The Weekly Florists' Review, 



■55 



Mr. < hadborn will be married October 6 

 and the trade generally extends congratu- 

 j. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Carnations are increasing in quantity, 

 all the wholesale houses having more 

 Sowers this week. The quality is very 

 fair and their place is ready, asters being 

 about over. Beauties are more plenti 

 t'ul and lower in price. The lirt-t chrya 

 anthemums made their appearance last 

 week, P. \". DeWitt, of Croydon, sending 

 m Montmorl to S. S. Pennock. Both, 

 jrellow :in>l pink have since arrived at I. 



nernh.-iiiier's. I ble violets have also 



come, Charles Black, 01 Hightstown, is 

 m some nice Bowers u- W. J. 

 Moore. Dahlias are popular and con- 

 tinue to arrive in grea* quantities, W. 

 P. Peacock sending ii 5,000 to 10,000 

 Luc The fancy soils with long stems 

 are bringing good prices. 



Loss at West Chester. 



A severe hail storm passed over West 

 Chester about four o'clock on Sunday 

 afternoon, doing great damage at the 

 greenhouses of Joseph Kift ..v. Son and 

 Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas. The loss at 



tees was great to both glass and 

 plants. Photographs seen at the city 

 store of Joseph Km & Sou show a mini- 



badly smashed houses. Neither 

 tirm. it is said, was insured. Milch sym- 

 pathy is expressed for the sufferers. Tho 



so late in the season is especially 



nate. 



Bowling. 



It „\vas not to ne expected that our 

 bowlers would remain idle after their 

 great convention triumph. "Never 

 should the sword lie allowed to rust in 

 the scabbard" 1- an old saying that 

 applies to many thin"-, bowling among 

 others. This week (Friday, October 2) 

 a great match is to be started on the 

 home alleys, wholesalers vs. retailers. 

 best two in three, the former led by 

 Walter X. Yates, who did such fine work 

 in his maiden match at Milwaukee, and 

 the latter, it was expected, by the re- 

 doubtable Robert Kift. whose eloquence 

 when describing his team's victory so 



delighted the members present at the last 

 club meeting. 



Notes. 



Samuel S. Pennock has just returned 

 from Europe after a splendid trip. He 

 will be followed by some novelties of 

 interest to the retailers. 



The club meeting next Tuesday even- 

 ing, October 6, will be full of interest. 

 A. II. Whetstone will read a papei on 

 "Vacuum Heating," giving new- ideas 

 on economizing fuel, and Edward Reiel 

 will give his views about ''The West 

 from a Commission Man's Standpoint," 

 which should be well worth hearing, a« 

 Mr. Beid is thoroughly posted on this 

 home subject. 



Edwin Lonsdale is 1 utting a few 

 Queen of Bdgelys now. They go to the 

 Flower Market. Mr. Lonsdale will be 

 an important factor in the production 

 of this n.se this season, having the 

 greater part of his place planted with 

 it. 



A. J. Pennock is sending in 

 quantities of tine valley to his brother. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving fine 

 early yellow and pink chrysanthemums. 



C. A. Dunn & Co. are receiving pink 

 bouvardia from Arthur Mallon, Jr. 



M. Bice & Co. report a heavy fall busi- 

 ness. They are working hard t" get or 



le|- OUt. 



Joseph Seacock reports September 

 palm business the largest he ha- ever 



ex] need, with many advance orders 



tor October. Some sizes are nil sold. 



order shipped to San Francisco is 



the third received from this same buyer. 

 Phil. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



It looks as if all chrysanthemums will 

 be late about this eity; even the earliest 

 varieties are very backward and will not 

 be in much before October 10, if then. 

 During the past couple of seasons earlv 

 munis have not been all that could be de- 

 sired. Last year Estelle was the first of 

 good quality "and it sold well. This year 

 the same variety is looking very prom- 

 ising and will doubtless keep up its rec- 

 ord. 



