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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 10, 1902. 



famous band of negro singers has been 

 engaged for the enjoyment of tlie eciil- 

 dren. There will be dancing, boating, 

 fisliing, bowling and shooting. This will 

 make it pleasant for everybody, and 

 should the weather man be good to us 

 on that day a large attendance will be 

 assured, and we shall all have a good 

 time. The trustees will meet this week 

 and arrange for the different committees 

 to take charge of the different sports. 

 The florists should not forget the date, 

 Thursday, July 24. Those who have not 

 received programs may be supplied by 

 addressing any one of the trustees. 



Those who have made up their minds 

 to attend the S. A. F. convention next 

 month should send in their names as soon 

 as they can to J. J. Beneke, 1220 Olive 

 street, who already has quite a number 

 of names. 



A very sad and painful accident befell 

 Mi-s. John Young at her home on Sunday 

 night. She missed her footing and fell 

 down a long flight of stairs, breaking 

 her arm and sustaining other injuries. 

 Mr. Young reports that, while the in- 

 juries to Mrs. Young are very painful, 

 nothing dangerous will result from the 

 fall. Mr. and Mrs. Young have our 

 sympathy. 



Bowling. 



The July series were begun Monday 

 night. The weather was red hot and 

 eight of the faithful came and rolled 

 three games. The handicaps were some- 

 what changed. We now have three 

 scratch men, one of whom was high man 

 Monday night. 



H. 1 2 3 Total. 



John Sturtz 14S 200 204 552 



F. C. Weber 27 179 183 170 532 



A. Meyer 10 202 168 146 516 



J. J. Beneke 3 165 163 184 512 



Theo. Miller 30 170 188 153 511 



C. A. Kuehn 156 189 141 486 



Will Adels 35 138 153 183 474 



A. y. Ellison 157 151 139 447 



BOSTON. 



Various Items. 



"Well, boys, business is pretty tough 

 and no mistake! And whether all hands 

 (except me) have made money enough 

 to last over the Sahara of the summer 

 months or not I hardly dare guess. Per- 

 haps we better pass the hat. 



Probably because the cool June kept 

 flowers in better condition than usual, 

 not so many by far have thrown out 

 plants as could be expected and are still 

 cutting and trying to market the crop. 

 Next week, however, will probably wit- 

 ness a heavy falling off in quantity and 

 quality. Kaiserin roses have hardly 

 made their regular showing yet. They 

 were quite plentiful for a few days 

 some little time ago, then took a rest, 

 but are now coming quite freely and 

 quite good. So are all other kinds. 



Vacations are beginning among both 

 the florists and more ordinary people, as 

 evinced by the number of Back Bay res- 

 idences with shutters put up. 



P. L. Carbone was the first to start 

 for Europe, sailing July 2. During his 

 absence his Boylston street place will be 

 enlarged and thoroughly refitted, the 

 granolithic floor, slojnng on all sides to 

 a drain in the center, being the most 

 important change. The work is already 

 well under way. 



Gypsy moths and brown-tails are get- 

 ting in their work. Did you know that 

 an old gun loaded with an ordinary 

 charge of loose powder and held some 



three or four feet away from a nest or 

 gathering of caterpillars will blow them 

 to kingdom-come in just about three- 

 eighths of a second with no damage to 

 anything else? 



If you are interested in up-to-date 

 park arrangements go and see the sand 

 garden for the little folks near the 

 mouth of the subway on the public gar- 

 dens. Or if you want to see a small 

 army of small people just enjoying them- 

 selves go to the same place. 



The ' ' Wholesale Bat and Ball Team ' ' 

 complains that the Park street nine re- 

 fuses to meet them on the diamond an- 

 gular field. Come, Brimstones! fire up 

 and give them a smell of future punish- 

 ment ! 



Mr. F. W. Clark, well and very favor- 

 ably known to habitues of Park street, 

 has been quite sick with a complicated 

 heart trouble, but is now recuperating at 

 Northfield. J. S. Manter. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is quiet, thor- 

 oughly summerlike, so to speak. The sup- 

 ply is decreasing, not one-half the stock 

 of a month ago is coming in town. Beaut- 

 ies are falling off i*i quality. It is rather 

 a difficult matter to get enough select 

 stock to fill the orders. The features are 

 some really fine Kaiserins (this rose is 

 very plentiful now), a few Carnots 

 (chiefly George Anderson), a few orchids, 

 lily of the valley (which can be had in 

 quantity), and some really fine carna- 

 tions. The first asters have made their 

 appearance; Leo Niessen having some 

 fair tlowers that brought $1 to $1.50 per 

 100. He thinks they will be quite plenti- 

 ful in a short time. Centaurea imperialis 

 makes a fine show in the store windows. 

 Pond lilies are also in evidence. 



President Burton's Address. 



