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TheWeekly Florists' Review* 



The Market. 

 The demand for cut flowers during 

 the past week was a great deal better 

 than was expected, and the supply at 

 the wholesale houses was fairly good. 

 The glut has disappeared and the whole- 

 sale "men claim that very little stock 

 is going to waste at present, and that 

 stock of the first grade is selling out 

 clean, not enough of it coming in for the 

 demand. Some very elaborate decora- 

 tions for weddings were made by West 

 End florists, which called for a big lot 

 of choice stock. A large amount of 

 smilax was used for these weddings. 

 Most of our florists claim that the month 

 of June will be a good one for busi- 

 ness, as school closings are also on for 

 this month] and that a large number of 

 orders have already been booked for 

 these occasions. Funeral work was 

 plentiful the pas! week, and some very 

 large ami elaborate designs were made 

 up. The plant, trade, which is now at 

 an end. is reported as the best in years 

 bv some, while all say it was up to the 

 average. Stock of all kinds was plenti- 

 ful, and some have a large number of 

 geraniums left over. The prices, too, 

 were much better than last year. 



The past week it rained almost every 

 dav, while in the east we read that they 

 are very much in need of rain. But, 

 thru, this is always the way in our busi- 

 ness : one has too much of a thing and 

 the other has nothing. We have no re- 

 ports as yet of any damage from the 

 flood around here, and we hope that 

 none will be reported. All trains are 

 late, and the expressmen report this 

 morning (Monday) that the chances are 

 no trains will be in from the east to- 

 morrow, as the tracks on the east side 

 have been washed away. This is a bad 

 state of affairs, for if 'nothing comes in 

 from the east flowers will be very scarce 

 by the end of this week. 



Prices on stock have dropped some- 

 what since Decoration day. and the sup- 

 ply has been better. Sweet peas are hav- 

 ing a great demand. A good many of 

 them come in water soaked from the 

 heavv rains we have had of late. The 

 best bring 50 cents per 100. Long Beau- 

 ties are having a lug call, but the flow- 

 ers are poor and small and the supply 

 is limited. The shorts seem to have bet- 

 ter flowers and the supply is larger. 

 Some of the best Brides and Maids that 

 come in are badly mildewed, owing to the 

 1 night*'. Meteors and Liberties 

 are' much better, both in flower and foli- 

 1 are not mildewed. The same can 

 l,e said of Perles, dates and Carnots. 

 These were in good supply all of last 

 week, with a big demand, the prices 

 ranging from $3 to $6 per 100. ( n na- 

 tions are small, but the supply is about 

 equal to the demand. White has the 

 call. Very few fancies are in the mar- 

 1 el From $1 to $2 U asked for the 

 best common sorts. Callas and Har- 

 ri-ii are about out of the market. So 



are pennies. C I valley seems scarce. 



Gladioli are not overplentiful as yet. 

 In greens, smilax is in fine and is quite 

 plentiful, with a good demand. Some 

 new fancy ferns are coming in. and this 

 seems to please the trade very much. 

 Notes. 

 Harry Balsley, the pot man from De- 

 troit, is in town. Harry has many 

 friends here who are always glad to see 

 him. 



Quite a few of our nurserymen will 

 leave to-morrow (Tuesday) for Detroit 

 to attend the convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen. 



Park Commissioner Aull has not yet 

 appointed the new superintendent. Mr. 

 Anil says that the appointment will be 

 made just as soon as Mayor Wells re- 

 turns from the east. 



The first Sunday opening of Shaw's 

 Garden this year attracted a record- 

 breaking crowd, thousands coming and 

 going all day long. Prof. Trelease and his 

 large staff "of assistants were in their 

 glory, and many questions had to be 

 answered by them. The garden is in 

 tiptop shape and many new collections 

 have been added since' the last Sunday 

 opening. The orchid house, which is 

 under the care of young Mr. McClure, 

 late of Buffalo, is in fine condition. 



Bowline. 



The bowling club on last Monday 

 night rolled four games with a large at- 

 tendance, twelve being present, with a 

 visitor. Harry Balsley, who refused to 

 roll. The roiling was a great improve- 

 ment over last Monday. The scores 

 were as follow-s: 



Player 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. T'l. 



