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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mat 29, 1902 



& Smythe, and already their handsome 

 establishments are open. 



Items. 



The coming convention of the S. A. F. 

 O. H. at Asheville begins to assert its 

 interest, and prospective visitors are 

 talking about the route, the best way to 

 go and the desirability of a grand union 

 of Boston, Philadelphia and New York 

 members by special train, to start from 

 Washington on the Sunday evening be- 

 fore the convention opens, arriving at 

 Asheville about noon on Monday after 

 a daylight trip through the glorious 

 country where the angels (feet) love to 

 linger. 



The auction sales continue. Bedding 

 plants of all kinds are absorbed at good 

 prices. Japanese plants are again of- 

 fered with Fifth avenue art surround- 

 ings, and the bon ton dabblers in horti- 

 culture gladly bid exorbitant prices for 

 these diminutive curiosities. 



Friends of Louis Schmutz will hear 

 with regret of the accident whereby both 

 of his legs were broken. 



Charles H. Downie, of Peter Hender- 

 son & Co., died of pneumonia Monday, 

 May 19. He had been manager of the 

 agricultural seed department of this 

 house since 1889. His abilifv was un- 

 questioned, his friends many, and his 

 demise is universally regretted. 



The Pennsylvania" Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Philadelphia, is worthily proud of 

 its membership of S.50, and its beautiful 

 home. It was my pleasure to attend its 

 regular meeting last Tuesday evening, 

 and to hear an excellent address by the 

 society's botanist. Mr. Stewardson 

 Brown, on "The Influence of Environ- 

 ment on Plant Variation." After the 

 meeting a pleasant hour in the billiard 

 and bowling room of the Florists' Club 

 below made all other places of a similar 

 character in floral circles look hungry 

 and undeveloped, and such generous wel- 

 come, such "touch the spot" punch as 

 Brother Westeott's, and such persistent 

 and enthusiastic bowling as the Deacon 's, 

 can be found nowhere else in the coun- 

 try. 



Thomas Young, Sr., rlied at Clifton, N. 

 J., Monday. 



S. A. Anderson, of Buffalo, is in the 

 city. 



Bowling. 



Monday night was stormv and the at- 

 tendance at the alleys was" light. 



Capt. Lang thinks "a neutral alley will 

 be best for that match with Capt." Elli- 

 son and suggests that the battle be 

 fought at Asheville. 



The best scores Monday night were: 



J?°S •./ 1S6 162 LSI 162 1S4 



Wnn 202 194 LSI 164 162 



Bonyard 132 146 123 159 



Austin. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The annual spring exhibition of the 

 State Floral Society was held May 22, 

 23 and 24 in the nave of the Ferry build- 

 ing, San Francisco. The show " on the 

 whole is something similar to the one 

 held last year with the addition of a 

 greater number of novelties than could 

 be seen at any of the previous shows 

 held by the society. The premiums were 

 awarded as follows: .John H. Sievers, 

 first, for largest and best collection of 

 carnations; first for largest and best 

 collection of pelargoniums. Domoto 

 Bros., first, for dwarf trees in pots. 

 Frank Pelicano, first, for cut flowers. ] 



Cypress Lawn Cemetery, special premi- 

 um, for ferns and cinerarias. C. C. 

 Morse & Co., Santa Clara, special pre- 

 mium, for sweet peas. Peter Theisen, 

 Golden Gate, special premium, for seed- 

 ling rose named Pride of Golden Gate; 

 first for seedling rose Climbing C. Test- 

 out. Mrs. T. Sachan, special premium, 

 for chrysanthemum Viriand-Morel ; first 

 for largest and best collection of garden 

 flowers. Mrs. W. S. Chandler, first, for 

 wild flowers. Prof. E. J. Wickson, first, 

 for collection of roses. Mrs. E. T. 

 Crane, second, for collection of roses. 

 Cox Seed & Plant Co., first, for decora- 

 tive plants. John Hinkel, Berkeley, first, 

 for field grown roses. E. J. Vawter, 

 Ocean Park, special premium for field- 

 grown carnations. Mrs. H. P. Tricon, 

 first, for collection of cacti. Mrs. Eich- 

 ard Spreckels, special premium, for bas- 

 ket of pelargoniums. 



D. O. Mills exhibited, not for competi- 

 tion, a table of very choice ferns, calceo- 

 larias, primulas, eoleus and pelargoniums. 

 The Golden Gate Park exhibited, not for 

 competition, a very large oval table con- 

 taining Lilium longiflorums, eoleus, cal- 

 ceolarias, primulas and an assortment of 

 palms. 



The exhibit of carnations and pelargo- 

 niums made by John H. Sievers was, as 

 usual, a superb display of cut bloom, 

 the new seedling carnation Mrs. White- 

 law Eeid winning first premium. This 

 seedling is of the Hobart type, a fine 

 scarlet with reputation of being a splen- 

 did keeper. A. B. Spreckels, a brilliant 

 scarlet, is a beauty, a large full flower 

 with good stem. If there is another 

 scarlet that beats A. B. Spreckels, I 

 would like to see it. 



