FEBECAItV I). l'JU2. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



355 



ALEX.J.GLTTMAN, 



No Better Flowers can be found anywhere. 



Consignments Solicited o£ 



First-Class Stock Only. 



Of every kind of Flowers I am the "CDT"-man 

 I have the liest! None others can excell! 



I want the best- 1 ship the best as well. 

 You know my name and number. A. J. buttman 



Wholesale Florist, 



52 W. 29(h St., NEW YORK CITY. Telephone no nsaMaHisoaSQ Write US for prices 



Reliable Shipments to out-of- 

 town florists made daily. 



Mention The Review when you writ*. 



any other rose ever offered, the Queen 

 is doing well to equal this record. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons are earning a 

 liigh reputation as decorators. At a din- 

 ner of twenty-three covers given to the 

 judiciary last week a tank ti feet \jf- 3 

 feet was placed in the center %f the ta- 

 hie. In the center of this tank was a 

 fountain surmounted liy a statue of jus- 

 tice. Gold fish and 'turtles disported 

 themselves in the water. Cork bark 

 was used to represent paths leading tr 

 the pond and Liberty roses ri presented 

 a rose garden on tlie snowy cloth, and 

 all was l>cautifully ilhiniinated by col- 

 ored electric lights'. This week the same 

 firm used a quantity of orchids, lilacs 

 and other choice riowers at a wedding 

 breakfast at tlie Walton Hotel. 



B. Stahl had a large decoration iov 

 the Oerman-Amcrican ball on ilonday 

 evening. Jlrs. I5ertran\ Lip])incott. .lobn 

 ICulin's new carnation, is pv. 

 great success; although the plants w-ere 

 small in the fall, they are now pixiduc- 

 ing quantities of large Howers lionie 

 on stems as thick as a lead pencil. 



A Farmers' Institute meeting will lie 

 held at Horticultural Hall on Wednes- 

 day. February )!). There will he_two 

 sessions, first opening at 2 p. in.. se<-oiid 

 at 8 p. m. The features will he papers 

 on ornamental trees for suburban resi- 

 dences, by .Joseph Median, and niusli- 

 room culture, by .Toseph Kift. -Tr. .\ 

 question box will be anotlicr pinminciil 

 feature. 



Logan. 



The large establishment of Hugh tiia- 

 hain is devoted to growing plants ami 

 llowers most needed at liis retail store 

 in the city. Mr. Graham is a decora- 

 tor. His business requires large deco- 

 rative plants, an abundance of showy 

 llowering plants, handsome cut llowers 

 with long stems and strings of green. 



Areca lutescens is prized highly; it 

 recovers more rapidly from rough usage 

 than kentias, or in fact, any other palms. 

 Caryota mens gives needed variety in 

 foliage effects; though slow growing it 

 is durable and much liked. The Bcston 

 fern is thought to take up too much 

 room in winter, most of the stock being 

 moved in the fall. 



Among the flowering plants the choic- 

 est is Acacia pube.scens. The stock here 

 is probably unequaled in this country. 

 The plants' are five to six feet high, their 

 graceful liranches bright with Howers, 

 intended to be at their best for the mid- 

 winter and second assembly balls, ilany 

 azaleas are grown both for decorating 

 and for selling, a few being flowered at 

 all times throiighcuit the season. Six 

 thousand longitiorum lilies are forced, 

 chiefly for Easter; some disease ap- 

 peared, but all the stock now on the 

 benches is in good shape, i-iity thou- 

 sand daffodils are forced. Orchids are 

 well done. Three varieties of Cattleyas 

 — labiata. Triana; and Mossiffi — are de- 

 pended upon to produce showy blooms. 



In roses, two houses of Beauty, which 



did extremely well, iiave been replaced 

 by Brunner. ' One liou.se is in full crop 

 now and will be over by Lent : the other 

 is making jiice breaks and should be in 

 by Easter. It is thought this succes- 

 sion of crops is very satisfactory. Other 

 roses are Edgely, Liberty. Sunrise, Bride 

 and Maid; "the first three in limited 

 quantity. 



It is in carnations that the foreman. 

 Mr. Grosshens. particularly shines, and 

 his houses are as fine as any about Phil- 

 adelphia. The plants look well and they 

 are working hard. White Cloud and 

 Korw-ay are grown for white; Joost, 

 for de(?p pink: Victor, for light pink; 

 Crane, for red. Then there are very 

 fine Lawsons. Prosperity and many oth- 

 ers. Next come a host of own seed- 

 lings that should make the happy owner 

 feef as though "he were walking on 

 air," as mv friend Edward Swayne once 

 graphically put it. They were of many 

 'shades and colors, all of merit. It is 

 greatly to be regrelted that Mr. Graham 

 does not disseminate any of them. One, 

 a pink of Daybreak shade, with large 

 fragrant flower, borne on a long, stiff 

 stem, would be an acquisition on any 

 carnation place. Asparagus pliimosus is 

 grown to strings. Piiir,. 



