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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



749 



House of Two-Year Old Beauties at Wietor Bros., Chicago. Cut Back Aug. 20. 

 Photographed Oct. 20. 



inoipasing daily and improving in size 

 and >tem. The \Mse Bros., of East Au- 

 rora, and Harmon & Burr, of Darien. are 

 sending in good double violets, all of 

 which are sna])ped up quickly. I don't 

 know whetlier the single violets are 

 }>oing to be as fashionable as they were 

 last 3-ear, but we hope so, and if so, 

 some of we rural growers will be in it. 

 The odor is the charm of violets and 

 the single ones have that equally with 

 the double, and the single have the ad- 

 vantage of a much better stem, and when 

 a bunch of a hundred are pinned on a 

 foot below Mamie's nose they have a 

 more graceful efi'ect; in fact they are 

 more in keeping with her hair. \\'lien 

 Ivory and Colonel Appleton mums 

 are here we are in the height of the sea- 

 son and for the next three weeks we 

 shall do well if we dispose of our cut at 

 a good price. 



We were favored a few days ago with 

 a visit in the country by Prof. Cowell 

 and W. F. Kasting. Mr. Cowell looks 

 "just the same," but Billy's trip across 

 tiie Atlantic has added about 30 pounds 

 to his weight. He looks like a prosper- 

 ous (otherwise, boodle) alderman. He 

 has promised to give us half an hour's 

 talk on his impressions of Europe at the 

 next meeting of the club. He says they 

 liave grand flower shows over there. 

 Palms sell for just as good a price in 

 England as they do here. They grow 

 wonderful plants, and the London bar- 

 maids are beautiful. He dwelt longer 

 on the maids than he did on the palms. 

 I got him switched off onto the feed 

 question and what made him so fat, but 

 he quickly got back to these fair dis- 

 ]ieusers of smiles and liquids, and said it 

 was jiartly owing to the wbolesom.e Guin- 

 ness Dublin Stout, which they handed 

 you out at 4 cents a lialf pint; to the 

 roast beef of old England: the sparkling 

 and pure lager of Sa.xony, and the su- 

 perlative excellence of the Berlin sauer- 

 krqut. 



Mr. Cowell will go to Chicago as one 

 of the judges of the big chrysanlhcnnuu 

 show and convention. 



We read with nnich pleasure your cor- 

 respondent's account of the banquet 

 given to Mr. P. Welch by his friends and 

 associates of Boston. He deserves all 



the honors given him and the success he 

 has had. We dealt with Mr. Welch 

 twenty years ago and always wired to 

 him with the full assurance and confi- 

 dence that our wants would be filled sat- 

 isfactorily. He is a bright, lilueeycd. 

 quick-witted descendant of (he Emerald 

 Isle. 



The fact of having spent his honey- 

 moon in Buffalo may partly account for 

 his domestic and commercial good luck. 

 Yet bridal couples usually seek quiet 

 [)!aces for the first few days and you 

 would have thought Philadelphia would 

 have suited them better. Tiiose blissful, 

 brief days that only come once with good 

 people. The second edition is not the 

 genuine article and more of a business 

 contract. Then to. those two all' the 

 world "A solemn stillness holds" for 

 outside of their two blessed selves the 

 world is a blank. There is nothing of 

 interest or importance going on in the 

 universe to them, and after a few days 

 of this delicious dream, unless you have 

 a competent, steady income, you must 

 rub your eyes, smoke up and get a move 

 on. and then, as has been often said, the 

 real life begins. The other was only a 

 light comedy as a curtain raiser to the 

 heavy drama which is to follow in many 

 acts. 



