Mav 30. 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



majestic Mr. Bob Halliday of Balti- 

 more. He was up as far as Watkins, 

 this state, and could not resist a few- 

 hours' visit to the Pan-American. He 

 was amazed and charmed, and has gone 

 back to Baltiipore to bring everybody up 

 here in August. 



Ml-. Adams informs me that he has en- 

 gaged amongst other places the Larkin 

 Flats. This is an entirely new house, 

 most centrally situated in a beautiful 

 part of the city, and will accommodate 

 150 people. Any one finding room in 

 this place cannot but be satisfied. 



W. S. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



Ten days of almost continual rain 

 and drizzle with a low temperature has 

 retarded work and dampened the spirits 

 of all who need fine weather to complete 

 their work. The blanket of tlie Indian 

 is wet and soggy, and the voice of the 

 Midway barker is hoarse and despond- 

 ent. But this state of things cannot 

 last and when summer weather comes 

 beauty will reign on every hand. 



Mr. Ulrich, in spite of the weather, 

 has been placing a great many ever- 

 greens and large masses of rhododen- 

 drons in the Grand Court and Sunken 

 Gardens. On each side of the Grand 

 Court there is an avenue of palms and 

 sweet bays which add greatly to the 

 beauty of the scene, as they are a relief 

 from the buildings and statuary. One 

 of the prettiest views, at least horti- 

 culturally, is the Mall. Once this was 

 old Amherst street. The banks on each 

 side now slope up to an elevation of 

 ten feet. Each side of the street is lined 

 by rows of Lombardy poplars and on 

 the sloping sod banks are a great num- 

 ber of beds of rhododendrons and azal- 

 eas which are now at their best. The 

 pansy beds at the front of the Grand 

 Court are now most effective. Wisely 

 the colors have been confined to white, 

 yellow, blue and black, and for good 

 eft'ect this is about all the colors in pan- 

 sies you need where they are used in 

 extensive bedding. 



A great many aquatic plants have 

 been planted in the Sunken Gardens — 

 confined to the margins as the water in 

 the center is too much agitated by the 

 fountains. The Eastern Basin, known as 

 the Court of Cypress, has lately been 

 planted with 100 nelumbiums in three 

 groups and 200 of the choicest nympheas 

 in twenty-four groups. These circular 

 basins are 120 feet in diameter. Every- 

 thing has been done to insure success. 

 Large boxes were made and fifteen inches 

 of heavy enriched soil was placed in 

 them. Over them will be about fifteen 

 inches of water. As seen from the Lib- 

 eral Arts Building these basins will be 

 very beautiful and are filled entirely as 

 an exhibit of Henry A. Dreer, Philadel- 

 phia. 



In the Rose Garden, devoted' to horti- 

 cultural exhibits, tulips are being re- 

 moved as fast as out of flower and the 

 beds are being planted with a variety 

 of the leading bedding plants. Cannas 

 of many varieties will be very prominent 

 here. There is a bed of Crimson Ram- 

 bler roses covering an area of 1,300 

 square feet, which promises to be a 

 brilliant mass. The many large beds 

 of roses planted by Ellwanger & Barry, 

 Nelson Bogue and Jackson & Perkins, 

 have also done well. W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co. have a fine bed of the Burbank 



rose. A little bed that is very much 

 admired just now is the Aquilegia 

 carulea, the Rocky Mountain columbine, 

 tlie exhibit of the Park Floral Compa- 

 ny, of Denver. A few hundred of the 

 many vases are now filled with speci- 

 men palms and agaves. X'lese vases, so 

 lavishly used, are going to add greatly 

 to the beauty of the courts and grounds. 

 The Mexican cacti bed is attracting a 

 good deal of attention. It is well and 

 artistically planted by Mr. McDowell, 

 of Mexico City, who has charge of all 

 tlie horticultural exhibits from Mexico. 



I hope another week to have more in 

 the horticultural line to report. At 

 present the weather is good only for pan- 

 sies. Our exhibition of cut paeonies was 

 to open today but we found that even 

 in the neighborhood of New York it 

 will be another week before any paeonies, 

 except perhaps of the officinalis type, 

 will be in bloom, so we have decided to 

 accept and stage paeonies whenever they 

 come and shall be glad to receive them 

 for the next three weeks. 



I would just like to mention once more 

 how remarkably well the flowers have 

 kept in our Horticulture Building. It 

 has been most encouraging. Carnations 

 lasted in good order nine days and at 

 the rose show, just held, flowers kept 

 in excellent order for five or six days. 

 Wm. Scott. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



Decoration day, cold, cloudy weather 

 and a considerable shortening of supply 

 have acted together to bring prices back 

 to a paying basis. Business is now very 

 satisfactory, with barely enough stock 

 to go around. The chances are that 

 Decoration Day will find every one sold 

 out clean and looking for more stock. 

