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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



>L\Y 17, 1»«« 



Chas. Fox, Jr., has opened a hotel in 

 Atlantic City for the coming summer, 

 which he will run in connection with 

 his llorist business in this city. 



Pennoclt Bros, have their window 

 very attractively decorated with wis- 

 taria blooms. It made a very good 

 effect. 



Prices: Beauties, $1 to ?3 per dozen; 

 Brides, Maids. Kaiserins, Golden Gate, 

 Meteors, $5 to $6; Perles, $3 to ?5; 

 Liberty, $S to $15; carnations, ordi- 

 nary, $1 to JL.'iO; fancy, $2 to $2.50; 

 daisies, $1 to $1.50; callas, $« to $8; 

 Harrisii, $5 to $6; mignonette, $2 to 

 $3; sweet peas, 40 to 75 cents per 100; 

 adiantums, 1 cent; asparagus, 50 

 cents; smilax, 20 cents 



Visitors: We had for our visitors 

 the past week Herman Steinhoff, West 

 Hoboken, N. .1.; Geo. Leadly, Detroit, 

 Mich.; P. L. Carbone, Boston; S. An- 

 derson, Buffalo, N. Y., and A. B. Ells- 

 worth, Allentown, Pa. 



NEW YORK. 



Various Items, 

 New York weather has been having 

 fun with the people lately; last week 

 we were on the freezing point, and 

 now we are basking in the 90th de- 

 gree. The backwardness of the season 

 has been playing havoc with the 

 plantsmeu, and yet the cut flower end 

 of trade has been unusually dull for 

 the time of the year. 



Summer conditions seem to have 

 appeared very early this time, and the 

 only reason apparent is the rush to 

 Paris. Every boat leaving New York 

 for Europe is packed with humanity 

 on pleasure bent, and, of course, this 

 takes away considerable of the best 

 cut flower trade. The hot spell we 

 are having is hastening the end of 

 i-.ee .aouse flowers and hurrying for- 

 ward such outdoor stock as peonies, 

 etc. There are those who predict 

 gloom in the fall on account of it be- 

 ing general election year, but the 

 same amount of stock will be giown, 

 whatever betide, and we must hope 

 for the best. 



Everybody is on the rush just at 

 present with bedding plants. What- 

 ever good stock gets to the auction 

 rooms brings good pi ices, and down 

 at the plant market the following 

 prices prevailed on Saturday: Gera- 

 niums, $1 to $1.25 per dozen; verbenas, 

 50 cents; stocks, 50 and 75 cents; 

 pansies. 25 to 50 cents a box of 25; 

 nasturtiums, 50 cents; fuchsias, 80 

 cents to $1; petunias, GO cents; antirr- 

 hinums. $1; ageratum, 65 cts; candy- 

 tuft, 60 cents; coleus. 50 cents; roses. 

 $3 to $4 per dozen. This stock all in 

 pots. Hoses were scarce and sold well. 

 Some finely grown heliotrope is com- 

 ing in, especially the sort known as 

 Little Giant; it brings 75 cents and $1 

 per dozen; double General Grant still 

 leads in geraniums. Whatever good 

 stock comes to this market at present 

 sells well; but there is a large quan- 

 tity of poorly grown -hings, and the 



wonder is that they sell at all at any 

 price. It is hard to imagine that the 

 bad quality is produced by poor 

 houses alone; small growers either 

 grow too many kinds of plants or the 

 varieties are poor. A good trade is 

 expected for Decoration day. 



In the cut flower markets Beauties 

 bring $10 to $20; Brides and Maids, 

 $6 to $8; Meteors. $3 to $6; .lacques. 

 $6, $12 and $20; Victorias, $3 to $8; 

 Christys, Brunijers. Nerons, Gloire de 

 Paris and Baroness. $10 to $25; moss 

 roses, 75 cents per bunch of 6 sprays; 

 carnations, $1 to $2; outside valley 

 sells well, $7.50 to $10 per 1,000; in- 

 door valley, $2; smila.x, very plentiful, 

 poor sale. 10 cents; lilac, $1.50 per bar- 

 rel; lilies, $4 to $5; gardenias, $1.50 

 per dozen; extra grade narcissus. $3; 

 cattleyas. $25 to $30 per 100. These 

 prices are obtainable only for the 

 higher grades of stock. There is a vast 

 quantity of poor quality, especially 

 in roses, which is hard to d'snose of 

 at any price. Much of it is bundled off 

 at from $5 to $7.50 per 1,000; immense 

 quantities of soft stuff are coming in 

 and whatever goes out brings from 5 

 to 15 cents per bunch. 



