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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JANUARY 25, 1900. 



Ian, J. N. May and C. H. Allen each 

 sending samples of their special 

 strains. J. N. May also sent a batch 

 of his new carnation Olympia; Ernst 

 Asmus, some splendid Liberty roses; 

 A. Herrington, vases of Cattleya Tri- 

 anae and Cypripedium nitens; C. W. 

 Ward, some of his beautiful white 

 lilac; A. Schultheis, azaleas and 

 ericas; J. H. Taylor, Scott carnations; 

 W. Sheridan and John Young, smilax; 

 H. Bunyard. galax and leucothoe. The 

 decorations were confined to the table. 



Trade Conditionf . 

 What constitutes the horticultural 

 business of New York is so varied and 

 extensive that it would require a jour- 

 nal of itself to depict. Bulb men and 

 seedsmen tell us prospects are glow- 

 ing; nurserymen seldom had a better 

 season; growers of good cut flowers 

 are satisfied with returns; plantsmen 

 are exultant. Wholesale cut flower 

 dealers are mostly always in hot wa- 

 ter; one day it is bad. another good, 

 but the average is better than last 

 year. Retailers, though given to 

 grumbling, too. are nevertheless happy 

 with the prospects. Horticultural 

 builders are all busy; supply men are 

 pleased. Yes. it may be up and down, 

 one day with the other, with each line 

 of business, but, take it all in all, 

 there's a prosperous appearance on 

 every side, and — well, yes, that's true; 

 some folks must growl to live. 



Visitors. 



This city has been honored by many 

 distinguished visitors during the past 

 week, and they, in a sensible way, or- 

 ganized themselves into parties to see 

 the sights. We venture to say there 

 isn't much of any account around N, 

 Y. C. that they haven't seen and sized 

 up. The new carnations and roses re- 

 ceived special attention as a matter 

 of business, of course. 



The Comiag Convention. 



The several committees appointed to 

 handle convention matters met in the 

 club's rooms on Monday night. Janu- 

 ary 22. Nothing beyond organization 

 and preliminary work was considered, 

 but the assemblage was far larger and 

 more business - like than is usually 

 seen at club meetings. It would seem 

 as if the boys of New York are deter- 

 mined to eclipse anything ever at- 

 tempted in connection with an S. A. F. 

 convention before, and there is no ex- 

 cuse for failure. 



The committee on horticultural ex- 

 hibit (N. Butterbach, Oceanic, N. J., 

 chairman; Jos. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J., secretary) will meet at the 

 Grand Central Palace at 1 p. m. Mon- 

 day, January 29. The committee on 

 sports have called a meeting of the 

 captains of all the florists' bowling 

 clubs in and adjacent to the city to 

 arrange for a tournament in order that 

 more enthusiasm may be infused into 

 the August storage battery. This meet- 

 ing will be held at 33 West Twenty- 

 eighth street at G p. m. Monday, Janu- 

 ary 29. Every committee has started 

 out to work in like manner, and they 

 deserve all the encouragement you can 



give them. Manager John P. Cleary is 

 already being questioned as to spaces, 

 etc., and hopes to be shortly able to 

 supply diagrams and all particulars. 



So far there has been no ladies' com- 

 mittee appointed; perhaps it is intend- 

 ed that all the old bachelors, with 

 President O'Mara as chairman, will at- 

 tend to the lady visitors. If so, then 

 the lady florists of New York, who 

 have never yet been given a chance to 

 display their ability, should be organ- 

 ized, at least as a guard to the numer- 

 ous bald heads who are sure to attend 

 the president's reception. 



Bowling. 



The largest crowd of the season ap- 

 peared on the alleys tonight. The quiz- 

 zing and boisterous fun, which is dis- 

 astrous to some nerves, are responsi- 

 1)1 e for some low scores: 



WHOLESALERS. 



Match 

 Game. 



L Hafner 191 137 173 



P. O'Mara laO 



W. Siebrecht 105 125 90 



P. Atkins 119 



W. Manda 100 



.1. Moody 149 162 128 



N. Butterbach 110 



H. Kettle 105 



C. Woerner 97 75 112 



R. Clucas HO 



Total 1,233 



RETAILERS. 



Match 

 Game. 



P. Traendly 124 



T. Lang 135 154 146 



A. Burns 135 



J. Manda 139 



W. Bartholomae 127 



J. "Withers 110 



W. Sheridan 57 



J. Taylor 75 90 74 



E. Steftens 106 



,7. Donlan 139 148 125 



Total 1,14!! 



