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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



of the directors of the Cut Flower Ex- 

 change was held in the office of the 

 board in the Coogan building on Satur- 

 day, October 3. 



Kreshover has an excellent noveli \ I 



a great seller in his solid, indestructible 

 Christmas bells for decorations. 



Langjahr's new store, of West Twenty- 

 eighth street, opened Monday with Ar- 

 thur Hunt in charge as managing fore- 

 man. The store is handsomely fitted up. 



R. s. Williams, of the \e\\ York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, has gone to Manila on a 

 plant-collecting expedition, which he ex- 

 pects to continue until the end of 1904. 



The Newport season ends about the 

 20th of the month, the Goelet-ducal wed- 

 ding probably closing the brilliant series 

 of decorations. "Sic transit gloria 

 mnndi," or words to that effect. But 

 everything goes if it will bring a reason- 

 able amount of grist to the florists' 

 mill! 



Congratulations are in evidence in be- 

 lief of U. G. Scollay, of Brooklyn, of 

 the firm of John A. Scollay, who was 

 married last week to Dr. Marie V. Max- 

 well, and who is now enjoying his honey- 

 moon in Canada. 



C. W. Ward is on a business trip south. 



Albert W. Wadley, son of Mr. Wadley, 

 of Wadley & Smythe, and .Miss Mary 

 Gorton, of Newport, B. I., will be mar- 

 ried October 12. They will reside at 15 

 Park rla.-e. New Rochelle. 



Wm. Cooley, gardener at the Birdseye 

 estate. Orient. L. I., is said to have dis- 

 appeared, tie is reported to have re- 

 cently inherited a fortune. 



Wm. H. Donohoe lias just recovered 

 from a three weeks' attack of congestion 

 of the lungs, a condition caused by ex- 

 posure to a storm when on his 3,000 

 mile outing trip on the Great Lakes 

 from Buffalo to Duluth. 



William Arthur Saltford, of Pough- 



keepsie, ami Miss Belle I'.. W'othelliee. 



of North Whims. Mass., were married 

 Wednesday, October 7. 



Alex. Guttman, of West Twenty- 

 ninth street, spent several days last 

 week among his growers up- the Hudson 

 and in New Jersey. 



Charles Millang finds his conservatory 

 \''i\ convenient these Ways for his over- 

 flow of dahlias. He is handling some 

 superb carnations. 



Among the ferns of all kinds dis- 

 played by Bradshavi & Hartman are 

 some fine, bushy Piersoni in 8-inch pans. 

 the product of that expert plantsman, 



John Si ott, of i he N eap s | i l-reen 



houses, Brooklyn. 



A. Warrendorff. of Broadway, had a 

 unique window Monday evening, in 

 which was a handsome design for the 

 opening night of the opera The Fisher 

 Maiden, also an immense star of rod and 

 white dahlias, the emblem of the White 

 Eats, a theatrical organization. 



A good deal of autumn foliage is 

 being used by the retailers in their win 

 dows, especially branches of the oak, 

 which seems to have displayed the first 

 effects of the fall painting of Dame 

 Nature. The parks begin to put on 

 their "coats of many colors" and the 

 first signs of Indian summer are with 

 us. After such a summer as we have 

 endured there is only justice and fair 

 play in the charming temperature which 

 now envelops the east. The conse- 

 quences, however, to the cut flower mar- 

 ket are disastrous. Eoses. 'mums and 

 carnations are running a race for supre- 

 macy that will end in a flood of ship- 

 ments of every one of these at about the 



same time and the consequences to values 

 can easily be foretold. The end of the 

 week promises the beginning of the ava- 

 lanche and it looks as if no power can 



prevent the break. Even on M lay 



prices declined from Saturday's quota- 

 tions and the tendency was decidedly 

 bearish when the market closed. Looks 

 as though some of the dividends on cut 

 lower stock would have to be "passed" 

 in o.-tober. J. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 The Market. 



Business in eut flowers is active; more 

 stock is being sold at fair prices. White 

 is in brisk demand, carnations of that 

 color being higher in price than pink or 

 red. Valley on some days has been 

 scarce despite increase. I supply. Beau- 

 ties are going well. The call for early 

 chrysanthemums is fitful, but so far it 

 has equaled the supply, prices ruling 

 firm. A few days will find a great 

 many more in the market. Cattleyas 

 are to be had in some quantity, also a 

 few cypripediums and other orchids. 

 Dahlias are fine and very plentiful. 

 Hoses of all sorts tire more plentiful than 

 a week ago. Tritoma, the red hot poker, 

 is a novelty, useful for decorations. Vio- 

 lets, both single' and double, are im- 

 proving. 



Auction Sales. 



There have been two auction sales of 



es] ial interest in this city lately. The 



first took place on Tuesday of last week 

 a I the Flower .Market, when the delin- 

 quent stock of the company was sold to 

 satisfy the second assessment of 25 per 

 cent due August 1. Only eight shares 

 were sold in three lots, the prices were 

 100, 100 and 105, a pretty good showing. 

