November 12, 1003. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



1029 



playing holiday material and supplies of 

 new and pretty design. 



F. Brittenbaugh & Bros, were busy 

 with funeral work last week. 



John Baldinger, who met with such a 

 painful accident last week, is slowly im 

 pre* big. 



W, B. Ague has opened a store in the 

 Mohler building, Penu and Negley ave- 

 nues, East End. 



Visitors: P. J. Watson, representing 

 S. S. Peunoek, Philadelphia; B. Eschner, 

 of M. Rice & Co., Philadelphia, and M. 

 Beers, Xew York. 



Club Notes. 



I i you were absent from the last 

 meeting of the Florists' Club you missed 

 one "t' the best shows of chrysanthemums 

 ever held here. Our indefatigable presi- 

 dent. Win. Falconer, secured all the new 

 and late varieties of chrysanthemums. 

 Every bloom was taken up singly and its 

 merits thoroughly discussed. Enthus- 

 iasm was shown until the last bloom was 

 inspected. The meeting was the best 

 attended one we have had for some time 

 and four new names were proposed. These 

 meetings, much better called a school of 

 floriculture and horticulture, with Mr. 

 Falconer as quiz-master, are invaluable 

 and not a meeting should be missed. I 

 hope that every member of the club will 

 attend the next meeting, December 1, 

 and bring his friends. Christmas mate- 

 rial is the subject. Some of the old 

 time boys. Wm. Clarke, L. I. Xeff. 

 Samuel McClemonts, Julius Luduig ami 



E. B. Ludwig will give practical den 



strations- of uses. Hoo-Hoo. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



The past week brought the largest 

 l usiness oi the season. The demand 

 was far above expectations and even 

 short stemmed roses sold well. This 

 week is starting off much in the same 

 fashion. All retailers seem to be doing 

 a very good business. The demand for 

 chrysanthemums has continued since All 

 Saints' day and good prices continue, 

 although the supply of large blooms has 

 greatly increased. The sudden cold spell 

 cut down the supply of roses ami this in 

 a way helped sustain the mum market. 

 Col. Appletons are now almost cut out 

 and w'e are sorry to see this grand sort 

 go, notwithstanding that a certain per 

 rent come malformed. Bonnaffon is now 

 coming well and as yet there is no yellow 

 to take its place. In whites Silver Wed- 

 ding has been the best so far. Chad- 

 wick will soon be coming and if it is in 

 anything like last year's form, it will be 

 hard to find a better. It ranks right 

 up with Appleton. Very few Eatons 

 have made their appearance, and it is 

 just as well, as aside from its large size 

 this mum has very few points that com- 

 mends itself to the trade. At present 

 there is a very heavy demand for small 

 mums suitable for funeral work. Also 

 tor stock to sell at $6 and $8 per 100, 

 which is a very good selling size for the 

 average retailer. 



Carnations continue scarce, with very 

 little sign of an increase in supply. There 

 are not enough violets to go around. 

 Callas are beginning to come in large 

 quantities. 



Various Notes. 



Saturday will be the annual chrysan- 

 themum show of the Florists' Society. 

 Wm. Schuman will have charge of the ex- 



hibits. Besides the regular prizes the 

 society will again award the silver and 

 bronze S. A. F. medals for most merit- 

 orious plant or flower of American origin. 

 These medals will be competed for at this 

 and subsequent shows given by the so- 

 ciety, but will not be awarded until the 

 last show of the- season. 



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

 mond, is sending in some of the finest 

 Appleton seen in this city. Their Rich- 

 mond Gem is the best red carnation on 

 the market so far. 



Chas. E. Critchell. manager of the Al 

 lanta Floral Co. store and greenhouses, 

 at Atlanta, Ga., formerly a Cincinnati 

 boy, ami Miss Emma J. Iuloes, of Hart- 

 well, O., will be married November 18. 



Win. Mann, formerly bookkeeper for 



the Cincinnati Cut Flow ., is aovi 



occupying a similar position with the 

 Ohio Cut Flower Co. 



Mr. Dieterich, of Maysville, Ky.. was 

 a visitor. C. J. Ohmer. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



■ Ielie| v 



lercial 

 Clack 



is also 

 es for 



Menlo Park, Cal — The first fall ex 

 hibition of the Menlo Park Horticultura 

 Society, held October l':: ami 24, was 

 even more successful than anticipated 

 The display was really too extensive foi 

 the hall, which is the largest in the town 

 Most of the exhibits were 

 on the private estates, but t 

 men were well represented. 

 was manager of the show 

 an exhibitor, receiving fii 

 vase of new carnations (Enchantress) 

 and best twelve white chrysanthemums. 

 M. Lynch made a fine general display of 

 plants and flowers not for competition. 

 The plants included a specimen of the 

 new Pandanus Sanderi. The private gar- 

 deners rjarticipating included Messrs. 

