MARt'H 1, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



385 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



Tho regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held on February 22. President Turner 

 |)residcd; thirty-five members present. 

 A letter was read from the secretary 

 of the American Hose Society, asking 

 this society's co-operation at their 

 t'oi'llicoming exhibition. It was also 

 unanimously agreed to send a donation 

 of $15 as a special premium. 



The following gentlemen were elect- 

 ed to membership: Jas. Clark and Mi- 

 chael Ward, Irvington; Theodore l)in- 

 kle, Peter Smith and Wm. Kearney, 

 Tarrytown, and five new applications 

 were received. 



Mr. E. W. Neubrand reported that 

 the Dutchess County Horticultural So- 

 ciety's dinner was a complete success. 

 Our representatives thoroughly en- 

 joyed themselves and learned many 

 good lessons. 



There was quite a show of exhibits. 

 Vice President Stevenson had a most 

 excellent table of plants, including fine 

 specimens of azaleas, cinerarias, prim- 

 ulas, Spirea astilboides. and a fine lot 

 of paper white narcissus, for which 

 he was awarded a certificate of merit. 

 A certificate of merit was also given to 

 P. M. Pierson for a vase of Defiance 

 mignonette. The flower spikes aver- 

 aged 15 inches in length and the foli- 

 age was like monstrous chrysanthe- 

 mum leaves. This was universally ad- 

 mired. Honorable mention was award- 

 ed to L. A. Martin for a vase of vio- 

 lets (Princess of Wales), also to John 

 Boshard for a vase of Marie Louise. 



The executive committee reported 

 upon the schedule for the next chrys- 

 anthemum show. It was ordered to be 

 printed and preliminary copies put in 

 circulation right away. 



Mr. L. A. Martin read a paper on 

 vegetable growing. Mr. Martin dealt 

 with his subject in a masterly manner. 

 He gave some good advice regarding 

 soil, situation and manuring, also a 

 complete calendar of operations for the 

 vegetable garden. Quite a lively dis- 

 cussion followed and many good points 

 were gleaned. Dreer's improved Lima 

 bean is to replace King of the Garden, 

 and no more round peas will be grown. 

 The following syllabus was an- 

 nounced: 



March — Chrysanthemums, by Jas. T. 

 Scott. 



April — Indoor Roses, by A. A. 

 Taaffe. 



May— Small Fruits, by Thos. Cock- 

 burn. 



June — Outdoor Roses, by Wm. Tur- 

 ner. 



JAS. T. SCOTT, Reporting Secy- 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



Cold waves running the temperature 

 below zero every night, tempered with 

 bright, sometimes sunshiny days, not 

 unfavorable to plant growth, is what 

 we are getting accustomed to. It is 

 very trying on the coal bin, but we are 

 in hopes of a let up soon. Business 

 continues first class, the call for fune- 

 ral flowers has kept up very persist- 



ently, and shipping is taxing tho abil- 

 ity of the local growers to fill orders. 

 While all flowers except violets are 

 scarce, white carnations and white and 

 pink roses are the shortest in supply. 

 A better supply of Beauties may be 

 looked for if this bright weather con- 

 tinues. Brides, Maids and Meteors 

 bring ?1.50, selected blooms ?2 per doz. 

 Carnations, 35 to 50 cents per doz.; 

 Irenes and Mary Wood, 75 cents per 

 doz.; violets, 15 to 20 cents, and very 

 plentiful. Lilies are in small supply 

 and considerable complaint about 

 mixed bulbs being sent for llarrisli; 

 such as Speciosum and rubrum! One 

 florist has a small bench filled with 

 lilies, not Harrisii, and the disease 

 seems to be worse this year than 

 usual. 



What food for thought and discus- 

 sion is being evolved from the argu- 

 ments advanced by the various con- 

 testants in the Cincinnati and Chicago 

 contest on the number of points to 

 which Enquirer is entitled! Each issue 

 is eagerly awaited and when It has ar- 

 rived is quickly scanned to see if there 

 is anything new from friend Rudd or 

 brother Bock. Opinion here seems 

 about evenly divided between Cincin- 

 nati and Chicago methods. 



Recent harbingers of spring were J. 

 E. Killen and B. Eschner, the latter 

 representing M. Rice & Co., Philadel- 

 phia. Both report business good. 



