Maech 17, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



821 



TORONTa 



The Market. 



Trade this week has been considerably 

 better than the previous week and stock 

 has been cleaned up in a way that 

 pleases both wholesaler and retailer. A 

 noticeable feature has been the. sudden 

 shortage in bulb stock and the increase 

 in the carnation supply. While the de- 

 mand for bulb stock may have been 

 greater, yet the supply was much smaller, 

 so that many orders were refused. At 

 present writing a severe blizzard is pass- 

 ing over this part of the country, which 

 will again demoralize trade. 



Carnation Show. 



The annual carnation show held under 

 the auspices of the Toronto Electoral 

 District Society, Toronto Horticultural 

 Society and Toronto Gardeners' and Flor- 

 ists' Association, took place on Friday 

 at St. George's Hall and was without 

 doubt the best exhibition of this kind 

 ever held in Toronto. Much credit is due 

 the exhibitors for both the quality and 

 quantity of the stock they staged. 



The chief prize was a challenge cup 

 given by the Toronto Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Association which was won by 

 the Chicago Carnation Co., with their 

 new Fiancee. John H. Dunlop, of this 

 city, was second, with a magnificent vase 

 of Lawson. Other vases for this cup 

 that may be worth special mention were 

 Enchantress, put up by the Thompson 

 Co., Joliet, ni. ; Harlowarden, Alba and 

 Enchantress, by the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., and Enchantress put up by J. H. 

 Dunlop. 



For collection of carnations, J. H. 

 Dnnlop received first, with fifteen varie- 

 ties of grand stock. The Chicago Car- 

 nation Co. exhibited seven varieties, 100 

 of each variety, which made a close 

 second. For the best display in the hall, 

 W. J. Lawrence received first, exhibiting 

 some magnificent roses, a number of his 

 Ivory having stems over five feet. Easter 

 lilies, azaleas, lilacs and bulbous stock 

 were also shown. W. Fendley, of 

 Brampton, exhibited violets and received 

 special mention in the judges' report. 



The only certificate of merit given was 

 for The Cardinal, exhibited by the Chi- 

 cago Carnation Co. This company also 

 exhibited Crusader, which is a fine color 

 and good stem, but the flower appeared 

 to be light, not having enough petals. 



The other exhibitors were H. Weber 

 & Sons. Oakland, Md. ; Dorner & Sons 

 Co., Lafayette, Ind.; P. E. Pierson, Tar- 

 rytown, N". Y. : W. J. Palmer, Buffalo, 

 and John N. May. These exhibited new 

 varieties of carnations, all of which are 

 very promising. 



The new roses exhibited were J. Breit- 

 meyer's Sons' La Detroit, which is a 

 new and pleasing shade of pink, with fine 

 stem and foliage; Peter Reinberg's 

 Chatenay, which is favorably commented 

 upon, and Uncle John, similar to Golden 

 Gate, only of a more decided pink; 

 Storrs & Harrison's General McArthur, 

 a rose of much promise. 



Other exhibitors were the Dale Estate, 

 Brampton, which put up a fine exhibit 

 of roses and carnations ; Wm. Fendley, 

 of Brampton, who put up a fine show of 

 carnations and violets; Manton Bros., 

 who put up a fine collection of plants, in- 

 cluding orchids; Jay & Son, who had a 

 collection of plants and carnations. 



Among the visitors from out-of-town 



were Jas. Hartshorne and J. D. Thomp- 

 son, of Joliet, 111.; E. Dale and Wm. 

 Fendley, of Brampton ; H. L. Janzen, of 

 Berlin; H. Stansbury, Oakville; A. H. 

 Ewing, Woodstock, and John Morgan, 

 Hamilton. 



A very interesting part of the show 

 was the auction sale at the close, with 

 Thos. Manton as auctioneer. The stock 

 was in fine shape and realized good 

 prices. Of course, this was only done 

 with stock shipped a long distance, as 

 there was duty and express against it. 



D. J. 



CINCINNATL 



The Carnation Show. 

 Our annual carnation show proved to 

 be by far the finest we have ever held 

 and it is an open question whether a 

 finer lot of carnation blooms have ever 

 been staged at any show anywhere in 

 this country. In this statement I am 

 backed up by a well-known carnation 

 grower who has seen all the principal 

 shows. There were so many blooms 

 staged that the club rooms were scarcely 

 large enough to hold all of the exhibits. 

 The average quality of the blooms were 

 way ahead of the ordinary, and one 

 thing that is especially worthy of note 

 is, that there was not a sleepy bloom to 

 be seen anywhere. Nearly all of the late 

 introductions were represented, besides 

 a large number of older varieties, many 

 of which did not suffer greg,tly in com- 

 parison. 



So many were the varieties exhibited 

 that it would be impossible to give even 

 a brief description of them all; but 

 among the exhibitors were W. K. Par- 

 tridge, Richard Witterstaetter, the 

 Thompson Co., H. Weber & Sons, 

 Baur & Smith, F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., Chicago Carnation Co., Henry 

 Schwarz. J. W. Eodgers, C. C. Murphy, 

 the E. G. Hill Co., E. t. Grave and C. 

