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The Weekly Florists'' Review. 



March 20, 1902v 



biers are going to be few and far be- 

 tween. There is always plenty of bulb 

 stuff and the demand for this stock will 

 depend on the weather. I think most of 

 the growers will have plenty of carna- 

 tions, although some will be off crop if 

 we have a week or so of bright weather. 



Tenep. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is in fair shape, 

 with supply rather in excess of demand. 

 The tendency appears to be towards va- 

 riety, anything new being readily mark- 

 eted, ' provided, of course, it has merit. 

 Indications point to a slight advance in 

 prices for Easter. In the case of carna- 

 tions, however, it is probable that prices 

 will advance sharply; ordinary grade 

 is expected to bring $3, choice stock 

 $4, fancies $6 to $8. 



St. Patrick's Day made its mark here 

 this week. The shop windows were taste- 

 fully decorated for the occasion; green 

 in all shades of foliage and ribbon pre- 

 dominated. There were also green carna- 

 tions for the fakirs, bright for the casual 

 customer and deep green for the loyal 

 Irish. W. K. Harris had a whole house 

 full of shamrocks in shamrock pans. 

 They went well except in the case of the 

 aforesaid loyal Irish, who returned a 

 pan with the message that only the genu- 

 ine shamrock was wanted. Nota bene, 

 Mark Mills. 



The untimely death of Mr. L. Elkins, 

 Jr., created a heavy demand for funeral 

 designs, afl'ording opportunity for artist- 

 ic skill. One retailer alone furnished 

 forty tastefully executed designs, in 

 choice flowers, including orchids, violets 

 and lilies. 



Easter Plants. 



The fame of our pknt growers has 

 made this city a great floral mart, at- 

 tended by visitors from far and near. 

 There are more and better flowering and 

 foliage plants here than ever before. 

 Fully a dozen large growers have quan- 

 tities of good stock well worth seeing. 

 Space can only be devoted to a few of 

 the features of this market. 



Eobert Scott & Son have Crimson 

 Ramblers in various sizes that excell 

 anything seen here in the past. They are 

 licrfectly shaped, literally covered with 

 buds aud clothed with foliage to the pot. 



Wm. K. Harris has hydrangeas of a 

 pleasing shade of blue rarely seen, speci- 

 men bougaiuvilleas aud bleeding heart. 



Jacob Becker has choice azaleas and 

 pot roses. Eobert Craig & Son have Je- 

 rusalem cherries, Ramblers and azaleas. 

 Samuel J. Bunting has nicely finished 

 lilies. Julius Koehler & Son some good 

 hydrangeas and heliotrope. 



Godfrey Aschmaun has some Mme. 

 Van der Cruyssen azaleas, that are fully 

 24 to 25 inches across and full of flowers, 

 and a full line of Easter plants including 

 a house full of cinerarias. 



All these growers have a variety of 

 other good stock, and nearly all the grow- 

 ers about this city will add something to 

 the Easter offering. 



The demand for young American 

 Reality plants has been exceptionally 

 good, quickened by the backing given 

 by a capitalist to an eastern grower who 

 proposes growing 75,000 plants of this 

 variety. Will this result in over produc- 

 tion? 



Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock held his spring 

 ojiening the first three days of this 

 week. There werfe Easter plants from 

 Harris, Graham, Craig & Son, Scott & 

 Son, the Westcotts, W. A. Leonard, and 

 J. B. Habermehl. Also decorative plants 

 from Pennock Brothers, fancy ribbons, 

 flowers and music. • 



The spring exhibition of the Penna. 

 Horticultural Society was held this week. 

 It will bo reported later. 



Joseph Heacock has exijerionccd a good 

 Easter demand for palms, indicating 

 that the foliage plant business is increas- 

 ed by Easter, both in the small sizes sold 

 outright and in the largo sizes used for 

 decorations. 



Albert \i oltemate has a nice lot of Ver- 

 non begonias among his large lot of 

 Easter plants. 



Rakestraw & Pyle are sending some 

 nice Marquis carnations to Rugene Born- 

 heimer. 



Mrs. Plender, 2Gth and (iirard Ave- 

 nue, has sold out to Ch.irles K. Meehan 

 and John C. Graecy, who will continue 

 the retail business under the name of 

 the Plender Company. 



.1. .1. Habermehl's Sons have grown all 

 their own Easter stock, covering a full 

 .assortment of desirable plants. 



Bowling. 



