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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



Dkckmhi'.ii 1(1, ISilV 



Following is the score in detail; 



CHICAGO FLORIST'S HOWLINC CLUB. 



Names. 1. 



.1 S.' Wilson i:» 

 I ;, r... Orant IT'i 

 P. Ilauswirtli. 9? 



J Zei'k r.;8 



IC. VVintersoii-120 

 W. Kreitlipg" in 



3. 

 1H3 



llii 

 177 

 Ifin 



l-J.i 

 l.W 



1H7 



131 



.'). Tot'l. Avt;. 

 1-J(I Bill 133 1-5 



ma 



97 



lai 



13H-J 

 1193-.= 



h3ll ItiH 

 Ii7il 13riJ-S 



Totals. 



743 797 838 842 



04 .537 

 ft; 3,952 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST'S UiPWLlN'c; CLUB. 



Xiimps. 1. 2. 3. 4. n. Tot'l. Avk. 



('. KlM-hn 1815 119 177 135 121 741 148 1-5 



.T. .1, liiriekc 149 132 158 1-22 151 712 14225 



,J W. Kunz .1311 148 1,54 12lj 139 «I7 139 3 5 



Al. Ua\ier 128 144 142 1117 103 624 1244 5 



('. licycr 141 148 l.k5 192 148 814 1B24 5 



E. .Si-liray 148 123 \m 130 185 74f) 14915 



Totals 882 814 97li 812 8.50 4.334 



.'\fter the games the visitors were taken 

 to supper at Lippe's, and at the table 

 were .seated twenty-four florists from Chi- 

 cago and St. Louis. After sup])er speeches 

 were maile by G, L, (".rant, President of 

 the Chicago Florists' Llub; Dr. Halstedt, 

 President of the St. I.ouis Florists' Club, 

 J. C. 'Vaughan, P. J. Hauswirth, and 

 William Young. Mr. Grant's remarks 

 gave the bovs some gooil advice as to how 

 to make a flower show pay. I think the 

 St. Louis boys profited by this speech. 



After this the boys were taken to Union 

 station and placed safely on their train, 

 which left at 9:05. Mes.srs. Lange and 

 Stollery alone remained over to spend 

 Monday with us. The rest all left happy, 

 everybo<ly having enjoyed themselves 

 hugely. 



Project of a Return Match Game. 



Acreturn match was talked of in Inb- 

 niarv, wdien the Carnation Society will 

 meet in Chicago; perhaps we could 

 get Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland, 

 and ButTalo to join us. The Chicago 

 boys claim they will put up an elegant 

 trophy to be rolled for. Count on St. 

 Louis. Now, lei's hear from the rest. 



J. J. B. 



CINCINNATL 



Funeral Creates Large Demand. 



The funeral of the late Senator Charles 

 Fleishman took place Monday, December 

 12th, from the Scottish Kite Cathedral. 

 This occasion created the largest demand 

 for flowers ever known in Cincinnati. B. 

 P. Critchell's Sons had the bulk of the 

 orders. J. Bear and Sunderbruch's Sons 

 furnished several large and expensive 

 pieces. Every available violet within 

 ten miles of this city was used for this 

 occasion . 



Business .here of late has been good all 

 around. Carnations and roses are in 

 good supply and meet with a fair de- 

 mand Violets are scarce and chrvsanthe- 

 mums about done, with the exception of 

 a few late ones. 



Meeting of Club Exhibition, 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Cincinnati IHorist Society was held at the 

 Sixth street Market house on December 

 nth with President Gillett in the chair. 

 The meeting was well attended. The 



flower show brought out quite a number 

 of laiU- visitors, but owing to disagree- 

 able weather, the attendance was not so 

 large as at previous ones. 



F. Dorner and .'>ons showed four seed- 

 ling carnations and several .standard va- 

 rieties. One in particular, Goiii Nugget, 

 in style of Buttercu]), caught the e\e of 

 everyone, 



Mr. Dorner should be congratulated 

 upon having such a valuable variety. 

 Messrs. E. G. Hill S: Co. exhibited a fine 

 collection of seedlings and among them 

 were several of great promise; also a late 

 chrvsanthenuini called Christmas Gift. 

 The flower is a large globular yellow and 

 desirable on account of being so late, 

 ( 'itv Greenhouses(]\Ir.Scheibele gardener) 

 showed some cattleyas and ferns, the 

 only orchids in the hall. The Sunder- 

 bruch's made a worthy display; the same 

 niav be said of Will Murphy who staged 

 quite a large assortment of carnations. 

