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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apkil 21. 1904. 



avemie and connected the two by an 



inside stairway. ,.,.,, „,.t 



J. A. Budlong says lie is tired ot -noiK 

 and now rides a motor-cycle. 



Geo. Wittbold Co. has been growing a 

 bench of dahlias this winter but has 

 not found it profitable, as they got too 

 few flowers. 



The Florists' Club held its regular 

 meeting at Handel Hall last evemng, 

 the special order for the evening being a 

 discussion on coal. The members inter- 

 ested in bowUng w-iU hold ^ special 

 meeting at the Gerous alleys, liO Madi- 

 son street, next Tuesday evening to ar- 

 range for games to decide who 'will play 

 on the Chicago team in the S. A. F. 

 tournament at St. Louis next August. 



In the weekly price list E. H. Hunt 

 savs- "Weather conditions no doubt 

 are having an effect on trade, especially 

 here in town, and some of our friends 

 are not wearing the smile which would 

 not -come off directly after Easter." 



Bassett & Washburn took in 229 ears 

 of coal from December 1 to April 1. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Horticultural Society Outing. 

 At its last meeting, on a Sunday, the 

 New Orleans Horticultural Society was 

 the guest of Mr. Alost, at his nursery 

 on the GentiUy road. The members met 

 at Elysian Fields depot at 2 o'clock p. 

 m. and took the train to Gentilly Sta- 

 tion, where Mr. Alost was in waiting 

 with three wagons to drive his visitors 

 to his beautiful country home, arriv- 

 ing there at 3:30 o'clock. The absence 

 of the president, Joseph Steckler, was 

 the only disappointment of the day, he 

 sending his regrets that it was impos- 

 sible for him to be present, owing to the 

 serious illness of his Uttle son. Mr. 

 Steckler sent his team with liquid re- 

 freshments, which proved to be a very 

 welcome article. At 5 o'clock p. m. 

 Mr. Alost rang his old plantation dinner 

 bell, and each visitor took a chair at the 

 table, laden with a most bountiful re- 

 past. 



After eating two hours, speeches were 

 in order. Mr. Panter acted as toast- 

 master. J. Eblen was the first gentle- 

 man called upon. Others who spoke were 

 Mr. Valdejo, P. Abele and J. A. New- 

 sham. Dan Newsham was called upon 

 to give an account of his trip to St. 

 Louis, he just having returned from a 

 three weeks' stay in that city. He 

 stated that the florists of New Orleans 

 will feel proud when they see their 

 plants and note how they rank with 

 others. A beautiful space has been se- 

 lected in the conservatory for them. Mr. 

 Newsham expects to leave soon with 

 two carloads of plants. The following 

 have sent plants for the state exhibit: 

 U. J. Virgin, J. Steckler Seed Company, 

 Limited; J. Eblen, E. Valdejo, Abele 

 Bros.. J. St. Mard, C. Eble, H. Eehm, 

 E. Zbinden, Quinette Bros., A. Com- 

 mander and Audubon Park Association. 

 After the address of Mr. Newsham 

 Mr. Panter thanked Mr. Alost and his 

 family for courtesies extended the mem- 

 bers of the society, and moved that three 

 cheers be given them, which was done in 

 a hearty manner. Afterward, the visit- 

 ors rambled over the farm and through 

 the nurseries of Mr. Alost, and later as- 

 sembled on the gallery and enjoyed fine 

 violin music by Mr. Lapouyade and P. 

 Chopin. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 

 The market conditions were anything 

 but encouraging up to Saturday of last 

 week and prices were as low as to sug- 

 gest dreams of "mid-summer nights," 

 tliough the weather contradicted the il- 

 lusion. In fact, one of the first signs 

 of next winter, a veritable snow storm, 

 raged when our eyes opened on Thursday 

 morning. The chilling blasts continue 

 and early birds and worms and spring 

 planting are yet out of the question. 

 Summer will be here on the lightning 

 express when it comes, and 1904 looks 

 now like "the year without a spring." 

 The cold spell or something gave a tem- 

 porary boost to prices on Saturday. 

 Everything advanced a little and to- 

 wards evening the best things were at 

 a premium. Monday showed continued 

 improvement. Better prices prevailed, 

 and stock was cleared to good advantage, 

 the demand taking everything of value. 

 Beauties touched 30 cents for the best 

 and Brides and Maids S cents, while 

 special violets readily brought 50 cents 

 per hundred. -All these quotations are, 

 however, for the highest grade. But 

 warmer weather and larger shipments 

 may make the present week a fit com- 

 panion for the last before it ends. 

 Violets are in the sere and yellow leaf; 

 quality and quantity both are deteriorat- 

 ing and soon they will be but a mem- 

 ory. Even the street merchants have 

 turned to roses and trailing arbutus. 

 Lily of the valley is doing better, but 

 lilies have dropped to the lowest rates 

 of tho season, the finest seldom going 

 above $3 per hundred. The belated 

 flowers are opening in multitudes and 

 there seems no end to the supply. 



