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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBER 5, 1899. 



sistently go through the houses and 

 pull off these two shoots as well as all 

 the shoots that break from eyes fur- 

 ther down the stem, except, of course, 

 those very low down. Then when the 

 bud has reached the proper stage of 

 development the stem is cut from 

 twelve to eighteen inches from the 

 bench. That is taking away from 

 thirty-four to fifty-four inches of foli- 

 age. If there are two or three buds 

 ready in as many days, as is often the 

 case, is it any wonder that the plant 

 is checked, though there be consider- 

 able foliage left, and black spot at- 

 tacks the plant? 



There is too great a desire for tin- 

 reasonably long stems instead of striv- 

 ing for excellence in size and color of 

 bloom. A perfectly formed and col- 

 ored bloom, with twenty-four inches 

 of stem, should, to my mind, be suf- 

 ficient for any ordinary purpose, as 

 this length shows off the foliage and 

 bloom as well as a longer stem. It 

 would be much wisei should we grow- 

 ers bend our energies to producing a 

 sturdier growth on our Beauties, 

 crowned by a bud of perfect color and 

 form. A. 0. T. 



NEW YORK. 



The Dewey Celebration. 



The magnificent testimonial to 

 Dewey was successful in every way, 

 and though a few aliens that we 

 know and who are here eating Amer- 

 ican meat through necessity, feel 

 sneeringly over the affair, yet we feel' 

 proud in saying there is nothing in 

 history to compare with it. The flor- 

 ists' business, too, was better than it 

 was expected to be for such an event, 

 and the good it will do for the future 

 trade in this city and its tributaries 

 cannot be overestimated. 



Of course floriculture played a poor 

 part in this grand celebration because 

 we have no floricultural art society, 

 same as the painters and sculptors 

 have, and the idea of covering the 

 beautiful arch with roping was sim- 

 ply crazy. Again we disagree with 

 our New York contemporary when it 

 excuses the use of hemlock on the 

 ground that laurel was scarce. There 

 is today enough laurel on the Pennsyl- 

 vania mountains to cover every build- 

 ing on Fifth avenue. No, no; it was 

 not scarcity of proper material, it 

 was ignorance of the right material, 

 and don't be afraid to say so. The re- 

 viewing stand where Dewey stood was 

 very prettily decorated with Brides- 

 maid roses, and if, as we hear, it was 

 done by a Broadway florist "just for 

 the advertising," then we heartily 

 commend that way of showing one's 

 patriotism, because those few roses 

 enhanced the beauty of the whole af- 

 fair. 



The Market. 



The cold snap now prevailing has 

 almost demolished everything in the 

 way of outdoor flowers and the pros- 

 pects for good business are very bright 



indeed. Of course prices cannot be ex- 

 pected to jump sky high at once, but 

 they'll gradually get there. This week 

 they run: Maids and Brides, 1 to 4; 

 Meteors, 1 to 6; valley, 1 to 2V 2 ; spe- 

 cial, 4; carnations, 1 to 1.25; Beauties, 

 best 25 to 30, and down to 2; cattle- 

 yas moving better, up to 30; Aspara- 

 gus plumosus, 25 to 50; smilax, good 

 demand, 10 to 12; mums, 25 to 40, 

 according to variety. 



Various Items. 



Most of the florists' stores on Broad- 

 way, in fact all over town, were very 

 prettily decorated for Dewey week. 

 Small's had in their window a very 

 fine fac-simile of the Olympia done in 

 cape flowers; it attracted considerable 

 attention and was sent on to Wash- 

 ington Sunday. The same firm have 

 on exhibition at the Waldorf-Astoria 

 fine copies of the yachts Shamrock 

 and Columbia; these are also done in 

 cape flowers and immortelles and are 

 greatly admired. 



Warendorf had in his window a sil- 

 ver leaf wreath supposed to have been 

 ordered by the United States Senate. 

 It's hard when you have to draw a 

 crowd by such methods. Sea lien & 

 Mcintosh had very pretty pictures of 

 the hero, surrounded by appropriate 

 material. Even the wholesalers for- 

 got staring at figures and decorated 

 their windows. 