J. I. D. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



There seems to be no change in the 

 tone of the market; most of the stores 

 report business just moving and that's 

 all. We have had considerable cloudy 

 weather during the past week, hence 

 the supply does not exceed the demand 

 to any great extent. 



Beauties, $1 to $6 per dozen; Brides, 

 Maids, Kaiserins and Meteors, $3 to 

 $8; fancy, $8 to $12; Gontiers. $3 to .$5; 

 Perles, $3 to $6. Cattleyas. $40 to $50; 

 cypripediums, $15; dendrobiums, $25; 

 carnations, $1 to .$2; fancy, $3; hya- 

 cinths, $2 to •'?4; narcissus, $3 to $4; 

 tulips, $4; valley, $3 to $4; mignon- 

 ette, $3 to $4; violets, single, 25 to 50 

 cents; double. 50 cents to $1; adian- 

 tums, $1; asparagus, 50 cents; smilax, 

 15 cents. 



Adolph Farnwalt is sending in some 

 very fine Beauties, Brides and Maids, 

 the latter bringing $8 to $12. 



Various Items. 



Prof. Cowell. of the Botanical Gar- 

 dens, Buffalo; Thos. Rowland, Nahant. 

 Mass.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., and 

 John Scott, of Keap street, Brooklyn, 

 have been in the city the past week. 



We regret very much to announce 



the death of Mrs. Hugh Graham on 

 Tuesday, after several weeks' illness, 

 and also the death of Mrs. Harry 

 Michell on Thursday. The bereaved 

 families have the sympathy of the 

 trade. R. 



WASHINGTON. 



With seven days of cloudy and rainy 

 weather, business has been fairly good. 

 Roses of all kinds are pale in color and 

 weak in the stem. Carnations seem to 

 be a glut everywhere; here and there 

 cards can be seen 15 and 25 cents per 

 dozen. Harrisii are now coming in, 

 hut the percentage of diseased ones 

 runs greater than in former years. The 

 opinion of most of the growers is that 

 after this season they will grow only 

 longiflorum. 



J. R. Freeman and the American 

 Rose Company are cutting some very 

 fine carnations — in fact, some of the 

 finest they ever grew. "The latter firm 

 are also cutting some very fine roses 

 of their new rose Ivory, a sport of 

 Golden Gate. From all appearances 

 it has come to stay. 



N. Studer is now propagating im- 

 mense quantities of his two new ferns 

 which he intends to exhibit at the 

 Paris Exposition, for which he is mak- 

 ing great preparations. The firms of 

 D. Z. Blackstone and F. W. Bolgiano 

 have been kept quite busy in the past 

 week with some very fine reception 

 orders. 



Theodore Dietrich, who makes a spe- 

 cialty of growing violets, has a new 

 house 150 by 25, planted with Lady 

 Hume Campbell and Faulkner, which 

 would do a person good to see. This is 

 the most successful season he has ever 

 had. His entire crop for several years 

 has been bought by J. H. Small & Son 

 at a fine figure. 



The firm of Shine & Davidson has 

 made its appearance in Center Market 

 with a very handsome stand. 



At the cabinet dinner given by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury to the Presi- 

 dent, the decorations were the rose 

 Ivory, the American Rose Company's 

 white sport of Golden Gate, and their 

 new winter blooming coral red bego- 

 nia. This begonia is one of the most 

 effective fiowers for table decoration 

 and is receiving a flattering reception 

 in social circles. 



The prices for the past week have 

 been as follows: Kaiserins, Brides, 

 Meteors and Maids, 6 to 8 cents; Perles 

 and Golden Gates, 6 to 10 cents; La 

 France, extra, 10 to 15 cents; carna- 

 tions, 1 to 1% cents; valley, 4 to 6 

 cents; Romans, your own price; nar- 

 cissus, 11^ to 3 cents; tulips, 3 cents; 

 violets, 50 to 75 cents; mignonette, 2 

 to 4 cents; adiantum, 1 cent; aspara- 

 gus, 50 cents and very scarce; smilax, 

 12% to 20 cents. Blooming plants: 

 Azaleas, $1 to $1.50; primroses, 8 to 15 

 cents; cyclamens, 15 to 50 cents; c'ne- 

 rarias, 25 to 50 cents; Harrisii plants, 

 25 to 50 cents. 



Visitors: Mr. Hagemann, of New 

 York; Mr. Eschner, of Rice & Co., of 

 Philadelphia; Mr. Evenden, of Even- 

 den Bros., of Williamsport, Pa. 



F. H. KRAMER. 