It may be a mistake to chronicle unim- 

 portant games in the columns of a horti- 

 cultural paper, such as occur when a 

 visitor comes to town. The case is dif- 

 ferent when the scori's concern the win- 

 ning of a local Bowling liCague tourna- 

 ment in a city full of bowlers by the club 

 that won our national convention tourna- 

 ment last summer. Know then, Mr. 

 Scott, that our club defeated Pencoyd in 

 the final games and won the champion- 

 ship. Here is the score: 



FLORISTS. 



Moss 175 170 193 



Mooiiey 183 203 156 



Moore ■. 148 145 in 



Dunham 107 131 150 



Johnson 153 180 177 



Team totals 826 835 800 



PEN'COYD. 



Creltz 161 189 173 



Koely 141 176 167 



•Sanils 156 , 190 107 



Unchanan 157 177 140 



Uavls 152 1S4 137 



Ti'um totals 707 910 790 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions for March 10 15. 



Signs of spring in the air, even to 

 the extent of one solitary robin being 

 heard from. The broad expanse of the 

 common, as seen from the entrance to 

 the flower market, is blushing green, 

 probably in honor of the date of March 

 17. Unfortunately the shamrock can- 

 not flourish in its soil. 



Neither can the florist business flour- 

 ish under spring conditions. But a huge 

 amount of material was distributed by 

 way of regular trade and the help of 

 street traffic, so that I think the growers 

 got fair returns from their glass acre- 

 age for the week even if prices did aver- 

 age low per hundred. The best of all 

 kinds still commands a fair figure and 

 sells out more completely than poorer 

 grades. Violets seem the druggiest of 

 all, especially double ones. All we need 

 now for a few days is a supply of good 

 customers. 



Notes. 



Indications point to a beginning of 

 the end of Jas. Delay's business. At a 

 meeting of creditors an assignee and a 

 keeper were appointed and the place is 

 advertised for sale. 



In opposition to the proposed fumi- 

 gating bill it was found necessary to ap- 

 pear in force at the state house in at- 

 tendance upon a hearing given there- 

 unto. This was done so thoroughly that 

 the bill will be radically changed. 



Jas. Sutherland, Jr., of Athol, brother 

 of the Boston wholesaler, died at his 

 home Friday of diabetes. He was a 

 florist, catering largely to home trade, 

 and comparatively a young man, being 

 only about fifty-four years of age, but 

 in declining health for two or three 

 years. 



Several of the bulb men have been 

 badly poisoned by juices of their wares 

 lately and this fact, coupled with a ease 

 of the grip, has laid \v. W. Tailby on 

 the shelf for a week or so, but he is 

 getting along nicely. 



Take a look at the huge glass in the 

 window of the store formerly occupied 

 by S. P. Calder. Dummy sash has been 

 put on both inside and out to make it 

 look like small panes, a la O. S. The 

 oldest fashions are sometimes also the J 



newest. And step into the next floral I 



door beyond and look at MacMulkin's 

 new catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines, 

 seeds, etc. It is a beauty. 



Jack roses are waking up. The very 

 first I saw were in Elliott's box, some 

 few days ago, in very limited quantities. 

 Geo. Cartwright has them now in large 

 quantity, and I presume others also. 



The' great strike did not affect many 

 of us, but a few had to seek new ways 

 of transport. 



There is even more talk than usual 

 about scarcity of lilies for Easter, and 

 so many report having thrown away 

 thousands even of their bulbs, that per- 

 haps more truth will develop from the 

 statements than is sometimes the fact. 

 J. S. Manteb. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Qub Meeting. 



The March meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was slimly attended, only fourteen 

 members being present. President Mein- 

 hardt opened the meeting at 3 o'clock 

 with all the officers in their places. This 

 should have been our annual rose meet- 

 ing. Mr. J. F. Amniann brought a vase 

 of very fine Brides and Maids, and A. S. 

 Halstedt a vase of magnificent Marquis 

 carnations and a vase of a white seed- 

 ling which was much admired. This was 

 all the exhibition consisted of. The 

 question of holding a show this year 

 came up again and was again tabled 

 until next meeting of the club. The 

 World's Fair matter also came up, and 

 a special meeting will be called by the 

 president some time before the next 

 regular meeting in regard to the pay- 

 ment of our assessment. 



Frank Fillmore read his essay on 

 "Roses for Cut Flowers," which was very 

 interesting to the members, and a vote 

 of thanks was extended for his very able 

 effort. Messrs. Steidle and Ammann 

 were called upon to tell what they had 

 seen and heard while at the carnation 

 meeting at Indianapolis a few weeks 

 ago. Both responded and wound up by 

 saying that those Indiana fellows are 

 great in everything they undertake. 



