The Weekly Florists' Review* 



751 



Notes. 



Tlie New York bowling team and sev- 

 eral coachers left on the 1 p. m. train for 

 Philadelphia today to plaj' the return 

 match with the team of that city. 



Business is on the up and down. We 

 expect the great horse show here next 

 week will enliven things. 



George Linsdale has opened a branch 

 store at Thirty- fourth street and Lexing- 

 ton avenue. 



James Carroll is back again at Thor- 

 ley's. Says he couldn't stand the glare 

 of the alass and brass down below. 



J. I. D. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions for Nov. 4 9. 1 '^^ 

 A continuance of the previous week. 

 The same old tears and groans, the same 

 old drag and tussle on the part of the 

 grower in most lines, and the same quiet 

 satisfaction to the buyer as he hastens 

 home with his purchase. I think there 

 is as much business really being done as 

 can be expected, but the plentiful supply 

 of chrysanthemums especially, and of 

 roses partly, deadens the appearance of ' 

 things and keeps prices down. Carna- 

 tions do not seem overplentiful and vio- 

 lets really became scarce toward the end 

 of the week. Eaton keeps the call for 

 cut lilies supplied, readily realizing 

 $1..50 per dozen. Chrysanthemums run 

 from 25 cents to a possible .$.5 : red 

 roses do not beat .$3 .just now, with 2 

 nr 3 cents each as a starting point, and 

 pink and white ones cannot get beyond 

 10 cents, beginning at free gifts to" the 

 hospitals. Pinks 75 cents to $4 per 100. 

 Violets 35 to 75 cents, with a quite pos- 

 isble upward tendency. Mignonette, 

 candytuft and bouvardia at normal fig- 

 ures and paper whites beginning to come 

 in. going out at $3 per 100. 

 Weather still salubrious. 



Chrysantliemum Show. 



By all odds the grandest exhibition 

 was that one open simply to those for- 

 tunate ones who rcrrivcfi n jirinted in- 

 vitation to see the . In \ -:iiii li. nnnus in 



bloom at the Wal):iii l.'u-, -crvato- 



ries at Katick. Wli. n Mr i; \[. Wood 

 unili'ifakr-^ ;iii\niiii'j II 1^ carried 

 tlir.iiii;li 1.. , Miii|.li'l i.,11 ill :ill (Irlail, con- 

 >f|ii''nll\- a ,|irria| ,-:i,' \\:i- piovided, 

 whirli l,.fl l;u-i.iii widi two expectant 

 smiles on nearly every scat, which were 

 transferred by barges from the Welles- 

 ley station to the greenhouses. 



The first glimpse of these houses is 

 astonishing and the more they are ex- 

 amined the more your wonder grows. 

 On the outside they resemble nothing so 

 much as a huge fleet of war vcsspIj nt 

 anchor. The same order and di--ii|iIiiM 

 throughout seem apparent, too. larh 

 little detail of a smaller plant nHain- 

 the dignity of a porfectlT equipped de- 

 partment here, with forty men to man 

 the ropes. Two hundred and twenty-five 

 tliousand feet of glass and a new house 

 under way that will add 50,000 feet 

 more. 



Of course the 10,000 prize chrysanthe- 

 mums only occupy a small portion nf this 

 vast extent. enoriiKai- tlmi^jli llirr be. 

 most of the plac hriii- -ri i,, i. -.--;, 

 There is also an cWru^n.- -ji,.>Mli .,f Ad- 



miration rather than of any kind of de- 

 scription. This remark will also apply 

 more or less to the whole establishment, 

 which is all in first-class shape for a 

 winter's campaign. 



The new !.-,•-. Liberty and Helen 

 Gould, iiiak.' a line -■liowing here, the 

 former a|i]Ha i in- inn per cent better 

 than last \iai at thi- time and looks as 

 if it might pull steadily all winter. 



The new cold storage plant came in 

 for its full share of attention. The key 

 of its action is that strong ammonia is 

 forced under heavy pressure through a 

 tiny valve-like pinhole, causing it to be- 

 come vaporized into pipes running 

 around the refrigerating room. This 

 simple process utilizes a lot of heat, 

 Avhich is abstracted from the air in the 

 room. Further on, running water re- 

 moves this heat and the once more lique- 

 fied ammonia returns to the engine to 

 be used over and over again. Three 

 rooms are thus fitted, the apparatus 

 working much more eflfectively and 

 cheaply than was expected. As a little 

 test the temperature of a room has been 

 carried down to 13 degrees below zero. 



Another barge ride supplemented by 

 an electric trip and a magnificent din- 

 ner at the Woodland Park hotel com- 

 pleted the pleasant outing. The occasion 

 was a bit marred by the present condi- 

 tion of Mr. Wood's health, but he at- 

 tended the dinner and we were much 

 pleased to see him looking so well. Many 

 delicate compliments to him and his able 

 assistant, Mr. Alex Montgomery, were 

 passed during the after-dinner remarks, 

 and many sincere hopes were expressed 

 for speedy return to robust health. 