Fritz Kessler's disappearance is the 

 talk of the Thirty-fourth street mar- 

 ket: only a few think he committed a 

 rash act. 



There is considerable thinking be- 

 ing done here anent the action of the 

 Canadian Horticultural Society having 

 their convention next August. Not 

 that it matters particularly, hut it's 

 only a matter of a few years when 

 we'll be all one, and we'd like to see 

 all the boys in New York next sum- 

 mer. 



The New York Florists' Club will 

 meet on Monday next, October 9. and 

 don't forget the match with Flatbush 

 on the alleys that afternoon. 



Visitors in town: Edwin Lonsdale, 

 on his way to Boston; President-elect 

 E. M. Wood, Natick. Mass., and Chas. 

 Young, St. Louis, Mo. 



THE ROUNDER. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market is quite active. Al- 

 though the weather is and has been 

 bright and cool stock of all kinds is 

 very scarce. In quality stock has im- 

 proved greatly; Beauties are especial- 

 ly good now, but only a few can be 

 had. Other roses, such as Brides, 

 Maids, Perles and Meteors, have been 

 in good demand, with not enough to 

 go around. For the select the price is 

 from $5 per 100 down to $2. Carna- 

 tions are very scarce, especially white, 

 and the demand is great since asters 

 are a thing of the past. Scotts and 

 Portia are good. Daybreak is hardly 

 up to the mark yet; blooms from stock 



transplanted in benches are small and 

 short stemmed. 



Small single violets have made their 

 appearance and sell well; no Califor- 

 nias yet. Good valley sells at $5. From 

 the reports of some of the growers. 

 chrysanthemums will be late again, 

 same as last year, but some of the 

 early varieties should make their ap- 

 pearance by next week. Tuberose 

 stalks and smilax are selling better. 



Show Matters. 



Chrysanthemum show matters are 

 progressing satisfactorily. The execu- 

 tive committee met Saturday night and 

 transacted a lot of business. The com- 

 mittee made very favorable terms with 

 the exposition management for the 

 Coliseum. We will have the final pro- 

 gram out not later than October 20, or 

 sooner. The special prizes to date 

 amount to $1,500, this including the 

 Shaw prizes, which are $500, makes a 

 total of $2,000 in prizes. The commit- 

 tee will meet every week from now 

 until the opening of the show. 



Second-hand Designs. 



The evening St. Louis Chronicle of 

 Sept. 30 published an article, headed. 

 "What Becomes of Floral Designs Left 

 on Graves," and says that the ceme- 

 tery keepers sell them to the enterpris- 

 ing 'florists and also says the florist is 

 a trader who buys his own product 

 after having sold it. 



I know of but one who buys second- 

 hand designs; he claims to have a 

 contract with the keepers for all de- 

 signs brought to the cemetery. He 

 takes wagonload after wagonload from 

 the cemetery to his store, takes out 

 the old moss, repaints them and sells 

 them to the florists at one-half of what 

 he can buy new for. I have been told 

 that the boards of directors of the 

 different cemeteries have not been 

 aware of this state of affairs, and at 

 their next meeting will put a stop to 

 the keepers making this extra pin 

 money. 



Visitors. 



Visitors in town are: Mrs. Heacock. 

 Parsons. Kan.; C. S. Ford, New York: 

 T. P. Gorman. Macon, Mo., and James 

 McPherron, Carrollton, 111. 



A Trip to Edwardsville, III. 



We spent a very pleasant Sunday in 

 Edwardsville. at Fred Ammann's 

 place. Arriving at the station in the 

 morning we were met by Mr. Am- 

 mann, who drove us out to his place. 

 which is about two miles from the sta- 

 tion. Upon arriving there the ladies 

 were taken care of by Mrs. Ammann. 

 We were shown through the houses 

 and found the stock looking in tip top 

 shape. The carnation house is looking 

 fine. Flora Hill, Scott and Daybreak 

 are the only varieties grown. The roses 

 are in the same condition, specially 

 the Perle.which fully sustains his name 

 as the king of the Perle growers. Next 

 is a house of Meteors which will yield 

 him a large crop. Brides and Maids 

 are also looking fine. A new house js 



