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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JANUARY 27, 1898. 



Election of Officers. 



The election of officers resulted in 

 the following satisfactory manner: J. 

 T>. Carmody, Evansville, president (by 

 the way, our first president in 18S7); 

 John Berterman, vice-president; R. A. 

 McKeand, secretary; Fred. Huckriede, 

 assistant secretary; J. T. Huntington, 

 treasurer; executive committee, H. W. 

 Eieman, W. G. Berterman, E. A. Park- 

 er of Indianapolis; Fred Dorner. La- 

 fayette, and E. G. Hill. Richmond. 



The stale fair controversy was well 

 discussed. The committee is Ijacked 

 Ijy this association in all it has done 

 and is given full power to go ahead, 

 adding to and revising the coming pre- 

 mium list. A reconstruction of the 

 State Board of Agriculture by the 

 next legislature seems a foregone con- 

 clusion. 



The Exhibition. 



The exhibition of plants and flow- 

 ers was very creditable. Some really 

 very fine carnations were shown, 

 among them the following varieties 

 by Messrs. Hill & Co.: Arbutus, Day- 

 break color, a shade darker, very fine; 

 Scarlet Queen, a dazzling red, very 

 l^romising; Painted Lady, a good 

 bloomer, but color somewhat doubtful, 

 a light crimson, with shading toward 

 ends of petals; America, a tine red; 

 PTora Hill, well known white; Psyche, 

 a heavy flower, white with scarlet 

 stripes. 



In Dorner & Son's Co.'s exhibit 

 were shown Golden Nugget, by far one 

 •of the best yellows, somewhat loose in 

 texture but otherwise good; Mrs. 

 Bradt, well known; White Cloud, by 

 far the finest white shown — deserved 

 a certificate; Dazzle, scarlet, very 

 good; John Young, white, weak stems. 



StoUery Bros.. Chicago, showed Ar- 

 gyle in good shape. R. Witterstaet- 

 ter, Cincinnati, exhibited Evelina, 

 white, in fair shape, good stem. Stuart 

 & Haugh, Anderson, Ind., showed 

 some fine carnations and roses. South 

 Park Floral Company, New Castle, 

 Ind.. staged a lot of the finest Brides- 

 maids, Albertini, Jubilee and Helen 

 Keller ever seen in this market, also 

 some beautiful violets. In the exhibit 

 of H. W. Rieman, Indianapolis, were 

 roses, carnations and a few elegant 

 azalea plants. Berterman Floral Com- 

 pany's exhibit consisted of some good 

 seedling carnations, cyclamens, Far- 

 leyense and other choice plants. 



Certilicates were awarded as fol- 

 lows; Best yellow carnation, Fred 

 Dorner & Sons Co.; best white, R. 

 ■\Vitterstaetter. with Evelina; best 

 pink, best variegated, best red. South 

 Park Floj-al Company, with Albertini, 

 Helen Keller and Jubilee, respectively; 

 best Bride and Maid roses, also violets, 

 same firm; best Meteors, H. W. Rie- 

 man; display of plants, Berterman 

 l-'loral Company; Azaleas, H. W. Rie- 

 man, and primroses, E. Huckreide & 

 Son. 



The Banquet. 



After the meeting about forty mem- 



bers and invited guests were evidently 

 interested in the invitation of the side 

 show committee, as they were prompt- 

 ly on hand at the Commercial Club 

 rooms and made themselves at home 

 for the time being. At promptly 10^ 

 o'clock our genial toastmaster. J. D. 

 Carmody, gave the sign to sit down 

 around a table in the shape of a T, 

 profusely decorated with specimen 

 flowers, asparagus, smilax, etc., with 

 palms and other plants, giving the 

 room an ideal banquet appearance. 

 The eatables were plentiful and the tea 

 of all colors. After the disposal of the 

 good things to eat and drink, every 

 one was expectant as to how our own 

 J. D. Carmody would handle some of 

 those whose talents were hard to guess 

 at. He fulfilled this expectancy in the 

 most satisfactory manner. The offi- 

 cial program was as follows: 



The Indianapolis Chrysanthemum 

 Shows; What They Have Done for this 

 State, E. G. Hill; The Florists' Busi- 

 ness of the Past, Fred. Dorner; The 

 Florists' Business of Today, J. S. Stu- 

 art; Our Amateurs, E. A. Parker. 



