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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



II. W. Perkins, son of J. J. Perkins, 

 has bad a relapse and is suffering from 

 pleuro pneumonia. His condition is 



serious. 



Edwin Weathered has retired from 

 the firm tit' Thos. \\ eathered 's Sons, the 

 greenhouse builders, ai'cl Ohas. B. Weath- 

 ered will have charge U ll.e business as 

 formerly. 



Visitors hai 1 1 1 the past 



week, among them W. P. Craig, of Phil- 

 i ; A. M. Murdoch, of Pittsburg, 

 and I''. C. Weber, of St. Louis. 



II. II. Berger cV Co. report the best 

 business in French and Dutch bulbs for 

 many years. Those who are waiting for 

 low prices, they say. will be disappoint- 

 ed. There is no surplus to draw from 

 this •■■■■'! and the supply of Paper Whites 

 is exhausted. The new crop of kentia 

 seed is mi the way from Australia. 



Mackintosh Iras recovered from a hos- 

 pital experience that involved au opera- 

 tion. 



The sympathy of the trade is felt for 

 ('has. Thorley, the Broadway florist, in 

 the loss of his daughter. 



Arthur Merritt, of J. H. Small & Sons, 

 has returned from Hot Springs, Va., and 

 Washington, where some notable wed- 

 dings claimed his attention, especially the 

 Fuller nuptials. A beautiful autumn ef- 

 fect was produced by the decoration of 

 the entire church in oak foliage. Eight 

 bells were hung over the chancel with 

 white satin drapery. Clematis Virginiana 

 as a background adding greatly to the 

 picture. The decorations for the dinner 

 to the Ancient and Honourables of Lon- 

 don, at the Waldorf-Astoria on Friday 

 evening was an elaborate affair. The 

 walls were covered with flags inter- 

 twined with oak garlands, the tables 

 decorated with oak leaves, American 

 Beauty roses, chrysanthemums and other 

 seasonable flowers. October weddings 

 seem to be numerous and fairly well 

 distributed. Thomas Young, Jr., has 



thr f them this week, and hardly a 



prominent retailer has been overlooked. 



Arthur T. Boddington is rejoicing in 

 his initiation into the mysterious respon- 

 sibilities nt' fatherl I. As is the usual 



custom, the stork's first visit brought a 

 handsome girl baby. 



John C. Daly, of Daly Bros., Granton, 

 N. J., and Miss M. McCarty, of New 

 York, were married September 29. It 

 has been a great year for marriages 

 among the florists and ' ' there are 

 others" to follow. 



It is rumored that another firm of 

 auctioneers is soon to enter the field now 

 covered so eloquently by Mr. Elliott. 



Alex. MeConnell, of Fifth avenue, is 

 doing his share in October we.1,1 

 Wednesday he has the church and house 

 decoration for the Iselin-De Xeuhillo 

 event. The Church of the Incarnation 

 will be, turned into a bower of 'mums, 

 wild smilax and Kaiserin roses. Every- 

 thing will be in white and the same 

 scheme will be followed at the house, 

 is plumosus will be used largelv 

 in tie- .Irapings. The next event will be 

 the marriage of the Hev. Dr. Williams 

 and tin' daughter of Congressman Little. 

 Bouquets and baskets of jasmine, violets 

 and cattleyas will be provided, and the 

 bride's bouquet will be lily of the valley. 

 Then comes the Olney 'wedding, with 

 house and church decoration, and on Oe- 

 tober 19 the Allen nuptials. Siebrecht 

 & Son, Hodgson, Stumpp, Hauft, and, 

 in fact, every florist of standing in the 

 city has his share of these October festiv- 

 ities. 



.7. Austin Shaw. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Thr he: 



i-i week had 



the quantity of flowers, iuji 

 quality and cutting off shipi 

 gether from Burlington, V J. 

 othei places. Brides and Mai 



is coming in. 

 tiful. Lower 

 colored varie- 



severery, many pm 

 Carnations are mo 

 prices rule, espcoin 



tus. Chrysanthemums are increasing in 

 numbers. Manj fine Bowers are seen, 

 chiefly white and pink, both colors very 



useful in tilling the heavy demand for 

 wedding orders this week. Orchids and 

 valley are both of extra fine quality. 

 Sweet peas have made their appearance, 

 E. Bernheimer receiving shipments of 

 both pink and white. Violets need bright 

 sunshine and cool weather to add finish. 

 Tritomas are in fair demand. Greens 

 sell better, though still too plentiful. 

 Great quantities of wild smilax have 

 been used. 



London. 

 Samuel S. Pennock devoted one morn- 

 ing to studying the great Covent Gar- 

 den market during his recent trip abroad. 

 The quantity of cut flowers offered in 

 this great London mart was astonishing. 

 There was good variety. Both quality 

 ard price were below what we are accus- 

 tomed to. Most of the outdoor roses 

 were excellent, though it was September. 