Weddings are increasing and should 

 begin to show a beneficial effect upon 

 the general trade. The Twombley wed- 

 ding last week was the largest of the 

 year to date. Mr. Humphrey says it 

 "was one of the most beautiful he ever 

 superintended. Lilies and American 

 Beauties were the principal flowers, and 

 large quantities of Crimson Ramblers. 



Various Notes. 



The severe winter has done incal- 

 culable damage in the nurseries and or- 

 chards around New York. In the Hud- 

 son river valley the estimate of loss to 

 the fruit growers alone is over two mil- 

 lions. The effects of the long continued 

 and extreme cold are evident on every 

 hand. In all the nurseries we have vis- 

 ited the dire results are becoming more 

 distressingly evident daily. 



The attendance at the auctions in- 

 creases weekly. Many new faces are to 

 be seen this season. Prices realized are 

 more encouraging and the promise of a 

 large business brightens. Elliott's sales 

 of hardy roses and evergreens are quite 

 up to the supply arriving. At Cleary's 

 Horticultural Hall the sale of orchids 

 from Sander & Son takes place on Fri- 

 day of this week, comprising cattleyas, 

 laelias, oncidiums, vandas, cypripediums 

 and hybrids. 



A visit to Freeport last Sunday re- 

 vealed a good reason for James Dean's 

 locating in one of the prettiest locali- 

 ties on Long Island, where honors muni- 

 cipal have been crowding thick upon 

 him. Here, too, Charles Lenker has a 

 growing business, built up during the 

 last seven years, and ten acres of land 

 which he is" devoting to nursery purposes 

 in a favored section on the Brooklyn 



trolley line, where it grows daily in 

 value. He has three houses 200 feet 

 long devoted to carnations, stocks, sweet 

 peas and bediling plants, lilies, gladioli. 

 Crimson Eambler aud vegetable plants 

 and will build another house 19x117 thi;* 

 season. In the nursery are silver maples, 

 evergreens, peonies, irises, rhododen- 

 drons and shmbs of many varieties. 



Joseph J. Levy, who has been with 

 Alex Guttman during the last three 

 years, was agreeably surprised after 

 Easter by the presentation of a beauti- 

 ful gold watch from his employer as a 

 memento of faithful service. 



J. K. Allen has been wrestling for 

 a week at his home with the grippe and 

 is convalescent after quite a severe at- 

 tack of the prevalent indispositiou. 



William Nilsson, of Woodlawn, whose 

 artistic work at his grounds near the 

 ■ depot has been admired by so many 

 thousands of travelers daUy on the N. 

 Y. & N. H. E. E., is being crowded 

 away from his present location by the 

 building of the viaduct and is remov- 

 ing the greenhouses to Wakefield. 



Harry May reports his father, John 

 N. May, of Summit, N. J., recovering 

 from his long illness in the sunny south, 

 and now at Pinehurst, N. C, on his way 

 to New York. 



The Bowling Club's captain is unfor- 

 tunate in having to shoulder the an- 

 xiety caused by a severe accident to 

 his wife, who is in the hospital suf- 

 fering from a dislocated shoulder. This 

 accounts for the scarcity of 200 aver- 

 ages of late on the club's alleys. 



Julius Kretschmar, uncle of A. H. 

 Langjahr, the wholesale florist, is very 

 ill, having suffered his second stroke of 

 paralysis at his residence in Brooklyn. 

 The Clucas & Boddington Co. has en- 

 gaged Herbert Greensmith, of Eiverton. 

 N. J., to take charge of its nursery de- 

 partment at Sparkill. N. Y., where he 

 has moved with his family. 



Bowling. 



The bowling at the club's alleys on 

 Monday evening was excellent, some 

 splendid scores being made and much 

 interest in the contest at St. Louis was 

 manifested, the club being already as- 

 sured of a strong representative team 

 there. Henry Bunyard, who has just 

 returned from a very successful trip 

 for the Clucas & Boddington Co., was 

 an interested visitor. Mr. Bunyard is 

 suffering from the results of a severe 

 attack of the ' grippe and was obliged 

 to shorten his trip on account of ill- 

 ness. The best four games of the even- 

 ing are here recorded : 



O'Mara 14S 155 157 174 



Ftord 161 166 16S 18fi 



TraendlT 13S 151 162 1S6 



Shaw 123 159 159 193 



Frank 136 147 149 157 



Olbbs 125 134 15S 177 



Young 109 114 134 15S 



Marion 86 89 101 Wo 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The market has been decidedly dull 

 during the past week and prices have 

 ruled low. Few carnations now fetch 

 over $3 and fine stock goes at $2. To 

 show what small net returns some grow- 

 ers are getting, we might state that a 

 carnation grower who produces fine 

 flowers stated that his returns for the 

 two weeks after Easter would average 

 about 75 cents per 100. He felt dis- 

 gusted, and we don't wonder at it. Eoses 



