MARCH ^, I" 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



415 



you have worked hard to produce flne 

 stock for Easter; you liave succeeded; 

 you depend on it tor coal bills, etc,, 

 etc., etc.; then be careful whom you 

 sell it to, and at what price. The man 

 who has good plants need not Rive 

 them away, nor yet sell them to those 

 who never intend to pay for them; be 

 a little careful, protect yourself as well 

 as the honest retailer; look out for the 

 •'mushroom florist." 



It's a funny thing gets into one's 

 ear betimes. We have free lectures 

 hero in the public schools and they are 

 under the jurisdiction of the Board of 

 Education. Well, last week we at- 

 tended one and the learned professor 

 showed a picture of Strelitzia Reginae 

 and told his audience that it was a 

 "Tiger lily." Now. what we want to 

 know from School Commissioners 

 Schultheis and Rath, who have the 

 greater honor to be florists in these 

 parts, if this is the kind of education to 

 give New York? 



The New York bowlers have not yet 

 recovered from the effects of their re- 

 cent victory at Flatbush. The latest 

 sayings are that the "Juniors" will be 

 sent to tackle the Flatbushere next. 

 Won't Philadelphia please come and 

 settle the matter? Scores last night 

 ■were: 



L. Hafner ICC IGS 137 



W. Siebrecht 126 123 126 



W. Marshall 117 117 lli7 



A. Shaw 115 117 127 



G. Moody 141 124 1415 



P. O'Mara 154 146 202 



T. Lang 171 143 162 



J. Manda 190 142 129 



A. Burns 182 177 137 



J. Donlan 115 110 100 



Hafner, O'Mara, Lang, Burns and a 

 few others would like to hear from 

 those who imagine things. J. I. D. 



SAN FRANQSCO. 



Market Conditions. 



Business and prices much the same 

 as last week. The weather continues 

 fine and crops of all kinds look well so 

 far. The chrysanthemum and violet 

 growers are busy just now making new 

 plantations, and the weather at pres- 

 ent suits such work. The acreage will 

 be larger than last year 



Prices: American Beauties, $1 to $4 

 per dozen; Brides, Bridesmaids, and 

 Testouts, 75 cents to $1; Meteors, 50 

 to 75 cents; Cecil Brunners, 12V2 cents 

 per dozen. Carnations, Hobart $1, 

 Crocker 75 cents. Hill and mixed fancy 

 50 cents, Bradt and Gold Nugget 35 

 cents, Scott 25 cents, Portia 20 cents. 

 Violets, Princess of Wales 50 cents to 

 $1, Californias 40 to 50 cents, doubles 

 50 cents. Harrisii, ?2 to ?3 per dozen. 

 Valley, 30 to 35 cents; Daffodils, $1 per 

 100. Tulips, 75 cents per 100. 



Various Notes. 



J. J. Williams, of Oakland, is now 

 head gardener at the Masonic Home. 

 Decoto, Cal. The grounds contain 200 

 acres and has its own water supply. 



Mr. J. Nelson, lately with the Moun- 

 tain View Cemetery Association, will 



go into partnership with H. Moree, 

 Blair's Nursery, Oakland, Cal, 



Mr. 'I'lioiuas Slieppard, of Piedmont, 

 Oakland, is bringing in some very 

 good outside Homer roses. He says 

 they sell. Well, perhaps they do; but 

 I am inclined to think he Ijringis 

 Homer than he can sell. 



Mr. N. Symnacopolus, our Broadway 

 floiist, has fitted up a snug little room 

 at the back end of liis store, and for 

 many days his brother florists have 

 been wondering what it all meant. 

 Some declared he was going to bunk 

 in the store; others said he had a safe 

 in it. So, to settle the dispute, 1 called 

 in one evening this week and found 

 Mr. S. making a terrible noise on a 

 twenty-dollar piano. Mr. S. is said to 

 be a crank on music. I believe it. it 

 was the crankiest music I ever heard. 

 What a pity the piano don't have a 

 crank. However, the instrument will 

 be useful when he finds the cash regis- 

 ter empty; he can ring up a few notes 

 on the piano. 



E. Gill, Oakland. Cal., reports busi- 

 ness good with him this year. Many 

 large orders for trees and roses keep 

 him very busy. 



Lacazettes & Co., on Fourteenth 

 street. Oakland, Cal., report their flret 

 month in business as very satisfactory 

 and beyond their expectations. 