 He bought at retail one dozen fine Laings 

 for a shilling and one dozen Jacques for 

 sixpence, an average of about one cent 

 and a half apiece. The plants offered in 

 this market were very fine and at low 

 prices. Everyone appeared to buy here 

 without regard to their being florists. 

 A number of wholesale cut flower houses 

 were clustered about this market. These 

 opened at 4 a. m., as early as the market 

 itself. One dealer said that his three 

 sons each had charge of a department, 

 one vegetables, one fruit, and one flow- 

 ers, and that his business aggregated be- 

 tween $4.11(10.011(1 and $5, ,000. There 



seemed no reason to doubt the accuracy 

 of this statement. The London cut 

 flower stores exhibited no especial fea- 

 tures and were hardly equal to our own. 

 In Paris, on the contrary, the shops 

 were very beautiful and full of interest. 



Flower Market. 



The second annual meeting of the 

 market will be held next Monday, Octo- 

 ber 19, at 10 a. m., at 1228 Cherry street. 

 Besides the report of the business of the 

 last eleven months, four directors are to 

 be elected, three to serve for three years 

 and one for one year. There are also two 

 pm posed changes in the by-laws on which 

 the stockholders are to take action. Half 

 .in hour before the meeting Vice Presi- 

 dent Harris will auction off the stalls. 

 Notes. 



Albert Woltomnto delnc-ed an address 

 on "Bulbs and Their Planting" before 

 the Germantown Horticultural Society 

 last Monday evening. 



.1. J. Habermehl's Sons had the fall 

 opening decoration at Strawbridge & 

 ( 'lothier 's on Tuesdaj 



Edward Reid's paper on "The West" 

 " ad before the florist-' Club last week, 

 will be found in another column. 



Samuel S. Pennock 



receiving quan- 



tities of fine cattleyas. oncidiums __ 

 cypripediums, very useful for the Octo- 

 I er wed, lings. 



Win. J. Baker is receiving some fine 



Glory of Pacific chrysanthemums, both 

 white and pink. They are in brisk de- 

 mand. 



Fred J. Michel] has just returned from 

 Washington. 



Joseph Heavis & Son are sending in 

 some tine Liberties to Leo Niessen. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving fancy 

 chrysanthemums, among them William 

 Simpson, rose pink, and a light pink 

 seedling. 



The Flower Market is doing a great 

 business in fine Beauties. Their tritomas 

 are in demand, also Willowbrook, a 

 white chrysanthemum with finish. 



Bowling. 



The Review is indebted to Walter N. 

 Yates for the following interesting ac- 

 count of the doings of our bowlers: 



Recently the boys went to Atlantic City 

 to try their hand with the seashore craft 

 at the ''only game," but the salt air had 

 a peculiar effect, and after an exciting 

 contest, they lost by eighty pins. A re- 

 turn match was immediately arranged 

 and revenge guaranteed, if they would 

 dare to "enter our back yard." On Oc- 

 tober 7, our boys emphatically kept their 

 word, when our five-man team buried the 

 salt air combination to the tune of 657 

 pins in three games. Surely this was 

 vengeance with interest. When the visi- 

 tors finally came back to terra firma, an- 

 other trip to the shore was at once ar- 

 ranged, and all parties interested guar- 

 anteed the match to be anything but a 

 tame affair. Messrs. Moss, Yates, Gib- 

 son, Mooney and Addleburger did the 

 " slaughtering." 



The second contest between the Grow- 

 ers and Dealers proved even more excit- 

 ing than the first. The first game result- 

 ed in favor of the former, with a mar- 

 gin of thirty-eight. At the end of the 

 second game the Growers were again on 

 top. with twenty-three more. With a 

 ''Milwaukee finish," the Dealers woke 

 up in the third game and won the match 

 with fiftv-five pins to spare. Yates made 

 high total of 573, while Moss, with 223, 

 captured high single game. The third 

 and deciding match will be played next 

 week. The following are the scores: 

 Growers— 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 



rati - 181 192 200 573 



Hanna 159 127 160 446 



Harris 152 157 147 456 



Westcott 166 1411 147 462 



Anderson 154 132 114 400. 



Total S12 757 76S 2337 



Dealers — 1st. 2d. 3d. Total. 



Kift 150 138 175 472 



Gibson 125 135 107 427 



Falck 152 144 160 456 



Connor 168 158 169 495 



Mi - 160 159 223 542 



Total 704 734 894 2392 



Phil. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business for the past week was not 

 very encouraging to the cut flower deal- 

 ers, trade being weak and the supply 

 very much in excess of the demand. The 

 bright, sunny weather has brought about 

 an actual glut in roses and carnations. 

 Chrysanthemums, too, are becoming more 

 plentiful, but not enough good ones as 

 yet to go around. Stock of all kinds was 

 so plentiful that the trade became criti- 

 cal and would buy nothing but the best 

 of stock, refusing all that did not come 

 up to their requirements. In the mean- 

 time the price of good stock went down 

 to what short stemmed stock brought the 

 week previous. 



In Brides and Maids the supply was 



