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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DECEMBER 14, 1899. 



The entertainment committee pro- 

 vided refresliments and a general 

 good time, which were attended to and 

 enjoyed after the adjournment. 



VariouF Items. 



The annual dinner of the Westches- 

 ter (N. Y.) County Gardeners' Associa- 

 tion (to which your correspondent has 

 received a cordial invitation) will be 

 given at the Irving Hotel, Portchester, 

 Saturday, Dec. 16, at 7 o'clock. Bob- 

 ert Williamson, William Anderson and 

 Robert Jenkins, Jr.. comprise the com- 

 mitte of arrangements. 



Mr. E. Jansen, the well known bas- 

 ket manufacturer, has recently sold 

 considerable of his property on Nine- 

 teenth street to Altman Bros., the 

 large dry goods firm. Mr. Jansen is 

 busy attending to the erection of a 

 fine new building, No. 112, 114 and 116 

 West Eighteenth street, which he in- 

 tends to occupy in time for the con- 

 vention next August. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 New York Gardeners' Society was held 

 at the Grand Central Palace. Satur- 

 day, Dec. 9th. The officers for the 

 ensuing year were elected as follows: 

 President, William Bartholomae; Vice- 

 President, Adolph Welsing; Secretary, 

 Joseph A. Manda; Treasurer, Frank 

 Pierkovsky. 



We regret to inform you that Mr. 

 John H. Taylor had one of his legs 

 broken in a recent carriage accident. 



Bowling Today. 



Koehrs 112 152 126 



Atkins 133 128 155 



Butterfleld 132 124 124 



Hafner 1G3 130 100 



Norris IM 144 139 



Siebrecht 95 115 113 



Burns 140 140 159 



Traendly 129 149 139 



I^anff 145 130 197 



Marshall 125 143 ... 



Penman 113 



Stewart 124 



J. I. D. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The majority of the wholesalers re- 

 port the market easier on roses and 

 carnations, except Beauties. Good 

 Beauties are exceedingly scarce. 

 Aside from Beauties, there now seems 

 enough of everything to go around, 

 though the quality is not up to the 

 standard for the season. Violets are 

 moving much less freely and at times 

 there is a suplus. Romans and nar- 

 cissus also move more slowly. There 

 is practically no change in quotations, 

 though these are not so stiffly held in 

 many cases as last week. 



There is quite a variety of opinions 

 as to the outlook for Christmas sup- 

 ply. The present dark weather causes 

 many to fear a serious shortage. 

 Growers say the buds are there, but 

 they must have sun to open them. 

 And some who were confident of hav- 

 ing a crop in for Christmas say thev 

 won't have the real thing till later, 

 especially if the present weather con- 

 ditions continue. 



A good deal of guessing is being 

 done as to Christmas prices. The 

 only list yet definitely adopted is that 

 of Bassett & Washburn, which is as 

 follows: Beauties, per doz., extra 

 long, $12 to ?15; 24-inch, ?9 to ?10; 

 20-inch, $8; 15-inch, $6; 12-inch, $4; 

 8-inch. $2. Brides and Maids, extra, 

 ?15 per 100; No. 1, $12; No. 2, $8; 

 Meteor, extra, $18; No. 1, $15; No. 

 2, $10; Perles, No. 1, $12; No. 2, $8. 

 Carnations, extra fancy, $8; fair aver- 

 age fancy, $6; No. 1 common, $4; No. 

 2, $3. And Mr. Washburn says they 

 will have no Beauties to sell outside 

 of regular orders. They will, how- 

 ever, have a fine crop of teas. Pros- 

 pects for carnations dubious. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. think that there 

 will be enough to go around at Christ- 

 mas, with the exception of Beauties. 

 Their advice is, "Don't order Beau- 

 ties." 



E. C. Amling thinks Christmas quo- 

 tations will run about the same as for 

 the last two years ($12 to $15 on tea 

 roses), but that roses will be held at 

 outside quotation, and that carna- 

 tions will go up to $5. 



Christmas comes on Monday, which 

 means that much of the shipping will 

 be done on Sunday, and it should not 

 be forgotten that express trains are 

 not so frequent as on week days. 