There was quite a little crowd at 

 the Florists' Club meeting on Monday 

 night. Nothing vrry special happened, 

 President O'Mara seems to have 

 everybody on committees and much of 

 the time was taken up in listening to 

 good reports from same. The commit- 

 tee on sports reported that they had 

 partly secured alleys and shooting 

 grounds, and that Hitchings & Co. had 

 offered a $100 cup to be bowled for 

 during the tournament. Some team 

 will need a truck for the prizes. Won- 

 der which it will be? Several ques- 

 tions were raised as to whether bowl- 

 ers were compelled to be members of 

 the S. A. F. or not. etc., which ques- 

 tions ought to bo fully settled and at 

 once by the National Bowling League. 

 Gentlemen, don't leave disputes till 

 the last moment; have an understand- 

 ing at once, because there is pride, 

 reputations — yes, and lots of other 

 valuables at stake. 



The convention meetings will be 

 held on the same floor as the shows; 

 there's room enough for all. The c:m- 

 mittee having charge of the horticul- 

 tural exhibition has decided to have 

 a manager to attend to the requ re- 

 ments of that section. Everything 

 looks very bright for a rousing good 

 convention. Manager Cleary reports 

 space for trade exhibits is going very 

 quickly, and requests all to make ap- 

 plication as soon as possible, in order 

 that exhibits may be properly pre- 

 pared for and grouped. A very valu- 

 able souvenir of the convention is 

 being prepared, which will be a splen- 

 did medium for advertising, and Chas. 

 Weathered, 46 and 48 Marion street. 

 this city, would like to get your artv 

 for it. 



Daly Bros., of New Durham. i\. J., 

 exhibited a new pink geranium, a 

 sport from Contrast; it appears to be 

 a very good thing and the club's com- 



mittee requested that it be shown 

 again later in the season. Mr. Eb- 

 binger. of Boskoop. Holland, was an 

 interested visitor at the meeting. 



On May 9 the gentlemen interested 

 in organizing the new Horticultural 

 Society of New York met at the Berk- 

 ley Lyceum and decided to m«et again 

 a month from that date. 



The monthly flower show of the 

 Farmers' Institute was held at the 

 same place and time, and Messrs. 

 Roehrs, Lager and Hurrell and Sie- 

 brecht & Son showed pretty groups of 

 orchids. C. W. Ward staged rases of 

 his fine new carnation GoTwnor 

 Roosevelt. 



There were few at the bowling al- 

 leys Monday afternoon and this Is 

 ft'hat they did: 



Trarnillv 17» ML Mi 



Ha.'iei' 134 14» 138 



f'.urns 143 13» 141 



TheUman lii IS! 186 



Uophrs 1.13 17T 152 



Manila IM »3» Wl 



Hutterfleld 1*6 



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ST. LOUIS. 



Market Conditions. 



The street ear strike the past week 

 has thoroughly demoralized the cut 

 flower trade, especially of the down- 

 town stores. Even the fakirs com- 

 plain that their business is dead and 

 only a few are to be seen on the 

 s^treet corners. 



The wholesalers are thoroughly dis- 

 gusted the way the stuff has piled 

 up. All kinds of floweis are now a 

 glut, and anything like a settled 

 price is, of course, out of the ques- 

 tion. As to the stap'es. roses and car- 

 nations, it is useless to quote prices, 

 as, the way the wholesalers put it. 

 "any old price will buy them just 

 now" — $4.0t» per l.dOO for carnations 

 and .$1.00 per hundred for roses, and 

 good stock at that, is considered a 

 good price. Sweet peas are in fair 

 demand; supply plenty; price, 25 and 

 50 cents per 100. To swell the already 

 overloaded market comes outdoor val- 

 ley, tulips and early red paeonies 

 from the south; also some good iris 

 and other truck is coming in every 

 day. 



The plant men at Union market also 

 complain that the s:reet car strike 

 hurts their business. The past week, 

 which should have been their best. 

 was their worst week, and should the 

 strike continue another week the.v 

 claim they might as well close up their 

 stands, as the season will soon be over. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club meeting on Thurs- 

 day was poorly attended, owing to the 

 strike. There were present two down- 

 town florists, three from Belleville, 

 one from Edwardsville, and two from 

 South St. I^uis, who came up in a 

 wagon, and only two brpught flowers 

 for exhibition at our miscellaneous 