After the toasts had been completed 

 the general merriment began, and 

 every one left the building with the 

 satisfaction of having spent a profit- 

 able and pleasant evening. As one old 

 member remarked, "This was one of 

 the old-time banquets we used to 

 have." We shall have more of these 

 pleasant gatherings. 



Notes. 



The wife of Mr. E. A. Parker, one 

 of our most faithful amateur members, 

 passed away Saturday. The funeral 

 was held Monday afternoon. Many 

 members of the local floral society at- 

 tended and suitable floral emblems 

 were sent by the local and state asso- 

 ciations. 



A delegation of eight florists visited 

 our Cincinnati brethren Sunday, Janu- 

 ary 16. From all reports they had a 

 very pleasant trip and were entertain- 

 ed royally by those Cincinnati leaders, 

 Witterstaetter and Gillett. 



Trade has been very slack, but is im- 

 proving considerably, with all stock 

 scarce and not up to standard. Violets 

 and carnations are getting more plenti- 

 ful, however. The great monetary 

 convention promises some extra work, 

 with other receptions, conventions and 

 banquets in sight. 



CINCINNATI. 



Scarcity of Stock Prices. 



While trade during the past week 

 has been good, at the same time it has 

 not been very satisfactory, especially 

 in the wholesale houses, as it was im- 

 possible to get enough stock to supply 

 the demand. The word scarce fails to 

 express it in regard to roses, and the 

 indications are that they will continue 

 to be so for some time to come. Plants 

 are showing the effects of dark, rainy 

 weather. Beauties seem to have suf- 

 fered the most, as no first-class flow- 

 ers and very few poor ones are coming 



in. Tulips are now with us and sell 

 fairly well, although the stems are a 

 little short. Prices on all stock have 

 advanced somewhat. Harrisii lilies are 

 scarce and in demand. Several of our 

 growers are complaining about the 

 Harrisii disease, a large proportion of 

 the bulbs being worthless. This, to- 

 gether with the duty, does not realize 

 much profit for the grower unless the 

 price of the flowers advance accord- 

 ingly. 



A Nov."! Window Display. 



J. A. Peterson had an attractive win- 

 dow display last week. The principal 

 feature was a large frame of black vel- 

 vet on an easel, to which were attach- 

 ed numerous small vials of water, in 

 which was arranged a beautiful as- 

 sortment of orchids, principally Catt- 

 leya Trianae. Mr. Peterson has a new 

 white carnation of which he is justly 

 proud. It is a sport from McGowan, 

 and is certainly a good flower. 



Bowling Notes. 



It looks as though our bowling club 

 had gone to pieces, or perhaps the store 

 boys are afraid of those greenhouse fel- 

 lows. Last Thursday evening was the 

 appointed time for a match game, but 

 not a store man showed up, and just 

 to think, that only a short time ago 

 these same bowlers ( ?) were talking of 

 sending a challenge to the Chicago 

 club. 



Various Items. 



Notwithstanding the scarcity of ro- 

 ses last week, that old familiar sign we 

 behold during the summer, "Roses 50 

 cents per dozen," was to be seen in the 

 window of an up-town store. 



This city was visited by a severe 

 wind storm Saturday night. In fact, 

 it was the biggest gale known for 

 years. Very few of the craft escaped 

 without some loss, principally from 

 broken glass, ventilators and loose 

 sash taking French leave. Fortunate- 

 ly, the weather was not very cold, and 

 a few days' work will put things in 

 shape again. 



Chas. Raynor, of Anchorage, Ky., 

 was a caller the latter part of the week. 



B. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Market Conditions. 



A very fair amount of business was 

 transacted during the week, though no 

 extra exertions were needed at any 

 time to keep up with the steady de- 

 mand, but nobody was idle. On all 

 pleasant days the transient trade of 

 the best located stores is greatly in- 

 creased in volume, and such days were 

 not rare lately. If the weather con- 

 dition had been less favorable, perhaps 

 we would have to record a slight fall- 

 ing off in sales; as it was, the total 

 receipts compare favorably with those 

 of former weeks in January. The 

 dearth in the flower line was relieved 

 to some extent; a few sunny days had 

 materially increased the weekly cut of 

 our local growers, but no overstock is 

 in the market yet, and good roses are 

 still a scarce article. 



