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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November 6, 1902. 



was a graceful and deserved tribute. 



William Swayne, of Kennett Square, 

 sent the first early Timothy Batons to 

 W. J. Baker. 



Eugene Bernheimer finds the demand 

 for Queen of Edgely roses very encour- 

 aging. 



Adolph Fahrenwald won first prize for 

 American Beauties at the New York 

 show. Hurrah for Pliiladelphia ! 



The Germantown Horticultural Soci- 

 ety was the guest of John T. Morris, at 

 Chestnut Hill,- on Saturday. Mr. Mor- 

 ris' "fern grotto" was the chief point of 

 interest. 



Edwin Lonsdale was a judge at the 

 New York show last week; he was espe- 

 cially pleased with the orchid exhibit. 



A Lamb among the Lions. 



A dinner was given at Boothby's on 

 Thursday, evening of last week by Mr. 

 Battles, the prominent retailer, to his 

 friends, the commission merchants, hu- 

 morously described by the above head- 

 ing. Tliose present were: H. H. Bat- 

 tles, Henry Bauer, Eugene Bernheimer, 

 George Cooper, Horace T. Dumont. 

 Frank Gaul, Geo. M. Moss, William J. 

 Moore, Leo Niessen, Samuel S. Pennock 

 and Edward Reid. After a very pleas- 

 ant evening the party adjourned to the 

 reception at the Flower Market. 



Bo^trlinj;. 



Philadelphia is to Be represented in 

 the Bowlers' league this season by a 

 team from which associate members aie 

 barred. This will weaken the team, as 

 some of the associates are fine bowlers. 

 The first game played this week was 

 played with the Pennsylvania Club at 

 the alleys in West Philadelphia. The 

 Florists' team composed of Geo. M. 

 Moss, captain. D. T. Connor, W. E, Gib- 

 son, Frank Polites and Walter Yates. 



Phil. 



BOSTON. 



A busy week for both retailer and 

 wholesaler has been torn oflf the floral 

 calendar; for the retailer, because he 

 had a fairly good week's work, and for 

 the wholesaler, because he had more 

 goods than he could sell and put in over- 

 time trj'ing to do so. 



It strikes me that the call for chrys- 

 anthemums 'is particularly good, espe- 

 cially for the medium qualities. If any 

 are left over after the morning hours, it 



is usually a lot of poor ones and a few 

 good yellow. Tlie increase of the best 

 chrysanthemum price from $20 to $30 

 per 100 is caused by the advent of large 

 late varieties, some of which command 

 the latter price. 



There has been a surplus of poor to 

 medium roses all the week, but practi- 

 cally all the carnations have been mar- 

 keted. There was a scarcity along vio- 

 let lines until Saturday, when a much 

 larger supply developed. I note a few 

 sweet peas in Galvin's, and they claim 

 them to be the first for next year, rather 

 than the last for this year. The first 

 paper white narcissus I have seen were 

 in Wollaston Heights Patterson's box a 

 few days ago. 



Notes. 



There never was a week more bare of 

 news incidentals than that of October 

 27 to November 1. James F. Quinn, of 

 Brookline, did go and get married, con- 

 sequently creating an important page 

 of history for himself and one other. 

 (May it be a long chapter, Mr. Quinn, 

 and full of pleasant paragraphs.) 



Too, the New England Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association lieM another meeting at 

 the American- House, expressed anew 

 their determination to keep up their or- 

 ganizatioji socially, at least, voted a 

 committee t« draw up a constitution, 

 assessed eajch other a quarter and went 

 home. ,. 



James Sutherland is back in Boston 

 again as manager of N. F. Sutherland's 

 Bromfield street store, which fact as- 

 sures good trade there. 



Grading Roses. 



Perhaps you have noticed that in its 

 price lists of roses the Review makes 

 use of the terms "special," "extra," "No. 

 1" and "No. 2." Well, as Shakespeare 

 says, "What's in a name" and "A rose 

 by any other name would smell as 

 sweet," the fact is that most Boston 

 growers grade as "No. 1," "No. 2," "No. 

 3" and "culls," not even using the term 

 "extra" except when they really have a 

 grade that is extra good for the season. 

 Tlie fact is that one man's "extra" or 

 his "No. 1" may not be so good as an- 

 other man's "No. 3." Again, if a cus- 

 tomer approaches a retailer with an or- 

 der for "extra" roses, he grades his stock 

 up to that grade, no matter what num- 

 ber he bought them for. Another dis- 

 crepancy, too, is the fact that the same 



man's goods will vary with the season 

 and condition of his crop. For instance, 

 a "No. 1" of early autumn would be 

 classed among the "No. 3s" of winter. 

 Now, why would it not be better to 

 grade roses by inches in length of stem, 

 for instance, "6-inch," "9-inch," "12- 

 ineh," "IS-inch," "24-inch?" And the 

 length should be counted only from the 

 point where it will sustain the blossom 

 in an erect position. Customers in or- 

 dering by mail or telephone usually have 

 to resort to these terms or else state 

 the price they wish to pay, because we 

 salesmen are so loose in our vernacular. 

 J. S. Manter. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade in the cut flower line was not 

 very encouraging among the retailers 

 the past week. A few of them were busy 

 with funeral work, but there was little, 

 if any, transient trade. The pleasant 

 weather is still with us, and it will take 

 a good frost- and some cold weather to 

 place our business where it belongs. 



The horse show opens tonight at the 

 Coliseum, and as it is one of the fashion- 

 able society events of the season, it will, 

 no doubt, use up quite a lot of first-class 

 stock of all kinds. The principal call 

 for this e-fent is for Beauties, extra large 

 chrysanthemums and violets. 



■Tlie quality of the stock in roses is 

 very fine in selects, suitable for bunches 

 and cut flowers, but is limited in quan- 

 tity; the bulk of the stock runs to sec- 

 onds and thirds -wnth short stems, good 

 only for design work and brings only a 

 fair price. First-class Beauties and Me- 

 teors have slacked up some the past week, 

 while Brides, Maids, Gates and Perles 

 have come in great quaitities, and pla- 

 cards announcing fresh roses at 25 cents 

 a dozen have made their appearance in 

 downtown store windows. 



In carnations the demand is good for 

 first-class stock. Some very fine Lawson, 

 Crocker, Crane, White Cloud, Morning 

 Glory and Scott were seen the past week. 

 Lawson to sell well must come with long- 

 er stems. 



Violets are now very fine and the flor- 

 ists' windows are filled with them. 



Chrysanthemums are now in full blast, 

 and a few fine specimen blooms were 

 seen in the West End flower stores, but 



Some Blooms at the Kansas City Sho-nr. 



