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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



February 18, 1904. 



delegation to the Detroit caruation 

 meeting. Every day brings additions 

 to the list of those who will attend. A 

 bowling contest between teams repre- 

 senting the principal cities will be an 

 additional attraction to several. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The social season closed with plenty of 

 business for everybody. The supply of 

 flowers was hardly equal to the demand. 

 Roses and carnations were very scarce, 

 despite good shipments from some of the 

 growers. St. Valentine 's day created a 

 hirge demand for violets, also for pan- 

 sies and myosotis. The only drag on the 

 market was bulbous flowers. La Reine 

 tulips were sold to replace white carna- 

 tions and white roses, but colored tulips 

 wont rather slowly and daffodils dragged 

 badly. Great quantities of smilax have 

 been used lately. White lilac and Har- 

 risii lilies seemed more plentiful and 

 were in demand. The Beauty growers 

 with one or two exceptions appear to be 

 off crop. Brides and Maids are better 

 than at any time this season. 



Leo Xie'ssen is receiving white poet- 

 icus. 



C. A. Dunn. 



The sad death of Clarence A. Dunn, 

 briefly noted in the Review last week, 

 came' with startling suddenness to his 

 many friends. He was absent from busi- 

 ness" but a few days and was supposed 

 to be suffering from a mild attack of 

 grippe. Many have been the expressions 

 of deep sorrow among our florists at the 

 loss of their comrade and of heartfelt 

 sympathy for his family. The funeral 

 last Sunday afternoon was attended by 

 many friends. The wholesalers almost to 

 a man sent floral tributes, as did a num- 

 ber of others. Mr. Dunn was 43 years 

 of age. He had been in the florist busi- 

 ness for over twenty-five years. It is 

 said that he began as a grower in Nor- 

 ristown, coming from there to Robert 

 Craig, at Forty-eighth and Market 

 .streets. Later he had a store in West 

 Philadelphia and then entered the em- 

 ploy of La Roche & Stahl, at Thirteenth 

 and Chestnut streets. AtTien that firm 

 failed he became right hand man to Leo 

 Niessen. Later he occupied the same 

 position at Dumont & Co. 's, where he 

 afterward became a partner. On Sep- 

 tember 1 he started the commission house 

 that bears his name. He leaves a widow 

 and four children. 



Logao. 



This well-known place on the old York 

 road has been famous for years for its 

 fine stock of decorative and flowering 

 plants. A flying trip was made there 

 this week for the special purpose of see- 

 ing the carnations. The owner, Mr. 

 Graham, was at his place of business in 

 the city, but the foreman, Mr. Groshans, 

 showed" us the stock under his care. The 

 feature of that part of the place devoted 

 to carnations was a house of Mrs. Law- 

 son with plants full of flowers, many of 

 them measuring four inches across. It 

 was a fine sight, made more striking 

 from the fact that the rule was handled 

 by the husband, if names go for any- 

 thing, of the lady whose name the flower 

 bears. There was a very fine house of 

 white varieties. Gov. Lowndes, Glacier. 

 Gov. Wolcott and Lillian Pond, all full 

 of good flowers. There was another house 

 with interesting seedUngs, one resemb- 

 ling Mrs. Lawson with rather longer 



stems, but smaller flowers. Another was 

 a dazzUng scarlet. A house of Liberty 

 roses was in good shape, also one of 

 Beauties. There was a splendid lot of 

 decorative and flowering plants that give 

 promise of good results. 



"At the Sign of the Rose." 



A visit was paid to that unique shop a 

 few days ago for the purpose of seeing 

 some Bridesmaids, said to be the finest 

 coming into the city at present. They 

 were sent by A. J. Pennoek, the valley 

 specialist, to his brother S. S. Pennoek 

 and had been selected that morning as 

 the cream of a shipment of 500. The 

 flowers were magnificent, their beauty en- 

 hanced by the white lilac with which C. 

 H, Fox had tastefully arranged them. 



Notes. 



The business of C. A. Dunn & Oo. will 

 be continued by Charles F. Edgar, who 

 has helped develop it from the start and 

 is thoroughly acquainted with every de- 

 tail. 



Edwin A. Seidewitz and William Era- 

 ser, of the Baltimore Exchange, were in 

 this city lately. 



James Verner is shipping some very 

 fine Brides and Maids to Leo Niessen, 

 whose stock of these roses is remarkable. 

 In Andre, Bevis, Campbell and Verner 

 he has a quartette of tea rose growers 

 hard to equal. 



Edward Reid is handling the fine val- 

 ley from W. P. Stokes mentioned last 

 week. 



The Flower Market's Beauties, lilacs 

 and violets have been highly praised -by 

 the critics. 



Answ^ers to Cotrespondeats. 



