JANUARY 27, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



379 



Kentia Dumoineana. 



bronze in color, and the young leaves 

 ■when first opening also show a bronze 

 tint at times. K. Dumoineana appears 

 rather slow in growth as a young plant 

 and is not likely soon to become com- 

 mon, from the fact that probably no 

 seed of this variety is on the market at 

 the present time. W. H. TAPLIN. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



A Beauty Wedding. 



The .June weddings, the October 

 weddings and the Easter weddings, 

 usually in April, are proverbial. It re- 

 mains for the first season of the Flor- 

 ists' Review to chronicle the appear- 

 ance of the January weddings in this 

 city in sufficient numbers and size to 

 give business a decided impetus. The 

 present style is to have one color, of- 

 ten one flower almost exclusively, in- 

 a choice decoration, with much green- 

 ery added. Probably the most fashion- 

 able of these January weddings was 

 a Beauty-full affair, so to speak, the 

 center piece on the breakfast table at 

 the home of the bride being what 

 might be termed a Christmas tree of 

 Beauties. The tree standing up quite 

 high from the middle of the table was 



lavishly adorned with Beauties; noth- 

 ing else, and was considered most ef- 

 fective. Beauties were used every- 

 where, over the side of the mantel and 

 in great bowls on the parlor tables. 



Two Important Events. 



Tuesday, the ISth inst., marked two 

 events of interest to florists. The first, 

 the Forestry meeting of the Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society, which was 

 addressed by Gov. Hastings and by 

 Prof. Rockwell. The professor has 

 made our forests his study and works 

 hard to convince our people of the im- 

 portance of taking immediate steps to 

 replace the trees we have lost and are 

 losing every year by wholesale replant- 

 ing of the despoiled tracts of land, 

 which in many cases would otherwise 

 lie waste. 



The other was the annual Charity 

 Ball, which took place in the Academy 

 of Music. The decorations, especially 

 on the stage, were more than usually 

 handsome. The effect as a whole was 

 lessened by the management of the 

 Academy declining to allow the deco- 

 rations to be put on certain woodwork, 

 lately repainted. This must have 

 been a great disappointment to the flor- 

 ist — Graham, I think — spoiling the fin- 



ish ot an otherwise excellent piece of 

 work. It is some consolation to know 

 that such shortsighted policy on the 

 part of the Academy management will 

 probably send the Charily and Assem- 

 bly balls to Horticultural Hall another 

 season. Most of the large private balls 

 are given there now, and it only needs 

 these live subscription dances to make 

 our hall the first place of its kind in 

 the city, as it deserves to be. 



Improvement in Business. 



Business has improved wonderfully 

 during the past week. All kinds of 

 flowers sell readily, many varieties be- 

 ing in rather short supply. The weath- 

 er has been most remarkable: mild and 

 spring-like, and with enough cloudi- 

 ness and rain to remind one of April. 

 Double daffodils made their appear- 

 ance this week and are in brisk de- 

 mand. 



The plant trade has been more sat- 

 isfaciory than last season, taken all in 

 all. The show windows of nearly all 

 the stores contain some choice speci- 

 mens, often in bloom. One window 

 was filled entirely with Otaheite oran- 

 ges, another with ferns and azaleas, 

 Mme. van der Cruyssen. 



Notes. 



William Graham has presented the 

 bowlers with a cup to be competed for 

 on the club alleys. The conditions are 

 calculated to promote interest in the 

 game. 



Mr. C. W. Ward came here from 

 Queens this week. Mr. Ward believes 

 that by seeing a grower's place and the 

 conditions surrounding it, he can form 

 some idea of the new varieties of stock 

 that grower may reasonably expect to 

 succeed with him. This seems an ex- 

 cellent plan; intelligently carried out 

 it should prove of mutual benefit. 



We are told in the Bible how Joseph 

 was sold by his brethren. The old 

 adage that history repeats itself has 

 proven true, for now Joseph Heacock 

 has sold Elizabeth to the hierhe=t bid- 

 der. J. W. Y. 



CHICAGO. 



Among the Wliolesalers. 



The shortage in supply continues, 

 with a brisk demand for all good stock 

 that reaches the market. And the out- 

 look for an increase in the supply is 

 not the best. A heavy fall of damp 

 snow last Saturday night, which was 

 later converted into a mixture of 

 snow and ice. has not tended to in- 

 crease the light in the houses. Sun- 

 shine on Monday indicated a possible 

 change in conditions, but on 'Tuesday 

 another heavy fall of snow began. 



Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson 

 are enlarging their florists' supply de- 

 partment and are now manufacturing 

 their own wheat sheaves. 



E. H. Hunt is well satisfled with the 

 condition of trade. His books indicate 

 a very large increase over the same 

 period last year. 



Referring to the recent notes about 

 the neglect of cut flower packages by 



