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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Eugene Bernheimer has just returned 

 from a trip up the state. He reports 

 carnations as rapidly filling the houses. 

 While the stock is short, the plants that 

 survived the May drought flourished. 

 They look very well now. 



William J. Baker is receiving some nice 

 valley. 



1 \. Dunn has just returned from 

 Reading and vicinity. 



Carl Jurgens, of Newport, is sending 



in some nice \ .- 1 1 1 . ■ \ to 1 Xiessen. 



Some of William ,1. Baker's consignors 

 say that a commission man is like a fam- 

 ily doctor; he should he carefully chosen 

 and never changed. A prettv tribute to 

 W. .1. B., is it not* 



Emil Leiker, of Lansdowne, is sending 

 in some nice Flora Hill to Edward Keid. 

 Chas. H. Buenning, of Easton, has 

 built three fine new houses, open l» j - 

 tween, about 150x25 each, for roses and 

 carnations. 



J. F. Horn & Bro., of Allentown, show 

 the unmistakable sign of prosperity - 

 building. 



John Savage, of Mt. Airy, has a fine 



A-M 



has 



ded a !!<■» 

 rge refrig- 

 ^4 feet and 



erator. i hi' new part is 

 will be used for greens. 



Base Ball 



Last Saturday saw a very close game 

 at Atro. X. J., between the employes of 

 Samuel S. Pennock, led by .Mr. Watson 

 (no, not G. C.) and the workers on W. 

 P. Peacock's big dahlia firm. Unfor- 

 tunately the home team was late in toe- 

 ing the mark. Fur this they suffered, 

 the visitors being obliged to catch a train 

 at the end of the fifth inning and win- 

 ning by the score of 4 to 3. Maybe 

 they would have won anyway. Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



On our return home from the conven- 

 tion we found the cut flower trade still 

 dragging along the same as when we 

 left it. We also found first-class stock 

 still scarce, the best quality finding 

 ready sale. There is plenty of pocr 

 stock, which nobody seems to want, even 

 at the low rates. Good Kaiserin and 

 Meteor sell well, while Bride and Maid 

 are still small and sell at a low price. 

 Of carnations, both under glass and out- 

 doors, Mrs. Fisher is the best. Some 

 good Flora Hill are also in the market. 

 The colored varieties show the effect of 

 the hot spell. Field-grown stock is be- 

 coming more abundant. Quite a few 

 auratum lilies are now in at $1 per doz- 

 en. Hydrangeas do not sell so well. 

 Tuberose stalks are in good demand, 

 with plenty of them in the market. As- 

 ters that are home-grown are not extra. 

 The best are being shipped in and the 

 demand is good when of extra quality. 

 The growers claim that the outlook for 

 a better quality of stock in a very short 

 time is good. 



The young rose stock is in a very 

 promising condition, more so than at any 

 previous time. The same may be said 

 of carnations. All are looking fine, es- 

 pecially the newer varieties. All plants 

 are now making a fine growth, and par- 

 ticularly those that are planted on low 

 ground where there is plenty of moisture. 

 Out in Kirkwood, where most of the vio- 

 lets are grown for this market, the plants 



are unusually tine. They all claim that 

 the St. Louis market will be better fixed 

 for stock the coming season than ever 

 before, and this will be welcome news 

 fur the retailers here. 



Various Notes. 

 The St. Louis delegation returned 



home Sunday from the Milwaukee conven- 

 tion. The members expressed themselves 

 as never having had a better time, and 

 too much praise cannot be given the Mil- 

 waukee boys for their entertainment. 

 They did everything and more than they 

 promised, and it is up to St. Louis next 

 year to return the compliment. We are 

 also under many obligations to the Chi- 

 cago craft for their entertainment of 

 Friday and Saturday. The Milwaukee 

 convention will always remain a bright 

 spot in our memories. 



The bowling contest was about the best 

 arranged affair yet held at any conven- 

 tion and much credit is due to our friend, 

 Phil Hauswirth, of Chicago, for the way 

 he handled the contest. Philadelphia, 

 having the best team, won and we offer 

 our congratulations. We missed the gen- 

 ial captain, George Moss, but a team 

 that can win without its captain deserves 

 much praise. We felt sorry for our 

 friends from Chicago, but it was their 

 own fault and they will know better 

 next year. We will be on our own dung 

 hill and will also do better. 



