FEBRUARY 3, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



441 



sion being the graduating of the nor- 

 mal class of the high school. 



Executive Committee Appointed, 



The chairman-manager of the next 

 chrysanthemum show has appointed 

 his staff to act with him as the execu- 

 tive committee as follows: Emil 

 Schray, chairman of the committee on 

 premiums and awards; William C. 

 Young. subscriptions and special 

 prizes; C. C. Sanders, finance; Carl 

 Beyer, advertising; Robert F. Tesson. 

 printing and hall, and Frank Fillmore, 

 delivering of special prizes. The exe- 

 cutive committee will meet on next 

 Saturday night to work on the prelim- 

 inary list and also name the men se- 

 lected to act with them as a committee. 

 The committee on smoker reports that 

 those members who wish to attend and 

 have not yet subscribed will please 

 send their names to the secretary at 

 once. 



Program for Next Meeting. 



The following essays will be read at 

 the next regular meeting of the Flor- 

 ists' Club, February 10, at 3 p. m.; 

 "What are the requirements of a new 

 carnation to entitle it to a certificate 

 of merit from the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club?" by Robert F. 

 Tesson. "Name one pink, one 

 white and one red carnation as be- 

 ing the best commercial variety, and 

 state why you think them the best," 

 by John Steidle. "What variety of 

 roses would you grow to supply the St. 

 Louis market?" by J. F. Ammann. 

 "What kind of fertilizer would you use 

 for carnations, and in what form?" by 

 H. G. Ude. "How to grow mignonette." 

 by Andrew Meyer, Sr. "What should 

 the growers do to assist the commis- 

 sion men in getting better prices for 

 their consignments?" by Charles A. 

 Kuehn. "What palms would you ad- 

 vise an amateur to grow, giving him, 

 say, five or six varieties?" by Julius 

 Konig, Sr. "What variety of violet 

 would you grow in a profitable way in 

 and out of doors?" by F. W. Ude, Jr. 



■Various Notes. 



Visitors in town last week were Dan 

 MacRorle. representing W. A. Manda. 

 Orange, N. J. Dan is looking the pict- 

 ure of health and reports trade good. 

 The other was Mr. Brown, of Brown & 

 Canfield, Springfield, 111. 



Tom Carroll lost 1.000 feet of glass 

 by last Tuesday's wind storm. 



Fred Foster, who was secretary and 

 treasurer, and also manager of the 

 Krebs Floral Company, is no longer 

 connected with the above firm. 



The last four games of the cocked 

 hat series were rolled Monday night, 

 with E. Schray high man with 134; 

 Kunz, second, with 119; Kuehn. third, 

 with 117. Schray's single high score 

 was 47. The champion cocked hat 

 bowler of the series is Kunz, with 492; 

 Kuehn, second, with 465; Beneke, 

 third, with 454. The highest single 

 score during the series was by C. Bey- 

 er, with 52; Kunz, second, with 48; 



Schray, third, with 47. Next Monday 

 night we go back to the old game. 



J. J. B. 



The FLORISTS' Review 



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Copyright 1898. 



NE'W YORK. 



Around the Marts. 



Violets? Take 'em l>y the ton! 

 Blizzards? \Ve can give you one! 

 Summer weather? Here's a slice! 

 Springtime— autumn, in a trice! 

 It's the snowflake or the rose — 

 Everything in weather goes! 



The above clipping from the Atlanta 

 Constitution about fits the New York 

 situation, that is. in regard to violets 

 and w-eather— mostly weather! It has 

 been snowing the la.st twenty-four 

 hours, and the "beautiful" is piling up 

 in gi-eat shape. It is better, though, 

 than rain. Business is as good if not 

 better than at any time this winter. 



Stock is scarce when applied to 

 roses and prices for the real fancy 

 stock should satisfy the most fastidi- 

 ous grower, but then everybody does 

 not grow fancy stock and all are not 

 fastidious. After all, it is the great 

 law of supply and demand, and until 

 congress repeals it I suppose it will al- 

 ways be so. 