There, is a lively demand for all kinds 

 of stock, and. though the supply is some- 

 what! limited, there is enough good stock 

 to make the daily sales run up pretty 

 high. Tie' present weather is good on 

 all kinds of stock and its continuance will 

 greatly improve the quality. Beauties of 

 very good quality are to' be had. The 

 longest stems inn about thirty inches and 

 bring $2.50 to $3 per dozen. Medium- 



sten I ones always seem to have the 



call. Other roses are much the same as 

 last week as to quality, but the supply 

 has about doubled. Asters and gladioli 

 are still holding on and some very fair 

 stock is to be had. Carnation receipts 

 are increasing dailv. Thev sell readilv. 

 The B. K. & B. 'Floral Co., of Rich- 

 mond, Ind., is sending in some very g 1 



blooms of Dorothy, Harry Fenn. Rich- 

 mond Gem, Gov. Lowndes and Enchant- 

 ress. Cactus dahlias are seen now and 

 then and are the only kind that will sell. 

 Lily of the valley is scarce at present. 



Notes. 



Mrs. Herman Sehlachter, while riding 

 to the city from her home on Spring 

 Grove avenue, dropped a roll of bills 

 amounting to $125. 



Geo. Murphy is busy building a large 



greenhouse. His stock this year is look- 

 ing well and a good yield is looked for- 

 ward to. 



\ IImi 1 Graj was in a runaway acci- 

 dent and was badly used up. No bones 

 were broken but his head and face wero 

 ,ur, badly. 



w in Speck has comph ted w green- 

 house 128 feet long. It is a modern 

 structure and takes it" plai - of several 

 small houses which he tore down. 



Fred Geai is spending a few days 

 in Chicago. He will doubtless make his 

 ill. as Fred is somewhat of a 

 hustler. 



Huntsman & Co. have about finished 



ii- leling their plant. All the houses 



have I u put in first-class shape ana a 



new In, lie, ha- been installed. Stock IS 



in very goo. I condition, especially carna- 

 tions. Mr. Huntsman's place is located 

 in Kentucky, overlooking the Ohio river. 

 C. J. Ohmer. 



BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



Death of Captain Hall. 



W. II. Hall, of -211 Stewart 



l: Mm, died September 19 after an 



illness of two years. He was born at 

 Oyster Bay 72 years ago and was the 

 captain of a whaling vessel for many 

 years, retiring from a sailor's life about 

 twenty years ago. Since that time he 

 had successfully conducted a florist busi- 

 ness near the entrance to Evergreen cem- 

 etery. He was very popular in the East 

 New York section of Brooklyn, where he 

 was familiarly Known as Captain Hall. 

 He leaves a widow and daughter. Inter- 

 ment was at Westfield, Mass. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Death of John Barclay. 



he venerable seed trav- 

 mme at Providence, R. 

 of heart disease, being 

 1. He was a native of 

 ml. born in 1830, and 

 Eor mam years travi led for Benj. Reid 

 & Co. He came to this country about 

 ears ago, and was employed by 

 John Gardiner \ Co., Philadelphia, and 

 later by Vaughan. He had made his home 

 at Providence since last April. He is 

 survived by a widow and three grown 

 children, all in Europe. J. 



Davenport, Ia. — Allison & Littig have 

 completed a new greenhouse. Koltzan 



A- Meyers were the builders. 



Lake Charles. La. — J. Neuvander 

 has just returned from an extended trip 

 to Central and South America. 



Steubexville, O. — Miss Jennie Mc- 

 Dowell will go into business with Miss 

 Agnes L. Wells, the firm continuing at 

 the present stand as Wells & McDowell. 



L\ the advertisement of James King, 

 Elmhurst, 111., in the issue of September 

 14, -"me of the type did not show up 

 a- it should, notably in the item re- 

 garding Pieonia alba plena, which is 

 $2.50 per doz., $15.00 per 100. 



Please discontinue my advertisement ; 

 all my surplus stock is sold and I am 

 getting handsful of letters by every 

 mail, all in want of the stock advertised 

 in your paper. The Review is all right; 

 I shall try it again when I have surplus 

 stock. — John Bennett. Blue Point, L. I., 

 N. Y. 