The basket of pelargonium blooms 

 exhibited by Mrs. R. Spreckels, Buena 

 Vista avenue, San Francisco, was one 

 of the most handsome arrangements of 

 pelargoniums ever witnessed at an exhi- 

 bition in San Francisco in many years. 

 The basket contained seventy-five vari- 

 eties of the finest pelargoniums in cul- 

 tivation finished with Asparagus plu- 

 mosus. In size the basket was 3x4 feet 

 and stood on a pedestal in the center of 

 the hall. This exhibit was much ad- 

 mired. 



The new rose, "Climbing Caroline 

 Testout," a sport that originated with 

 Mr. Peter Theisen, of Golden Gate, 

 Oakland, was much admired by rose lov- 

 ers. It's a good thing and will be a 

 splendid addition to our list of climbing 

 roses. Mr. Theisen will disseminate this 

 new rose November 1.5, 1902. Another 

 new rose shown by Mr. Theisen is 

 called "Pride of Golden Gate," said to 

 be a cross between Papa Gontier and 

 Mme. Lambard. It looks much like 

 Capt. Christy in color and is said to be 

 a good forcing rose. Mr. John Mae- 

 Laren. one of the .judges, thinks that 

 Capt. Christy has been flirting with iume. 

 Lambard, instead of Papa Gontier. 



The sweet pea exhibit by C. C. Morse 

 & Co., Santa Clara, made a most at- 

 tractive table for the lovers of this 

 beautiful flower. 



Frank Pelicano had a well arranged 

 table of decorative plants, roses and car- 

 nations. Among the carnations Roose- 

 velt, Estelle, Lawson, Crocker and Ho- 

 bart could be seen in the finest form. 



The wild flower exhiuit was, if any- 

 thing, the finest ever witnessed in 'Fris- 

 co. Hundreds of varieties were gathered 

 and sent from all parts of the state^ 

 giving the lovers of wild flowers a treat 

 that they get but once a year. J. N. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Although the glut that prevailed last 

 week is, to a certain extent, still with us 

 we can say that better conditions prevail. 

 There is little, if any, transient trade, 

 but the several weddings booked for this 

 week, together with the commencement 

 exercises and Decoration Day, will wake 

 up the trade somewhat, although Dec- 

 oration Day scarcely causes a ripple in 

 the trade here. 



Boses and carnations are very abund- 

 ant and job lot prices prevail. Beauties 

 are in good demand, the top price being 

 $3 per dozen. The best of the smaller 

 roses bring $3 and $4, but the bulk of 

 the stock is sold from $1 to $2 per 100. 

 Outdoor Jacks are in, but not good, and 

 go at $2. 



Carnations are still in fair condition, 

 though a great many show the effects 

 of the hot weather. Some of the best 

 flowers went begging at 50 and 75 cents 

 per 100, and many had to be dumped 

 the past week. 



Pa?onies were very plentiful and found 

 a fairly good market. Sweet peas are 

 becoming very plentiful and this week 

 will find the market glutted with them, 

 the price being 25 and 50 cents per 100. 

 A few Harrisii and callas are still in 

 the market, but are not much called for. 

 All greens had a fairly good call with 

 plenty in the market. 



World's Fair Matters. 

 Professor W. M. Hays of Minneapo- 

 lis, who is a member of the committee 

 from the National Association of Agri- 

 cultural Colleges, visited Secretary Jo- 

 seph Flory of the National World's Fair 

 committee the past week to ask for a 

 half acre of ground on which to experi- 

 ment in the cultivation of plants during 

 the World's Fair. The other members 

 of this committee are Doctor W. H. Jor- 

 dan, Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y.; 

 Doctor A. C. True, Director of Office of 

 the E.Tperiment Station, Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, I). C; Doctor 

 H. J. Waters, Dean of the Agricultural 

 College of the Missouri State Univers- 

 ity at Columbia; Professor C. F. Curtis, 

 Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, and 

 Professor Thomas F. Hunt, Dean of the 

 Agricultural College, Columbus, Ohio. 

 The committee met at the Planters 

 Hotel Friday morning and visited the 

 World's Fair site in the afternoon and 

 expressed great satisfaction in the prog- 

 ress made. 



Meeting of the Protective Association. 



The first announcement in the Review 

 of last week of the Retail Florists' and 

 Growers' Protective Association caused 

 an eruption almost equal to that of Mont 

 Pelee among the fakirs, crape chasers 

 and cheap Johns, who know their doom 

 is sealed when this association is in work- 

 ing order. The retailers and growers 

 unite in saying that one must read the 

 Review to get the news in all branches 

 of the trade. 



Florist Club Meeting. 



More than usual interest is being 

 taken in the next meeting of the club, 

 which will be held in Belleville June 

 19 in the rooms of the Commercial 

 Club, and no doubt it will be the largest 

 meeting of the year. It is reported that 

 the Belleville boys and the Commercial 

 Club are making great preparations for 