Beauties. Bridesmaids and Meteors 

 are still the leaders. Beauties, the 

 finest, realize 75 cents, while extra 

 Maids sell for $12, fancy $15, and a few 

 extra specials at $20; Meteors and 

 Testouts, special, $15; Brides, $10, $12, 

 $15 for high grade and specials; Mor- 

 gans and Cusins, $10 and $12 for ex- 

 tras and specials. 



There have been a few slight 

 changes in the regular market report, 

 but these are chiefly confined to roses. 

 Valley dropped another peg. 'Violets 

 held their own at 40 to 75 cents, accord- 

 ing to stock. There Is a tremendous 

 amount coming in daily and they get 

 cleared up pretty clean, as is all classes 

 of goods, which is saying a whole 

 "bunch." 



Mr. Walter F. Sheridan is handling 

 some of the finest carnations — Frank 

 Nequet's "Maud Adams." the variety 

 that created such a sensation at the 

 last meeting of the New York Florists' 

 Club, C. Besold's "Frances Joost," 

 and others, besides a regular line. 



Mr. Sheridan receives some excellent 

 lilac, both varieties. 



Mr. A. Herrington is shipping in 

 some especially fine cattleyas, large, 

 well developed flowers of exceptional 

 color, but then what else could be ex- 

 pected from Florham Farms, the homo 

 of the great new chrysanthemum I if it 

 were a poor variety I would say 

 "mum") Frank Hardy. However, it 

 speaks for itself, and speaks loud, too. 



Our Special Correspondent's Report. 



The improvement noted in last 

 week's issue continues and a general 

 clearing out of most stock is now pos- 

 sible. Roses are probably as light now 

 as they will be again this season. They 

 are off crop and the weather is very 

 unfavorable. Yet the buyers seem to 

 be able to obtain sufficient stock to sat- 

 isfy their wants in the morning, for 

 afternoon trade is light. 



Bridesmaids are in constant demand 

 and everybody wants them. The use 

 of Brides is restricted and consequent- 

 ly are not so much sought after. Brun- 

 ner has color and form and helps out 

 those who might otherwise use Beau- 

 ties. The latter are not good. Specials 

 are superior in quality compared with 

 the shorter sizes, but of these there 

 are few. Meteor sells weir, other va- 

 rieties not so generally used are easily 

 disposed of now. The best prices on 

 roses were made the last two days of 

 the week. 



Carnations are not coming in so 

 freely as last week. They do not ad- 

 vance materially in price, as supply 

 and demand are about equal. Violets 

 are still abundant. They are all sold, 

 but the quality is against any higher 

 figures. The average for the past two 

 weeks will hardly be exceeded. The 

 quality was never better. 



Valley shows no improvement in 

 price. Tulips have been benefited by 

 the shortage in roses and there are 

 plenty of them at reasonable prices. 

 This is also true of daffodils. Ship- 

 ments of Harrisii increase; demand 

 steady. Fine cattleyas of the first 

 grade are cheap, which means that 

 there is no diminution of the supply. 

 There is plenty of smilax, more than 

 can be sold, but much of it is of poor 

 quality. 



Seed and Bulb Trade. 



A trip through the stores of this 

 important branch of our business re- 

 called the fact that the season of '98 

 had really started. Orders are coming 

 in very freely and much earlier than 

 heretofore. The open weather has 

 started the ball rolling and let us hope, 

 like the small boy's snowball, it will 

 gather impetus and increase in size as 

 the season opens. Scarcely any branch 

 of the trade has suft'ered more the past 

 few years than the seed trade, and so, 

 like the seeds, "the kernels of pros- 

 perity." as some wiseacre exclaimed, 

 may the jest come true. Let us try 

 and catch this will o' the wisp, pros- 

 perity. I am sure we all need it in 

 our business. 



