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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 3, 1902. 



upon a score of 28 to 16 or worse than 

 that! 



Splinters of ta,lk hint at a great double 

 play by Charnoek, a regular toboggan 

 slide home by Tailby, and that Hawkes 

 as catcher rivaled his feathered brother 

 when after a chicken. 



But the most is said about Norton's 

 work. It seems he stole all the bases 

 on the field. I did not hear whether he 

 took anything else or not, but presume 

 he also captured the bats, ball, masks, 

 etc. 



The victors did not come off unscathed, 

 however, as most of them are nursing 

 some part of their anatomy although so 

 far as I have seen, no scalps were lost. 

 Honestly, I suppose every feature of the 

 game was played to the limit. 



J. S. Manter. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



June, a very busy month in the «it- 

 flower market, is over. Nearly all the 

 maids who had made up their minds 

 have become brides, and business is rath- 

 er quiet, this week being in marked 

 contrast to last week, which was very 

 good indeed. Eoses hold up well. Kaiser- 

 ins being especially fine; in fact they 

 are better than ever. Carnations are not 

 very plentiful; good white sell well; the 

 colored varieties only fairly so, unless 

 of extra quality. Sweet peas are 

 falling off both in quality and 

 quantity, the cold weather last 

 week followed by the heavy rains this 

 week proving trying for these dainty 

 favorites. Some days they were in short 

 supply. Valley is not coming in so free- 

 ly. Of the outdoor flowers Japanese iris 

 has at times proved useful; they are now 

 about over. 



From Over the Water. 



M. Eice, who returned last week from 

 abroad, encountered very rough weather, 

 both outward and homeward bound. He 

 noticed a number of things while on his 

 trip that may be of interest to the read- 

 ers of the Eeview. One wrinkle was the 

 use of what may be termed advertising 

 ribbon with cut flowers, baskets or de- 

 signs. Narrow white ribbons so univer- 

 sally used for attaching the giver's card 

 to the floral gift is neatly marked with 

 the florist's name and business address 

 in black letters. Should this plan meet 

 with favor in this country it might be 

 improved upon and individualized by the 

 use of autographs, gilt or colored let- 

 ters, or other devices that fancy might 

 suggest. Mr. Eice was much pleased 

 with some well grown plants of Edel- 

 weiss with frosty carnation-Uke foliage 

 and a variety of four-leaved shamrock 

 new to him with glossy green and brown 

 foliage. Both were offered in 4-ineh pots. 

 Mr. Eice thought that the leading Ber- 

 lin florists could not compare with our 

 retailers in the effects produced, their 

 tendency being toward contrast, and 

 sometimes far from pleasing, rather than 

 harmony in color. 



Notes. 



Jennings Bros., of Olney, are sending 

 in some very fine La France to this 

 market. The price is $4 to $5 per 100. 



Eobert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, 

 have just completed and planted a 200- 

 foot house of Liberty. This house has 

 side ventilation in which Mr. Scott is a 

 firm believer. 



The repairs to the seed warehouse of 

 Henry F. Michell, have been completed. 

 Fortunately the large stock of seeds, 

 bulbs and instruments was uninjured 

 by the fire. 



Lord & Burnham Co. have secured the 

 contract for roofing material to be used 

 on William Eerger's new carnation house. 

 This house did service during the past 

 year as a mushroom house. The boards 

 have been removed leaving the sides in 

 readiness for the sash bars. 



Edward Eeid expresses himself as 

 strongly in favor of a central meeting 

 place where cut flowers may be sold. He 

 believes that much loss of time and 

 deterioration of product would be 

 avoided as well as disappointment to the 

 buyers, who so often depend on some one 

 for what he doesn't happen to have. 



Frank Gaul, who has been ill for soma 

 time, is now back at his post at the 

 Century Flower Shop. 



Bowling. 



The second night's play in the series 

 of games to decide the team to represent 

 the club at Asheville took place at the 

 Mannerchor alleys last week. These al- 

 leys proved inferior to the Pennsylvania 

 alleys used the previous week. Splits 

 were frequent and a light ball proved 

 almost useless. Many changes were 

 made and the race for the six places 

 proves very exciting. 



Total score for the three games fol- 

 lows: 



D. T. Connor 475 J. Dunlap 391 



W. R. Gibson 450 S. Adelberger 381 



Geo. M. Moss 417 Frank Pontes ... 373 



B. Starkey 417 Geo. Anderson . . . 364 



G. C. Watson 412 Geo. Craig 356 



Robt. Klft 404 John Westcott . . 345 



W Robertson ... 401 W. K. Harris 329 



J. P. Habermehl . . 394 Fait 327 



In the above match the Connorltes defeated 

 the Andersonlans. 



