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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



M.u:cu G. 1902. 



The retailers recentl}' effected an or 

 *anization known as the Retailors' Pro- 

 tective Association, with John Schubert, 

 president; Jos. Craig, vice-president; 

 Ijee Walz, secretary; A. McAdams, treas- 

 urer. The aim is to act together in 

 suppressing the red violet industry and 

 to keep the streets clear of the basket 

 men. 



Now the wholesalers have formed an 

 organization and, while we have no defi- 

 nite report, we understaml that an at- 

 tempt will be made to establish a bot- 

 tom piice below which none will sell. 

 This is to be chanced from time to time 

 as circumstances dictate. This is an 

 attempt to do away with the awful price 

 cutting that takes place in times of 

 heavy glut, and will certainly be a good 

 thing for all in the trade if it can be 

 earned out, as the only one who has 

 really profited by these very low prices 

 in (he past has been the street man. 



John Zeck is laid up with a slight 

 injury to one of his ankles. 



Clifford Pruner is now in the supply 

 department at JFcKellar & Winterson's. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. say shipping trade 

 is holding up remarkably well, and that 

 Lent seems to affect business less and 

 less each year. 



John Degnan, of the MeKellar & Win- 

 terson Co., left Tuesday night for a trip 

 to New York and Boston. 



Bowling. 



Last Tuesday evening the Growers won 

 two from the Wholesalers and the latter 

 one from the former, while (he Ketailers 

 collected three from the Miscellaneous. 

 The scores follow: 



GROWERS. 



G. Stollery 147 ]S2 m 



F. Mattl ~ 127 ISl 147 



J. P. Sinner 199 i]2 igi 



I^. Schaeter 167 164 138 



F. Stollery 210 l.i2 14S 



S50 761 738 

 ■n'HOLES.\I>ERS. 



.Tos. Foerster ir,r, iRi 147 



B. Benthey ...14;l 19,) ]r,6 



C. Hughe.o ,..H6 131 130 

 Jno. Sterrett ....12.i 162 138 

 E. Wlnterson ...237 169 124 



812 833 695 

 RETAILERS. 



P. J. Hauswirth 137 177 167 



'SV. Kreitling I41 120 132 



J. Lambros 129 I6S UH 



E. Hauswirth ll.r, 124 109 



Geo. Asmus 172 133 132 



C94 724 67S 

 MISCELLANEOUS. 



C. BallufE 146 162 140 



C. A. Hunt 93 94 112 



C. Pruner 123 131 139 



O. R. Scott 132 140 146 



C- Fisk 115 120 129 



609 647 666 



Results to date: Won Lost 



Growers 34 20 



Wliolesalers .33 21 



Retailers 28 26 



Mi.'^cellaneous 13 41 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The past week trade was rather slow. 

 Plenty of flowers such as Dutch hj'a- 

 cinths, tulips, Harrisii lilies and carna- 

 tions. Roses are coming in very fine, 

 such as Maids and Brides. 



The weather don't seem to be with the 

 florist. On Friday evening a terrific 

 storm swept over the city and lots of 

 liail with it, but no damage was done 

 to any of the greenhouses. Easter stock 

 is looking very fine. The florists who 

 attended the carnation show are com- 

 plimenting the Indianapolis florists for 

 their hospitality. 



Jos. Coenen & Co. had a fine skating 

 pond which formed in front of their of- 



fice, which was enjoyed by ladies and 

 gentlemen at night, jfr. John Bohrman 

 being the manager of the afl'air. ' , • 



Jacob Schulz is \cvy much pleased 

 with the carnation show and thinks he 

 will have a Lawson or Empire State 

 some day. 



William Mann says he will try his 

 luck and get a wonder in the way cf a 

 new carnation. The Imivs wash him good 

 luck. 



C. H. Kunzman's place is looking in 

 tip top shape for Easter. Lookout for 

 him for Easter. He will be right in it. 



Nanz & Neuner report a very satisfac- 

 tory shipping trade. 



Simon Pontrich is adding another new 

 house to his establishment on Twenty- 

 eighth and Greenwood avenue. 



H. LlCIITEFELI). 



IRON ROOF AND BOILER. 



