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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuaby 25, 1904. 



ers of several of the varieties. When 

 they were picked I can 't say, but they 

 arrived in this city last Tuesday morn- 

 ing. They must have been cut eight days 

 ago. They withstood for eight or nine 

 hours a most crowded room. They have 

 been lugged out of an ice box fifty times, 

 then brought over in their declining days 

 into a warm room. And this Tuesday 

 morning, here are some that are stand- 

 ing up with petals expanded and scarce- 

 ly a blemish to mark the ordeal they 

 have undergone: Cardinal, The Presi- 

 dent, Ethel Ward, Judge Hinsdale, In- 

 dianapolis, Mrs. Patten, Crusader and 

 Lady Bountiful. I have nothing to say 

 about the keeping of other varieties, be- 

 cause I did not have an opportunity to 

 test them and this was no test, it is simply 

 a fact observed. 



Various Items. 



Business has been decidedly improved 

 the past two weeks. A call at the Main 

 street stores last week found them all 

 rushing and when W. J. Palmer says, 

 "We have been awful busy today," it 

 sounds good. 



Mr. Miller, of Timothy Eaton fame, all 

 the way from Toronto, came to attend our 

 meeting. 



Peter Croweanum, of Utica, has spent 

 a couple of days in town. 



Mike Bloy, of North Ohnsted, O., and 

 Jas. Mc Hutchison, of New York, were 

 recent visitors. 



Mr. Snell, formerly vpith W. J. Palmer, 

 has taken a permanent position with S. 

 A. Anderson. This makes his store help 

 strong, both in working force and artistic 

 ability. 



Now my story is long enough, I hope, 

 and think the attendance from here to La 

 Detroit wiU be good, as it should be. 

 It is but six hours' ride from this city. 



W. S. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The first week of Lent had really a 

 stimulating effect on the market. Con- 

 trary to all expectations, business was 

 very good and prices did not decline. 

 At the present writing this market is in 

 a very healthy state. Roses of extra fine 

 quality are arriving in quantity now. 

 The best grade of Maids and Brides bring 

 $15 per 100, but the ordinary grades are 

 considerably lower in price than they 

 have sold for some time. Beauties are 

 decidedly off crop. At present carna- 

 tions are moving out at very fair figures ; 

 the supply is sufficient to meet all de- 

 mands. Daffodils and tulips, in fact all 

 bulbous stock, are abundant. The de- 

 mand for i^d flowers and violets for 

 Washington's birthday was heavy, but 

 the supply was equal to the demand. 



Various Notes- 

 Quantities of grand Maids and Brides 

 are being sent in by Fred Burki and B. 

 L. Elliott. Blind Brothers also report 

 a very good cut of roses. 



As usual, John Bader has a splendid 

 collection of blooming plants, palms and 

 ferns. His Easter stock will be in just 

 right. 



Wm. Lauch, of Carrick, is sending the 

 Pittsburg Cut Plower Co. some extra fine 

 specimen plants of azaleas. This firm is 

 also getting daily consignments of very 

 choice lilies, mignonette and lilac. 



The Valley Greenhouse Co. is cutting 

 some of the finest Harrisii lilies seen in 



NEXT WEEK 



THE GflBHIITIOli HDPEB 



Next week's Review will contain a full report of the Detroit Carnation 

 Convention. It will be an issue of particular interest to the thousands of 

 growers of carnations, many of whom wait for the verdict of the Convention 

 before placing their orders for cuttings. 



SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS SHOULD 

 BE FORWARDED WITHOUT DELAY. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



Caxton BIdg., 334"Dearborn St., | ■ OhiC9QO« 



this market for a long time. Mr. Buech- 

 ler, their foreman, reports practically no 

 disease among his lily bulbs this season. 



E. C. Ludwig will open his new staml 

 in the Allegheny market, March 1. Mr. 

