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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Mat 1. 1902 



BOILERS. 



I have an i)]i|i(iitiuuty to buy a 30- 

 liorse power tubular boiler in good con- 

 ilition for a very low price. Which 

 would be cheajjer — to buy it or a cast- 

 iron boiler? 



Which would be the most expensive to 

 run? I have two houses, each 20x80, 

 and shall build more as soon as I can 

 make it convenient. I want to use the 

 boiler with a hot water system. I think 

 J could buy it and [JUt in cellar complete 

 for *17.i. ' .). (i. W. 



1m reply to the inquiry of .). Ci. W., 

 th<» question (iepends very largely on 

 whether he will extend his glass area 

 within a reasonable time or not. A 30- 

 horse power boiler would have a capac- 

 ity of about three times the work he 

 proposes, at present, to put on it, and 

 if he has reasonable prospects of extend- 

 ing his glass area, it would be policy, 

 ])rovide(l the boiler is in goo<l ('{)nriition. 

 to inirchase it for the price he mentions; 

 otherwise, it would be better to purchase 

 a cast-iron boiler of the desired capacity. 

 Until such time as extensions are made, 

 it would be necessary to stoj) otf a part 

 of .the grate surface, in order to avoid 

 unnecessary consuni|ition of fuel, but, 

 even with this, he would burn a little 

 more fuel than with a boiler esjiecially 

 ])roportioneci for the work in hand. 



Henry W. IUbboxs. 

 New York. 



VEGETABLE PLANTS. 



II. M. K. asks whether " Tonuito Sut- 

 ton's Best of All, (irand Kapids lettuce 

 and Telephone cucumbers are gooil for 

 outdoor culture. ' ' 



The tomato nanu-il will be fcnind ex- 

 (■ellcnt for outdooi' culture, best results 

 being obtained prol)ably when the plants 

 are trained up stakes and kept to one 

 or two shoots only. I would not plant 

 (irand Rapids as an outdoor lettuce while 

 there are so many fine hea<ling varieties 

 of the Boston Market type, though I 

 have no doubt that a crop could be se- 

 cured from the first named in the early 

 summer. 



1 have seen the Knglish varieties of 

 cucumber grown outside but not with the 

 success of our hardier Anu-rican types. 

 Your correspondent would prid)ably be 

 more successful if he jiatcheil up a 

 rough frame and put out his cucumbers 

 therein. They could then be covered 

 with glass when stress of weather neees- 

 .Mtated. ('. H. T. 



NEW YORK, 



The old Thirty-fourth street market 

 takes a new lease of life May I under 

 the management iif A. Herrmann, the 

 florists' supply man, whe«e success in his 

 own line augurs well for this new de- 

 parture. Several of the old guard re- 

 main. The "lines" are to be generous- 

 ly ' ' drawn ' ' and it is more than likely 

 the venture of Mr. Herrmann's will be 

 liberally appreciated. A few weeks will 

 show which way the wind blows, and 

 if as a flower market "the glory has 

 departed" Mr. Herrmann could adil the 

 whole space to his own particular busi- 

 ness and be much the better for the in- 

 creased convenience. 



The space in the Coogan building to 

 which the "Cut Flower Exchange'' 

 moves is ample, and without a doulit will 

 all be taken. It is within the possibili- 

 ties that the whole of this tine building 



may ultimately be utilized by the florists, 

 and that club rooms, bowling alleys, ban- 

 quet hall, and library and reading rooms 

 may all center under the one roof. 



Hardly necessary to designate prices 

 of cut flowers this week. The average is 

 about the same as that of all the large 

 cities. Liberty specials are in constant 

 demand and bring easily $20 per 100; 

 even Beauty cannot command better ap- 

 preciation. Its popularity is on the in- 

 crease. The country is only awakening 

 to its value. 



The hot spell vanished as quickly as it 

 came. The weather for a week past has 

 been ideal. 



Clucas & Boddington are moving Mav 

 1 to a large store on Greenwich street, 

 where their growing business will find 

 ample accommodation. 



('. H. .Toosten, too, has the moving 

 fever, and this time locates at 178 Cham- 

 bers street, a much better center than 

 the Dey street store he has vacated. 



The violet king, Geo. Saltford, also 

 moves on May 1 to 46 West Twenty- 

 ninth street, near his old stand, and adds 

 to his specialty a general cut flower busi- 

 ness. 



To be in line with tJie general im- 

 provements W. H. Guntijer, the whole- 

 saler, is putting in a new front -and oth- " 

 erwise renovating' and improving his 

 store. 



The "oldest florist in towm" J. B. 

 Xugent. who is in his eighty-first year, - 

 opens a new store on Park avenue near 

 Seventy-third street, an excellent loca- 

 tion, on the first of May. 



Suzuki & lida's genial representative, 

 Mr. Lichner, is enjoying his annual trip 

 to Kurope. 



