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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



FEBRtARV C, 11II12. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market- , 



,The woathfi- lia- been exceedingly un- 

 pleasant the past «eeU, a mixture cf 

 rain, snow, sleet and a high wind. It 

 was not a hanner week among the whole- 

 salers, though a slight improvement was 

 noted toward its close, ^■iolets are over 

 abundant and in poor demand. The very 

 best stock was selling Saturday at $1 

 per 100 and selling slowly. I would 

 hate to tell you what "medium" violets 

 and tliose "born yesterday' were bring- 

 ing. 



Carnations of the standard varieties 

 brought from iSl to ^2. while the extra 

 stock sold at $3 to .$(1. and a few novel- 

 ties as high as $10 to .$12. The best 

 Beauties brought as high as $75. but 

 few went at that figure. .^.iO to $(iO be- 

 ing the average for the fancies. Liberty 

 commanded, for extras, .t.j a dozen. 

 Brides. Maids, iletx'ors and Kaiserins 

 ranged from $3 to .$1.') a hundred; Val- 

 ley. $2 to $4; tulips and narcissus, $3 

 to .$5 ; mignonette. .$2 to .$.5 for ordi- 

 nary and .$8 to $12 for fancy: Harrisii 

 and callas. !fH to $12: hvacinths. $1 to 

 $2: sniilax. $10 to .*12': cvps, $10 to 

 $12: cattleyas. $2.i to $40. 



Notes. 



This .week may be called a "dinner"' 

 week. The seventh annual dinner of the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Societv will 

 be held iuKlks' Hall, Orange, oil Wed- 

 nesday evening. February .j. ami a good 

 many horn Xew Vork intend "taking it 

 in.'" 



Then Saturday evening the "Roast 

 Beef of Old Juigiand," or Xew Kngland, 

 has its innings, and the Xew York 

 l''lorists' Club will celebrate. These an- 

 nual lieefsteak dinners are becoming 

 very ]»)pnlar. This will be tl;e club"s 

 second "try,"" and Julius Lang, who car- 

 ries the burden of re>| sibility. has 



actually grown bald thinking out pbiiis 

 lo make it unapproachable. 



Tlu' gathering will be Iargi> ami vcrv 

 informal, but 1 may safely inform yoii 

 that the wisdom cf having the dinner on 

 a Saturday night is uni|Uc>ti<mcil. .Jul- 

 ius has an elegant stall" of "chefs" to 

 second liis efforts, inimelv. .Tolin "i'oun!;, 

 Charles B. Weathered, Lawrence Ha7- 

 ner and W. W. Burnham. 



The Bowling Club has had an cv.^nlfnl 

 week, but no additions to its pros|)c(- 

 live niembershii). I-i't Monday Frank 

 H. Traendley was presented witii a baby 

 girl. On Wednesday Alex. Burns add- 

 ed a daughter to his familv ( thouu'h be 

 had to part with a si;n to do it)", and 

 Thursday :\Ir. and ilrs. Theodore Lang 

 heard the voice of the stork and wef- 

 eomed a girl baby to their home. Haf- 

 ner and Tbielnian and I^ntz have not 

 reported, but three in one week is an ex- 

 cellent recmd for the club. 



-Among notable visitors last week were 

 Sui)erintendent of Parks Amrvhn. of 

 Xew Haven. Conn., and 8. S. Pennock 

 and W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia. 



The regular monthly meeting of tlie 

 New York Florists" Club will' be held 

 Monday evening, Februaiy 10. Reminis- 

 cences of the beefsteak dinner and re- 

 ports of committees with reference to 

 the fall exhibition will make it of spe- 

 cial interest. Some exhibits of cut flow- 

 ers and plants are expected, and some 

 cliscu.ssion as to the best lonte to the 

 S. .\. F. Asheville convention in .\u:;ust. 



It has been suggested that the Boston, 

 Philadelphia and Xew Vork florists go 

 bv boat to Charleston, one of the steam- 

 siiip lines south guaranteeing that none 

 but S. A. F. people will be accommodated 

 and the whole Ijoat be devoted to their 

 comfort and entertainment. This would 

 make a congenial, healthful, four-days" 

 holiday. " . Af.sTix. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



l!o>es are still very short in supply 

 and prices are, if anything, a trille 

 stiffer than last week. We hear of sales 

 of extra fancy Brides and Maids at as 

 high as $15, "though .$0 to $12 is the 

 range as a rule, with very good stock 

 at $10. It seems to be less a question 

 of price just now than favoring buyers 

 who were good customers w hen stock was 

 more plenty. 



Of carnations there is an ample suji- 

 ]jly and the price on good stock ranges 

 from $1.50 to $3, with poor colored ones 

 going as low as $1, and some of the 

 jiiMirest of the.se not going at all. White 

 has the call at present. Oood dark vio- 

 lets are moving well at $1, hut pale 

 duubles and singles are little wanted. 



Bulbous flowers are coming in very 

 freely and jirices are very low on all 

 this class. An exception is the fine 

 "Xovelty"' tulips Klehm is sending in 

 to Kennitott's. The.se are good enough 

 to take the place of roses in some work 

 and they bring $5. Other bullwus stock 

 seems to sell only when forced on a 

 buyer l>y mere cheapness. 



