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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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liave more confidence than ever that 

 these 300 or 40O acres will be a won- 

 derful placei in 1901. "^ W. S. 



WANTED ON CRIMINAL CHARGE. 



Otto Scliiibert (who sometinu's goes 

 under the name o£ Otto Swart/,) is 

 wanted at Crestline, Ohio, on a charge 

 of obtaining money under false pre- 

 tenses. He was in the employ of 

 Nicholas Amos, the florist, whose 

 place he left Oct. 20th, and he is 

 charged with taking $100 belonging to 

 Mr. Amos and $500 belonging to an- 

 other man. A warrant has been is- 

 sued for his arrest. A liberal reward 

 is offered for his apprehension. Fol- 

 lowing is his description: 



He is a man about 40 years of age. 

 height about 5 feet 6. Sandy com- 

 plexion, hair gray and sandy mixed, 

 short and thin; very light blue-gray 

 eyes, the left eyeball slightly everted: 

 bad teeth, and is perhaps without a 

 mustache. He is very active, quiclv 

 and jerky In movement and speech. 

 Speaks good German but broken Eng- 

 lish. 



When last seen wore a gray suit, a 

 light gray overcoat with brown velvet 

 collar, brown stiff hat and black shoes. 

 He carried a large tan valise, which 

 no doubt contained a black suit and 

 black soft hat, which he took with 

 him. He is an inveterate smoker. 



Send all communications to Frank 

 Miller, mayor of Crestline, Ohio. 



BOSTON. 



A hard fought, bloodless and per- 

 fectly successful revolution has taken 

 place in the flower business of this 

 noted borough. From a time of the 

 most generous plenty, and small de- 

 mand, to a period of the scantiest sup- 

 ply and a royal call for the goods all 

 in one week is the record. Prices flew 

 up like the gallant boys in blue at the 

 hill of San Juan. The forward move- 

 ment began four or five days before 

 Thanksgiving and even now the man 

 who charges the most is still consid- 

 ered the bravest. The co-operative 

 mai'ket is of course the most active 

 battlefield, as here the forces meet face 

 to face in large numbers. 



Chrysanthemum artillery scarce and 

 pf light bore at, $1.50 and $2 per doz.; 

 roses, fairly good ones from $1 to $2, 

 and smaller ones at the top of the 

 salesman's conscience; pinks, 3 to 6 

 cents, and quality not guaranteed; vio- 

 lets. $1.50 per 100 and more, and very 

 bashful at that. Some few bulb goods 

 now arriving and the usual variety, 

 but not quantity, of other flowers and 

 all selling great. Who would not a 

 florist be? And the weather clerk is 

 reeling us off fine summer weather by 

 the web. 



The heroic driver who takes the flor- 

 ist and his box from the station to the 

 market with early dispatch and who 

 can be depended upon to be at his post 

 through thick and thin, is considered 

 one of his best men, as they are really 

 hard to find. So the news that one of 

 the most reliable of the few utilized 



was killed by accident the day before 

 Thanksgiving has called forth many 

 expressions of regret. His horse fell 

 upon the poor fellow twice, causing in- 

 ternal injuries from which he died a 

 day or two later. 



It seems Tbonuis Galvin is an ex- 

 pauhionist all right. He has annexed 

 the store adjoining his old store on 

 Tremont street for a permanent thing, 

 the story goes. 



One of the most sensible idea.s of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society is 

 that of offering prizes to school chil- 



Otto Schubert. 



For whose appreliension a reward is ottered. 



dren for collections of pressed flowers, 

 etc. Their exhibition of the same last 

 week was very interesting as well as 

 highly instructive. Both halls were 

 full of tables covered with them, each 

 mounted upon cardboard upon which 

 is written the formula required by the 

 society. Of course the knowledge 

 gained by the pupil in making out this 

 formula is the main thing aimed at. 



J. W. Howard, for many years iden- 

 tified with the seed and bulb business 

 of the city and for eight or ten years 

 occupying a very responsible position 

 with W. W. Rawson, has relinquished 

 his position to attend entirely to his 

 rapidlv growing floral trade at his 

 Somerville and Charlestown stores. H's 

 will not need any best wishes. B. T. 



NEW YORK. 



All branches of the business expect 

 an extra fine Christmas trade. Plants- 

 men are sanguine, cut flower men are 

 jubilant, all other varieties are ex- 

 pectant. What's the use of grumbling? 

 Grow good stock, handle it properly, 

 the public does the rast. 



Holly and mistletoe (that is, good 

 stock) have not put in an appearance 

 yet. Cargoes are looked for this week. 

 Prices are not quoted on mistletoe un- 



til we see what it's like. As to prices 

 on cut flowers just now — well, whistle 

 and wink; we'll give you them next 

 week and later. 



The Florists' Club will meet on Mon- 

 day evening, Dec. llth. Election of 

 ofhcens will take place and if you have 

 anything oxtr.a fine, novel, or new in 

 plant or flower bring it along. 



The New York Gardeners' Society 

 will meet at the Grand Central Palace, 

 l''nrty-third street and lyexington ave- 

 nue, at 8 p. m., Saturday, Dec. 9th. Of- 

 ficers for the ensuing year will be 

 elected at this meeting, and new plants 

 or flowers fi-om any source will re- 

 ceive careful and considerate atten- 

 tion. 



We speak thus of both the meet- 

 ings because we know there are many 

 fine new flowers in the country which 

 ought to be shown at such meetings. 

 The press prefers to encourage ad- 

 vance in horticulture than displays of 

 oratory or definitions of parliamentary 

 laws. Make the meetings educational 

 — interesting. 



.T. N. Gallatin and T. W. Satter- 

 thwaite have opened a florist store at 

 491 Fifth avenue. This is two doors 

 from Wadley & Smyth's floral estab- 

 lishment. Messrs. Gallatin & Satter- 

 thwaite have received quite a lot of 

 advertising in the daily press, but — 

 well, this is The Florists' Review; we 

 can only look at honesty and art and 

 appreciate both at their full value. 

 We wish them success. 



We were down to the law courts to- 

 day and are fully conversant with a 

 suit which has caused lots of unpleas- 

 antness in certain circles of our trade. 

 Surely there is enough hard work and 

 troubles in our business without re- 

 sorting to law. We'd like the boys to 

 shake hands and stand treat for the 

 crowd: 'twould be better in results. 



We are glad to be able to report that 

 Mrs. A. S. Burns is quickly recovering 

 from her severe illness. 



At the bowling alleys, Dec. 4. the 

 scores were: 



F. Traendly 152 154 125 12S 



C. Schenck 157 114 153 16G 



T. Lang 169 13S 144 118 



A. Bums 151 131 136 164 



.T. Manda 156 132 167 132 



W. Marshall 135 121 130 148 



W. Siebrecht 125 122 114 121 



C. Moody 102 135 111 164 



J. I. n. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



A great scarcity of stock has pre- 

 vailed all of the past week. Nearly 

 every line of stock has been short and 

 prices remained high during Thanks- 

 giving week. Although the weather 

 has been exceedingly fine for a week, 

 there seems little prospect for much 

 increase in the supply for a week or 

 so. Chrysanthemums have almost en- 

 tirely disappeared and have little de- 

 mand. This accounts for the increased 

 demand in other lines. Crops of both 

 carnations and roses are off and a 

 great many of the growers speak of 

 having a full crop for the coming hol- 

 idays. 