 H. Kunzman. Prizes were awarded as 

 follows : 



Best vase fifty blooms, white, first to 

 W. K. Partridge, with AJba; second, E. 

 Witterstaetter, with Albatross; third, 

 Chicago Carnation Co., with No. 500. 



Best vase pink, first, R. Witterstaetter, 

 with Enquirer; second, Baur & Smith, 

 with Indianapolis; third, the E. G. Hill 

 Co., with Lawson. 



Best vase red, first, R. Witterstaetter, 

 with Adonis; second, the E. G. Hill Co., 

 also with Adonis; third, W. K. Partridge, 

 with Chicago. In this class The Car- 

 dinal was entered by R. Witterstaetter, 

 but was not considered by the judge, 

 owing to its being a seedling. It was 

 generally conceded that this variety was 

 by far the best red in the show. 



Best vase crimson, first, Chicago Car- 

 nation Co., with Harlowarden; second, 

 W. K. Partridge, with the same variety. 



Best rose variegated, first, W. K. 

 Partridge, with Prosperity; second, J. 

 W. Eodgers, with Bradt; third. The 

 Thompson Co., with Patten. 



Best vase variegated, first, W. K. 

 Partridge, with Dorothy Whitney; sec- 

 ond, R. Witterstaetter, with the same 

 variety. 



Best vase seedlings, first, R. Witter- 

 staetter, with The Cardinal; second, R. 

 Witterstaetter, with Albatross; third, C. 

 C. Murphy, vrith a red seedling. 



Best general display was awarded to 

 R. Witterstaetter. 



Baur & Smith's Indianapolis was 

 awarded a certificate of merit. 



W. K. Partridge made the largest ex- 



hibit, staging over thirty-five vases of 

 blooms. It was a magnificent sight; be- 

 sides being staged in first-class shape, 

 the blooma averaged an exceedingly high 

 grade. 



E. Witterstaetter 's exhibit consisted 

 mostly of seedlings and there were many 

 of them. A large vase containing al- 

 most fifty distinct varieties was the cen- 

 ter of attraction. One of his seedlings, 

 No. 1000 A, a light sparkling pink, dark- 

 er than Enchantress, is one of the most 

 beautifully colored carnations I have ever 

 seen, and if it turns out as good as it 

 looks it will be heard from next year. 



Theo. Bock, of Hamilton, was the 

 judge, and did his work in his usual 

 thorough manner. 



The Market. 



Business is about the same as last re- 

 ported, but there is not quite so much 

 stock to be had and prices are stiffen- 

 ing up a bit. Bulbous stock is going 

 somewhat better, especially Harrisii, 

 Green goods are still scarce, especially 

 smilax. The supply of ferns is short 

 also, and the price is now $3.50 per 

 thousand, the highest I have ever known 

 them to be. 



Notes. 



J. O'MaUey was on the sick list, but 

 is about again. 



Arthur George, son of Ben. George, 

 has arrived from England and will study 

 the greenhouse business under his father. 



Visitors: Mr. Fulle, E. G. Hill and 

 Vernon Grave, of Richmond, Ind.; Theo. 

 Bock, Hamilton 0., and Walter Motl^ 

 Jamestown, N. Y. C. J. Ohmer. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



The weather conditions have been a 

 potent factor up to date. Half the 

 water service in town is frozen up, so 

 great has been the cold. James Schols 

 was one of the afilicted ones, he had 

 to lay pipe a block on the surface of 

 the ground to a water hydrant in order 

 to get a supply. The writer was sum- 

 moned home from the carnation con- 

 vention to thaw out the water at the 

 Lake plant. The plant was 3% days 

 without water; 1,400 feet of pipe was 

 laid on the surface of the ground to 

 get water until the regular supply was 

 thawed out. 



We have had a few sunny days that 

 have helped to improve the quality of 

 carnations and roses, which are flowering 

 now a bit too freely for an extra large 

 crop for Easter. 



The lily crop is away behind but if 

 there are a few more sunny days 

 there will be at least some growers in 

 with a heavy cut. The outlook for flow- 

 ering plants for Easter is fair. 



Mulick Bros, froze up during the ex- 

 treme cold and have planted their houses 

 to lettuce, radishes and cucumbers. 



Eli Cross has eight violet houses 

 thrown out and planted to lettuce and 

 cucumbers; it is considered a paying 

 crop, after the holidays are over. 



There will be considerable building 

 this season, in spite of the hard win- 

 ter and enormous coal bills. The in- 

 tending builders placed an aggregate or- 

 der for 1,200 boxes of glass which wiU^ 

 later be considerably increased. 



G. F. C. 



YotJR paper gives more returns than 

 any other. — A. Schoepen, Marietta, O. 



