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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



SEPTEMBEn 11, 1902. 



PITTSBURG. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club was held at its hall, 

 Tuesday evening, 2nd inst. Nine new 

 members were elected and three names 

 proposed for membership. 



Mr. E. C. Reincman gave a very in- 

 teresting aecrmnt of his visit to the S. 

 A. F. convention at Asheville. He ani 

 Treasurer Boatty were the only mem- 

 bers there from Pittsburg. He went by 

 way of Cincinnati, where he fell in 

 with the florists from Detroit, Chicago 

 and other western points, and the Cin- 

 cinnati boys treated them joyously and 

 bountifully. But he was bitter alx)ut 

 the hotel accommodations at Asheville. 

 He and many others had to seek accom- 

 modations with private families. He 

 thought it unfortunate that the meeting 

 and exhibition rooms should l>e in the 

 same building. But the meetings were 

 well attended. Tlie exhibits were excel- 

 lent; better than he expected to find. 

 He gave the Pierson nephrolepis fern 

 most unstinted praise. The scenery was 

 grand: the heat was severe. 



While the Vanderbilt place was the 

 great sight of the town, the greenhouses 

 were not open to his party, and visitin<r 

 the grounds was restricted to certain 

 miles. The sympathy of the whole con- 

 vention went out to .Tohn Burton, the 

 absent president, and his reelection was 

 from the heart and unanimous. Mil- 

 waukee gets the convention next year. 



In a little after discussion the mem- 

 bers thought Cincinnati would follow 

 Milwaukee, then would eome Baltimore 

 or Washington, and after that, what 

 think you of the .Smokv City? 



Juliu.s Ludwig did a fine business last 

 winter and made lots of money, so, tak- 

 ing his wife along, he bad aii extended 

 vacation this summer, and he told us 

 much about it. He told us about the 

 parks, gardens and cemeteries of Buf- 

 falo. He spent a week in Rochester He 

 was astonishe<l at the shrubbery -rar- 

 dens in Hi<rhland Park, the natural 

 beauties of Genesee Park, the herbaceous 

 collection, notably of phloxes at Ell- 

 wanqrer & Barry's, the hardy flowers at 

 Kellers, and the vivid fields of Vick & 

 Hill Co. 



Then he visited the Albany parks and 

 enioyed the beauties of tlie Hudson 

 River between Albany and New York. 

 He was deliffhtei] with the Bronx Parks 



*yi noA "" A'*""*- '■"" ''°""^^ *''=** f-ost 

 *I40 000 outdoor bird cages built over 

 the heads of tall trees, and enclosing 

 little lakes and so on. But the mos- 

 quitoes there were terrific and raided 

 bumps on his face a.s his as a half d«il- 



i J'""*' '''"■^'^ '""1 o"t of the parks 

 and he cot a carriage and fled to the 

 Botanical C.arden. Here are the most 

 spacious conservatories in America, quite 

 new, and filled with a vast assortment 

 of exotic plants, but .Tulius wouldn't 

 stop to look at them, the mos<)uitoes 

 had most devoured him. the weather 

 %vas hot. and at the sisrbt of a green- 

 house his pores wide open flew. 



Next day found him in Prosnect Park. 

 BronkhTi. Here were the loveliest pieces 

 of landscape architecture he bad ever be- 

 held, with its masTnifiepiit lawns, noble 

 trees, massed' shrubberies, water srar- 

 ders and flower ffardens, and teeming 

 with women nnd children, boys and men 

 at plav. Then it was time for a bath 

 and bis next stopping place was Coney 



RalFs Palms! 



.^^■^^^ XTow in splendid condition, fully up to the high standard my 



plants he.ve attained for g'eueral condition and hardiness. 



Send Orders Early. I will ship them when wanted. 



KENTIA BEI.MOBEAKA. 2;. < in. pots at 

 $12 00. 3 in. at $iri,00 and $20.00 per 100: 4-in. 

 at:?Or and 40e; .i in. at 76c; B in. at $1.00 and 

 $1.2,5: 7-in. at $1.50; Sin. at S2.00 each. Sev- 

 eral strong plants in a pot, bushy, G-in. at 

 $1.00; 8-in. at $2.00 and $2.,'i0; 9-in. at $.'!.00: 

 10-in. at $4.00, $5.00. $6.00 and $7.60. 



KENTIA FOBSTEBIANA. 2>,:-in. pots 

 at $12 00; 3-in. at $15 00 and $'20.00 per 100; 

 4-iD. 30c and 40c; fi-in. at 75c. Severa* strong 

 plants in a pot. bushy, 6-in. at $1.00: 8-in. 

 at $2.00 and $3.00. 



ABECA I^UTESCEH'S. 2^-in. pots at SC.OO: 

 S-ln. at $lu.OO; 4-in . at $17..50 per 110. Several 

 in a pot. very bushy. 6-iu at 50c. 75c and 

 SI, 00; Sin. at$2.0u and $3.00; 10-in. at $4.00 

 and $ii.OO; 12-in. at $7. ,50. 