 This should be borne in mind in plac- 

 ing orders, and probably quite a few 

 shipments will be made on Saturday 

 instead. 



In view of this condition, growers 

 had best have as much of their cut 

 reach the commission man on Sat- 

 urday as possible. Don't hold back till 

 the last day under any circumstances. 

 "Holding back helps the big gi-ower 

 out, as it gives him a chance to clear 

 out his whole cut at good figures be- 

 fore the other fellows get their stock 

 in," is the way one of the big grow- 

 ers puts it. But the result is really 

 bad for all. 



McKellar & Winterson think there 

 will be flowers enough for all at rul- 

 ing rates if the growers will keep 

 their cut coming-in. They will have a 

 good supply of poinsettias for Christ- 

 mas, as will also E. H. Hunt. 



The supply of bouquet green has ma- 

 terially increased during the past week 

 and there promises to be sufiicient 

 green and holly for all demands. 



Various Items. 



We hear rumors of important 

 changes among the wholesalers that 

 are to take place Jan. 1. 



The leading retailers in the resi- 

 dence sections are doing a splendid 

 business, having a heavy run of dec- 

 orations for "coming out" parties. 

 Fine roses are largely used at these 

 affairs, and many of them are taking 

 place on Saturdays. C. A. Saniuelson 

 used 1,200 Bridesmaids in such dec- 

 orations last Saturday. 



Mr. C. J. Stroniback has fully recov- 

 ered from his recent illness and is 

 again attending to his duties at Lin- 

 coln Park. 



The bowling team has joined the 

 American Bowling League and is team 

 No. 6 in that organization. They will 

 play their first league games next Fri- 

 day evening, 15th inst. 



Mr. E. Dailledouze, Flatbush, N. Y., 

 is in the city. 



Branches of a very pretty red ber- 

 ried shrub called "Winter Berry" have 

 been very freely sold in this market 

 lately. It is Ilex verticillata (syn. 

 Prunus verticillata). The stems are 

 devoid of foliage, but the berries are 

 very plentiful and bright in color and 

 the branches have been used with very 

 fine effect. 



PHYSOSTEGIA "VIRGINIANA ALBA. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a white form of 

 this native American perennial which 

 was sent to us by Mr. C. K. Schneider, 

 Darmstadt, Germany, who writes that 

 in the nurseries of Mr. H. Henkel, in 

 that city, many hundreds of the plants 

 are to be seen and that they supply 

 large quantities of flowers for cutting. 

 In these nurseries the plants begin to 

 bloom July 1, and continue in bloom 

 till autumn. 



The type, which bears pinkinsh 

 white flowers, is indigenous to the 

 vicinity of Chicago, and is found plen- 

 tifully on wet banks. It bears the 

 common name of False Dragon Head. 

 The white form is undoubtedly a de- 

 cided improvement on the type and 

 should be useful in American gardens. 



BUFFALO. 



Trade Conditions. 



A big snowstorm that came so sud- 

 denly that it prostrated the trolley 

 lines, with one zero night and now 

 dark, rainy, sloppy weather, are the 

 climatic features we have to record for 

 the past seven days. As we have no 

 bowling to record, we must fall back 

 on the weather. We suspect it is the 

 elements, of which we are all so much 

 the creatures, that accounts for the 

 great scarcity of flowers. Of violets 

 and carnations there is a great short- 

 age, much more so than is u.-ual. This 

 will have to be a plant Christmas with 

 many. 



Holly has arrived, and if it is all as 

 good as that supplit-d l)y our Mr. Kast- 

 ing, we are in hi k. His first consign- 

 ment of two carloads is splendid. We 

 can feel in the air tliat this is going to 

 be an "old - fashioned" Christmas. 

 Greenery of all kinds will be used to 

 an immense extent. Rhododendron 

 sprays from the Adirondacks will this 

 year mingle its somber green with 

 other products of the forest. 



A Trip to Hamburg.^ ~ H^. ~ 



We took a jaunt to Hamburg, Erie 

 county yesterday to visit that good 

 grower and thorough student of his 

 business, C. T. Guenther. The place 

 is not yet eighteen months old, but 