J. N. 



FLATBUSH, N. Y. 



The unexpected has again happened; 

 the New York beat the Flatbush team 

 on their own alleys. The last of the 

 series of games in the bowling tour- 

 nament between the New York, Flat- 

 bush and North Hudson florists' bowl- 

 ing teams took place on the Flatbush 

 alleys March 1st, Over fifty were in 

 attendance, and every possible con- 

 trivance was adopted to encourage 

 the bowlers. So much was this so 

 that many became nervous and no 

 amount of logic appeared to be able 

 to upset the stubborn headpins. The 

 excitement and overanxiety of the 

 occasion seemed to have played havoc 

 with many of the best bowlers. 

 These gentlemen will of course know 

 better next time. Determination to 

 win seemed to have spurred the New 

 Yorks; the Flatbushers became thor- 

 oughly demoralized and even allowed 

 the Jerseyites to beat them by two 

 pins. 



Those who had the good fortune to 

 be present will remember it for many 

 a day. Whatever there may have been 

 attached to the games played else- 

 where, the affair at Flatbush was cer- 

 tainly the most enjoyable of all. The 

 generosity of the "boys" here is 

 known tar and near, and when the 

 whole crowd was taken to the Pros- 

 pect Park Hotel to dinner, even the 

 victors felt somewhat ashamed of 

 their victory. We wish continental 

 writers could have been at this social 

 gathering, if only to hear Germans 

 singing "The Marseillaise," and the 

 French reciprocating by giving the 

 "Watch on the Rhine." 



Charlc: /.I opened the short 

 talks, and In-, uith Captains Traend- 

 ly, Dailledouze and Brown, hoped they 

 would see many more such gatherings. 

 Buttertield sang "Sally in Our Alley," 

 Stewart sang "Annie Laurie," Schmutz 

 made a stump speech in Gaelic, Kay- 

 nor was too full for utterance, Donlan 

 spouted for "The Press," Hafner got 

 hysterical from laughing, and so on. 

 All thoroughly enjoyed themselves, 

 and gave three cheers for the Flatbush 

 Club. Following are the scores: 



NEW YORK. 



1". Traendly 124 128 



1'. (J'Mara 142 136 



1.. llal'ner 123 166 



.1. Manda 110 151 



'J'. Kofhrs 145 159 



'1'. Lang 163 166 



807 906 

 FLATIifSir. 



P- Riky 164 155 



J. i{;iynor 136 84 



I.. Schmutz 141 119 



W. ITosser 118 112 



A. Zcllor 1(J9 152 



K. Dailledouze 150 124 



818 746 

 HUDSON COUNTY. 



M. Hansen 132 143 



G. Kogge Ill 120 



P. Fischer 131 128 



W. Hillebrecht 122 121 



L. Hansen 121 96 



G. Brown 121 140 



738 748 

 New York -won the tournament, 

 Flatbush taking second and Hudson 

 County third place. When the games 

 were decided and dinner was over, the 

 whole party tried to beat their records, 

 but the scores made are too incredible 

 and we'll leave them out for peace's 

 sake. D. 



MAMARONECK, N. Y. 



'Twill do anybody good to visit Wil- 

 liam Anderson at Mr. Constable's 

 place here, because there's always 

 something good in the way of flowers 

 to be seen there. Mr. Anderson's an- 

 tirrhinums are very grand; he has 

 saved the seed for years and the strain 

 is distinct and perfect. Some flne wis- 

 terias will be in bloom for Easter, and 

 there is an immense variety of flowers 

 for cutting, such as Canterbury Bells, 

 sweet peas, myosotis, ranunculus, flow- 

 ering shrubs and bulbous stock. Mr. 

 Anderson's house of grafted Brides- 

 maid and Bride roses are very flne; 

 he had poor results from those on own 

 roots. His house of carnations is in 

 splendid condition, 



Thorwald Jensen has been having 

 great luck with his violets. His ex- 

 tensive establishment is well worth 

 visiting. He is at present sending on 

 an average 26,000 Lady Campbell vio- 

 lets to the New York market every 

 week and could send many more. The 

 violet grower who is fast becoming 

 gray headed pondering over the mys- 

 teries of successful violet culture 

 would do well to see these houses; 

 they are a sight; there are no theories 

 employed, just common sense, syste- 

 matically dispensed, 



Mrs. Jensen is an expert on bunch- 



