Febiuary 13. ]002. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



383 



Floral Panel Arranged by Thos. H. Stevenson, San Francisco. 



le.v and was ordered by tlie Sons and 

 Daughters of St. George, the price being 

 $100. 



The panel was 8 by 7 feet, the outer 

 edge of polished ivy leaves, and the por- 

 trait encircled by a wreath of bay leaves 

 draped with the American and Britisli 

 flags. The lettering reads^ "Sympathy, 

 Sons and Daughters of St. George." The 

 flowers used can be identified in the pic- 

 ture. 



Tlie design certainly reflects much 

 credit upon Mr. Stevenson. 



ONCINNATL 



Various Items. 



The chief topic of conversation among 

 the florists is the rapidly approaching 

 carnation meeting. Cincinnati is go- 

 ing to be well lepre.sented at Indian- 

 apolis this year both in number of flor- 

 ists attending and in the quality of 

 flowers that will be staged by them. 

 Most of the hovs are going via the C. 

 H. & D. Trains leave here at 3:20 a. 

 m. and 8:. 30 a. m. On the ceitilicate 

 phin the rate will be $4.40 for the round 

 trip. Side trips to Xew Castle. Lafay- 

 ette and Kichniond will be made from 

 Indianapolis. In this manner they will 

 be able to save considerable in railroad 

 fare. 



The condition of the market is about 

 as last reported. Roses are still just as 

 scarce and no prospects for a relief 

 for some time to come. Extra good 

 stock brings 124 to 1.5 cents each. Car- 

 nations are in fairly good sup])ly. but 

 the demand is great and they are rap- 

 idly cleaned up. A few days last week 

 there was somewliat of a di'ag to be 

 noticed in the market and prices 

 dropped a few points, but by Saturday 

 the demand was up to normal and prices 

 had recovered. The second grade car- 

 nations were the worst sutTerers. some 

 of them in such varieties as Scott. Por- 

 tia, etc., being sold out at .50 cents per 



100. A few met even a worse fate, and 

 were consigned to the dump. 



\'iolets are selling nicely but no fancy 

 prices are to he obtained for them; $1 

 per 100 for the best is the highest and 

 the majority go at .50 cents. Some of 

 the best coming to this market are from 

 E. T. Grave, Kichmond, Ind. The color 

 of their Marie Louise and Princess of 

 Wales is hard to beat. 



Owing to large orders, bulbous stock 

 was rather scarce for a few days. But 

 new stock is rapidly coming in and 

 there is about enough to go around. 

 Harrisiis are more plentiful but callas 

 are .still rather scarce. Tulips and daf- 

 fodils are about equal to demand. 



A few sweet peas are coming in, va- 

 riety i.s. Blanche Ferry. The stems are 

 rather .short but they sell fast as a nov- 

 elty. 



I saw several houses of Harrisii lately 

 that will just about get in in time to 

 miss Easter. This is too bad as there is 

 always a surplus of this flower for some 

 time following Easter and consequently 

 the price is down pretty low. Easter 

 coming so early this year (March 30) 

 perhaps caught some of the growers un- 

 awares. 



Lent begins on the 12th, but I do not 

 believe that it will atlect tlie state of 

 the market to any great extent. Stock 

 is so short that a trifle less demand 

 will not be noticed. In fact for the 

 last couple of years Lent could scarcely 

 be noticed, the demand being just about 

 the same. 



At E. G. Gillett's wholesale house I 

 noticed a large vase of Richard Wit- 

 terstaetter"s carnation "Enquirer." They 

 nuide a fine show and for color I have 

 not seen their equal. Thev sell well at 

 from 4 to 6 cents. The E. G. Hill Co. 

 of Richmond, Ind., are sending in some 

 of the finest Brides and Maids I ever 

 saw. It is needless to say that they 

 meet a ready sale. 



W. K. Partridge spent a few days in 

 Richmond. Ind., last week. 



Ben Glins is out after being laid up 

 for about three weeks with rheumatism. 



J. A. Peterson and F. Ball are on the 

 sick list. 



Our spell of extremely cold weather is 

 still with us and consequently coal piles 

 are looking sick. C. J. Ohmeu. 



ORANGE, N. J. 



The Xew .Jersey Floricultural Society 

 enjoyed its seventh annual dinner at the 

 Elks' Hall. Orange, last Wednesday 

 evening. The attendance was large and 

 many friends from a distance were pi-es- 

 ent. The tables were handsomely deco- 

 rated. Lager & Hurrell contributed 

 vases of finest Cattleyas: John X. Jlay. 

 his new rose, Mrs. Oliver Ames: Edward 

 Thomas, a vase of seedling carnations. 

 crimson; and Secretary Smith, some 

 grand cyclamen plants and a fine as- 

 .sortment of roses and carnations. Tlie 

 officers of the society are .John Hayes, 

 president : Joseph Manda. vice-president : 

 George Smith, secretary; ilalcolm Ma- 

 crovie. treasurer, nearly all re-elected. 

 Mr. Manda presided at the business ses- 

 sion preceding the banquet, and the re- 

 port of the secretary showed a member- 

 .ship of 80, and a good surplus in the 

 treasury. 



Mr. Hayes relegated the honors of 

 toastmaster to Mr. .John X. May, who 

 performed the duties in his usual man- 

 ner, making eveiybody very much at 

 home, and adding constantly to the mer- 

 riment of the evening. 



The first toast, the "X'ew York State 

 Horticultural Society," was responded to 

 by Dr. \\'ard. whose address was largely 

 historical and commendatory, dwelling 

 upon the excellent work of Professors 

 Smith and Halsted, and the exhibit rec- 

 ords of the state at the great exposi- 

 tion. 



The toast. "The Society of American 

 Florists," had as its exponent the secre- 

 tary. Mr. W. J. Stewart, who read a 

 verv interesting address on the accom- 

 plishments of the society during the past 

 19 years and its wonderful growtli and 

 influence. 



"Our Sister Societies" was ably spoken 

 to by Mr. Charles Totty. of the Morris 

 County Horticultural Societ}': "Florists 

 Past and Present" found an able advo- 

 cate in Mr. Henry Bird, of Xewark. X. J., 

 whose reminiscences of 40 years, and in- 

 teresting details of the evolution of the 

 florist business in this country, were 

 listened to with much appreciation. His 

 quotations from James Russell Lowell, 

 his memories of Peter Henderson and 

 his song, later in the evening, were ?^1 

 worthy of the occasion. 



ilr. Butterfield. of the Exchange, was 

 in good voice, and his singing was heart- 

 ily applauded. 



The toast of ■'The Seedsman" called 

 forth the witty response of the evening 

 from Mr. O'Mara. who was "in rare good 

 luunor" and kept his audience hilarious 

 throughout. His recommendations of 

 and objections to the sunflower and the 

 potato blossom as "the national llower" 

 were especially amusing. "Our Pas- 

 times" were talked about by ilr. Shaw. 

 The toast to "Orchid Culture" found an 

 able and practical enthusiast in Dr. 

 Kitchen, whose elaborate address was 

 only in its infancy when the X'ew York 

 contingent was obliged to catch the 

 midnight train. 



The festivities continued until an early 

 hour and the members of the society de- 



