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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



697 



Bench of new White Carnation Queen Louise at the establishment of Mr. J. L, Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



was a great rush to the altar the last 

 week of April. The floral decorations 

 of the Benedict and the Morton affairs 

 received elaborate attention from the 

 daily press, and perhaps after all the 

 many exaggerations in this regard 

 were more benefleial to the business 

 than otherwise. 



All sections of the trade are fairly 

 busy and for a wonder we hear but 

 few complaints. Growers are busy 

 planting out stock, especially carna- 

 tions, and the numbei to be grown 

 this coming season will be enormous. 

 Large quantities of bay trees have 

 been imported; they are of good qual- 

 ity and appear to be selling fast. Palm 

 growers to any extent are daily ex- 

 pecting the arrival of large importa- 

 tions of this class of decorative stock, 

 and the price for any size worth look- 

 ing at promises to be 'way up next 

 fall. You know it's somehow a rule 

 with the majority that the better 

 things are, the better they are expect- 

 ed to be. 



There was but a small attendance at 

 the alleys last night and the scores 

 were: 



Ko.-hrs 161 165 191 l.'>9 192 IM 



Schultheis 138 176 147 149 1.S7 131 



Von Asch 131 133 135 IM 130 166 



Lang 1S9 196 168 175 155 176 



Dc.nlan 154 140 162 140 



J. I. D. 



CARNATION QUEEN LOUISE. 



We present herewith an engraving 

 from a photograph of a bench of this 

 new white carnation at the establish- 

 ment of the originator, Mr. J. L. Dil- 

 lon, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



Mr. Dillon has had the variety on- 

 trial for the past three years and has 

 found it a strong grower, every shoot 

 producing a flower and with such 

 strong stems that no staking was done 



the past season. It has proved an 

 early and continuous bloomer, is pure 

 white and fragrant, with perfect calyx, 

 and Mr. Dillon says he has cut flow- 

 ers as large as those of Bradt. He says 

 it promises to be the best white car- 

 nation ever introduced. 



CffiCAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply is still growing and there 

 is a glut of the poorer grades of roses 

 and carnations, while lilies of even 

 first-class quality go begging for a 

 purchaser. Prices are even easier than 

 last week, especially on the poor 

 grades, and the fakir is having his in- 

 nings. 



Shipping trade holds up very well 

 and but for this the market would be 

 badly demoralized. "Dewey day" (last 

 Tuesday) practically killed what local 

 demand there was, and it was a very 

 quiet day in the wholesale houses. Of 

 course, there were a few decorations 

 for small dinners here and there, but 

 it didn't make up for the loss of ordi- 

 nary demand. Even the fakir couldn't 

 do any business on the street. 



The Coal Question. 



The coal question will be the spe- 

 cial order of the evening at the meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club tomorrow 

 (Friday) evening, Handel Hall build- 

 ing, 40 Randolph street, at S o'clock. 

 At this meeting some plan of action 

 will be decided upon, and it is hoped 

 that the result will be a material Sav- 

 ing to every grower who takes part. 

 By vote of the club it was decided to 

 invite the attendance of all growers at 

 this meeting, whether members o'.' the 

 club or not. The subject is one that 



touches the pocket of every grower 

 and there will no doubt be a large 

 meeting and an interesting and profit- 

 able discussion. 



"Variouf Items. 

 The decoration of the Auditorium 

 for the Dewey ball last Monday even- 

 ing was remarkably effective. The 

 prows of ten galleons of ancient type 

 extended on to the floor from the 

 walls at suitable places, and on the 

 foremast of each was placed a verr 

 harmoniously combined arrangement 

 of flags. Between two of these gal- 

 leons, placed more closely together, 

 was erected a private box for Ad- 

 miral Dewey and his party. This box 

 was decorated with American Beauty 

 roses, and the prows of the galleons 

 were draped with smilax. Palms were 

 placed about the walls in various ef- 

 fective groups. Flags wei-e freely used 

 throughout, but the drapei-y on the 

 balconies, etc., was of soft green and 

 white, that made an excellent foil for 

 the- brighter colored flags. The gen- 

 eral effect was excellent, and. though 

 striking, was entirely free from the 

 garishness so common where bright 

 colored flags are freely used. The 

 galleons were of the white staff so 

 largely in evidence at the Worlds 

 Fair. The designer of the decoration 

 was Mr. James Gamble Rogers, and 

 he is entitled to much praise. The 

 roses, plants and smilax were supplied 

 by Friedman. 



In a decoration arranged by P. J. 

 Hauswirth for the monthly banquet 

 of the Commercial Club last Saturday 

 evening, Bradt carnations were the 

 only flowers used. There were numer- 

 ous plateaus of this carnation and 

 loose flowers of the same were scat- 

 tered around the candelabra, the latter 