George McClure, of Buffalo, is in 

 town, spending a week with his son, who 

 is at Shaw's Garden, in charge of the 

 orchid houses. Mr. McClure is an en- 

 thusiast on bowling and was, of course, 

 sorry Buffalo did not win out at Mil- 

 waukee. He also expressed himself as 

 having a good time at the convention, 

 and that the Milwaukee boys did them- 

 selfs proud in every respect. 



I will close my letter for this week 

 by saying that we are all glad to be 

 "back among the old folks once again" 

 from the best convention the Society of 

 American Florists has ever held. 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market 



There is a slight demand for white 

 flowers, but otherwise very little busi- 

 ness is doing. Yet even at that the sales 

 foot up higher than last year. Hot 

 weather is using up the outdoor stock in 

 a hurry. Roses, with the exception of 

 American Beauty and Liberty, are a 

 glut. Short-stemmed stock of Bride, 

 Bridesmaid, date Kaiserin, Ivor} . etc . 

 can scarcely be sold at any price. There 

 is a fair demand for the better grades. 

 Beauties are increasing in quantity and 

 ire very good. 



Carnations are still scarce, but there 

 are signs of an increase in supply very 

 soon. Several growers are beginning to 

 i ut from new stock, and the flowers are 

 good, with fairly long stem's. During the 

 past week E. G. Gillett received the first 

 consignment of carnations from the B. 

 K. & B. Floral Co., of Richmond, [nil. 

 Phese ncre the first carnations that this 

 linn have cut and they were very good. 

 The variety was Dorothy. 



Some very fine asters are now to be 

 had and there are plenty of buyers for 

 them at good figures. The supply of 

 second grade ones is not so large and 

 they firing more money. Gladioli are 

 still very good, but the market is get- 



ting tired of them. Some very good 

 dahlias are coming in, but this flower 

 never takes well in this market. The 

 store men will not buy them. 



Various Notes. 



The Cincinnati party has returned 

 from the convention and all are singing 

 the praises of the Milwaukee Florists' 

 Club. Judging from what they say, the 

 convention was the best ever, and a mark 

 was reached in attendance and entertain- 

 ment which will be hard to beat. But 

 if such a thing is possible, J. J. Beneke, 

 president of the St. Louis Florists' Club, 

 will dn the trick. The Chicago boys de- 

 serve lots of credit for the manner in 

 which they entertained the visitors. 



A visit to the Lockland Lumber Com- 

 pany plant, at Lockland, O., during the 

 past week proved to be very interesting. 

 This firm is in the midst of the largest 

 business they have ever had in green- 

 house material. There was almost ready 

 for shipment a large quantity of material 

 for six houses, 32x150 for S. Alfred 

 Baur. of Erie, Pa. This material had 

 been treated to a preserving process, dis- 

 covered by the superintendent of this 

 plant, who is a graduate of the Univer- 

 sity of Berne, Switzerland, and a man 

 of many years of practical experience. 

 This method of preservation is the out- 

 come of years of study and experiments 

 and is decidedly a new departure in the 

 preparation of greenhouse lumber. 



The success of the flower shows dur- 

 ing the fall festival seems assured, judg- 

 ing by the number of entries already 

 booked. There will be a committee from 

 the Florists' Society to see that every one 

 is treated well, and if you cannot come 

 with your exhibit your stock will be care- 

 fully looked after. 



Chas. E. Critchell and Miss Bess 

 Critchell had a narrow escape from death 

 while returning home from their vaca- 

 tion. They were in a very bad wreck, 

 Mi" Critchell being badly used up. 

 Charlie was more fortunate, a few severe 

 bruises, but he was still able to attend 

 the convention at Milwaukee. 



K. A. Betz and family are spending 

 a two weeks' vacation at Wawasee, Ind. 



'iias. E. Critchell is in town. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



WANAMAKER WISDOM. 

 "Some one has said if there are ten 

 bakers in town, the one who gives the 

 best loaf for six-pence is sure at last to 

 sell the most bread. That's the bottom 

 of all trade. The one who furnishes the 

 best of anything gets the most trade in 

 that line." — John Wanamaker. 



Loomis, Cal. — A. Mitting says that 

 the way he grows carnation plants in 

 the field is to plant as shallow as pos- 

 sible and earth up a little. He has the 

 rows two' feet apart and runs water be- 

 tween them, the water then wetting under 

 and the carnations grow with- 

 out check all summer. By having this 

 ridge along the rows it keeps the plants 

 from stem-rot. He cultivates between 

 the rows and the plants grow so fast 

 it is a back-breaking job to keep them 

 pinched back. 



It is like being out of the world to be 

 without the Review after one has been 

 reading it for any length of time. — H. V. 

 Betts, Ormond, Fla. 



