Febhi-ari- 11, laoi. 



The Weekly Florists" Review* 



553 



Caruation Co. offers $15 for the best 

 vase of 100 Higinbotham and $10 for the 

 best fifty blooms, donors' exhibit not to 

 be judged for tliese premiums. J. A. 

 Valentine offers $25 for the best undis- 

 seminated seedling, all varieties exclud- 

 ed which are shown in classes requiring 

 more than twelve blooms. 



The Foley Mfg. Co. offers three silver 

 cups, for the tiest vase of Michigan seed- 

 lings, for the best vase of 100 yellow, and 

 for the best vase of 150 blooms, not less 

 than three or more than five varieties 

 arranged for effect. 



The Lawson gold medal goes to the 

 best 100 blooms, any variety; the Law- 

 son silver medal goes to the second best 

 vase, and the Lawson bronze medal to 

 the third best vase. 



Tlie S. A. F. silver medal will be giv- 

 en to the best vase of fifty blooms of an 

 undisseminated variety, and the S. A. F. 

 bronze medal to the second best vase. 



A sweepstake premium of $15 is of- 

 fered for the best vase in the class for 

 100 blooms and $10 for the best vase in 

 the class for fifty blooms. The society's 

 certificate of merit will be awarded mer- 

 itorious seedlings. 



J. F. Sullivan is superintendent of the 

 exhibition. 



NEW YORK. 



THE CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Davis Bros., Bloomsburg. Pa., regis- 

 ters Mary Albert, color pure white, stem 

 twenty-four to thirty-six inches long, 

 stiff and wiry; early and continuous 

 bloomer; does not burst at any time of 

 the year; blooms measure from two and 

 one-half to three inches; an extra good 

 keeper ; cross Crane by Flora Hill and 

 it might be termed an improved Flora 

 Hill. 



Rates to Detroit. 



Everyone interested in carnations 

 should attend the Detroit meeting of 

 the American Carnation Society. The 

 rate of one and one-third fares has been 

 secured from the Trunk Line Associa- 

 tion, and the Central Passenger Asso- 

 ciation, these two associations covering 

 the greater part of the territory from 

 which attendance will be forthcoming 

 for this meeting. 



Everyone who has something to ex- 

 hibit and is not a member of the so- 

 ciety can get a premium list giving full 

 I^artieulars by applying to the Secre- 

 tary, Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 

 The premium list has been sent to each 

 member of the society and anyone not 

 getting theirs should apply at once for 

 a second copy. 



Albert ^I. Heer, Secretarv. 



PROPAGATING THE DAHLIA. 



A correspondent raises the question 

 of the propagation of dahlias, asking if 

 dahlia roots produced from cuttings are 

 equal to those produced from a division 

 of the roots ? We believe the former 

 is the method practiced in most com- 

 mercial estaldishments. Possibly some 

 reader would like to express his opinion 

 Dn the merits of the two methods? 



Butte. iloNT. — The Montana Florists' 

 Club held its semi-annual meeting Jan- 

 uary 15. electing the following officers: 

 Pi-esident, Elmer Law; vice-president, 

 Edward Willoughby; secretary, Sylvester 

 Hansen: treasurer, V. Siegel. The club 

 has now been in existence about a year 

 and the membership is steadily increas- 



The Market. 



The market has held remarkably 

 steady tor a week, with a tendency to 

 improvement. This encouraging condi- 

 tion may be fairly depended upon until 

 Lent begins, and anyway Lent is grad- 

 ually ceasing to be a factor in deter- 

 mining the value of flowers and there 

 is no good reason whj- business should 

 not be as good as it is at present until 

 after Easter, which it would be wise to 

 bear in mind is only seven weeks away. 

 The past week was crowded with din- 

 ners and receptions and the charity 

 ball and the Arion used great quantities 

 of cut flowers. Business with some of 

 the Broadway florists on these occa- 

 sions lasted well into the early morning. 

 The funeral of William C. AVhitney was 

 an occasion for floral tributes, the quan- 

 tity and like of which have seldom been 

 equaled. Over twenty wagon loads of 

 the choicest flowers were used at this 

 funeral and nearly every first class 

 florist had his share of the work. The 

 church was decorated with immense 

 palms, by the Eosery Uompany, and the 

 floral tributes from all sources were 

 also arranged in the chancel. The pall 

 of valley and violets was the work of 

 Arthur Merritt. An enormous wreath 

 of white orchids and an immense cross 

 of violets were the most striking and 

 beautiful of the set pieces. The de- 

 mand for orchids of all kinds was enor- 

 mous and the market was depleted. 



Special Beauties held steadily all the 

 week at 50 cents and occasionally a few 

 of the finest Maids and Brides touched 

 20 cents, although 15 cents was top 

 price with the majority. The best Lib- 

 erties sold at 40 cents to 50 cents and 

 some superb stock of this variety is in 

 the market. Violets failed, even in 

 special lots, to go above the dollar 

 mark; 50 to 75 cents is the prevailing 

 price for the best stock and thousands 

 of flowers cannot command over 25 

 cents per 100. Carnations barely hold 

 their owti at last week's quotations. 

 The exhibit at the club may awaken 

 greater interest and possibly boom the 

 specialties, some grand stock of which 

 is seen. Bulbous stock is very abun- 

 dant. Valley goes slowly at reduced 

 prices. Lilies seem to be more in de- 

 maud and good values prevail. 