I.ATANIA BOBBONICA. 2'yi-m. at $4.00; 

 3-in. at$H.00per 100: 4-in. stroijg at 25c; 6-in. 

 at .50c; 8-in. at $1..50. 



PHOENIX CANABIEirsiS. 8-iu. pots 

 at $2.00 and $2..50; 10-in. at $3.00. $3.50, $4.00, 

 $.5.00 and $fi 00. 



ABAUCABIA EXCEI.SA. S to 10-in. hiKh. 

 3 tiers, at 50c : 16 to Is-in. iMEh, 4 tiers, at 81. 



ABAUCABIA BOBUSTA COMFACTA, 



16 to 18-in. high. 3 to 4 tiers, at $2.00 : 18 to 

 20-iii. high, 4 tiers. $2.50. 



FANSAITUS VEITCEII. 0-in. at$l 00. 



FANDANUS UTILIS. 4-in. at 20c; 6-in. 

 at .50c and 7.5c; sin, at $1.00. 



COCOS WEDDEIiIANA, FICUS EI^ASTICA, DBACAENA SAITDEBIAITA, Etc. 

 DeS4Tiptlve Price List on Application. 



CHAS. D. BALL, 



HOLMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mention the Review when you write. 



Island. At this world-famous resort a 

 twelve-acre marine park, known as the 

 iSi.x-weeks' Wonder, Ijecause it was made 

 up and planted in that short time, had 

 been constructed this year, and it is 

 now aglow with cannas, geraniums and 

 other bedding plants, and a host of 

 giant cacti from Arizona. Tlie presi- 

 dent cruelly tried to draw from Julius 

 some account of this brilliant garden, 

 but the man from Allegheny had never 

 seen it. Instead he told us of other 

 queer attractions and emphasized them 

 with a handful of little programs from 

 his pockets for our edification should we 

 go there. But he did see some beautiful 

 gardening at Manhattan Beach. 



Mr. Fraser, Jlr. Frick's gardener, 

 brought in blossoms of a lot of new be<l- 

 liing geraniums, and from Sclienley Park 

 came some hardy flowers. Among the 

 latter a bunch of Hcckrottii lionet-suckle 

 was particularly admired by the mem- 

 bers. ' P. A. 



THE BOSTON FLOWER MARKET. 



I had two hours in Boston one morn- 

 ing last week and by doing some lively 

 hopping around I managed to spend thir- 

 ty minutes of that time in the flower 

 market. I reached the place a little be- 

 fore 7 a. m. and f(uind most of the stock 

 ready for inspection; a few of the late 

 growers were just coining in with their 

 boxes, and a few of the early buyers were 

 leaving with their flowers. The scene 

 was verj' animated but the growers as- 

 sured me business was rotten. This 

 seemed a good time to find out whether 

 they were satisfied with their market or 

 wanted to return to the old days of ped- 

 dling. Tliey all emphatically declared 

 that even when business was dull the 

 market was the only place to sell stufT. 

 I was told that while some peddling was 

 still done every firm in Boston dealt with 

 the market and that its business extended 

 from Portland, Maine, on the north, to 

 the Connecticut tomis on the south. Ship- 

 ping business docs not appear to have 

 been developed to any extent yet. 



There are 134 stalls, all rented, with 



some 40 or more growers on the street 

 who would come in if there was room for 

 them. The Waban Conservatories, that 

 for some time held aloof, have been rep- 

 resented in this market for the past three 

 years. Quite a number of bo.xes are not 

 opened in the market at all, the stock 

 contained in these boxes being sold on 

 regular orders and taken by the buyers 

 when they get their other stuff. The 

 stalls that command high premiums are 

 those near the front; they being more 

 easily reached and seen when the place 

 is crowded. 



Tlie manager said that the stock left 

 in his charge was now sold on a 10 per 

 cent, basis, and that he personally was 

 responsible to the company for the col- 

 lection of all bills for stuti sold by him. 

 He added that he had not yet lost a dol- 

 lar during several years' business. The 

 grower who leaves his flowers, names bis 

 jirice; the stock is sold by numbers 

 I names are not used), and paid for 

 uiontbly. 



The president was busy selling bis 

 stutr, but be made time to give me some 

 valuable intormation. He believed it very 

 iiuixntant to h.ave everything in the mar- 

 ket, even to ferns and wire work, that a 

 buyer might get all he wanted quickly. 

 He thought more attention should be 

 paid to shipping. He believed voting 

 should he done by individuals, not by 

 shares, and that commission men should 

 not be invited to join the market as their 

 interests were not the same as those of 

 the growers. The prices appear to be 

 more even since the market started than 

 during the days when peddling flour- 

 ished. 



I left feeling that a, good market is a 

 necessity to both seller and buyer that 

 we in Philadelphia should have now. 



Phil. 



NORTHAMPTON, MASS. * 



A. Parks has again o])ened a store on 

 JIain street. Trade in general is fair. 

 We all lotik forward to the opening of 

 Smith College, which takes place this 

 month, \\eather fine. Ino. 