 Tlie commission houses report shipping 

 trade to be very good. 



Carnations are selling now at from 

 $1..50 to $4 per 100; roses, $3 to $5 per 

 100. Some extra fine iris is coming in, 

 which readily brings 3 cents a spike. 

 Owing to the bad weather paeonies are 

 scarce and sell at from 3 to 6 cents. 

 Harrisii and callas sell from 50 cents 

 ■;to $1 per dozen. In greens, smilax is 

 scarce at from $12.50 to $15; asparagus, 

 50 to 75 cents ; eastern ferns, though 

 ,they are poor, $2 to $2.50 per 1,000. 

 'Tliere are but few new ferns on the mar- 

 ket as yet. and they are very soft. It 

 will be two weeks before these ferns 

 vrill be at their best. 



Various Items. 



The florists back of Price Hill are re- 

 porting considerable loss of carnation 

 plants in the field through rabbits. 

 These animals eat the soft young plants 

 down to the ground; they will grow up 

 again, but into very inferior plants. 

 William Murphy says they seem to be 

 especially fond of Estelle plants, as they 

 will pick that variety out of a field and 

 leave others untouched. C. C. Murphy 

 has already lost about one-half of his 

 field stock, which will compel him to 

 buy plants this fall to fill up. 



Mr. J. A. Peterson's palm sale took 

 place on Thursday last. It was a suc- 

 cess and he is much pleased with the 

 result. A number of the local craft were 

 present; also Mr. John Bertermann of 

 Indianapolis, Ind., and Mr. J. S. Wil- 

 son of Chicago. 



A meeting of the florists of this city 

 was held last Friday evening in the 

 College Building to make arrangements 

 for a florists' picnic. A temporary or- 

 ganization was effected, with C. J. Jones, 

 president; F. Ball, secretary, and Dock 

 Sunderbruch, treasurer. It was decided 

 to hold a picnic at Coney Island, Thurs- 

 day, July 18. The following committee 

 of nine was appointed to make the neces- 

 sary arrangements: C. Critehell, L. 

 Kirk, H. Schwartz, 0. Walke, F. Ben- 

 son, A. Heekman, G. Adrian, W. Schu- 

 man, Jr., and Ben George. This com- 

 mittee will hold a meeting on Friday 

 evening. May 31, to start things. 



Of the growers holding stands in the 

 Jabez Elliott flower market, all will 

 continue holding them with the exception 

 of five, Messrs. J. T. Conger. Fred Walz, 

 R. A. Murphy, Carl Schweitzer and J. 

 A. Peterson. So far there are three new 

 firms who have taken stands for this 

 year, Sidney Murphy, Grove Bros, and 

 Lewis Juniet. 



Mr. H. M. Altick, of Dayton, O., was 

 in the city Sunday. He reports that the 

 floral business in the Gem city is poor, 

 as is most every other business, owing 

 to the number of men who are out on 

 strikes. 



The five 100-foot greenhouses owned 

 by Ed. Fries, situated back of Newport, 

 Ky., are for sale. Mr. Fries intends 

 joining forces with his father, John 

 Fries, who is erecting five houses 150 

 feet long, as an addition to his plant. 



Mr. Heller, of the South Park Floral 

 Co., Newcastle, Ind., was a visitor this 

 week. The large ranges of glass that 

 are being erected near that city are rap- 

 idly nearing completion. He reports 

 stock looking in Al shape. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



Trade Conditions. 



During the week closing with the 25th 

 a big lot of material came in, although 

 as much of it as possible was kept back 

 for the end of the month. But there was 

 a surprisingly good call for all kinds of 

 material for the date and Saturday we 

 saw everything cleaned up in good shape, 

 but of course prices ran a bit low all 

 the week, matching those of the previous 

 week exactly. Quality of the goods was 

 hardly up to the mark. There were two 

 reasons for this: Keeping them back as 

 much as possible and the changeable 

 weather. But Mark T^vain tells us "New 

 England weather is never quiet — it is al- 

 ways doing something!" 



"Coming events east their shadows be- 

 fore," and "Every cloud has a silver lin- 

 ing," but the shadow of our coming day 

 has a silver lining, a greenback facing 

 and golden trimmings. By the time you 

 read this you will know whether my 

 prophecy, herewith expressed, of a great 

 plenty of goods, except roses, will be cor- 

 rect. Bet a cookie it is! 



And what a day Memorial Day is get- 

 ting to be for us ! The florist gives more 

 genuine satisfaction on that day than on 

 any other, largely because the expense 

 entailed is not severe to any one indi- 

 vidual while the aggregate to the florist 

 is considerable. The best part of the 

 whole thing is that every cemetery gets 

 better care during the whole year on ac- 

 count of it, doing away with the neg- 

 lected look of so many small ones so 



