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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOUEK 17, 1001. 



be held the second Wednesday in No- 

 vember. 



The Market. 



About the markets — well, the least 

 said the better. The day after we sent 

 Gill last notes the bottom fell out of the 

 price list, and it hasn't been found yet. 

 Tlu! present week has been about the 

 worst so far this season. Good roses 

 could have been bought for $2.50 per 

 1,000 almost any day. What we mean 

 by good roses is good short stuff. Of 

 course, high grades — the few select 

 queens — brought from $4 to even $8, but 

 tlie great bulk were slaughtered at what- 

 ever price was offered. There was no 

 business, every icebox was full and it 

 was a case of getting express charges 

 or paying the ashman. 



Carnations are bringing good prices, 

 from $2 to $3; valley, $4; eattleyas have 

 gone up to $30, but it is expected that 

 tliere will be no good business for the 

 next few weeks. We are in the midst 

 of a lively municipal election, the weath- 

 er is mild, country life is more attrac- 

 tive than city, there is not a house of 

 any consequence open on Fifth avenue 

 or its side streets yet, and low prices 

 and dull, times must be tolerated till 

 after horse show week. 



The season has so far been very good 

 and it will be so, therefore patience is 

 not only a virtue, it is a post to rest on. 

 We shall be in the middle of the great 

 show next week and all the flowers that 

 cannot bring $2 per 100 should be do- 

 nated to make the show worthy the citv. 



home last week from a most enjoyable 

 trip through Europe. 



F. Hansen, florist of East One Hun- 

 dred and Eleventh street, suddenly ex- 

 pii^ed in his chair last week. His place, 

 consisting of seveial greenhouses and 

 plants, will be sold at auction by Cleary 

 this week. 



A. L. Miller of East New York reports 

 a grand showing of his dahlia camellia- 

 flora. He cut 15,000 flowers last week; 

 it is the best white to grow. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has been some- 

 what depressed by the warm, dull weath- 

 er, wliirli li:i« lirnirjlil fntwnvd I lie crops, 

 es|)(■^i,lll^ ..t n.-, -. niu, I, I., -In ll,;iu they 

 are iirrj,,!. w 111!,. I iir ,l,.|ii:iii,| is good 

 the -iii.i.ly 1- liii iji,:.i., iIm,i the de- 

 mand. One grower alone brought in 

 1,000 roses on Monday which were un- 



The Chicago Market. Views in E. H. Hunt's. 



Let the growers give the New York art- 

 ists 50,000 roses to duplicate the Me- 

 Kinley funeral designs, or make some- 

 thing better for the show, and they will 

 get more in the end than the few cents 

 on the market. 



Items. 



Manager Plumb will be at the Madison 

 Square Garden all next week, to help ex- 

 hibitors. 



William Hanft has ventured for the 

 third time on the sea of matrimony; he 

 was married to Miss K. O'Melia on Sat- 

 urday evening and they went to the Pan- 

 American. 



G. M. Stumpp and family arrived 



Bowling. 



There were lively times at the bowl- 

 ing alleys Monday afternoon. No doubt 

 the presence of the prizes won at the 

 convention were the incentive to some 

 high scores. We don't know what the 

 conditions are, but the Philadelphia 

 team's failure to respond to the chal- 

 lenge, we were informed, was sent by 

 the New Yorkers, is a source of consid- 

 erable guessing. Tlie scores today were: 



Siebrecht 184 169 1C3 L,ang 181! 195 I"l 



J. Theilmann..l94 149 1B6 Van Hoesen.lta 168 140 



P. TheilmanD.168 159 166 Lescher 147 ll'J 



~ ' ,164 154 135 " 



VFallace 108 116 119 Roelirs . . . 



Mansfield 128 128 136 Traendly . 



.130 150 141 Lentz 



Butterfield . 



sold. Prices are firm on most stock 

 that arrives in good condition. 



Beauties range from 75 cents to $3 per 

 dozen; a few selected have even brought 

 $3.50. Brides, Maids and Meteors are 

 $3 to $5 per 100. Kaiserins are 

 $4 to $6. There are some Liberties, 

 Golden Gates, Sunrise and La France 

 coming in. Carnations are the best 

 stock on the market, prices ranging from 

 $1.50 to $2 per 100 for choice stock. 

 Edward Eeid is handling some Flora 

 Hill, Ethel Crocker and Lippineott that 

 readily bring the latter figure. 



vSingle violets are becoming more plen- 

 tiful, but do not as yet sell very well. 

 There are also a few double violets now. 



Chrysanthemums are increasing in 

 numbers fast, and hold their price fairly 

 well this week. David Cliff obtained 

 $2.50 per dozen for Glory of the Pacific. 

 George E. Campbell, who was first with 

 this flower last year, cut his first blooms 

 on Monday of this week. Lady Fitzwy- 

 gram, Madame Bergman and Glory of 

 the Pacific were the earliest varieties. 

 He has 8,000 plants in pots, all very welt 

 done. Ivory is in fine shape. 



Notes. 



The old Evans place at Rowlandville 

 is sending in some very fine roses. Har- 

 ry Evans is the present proprietor. 

 Curiously enough he bears the same 

 name, though not a relation, of Charles 

 F. Evans, the former proprietor, who is 

 now in California. Madame Cusin is 

 still grown and is considered a most pro- , 

 lifio variety. , 



Henry F. Miehell has improved his 

 show windows by using beveled glass, 

 and lighting them by numerous red a'hd 

 green electric lights, which effectively 

 display his assortment of fine bulbs. 

 These windows are considered the hand- 

 somest of their kind among the seed 

 houses of America. 



