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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 9, 1903. 



be provided for. These animal excur- 

 sions are now a necessity. Each yeai 

 lessons are learned and improvements in- 

 dicated thai make them more appreci- 

 ated. There is room for 500 on the Isa- 

 bel and I prophesv an attendance of over 

 this number in 1904. The sports for 

 another year can In- chosen with a view 

 to more combined interest, so thai all 

 maj enjoy every contest. This year it 

 was as discouraging as Barnum's three- 

 ring circus. Everybody wanted to see 

 tin- ladies bowl, but the foot races and 

 at the same 



L. Miller. .".»: A. D.meusy. "1 : .laches, so; ^ A 



K. 1 1 11- — 



prize f..r : 



doll, went 



Frank 1 



flash, com 



won l.j .;•■ 

 Sheridan's 



I'riz.-' w'.'s 

 W.tiIh -iiin 



gold piece for the potato race, was won by 

 L. J. Kresbover's prize, an automobile, for the 



e^c rare, was w..n l.v Alice K..sc The cons..- 

 lalioti prize, aiv.-n by Charles S. -hen. -k was w..n 

 l.v his nice. In.. la Sehen.k -• tin- silk um- 

 brella Slavs in the famil.v. 1' u Mara s silver 

 mirror went t>. Marion.- r.ir: i- ..- -1 A \ \i- 

 Ilouabl's silk umbrella to Anna Manila, in the 

 7.". ward dash tor ladies' ..ver HI i.'iir< ••! a..- 



ul.ilo Ilavi.l M-llis' ~p..,-ia]s. in. umbrella I a 



la. lies" reli.nl... were won by Mr- S.hlos- an. 

 Mrs (luttman. who ran a dead heat In record 



Phillips made 



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•n,i..iuia 



The committee to whom credit is_ due 

 for the success of the affair was F. H. 

 Traendly, W. J. Elliott.. D. T. Mellis, 

 John Birnie, S. S. Butterfield, H. A. 

 Bunyard and J. A. Manda. 

 Various Notes. 

 I mav have been considered over-en- 

 thn.siast'ic in mv commendation of the re- 

 ......ini/.d Florists' Hoard of Trad.-. 56 



I'ine street. N'ew York, but if you knew 

 the 1 resident. Mr. llayd. n. as wi II as I 

 ,1,,. vou would not be surprised. Much 

 has been accomplished, and more will be. 

 under his able direction. Old clients are 

 lvtumiti" to the fold and new ones are 

 added dailv. Prompt and efficient work 

 is accomplished. There i- no doubt of 

 the necessity of such an organization. 

 and it has come to stay. 



Brooklyn is to have a florists - supply 

 house at last, and everything in that 

 line will now be handled by Hicks & 

 Cravbuck, whose large building gives 

 them excellent f i.-iliti.— . and whose pop- 

 ularity insures them a wide field. They 

 , \|„.,-i to do a large shipping trade, and 

 will extend their operations to every 

 part of the country. 



John A. Scollay, of Brooklyn, reports 

 the building of four houses, 20x125. by 

 Rowehl & Gran/, of lli.-k-ville. which 

 thev are heating with tin- Invincible 

 boiler; also August Buckholtz, oi Wood- 

 side. L. I., three houses, which they are 

 building and heating. Mr. Scollay finds 

 his new offices most convenient and his 

 business growing rapidlj this season. 



The exodus to Europe continues. Her- 

 man Hart and wife, of Cleveland, were 

 here on Monday on their way to Ger- 

 many via the Crown Prince, on which 

 they sailed July 7. 



The holiday season is already devel- 

 oping. Louis" Rossow. of Thos. Young. 

 li - Fifth avenue store, left for a two 

 weeks' trip on Saturday to the Kails and 

 Thousand Islands, and Manager Hum- 

 phrey, of Thorlov's started Monday even- 

 1110 i',,r a ten days' business and pleasure 

 outing at liar Harbor. A good many are 

 Inclined to postpone their recreation 

 trips until August, and make the Mil- 

 waukee convention a part of their an- 

 nual holiday. The interest in the so- 

 eiety's yearly celebration is growing, and 

 the applications for sleeping accommo- 

 dations mi the special train are already 

 ,.,„.,, uraoJiiL'. The West Shore has 

 promised to make a record this year 

 for speed and comfort, and shows due 

 appreciation of the club's decision in its 

 favor. Mr. HafTner is already busy with 

 plans for the enjoyment of the conven- 

 tionists, and will accompany them all 

 the way and stay with them to the end. 

