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TheWeeidy Florists^ Review* 



met ami liclil their exliiliitii.ns here last 

 week. The disjjhiy <'f fniils liy the many 

 state* is so eoiitimious and fine that 

 this speeial exliiliitidn was hardly ap- 

 nieeiated. altlu.ugh tine in itself. It 

 l)iiin"lit tof;ether al"int .'ftlll professoi-.s. 

 Neai-iv nil Fruit men. you nill notice, are 

 i)n.|issui-.. 1 lieliexe' the>- had a well- 

 attended and intevestin;.; session. It 

 would be imjiossilde to mention half of 

 those to whom 1 had the honor of an 

 introduction. We saw with pleasure that 

 wonderful worker. I'rof. L. 11. Bailey. 

 \mon ' till- llorists whom we have lately 

 met w"i- th.' vclenni .lohn Bader, of Al- 

 le-lienv Citv .lohn Charlton, of Koch- 

 esTer • ' Tlu.mas 15. .Meelum. of Philadel- 

 iiliia left his card hut we regret not 

 Inviii"- seen him: A. N. tiilchrist. of 

 TorrnTo (and here let me say that there 

 is a score of Toronto ll..riM- due here 

 yet and they had lult.r : miic ipiu-k i , 

 Mr. J. H. Troy, of Nr« ^^rk, rnMed with 

 a brother, who is >|.iiidni;.; ;i iinpnlli r, v.i- 

 eation in America; a \iry ty]iical well- 



to 



„,, |,.„._, I wanted to direct them 



liow tM see "most and mentioned an at- 

 Irutiv,' feature of the .Midway, whicli 

 I licard was annisinj;-. He said: "Oh, I 

 have seen all that in Paris, don't c-her 

 know." On {retting him to give me some 

 idea of Paris I had to hold up both 

 hands and exclaim: '-llv dear fellow! 

 Yon need not go to our Midway." 



Mr. .1. Horace IMcFarland is here w^ith 

 an assistant photographing horticul- 

 tural subjects for "Country Life." Now 

 we shall get some real artistic pictures. 

 Air McFarland is delighted with all he 



;.«.. l„.,e W. S. 



Trade Conditions. 



Not "Everything 



but "Everything is 



Meiiiy Mini tlir'].ii(-r hiings low!" Good 

 1-1. il .11.- .|uit(' lilnititul' at 1 cent each 

 „. I,,,- .,,1,1 1 1,1 L!r;iilcs are volum- 



a little n.illi II -I 



Ures. Tllr -.M-.ili I 



just beginning : :j." 

 prices^ arr iimI ,-i 

 just in -iillirirnt 

 ones sell rr,nlil,\ ci 

 cents with jii^l i 

 that the demand 

 gladioli, tuberose-, 

 line of outdoor m; 

 low prices. All ki 

 are plentiful exi c 

 a bit off. H. M, 

 making a heavy il 

 galax if taken in I 

 S. J. (ioiMard li 



.-o that good 

 .t from 1 to 2 



left to prove 

 inlied. Lilies, 

 lift and a full 

 run lie liad at 

 -iini material 

 l.i\. which is 

 -.. ■!! iV Co. are 



.1 huge lot of 



alxi -In. Hill u|i with Princess Violets, 

 \\ 111. Sim liii.liny with 1,000 of them. 



The iihiln-uphy in the sale of stalls 

 at the Park street market is to the 

 point. Five years or so ago not all of 

 them could be rented and half of those 

 rented brought no premium above the 

 resu'ar rental. This situation kept im- 

 ]iroving yearly until last year the sale 

 surprised every one by aggregating $3,- 

 300 for premiums, every stall being rent- 

 ed and with at least ' n ftr. bonus, the 



heaviest bid being !i!«.')..'>0. Hut thi^ 

 year was a record breaker indeed. 

 $(i,733 teetotal "uneiuned increment!" 

 Premiums ran all the wny from $34.00 

 to $70.00 and a couple of dozen good 

 customers were disappointed bv lack "i 

 stalls. The stockholders see ihe pi iin 

 and are salting down a big fund tn ' 

 used in securing and Htting up hu'.;. i 

 • luarters a- -.nu as something suital.l. 

 can he tnini.l. uliiili in itself is (iiiite .i 

 .piestiuu »luMi pl.-utv ..f room, low ren- 

 tal and riyhl -il mil ion are considered. 

 Another arguminl. I.:,i. t.. prnvc thai 

 corporations \iA\r -.nil- an. I llial -miic 

 trusts are L'cn.l Im-i- ,- 1|„- la. I llial 

 the dircctfU's and -tockliold.'i > will in 

 vile all -tall-holders to attcn.l tli.-ii 

 annual l.an.pict. which comes oil -.an.- 

 time in Orl.ilicr. By judicious Irainini; 



miuni can partially redeem himself at 

 llial lime, ' J. S. JIaxtki{. 