 Corbett & Wilson were on hand with vio- 

 lets. George and .\llen made a gorgeous 

 display of roses, which were much ad- 

 mired. Of course R. Witter.staetter had 

 Evelina, his pet seedling of '96 there. 

 This was the grandest white on exhibi- 

 tion and comes near Mr, J. Thorpe's pre- 

 diction of carnations four inches across. 



Entertainment. 



In the evening the boys had a jolly 

 good time. Ben George outdid his last 

 efforts and Mr. Giesy surprised all pres- 

 ent with his negro dialect. Both are ex- 

 memliers of a minstrel show. 



-i Negrum, 



TWO VETERANS. 



In our general introduction for this 

 week ap])ear the faces of two veterans in 

 the trade. 



Louis Menand, of Albany, N. Y., is un- 

 doubtedly the oldest living florist in 

 America, being now over ninety years of 

 age. His recollection goes back to the 

 very earliest days of the trade in this 

 countrv and he is still haV- and hearty. 

 Many in the trade have read his interest- 

 ing autobiogra])hy, which was under- 

 taken by Mr. Menand at the suggestion 

 of the writer of these lines, and they will 

 be interested to learn that .since that vol- 

 ume appeared Mr. Menand has rewritten 

 his reminiscences in French, finding his 

 native tongue more adapted to the recital, 

 and that this volume is now l)eing 

 translated into English for the benefit of 

 his many friends who are unfamiliar with 

 French. Mr. Menand takes as keen an 

 interest as ever in matters affecting the 

 profession he loves and is one of the 

 most respected citizensof .■\lbany. May he 

 live out a full century and more, for it is 

 good to have such men with us. 



In our group for this week will also be 

 found a portrait of Mr. Robert Veilch, of 

 New Haven, Conn., who landed in the 

 ^Elin City in the fall of 1854, founding the 

 seed business which has been so success- 

 fully carried on ever since in the same 

 building, now conducted as a seed and 

 flower store with greenhouses attached, 

 by the firm of R. 'Veitch iV- Son. The 

 senior member, though past the eightieth 

 milestone, still takes an active part in the 



business. He was a friend from bo) hood 

 of the late Peter Hender.son, and one of 

 the first subscribers to the Fi,ORiST.s' Rk- 



VIKVV, 



OMAHA, NEB. 



Flower Market Conditions. 



Trade in general is good and there is 

 considerable going on in the way of en- 

 tertaining. As 'mums are mostly past 

 the demand is for roses and carnations. 

 The former are gocjd but the latter are not 

 up to former years. Violets, especially 

 double ones, are very scarce. We have 

 violets sent in from California, and con- 

 sidering the distance they come, it is .sur- 

 prising that after three or four days' 

 travel, they should look so well. Hya- 

 cinths, narcissus and .stevia are plentiful. 

 Well grown potted plants seem to be as 

 much in demand as aii}- cut flowers and 

 are preferred by a certain class of people. 



Club Meeting, 



The Florists' Club had a meeting Dec. 

 9 al which Council Bluffs and Lincoln, as 

 well as Omaha, were well represented 

 The committee of the chrysantheimnn 

 show are well pleased with the success of 

 the first show ever held in this locality, 

 and are encouraged lo work, so that the 

 show of next year will be even better tlian 

 the one just past. 



Mr. Hesser, of Plattsniouth, has been 

 quite sick and is not yet able to be 

 around. 



The Trans-Mississippi Exposition 

 grounds present the appearance of an im- 

 mense bee-hive and work is rapidly going 

 on to get the large buildings under roof, 

 so that a snow storm or bad weather will 

 not interfere with the progress of the 

 work. J-JH. 



WASHINGTON. 



Trade has been decidedly good the past 

 week and the ruinously low prices which 

 have prevailed, are moving upward lo 

 a gratifying notch. The demand for cut 

 flowers for Christmas week looks encour- 

 aging, already high prices have been 

 offered for a guaranteed supply for that 

 week . 



To get the R?;viK\v by Saturday morn- 

 ing's mail is what we had hoped for but 

 hardlv- expected. The unexpected has 

 happened for which we are all very 

 grateful. 



The Gude Bros, have purchased the 

 entire Linger property al Anacostia, to- 

 gether with all the improvements 

 thereon, including Studer's nursery and 

 greenhou.ses for ^25,300, which is con- 

 sidered a very reasonable price. 



Upon the a.ssembling of congress the 

 biggest floral piece in the senate chamber 

 was on the desk of Senator Foraker an<l 

 had the appearance of a bush of Ameri- 

 can beauty roses, at least four feet high 

 and spreading to as great a width. They 

 were magnificent flowers and probably a 

 larger floral token was never before car- 

 rieh into the senate chamber. 



W. H. K. 