,1 .1 IHipke 213 lflri 1H3 ir,9 73" 



rial R.'ver lss inc. 14a ... 5"0 



I . Weber ISO 164 17a ... 4S4 



(' V Kn.-tan 13rt 173 13(1 14(1 0,7 



w,n .\d.-is o;7 i.-.r, 13.2 i"3 r.r.7 



.I..I.11 Y.-uns H2 115 14n 14(1 51(1 



n.i„). Kills 13.-. 154 70 138 r.1.3 



I.-,vd W.-1..T. J I- . . -1.-.3 131 03 ... 3.7 



II n.-ttekln C3 1211 l.V> ... 377 



'['lie... Miller 12a 111 143 ... 374 



T,,uie 123 104 227 



C. C. Sanders 109 109 



The bowling will be continued every 

 Monday night, so as to get a line on 

 the boys to make up a team for Mil- 

 waukee. 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



directors will be held. It is hoped that 

 a large number of members will be pres- 

 ent. The two flower shows that will be 

 given in this city during the fall festival 

 in September will be held under the 

 direction of this society. There is $1,000 

 offered for prizes and competition is 

 open to all. The question of an outing 

 will also be brought up. The outings of 

 the past couple of years have not been 

 very Mirrost'ul. and suggestions are in 

 order. A trip to the Soldiers' Home 

 at Dayton has been spoken of and there 

 seems to be a popular desire to go there. 



F. W. Ball spent a day in Chicago 

 last week buying stock. 



Ed Murphy was the host of a large 

 gathering of his relatives and friends 

 at his home during the past week. It 

 was a jolly crowd. 



F. W. Hardesty is spending the sum- 

 mer among the green hills of Kentucky; 

 that is. in the Highlands. He has turned 

 into a first-class farmer and can talk 

 potatoes, beans, tomatoes, etc., with the 

 best of them. 



Albert Grey was on the sick list dur- 

 ing the past week. 



Kodger Peterson is home after a long 

 stay in Philadelphia. He is contem- 

 plating a trip to Europe to put the fin- 

 ishing touches on his floral education. 



C. P. Dieterieh, of Maysville, Ky 

 w as a recent caller. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



The past week reminded us somewhat 

 of the good old winter time, as there 

 was a general rush to secure stock. 

 Everything was in demand and buyers 

 did not stop to discuss the price. This 

 was caused mostly by the numerous 

 school commencements. In the end there 

 was plenty of stock to go around, as 

 large quantities were shipped in from 

 out of town. At present the demand has 

 quieted somewhat, but the coming week 

 is expected to bring good trade, as there 

 are many wedding decorations. Ship- 

 ping trade is very good, as most small 

 florists are out of cut stock. 



Boses are about equal to the demand. 

 American Beauties are somewhat im- 

 proved in quality, the color being very 

 good. The majority of Brides and Maids 

 are of poor quality. The cool weather 

 of the past few weeks helped them some- 

 what, but they cannot last much lon- 

 ■_■, i Meteor and Liberty still continue 

 scarce. Franz Deegen is in fine form. 



Carnations, with some growers, are 

 holding out nicely. The general supply 

 is about equal to the demand. The heavy 

 rains made havoc with outdoor sweet 

 peas and indoor ones are about over. 

 Some good corn flowers are in and sell 

 fairly well. A double variety of this 

 flower is very pretty and sells quickly. 

 There are plenty of greens. 



Various Notes. 

 Saturday evening, June 13. i- the an- 

 nual meeting of the Cincinnati Florists' 

 Society, when the election of a board of 



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DETROIT. 



Club Meeting. 



\i the meeting of the club on Wednes- 

 dav ln-t it was practically decided to go 

 to Milwaukee in August via the Grand 

 Trunk to Grand Haven and across Lake 

 Mi.-hican by boat, and it was voted to 

 invite all brethren of the craft to jour- 

 nev with us and enjoy the night's rest 

 on the boat. Those from Buffalo and 

 vicinity can come by boat on Sunday 

 evening and spend Monday in Detroit, 

 and those from Cleveland can come either 

 bv boat Sunday night or day boat on 

 Mend. iv and join us, leaving by train 

 at 5 p. in. on the Grand Trunk, and we 

 shall be pleased to have our Canadian 

 brethren also. The railroad people prom- 

 ise to furnish special cars, etc.. for us, 

 and a merry time can be had from 5 

 p. m. until 11. at which time we leave 

 Grand Haven by boat. The fare also 

 is less by this route, being only $9.60 

 for the round trip from Detroit, includ- 

 ing berths on the steamer, as against 

 $15 on all-rail routes, including berths 

 (fare figured at the reduced rates). The 

 D. & B" and D. & C. boat lines will sell 

 tickets to Milwaukee via Grand Trunk 

 from here, thus making a very cheap rate 

 for all. I shall be pleased to reserve 

 berths on steamer and make all arrange- , 

 ments here as to special cars, etc., if no- 

 tified of the number who wish to come 

 and join us, and we hope that many will. 

 Notes. 

 \\ e had on Saturday the heaviest rain- 

 fall that has occurred since 1S70, there 

 having been no less than 3.02 inches fall 

 in three hours, or over one and one-half 

 gallons to the square foot of surface. 



Everj .me has pretty well sold out of 

 all kind- of bedding stock and is feel- 

 ing cheerful and happy. 



If I have not made my information 

 plain as to the convention route, will 

 Brother Scott please call me again? 



Rag. 



