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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



203 



ALBANY, N. Y. 



The old saying that " 'Tis an ill wind 

 that blows iio good to someone " was 

 illustrated in H. G. Eyres case some 

 time since, only this was a fire which de- 

 stroyed the adjoining store and came very- 

 near putting our friend's place out of ex- 



ous occasions. Mr. Ebeling, the treas- 

 urer, stated that after everything was 

 paid there was a balance of $34.85 in the 

 treasury. 



Certificates of Merit Awarded at Late Show. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to 

 the following florists for exhibits at the 

 flower show: F. C. Baker, Utica, for a 

 red seedling carnation and pink .seedling 

 carnation; Nathan Smith & Son, Adrain, 

 Mich , chrysanthemum Thornden; E. CI. 

 Hill S: Co., Richmond, Ind,, four certifi- 

 cates for four seedling chry.santhemums; 

 Stollery Bros., Chicago, carnation .\rgyle; 

 L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, four certifi- 

 cates for carnation seedlings and one for 

 vellow chrysanthemum not vet named. 

 -■V large vase of chrysanthemums and two 

 vases of roses decorated the assembly 

 room, being the gift of <Trove P. Rawsoii, 

 of P'lniira. 



Entertainment. 



At the close of the afternoon business 

 session, the members adjourned to the 

 dining room, where supper was served. 

 The newly elected president, ]\Ir. 

 Betts, and Mr. Raw.son occupied seats at 

 the head of the table. Others at the table 

 were Messrs. Rose, Brower, Jlorey, Brown, 

 Marquisee, Hunn, Perry, Grant, llitch- 

 ings. Mills, Woodford, Barson, .Strow- 

 bridge. Vroonian. Phillips, .\. Bellamv, 

 H. F. Bellamv, Bechstadt of Oswego, 

 Campbell, R.' Bard, Hullar, ham, T. 

 Hopson, J. L. Porter, D. L- LeRoy. Ebe- 

 ling, Rev. W. M. Beauchanip. 



At 8 o'clock the session was continued 

 in the assembly room. Short addresses 

 were made by Rev. W". M. Beauchamp, 

 D. D., of Baldwinsville, whose subject 

 was "I'erns;" Prof S. A. Beach, of the 

 Geneva F^xperimental Station, "Hydro- 

 cyanic Gas for Fumigating Green- 

 houses;" Prof. C. E. Hunn, of Cornell, 

 "General Work of Horticultural Depart- 

 ment at Cornell;" Grove P. Rawson, a 

 short informal talk on topics of interest 

 to florists. The remarks of all the 

 speakers were instructive and interested 

 all the horticulturists who were in attend- 

 ance. 



Condition of Stock. 



The last four weeks we have had 

 nothing but dull weather, so that roses 

 are short, as are aljo carnations in most 

 places. Henry Burt and L. E. Marquisee 

 iiave a very good lot. Burt's Flora hill 

 and Alaska are fine, W'hile Marquisee's 

 Daybreak, Jubilee, Lizzie Gilbert, Meteor 

 and Outca.st are excellent, as w-ell as a 

 house full of seedling carnations full of 

 good blooms. There are not many flower- 

 ing plants, but palms and other decora- 

 tive plants for Christmas are in fine shape. 

 Holly is good this year and sells well. It 

 looks as though the florists were going to 

 have a good Christmas trade. 



The W.\nderer. 



istence. At the same time on the burned 

 site has been erected a handsome 

 .stone building, and Brother Eyres, not to 

 be behindhand, beautified his store front 

 to correspond, by tiling the ceiling and 

 putting in incandescent lights, in addition 

 to an arc liglit. The efi'ect can be seen 

 fully two blocks off, the wimlow being 

 kept well dresseil with a choice assort- 

 ment of stock, banked with palms, mak- 

 ing a liandsome eiTect. Speaking of 

 effects, the richest attempt w-ill be tried at 

 Chri.stmas when Mr. Eyres will decorate 

 St. Peter's church in scarlet and green, 

 using large numbers of poinsettias, both 

 cut and in [lOts, combined with hollv, 

 green and palms. Receptions, entrees 

 into and exits from this busy sphere has 

 kept the whole force working early and 

 late for some time past and warrants the 

 prediction of a continuance right into 

 Lent. .Amen, say I, and let us all have 

 a share of the rush. 



Those fine Beauties from T. J. Totten of 

 Saratoga are liringing the price such ele- 

 gant stock should bring. 



