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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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For GREEH HOUSE 



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Office and Exhibit of D. T. Conner, of Lord & Burnham Co., 

 in the Flower Market, Philadelphia. 



Bernheimer, Edgar Co., 



Baker. Berser Brothers. 

 Smile meaningl.v. and so 



Evince that there are others. 



Four more commission men 



Also more on apace; 

 One cannot rh.vme them when 



Judging this thrilling race. 



I've thought for many hours. 

 And now the victor know; 



"He who sells the flowers 



That bring the largest 'Dough.* 



Phil. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Fall Exhibition Planned. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society, at its meeting May 11, 

 decided to hold its ninth annual show 

 on October 27 and 28. The schedule is 

 arranged and copies may be had from 

 tl;e secretary of the society, S. Eed- 

 stone. While all the regular classes are 

 well taken care of, there are some spe- 

 cial prizes worthy of attention. Among 

 them are prizes offered by Messrs. Hen- 

 derson and Thorburn for vegetables, a 

 prize for carnations from Messrs. Far- 

 quhar, of Boston, and other specials from 

 Stumpp & Walter, Pierson-Sefton Co. 

 and others. The date is set rather earlier 

 than usual, owing to the fact that sev- 

 eral of the largest exhibitors of chrys- 

 anthemums, notably Messrs. Herrington 

 and Duckham, are already laying their 

 plans to attend the National Chrysan- 

 themum Society's show in Boston and 

 it was deemed advisable not to conflict 

 with the larger organization in the mat- 

 ter of dates. 



Own-Root Roses Preferred. 



At this meeting, after the regular 

 order of business had been disposed of, 

 the society listened to a talk on roses by 

 J. Eusicka, who handled his subject in 

 a very masterly way. In an organiza- 

 tion composed so largely of rose growers, 

 it goes without saying that considerable 

 discussion ensued and probably the most 



interesting point brought out was the 

 fact that the growers in this section are 

 a unit in saying that own-root stock, 

 when proper selection of the cuttings is 

 made, is superior to the grafted stock. 

 Grafted roses have been largely tried 

 and careful comparisons made, and to- 

 day the growers have all gone back to 

 the own-root stock. It is not, however, 

 to be inferred by this that own-root 

 stock is preferable to grafted every- 

 where. It is well known that in certain 

 sections the grafted stock shows a 

 marked advantage, but apparently every 

 grower has to work out his own salva- 

 tion and decide which best suits his soil 

 and climatic conditions. 



Rose Growers Pessimistic. 



I find in this section a very pessim- 

 istic view of the wholesale rose grow- 

 ing business. Just at present the output 

 daily is enormous, the quality never 

 better at this season, and the prices 

 never worse. It is generally conceded 

 that the man who has paid his coal bill 

 .and all other expenses and broken even 

 is a lucky man this year. Prices have 

 Ijcen wretched in New York all the 

 winter and the weather being so unpre- 

 cedent'edly cold has simply meant that 

 the small margin of profit has been 

 wiped out. I hear no talk of building 

 operations anywhere and the man who 

 would enlarge in the face of the pres- 

 ent conditions, as prevailing here, would 

 be indeed an optimist. One by one the 

 small, older establishments are falling 

 by the wayside and many of the remain- 

 ing places are for rent. Whether next 

 winter will show any improvement in 

 prices remains to be seen. One thing is 

 certain, if it does not improve, many of 

 the craft will find themselves in finan- 

 cial difiiculties. Visitor. 



Philadelphia.; — Charles Bond, an Eng- 

 lish gardener, has succeeded Alphonse 

 Pericat as head orchid grower for Mrs. 

 C. B. Wilson. 



BUFFALO. 



A Good Week. 



From various causes, business was 

 quite brisk last week and cooler weather 

 shortened up supplies. Opening of 

 stores, big and little, went on, so alto; 

 gcther it might be called a healthy week. 

 There has been a great scarcity of pan- 

 sies this spring and because there are 

 sfarcly any to be found the demand has 

 seemed great. Winter killed, is the cry. 



Club Doings. 



The annual election of officers of the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club, followed by a 

 banquet, was to have occurred on Tues- 

 day last. The banquet did occur all 

 right, but the sticklers for adhering 

 strictly to the constitution and by-laws 

 would not hear of an election, as that 

 must take place on the first meeting in 

 March. So, much against the desires of 

 several of the present officers, they will 

 all hold over to the next legal date of 

 election. The unwisdom of putting off 

 our annual gathering till the busy month 

 of May was clearly shown in the limited 

 attendance; few of the rural members 

 were in. Yet that good and faithful 

 Charlie Guenther was on hand and so 

 was Fred Lewis, from Lockport. If 

 the gathering was small it was mighty 

 select and the committee of arrange- 

 n:ents had done its full duty. The deco- 

 rations were fine and the menu was 

 choice, tasty and in great variety. The 

 orchestra played sweetly and their reper- 

 toire included many old favorites as well 

 as the very latest, such as "I Am Wear- 

 ing My Heart Away for You" and 

 ' ' Bedelia. ' ' John Pickleman and Louis 

 H. Keubeck sang several comic songs in 

 German, which were much enjoyed by 

 these familiar with the Teutonic language, 

 but as the writer has dropped German 

 and taken up Corean he would have bet- 

 ter appreciated these efforts in the Yiang 

 Chiang Ungo. 



I am not going to inflict on you any 

 long account of the exercises. Mr. Hast- 

 ing, as chairman of the banquet com- 

 mittee, rapped for order and then in- 

 stalled the president, W. S., as toast- 

 master. Now we know several young 

 men and perhaps old ones, too, who ab- 

 sent themselves from these pleasant af- 

 fairs just because they are afraid they 

 are going to be called upon for "a few 

 lemarks. " So the toastmaster announced 

 that he would only call on three or four 

 for speeches and the rest would have to 

 bt volunteers, with a song, a story or 

 anything that they liked to offer, as long 

 as it was fitting the occasion and becom- 

 ing the dignity of a florist. Long before 

 the set speeches were concluded James 

 Buxton contributed a solo, instrumental, 

 cjilled the hand and leg banjo. He said 

 ho saw it on the Columbian Midway. 

 Mr. Kasting, D. B. Long, Charlie 

 Keitsch and Louis Neubeck all made 

 good, sensible talks and then there were 

 very good volunteers. G. StafBinger, 

 who has lately been appointed superin- 

 tendent of Holy Cross cemetery, sur- 

 prised us with his eloquence and up-to- 

 date ideas of cemetery management. 

 His talk was lively, even if it was rather 

 a dead subject. It was a most enjoya- 

 ble evening and there is little excuse for 

 several vacant chairs. It is selfish and 

 V. rong not to support the local club and 

 .1 new bab.y or new business is no excuse 

 for your absence on this one night when 

 I all should meet. One word more. Let 



