October 10, 1001. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review, 



577 



Aquatics at the Pan-American Exposition. Exhibit of Henry A. Dreer. 



and on white and ranging from $4 to 

 $25 per 100 on red ones, consisting of 

 Beauties, Meteors and Liberties. Yel- 

 low ones are now represented better 

 than usual with an increased demand, al- 

 though irregular, as usual. I never 

 found anyone who could explain why so 

 fine a rose as the Perle could exist and 

 attract so little attention. There are 

 two or three new roses struggling for a 

 rating also. 



Pinks are not yet plentiful, but the 

 demand is supplied and the average 

 quality is rapidly improving. Two 

 cents is about the limit yet. Asters 

 are practically past history and the 

 chrysanthemums are a page of the fu- 

 ture. Fine white flowers are plentiful 

 and green material is more so. Single 

 violets are increasing in size and volume 

 and a few doubles have arrived. Fifty 

 cents is now the figure. 



The retail system of the city proper 

 starts off much as it was left last 

 spring. There is a rearrangement of 

 things at G. A. Severy & Co.'s place, 

 and a slip of a new store has been 

 planted at Copley Square which has 

 not yet had time to get rooted. It will 

 make a good stopping oflf place for 

 salesmen going from Houghton & Clark's 

 down to Galviu's Back Bay establish- 

 ment where the big changes and addi- 

 tions spoken of a week or so ago are 

 getting well along. 



All the wholesale places are well and 

 hearty with no special change except 

 in the proprietorship of the New Eng- 

 land Cut Flower Co. on Ordway place, 

 where Mr. Lawrence Cotter's interest 

 has been purchased by "Jack" Minton, 

 well known to the trade through his 

 long connection with the establishment 

 of G. A. Sutherland and other places. 

 The new member of the firm will give 

 it his full attention and prospects are, 

 of course, unlimited. We must all wish 

 them luck and then help tliem to get 

 it. It is not yet known which of the 

 little men is the head of the firm, but 



think what a disturbance will occur in 

 the featherweight ring if it ever comes 

 to Marquis of Queensbury rules to find 

 out! ! The "Judge's" jury experience of 

 last spring will, of course, keep them 

 on the correct legal side of everything, 

 and his position as assistant registrar 

 of voters gives him a pull in his ward. 



The Banquet. 



The Co-operative market, having thor- 

 oughly fortified its position as a com- 

 mercial factor, now enters the social 

 arena and throws down the gauntlet in 

 the form of a magnificent banquet to 

 the stall holders, the success of which 

 must have surprised the most sanguine. 

 Practically eveiyone was there and the 

 utmost good fellowship prevailed. As 

 in the great fight off Santiago, tliere 

 was glory enough for all hands and 

 to spare, and I do not expect a disgust- 

 ing and disgraceful fight over the ap- 

 portionment of honors in this case. 



Competing admirals (or admirables) 

 here were President Stickel, unapproach- 

 able as a presiding officer; F. K. Mathie- 

 son, as ofT-hand speaker, essayist and 

 soloist; W. H. Elliott, on deliberate, 

 clear cut utterances; W. H. Knapp, 

 ladies' champion, who won the only vote 

 of thanks extended, treatise on pro- 

 fanity; James T. Carroll, auctioneer to 

 the corporation, gatling gun orator; and 

 F. W. Clark, hospital department, who 

 gave a fine account of the pleasure 

 given hospitals by receipt of flowers. 

 'There were several more "men behind 

 the guns" who were bullseye marksmen 

 every time, and I was the booby prize 

 myself, mouthpiece for the Review, and 

 as Daniel Webster said about the fa- 

 mous chase of the "America" around 

 the Isle of Wight, "There was no sec- 

 ond!" (Rise here and give three cheers 

 for the "Columbia, the Gem of the 

 Ocean!") The whole plan and its con- 

 tinuance annually was enthusiastically 

 applauded and the sample of five ladies 

 present was so well liked that it was 



generally voted to bring out the full 

 force hereafter, with an implied vote of 

 sympathy for one poor man who dis- 

 mally foretold what he would get for 

 going home and confessing that he 

 supped with the five present this time. 

 As a table decoration nothing beats the 

 "American Beauty" and the great ori- 

 ginal is the best kind. 



Imported talent, also imported 

 drinks, were present, and both were of 

 the best brand, bufi I would vote to 

 dispense with the latter in future. We 

 must curtail free speech to prevent an- 

 archy and free drinks for the same rea- 

 son, judging by socialistic tendenciea 

 evinced in one very small corner of the 

 room. "America" and "Auld Lang 

 Syne" were rendered, after which an 

 impromptu concert proved the presence 

 of a large number of excellent voices, 

 which must be tuned in unison for the 

 future. J. S. Manter. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The fall season for outdoor sports 

 which begins with the international 

 cricket matches and ends with the 

 Thanksgiving Day football game, is now 

 in full swing and business has im- 

 proved in consequence. These games are 

 by no means floral festivals, but they 

 bring people together again and small 

 entertainments and gifts are the result. 



Nearly everything on the list is sell- 

 ing well excepting tea roses, the poorer 

 grades- of these being very hard to sell. 

 White cosmos is in active demand; plen- 

 ty of colored cosmos about but very lit- 

 tle white. Single violets are improving 

 in quality and sell fairly well. 



P. M. DeWitt, of Croyden, sent in 

 the first dozen chrysanthemums last 

 Saturday to S. S. Pennock; they now 

 ornament the window of Pennock Broth- 

 ers. The price was $3.00, color white, 

 varieties mixed, apparently 'including 



