April 17. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



743 



A Simple Cross. 



Charles Meckey has 15,000 hardy roses 

 in 4, 5 and 6-inch pots. They are grown 

 on the place, and are exceptionally well 

 done. His principal varieties are Jacque- 

 minlll^ Magna Charta, La France, Her- 

 mosa, Clothilde Soupert, Queen's Scarlet 

 and Crimson Rambler. He had a nice 

 lot of Easter plants, including the dwarf- 

 ish genistas seen here, which are being 

 followed by geraniums and other spring 

 plants. 



The cool weather has been of great 

 benefit to the nurserymen, giving them 

 ideal transplanting conditions, of which 

 they have taken full advantage. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 held its April meeting on Tuesday even- 

 ing, when Prof. John A. MacFarlane, of 

 the University of Pennsylvania, addressed 

 them on "The Life History of Ferns." 



The Philadelphia Bowlers' League will 

 celebrate the end of the bowling season 

 with a banquet to be given at Kugler's 

 next Tuesday evening, when the Florists' 

 bowling team will receive the league's 

 championship trophy, a handsome silver 

 plaque. Captain Moss will accept the 

 trophy on behalf of our bowling club. 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions for April 6-12. 



In spite of inclement weather condi- 

 tions, plenty seemed the order of the day, 

 and a huge amount of material changed 

 hands, especially towards the latter end 

 of the week, when weather indications 



began to improve, and Saturday was 

 really quit* an old-timer. 



The plenty was most noticeable in the 

 red rose department, occupied by hun- 

 dreds of Beauties, Brunners, Jacks, Lib- 

 erties, Meteors and Helen Goulds, with 

 prices ranging all the way from 2 cents 

 each to $4 per dozen, the latter price be- 

 ing realized on best Beauties and a very 

 few Jacks and Liberties. Maids and 

 Brides run from 2 cents each to the limit 

 of $2 per dozen on a few. 



Carnations felt the weather a bit, and 

 were not overplenty; but I heard of no 

 calls being unfilled at fair prices, good 

 ones ranging from 2 cents to a possible 

 4 on fine ones, and some were fine, in- 

 deed. 



Violets have filled all orders at from 

 35 to ?5 cents per 100. 



The bulb goods seem to realize that 

 their season is drawing to a close, but 

 are inclined to make the most of it,' and 

 are yet pushing their way valiantly; but 

 quality cannot now be guaranteed. 



Events. 



Suppose an energetic florist calls upon 

 a stricken household and solicits orders 

 and is told they wish to patronize a re- 

 liable local Cambridge firm. Suppose he 

 claims to be a representative of that 

 very firm and gets good orders and a 

 substantial cash payment. Then suppose 

 the fraud is discovered and a policeman 

 stationed to assist in arranging repara- 

 tion, and, after waiting till midnight, 

 forces the bogus artist to refund the 



prepayment and go away with his made- 

 up designs. You would suppose the 

 truth, with some few details lacking; but 

 you can readily imagine the feelings of 

 all the different parties concerned. 



Retail customers coming into the Park 

 street market and endeavoring to pass 

 themselves off as dealers sometimes dis- 

 play an amusing amount of knowledge, or 

 its lack — e. g., the young lady of last 

 week looking up prices on a "bushel of 

 Asparagus Sprengeri." 



'This same Park street market, you 

 know, has been on the quiet lookout for 

 a new location for sis months, in order 

 to acommodate its enlarged capacities 

 for doing business. At a meeting of the 

 directors last week Messrs. Stickel, Walsh 

 and Cartwright were appointed a special 

 committee, with full powers to arrange 

 for the occupancy of the basement of 

 the large store on Franklin street lately 

 vacated by the Abram French Crockery 

 Co. As this is fully twice the size of the 

 old quarters, it is thought to be suiEcient 

 for its purposes for ten years to come, 

 which is the way the lease will read, un- 

 less unforeseen obstacles intervene, the 

 change to take place early next fall. 



J. J. McCormack has started his plant 

 and nursery stock auctions at 24 and 26 

 Hawley street. J. S. Manter. 



NEW YORK. 



Club Meeting. 



A very enthusiastic meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held on- Monday night. 

 President Walter F. Sheridan presiding. 

 The several committees reported most fa- 

 vorably; the House Committee, of course, 

 most cheeringly. The Summer Outing 

 Committee announced that they had vis- 

 ited all the groves and steamboat agen- 

 cies in and surrounding the city and laid 

 several of the most favorable offers 

 before the meeting. It was finally de- 

 cided to go to Witzel's Point View 

 Island, College Point, L. I., on July 7; 

 tickets to be $5.00 each, admitting lady 

 and gentleman. The party will go by 

 the chartered steamer "Isabel" for a sail 

 up the Sound, landing for dinner at the 

 grove about noon. A most enjoyable day 

 is assured and it is to be hoped that all 

 who possibly can will take advantage 

 of it. 



John Cleary was appointed manager of 

 the trade exhibit to be given in connec- 

 tion with the Madison Square Garden 

 show next November. 



Beaulieu of Woodhaven suggested that 

 the club have a dahlia show in the rooms 

 in September and offered a prize for the 

 best display. 



Chas. H. Atkins, of Florham Farms,, 

 gave a most interesting talk on "Fertili- 

 zation of Orchids." 'The speaker illus- 

 trated his remarks with numerous charts 

 and specimens of natural flowers and ex- 

 plained in a most minute manner the 

 mysteries of plant life, so much so that 

 President Sheridan announced his inten- 

 tention of studying Darwin at once. A 

 vote of thanks was given the lecturer, 

 who is one of the young men American 

 floriculture can be proud of. 



Items. 



Miss Jessie MoDougal Elliott, eldest 

 daughter of the late William Elliott, the 

 famous seedsman and auctioneer, was 

 married to William O. Taylor at Christ's 

 Church, 71st Street and Broadway, on 

 April 10. This is the first break in the 

 family. William and Carroll Elliott, who 



