FEBRUARY 3, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



437 



CLEVELAND. 



Weather and Market Conditions. 



Weatlior and business contiiuie to be 

 sat-istactory. Altliough tlie former lias 

 been throngliout the month of January 

 rather gloomy, yet it lias been very 

 mild, much of the time being hardly 

 below the freezing point, while at no 

 time have we had more than twenty 

 ^degrees of frost and these spells were 

 of extremely short duration and only 

 occurred twice. We have also had two 

 thunderstorms of a very mild descrip- 

 tion and one very violent windstorm, 

 wherein Old Boreas blew his best — 

 seventy-two miles an hour, according 

 to the local weather bureau. So far as 

 has been heard, little damage was done 

 to any greenhouse property beyond the 

 hlowing out of a few lights of glass or 

 the smashing of an occasional venti- 

 lator. 



Business, as has been remarked, as 

 regularly as the issue of The Florists' 

 Review, has been good and seems to 

 promise fairly for some time to come. 

 There has been practically no change 

 of any moment in prices of stock in 

 any line. Bulbous stock is daily get- 

 ting more plentiful and is now of very 

 good quality. There seems so ITar to 

 be a market for everything that is of- 

 fered in this and other lines. Carna- 

 tions are made a little easier in supply 

 by reason largely of the improvement 

 in quantity and grade of bulb stuff, 

 people now having them as an alterna- 

 tive to the carnation as an effective 

 and durable flower for general use. 

 The actual supply of them has not in- 

 cre.-ised to any noticeable extent as yet. 

 Violets are good and selling very well. 

 Roses also are coming better in qual- 

 ity than of late, although the cut has 

 not increased much at this writing. 



The Harrisii Lily. 



Harrisii lilies, w'hich have been in 

 fair supply since the holidays, are now 

 •slightly scai'ce, with quite a iittle de- 

 mand. Whether the shortage is en- 

 tirely due to the holiday season having 

 been a little too much in the grower's 

 eye to allow him to look after his sup- 

 ply that should follow immediately 

 after that time, or is due to an unusual 

 amount of disease in the bulbs, is an 

 open question. In looking over reports 

 in the trade journals, one cannot fail 

 to be struck by the unanimity of the 

 complaint that is going up from all 

 quarters in regard to lily stock. Cleve- 

 land seems to be as badly off in this 

 matter as other localities. Out of many 

 lots that the writer has seen in his per- 

 ■egriiiations about the city, only one 

 instance can be I'ecalled in which this 

 ■complaint has not been made. In this 

 one case an improvement over last 

 year was reported. The five to seven 

 size seems to be worse than the larger 

 sizes, which would seem to indicate a 

 liad outlook for next year in the next 

 larger size, should no remedy be found 

 in the meantime by Bermuda gi-owers. 

 One lot of 1,000 of five to seven that 

 came under the writer's eye was put in 



a temperature of 55 degrees in the fall. 

 About 10 per cent were thrown out 

 when first brought in. As they grew, 

 at various times, about 15 per cent 

 more were unceremoniously discarded. 

 The earliest were never graded for 

 harder forcing, but were simply cut as 

 they opened. A few bloomed at Christ- 

 mas, and they have been straggling 

 along ever since. Some will not be 

 through for another month. In the 

 meantime another 10 per cent has been 

 thrown out and one-fourth of the l)al- 

 ance is in a worthless condition to- 

 day, with more to hear from later. This 

 stock has never been subjected to un- 

 favorable conditions, yet it will not be 

 likely to show more than from 30 to 35 

 per cent of perfect stock out of the 

 entire 1,000. Where is the money in 

 forcing Harrisii lilies under such re- 

 sults? 



Various Items. 



There have been no very large social 

 events lately, but small work and 

 funerals have furnished a good deal of 

 business. At the funeral of Mrs. 

 Bingham during the past week a great 

 many very fine flowers were used. In 

 fact, the bulk of them were orchids, 

 violets, American Beauties, valley and 

 smilax, high grade stock. There was 

 little wire work and the emblematic 

 monstrosity was entirely absent. 



Miss Eadie left for Florida a short 

 time ago. She may be gone two 

 months. 



Mr. Boas, representing Edwards & 

 Docker, was in town lately. 



..:.; NEMO. 



MORRISTOWN, N. J. 