G. F. CRABB. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The shipping trade has held up re- 

 markably well clear to the beginning 

 of the Lenten season. So far the sup- 

 ply of good grades of roses has not 

 been in excess of the demand and 

 prices on shipping stock have held 

 steady at $6 to $10 per 100. In carna- 

 tions the call seems to have shifted 

 markedly to white, but all good stock 

 moves readily. On ordinaries the price 

 is $1.50 to $2, and on fancies, $3 to $5. 



Of violets there has been quite a 

 surplus, the thermometer having been 

 below the freezing point. On Tuesday 

 dealers were hopeful of a rise in tem- 

 perature and said that one pleasant 

 day would clean up the accumulation. 

 Wednesday, however, ushered in a 

 heavy fall of snow, accompanied by 

 wind, and the violets are still "wast- 

 ing their sweetness." 



Bulbous stock is moving fairly well, 

 but at low figures. Shipping tulips are 

 quoted at $3 to $4, but under grade 

 stuff and job lots are cleaned up at 

 $1.50 to $2, or even lower rates. 



■Variour Items. 



A regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be held tomorrow (Friday) 

 evening. 



W. E. Lynch is moving to new quar- 

 ters in the basement of 64 Wabash 

 avenue, the southeast corner of Wa- 

 bash and Randolph. 



George M. Garland is displaying a 

 section of his iron gutter at McKellar 

 & Winterson's. 



Mrs. Geo. R. Scott and ilaughter are 

 away on a business trip. 



G. H. Pleser Is doing jury service 

 and life is not so easy now for Flint K. 



Three very handsome funeral 

 wreaths recently noted were made as 

 follows: An artist's wreath of solid 

 pink carnations, with a garland of lily 

 of the valley and violets on one side; 

 a similar wreath of green galax leaves, 

 with a garland of La Roine tulips on 

 one side and tied with royal purple 

 ribbon; another artist's wreath of 

 bronze galax leaves, with a garland of 

 lily of the valley on one side and tied 

 with cream colored ribbon. 



H. J. Goemans, representing K. J. 

 Kuyk, Hillegom, Holland, and Ghent, 

 Belgium, is in town. 



Bowling. 



There was a warm session at Kins- 

 ley's alleys last night (Wednesday). 

 There was a match game between 

 teams composed of wholesalers and re- 

 tailers, and the ladies were there to 

 see the fun, and the ladies did some 

 fancy rolling, too. Among the ladies 

 present were Mesdames P. J. Haus- 

 wirth, ('. Balluff, E. F. Wlnterson and 

 C. W. McKellar, and Misses Kreitling 

 and Ludlow. 



Tlie wholesalers had the best end of 

 it in the match games but they were 

 hotly contested and it was nearly 

 Thursday morning before the last 

 game was completed. Following are 

 the scores: 



WHOLiESALERS. 



E. F. Wlnterson 131 133 135 



G. StoUery 171 151 200 



F. Stollerj- 124 168 16S 



.T. S. Wilson 161 177 138 



Jno. Zech U3 151 179 



C. W. McKellar 129 178 134 



829 96S 951 

 RETAILERS. 



Geo. Asmus 16S 144 179 



P. J. Hauswlrth 132 151 114 



Jno. Degnan 177 134 159 



W. Kreitling 1^ 137 139 



O. Balluff ISO 151 187 



C. Hunt ^ ^ _1M 



950 849 931 



TORONTO. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Associ- 

 ation and the Horticultural Society will 

 hold a carnation exhibition in St. 

 George's hall on Elm street, on March 

 8th. 



Full particulars may be had by ad- 

 dressing Wm. C. Jay, secretary, 438 

 Spadina avenue, this city. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— Fire recently 

 did damage to amount of about $250 at 

 the greenhouses of Brown & Canfield. 



CHEBOYGAN, MICH. — Keeney & 

 Son have opened a seed store here. 



GOOD WEATHER 



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 Ark., beats it. Now is the time to go. The 

 Wabash is the Hot^Springs line. Write for 

 illustrated printed matter giving interesting 

 views and full information. F. A. Palmer, 

 A. G. P. A., Wabash Ticket Office, 97 

 Adams Street, Chicago, 