But T really did not mean to dilate on 

 these chestnuts that are so old and yet 

 .ever young. It was the banquet. We 

 know and enjoy the clean cut oratory of 

 Judge Hoitt and the many sensible 

 things that Lawrence Cotter can say in 

 ten minutes, btit we deplore that the 

 full stenographic account of Warren 

 Ewell's address cannot be given to the 

 world with the earnest delivery of Gro- 

 ver Cleveland, the picturesque gesticula- 

 tions of Ro.scoe Conkling, the resonant, 

 far-reaching voice of Bailey, of Texas, 

 or Patrick O'Mara, Esq. What a treat 

 for his auditors! Tliere is a happy 

 blending of philosophy, poetry, imagery, 

 political economy, metaphysics, horticul- 

 ture and recreation so beautifully blend- 

 ed, and sometimes dovetailed into each 

 other, that, inspiring as they are to hear, 

 they are, on accoiuit of the lofty lan- 

 guage, difficult to report verbatim. As 

 Mr. Ewell was. from last accounts, in 

 roliust liealth we trust that we will hear 



him at Milwaukee. They have plenty of 

 the article there that inspires men to 

 eloquence, if not logic. 



We read with interest what tliey are 

 doing in Philadelpliia. That cut flower 

 wholesale maiket must be a great suc- 

 cess. A boon to both grower and retail- 

 er, no middle man or middle price. Ever 

 since I saw the working of the Boston 

 market last -March I was convinced that 

 every big city shotdd do the same and 

 was fully intent on writing up my opin- 

 ion of it, but thought a commission man 

 might tell me to shut up. It may take 

 away some of their business. You can 

 make no reforms or improvements or 

 progress without hurting some one tem- 

 porarily, but the commission man's busi- 

 ness is largely with out of town cus- 

 tomers,, and he can go to the market and 

 purchase his supplies for his shipping. 

 The Boston market is the most satis- 

 factory institution for both store keeper 

 and grower that can be imagined. It's 

 only open to one critici-sm and that is 

 they need more commodious quarters, 

 which I think thej- are getting. Phila- 

 <lel])hia has gone at it with a vim and it 

 will be a howling success. 



You know there are dift'erent ways of 

 doing things, and you also know that at 

 church offertories or collections many 

 people look the other way when the plate 

 is coming around. Dean Hole, that 

 wholesouled, 6-foot-3-inch, mighty, mus- 

 cular christian, says that the episcopal 

 bishop of Denver had a young parson, 

 a diamond in the rough, and they sent 

 him among the mining camps. After 

 a stay of a few days in one of the pros- 

 perous camps he hired the dance hall 

 over the saloon and preached a strong 

 sermon to the motley crowd. Tlien he 

 called to a tin horn gambler, "Billy the 

 kid," and said: "Here's my hat, Billy, 

 take up a collection." Billy was proud 

 of the job, and the first man dropped in 

 a qiuirter. Billy pulled his g\in and said 

 "Young man take that back, this here's 

 a dollar show," and so with hat and 

 gun he got a dollar from every man in 

 the room. I don't see myself the con- 

 nection of this story with the Philadel- 

 phia flower market, but it will have to 

 pass as a windup for this week. 



W. S. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Last week was a hard week to gener- 

 alize, and nut worth much specialization. 

 It was a fairly busy week, with the 

 busy points . bunched into about every 

 other day, and we came out Saturday 

 night with practically no good material 

 to keep over Sunday. If a scarcity exists 

 anywhere, it is probably in the violet 

 department, where it is not marked. 



Chrysanthemums may be at their 

 greatest numbers, but, if so, have hardly 

 yet overshadowed the demand for them. 

 They stand in the way of profitable 

 sales on other lines of goods, perhaps. 

 Prices run fairly good, however, upon 

 good material, but the call for poor ma- 

 terial seems more limited than usual. 



Another Annual Event. 



The stockholders of the co-operative 

 market held their tenth annual meeting 

 at Young's hotel Saturday evening. Oc- 

 tober 25. At the head of th'e banquet 

 table, flanked by about forty stockhold- 

 ers, sat President Stickel and the board 

 of directors. Invited guests were corre- 