 Fred Ilalunan, Edwin Lonsdale and C. 

 E. Meehan were the successful bidders. 

 il"- oJ the buyers had to go home 

 jingling their money in their pockets. 



The s id was a great plant sale held 



at Forty-ninth and Market streets on 

 Wednesday and Thursday of this week, 

 the stock comprising a great variety of 

 palms, ferns, crotons, liens, cyclamens, 

 pandanus and many other things in all 

 sizes from 3-inch pots up to 24-inch tubs, 

 offered by William K. Harris and Rob- 

 ert Craig & Son. John P. Cleary, who 

 has a reputation as a clever plant auc- 

 tioneer, was brought over from New 

 York for the occasion. This is the first 

 auction sale of its kind held in this city 

 since the very successful sale held by the 



s: auctioneer at Pitcher & Manda's 



some years ago, when that firm went ou1 

 of business. A number of New York 

 growers have held fall plant auctions on 

 their places to make room for winter. 

 The leading auctioneers in New York 

 have also held frequent sales at their 

 rooms. To these sales both Messrs. Craig 

 and Harris have occasionally contributed 

 l.\ sending over a. carload of such fine 

 stock that the Philadelphia palms be- 

 came noted for their excellence and were 

 eagerly looked for by the buyers. This 

 year Mr. Craig wanted space so badly 

 that he felt the time had come for this 

 citj to try a plant auction, so he and 

 Mr. Harris combined and the result is a 

 large sale, lots of stuff and lots of 

 buyers. 



The St. Louis World's Fair. 



Messrs. Eisele and Clark, of the firm 

 of Henry A. Dreer, returned some time 

 ago from a flying trip to St. Louis. 



Their objective point was the World's 

 Pair, where, after carefully going over 

 the grounds and plans, they decided to 

 take a space, 275x220 feet, or about one 

 and a third aires, stretching from the 

 Horticulture to the Agriculture build- 

 ing. Also they will fill two lakes with 

 aquatics, aggregating about one and a 

 half acres. This will give a rough idea 

 of the size of this firm 's exhibit at St. 

 Louis next year. Mr. Eisele was much 

 impressed with the immense scale on 

 which everything is being carried out at 

 the coming exposition. 



Florists' Club Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the Florists' 

 Club was held last Tuesday evening. 

 The election of officers resulted in the 

 unanimous choiee of President John 

 Westcoit, Vice President David Eust, 

 Secretary Ed. Lonsdale, and Treasurer 

 J. William Colflesh. Edward Eeid read 

 an interesting paper, giving ideas of the 

 west. Walter 11. Whetstone gave a prac- 

 tical talk on vacuum heating, which he 

 illustrated with air valves, showing how 



fuel may lie e, miized. Both speakers 



were listened to with close attention. 



Notes. 



At a meeting on Monday, October 5, J. 

 I ). Eisele was elected vice president of 

 the H. A. Dreer corporation. 



Tin Philadelphia Carnation Co., Du- 

 mont & Crawford, of Secane, have their 



Lnchnntross is looking particularly well. 

 Stem-rot gave them some trouble this 

 season. They are growing mushrooms 

 extensively this season and have built a 

 large shed for that purpose. 



The William Graham Co. had a large 

 fall opening decora I ion mi Monday for 

 Blum Bros. Tritomas ami hydrangeas 

 were extensively used. 



F. E. Hancock, Burlington, N. J., is 

 ..■inline in some pretty flowers of Chrys- 

 anthemum Polly Eose to Leo Niessen. 



H. Weber &" Sons, Oakland, Md., are 

 sending in a variety of fine early chrys- 

 anthemums to S. S. Pennock. 



George Barnett, of Oxford, Pa., de- 

 M.tes his place almost entirely to carna- 

 tions. He does Flora Hill and Joost 

 very well. 



Mrs. R. C. Smith. Secane, Pa., is cut- 

 ting some of the finest violets that come 

 into the market. 



Edward Eeid had a large order on 

 Monday for 1,500 each of white carna- 

 tions and roses and 1,100 valley. 



William J. Baker finds the sale of 

 white carnations exceptionally heavy 

 lately. 



Joseph Kift & Son, West Chester, have 

 actively pushed their repairs, and, 

 weather permitting, will have all their 

 glazing done- this week. The roses were 

 not much injured, but some of the other 

 plants weie l.adly .-at up. Mr. Kift was 

 able to make a very advantageous glass 

 purchase. 



S. S. Pennock 's place is made gor- 

 geous by the quantities of showy dahlias 

 displayed there each morning. 



Miss Alice E. Tiernan, for many years 

 bookkeeper at Hugh Graham's, has re- 

 signed her position and was married on 

 October 7. 



John McCleary, gardener to William 

 Wright man, flowered a house of asters, 

 which were all cot on his employer's 

 ninetieth birthday, September 30. 



The H. A. Dreer Co. is very busy with 

 the importations of azaleas. Two car- 

 loads arrived Saturday; more are coming 