Review readers are invited to send 

 any questions relating to culture or mar- 

 keting of plants and flowers in Philadel- 

 phia to Phil, in care of any of the lead- 

 ing seed or commission houses or the 

 Flower Market. Each question will be 

 submitted to a competent person and an- 

 swered under number. Correct name and 

 address must always accompany inquiry, 

 but will not be published. 



Question No. 6: — What are the best 

 varieties of white dahlia for fall bloom- 

 ing? Without doubt Storm King and 

 .John Walker. They are both equally 

 good. Storm King should not be plant- 

 ed early if for fall blooming and on the 

 other haud John Walker requires earlier 

 planting. Storm King responds to high 

 cultivation with immense quantities of 

 finest flowers. John Walker, being a late 

 bloomer and developing to perfection 

 during the late, cool weather, we can 

 get the very best from it with little at- 

 tention after Storm King is over. 



Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The market has been as steady as we 

 anticipated during the past week and the 

 average prices of the past ten days have 

 been maintained. It remains for Wed- 

 nesday to demonstrate the influence of 

 Lent and the reduction in festivities 

 among the 400. Little change of impor- 

 tance has marked the advent of the sack- 

 cloth in ashes period of late years and 

 this will hardly be an exception to the 

 new rule. We look for a fairly good 

 market until Easter. If any decided 

 slump occurs it will be in violets. Even 

 last week fine boxes of specials went 

 down the line appealing in vain for rec- 

 ognition at over 60 cents per 100. Many 



of the wholesalers who handle hundreds 

 of thousands weekly anticipate 50 cents 

 as high mark from now on, so enormous 

 is the crop and so overwhelming are 

 likely to be the shipments, judging by 

 other years. 



Roses seem to hold steady and occa- 

 sionally add a little to the regular price. 

 Beauties of the best grade even touch 

 CiO cents. Brides and Maids remain as 

 cjuoted a week ago. Liberty is abundant 

 and a goodly supply of Sunrise and Gol- 

 den Gate is seen in the retail windows. 

 The carnation supply is sufficient for all 

 demands and the quality superb. Some 

 grand Prosperity and Enchantress com- 

 mand 10 cents. The ordinary grades are 

 lower and abundant. Cattleyas have ad- 

 vanced to 50 and 60 cents again. Lily 

 of the valley has to be of extra grade to 

 bring $2 per 100 and in large quantities 

 has sold as low as .$10 per 1000. Good 

 lilies still hold at 10 to 12 cents and 

 bulbous stock increases in quantity daily. 



St. Valentine 's day fell on Sunday and 

 fell flat, too, so far as helpfulness to the 

 flower market goes, for the influence of 

 the Saint was more than discounted by 

 the immense shipments of violets, in an- 

 ticipation of an increased demand which 

 did not materialize. 



Various Items. 



Langjahr is handling some special 

 valley and violets and is confident he 

 has made no mistake in making New 

 York his headquarters. 



Saltford shows with pride some large 

 shipments daily of grand Lawsons from 

 V. H. Pilat, of Ossining, N. Y. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. is making 

 extensive improvements in its store on 

 Barclay street, including a new front 

 with an abundance of mirrors, making it 

 very attractive and up-to-date. Geo. 

 H. Goldner, formerly with Reed & Kel- 

 ler, is now traveling for this firm. 



J. G. Leikens and wife have returned 

 from an anniversary trip to Montreal 

 and other Canadian cities. 



The white palace is now completed and 

 Mr. Siebrecht has the credit of having 

 brought into being the most beautiful 

 flower store in the world. 



Wednesday evening last the American 

 Institute inaugurated its new departure, 

 holding its monthly meetings in the even- 

 ing. The change promises well. The 

 attendance was far in excess of the af- 

 ternoon average, over fifty being pres- 

 ent. Splendid specimens of many of the 

 best varieties of orchids were displayed 

 by Lager & Hurrell, of Summit, N. J. 

 C. W. Schneider, of Irvington, read a 

 paper on leaf mold for orchids, which 

 was discussed by Messrs. Siebrecht and 

 Lager. Secretary Barron read a very in- 

 teresting essay by E. 0. Orpet, of Lan- 

 caster, Mass., on cool orchids, which was 

 followed by a stereopticon exhibition of 

 colored slides from the collection of Mrs. 

 Van Brunt. Many ladies were in attend- 

 ance. 



J. W. Ludwig, of Pittsburg, was in the 

 city last week, as well as Harry May, of 

 Summit, and L. Small, of Tewksbury. 

 Mr. May reports his father still very ill 

 and unable to leave his room. 



Chas. Dards, the retail florist, has de- 

 parted for an outing in the sunny south. 



William J. Elliott has about decided 

 to cut out his Bermuda trip. The auc- 

 tions begin in less than a month and 

 the bowling contests, annual dinners and 

 rapidly increasing spring business makes 

 absence undesirable. 



Patrick Welch was so delighted with 

 the carnation night at the club that he 