ONCINNATL 



Market Conditions. 



Fchniar\ is starting out with lots of 

 snow and the thcnnomeler about the zero 

 mark. Those persons who are wont to 

 oy. "We don't have winters like we used 

 t(i' have sniiie fifteen or twenty years 

 ago." arc obliged to admit that this one 

 i-T redeeming itself as far as snow and 

 cold weather are conceined. 



Notwithstanding the general scarce- 

 ness of stock, the moiitli of .January 

 proved to be very satisfactory from a 

 business standpoint. -Ml of the stores 

 report a first-class trade; many of them 

 an increase over last year. The whole- 

 sale trade showed an increase, and ship- 

 Iiing trade was especially good. 



Roses of all kinds are still very scarce, 

 but not on account of "dark and cloudy 

 weather." The shortage is due to the 

 tact that they arc oft' crop, and all the 

 sunshine possible would not make them 

 bloom any faster. 



There is very little change in the 

 prices obtained" for roses from those 

 quoted last week, and general conditions 

 are the same. Perhaps this week will 

 see a slight increase in the supply. At 

 best it is to be hoped so, as this city 

 could use many more good flowers. 



Carnations are coming in fairly well 

 and are selling first class. Especially 

 is this true of'the fancy grades. Some 

 very good Enquirers bring cents, which 

 is top price. Fancies go for 3 to 4 cents 

 and ordinary grades go slow at li to 2 

 cents. 



Narcissus are a little slioit and the 

 price is well sustained. Valley, too, is 

 going well: some extra stock brings 5 



cents. All kinds of bulbous stock is 

 profiting by the general shortage of 

 other stock and is sold out fairly clean. 

 Tulips and jonquils are to be seen in in- 

 creasing numbers, but as yet the demand 

 is not very great. 



There is some very good smilax to 

 be seen, and it is selling well at 12i to 

 15 cents. Hardy eastern ferns are very 

 good for this time of year: but from re- 

 ports they are going to be very scarce 

 this spring towards Easter. 



■Various Items. 



There was quite a scare at the plant 

 of George & Allan over a supposed case 

 of .smaUpox. One of the employes was 

 taken down with what was supposed to 

 be smallpox and the place was quaran- 

 tined bv the health officers. As it proved 

 to be only a severe ease of measles you 

 can easily believe that Messrs. George & 

 Allan were immensely relieved. 



Richard Witterstaetter was in Rich- 

 mond, Iiid., for a few days last week. 



The little o-year-old son of George Mur- 

 phy is very sick with brain fever. At 

 present he is slightly improving, and it 

 is to be hoped the little fellow will have 

 :i ])erfect recovery. 



Mrs. H. A. Kresken is greatly im- 

 proved now. She is up and is able to 

 walk about her room. 



Miss White, of Lexington. Ky.. was a 

 caller, as also was ili\ Frank Snider, 

 of Gallipolis, O. C. -J. Oiimek. 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



Business has been very satisfactory 

 to the florists here this season. 



Charles S. Cooper has one of the liest 

 equipped greenhouse plants in this sec- 

 tion. He" has six houses, each 20x150, 

 heated by a (io-horse power bailer. The 

 houses are under the management of 

 Thomas Grieves, who deserves much 

 credit for the fine condition of the stock. 

 He has an exceptionally fine house of 

 Crawfords and his sport. Copley. An- 

 other house worthy of special mention is 

 one containing 2.000 Brunners for Easter 

 trade. Mr. Cooper retails all the flowers 

 produced in his own store in this city. 



It is reported that H. E. Barrows has 

 sokl his business to his brother. 



Henry S. Duly, of Randolph, reports 

 a good' trade. He is cutting some fine 

 paper whites and has a house of lilies on 

 the way for Easter. 



Violets have been very poor in this 

 section this season. It is thought to be 

 due to the weather. 



Quite a number of new- greenhouses 

 are to be built around here the coming 

 summer, according to reports. 



C. W. G. 



THE KANSAS CITY SHO'W. 



We learn that the Kansas City show 

 of 1002 will be held November .3 to 8. 

 and that F. J. Taggart will be director- 

 general and John Thorpe superintendent. 



PLEASE SEND us an accurate list of 

 those in the trade who receive their 

 mail at your postoffice. 



