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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



•"KBRUAHV 20, 1902. 



liouse is supported only by the bolts 

 eoiinectiiig the cast iron post to the 

 wrought iron rafter. A wrought iron 

 angle bar at the eaves is excellent, giv- 

 ing added strength to the house, but 

 when used as an eaves plate, and the 

 glass meets the iron, the expansion and 

 contraction is bound to break the 

 glass, thus entailing a. continuous ex- 

 pense every year. In some cases, this is 

 minimized liy putting a six-inch strip 

 of glass at the eaves: still it is costly, 

 not only in the cost of the glass, but the 

 labor in replacing. 



•'I should advise in all cases where 

 iron benches are used, to have them 

 galvanized. Do not for one moment be- 

 Heve in a non-freezable gutter. Such a 

 thing is a myth, excepting in non- 

 freezable climates. Xever use either an 

 iron or wooden gutter, except where it 

 is compulsory, as everyone must admit 

 that thev "ive added shade to the houses 

 and are "certainly not ornamental.'" 



r. A. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The first of l^nt has not brought any 

 decline in prices. St. Valentine's day 

 was a busy day; many tine (lowers of all 

 kinds were used. This week's business 

 opened to the accompaniment of the 

 heaviest snow storm of the season, 

 shortening up the supply and delaying 

 shipments. 



Beauties are scarce. When obtaina- 

 ble, it is not easy to get just the grade 

 wanted. Prices "range from $2 to .$.) 

 per dozen for good stuff; .$() to $8 per 

 dozen for specials. Fancy Hrides and 

 Maids still bring $15 per 100; good 

 stock, $10 to $l:i; the poorest are worth 

 $4 to $5; some fine Liberties bring $U 

 per dozen.; they are very fine, t'arna- 

 tions are super'b; $3 to $4 buys choice 

 flowers; a few Lawsons bring as high 

 as $8; ordinary grades, $1 to $2. Vio- 

 lets are also fine; 75 cents to $1 per 100 

 is top price for doubles; 40 to .50 cents 

 per 100 for singles. Mignonette brii»p> 

 $2 to $4. Asparagus, 35 to 50 cents per 

 bunch or string; smilax, 12i to 15 cents 

 j>er string; adiantunis, 75 cents to $1 

 per 100 spravs. Valley is only going 

 fairly well at"$3 to $4 per 100; dafTodils. 

 ditto. Tulips go slowly, some lots not 

 bringing enough to cover cost. This 

 refers to common stock: choice, well- 

 grown stock is in demand; prices range 

 from $2 to $3 for the former; the lat- 

 ter bring $4 to $6. Freesia is less plen- 

 tiful; $2 to $4 is about the price. Sweet 

 peas are more plentiful; $1.50 to .$2 per 

 100 buys good blooms. Lilacs bring $1 

 to $1.50 a bunch of 12 blooms. 



■Various Notes. 



David Clifl'e has a novelty in the 

 shape of English wall flowers.' George 

 M. Moss handles these and tlwy are in 

 demand. 



Leo Nicssen's place of business was 

 closed on Tuesday owing to the death 

 of Mr. Xiessen's father. 



David Anderson of Garrettsford will 

 grow a large house of Kaiserin for next 

 summer. 



John Burton has a cooling room built 

 in the most up-to-date style on his new 

 place. 



George W. Kibblehouse of Ambler, Pa., 

 died last month, leaving three green- 

 houses to his widow. Mrs. Kibble- 

 house understands her late husband's 

 business and will carrv it on herself. 



A year, when he was ill, she kept the 

 carnations in shape and got ail the 

 spring plants ready for the bedding sea- 

 son. 



It is stated that Adolpii Fahrenwald 

 of Hillside will grow more Liberties 

 next season. This is of interest, as ilr. 

 Fahrenwald has been regarded as a 

 Beauty specialist in the past. 



Edward Eeid is recei\ing some very 

 fine Brides and Maids. His stock of 

 carnations is always a feature. 



The H. A. Dreer Co. has noticed a 

 decided increase in the demand for vari- 

 egated plants. 



Samuel S. Pennock is receiving a lot 

 of particularly fragrant double violets; 

 5,000 each day. 



The Florists' Bowling Team downed 

 Pencoyd three straight games, giving 

 them a score of 14 out of 15 games 

 ])laved in tlie present tournament. 



Pilll.. 



CARNATION?. 



I notice in the inquiry of M. H,, and 

 answer by Mr. Baur, tliat I seem to ad- 

 vocate the removal of all soil from roots 

 before benching carnations. I do most 

 certainly favor removing all field soil, 

 but as stated in my pajier, the object in 

 potting each cutting is to have a base 

 at time of lifting. Of course it is a 

 small one with roots running out in all 

 directions and with large phints these 

 roots are often of quite good length, but 

 the ball will be there if handled rightly. 



This year I intend to shift a number 

 of the earlier stock cuttings to 3-inch, 

 in which case the ball will be larger at 

 lifting time, necessitating a trifle deep- 

 er licde when benching, also the small 

 hill in center of hole must, obviously, 

 be lower down. I wish to cmpliasize Die 

 fact that the cutting must be well es- 

 tablished in the pot. whatever the size, 

 l)cfore transplanting to flats or bencli. 

