July 2-1, 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



265 



Our Stock Will Please Your Customers. 



WE HAVE A FINE AND LARGE STOCK OF 



KENTIAS, LATANIAS, ARAICARUS, ASPIDISTRAS, FERNS, 

 BAY TREES and Miscellaneous Decorative Stock. 



COOL GROWN AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 



CATAI.OGTTE ON APPLICATION. 



C.C. POLLWORTH CO., Milwaukee, Wis. 



Model Kstension Caruntioa Supports and Ga!- 

 vanized Rose ttakes. Parker-Bnieu Mfg. Co.. 

 EOS .lersey St., Harrison, N. J. 



BUSINESS BHINGEES— 



REVIEW Classified AdvB. 



WIRE. WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. McKellar & Wlnterson. 45 

 47, 49 Wabash Ave.. Chicago. 



Emll Steffens, Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs. 835 East 21st St., New York. 



Reed & Keller, 122 W. 25th St., New York 



Manufacturers of W ire Designs. 



E, H. Hunt, 76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Business is much the same as in 

 last week's report, but, in spite 

 of the fact that we are in the midst 

 of the summer dullness, and everything 

 seems awfully quiet, there is more activ- 

 ity than is usual in the market at this 

 time of year. Although prices are away 

 down, quite a lot of stock is disposed of 

 and the aggregate sales are not so bad. 



Carnations are very scarce at present. 

 You scarcely can find a white one that 

 could be called fair, but to help matters 

 out some, roses are in much better sup- 

 ply, there being quite a quantity of white 

 ones also, and these can be sub.stituted 

 for white carnations in almost all cases. 

 Prices are the same as quoted last week. 



Some fine gladioli are coming in and 

 sell well. If the growers would grow 

 more of one variety the wholesaler could 

 dispose of more of this kind of stock, as 

 then he could make a show of one color 

 instead of the many colors, and only one 

 or two of a kind, as now. It would pay 

 to discard the poorer varieties, keeping 

 only three or four of the best, ana then 

 grow them in quantity. 



Meetiog of the Florists' Society. 



The special meeting of the Cincinnati 

 Florists' Society was held on Tuesday 

 last. The principal business before the 

 society was the formation of a schedule 

 for the flower and plant shows to be 

 given by the society in its club rooms 

 during the winter months. 



It was decided to give three exhibi- 

 tions. The first on the second Saturday 

 of November, to be devoted to chrysan- 

 themums, cut blooms and plants. There 

 will be a first, second and third prize in 

 each class, and all ijrizes will be of sufii- 

 cient value to well repay the gi-ower for 

 his trouble. 



The second show will be the second 

 Saturday in December, and will be de- 



voted to carnations. Prizes will be 

 awarded same as in the 'mum show. 



The third and last show will be in 

 Januaiy, on the second Saturday, and 

 will be the rose exhibition. At this show 

 there will also be a special prize for vio- 

 lets 



It was decided that the next meeting 

 of the society will be a " social session, ' ' 

 to which all florists, whether they are 

 inembers of the society or not, are in- 

 vited, and the ladies, too, were given a 

 special invitation to be present. Re- 

 freshments will be sen-ed. 



The obje<:t of this meeting is to 

 arouse interest in the society among 

 those who are not members. It is the 

 duty of every broad-minded florist to 

 help along the florists' societies in every 

 manner in which he is able, and the very 

 least he can do is to be a member. Per- 

 haps he will derive no direct benefit, 

 but the fact that he is benefited thereby 

 indirectly is indisputable. 



Final arrangements for the trip to 

 Asheville will be made at the next meet- 

 ing of the society. At present it looks 

 as if there will not be many from this 

 city. But I believe that when the crowd 

 begins to arrive that many will hastily 

 make up their minds and go with the 

 party. 



J. T. Herdigen of Aurora, Ind., has 

 been quite sick, but is improving at pres- 

 et- C. J. Ohmer. 



CINCINNATI TO ASHEVILLE. 



Notice to florists attending the S. A. 



F. O. H. convention at Asheville, en 

 route via Cincinnati: Diagrams of Pull- 

 man sleepers will be at the oflice of E. 



G. Gillett ten days before time of start- 

 ing, where he will be pleased to make res- 

 ervations for anyone desiring same. Ar- 

 riving at Cincinnati, go to the Queen & 

 Crescent oflice, corner Fourth and Eace 

 streets, where you can then get berths 

 that were saved for you. Price of sleeper 

 is $3 each way. 



The fare from Cincinnati to Asheville 

 is $12.36, or one fare for the round trip. 



The Chicago delegation will arrive in 

 Cincinnati on the morning of Aug. 18, 

 and a special train made up here by the 

 Q. & C. E. E. will leave at 2 p. m., tak- 

 ing supper at Sommerset, Ky., arriving 

 at Asheville at about 8 a. m. 



Mr. Gillett would like every florist 

 tributary to Cincinnati to notify him as 

 soon as possible if he will go, and how 

 many there will be in his party. In this 

 way it will give him more time to make 

 necessary arrangements for the comfort 

 of all. c. J. Ohmek. 



Surplus Roses-to close 



350 Brides, 2S-ineh 2c 



200 Maids, 3mcli 3c 



150 Maids, 2'.,-inch 2c 



WM. B. SANDS, B^fa^'d, BALTIMORE, MD. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



FLOWERS AT FUNERALS. 



A subscriber in Amsterdam, N. Y., 

 sends us the clippings reprinted below 

 and says: "The clippings are from a 

 recent issue of our morning paper, in the 

 columns of which we are liberal adver- 

 tisers. It is also worthy of note that the 

 editor of this particular sheet is a fre- 

 quent purchaser of floral arrangements. 

 Evidently he feels the expense to be ob- 

 ligatory, and one that he would prefer to 

 shun. But fortunately the largest per- 

 centage of demand for funeral flowers is 

 from people of a superior order to that 

 this party shows himself to belong to by 

 his utterance in his editorial and (pre- 

 sumably) the follow up letter." 



Following are the paragraphs referred 

 to: 



"Friends will kindly omit flowers." This 

 request is printed iu a funeral notice in 

 another column. We do not desire to aim a 

 shaft at the local florists, b-Jt we must Insist 

 that the cra.-^e of covering caskets with flowers, 

 often b.v people who cannot afford it, has 

 reached an alarming stage, and we are gl'id 

 to And a family who puts up a barrier again.st 

 the practice. 



Mr. Editor: — I have noticed in the city press 

 that a very sensible family desired that there 

 should te no flowers at the funeral of the head 

 of the family. This custom of fllllng houses 

 of m< urning with flowers has grown into an 

 abuse — has become a sentimental practice whicil 

 should be ignored in all good society. Flowers 

 ;uld nothing iu ameliorallng the pang of sor- 

 row among the bereaved and in too many cases 

 do not express any specially heartfelt regard 

 to the memory of the dead and In as many cases 

 cannot be afforded by the persons making these 

 profuse and needless, it not senseless ofter- 

 ines. H. M. B. 



July 3, 1902. 



In Vol. XVL, No. 4, of the Journal 

 of the Columbus (Ohio) Horticultural 

 Society, Professor F. M. Webster re- 

 ports the advent of the imported wil- 

 low and poplar curculio west of the Al- 

 legheny mountains, it having been found 

 by one of his assistants near Ashtabula, 

 O. He gives a complete description of 

 the pest, together with its history. It 

 first appeared in America in 1882 iu New 

 Jersey. It promises to be a difficult en- 

 emy to combat. 



Shawnee, O.— Eobt. Jones reports that 

 trade has been brisk until the past week. 

 He also says the Eeview is all right. 



