Jani-akv G. 1898. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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show? Answered b\' William C. Young. 

 No. 8. Shall we have another chrysan- 

 themum show? Answered b}- Frank J. 

 I'ilhuore. ' 



Notes. 



Gustave E. Meissntr, a partner of Isa- 

 dore Bush, of St, Louis, and manager of 

 the Bush Vineryards at Bushljerg, Mo. 

 died at that place Sunday, Jamiary 2. Mr. 

 Meissner was in his fifty-fourth year and 

 leaves a widow and ten children. He w'as 

 well known among the nurserymen and 

 florists in Missouri., 



Chas. Young, the genial correspondent 

 of the Flarints' Exchaiif/i\ just returned 

 from a week's hunting trip. Charlie is 

 one of the best shots among the florists, 

 and his five brothers and two sisters will 

 have game enough to eat for at least a 

 week. 



Ed. Buechel, of the Rie,s,seu I'"loral Co., 

 did himself proud in decorating the Union 

 Club House for their yearly Christmas 

 party. Ed. also reports that their busi- 

 ness at Christmas and New Years was 

 ahead of last year. Mr. B. is thinking of 

 taking a party to Klondike this spring. 



Of Interest to Bowlers. 



Monday night a meeting was held at 

 the bowling club alleys and it was de- 

 cided to roll Cocked Hat during the Janu- 

 ary series. .\s January has five Mondays 

 the last four will be devoted to the new 

 game just for a little change. In the 

 three games rolled C. Kuehn was our 

 high man with 5S7, high score 22S; J. 

 \V. Kunz second with 530, high score 21.S; 

 C. C. Sanders third with 52S, high score 

 200. .\11 members are requeste<l to at- 

 tend ne.Yt Monday and try their hand at 

 the new game of three pins. 



J-J-B. 



CHICAGO. 



Among the Retailers. 



New Year's trade averaged about the 

 same as last year. There was possibly a 

 slight increase but nothing worthy of 

 special note. All seemed satisfied and 

 encouraged over the outlook. Quite a 

 number of good decorations have been 

 booked for tlie next few weeks. 



P. J. Hauswirth had the decoration for 

 the Seipp-Madlener wedding last Tues- 

 day, which was quite a large one. Each 

 room of tlie large residence was freelv 

 decorated with Bridesmaid roses, aspara- 

 gus and plants. The wedding supper 

 was ser\-ed on tables, of which there was a 

 large number, each freely decorated with 

 Bridesmaid roses and asparagus. 



Joseph Curran has taken a position 

 with Friedman. He still keeps the 

 west side store, Mrs. Curran caring for 

 same. 



Among the Wholesalers. 



All report a very satisfactory New Year' s 

 business. Kennicott Bros. Co. report 

 trade much better than last vear, and no 

 surplus of stock between the two holi- 

 days, as has so frequently happened in 

 past years. E. H. Hunt found trade sat- 

 isfactory, and feels that a prosperous 

 season has been favorably opened. Bas- 

 sett & Washburn did an extra good trade 



and it is holding up well. A. L. Randall 

 reports trade fully as good as last year, 

 and that prices hold up well on high 

 grade stock, though there was a little 

 slump at the last moment on the lower 

 grades, especially in Brides and other 

 white flowers. Vaughan, McKellar & 

 Winterson did an excellent business, and 

 it held up well during the week, E. C. 

 .\mling could have sold more had he had 

 the stock. Rogers Park Floral Co, did 

 rather better than last year, and this was 

 also the experience of Reinberg Bros, 

 W, E. Lynch, Winter it Glover, and A. 

 G. Prince & Co. all report satisfactory 

 trade. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Ed. Heim, of Blue Island, had a 

 New Year's caller who will make a long 

 stay. It is a bouncing boy, and all are 

 doing nicely. 



In response to a request for white vio- 

 lets a grower replied that he could not 

 supply the genuine article but could sup- 

 ply some bleached Lady Campliell, that 

 would answer the purpose. Can the lady 

 be turned into a "bleached blonde''? 



The program for ladies' night at the 

 Florist Clul) next Thursday eveninggrows 

 apace. It will include some musical 

 numbers, both instrumental and vocal, of a 

 high order. A special feature will be a 

 trio for two violins and piano, rendering 

 Handel's Lar^o. The program will al,so 

 include a violin solo (Raff's Cavatina) by 

 Miss Mary Belle Smith, the violiniste; a 

 piano solo (The Awakening of the Lion, 

 by Kontski) by Miss .-Amanda Blumen- 

 thal; tenor solo, by Geo. Mason; violin 

 solo (Trauin der Sennerin, Labitsky), by 

 Miss Alda Grant; piano solo (The' Last 

 Greeting, Keck), by Miss Maud Grant; 

 selections by the club quartette, (includ- 

 ing McKellar. Kissel and Winterson) and 

 other numbers. 



