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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JANUARY 



1898. 



the express companies, our attention 

 lias Ijeen called to the prompt delivery 

 always given by the United States Ex- 

 press Company. We are told that 

 when a box with a cut flower label on 

 reaches this city by this company, and 

 there are no wagons available, the 

 box is delivered by messenger, and un- 

 der no circumstances is allowed to 

 linger around the freight house. Those 

 who have had trouble with delivery by 

 other companies might do well to try 

 this company when possible to do so. 



The advance guard of the "Novelty" 

 tulips are beginning to arrive at Ken- 

 nicott Brothers Company from the 

 Klehm nurseries. It is remarkable 

 how well colored the Klehms always 

 manage to have these tulips. They will 

 cut 70,000 of these this season. 



George Reinberg, of Reinlterg Broth- 

 ers, suffered a serious loss at his green- 

 houses during the heavy snowstorm 

 Saturday night. Heavy drifts of wet 

 snow broke in the roofs of two rose 

 houses and both houses and contents 

 are practically a total loss. 



American Carnation Society. 



As announced elsewhere in this is- 

 sue, arrangements have been complet- 

 ed for the convention of the American 

 Carnation Society, to be held in this 

 city Thursday and Friday, February 

 17 and 18. The meetings and exhibi- 

 tion will both be held at the Audi- 

 torium Hotel. Mr. J. T. Anthony has 

 been selected as superintendent of the 

 exhibition. A banquet has been de- 

 cided upon as the form of entertain- 

 ment for the visitors, and this also will 

 be held in the Auditorium. Any who 

 have not yet contributed to the enter- 

 tainment fund may do so by address- 

 ing the chairman of the local commit- 

 tee, Mr. P. J. Hauswirth. 318 Wabash 

 Ave. 



Club Meeting. 



The regular meeting of the Florists' 

 Club takes place this Thursday even- 

 ing at the usual place. Mr. Reeve's 

 paper on plants will undoubtedly prove 

 very instructive, and Mr. Stollery's 

 report of what he saw on his recent 

 eastern trip should prove equally inter- 

 esting. 



Parks. 



Mr. James Jensen has been re- 

 elected superintendent of Humboldt 

 Park for another year. All friends of 

 our parks will be glad to learn that 

 Mr. Jensen has been retained in spite 

 of the political influences that are rife 

 in the west park system. 



OUR GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 

 No. 5. 

 Every subscriber is requested to send 

 his photograph (cabinet size preferred) 

 for use in our general introduction, but 

 please do not send us photos that must 

 be returned, as we have to cut them in 

 arranging the groups. 

 132. Dr. A. S. Halstedt, Belleville, 111. 

 President St. Louis Florists' 

 Club. 



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Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. 

 Wm. Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa. 

 H. C. Steinhoff, West Hoboken, N. 

 J., Treasurer New York Market 

 Florists' Association. 

 Carl Hagenburger, Mentor, O. 

 Wm. C. Pape, Supt. Public Parks. 



St. Louis, Mo. 

 P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 

 Wm. Feast, of Samuel Feast & 



Sons. Baltimore. 

 Theo. Bock, Hamilton. O. 

 Donald 0. Macgregor, Northamp- 

 ton, Mass. 

 H. F. Cooper, Medway, Mass. 

 F. L. Kohr, Lancaster, Pa. 

 George Wittbold, Sr., Chicago. 

 Henry Wittbold, Chicago. 

 Otto Wittbold, Chicago. 

 Gustave Wittbold, Chicago. 

 Fred Wittbold. Chicago. 

 Louis Wittbold, Chicago. 

 Miss Hester A. Getz, Columbus, 0. 

 Wm. Wickham. with Nathan 



Smith & Son. Adrian, Mich. 

 S. T. Betts. Syracuse, N. Y., Presi- 

 dent-elect Central New York 



Hort. Society. 

 L. E. Beuther, Louisville, Ky. 

 Wm. Beach, Ypsilanti, Mich. 

 Jos. Gelven, St. Charles, Mo. 

 Wm. L. De Shields, Torresdale, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 

 N. Butterbach, Oceanic. N. J. 

 Peter Lundblad, Minneapolis, 



Minn. 

 Hans Tobler, Ottawa, Canada, 

 W. R. Skeels, Watertown, N. Y. 

 John White, Elizabeth, N. J. 