 Upon this depends the success of the 

 whole operation and the reason for doing 

 same. 



I think my nietliod may have licen 

 misunderstood in explaining the opera- 

 tion of planting at housing time. The 

 hill in center of hole, it must be said, 

 is not to be packed very solidly, its only 

 object being to facilitate arranging the 

 roots to radiate out and downward in- 

 .stead of hanging down like a hair 

 switch, Xo doubt I should have said "a 

 small hill rising to within an inch or 

 two of soil level," as the case might be, 

 for some varieties have a longer stem 

 than others at the base of plant. 



Geo. S. Osborx. 



CARNATIONS REGISTERED. 



Registered by the Chicago Carnation 

 Company, Joliet, III.: "Her Majesty," 

 originated with us and grown four sea- 

 sons as Xo. 50. Flowers purest ivory 

 white (remarkably so), very large and 

 uniform, at no time even in midwinter 

 measuring less than three inches in di- 

 ameter, beautiful form, calyx never did 

 burst, stems strong, from 24 to 28 

 inches long. As a producer it has no 

 equal, destined to l>ecome the white for 

 summer cutting as it produces freely 

 and evenly from July 1 to same date 

 tlie following year. 



For the American Carnation Society. 

 Albert il. Herr, See'v. 



The Florists' Review is certainly a 

 right up to date and finely illustrated 

 paper. — DePew Bros.. Xyack, N. Y. 



ONONNATL 



The Market. 



Business for the past week was very 

 satisfactory and quite up to the average 

 of this time of year. Stock in all lines, 

 save bulbous, was on the short side and 

 prices were held correspondingly high. 

 Good Brides, Maids and Meteors readily 

 sold from G to 8 cents, with medium 

 grade 4 to 5 cents. There are so few 

 really good Beauties in this market that 

 it is really hardly worth while to quote 

 prices on them. Some short-stemmed 

 ones are to be seen and sell for 50 cents 

 to $1.50 per dozen. The few Liberties 

 that come in are sold at sight at 4 to 6 

 cents for medium stems and 10 to 12 

 cents for best stock. 



Carnations are still in fairly good 

 supply, but there are none to spare of 

 the good and fancy grades. They bring 

 from li to 2 cents for ordinaiy grade 

 and 3 to 4 cents for fancy. 



Good white tulips arc a trifle scarce, 

 but there is a large supply of other 

 kinds of bulbous stock. Tulips in all 

 colors bring 4 cents : Von Sions, 3 to 4 

 cents; Romans, 2 to 3 cents; paper white 

 narcissus, 3 cents; daffodils, 3 cents; 

 white Dutch hyacinths, 4 cents, Harrisii 

 lilies, 15 cents; eallas, 10 to 12i cents. 



Violets, both single and double, sell 

 well but at rather low prices, 50 cents 

 per. 100 being about the average for good 

 stock. 



St. Valentine's day proved to be first- 

 class from a florist's viewpoint. Red 

 flowers took the lead, and everything in 

 tulips, loses and carnations of a red 

 color sold out fast and for good prices. 



Notes. 



A recent visit to Waller Gray's es- 

 tablishment on College Hill showed 

 stotk in very good shape, A house of 

 calla lilies was the chief attraction and 

 it was truly a sight to see. The house 

 is built especially for eallas and is al- 

 most square. One large l>ench occiiiiies 

 the entire center and here are planted 

 the eallas. Mr. Gray also forces large 

 quantities of Romans and narcissus. 

 'Ihe greater portion of the place is de- 

 voted to rose growing. They are plant- 

 ed in solid beds and some of the plants 

 are 14 years old. I neglected to mention 

 that Mr. Gray grows over 5,000 eallas 

 for cut purixises. 



I went out to see Dick Witterstaetter's 

 place and found everything in shape for 

 the carnation meeting. 1 was especially 

 impressed with his new white seedling 

 Xo. 723A. This carnation is truly a 

 good one. We need a first-class fancy 

 white and need it badly and I believe 

 that this one will be it. Adonis and En- 

 quirer are doing nicely, and a house of 

 seedlings contains many of great prom- 

 ise. 



W. K. Partridge had about 3,000 se- 

 lected carnations in his cellar for the 

 Indianapolis meeting. 



Miss Cooper, of the Fair, is again at- 

 tending to business after several days' 

 illness. 



Our visitors this week were: H. M. 

 Altick, Davton, Ohio: ilr. B. Eschner 

 and M. Reukauf. Philadelphia: E. As- 

 nius. West Hoboken, X, J.; P. iL Pier- 

 son. C. W. Ward, E. Dailledouze, 

 Xew York; Mr. McMahon, Scabright, 

 X. .J.; Messrs. Graham, Hart and sev- 

 eral others from Cleveland ; William 

 Gravett, Uincaster, Ohio: .T. D, Inilay, 

 Zancsville, Ohio. C. J. Ohmer. 