.lulius Roehrs has lost his orchid grow- 

 er. .Mr. Faust, who died a week ago. He 

 will be greatly nusse<l by his employer 

 and friends, with whom he was po]>ular. 



I'oley's retail store on the Bowery 

 was damaged by fire last Thursday about 

 .•J;2,50ii worth. 



The Xew York Florists' Club's outing 

 promises well; a good many ti<kets are 

 already sold. It will be a first-class af- 

 fair in (wcry way and will api)eal to the 

 best in tlie trade. 



May 2nd is .\rbor day here; special 

 prizes are offered to the s(diool (diildren 

 and the schools for best kept grounds. 

 The state tree is the maple. The Tree 

 Planting Association is doing good work 

 in encouraging this laudable effort to 

 beautify public and private grounds. 



The special meeting of the Florists' 

 Club called for Monday evening was 

 fairly well attended ami the decision to 

 leave the selection of the new hall in 

 the hands of the i lub's oIKcers was unan- 

 imously approved. The mcmliers after 

 adjournment gathered in harmonious 

 groups and indulge<l in happy and re- 

 gretful reminiscenses \intil a late hour, 

 and the old hall was not vacated with- 

 out many expressions of sorrow. The 

 decision as to where the club will next 

 meet is awaited anxiously. 



Fronds of the new fern Xephropelis 

 Fosterianna from Boston, were exhibit- 

 ed by Mr. Shaw for the first time in 

 Xew 'i'ork, and tliey elicited universal 

 approval. 



Many of the club members gave the 

 balance of the evening to bawling. And 

 preparations feu- Ashcville go on stead- 

 ily. Captain Lang 's challenge still 

 holds, notwithstanding that bluff of Bro. 

 Beneke 's. 



.Tubus Roehrs had a little argument 

 with a trolley car last week. The car is 



still running and Mr. Roehrs tfiU he 

 after a reasonable time for rest. 



Austin. 



PHILADELPHUV. 



The Market. 



The supply of cut flowers is outstrip- 

 ping the demand, causing better stock 

 to go on the street, and sometimes con- 

 siderable waste. Prices have fallen, the 

 best Beauties rarel,y bringing more than 

 $3 per dozen, and sometimes less; $6 per 

 100 buys good Brides and Maids, anc 

 •$2 per 100 is about the price for good 

 carnations, though sales at higher fig- 

 ures are occasionally recorded. 'The chief 

 shipping demand from the south is for 

 school commencements, quantities of verv 

 fine stock being used. Some buyers are 

 ordering more heavily for this purpose 

 than they did at Christmas. The month 

 has closed locally with a number of 

 handsome wedding decorations which 

 consumed nuich ciioice stock, Beauties, 

 vallev, orchids and lilacs having the 

 call. ■ 



Leo Niessen is receiving pale pink and 

 laveniler sweet peas which sell at .^L.'jO 

 per 1011. 



Edward Reid is handling some very 

 fine carnations. His shipping business 

 has V)een steadily increasing. 



Eugene Bernheimer. is receiving pink 

 lilacs from tlie south. 



Charles E. Meehan had some late 

 Easter lilies that were in demand at $8 

 to .$10 per 100. 



Carl .Turgens of Newport, R. I., is 

 sending fine single daffodils (I think the 

 variety is Ajaxl to Ijco Niessen ; they 

 bring ^'2 per 100. 



Violets are about over; pansies and 

 forget-nu'-nots are plentiful; arbutus is 

 at its best. 



Plants. 



The stores are gay with fancy gera- 

 niums and other small lilooming plants, 

 used f(n' window boxes, vases and beds. 

 Considerable work of this kind is now- 

 being done. Many of the hotels have 

 followed their Easter i)lant displays 

 with pansies or geraniums edged with 

 trailing vines. The suburljan florists are 

 very busy preparing their bedding stock 

 for ])lanting out in a week or so. The 

 seed stores are distributing small plants 

 of carnations, roses, moon vines, vege- 

 tables, etc. 



Notes. 



Stephen Mortenscn, Scmthampton, Pa., 

 is preparing to buiM two more houses, 

 e;ich 100 feet long, with the Garland 

 gutter between. This rising grower, who 

 was foreman for Kdwin Lonsdale five 

 years ago, will now have over 20,000 feet 

 of glass devoted to roses grown for cut 

 flowers. His Liberties and Bridesmaids 

 have won him fanu'. He has also a good 

 shipping trade in young roses, which he 

 does excejitionally well. 



Simon Bros., of Wilmington, are send- 

 ing in some nice spikes of gladiolus to 

 Leo Niessen. 



The H. A. Dreer Co. will erect another 

 range of glass at Riverton this summer. 



Wm. Thompson, whose .store on Thir- 

 teenth -street was pulled down to give 

 place to a large building, is now nicely 

 located on a farm at Clifton, Pa. He 

 proposes opening a new store in this city 

 in the fall. 



H. M. Paschall, of Holyokc, near 

 Wilmington, finds his mushrooms under 