The first annual dinner of the Morris 

 County Gardeners' and Florists' So- 

 ciety, held at Washington Hotel, was 

 an unqualified success in point of num- 

 bers and general enjoyment, and Wed- 

 nesday evening, Jan. 26, will remain 

 long in the memory of all as a feast of 

 good things, good songs and good fel- 

 lowship. Mr. Wni. Duckham, and offi- 

 cers of the society, you are to be con- 

 gratulated. 



Mr. Patrick O'Mara was the toast- 

 master of the evening and it was an 

 ideal selection. He was as ready with 

 stories as our "Chauncy," and as witty 

 as Mark Twain, and if you were called 

 upon to make a speech and could not, 

 Mr. P. O'M. would soon come to your as- 

 sistance. He was the "E pluribus 

 unum," and contributed greatly to the 

 success of the dinner. 



Being right in the heart of the rose- 

 growing district of the United States, 

 if not the world, it was only to be ex- 

 pected that the decorations would be 

 "roseate" and fully sustain the reputa- 

 tion of that section. Contribu- 

 tions were made by the following: 

 Messrs. Reed and Noe, roses: Mr. A. 

 Herrington, some splendid cattleyas; 

 Mr. J. Jones, Convent Station, some ex- 

 cellent mignonette and violets. 



The following toasts were responded 

 to over the "nuts and wine:" 



"Our Society," by Mr. Duckham, pres- 

 ident of the society, who was very elo- 

 quent in the society's behalf and felt 

 deeply the honor of responding in the 

 presence of such a success. 



"Gardening as a Fine Art." by Mr. a. 

 Herrington. who waxed quite poetic 

 and reminiscent, and quoted the follow- 

 ing well known lines of Shakespere: 



"This is an art 

 Wiiich does mend nature — eiiange it ratlier; 

 But tlie art itself is n.Tture." 



"Morristown and Morris County," by 

 A. L. Adams, editor Morristown Ex- 

 press. 



"Sister Societies," by Geo. W. Smith, 

 of Orange, N. J. 



"Seeds, the Kernels of Prosperity," by 

 Mr. Harry A. Bunyard. 



"The Commercial Florist." by Mr. F. 

 L. Atkins, Short Hills, N. J. 



"Horticultural Exhibitions the Great- 

 est Educator," Mr. Chas. H. Atkins, 

 Madison, N. J. 



"Horticultural Press," Mr. J. With- 

 ers, of the Florists' Exchange. 



Sandwiched in between the "talkin" 

 was "singiii" by the following gentle- 

 men: Chas. Hopkins, Thos. Hesket, J. 

 Darby. Mr. Davies, Geo. W. Smith. 



About 40 members were present and 

 the following visitors: Patrick O'Mara, 

 New York: Peter Duff, Geo. W. Smith, 

 Orange: John E. Lager. Henry Hurrell, 

 Summit; Thomas Jones, F. L. Atkins, 

 Short Hills. Letter of regret was read 

 from Byron T. Halsted, New Bruns- 

 wick. 



CINCINNATI. 



Stock-Prices. 



There is no perceptible change in 

 the state of the market here. Cloudy 

 weather still prevails, consequently 

 roses are not up to the standard, with 

 the supply insufficient to meet the de- 

 mand. Although the weather has been 

 unfavorable for transient trade, the re- 

 tail stores have done a fair business in 

 the line of funeral work. Paper white 

 narcissus are somewhat scarce and find 

 a ready sale at $4 per 100: Romans and 

 valley going slow at $3. Carnations 

 sell well at $1.50 to $2 for ordinary va- 

 rieties, and $3 to $4 for fancies. Brides 

 and Maids are held at $0 to $S. Meteors 

 ?S to $10, Perles $5. Callas sell for $10; 

 Harrisii, $12.50: violets, $1; tulips, $3 

 to $4. Smilax is fine, but goes slow at 

 $12..50. 



Special Meeting of Club. 



A special meeting of the Florist 

 Club will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5. 

 for the purpose of making arrange- 

 ments to attend the Chicago conven- 

 tion. Quite a number have signified 

 their intention of going and the indica- 

 tions are that we will be well repre- 

 sented. Those who cannot attend this 

 meeting and would like to accompany 

 the Cincinnati brethren can secure any 

 desired information from the secre- 

 tary. Henry Schwarz. Price Hill. 