 Ludwig makes a specialty of design work 

 and has made considerable outlay in the 

 way of advertising; a new floral album, 

 issued by him, should bring good returns. 



The modes of handling flowers in the 

 Allegheny market are a little different 

 from the usual methods employed. The 

 displays of cut flowers and plants are on 

 a very large scale, in fact, G. & J. W. 

 Ludwig, Frank Falk and F. Breitenbaugh 

 & Bro. all make daily exhibits which com- 

 ]>are well with any small sized flower 

 show. 



T. M. Ulam & Co. received the order 

 for the Americus Club floral emblem, 

 which was sent to the funeral of Sena- 

 tor Hanua. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club has been postponed until Tuesday, 

 March 15. At this meeting carnations 

 will be discussed and the members who 

 attend the carnation convention will be 

 called upon to tell us what good things 

 they saw at the convention. This meet- 

 ing will be one of the most interesting 

 and profitable of the season. A large at- 

 tendance is ex-peeted. 



Xavier E. Schmitt, head gardener of 

 Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 was a visitor last week. Hoo-Hoo. 



CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



On an average trade is very good. 

 There are a good many funerals, in 

 spite of the so-called cold, healthy 

 weather we have been having. Lent has 

 had little or no effect on the market. 

 While there is but little rushing about 

 to fill orders, yet there is very little stock 

 left over. Roses are coming in larger 

 quantities and the quality is first-class. 

 AH grades are sold out clean. Carna- 

 tions are in much larger supply and 

 some fine stock is seen. They also sell 

 out well. Bulbous stock is doing better. 

 Harrisii and callas are especially good 

 property. Valley moves a little slow. 

 There are lots of violets, especially sin- 

 gle, and they are very good. At times 

 they sell well, but at others they are 

 hard to move at any price. Smilax and 



asparagus have been in heavy demand. 

 Ferns, too, have been selling well. 



Notes. 



During a heavy wind storm the roof of 

 one of Geo. Murphy 's greenhouses was 

 lifted off and thrown upon an adjoining 

 house, causing considerable damage. 



Mrs. Garges, of the firm of Coates & 

 Garges, is confined to her bed with the 

 grippe. 



Wm. Murphy and Thomas Windram 

 left Monday night for Chicago, where 

 they wUl spend several days visiting the 

 large establishments. From there they 

 will go to Detroit to attend the carna- 

 tion convention. 



The carnation meeting is almost here 

 and it looks as if there will be quite a 

 representation from this city. They wiU 

 leave this city next Tuesday at 9:45 p. 

 ra., via the C. H. & D. The rate will 

 be a fare and a third. Any one wishing 

 to join the Cincinnati party is cordially 

 invited to do so. 



H. M. Altick, of Dayton, Ohio, was 

 in this city representing the florists' end 

 of the McKinley monument fund. He is 

 working very hard to raise as large a 

 sum as possible among the florists, and 

 certainly deserves success. The fact that 

 McEanley day brought forth such a 

 heavy demand for carnations, thus bring- 

 ing the florists a large profit that they 

 would not otherwise have realized, makes 

 it look as if every florist in the country 

 could well afford to make a donation, 

 however small, to this fund, and still be 

 money in pocket, with many McKinley 

 carnation days coining in the future. 



A trip through R. Witterstaetter 's car- 

 nation houses was a treat that the writer 

 recently enjoyed. There were seedling 

 carnations by the thousands and of al- 

 most every color, and the general ex- 

 cellence of them all is surprising. Sev- 

 eral houses of his new scarlet, Cardi- 

 nal, were a mass of bud and bloom and 

 a great sight. The color is extra fine 

 and that Dick has a good thing in this 

 variety cannot be doubted. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



MOVE YOUR SURPLUS. 



Please discontinue the advertisement 

 of Mt. Blanc cannas; have sold the lot 

 through the first insertion in the Be- 

 viEW. Will want to move some other 

 stock a little later. Edward Harris. 