The July meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was favored by an eloquent address 

 from John Burton, president of the S. 

 A. F. O. H. Mr. Burton gave a graphic 

 account of the trip to Asheville, which 

 he felt sure all the Philadelphia florists 

 would enjoy. The fare is quite expensive 

 — $6 for a round trip ticket to Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and $14. P5, Washington to 

 Asheville and return by the Southern 

 Kailroad, making $20.95 in all. But the 

 accommodations at Asheville are excel- 

 lent and quite inexpensive. The place 

 is one well worth seeing, Biltmore being 

 one of the finest country seats ever laid 

 out. The people are warm-hearted and 

 most hospitable, and while no very elab- 

 orate preparations for the entertainment 

 of visiting florists have been made. Mr. 

 Burton is confident that the well-known 

 southern hospitality will more than make 

 up for any absence of formal entertain- 

 ments. It is to be hoped that every 

 Philadelphian who reads these lines will 

 make an effort to join our delegation to 

 Asheville next month, and heartily sup- 

 port the national society and its able 

 leader. 



Marketing Cut Flowers. 



It is interesting to note that many of 

 our leading men are becoming convinced 

 that the days of peddling cut flowers 

 are numbered. Some favor commission 

 houses, some a market, while others be- 

 lieve that both commission houses and 

 market working side by side will prove 



the ideal method for the disposal of our 

 product. Besides the arguments of loss 

 of time and deterioration of stock caused 

 by peddling it is thought that when flow- 

 ers are cheap and plentiful the retailers 

 might often be induced to buy good stock 

 in quantity that now goes to the fakirs or 

 the dump. There is reason to believe 

 that the time is ripe for concerted action 

 in this matter. The vast quantities of 

 glass being erected this summer will 

 make it absolutely necessary to cut down 

 running expenses to a minimum if this 

 extra glass is to yield fair returns to 

 the growers. 



Notes. 



Joseph Bevis, of Limekiln Pike, will 

 grow one house of Liberty this season. 



Joseph Wolft", Sr., has gathered quite 

 a Collection of orchids in his house at 

 Twenty-ninth street and Sedgeley ave- 

 nue. 



R. M, Eisenhart, of Torresdale, is re- 

 modeling his violet plant. 



Richard Smith, of Holmesburg, is 

 building a violet house 22x150. Mrs. 

 Smith, who is a relative of the well 

 known retailer, Robert Crawford, Jr., 

 will attend to the business. There are 

 several smaller houses on the place. 



A. Goutrom, of Holmesburg, is start- 

 ing in business with two houses 22x150. 



Edward Reid is making preparations 

 to increase the capacity of his commis- 

 sion house one hundred per cent. Mr. 

 Reid does not believe in much cold stor- 

 age. Flowers should be sold, not kept, 

 he thinks. The increased space will be 

 chiefly for packing and handling, with 

 another of his naturally cooled rooms 

 for carnations. Three of the crack car- 

 nation growers who ship here — Kester 

 and Fullmer, of Cardington, and Emil 

 Lieker, of Lansdowne — will add consid- 

 erably to the capacity of their plants 

 this sum.mer. The former will double, 

 the second named will add one-third, 

 while the Lansdowne grower expects to 

 put up about 5,000 feet more glass. 



Bowling. 



The third evening 's play in the race 

 for places on the bowling team to go to 

 Asheville developed an exciting contest 

 with the certainty of several places being 

 in doubt until the last pin is bowled over. 

 It is probable that even then ties will 

 have to be rolled oft'. The scene of bat- 

 tle was shifted to the Columbia Alleys. 

 The scores while fairly good did not 

 reach high water mark. It is interesting 

 to note that D. T. Connor, who made 174 

 in the first game, failed to secure one of 

 the six points by a few pins. W. K. 

 Harris and Falck were obliged to with- 

 draw, leaving fourteen players in the 

 race. The scores follow: 



George Anderson 4eS]Jolm Westeott 416 



S. Dunlap 4551U. T. Connor 414 



B. Stnrkey 4401 W. K. Gibson 404 



Geo. M. Moss 4351 Wm. Robertson 404 



J. P. Habermehl... 4321 Robert Ki£t 392 



G. C. Watson 423!George Craig 384 



S. Adelberger 410iFrank Polites 379 



The scores by points: Moss, 3; 

 Starkey, 3; Kift, 2; Watson, 2; Po- 

 ntes, 1; Robertson, 1; Connor, 1; Craig, 

 1; Gibson, 1; Dunlap, 1; Anderson, 1; 

 Habermehl, 1. Phil, 



Benton Harbor, Mich. — The Green- 

 houses of Thos. Archer & Son have been 

 purchased by Alfred Crooks, who is now 

 repairing and improving the buildings. 



"YOU NEED IT in your business"'— 

 The Florists' Manual, by Wm. Scott. 