 Qufa Meeting. 

 Carnation night at the New York 

 Florists' Club brought an attendance 

 of over 200, including about fifty ladies. 

 The attendance of visitors from a dis- 

 tance was especially encouraging. Eose 

 night, a month hence, will find the rooms 

 too small for the attendance, judging 

 i)v the grand success of Monday even- 

 ins?. Patrick Welch, of Boston; T. J. 

 Johnston and wife, of Prqyidence; Pe- 

 ter Fisher, of Ellis, Mass.; M. A. Pat- 

 ten, of Tewksbury, Mass.; E. Haines, of 

 Bethlehem, Pa.; Peter Duff, of Orange, 

 and E. W. Xewbrand, of Tarrytown, 

 were among the visitors. A lunch was 

 served to the ladies, the canteen was 

 well patronized and there was enough 

 and to spare for all. The vaudevi' 

 entertainment was good and every lady 

 was handsomely decorated by the liber- 

 al exhibitors when the general distribu- 

 tion of the exhibits was made at the 

 close of the entertainment. 



Over 2,000 flowers were staged. The 

 Cottage Gardens had over 100 varieties, 

 all Mr. Ward's own seedlings, except 

 Prosperity and Enchantress. No. 144, 

 a white seedling shown by Dailiedouze 



Bros., to be sent out in 1906, received 

 special commendation. Scott's nephro- 

 lepis, in 7, 8 and 14-ineh pots, were 

 grand specimens of the new fern and 

 attracted much attention, as did also six 

 splendid pots of Adiuntum Farleyensa 

 trom A. X. Pierson. The exhibits from 

 Baur & Smith, of Indianapolis, and the 

 Thompson Company were unfortunately 

 frozen in transit. 



The carnation exhibits included 

 Adonis and Vesper, from Craig & Son; 

 Helen Eeid, from William Didden, Phi- 

 adelphia; Mrs. Patten, from Patten &, 

 Co., Tewksbury; a red seedling from C. 

 J. 'Thorp, of Bedford Station; Albatross 

 and Flamingo, from L. E. Marquisee: 

 Oov. Odell, from A. & L. Pathey, Bay 

 Shore; Amaze and some seedlings from 

 J. A. Suydam; J. E. Haines, Star of 

 Bethlehem, Juno p.nd No. 77, from J. E. 

 Haines, Bethlehem, Pa.; Gcmez, Law- 

 son and some seedlings from John 

 Beimels, Woodhaven; Alpine Glow, Oc- 

 toroon, Ethel Ward, Enchantress, No. 

 303, Sensation, No. 622, Judge Hins- 

 dale, Mackinac, Prosperity, Wliite 

 Roosevelt, Mrs. J. A. Thayer and a 

 large collection of seedling.^ from the 

 Cottage Gardens; the Cardinal from E. 

 Witterstaetter, Cincinnati; a white 

 seedling from L. E. Small, Tewksbury; 

 Nelson Fisher and Mrs, Patten, from 

 Peter Fisher; Yorkston, from J. E. 

 Krayer, Villa Nova, Pa. ; Mrs. Patten, 

 from M. A. Patten; Bride, from J. N. 

 May; No. 144, from Dailiedouze Bros.; 

 Daheim, Adonis, White .Lawson and 

 Enchantress, from F. E. Pierson Com- 

 pany, Tarrytown. There were freesias 

 from J. A. Shellem and Eudolph Fish- 

 er, ferns from A. N. llerson and John 

 Scott. 



Peter Fisher's paper on stem-rot, the 

 deadliest of all carnation diseases, was 

 of great interest and held the attention 

 of all. Mr. Fisher paid his respects to 

 Messrs. Ward. Craig and Scott and in- 

 troduced his subject in his usual happy 

 vein. He was followed by Eobert Craig, 

 of Philadelphia, in one of his delight- 

 ful addresses. He complimented the clu'r> 

 oji the attractive display and the value 

 of the exhibition. It was one of his most 

 polished efforts and stamps him as the 

 Demosthenes of the profession. Mr. 

 Ward followed in a practical address of 

 much value and interest, with interest- 

 ing criticisms and elaboration on the 

 subject of Mr. Fisher's paper. Mr. Dail- 

 iedouze, Mr. Haines, Mr, Patten, C. H. 

 Allen, Harry May and Mr. O'Mara fol- 

 lowed in brief addresses. 



The report of the advisory committee 

 indicated the decision to confine exhibi- 

 tions for 1904 to the rooms of the club. 

 Walter Sheridan, for the dinner com- 

 mittee, reported every arrangement made 

 for the annual festivity at the St. Denis 

 February 20, at 7:30, and a large num- 

 ber of tickets already sold for the occa- 

 sion. All the best features of former 

 dinners may be depended on. Mr. Haff- 

 ner reported, for the bowling -commit- 

 tee, a warm invitation for all florists 

 to participate in the annual prize con- 

 test next Monday evening. The outing 

 committee has secured the grove and 

 boat for the annual outing June 29. The 

 committee of awards reported a visit to 

 the Cottage Gardens to see the seedling 

 No. 303 and recommended the awarding 

 of the club's certificate of merit. Six 

 new members were elected and one pro- 

 posed. Letters of resignation from Jul- 

 ius Eoehrs, J. H. Troy and Rudolph As- 

 mus were read and accepted with re- 

 gret. 



