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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



FEBRUARY 15, 1900. 



Bowling. 



Five regulars rolled Monday night 

 and rolled six games. Some fair scores 

 were made. Fred Weber made the 

 highest single score made on the new 

 alleys by the club — 211 — making him 

 high man for the night. .John Young, 

 one of the regulars, is sick and not 

 able to attend, but no excuse came 

 from the other members, Schray, 

 Beyer and Fillmore. 



President Kunz, who made 98 in the 

 fifth game through worry of their non- 

 attendance, has declared himself and 

 says that he will have a full attend- 

 ance on next Monday night if he has 

 to send a carriage after them. 



The scores were as follows: 



12 3 4 5 6 Av. 



P. C. Weber 118 133 155 211 154 154 



!■. A. Kuehn 146 133 154 136 179 133 147 



.1. J. Beneke 165 116 143 12.1 171 139 144 



.I.ihn Kunz 153 185 135 98 135 141 



I'. C. Sanders 112 182 122 132 130 137 136 



J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



While the weather has not been as 

 favorable as it might have been, busi- 

 ness has been fairly good, considering. 

 Big dinners and social events have 

 been quite numerous. 



Jos. Habermehl, of Second and But- 

 ler streets, has the honor of being the 

 first to send in cinerarias; they are 

 exceptionally fine and sell on sight at 

 $3 per dozen. 



Chas. Cox, Sr., of Broad and Thomp- 

 son streets, had the decorating of a 

 number of dinners and teas the past 

 week, which required a large amount 

 of cut stuff. 



Prices. 



Beauties, $1.20 to $7.20 per dozen; 

 Brides, Maids, Meteoi-s, Golden Gates. 

 $3 to $12; Kaiserins, $3 to 10; Mor- 

 gans. Peiies $3 to $S; Gontiers. $3 to 

 $5; carnations, ordinary, $1.50 to $2.50 

 per 100; fancies. $2 to $3; mignonette, 

 $2 to $4; cattleyas. $50: cypripediums, 

 $15; valley. $2 to $4; hyacinths, $2 to 

 $4; narcissus, $2 to $4; sweet peas, 

 $1.50 to $2.50 per 100; violets, single, 

 25 to 50 cents; doubles, 50 cents to 

 $1; tulips, $2 to $4; asparagus, $50; 

 adiantums. $1; smilax, $15. 



Club Meeting. 



The club meeting on Tuesday last 

 was very well attended. Some new 

 members were elected and some pro- 

 posals received. "Begonias for Com- 

 mercial Purposes" was the subject se- 

 lected for the essay for the March 

 meeting; it was assigned to Edwin 

 Lonsdale. John May read a paper en- 

 titled, "What Has the Twentieth Cen- 

 tury in Store for the Queen of Flow- 

 ers?" Though he wandered some from 

 the title, several good points were 

 made. 



Next in order was the discussion on 

 roses, which was taken up by both the 

 grower and retailer. As a consequence 

 it was quite lively at times. John Bur- 

 ton stArted the discussion by asking 

 why it was there were only four kinds 

 of roses grown. Beauties, Brides, Maids 



and Meteors? There being compara- 

 tively small demand for other good 

 varieties, is it that the flower buyers 

 only look for size and want as much 

 as possible for their money in prefer- 

 ence to artistic beauty in flowers? It 

 was thought tliat some of the dealers 

 would be able to account for this sort 

 of thing and the decided change that 

 has occurred in the tastes of the flower 

 buyers. Robert Kift continued the dis- 

 cussion by saying that he could not ex- 

 actly explain the matter, but he knew 

 it w^as diflicult to sell other varieties 

 of roses. At times he has had other 

 kinds, but his customers would simply 

 pass them by. However, he thought 

 that if the stores had good La France 

 they would sell as readily as Brides- 

 maid. 



George Anderson being asked why 

 he did not grow La France, replied 

 that the dealers refused to pay a profit- 

 able price for them. He said that in 

 former times the price asked was 

 cheerfully given and no questions ask- 

 ed; under the present condition of af- 

 fairs the grower has to accept what 

 the dealer offers, and I^a France could 

 not be produced to sell at the store 

 prices. Mr. A. B. Cartledge is of the 

 opinion that the stores could handle 

 more varieties if they could only be 

 procured, from the fact that early in 

 the season Pennock Bros, were receiv- 

 ing some good Perles. which were all 

 sold, but finally they were obliged to 

 refuse orders because it was impossi- 

 ble to fill them. He felt that if the 

 growers would give them more varie- 

 ties the public could be induced to buy 

 them. 



