 ration of pink asters, given by D. D. 

 Cossly in honor of Admiral Sampson 

 and his staff at the Gladstone Hotel. 



H. H. Battles opened a new store at 

 112 South Twelfth street, which he 

 calls the "Century Flower Shop." This 

 is for the cheaper class of trade. 



Meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society. 



The American Pomological Society 

 began its twenty-sixth biennial meet- 

 ing in Horticultural Hall on Thursday. 

 The session was opened with prayer 

 by Rev. H. McCook, D. D. Robert 

 Craig made an address of welcome on 

 behalf of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society, which was responded to 

 by Mr. Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga. 

 The meeting was well attended and 

 there was a very fine exhibit of fruit. 

 The New Jersey Horticultural Society 

 exhibited 700 plates of fruit, the chief 

 exhibitors being Messrs. Rogers, of 

 Newark, N. J.; Blackwell, of Titus- 

 ville; Black, of Hightstown; C. C. 

 Corby and G. W. Fisher, of Montclair, 

 N.J. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. 

 Y., exhibited seventy-five plates of 

 pears; Parry's Pomona Nurseries, 

 Parry, N. J., had a fine display of 

 chestnuts, principally Japanese varie- 

 ties. 



The Pennsylvania State College had 

 a fine display of twenty varieties of 

 apples and twenty of grapes. The 

 number of plates on exhibition was 

 1.800. 



Visitors. 



Among the many visitors the past 

 week were: Fred Haupt, Terre Haute, 

 Ind.; M. B. Bunker. Boston, Mass.; W. 

 W. Edgar, Waverly, Mass.; L. Bow- 

 not, Easton, Pa.; E. Hippard, Youngs- 

 town, O. ; Mr. Cremer, Jr., Hanover, 

 Pa.; Mr. Schuerman, St, Louis, Mo.; 

 Mr. Valentine, of the Park Floral Co., 

 Denver, Col.; Chas. W. Crouch, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn.; C. E. Wingate, Lawrence, 

 Mass.; Chas. R. Dane, Boston, Ma;s. 



R. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The week opened with a brisk de- 

 mand for good roses and carnations, 

 of which there is now a shortage, 

 probably owing to the recent change 

 to cool weather, at times quite chilly. 

 After having been roasted, the plants 

 are now being chilled. 



The main shortage in carnations 

 was in the colored sorts, white being 

 still in sufficient supply to meet most 

 calls. Asters are still to be had in 

 very good quality. 



All the wholesalers agree that fall 

 trade seems to be opening a little 

 earlier than usual, and that the past 

 summer's business has been the best 

 for many years. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are receiving 

 daily shipments of chrysanthemums. 

 There is only a dozen or so in each 

 shipment, but the supply is regular. 



Variouf Items. 



Charles Gager Vaughan, youngest 

 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan, 

 died last Saturday, September 9, a?ed 

 IS years. Interment was at Ro;e Hill 

 last Tuesday. Many of those in the 

 trade were present and the floral offer- 

 ings were numerous. Mr. and Mrs. 

 Vaughan have the sympathy of all in 

 their bereavement. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. have about com- 

 pleted the thorough overhauling, re- 

 painting, etc., of their establishment 

 that has been going on all summer 

 and have things in fine shape for the 

 coming season's business. 



Mr. E. E. Pieser, of the above com- 

 pany, is expected home from his Mich- 

 igan trip the end of this week. 



Recent visitors: Mrs. J. F. Brendel, 

 Galena, 111.; R. F. Tesson. St. Louis; 

 Fred F. Feige, of the Winner S^and 

 Company, Saginaw, Mich. 



August Berg'.and has opened a floral 

 store at 124 East Chicago avenue and 

 uses the title "Chicago Avenue Flor- 

 ist." 



Club Meeting. 



The next regular meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held at Handel 

 Hall, 40 Randolph street, tomorrow 

 ( Friday) evening. It is hoped that 

 there will be a full meeting, as busi- 

 ness of importance will come up for 

 consideration. The winter season is 

 ahead of us and all should give the 

 benefit of their presence and assist- 