Mourning for the Dead President. 



riii- 



tlu 



ing fui the dead Proidcnt. Every |ircm- 

 inent building is draped, hunting ami 

 flag decorators have been working day an.l 

 night to execute orders. Xever since the 

 death of Grant has such a displav been 

 seen. The j.rincipal florists have used 

 considerable cloth to drape their win- 

 dows. We regret the opportunity to 

 show fine funeral designs has not been 

 taken advantage of except in Fleisch- 

 man's, Thorley's and SnialTs. In tlu' 

 first window 'there i< a large wreath 

 of leucothoe Icav.-- will, ali.mt tucnl\ 

 yards of lO-inch wi.ltli lilili.in an.l i-nai. 



city for some time. A picture of Ale 

 Kinley is framed with leucothoe leaves 

 and around all is an immense R(unan 

 wreath of the same material ; purple 

 cloth is loosely arranged between Ihe 

 frame and the wreath; the leaves are 



the nione\ 



been over $400 worth of flowers sent to 

 the funeral from this city, with the ex- 

 ception of some work from J. IT. Small 

 & Sons, who have th.' lar:;. i part of 

 the work at their Wa-hiiiui.ii -t. re. 

 Most of the florists expnl.'.l i.i li.' \.'r\ 

 busy, but nearly all lli. -t ic- w.^rc 

 closed at S::)li 'MiiimIj^ ni-ln, \\;i-l.- 

 ington seems t.i ha\.' .-.iiiluM'.l umi-i ,,i 

 the orders. thi.iU'jli ili.' f. n'li^n ii'|ii. 

 sentatives, but if they gut inuih it wa- 

 not felt on the New York market, where 

 roses can be bought at from $1.00 per 10(1 

 upward. 



Various Items. 



Every one expects business to be poor 



for some time to come. Officials, at 



least, will -top .■ntcrtainint' and society 



in Li.ii.-ial will 111 |..'ll(-d to show 



-mil.' r.'jiii'l: 11. ■\ .'I t lull-- the country's 



damaged.' anil .^al:iiiiit\ li.ml.a- will -....'ii 

 get tired. Gival .■ll.nl- .ur I„.iiil; ni.i.i. 

 to keep the m.oi.'> maiLi.t .1.-.nl> . .nnl 

 the next few week- will icU nun li. It, i- 

 the ilutx- iif the hi.ur to have iiinfiden.e 



J. H. Small & Sons expect to open 

 their new store at the Waldorf-Astoria 

 next week. They will use cold air in- 



riiMrl.>\ will .ipcn his Fifth avenue 

 -I..I.- n.xl w..'k. also: George Hnm- 

 |ilni-.\- will Ih. in charge. 



\\ illiain Long went to Washington 

 .Monday in charge of some pretty 

 wreaths from Thorley's. 



.\ recent rejiort from Chicago to the 

 cll'eel that C. F. Klunder was coming 

 licic to open a store has got the boys 

 uuessing. 



Mr. Reed, of the firm of Reed & Kel- 

 b'r. has returned from Europe full of 

 the srood things he saw there and with 

 whatever nnvellies an.l hiiih gratle goods 



ll.iwri- .■.iiiiiiiL: ill. < aiiLiii.iii- are small 

 but liring fi.iiii .-^1.0(1 ti, s].ir, per 100. 

 Valley is scarce, so are cattleyas; they 

 bring good prices. Single violets, have 

 appeared and sell for 25 to 35 cents 

 lier 100. 



Bowling. 



The New Y'oik and Flatbush teams, 

 with numerous friends, met on the New 

 York alleys last night. There were two 

 prizes ofiered. one for the highest aver- 

 age ma.le by a member of the Flatbush 

 ten 111. Tlii- |iii/.' W.I- a very handsome 

 new I. all ^i\.'ii In I li.'.i. .1. Lang; it was 

 Willi li\ r. i;i!. \ 'J li.' other prize was 

 a ni'w'liall Pi tli.. winning team. The 

 New Yorks won the match. Flatbush 

 seems to be out of sorts lately. If the 

 New \''ork boys keep on they will want 

 to tackle the" Phil^idelphians. Pity the 

 Chicago Indians are so far away. 



A meeting of the bowling club will 

 be held on the Arlington alleys, St. 

 Mark's jilace. next Monday night, to 

 .■l..t .illi.'crs for the season. The scores 



NEW YORK. PL..\TBrSH. 



Traendl,v....l34 134 130 Mellls nil 



O'Mara 121177 101 Siebrecht Ml 1 



J. Young. ...161 94 140 Schmulz .lli; 1 



815 836 833 



Total. 



r Total.. 



OTHERS. 



Sberidan 94 lul Sm.vth . 



Doulai 

 Buiter 



Stewart . 

 Woeker . 



LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 



There is many an occasion in Amer- 

 ican horticulture where the rest of us 

 needs take off our hats to the German 

 Ani.riian Ihni-ts, and to our mind no 

 .v.iil ..ail. I I..' more creditable than the 

 1 hill .■.'111 !i annual horticultural exhibi- 

 li..ii given by the Long Island florists 

 under the auspices of the "Schwabitcher 

 Sangerbund" at Ridgewood Park last 

 week. Every good German hereabouts 

 belongs to some society with the title 

 of Sangerbund, and the German florists 

 of Long Island are affiliated with the 

 Brooklyn bund. This was the twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of their annual outing. 

 - The origin of this society was the fail- 

 ure of the crops in the old country. An 

 exhibition was organized there and the 



.|iii'i'n wii^ aske.l 1.1 .• e and distribute 



th.. \.-i,'il.ililr- aiii.iirj the poor people. 

 Thi- .11-1.1111 iihiiii'jli tlii'ie has been less 

 w.uit I ha- heiii kept up by the society 

 every year. An immense monument of 