What would it cost to put an up-to- 

 date iron roof on an old greenhouse, 50 

 feet long, 15 wide, 11 at ridge, 4 at 

 eaves, 2 feet of which is glass? South 

 aspect, north wall stone, the house to 

 be used for roses. 



What would a first class hot water 

 boiler cost, one large enough to run two 

 more houses same length on same level 

 without driving hard'^ 



Subsckiuki!. 



It would be somewhat diflicult to an- 

 swer Subscriber's questions definitely in 

 these columns, as so much depends upon 

 the details of construction and methods 

 pursued in the erection and finish of 

 such details. I would say. however, 

 appro.vimately, that he should be able (o 

 cons(ruct a good, modern iron frame 

 roof on the building in question for 

 from .$550 to .$650, the accurate cost de- 

 peiitling, of course, on the special fe.i 

 tures existing in connection with such 

 work. 



A first class hot water boiler with 

 sufficient power to heat two such houses 

 easily, could be purchased at from .$150 

 to $180, depending upon (he particular 

 make of boiler selecteil. When sub- 

 scribers desire accurate information as 

 to costs, such information could be sc 

 cured more promptly and with more 

 accuracy by corresponding direct with 

 manufacturers of .such goods advertising 

 in the trade columns of this paper, than 

 through the correspondence columns. 

 Henry W. Gibbons. 



New York. 



MIGNONETTE. 



Many growers of this popular flower 

 will be glad to learn something about 

 the fine new variety called "Marvellous." 

 now being offered by Henry P. Michell. 

 This variety originated with John Cul- 

 len, who manages the greenhouses of 

 Percival Roberts at Pencoyd. This 

 grower is always an important factor at 



the shows of the Penns.ylvania Horti- 

 cultural SojCiety. He started wi(h seed 

 of AUeii's Defiance mignonette and after 

 three years of careful selection and 

 cro>sing a new strain was evolved bear- 

 ing wonderfully large flowers. So popu- 

 lar is this strain becoming with those 

 who have seen it that the flowers are 

 no longer being cut but every effort is 

 being made to get enough seed to supply 

 the demand. 



KALAMZOO, MICH. 



Since my last letter we liave been hav- 

 ing most excellent weather, which is 

 helping crops very materially. Carna- 

 tions, while not by any means scarce, 

 are not keeping pace with the demand. 

 The same may be said of roses. Prices 

 remain firm. The demand for violets 

 for Valentine's day was unprecedented. 

 Washington's Birthday made quite a lit- 

 tle stir, the demand for that day being 

 satisfactory. 



We are all trying hard to make a 

 good Easter showing and from present 

 indications we will get tfiere. Visitors: 

 S.- S. Skidelsky, Philadelphia, and A. 

 Rolker, New- York. Ribes. 



SOQETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Henry Eichholz. Waynesboro. Pa., reg- 

 isters the following geraniums: J. D. 

 Eisele, single zonal, color wine red; 

 James Davidson, single zonal, color true 

 lilac — the first approach to a blue gera- 

 nium; .Jupiter, Mars type, scarlet; 

 \'enus. Mars type, pale salmon. 



In the list of state vice-presidents re- 

 cently furnished to the press, the name 

 of Theodore Wirth, of Hartford, Conn., 

 was inadvertently omitted. Jlr. Wirth 

 is superintendent of the park system of 

 the city of Hartford and the S, A. F. 

 interests of Connecticut are safe in his 

 care. Wm. .J. Stewart. Secretary. 



Pali, Riveb, Mass. — Business has not 

 been what it ought to be. but is Ijegin- 

 ning to improve. Mr. C. Warburton 

 didn't reach Indianapolis with his Cress- 

 brook in time to stage them, but he 

 wasn't (he only one. A greenhouse 90x 

 20 is to be erected at the city cemetery. 

 Thos. W. Weathered's Sons, New York, 

 have the contract. 



Habrisburo, Pa. — Last Friday and 

 Saturday we had the heaviest snow fall 

 since 1888. The flower stores report a 

 good business, considering lycnt. A. Bren- 

 nemann, our leading florist, lost about 

 400 of his best Easter lilies by freezing. 

 Charles Smith, 3d and Walnut streets, 

 lias remodeled his store, put in a new ice 

 box, etc., and now has everything fixed 

 up in gland style. 



Don't fail to have a good strong adv, 

 in (he special spring number of the 

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