Mr. May was the next to take up the 

 subject. He felt he must differ from 

 the former speaker and was of the 

 opinion that the stores did not want a 

 great variety, leaving only four varie- 

 ties, so to speak. A great many of the 

 stores only buy, say, 100 roses each 

 morning, 25 of each variety, whereas 

 when they carry four or five other 

 varieties they must buy 25 of each. He 

 has known dealers to turn customers 

 away, saying there were no more va- 

 rieties to be had, when there were 

 other sorts on the market. With the 

 grower it was the price obtained; he 

 felt that the grower would be glad to 

 grow more varieties, but he must have 

 a living profit. Edwin Lonsdale sub- 

 stantiated Mr. May's views in the mat- 

 ter. Robert Craig thought it was due 

 to lack of effort on the part of the re- 

 tailer, as he thought that a greater 

 variety could be used. 



Benj. Durfee being asked as to the 

 popularity of Golden Gate, said it was 

 increasing in sales everywhere but 

 around this city. He felt that the 

 trouble was that the growers cut the 

 flowers too soon. The blooms require 

 to ripen more on the plant, and if cut 

 as soon as the other varieties, cannot 

 be grown successfully by anyone. 



And so the discussion went on. It is 

 evident the grower is willing to pro- 

 duce whatever he can get a living 

 profit for. All who attended were quite 



pleased with the meeting and feel very 

 grateful to Mr. May for bringing up 

 such an interesting subject. 



From all accounts Philadelphia will 

 be well represented at the carnation 

 convention in Buffalo, as there is quite 

 a delegation going. 



Club Shoot. 



The first of the series of inter-club 

 shoots between Frankford and Florist 

 Gun clubs was held Saturday. Febru- 

 ary 10, at Wissinoming. The condi- 

 tions were: Nine men on a side. 25 

 targets per man. unknow-n angles. 

 Squads of three men from each team, 

 rapid fire system. The florists won by 

 a score of seven targets. 



Ft^riRlSTS. 



Barrett 15 



McKaraher -1 



Park 17 



Bell 21 



BaU 18 



Westcott 18 



Parsons 23 



Burton 20 



Cartledge 23 



Total 176 



FRANKFORD. 



RetlifeT 22 



Kldge 22 



Betson 21 



Bourne 15 



Butts 1< 



Johnson .. .'. 18 



Mvers W 



Puff 17 



Smith 21 



Total 16» 



R. 



POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. 



The Dutchess County Horticultural 

 Society held its annual meeting on 

 February 7. The following officers were 

 elected to serve for the ensuing year: 

 F. R. Newbold. president; James Blair, 

 vice-president; Charles Mitchell, treas- 

 urer, and W. G. Gomersall. secretary. 

 It was decided to hold quarterly meet- 

 ings and that the ladies and gentlemen 

 who subscribed towards the annual 

 shows be made honorary members of 

 the society. It was decided to hold the 

 chrysanthemum show in Poughkeepsie 

 as usual next fall, and several valuable 

 prizes are already offered. C. W. 

 Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, offered 

 a silver cup in the carnation class, and 

 E. G. Asmus $25 for a vase of "Lib- 

 erty" roses. 



In the evening the society's annual 

 dinner was given in the Nelson House 

 and a most enjoyable one it was, too. 

 There were over fifty members and 

 guests present. The arrangements were 

 excellent. The guests were in the cen- 

 ter of the room and the members were 

 .seated at small tables which formed 

 a circle. The menu was fine and the 

 New Yorkers never saw one served 

 more pleasingly systematic. The 

 decorations were arranged by Richard 

 Grigg. with a magniticent vase of seed- 

 ling carnations brought by Mr. C. W. 

 Ward. They were grand in colors and 

 extraordinary in size. Mr. Asmus sent 

 a vase of Liberty roses; M. J. Lynch, 

 roses and carnations; David Gindra, 

 Hegonia venusta and a variety of flow- 

 ers; James Horrocks. roses. Samuel 