Local demand is not what it should be 

 at the season, but shipping trade holds 

 up well, Xew Orleans placing many or- 

 ders now on account of Mardi Gras, and 

 from the dealers" standpoint trade is all 

 that could be expected. 



The bitter cold weather of the week 

 so far has no doubt hurt local demand. 

 There have been a few frozen shipments, 

 but more might have been expected with 

 the thermometer so much of the time be- 

 low the zero mark. 



Various Items. 



It is reported in the daily press that 

 flowers will be a factor in the campaign 

 for the election of ollicers of the Daugh- 

 ters of the Anieric:ni Kcvolution. One 

 lady puts it thus: "When men are elec- 

 tioneering they give away cigars, beer, 

 whisky and champagne. We can't well 

 use any of these devices to humor the 

 delegates. X'ow, why not use flowers";" 



The wife of Henry \\'ittl>old, eldest son 

 of George Wittbold. died last week and 

 was laid at rest Jlonday. ilr. Wittbold 

 has the sympathy of his many friemis in 

 the trade in his bereavement. 



Those desiring to attend the coming 

 meeting ef the American Carnation So- 

 ciety at Indianapolis should notify E. F. 

 Winterson, 45 Wabash avenue, so they 

 may be provided for in the special sleeper 

 anangcd for. The party will take the 

 Panhandle train (Pennsylvania rail- 

 mail), leaving Chicago at 8:40 p. m.. 

 February 18. This train reaches Indian- 

 apolis at 3:55 a. m., but those desiring 

 may remain in the sleeper till 7 a. m. 

 .The Indianapolis florists will give a 

 banipiet to the visitors on Thur^day 

 evening. February 20. 



The city council has passed an unli- 

 nar.ce keeping fakirs off the street>. It 



wasn"t necessary just now, as the bitter 

 cold weather is most effectually keeping 

 them off. and it remains to be .ieen 

 whether the ordinance will be enforced 

 when the weather withdraws its ban. 



E. Asmus & Co. has been incorporated 

 with a cjipital stock of $2,500. The com- 

 pany will conduct a retail business in 

 the new- establishment recently erected 

 by Mr. E. Buettner at the corner of 

 Evanston and Kenmore avenues, on the 

 north side. 



.John Sterrett, of McKellar & \\inter- 

 son's, has been home since Thursday as 

 the result of an attack of pneumonia. At 

 last report he was improving. 



Bowlins. 



In the games played last Tuesday evening 

 the Wholesalers won two from the Retailers 

 and the latter one from the former, while the 

 Growers took three from the Miscellaneous. 

 FoUowing are the scores: 



WHOI^ESALERS. 



.los. Foerster 169 205 191 



U Coatsworth 167 114 139 



E. Benthev 133 166 169 



E. Winterson .*. 176 193 167 



645 67S 666 

 RETAILERS. 



P. J. Hauswirth 194 146 174 



J. Huebner 159 119 157 



J. Lambros 166 127 153 



Geo. Asmus 174 186 123 



693 578 607 

 GROWERS. 



Geo. Stollerv 149 191 191 



F. Stollen- 176 139 179 



W. Kreitiing 138 166 111 



F. Matti 146 168 157 



609 664 641 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



c. HallufC 178 134 170 



C. Hughes 125 134 116 



E. Hauswirth 118 175 125 



C. Hunt 162 135 114 



5SS 578 525 

 Results to date: Won. Lost. 



Wholesalers 28 14 



Grow'ers 26 10 



Retailers ' 17 2.>i 



Miscellaneous 13 29 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is b^jsk in 

 these closing days of the .social season. 

 Prices have diaiiged but little since the 

 la.st quotations excepting those on vio- 

 lets; doubles have fallen to 60 cents to 

 $1 a hundred and singles to 25 to CO 

 cents a hundred. Roses move well: 

 the poorer grades are snapped up eag- 

 erly. The additions to the list arc 

 sprays of Acacia pubescens, myosotis 

 and Xarcissus poetieus, the two last 

 named being speeialt'os of Leo Xiessen's. 

 Tulips are coming in freely and sell 

 well. Some fancy doubles were added to 

 the list this week: the varieties are 

 Salvata Rosa and Couronne d"Or. a de- 

 cided novelty in this market; both are 

 showy and rather expensive. 



Notes. 



Some very tine blooming plants are to 

 be seen. Azaleas. Primula obconica, 

 cyclamens, double daifodils in pans and 

 cinerarias, the latter from Joseph P, 

 Haberinehl. 



Exception has been taken to the state- 

 ment made by the Fioral Exchange in 

 this column that the blooms of their 

 new rose, Queen of Edgely, .sold for tne 

 same price as American Beauty. It is 

 urged that in justice to those who paid 

 high prices for the stock of this rose 

 the new variety 'hould have brought 

 more than the older one. The answer 

 to this argument seems to he that Beau- 

 ty having broiml't a higher price than 