Score In points in the two matches played; 

 Moss 2, Starkey 2. Kift 2. Polites 1. Robertson 

 1, Connor 1, Craig 1, Watson 1, Gibson 1. 



Phil. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Stock continues poor in quality and 

 there is not enough to meet demands, 

 even at the opening of the dullest part 

 of the year. Eoses average poorer in 

 quality than last week, though with a few 

 there is an improvement, this being in- 

 variably where the grower has main- 

 tained fire heat during the chilly nights 

 that have prevailed of late. No better 

 investment could possibly be made than a 

 few dollars in coal the past week or so, 

 and those who made it are reaping a 

 rich reward. Not that prices are especi- 

 ally higher, but all good roses sell readily 

 at $5 to $6, with a few specials reaching 

 $7, while the poorer stuff brings only $2 

 and $3, and even $1 for the very poor- 

 est. 



White carnations are particularly 

 scarce and the best command $3 a hun- 

 dred, certainly a remarkable price for 

 the season. Others range in price from 

 $1 to $2. Business has held up re- 

 markably well, taking everything into 

 consideration, and the past June will go 

 on record as one of the best if not the 

 best. 



Paeonies are still in the market, and 

 may yet be had in quantity. Auratum 

 lilies are coming in somewhat freely. 

 Of longiflorum and candidum lilies there 

 is a good supply. The heavy and con- 

 tinuous rains have checked the receipts 

 of sweet peas. 



Various Items. 



The weather has been even more re- 

 markable than prior to last report. 

 Heavy rain nearly every day and fre- 

 quently all night. This amount of water 

 falling on the already oversoaked soil 

 has no doubt done a good deal of dam- 

 age to carnations in the field as well as 

 crops in general. And the rains have 

 been accompanied by a very low tem- 

 perature for the season. 



Arrangements for the trip to the S. 

 A. F. convention at Asheville have been 

 made and an announcement regarding 

 same will be found elsewhere in this 

 issue. 



Eecent visitors: Andrew Peterson, 

 Paxton, 111.; J. E. Fotheringham, repre- 

 senting F. E. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, 

 N. Y. 



Mrs. Alex. Bains, Glasgow, Scotland, 

 is in the city. 



Mr. C. M. Dickenson is still sojourn- 

 ing in the east. 



Nick Wietor says the catch was mostly 

 pickerel. 



BUFFALO. 



It is the general opinion that the six 

 months ending now has on the whole been 

 a falling off from last year. Some will 

 say no to this and others yes. Last 

 spring was Pan-Am., with thousands of 

 visitors and it must have made a consid- 

 erable difference, and if this spring had 

 been as good it would have shown a 

 marked improvement in what we could 

 call normal trade. June has been un- 

 doubtedly a good month. Graduations 

 called for more flowers than for some 

 years past, and for two weeks past every 

 kind of flower has been well cleaned up. 



Mr. Stroh, of Attica, and C. Guenther, 

 of Hamburg, have both been sending in 

 very fine carnations for this time of 

 year. What an all round wonderful 

 carnation the Lawson is! You begin to 

 pick in October; if you feel in the dumps 

 during the dark days of winter you have 

 only to go to the end of the Lawson 

 bench and your blues will be dissipated 

 for its an enchantress and now it stands 

 up loaded with buds and blossoms, as 

 green and fresh as in January and not 

 falling over or needing a stepladder to 

 pick it. 



Eoses are showing the effects of sum- 

 mer weather and the Maids and Brides 

 not thrown out have tjje seasonable touch 

 of mildew. 



The plant business has been about as 

 usual, certainly not in excess of last 

 year. The hanging wire basket has taken 

 a great tumble. It always was a very 

 artificial style of ornamental gardening 

 and its passing away is only a natural 

 consequence of a better taste. A well- 

 filled large basket of nephrolepis or 

 Asparagus Sprengeri will always find 

 a place, but the hotch potch mixed 

 basket for the veranda is about over. 

 Another plant which last year even was 

 very popular has had but a poor sale this 

 year, and that is the Hydrangea Otaksa. 

 Neither large tubs or medium-sized plants 

 are wanted in any quantity. 



Our city is passing through a period of 

 horticultural education. There is a society 

 formed here known as the "Beautifying 

 Buffalo Society," and although some 

 may laugh at it, it is sure to have some 

 effect on the taste of the people. The 

 men and women at the head of it are 

 people of education and refinement and 