 W. S. Phelps, Jr.. Manager for M. 



R. Cushing, Cohasset, Mass. 

 M. S. Worden, North Adams, 



Mass. 

 A. F. J. Baur. foreman for H. A. 



Niemeyer, Erie, Pa. 

 Chas. H. Gelven, with Jos. Gelven, 



St. Charles. Mo. 

 Fred. W. Pape, St. Louis, Mo. 

 Ernest Harris, of C. A. Harris & 



Co., Delanson, N. Y. 



NEWiYORK. 



Among the Wholesalers. 



Contentment reigns! instead of the 

 wet kind that we have been having. 

 "That tired feeling" has almost left 

 the faces of our friends in the cut 

 flower district and has been replaced 

 by a "Rembrandt" looking countenance 

 as rotund and smiling as a Falstaff or 

 Pickwick. Optimism has replaced pes- 

 simism, bad prices by better prices, un- 

 kind weather by good weather and jO 

 it is the pulse of the trade is again 

 beating normal. Not that things are 

 what they ought to be, but then the 

 millennium is not yet, and Greater New 

 Y'ork is not Utopia. 



By comparing last week's market re- 

 port with this, you will notice that 

 prices have improved in some lines 

 considerably. Good Beauties are some- 

 what scarce, but 75 cents apiece is the 

 top notch. Fancy Maids, Testouts and 



Meteors realize $10 to $12 per hun- 

 dred, and Brides a trifle less; Morgan 

 and Cusins, special. $6 to $8, though it 

 must be understood that only specially 

 selected long stem stuff realizes these 

 high prices. A woman always thinks 

 her child the smartest and brightest, 

 and so it is the grower thinks his roses 

 are just as flne as his neighbor's. If, 

 however, he were to look at his flow- 

 ers through the same pair of "pince- 

 nez" as the wholesaler, he wou'.d note 

 the difference between graded extra 

 fancy and "ornery" stuff, and therein 

 lies the secret of contention. If you 

 see roses marketed at a certain price, 

 don't jump at conclusions and think, 

 "Well, why don't I get these prices?" 

 Just look home and say, "I'll try and 

 improve my goods." "Grow less and 

 grow the best," should be your maxim. 

 It will pay you better in the long run. 

 Quality is what counts for price. It is 

 the middle grade stuff that gets it in 

 the neck. 



There is a plethora of valley in the 

 market and price was beaten down to 

 $1 and $1.50 during the week. This is 

 a thing that can be controlled, so val- 

 ley growers, please paste this in your 

 hat: "Valley is exceeding the de- 

 mand." 



Fancy carnations gained a point and 

 some sold as high as $8. Cattleyas are 

 plentiful with the price steady at 40 

 cents, while some specially fine are 

 sold for 50 cents. Coelogyne cristata is 

 coming in slowly and is very pretty 

 when it can be used to advantage. 

 Cypripedium insigne are plentiful, 

 though they have not been a glut at 

 any time. A few Blanche Ferry sweet 

 peas are to be seen and sell readily at 

 $2 to $3. 



For other quotations and report, see 

 our wholesalers' special, which is pre- 

 pared expressly for The Florists' Re- 

 view. 



Our Wholesalers' Special Report. 



Business assumed somewhat larger 

 proportions last week. A number of 

 social events helped matters and re- 

 sulted in a pretty general cleaning up 

 of stock of nearly all kinds. There 

 was no advance in price to speak of, 

 but a better average was made on the 

 lower grades than the week previous. 



In roses the supply was light. Maids 

 easily led in demand, extras and good 

 No. 1 realizing a satisfactory price. 

 Brides did not fare so well, particu- 

 larly those of the best quality. The 

 call for this variety was very moderate. 

 For the first half of the week Beauties 

 sold only fairly well, but the light cut 

 resulted in a stifl'ening of price all 

 around. The quality is good. Meteors 

 went well and good stock was readily 

 taken up. Testouts, Morgans and Cu- 

 sins did better at a slightly advanced 

 price over the week before. The sup- 

 ply of Brunner increases slowly, but 

 was equal to the demand. 



In carnations, while good stock was 

 readily absorbed, inferior quality 

 dragged somewhat and brought low fig- 

 ures. There is a considerable supply 

 of fancy sorts from a number of sources 

 of excellent quality. 