At Horticultural Hall. 



I object to the interior of the new hall 

 and refuse to be comforted! The exte- 

 rior is massive, impressive, sublime and 

 beautiful, but the interior is largely 

 plain brickwork, and the space is all cut 

 up by massive arched partitions, caus- 

 ing great waste of room, spoiling the ef- 

 fect of the floral and plant display and 

 giving the appearance of a good county 

 jail. "An armory," as one man called it; 

 "A horrible thing," to quote from an- 

 other; "A cold storage plant," are the 

 words of a third. It resembles the sub- 

 basement of the statehouse extension, 

 which is built to sustain the colossal 

 structure above it. 





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I sincerely believe the exhibition 

 would make a better showing in the old 

 brick building, and that this year's show 

 is hardly up to the standard. The fruit 

 show is excellent, especially that of pears 

 and grapes. The vegetable department 

 i~ i|iiitc fair, combining this exhibit with 



; iiior one, omitted "because of the un- 



llni-licd condition of the building. Points 

 I -|iiM ial!>- iiilrresting were the fine ex- 

 liiliii .ii lia\-^. palms and ferns from R. 

 A .1. l:iH|iiliar. which formed excellent 

 baikiiij I. a llie high colors massed in 

 front; III.' I Miailli\- l-'alon mums shown 

 bv K. N I'a n- ,\' ■--)i-. Mr.srs. M. A. 

 Fatten. IM.i i'l-lhi. a 11,1 A. Roper's 



uu's violets. James 

 nms, John N. May's 

 lies, which he pnr- 



eil, but I tliink not so well as on some 

 former occasions. The main hall is so 

 built that heavy teams may drive in to 

 unload upon the floor, which is of sub- 

 soil primeval, unraked to the extent that 

 bowlders the size of hen's eggs attract 

 tlie attention of your corns, and dry 

 and dusty to the extent of hazing the 

 atmosphere and tickling your bronchial 

 tubes ! And to think that the recognized 

 representative of a flourishing paper 

 should be told by the doorkeeper of such 

 a place to ''go away back, stand up and 

 buy a ticket," in order to possess him- 

 self of such inconveniences ! But he took 

 the prescription, went back and got it 

 filled. "We won't go there any more; 

 'way down on the jingo farm!" 

 At E. G. Pierce & Son's. 

 I took a snapshot trip to this place, 

 more especially to get an idea of the 

 probable length of the remainder of the 

 chrysanthemum season. According to 

 their houses, it is two-thirds over, and 

 work is beginning on forcing lilies for 

 Easter. But, of course, they have a huge 

 supply yet coming in, even on that basis, 

 including 400 of those magnificent Tim^ 

 othy Batons and a fine house of Bon- 

 naffons. 



Their houses are undergoing a fearful 

 overhauling, which will result in much 

 greater ease and less expense in man- 

 agement. The sixteen huge houses are 

 now arranged eight upon a side of a low 

 covered passage, and all connected by a 

 tr.imway for facility in transporting the 

 lilies aiid other heavy objects. 

 An Item. 

 One morning President Stickel, of the 

 Park Street Market, rapped for order 

 and read a paper which had been passed 

 to him. It was as follows: 



"In behalf of about fifty frequenters 

 of this market, noted for their good looks 

 and generosity, this presents to the mar- 

 ket the veiled picture hanging on the 

 post near the desk. It is of one of the 

 directors, deservedly noted for good na- 

 ture and short stature, heavy good sense 

 and light weight. Long may his banana 

 plant flourish and long may we live to 

 enjoy its shade." 



Mr. E. Sutermeister, who had been de- 

 puted to bring up another man as the re- 

 cipient of a joke, was naturally sur- 

 prised, when llic |iiiliirr was mnrilcd, to 

 find it was nf Inin-.H, m a pa 1 1 inilarly 

 characteristic' aitiiu.ir. -lamlniL' under a 

 banana plant mmhc liMrrii inl high, 

 which was a feature '■! \ii- "wi garden 

 this summer. Some ni ilie Imx- .jot hold 

 of a small photo hi- .laajhiei lia.l taken 

 and had a fine Nvaiei,M|,a i,,a.le from it.' 

 which Mr. Sli.Kel a>.e|ae,l i. i ilie mar- 

 ket in a neat Imlr -| ee. l, \n.l well 

 he might, as it i, a line pic line of one 

 of the finest men in the business. 



J. S. JIanter. 



CHICAGO. 



Clsewla 



The Market. 

 Stock continued overabundant until 

 last Saturday, when with a rush all stock 

 on hand was eaten up, and demand has 

 so far continued brisk. There is now a 

 shortage of pink roses, but still enough 

 white to meet demands. The continued 

 cool weather has improved the quality 

 of all stock, and prices, especially of car- 

 nal inn-, have also improved. There are 



, h lleauties to go around, but no 



. ^e, Miiiply. Both in supply and quality 

 I lleanlie- liave been unusually good so 