F. .\. Danker has succeeded the Capital 

 City Floral Co. in Maiden Lane. He has 

 considerable experience in the bii.siness, 

 is very enthusiastic and will in this case 

 help the retail business rather than un- 

 fortunately as in some cases, hinder the 

 good work. 



Sam Goldring is a big Elk and on Sun- 

 day last decorated the smaller Elks and 

 the Leland Opera House, in his inimitable 

 manner, for the annual memorial service. 

 The wreath composed of forget-me-nots 

 .was hard to get, but he got it and it 

 showed up finely. The hornets' nest 

 hanging conspicuously in his store win- 

 dow, and which has been the cause of 

 much alarm to his lady patrons, will be 

 presented to a Broadway fellowcraftsman. 



I had almost omitted mentioning a 

 happv conceit noticed at Henry Eyres', 

 and which is, I understand, original. It 

 is an address label, in shape a violet leaf, 

 and of violet color for violet boxes. 



W. M. 



TORONTO. 



A Twenty-Four Hour Snow Storm. 



"Our Lady of the Snows" is 

 making another attempt to bring the 

 winter along. She has favored us now 

 with a twenty-four hour snow storm and 

 pushed the mercury in the thermometer 

 down pretty near zero. She seems very 

 much like other ladies, bound to have 

 her own way sooner or later. Well, if 

 she will let us have our own way on 

 Christmas eve we will forgive her this 

 time. A mild day before Christmas 

 makes a great deal of difference to the 

 amount of trade done, and there is, of 

 course, not nearly the time spent in 

 wrapping up and protecting. 



Stock Scarce — Prices Correspondingly 

 High. 



xAs far as I can ascertain from observa- 

 tion and inquiry, it does not appear that 

 the supply of cut flowers is going to be 

 any too abundant this year. The dull 

 weather we have been getting so much 

 of lately has retarded the crops consider- 



ably. If the few days between now and 

 Christmas day are sunny it would help a 

 great deal, but it does not look like it at 

 present. 



Prices are advancing considerably and 

 will probably take another jump before 

 Christmas. Violets will be in good supply 

 at from ;fi.5o to jt2.oo. Roses And carna- 

 tions are an unknown quantity. I hear 

 that the principal growers have figured 

 their Christmas price lists pretty high. 

 Roman hyacinths have been something of 

 a drug so far; there will be plenty of them 

 no doubt. There will be some chrysan- 

 themums, too, not any large quantity, 

 but two or tliree growers are holding some 

 back. Paper white narcissus plentiful. 

 Of lily of the valley there will be none too 

 much. 



Chinese primroses seem to be the prin- 

 cipal small flowering plants grown for the 

 season this year. Everybody|very busy just 

 now. No time to talk except to pros- 

 pective customers. The design trade has 

 been exceptionaHy good this fall. E. 



OBITUARY. 



A. R. 'Whitney. 



A. R. Whitney, the well-known nur- 

 seryman, of F'ranklin Grove. 111., died 

 December 15, aged .seventy-three years. 

 He was widely known and very popular 

 among nurserymen throughout the coun- 

 try, and was for many years treasurer of the 

 American .'\ssociation of Nurserymen. 

 Mr. Whitney was born in New York state, 

 but removed to Illinois with his father in 

 1 838. He had one of the largest nurseries 

 in the state. 



William W. Ball. 



We deeply regret to have to record the 

 death on December 14th of William W. 

 Ball, the oldest son of Charles D. Ball, 

 Holmesburg, Philadelphia, at the age of 

 1 1 vears. Brain fever, accompanied by 

 an attack of grippe, was the cause of 

 death. Mr. Ball will have the sincere 

 sympathy of a host of friends in the trade. 



PEABODY, MASS. 



J. M. Ward & Co. raise McGowans, 

 the superior or even equal to I have not 

 vet seen. They attribute the wonderful 

 growth, strength of stem and large bloom 

 to the virtues in the soil, as it is always 

 thus with them. It was unfortunate that 

 a bunch was not on exhibition at Boston 

 on Saturday. It would have delighted the 

 many supporters of this favo ite carna- 

 tion. W. M. 



BROOKLINE, MASS. 



Xmas will find F. E. Palmer well pre- 

 pared to handle tfte rush expected at that 

 season. 



Jas. Quinn has an unusual supply of 

 bulbous stock, for which orders have been 

 coming in nicely. Sales of the Boston 

 fern were just as good this year as pre- 

 viously. 



Miss Harriett Vass is prepared for a 

 good season. Ferneries are one of her 

 leading lines. W. M. 



