JANUARY -1, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



131 



Notes. 



F. W. lUlo, Sr.. ;iiul his son Giis are 

 building two new houses for <'arna- 

 tions and violets at Kirkwood. His 

 other sons— F. W., Jr., II. (!.. and 

 Charlie — are all in the business close 

 by. Two of them— F. W. anil II. G.— 

 grow violets and carnations, and 

 Charlie grows California violets only. 

 All are doing well and have quite ex- 

 tensive places. They grow for the 

 trade only. 



The club meeting on .lanuiiry 11 

 will be a very important one. .Ml the 

 florists in the city and suburbs should 

 attend. A carnation exhibition and 

 essays will be the attraction. Presi- 

 dent Animann requests that every 

 member attend, without fail, and make 

 the first meeting of the new year a 

 banner one. 



Herzog will make his own cigars. Thai 

 Charlie Juengel will have a clean 

 shave. That (ieorge Walbart will go 

 hunting and fishing again. Thai lOver- 

 ett Guy will own a railroad. That Dr. 

 Halstedt will be mayor of Helleville. 

 That Henry Ostertag will atlend iill 

 the club meetings. 



Things That Will Happen in 1900. 

 That The Kcvicw will lie read by all 

 I ho llorists in the land. .1. .1. li. 



SAN FRANQSCO. 



Christmas trade was good and every- 

 body was satisfied. Rverything sold 

 well with the exception of pot plants, 

 only a few pots of maidenhair fern and 

 Roman hyacinths being sold. A few 

 of our retailers made quite a cute 

 move in removing a large part of their 



get $1, Flora Hill $1, fancy mixed col- 

 ors 75 cents; I'ortias and Scolts sold at 

 $1 per three dozen. Violets were very 

 scarce, a rush being made on them. 

 Princess of Wales, $2 to $2.r.O; Califor- 

 nia $2; Swanley White $2. Marie Lou- 

 ise $2 per dozen bunches. Roman hya- 

 cinths sold well and better than ex- 

 I)ected at $1 per three dozen; seconds 

 $1 per four dozen. Free.sias, 35 cents 

 j)er dozen. Smilax, 10 cents per 

 string; asparagus, 15 to 20 cents per 

 string. Outside chrysanthemums, 50 

 to 75 cents per dozen. 



The weather was fine and helped the 

 llorist very much in disposing of his 

 stock 



The largest date palm so far as 

 known in the state was planted in the 

 Palace Hotel court this week. The 

 plant is thirty-four feet in height, 



Cypripediums at Koff man's. 

 NEW YORK STORES AT CHRISTMAS. 



Things That Are Not Likely to Happen 

 in 1900. 



That Charlie Kuehn will bowl on 

 crutches. That Emil Schray will get 

 married. That Frank Fillmore will 

 make 300 at bowling. That Fred Weber 

 and John Kunz will quit attending 

 euchre parties. That Robt. Beyer will 

 attend one night at the bowling alleys. 

 That Henry Berning will stay away 

 from the South Side. That Bob Tes- 

 son will stop growing. That the jun- 

 iors will beat the older club at bowl- 

 ing. That Ed. Buechel will not at- 

 tend one banquet. That Chart San- 

 ders will grow a beard. That John 

 Young will quit playing billiards. That 

 Carl Beyer will attend every bowling 

 night. That Fred Ammann will mi-^s a 

 club meeting. That Frank Ellis wil\ 

 stay on this side of the river. That the 

 whidesalers will quit selling to the 

 fakir. That Fred Foster will quit the 

 fruit business. That the club will hold 

 a chrysanthemum show. That Max 



potted plants to the cellars, claiming 

 they could be sold some other day. 

 while Christmas flowers could not. The 

 few who tried this nlan found it suc- 

 cessful, as it enabled them to sell their 

 stock of cut flowers clean at good 

 prices. 



Choice American Beauties were 

 scarce and brought $5 to $9 per dozen. 

 Brides and Bridesmaids were of better 

 quality and went at $2 per dozen; 

 Perles $1.50, La France $1 to $1.50 per 

 dozen, Cecil Brunners went at $1 per 

 three dozen. Papa Gontiers $1 to $1.50 

 per dozen. Meteors $2 to .$2.50. Poin- 

 settias sold nicely, wholesale price be- 

 ing $2 to $3 per dozen, a good many 

 customers preferring the poinsettia at 

 $5 per dozer, retail to the higher priced 

 American Beauty. Carnations went 

 freely and some nice flowers were to 

 be seen. The Hanna Hobarts at Sie- 

 ver's store were grand and large, some 

 being four inches across. Prices for 

 carnations were: Hobarts, $1.25, $2 and 

 $2.50 per dozen: Bradts $1, Gold Nug- 



nearly four feet around the trunk and 

 cost $500 in the ground at the Califor- 

 nia Nurseries. Niles, Cal. The cost of 

 lifting and transportation to San 

 Franci.«co and replanting amounted to 

 several hundred dollars more. The 

 plant weighs ten tons and required 

 twelve horses and nearly a score of 

 men to move it. A marble box is to 

 be placed around the plant, which 

 makes one more ornament to San 

 Francisco's best hotel. J. X. 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



A bulletin issued by the New Jer- 

 sey Experiment Station announces 

 that crude petroleum applied to dor- 

 mant trees destroys all scales without 

 injury to the trees. Kerosene emul- 

 sion is even better. The work must 

 be thoroughly done, as the oil kills 

 only by contact. It can be applied by 

 either a brush or as a spray. If used 

 in summer it should be applied to the 

 trunk and branches only and not to 

 the foliage. 