 \ delightful visit in < hicago i- antici- 

 pated. Nearly all of the great whole- 

 sale houses of the east in every line of 



the trade will exhil.it al Milwaukee. 



Netschert. the artificial flower manu- 

 facturer, of 31 Barclay street, Buffered 



.1. I,,, Krai foreman for Moore. Henta 



v Nash will have cha ' the firm's 



interest" in the absence of Mi Nash, 

 who -ails on Friday for England. His 

 .,.„ Sidney B Nash, will preside at the 

 office desk as usual. 



Fred W. Kelsey, the nurseryman, and 



family sailed on Monday last to visit 

 England, Belgium, Holland and France. 

 The funeral services of the late Chas. 

 Zeller took place last Wednesday in the 

 Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush. 

 Manv beautiful floral offerings were sent 

 by his family, and his host of friends 

 in the trade. Nearly all the prominent 

 florists of Flatbush and Brooklyn and 

 mam from New York, Philadelphia and 

 other cities were in attendance. Mr. 

 Zeller will be greatly missed. His 

 friends were legion; the respect and love 

 he won was universal. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



stock is seldom poorer than at pres- 

 ent. There are so few good roses that 

 it is hardly worth while to sort over the 

 average consignment to get them out. 

 Beauties are particularly, scarce. On 

 teas the best goods go out readily on 

 small shipping orders and the few local 

 calls, but the top price is $4 to $5 a 

 hundred and the bulk of the receipts is 

 sold bv the potful, without counting. 

 Carnations are overplentiful, and here, 

 too. the quality is on the down grade. 

 The selected stock brings a reasonable 

 price, because there is so little that can 

 be called good, but the large buyers can 

 only be interested at from 5 cents to 

 10 'cents a bunch. Not only are the 

 flowers very small, but many pinks are 

 almost devoid of color. 



Garden flowers are all too plentiful. 

 Sweet peas have deteriorated, and are 

 so abundant that the dump is the only 

 nutlet for a large part of the receipts. 

 The peonies are not all gone. Auratum 

 lilies go slow, perhaps because there are 

 still so many Easter lilies, and perhaps 

 because there is very little funeral work. 

 \ florist and an undertaker were com- 

 paring notes the other day. and a refer- 

 ence to the burial record at one of the 

 largest cemeteries seemed to indicate 

 thai pcple have stopped dying. 



There are plenty of greens, including 

 ferns asparagus, smilax and adiantum. 

 Various Notes. 

 Ludwig Mosbaek is more than pleased 

 with his season's business in bedding 

 plants lie is completely sold out: in 

 fact on many items, such as S. A. Nutt 

 geraniums he was out ten days before 

 Decoration day. He sold 180.000 pansy- 

 plants this spring. Mr. Mosbaek dis- 

 covered a great yet simple truth when 

 he figured it out that there is no limit 

 to one's sales if the stock is good 

 enough, and he grows pansies on that 

 principle, buying the best strains and 

 saving much 'of his own seed. He expects 

 to largely increase his business next 



' E. C. Amling is at Antioch, on his an- 

 nual fishing trip. . 



C. L. Washburn, his sister and his 

 son. are at their cabin in the woods near 

 Atheist ano. Wis. Mr. Washburn ex- 

 pects to be away about ten days. 



The supply dealers say trade is fan- 

 in that department, the retailers now 

 having time to look over their stocks to 

 see what is needed for the new season. 



C \ Samuelson says that -Tune brides 

 were particularly numerous this year, in 

 his experience, and good work was most- 

 ly wanted. But now there's little doing. 



This has been a most favorable season 

 for carnations in the field, and most of 

 the growers have big stocks of superior 