 Fred Miller, Geo. Nunii, M. Carter, S. P. 

 Fisher, Andrew McDonald, Thos. Mcln- 

 tvre, W. Kettlewell, Wm. Eldred and J. 

 Hanson. It is the intention of the so- 

 ciety to hold a spring show next year. 



PLANT NOTES. 



Christmas will soon be upon us and 

 florists will find this a good time to look 

 over their available stock for the holi- 

 days. The people of California are very 

 fond of flowers, and flowering plants at 

 this time are sure to be in good demand. 



Potted bulbous stock is always a good 

 seller and Dutch and Eoman hyacinths 

 are the first on the list. We put about 

 three to five Roman hyacinths in a 5 or 

 6-inch pot and have no difficulty in re- 

 tailing them at 50 cents. The Dutch 

 hyacinths sell about the same price and 

 one large flower is all that is necessary 

 for selling it at a handsome profit. Val- 

 ley is generally transplanted, about half 

 a dozen in a 5-inch pot, and sells readily 

 at $1. 



Chinese primulas are sold singly in 

 3 or 4-inch pots and they can be handled 

 nicely in 8 or 9-inch fern pans, planting 

 about five of assorted colors in each pot. 

 We retailed a great many of them dur- 

 ing last season's holidays at $1.50 to $2 

 per jar. Freesias and tulips are good 

 sellers and can be handled very easily at 

 splendid profits. 



V T e received last season large quanti- 

 ties of poinsettias from Los Angeles that 

 were outside grown. The only trouble 1 

 found with them was that they did not 

 hold their leaves well and although the 

 flowers kept well enough the si ems 



looked verj shabby. Assortments of 

 small growing ferns planted in fern 

 dishes and strong pots of maidenhair 



good demand. 



Iventia Belmoreana and Forsteriana 

 are our best selling palms, although Cy- 

 cas revoluta, rhapis and arecas are close 

 seconds. Phoenix canariensis and many 

 other palms are perfectly hardy here in 

 California and are not much used for 

 interior decorations. Japanese fern bas- 

 kets had a large sale several years ago 

 bu1 i lew do not seem to be in much de- 

 mand this season. Asparagus Sprengeri 

 in loskets and Asparagus plumosus in 

 pots must not be overlooked, as they are 

 about as satisfactory an article as any- 

 one wants to handle and one of the few 

 house plants the general public seems to 

 l.e able to keep alive for any length of 

 time. G. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Business during the past week has 



I n quiet enough to suit any one. There 



is both a scarcity of funerals and also of 

 society functions, and most of our flor- 

 ists have an idea there will be very little 

 doing until Thanksgiving. The chrysan- 

 themum is still queen of the market and 

 the quality of the stock offered is thor- 

 oughly up to color and form. Prices 

 nile verj low and the best outside grown 

 Bonnaffon can be bought for $1.50 per 

 hundred. We had a heavy downpour of 

 rain on Tuesday and some of the growers 

 thought that outdoor stock would suffer, 

 Inn everything dried up in a few hours 

 and is now in better shape than ever. 

 Carnations are good and cheap. I think 

 ihe\ are twenty-five per cent cheaper 

 than at this time last year. The rea- 



- are, first, our continued warm, 



bright weather, and. secondly, the large 

 amouni of stock offered by new growers. 

 I think there are not less than twenty 

 Lew establishments started in the last 

 year in the neighborhood of San Fran- 

 cisco. 



Roses are plentiful, excepting Beau- 

 ties. Bridesmaid, Bride, Kaiserin and 

 Testout can be had at from 50 to 75 

 cents per dozen wholesale, and they are 

 of very good quality. Violets are getting 

 better than they were a week ago, owing 

 to the rain, but price still remains at $1 

 per dozen bunches. Outside flowers are 

 getting scarce. We still have some gail- 

 lardias and dahlias, but most of the 

 other stock is out of season. 

 Notes. 



A very well attended flower show was 

 held in San Mateo last week and some 

 of our well known growers took most 

 of the prizes. Wm. Eldred, Wm. Mc- 

 Donald and Thomas Breen took the first 

 prizes for chrysanthemum blooms. W. 

 Kettlewell first prize for dahlias. Fick 

 & Faber first prizes for carnations and 

 roses and H. G. Hardv first prize for 

 ferns. G. 



Osage, Ta.— Walter S. Hall has had an 

 "opening" at his greenhouses this week, 

 a musical festival and illumination. He 

 sent out hand bills and as one feature 

 advertised the Happy Hooligan K. of P. 

 band, and as another "Old Folks' Day," 

 Wednesday afternoon, offering to send a 

 carriage for any one who would 'phone 

 or send a postal. An admission of ten 

 cents was charged in the evening. 



A i. ma, Mich. — W. O. Thomas has sold 

 his greenhouse to Steve Coleman, who is 

 removing it to- his place. 