BOSTON. 



A New Wholesale Store. 



A new wholesale flower market has 

 been opened here by F. R. Pierson Co., 

 (of Tarrytown and Scarborough, N. Y.), 

 at 18 Chapman Place, under the manage- 

 ment of Victor H. Pilat, for the sale of 

 their fine roses, among which their 

 Beauties and Meteors cannot be excelled. 

 Their manager reports a very ready sale 

 for all grades. They are now ready for 

 extensive business having had telephone 

 connection put in this week, and say they 

 have come to stay. 



Club Meeting. 



The first monthly meeting for iSgS was 

 held on Tuesday evening. The principal 

 business of the meeting was installing 

 the officers for the ensuing year. Mr. 

 George M. Anderson, of Milton, who 

 succeeds Thos. J. Grej', is a well known 

 and successful grower, a man of great 

 tact and energ}-, and he took the chair 

 under a tremendous and continuous ap- 

 plause. 



After the several otScial positions had 

 been taken, Mr, John Farquhar, of the 

 firm of Farquhar Bros., seed merchants, 

 proceeded to deliver a very able address 

 on Jamaica and its fruit supply, with a 



description of the island, with stereopti- 

 con views, which was very interesting 

 and instructive. 



Trade Conditions. 



The flower trade of Boston showed a 

 marked falling off from the previous 

 week. The growers tried to keep up their 

 prices all they could, but had to .succumb 

 to the inevitable. However, after the 

 middle of the week, and as the new- 

 year approached, the demand was con- 

 siderably better and prices improved. 

 The retailers are now preparing for a 

 good and regular course of business with- 

 out any marked fluctuations until Easter 

 time. 



Welch Bros, are receiving from Carl 

 Jurgens, of Newport, some remarkably 

 fine Beauties, Brides and Bridesmaids, 

 together with exceedingly well grown 

 valley, 



A Pure White Cypripedium. 



A new and very rare cypripede was 

 exhibited at Horticultural Hall, Janu- 

 ary 1st, by W. W. Lunt, of Hinghani, 

 Mass. It was Cypripedium hellatulum 

 album, and he was justly honored by the 

 society's silver medal. There are only a 

 few plants, I understand, in cultivation in 

 this countr}', and it being only a shy 

 grower, demands great care and attention 

 to bring it to perfection. The following 

 are a few notes by the owner of this white 

 gem and who has spent some little time 

 in tracing it, 



"An albino of the beautiful Cvpripe- 

 dium bellatulum is undoubtedlj' a sur- 

 prise, but a form has flowered in the col- 

 lection of Sir Frederick Wigan, East 

 Sheen, and was awarded a first class cer- 

 tificate, June II, 1895, at the exhibition of 

 the Horticultural Society, at London, En- 

 gland, It is the only pure white cypripe- 

 dium in the genus, for C, niveum has a 

 few purple spots, while C. bellatulum has 

 but a small pale yellow stain on thestam- 

 inode; scape, bracts and ovary are entirely 

 green. It was discovered by R. Moore, 

 also bj' C, Charlesworth, and distributed 

 by Charlesworth & Co,, of Bradford, 

 England. Measurement of flower: 2fs 

 inches across, pouch ijs inches long, 

 dorsal sepal i 's inches across and i 5^ 

 inches high, petals i ' , inches broad and 

 2 inches long." C. H. J. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Stock and Prices. 



Christinas trade was fully up to that of 

 last year, the weather being all that 

 could be desired, and were it not for an 

 article in one of our leading papeis 

 giving the Christmas prices of flowers, 

 especially American Beauties, at $2 apiece 

 and advising young men to give their 

 friends a J'lirm instead of American 

 Beauties and their sweethearts a sealskin 

 sacque, we would have done more busi- 

 ness, as there is no doubt the high prices 

 given, which did not exist, did us lots of 

 damage. However, all report a good 

 fair trade. Some sold American Beauties 

 at 510 per dozen and others got $1$ and 

 |i8; Brides, Maids and Gontiers at I3; 

 carnations ^i per dozen; Romans f i; nar- 

 cissus $i\ violets, bunch of twenty-five^ 

 |i; valley I1.50. 



