May 28, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Show House of Samuel S. Peckham, New Bedford, Mass., at Easter. 



low, were largely used, nearly all the 

 •dealers supplying their entire stock. 

 Miss Paul is the daughter of James W. 

 Paul, Jr., president of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society. The same decor- 

 ators also had charge of the Knights 

 Templar ball at the Exposition build- 

 ing. Laurel wreathing and bunting are 

 said to have been the chief materials 

 used. 



Joseph Heacock. president of the Phil- 

 adelphia Wholesale Flower Market and 

 one of our leading rose and palm grow- 

 ers, marched with the Knights Tem- 

 plar last Tuesday in the parade 



Ethel Crocker is highly esteemed as a 

 warm weather pink carnation. 



The florists' axiom is, "A soft word 

 turneth away wrath." 



William L.. known to his friends as 

 -"Doc" Schaeffer, Sixteenth above Pace 

 street, has been overrun with funeral 

 work of late. 



Eugene Bernheimer says that double 

 petunias are now taking the place of 

 white carnations for funeral work. They 

 arc better value for design work. 



We are told that we are now 500 de- 

 grees of heat in excess of the average. 

 Great news for the stay-at-homes if it 

 averages up the summer. 

 Sporting. 

 The sporting world is getting alive 

 now. Last week «;b a great one for the 

 Florists' Gun Club (the scoffers put the 

 accent on the first word). Kext comes 

 the contest for the places on our bowling 

 team at Milwaukee. Every bowler ought 

 to try for this substantial honor. Send 

 your name at once to Cant. George M. 

 Moss. 32 South Seventeenth street, as a 

 candidate to compete in the practice 



game. 



Phil. 



Batavia, III. — The barn, label factory 

 and part of the office at the Williams & 

 Son- Company's greenhouses were de- 

 stroyed by fire May 20. Loss partly 

 insured. 



The Market. 

 The trade in the cut flower line during 

 the past week was \<t\ unsatisfactory. 

 The weather was cloudy and threaten- 

 ing, with cool nights; still this did not 

 have any effect on the supply and every- 

 thing in the cut flower line is plentiful, 

 and the retailers can get any amount of 

 good stock at very reasonable rates. If 

 the supply keeps up, which no doubt it 

 will, Decoration day orders will be filled 

 in full. Several big orders have been 

 booked ahead and quite a good trade is 

 expected. Decoration day is not so much 

 thought, of in the wot as it is in the 

 east, where the florists look upon it as 

 a big day for them. Some of the West 

 End florists report that they have 

 booked orders for a number of June 

 weddings and that a large amount of 

 flowers will be used on these occasions. 

 A few of them will use sweet peas ex- 

 clusively, and some good work can be 

 made of them, as they are now in full 

 bloom. 



The rose market the past week was at 

 its full height. Plenty of good stock 

 went to waste for want of demand and 

 cheap prices still prevailed. The qual- 

 ity of the stock is very good, with little 

 or no mildew. American Beauties are 

 not coming in as well as they have been, 

 shipped in stock being open and soft. 

 Local -foik is. of course, much better 

 and has the call. Meteors and Liberties 

 that come in open over night on the way. 

 M;i id- and Golden (Int.- come in better 

 condition. Perles are very soft. Prices 

 remain as quoted last week. In fact, 

 the demand was so erratic that no fixed 

 price was set on them. 



Carnation- are in better demand than 

 roses, Imt so many of them came in that 

 the price went a- lov as 40 eents per 

 100 on common sorts. Two cents was a 

 big price, and only the l>est fancies 

 brought that price;' $1 buys 100 good 



carnations. White has the best call, as 

 a big lot of funeral work was made up 

 throughout the city. Crocker is much 

 sought after now for its keeping quali- 

 ties. 



Sweet peas are in full blast and are 

 selling well at 40 and 60 cents per 100. 

 Tracy has the best call, with white next 

 and 'then lavender. Other colors are 

 not in much favor. Some good valley 

 was seen Saturday at Kuehn's. Out- 

 door stuff, such as iris, peonies, mar- 

 guerites and pansies, are quite plentiful, 

 with a slow demand. Cape jasmines are 

 now in and by Memorial day will he 

 very plentiful, price $1 per 100. Perns 

 were somewhat scarce the past week and 

 only a very few fancies in the market, 

 i illinium dagger ferns are now mostly 

 used. Smilax is somewhat better in sup- 

 ply and some good, long strings were in 

 the market last week. 

 Notes. 

 The growers have about finished their 

 3'edding work, although a few stragglers 

 will keep coming and prolong the work 

 for a week or so longer. The better and 

 larger work has been don.', with prices, 

 tiny say, somewhat better than last 

 year. Stock of all kinds has sold well. 

 Union Market is still doing a fair trade 

 in pot plants and the growers will send 

 in their left-overs as long as the trade 

 keeps up. 



E. W. Guy. of Belleville, was in town 

 Friday buying supplies. Mr. Guy re- 

 ports a. fine plant trade this season. 



Dr. Halste.lt, of the St. Clair Floral 

 Co., Belleville, reports that they are 

 very busy planting the Hucke place, 

 which they have leased. A big lot of 

 American Beauties and carnations are 

 being planted for their home trade. 

 'Dm'' expects to make a flying trip to 

 Chicago this week. 



The park commissioner has not vet 

 anpointed his new superintendent. Five 

 cf the florists who are out for the posi- 

 tion are C. C. Sander-. Theo. Klocken- 



