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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MARCH 10, 1898. 



ness preparatory to opening March 26. 

 Stands will cost $1.12 and $1.25 and all 

 growers and those interested in the 

 association's work are invited to at- 

 tend. There is every indication of the 

 project being a snccess and laying the 

 foundation of what will ultimately be 

 the plant market of New York City. 



The initiation fee is but $1 and a de- 

 posit guarantee of $5 if you expect to 

 take a stand. All information can be 

 furnished by the secretary, Mr. A. D. 

 Rose, Jersey City, or any of the officers 

 or members of the association. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Owen P. McDonald, manager for 

 N. Christatos, suffered a severe loss in 

 the death of his wife last week, and 

 has the sympathy of all his friends. 



Many favorable comments have been 

 made on the enterprise of The Florists' 

 Review upon their comprehensive re- 

 port of the club dinner and the photo- 

 graphs which arrived here Saturday 

 morning, less than one week after the 

 event. 



Mr. James Clark, the genial mana- 

 ger of the Seawanhaka greenhouses. 

 Oyster Bay, L. I., and several Holland 

 gentlemen, who are visiting this coun- 

 try for their health and incidentally 

 business, were recent visitors. 



Brooklyn. 



The members of the Bedford Club, 

 Brooklyn, held a jollification a lew 

 evenings ago, the event being the 

 working of the good fellowship degree 

 upon Mr. U. G. Scollay, and the pre- 

 sentation of a handsome diamond soli- 

 taire. U. G. S. is a very popular mem- 

 ber of the club, and The Review offers 

 him congratulations. 



James Mallon's Sons were very busy 

 making up bouquets and baskets for a 

 commencement held at the Academy of 

 Music. Some of them were very hand- 

 some and displayed excellent taste. 



James Weir's Sons are having a big 

 call for boxes and trays of tulips and 

 hyacinths, which are dressed with 

 crepe paper and ribbon. They report 

 business fair considering it is Lent, 

 and expect to have about 40,000 lily 

 flowers for Easter, including a very 

 fine lot of azaleas and hydrangeas. 



J. y. Phillips has plenty of funeral 

 work all the time, and his window was 

 a regular bower, containing some very 

 fine rhododendrons and azaleas, well 

 flowered and good varieties. 



Mr. William Scollay is on the sick 

 list. 



John Scott is working np a fine 

 stock of Pandanns Veitchii, also young 

 ferns and palms. His cattleyas have 

 also done good service this winter and 

 fully paid for their board. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business is decidedly better than at 

 the same period last year and indica- 

 tions are favorable for good trade all 

 through Lent. The shipping trade is 

 holding up particularly. The supply 

 has increased largely and there is some 

 surplus of tea roses and colored car- 



nations, and in this stock and most 

 bulbous flowers only the best find a 

 market. The call for funeral flowers 

 has been very steady and this has been 

 the backbone of the market. At no 

 time so far have there been such gluts 

 as at the same season in former years, 

 .'hough undoubtedly some stock has 

 failed to find a market, and there is a 

 tendency to make special rates on 

 large quantities. Prices on tea roses 

 ■range from $3 to $6. 



Notes. 



This Thursday evening is "Rose and 

 Violet Night" at the Florist Club. The 

 discussion on roses will be opened by 

 Mr. Fred Hills. 



Bassett & Washburn are cutting 

 large crops of very fine Brides, Brides- 

 maids and Meteors. Their cut of Beau- 

 lies is also very large. They note a 

 call for a better grade of flowers than 

 formerly. 



K. E. Reiser, of Kennicott Bros. Co., 

 is spending a few weeks at West Ba- 

 den, Ind. Mr. Flint Kennicott was on 

 the sick list the first part of the week, 

 but is now about again. 



John T. Glover, of Winter & Glover, 

 is also on the sick list. 



W. E. Lynch has taken the agency 

 for the Bohn ice box, made especially 

 for florists, and displays a sample in 

 his salesroom. It has a glass front and 

 is very neatly and substantially made 

 though the price is moderate. Mr. 

 Lynch has given the box a thorough 

 test and finds it economical and effec- 

 tive. 



Mr. M. Rice, of M. Rice & Co.. Phil- 

 adelphia, paid the Chicago trade a 

 visit this week. Mr. Roscoe Saunders, 

 Aurora, 111., was also a visitor. 



Oscar Kreitling is building a new- 

 store with greenhouse attached, at 1566 

 W. 12th St., which will be fitted up in 

 first class style. He will still retain 

 the old store at 3S0 W. 12th st. 



'Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson 

 are further increasing their stock of 

 florists' supplies and are rapidly de- 

 veloping their trade in this depart- 

 ment. They are also doing quite a 

 business in plants. A lot of good 

 cinerarias from a local grower were 

 meeting with quick sale. Mr. Mc- 

 Kellar thinks there is a decided future 

 for the trade in plants. 



By the way— Charley McKellar has a 

 new hat which is so loud that you 

 can hear the band play. 



And don't miss the opportunity of 

 sizing up Ed. Winterson in his new 29- 

 cent suit and 7-dollar hat. It's a great 

 combination. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Condition of Trade. 



The cut flower trade in this city has 

 felt the effects of Lent but little, nearly 

 all the downtown stores having had 

 something to do, most of it being for 

 funerals. In the west end the florists 

 say that Lent did not seem to have 

 any effect on them the past week. 



Stock did not accumulate at the 

 wholesale houses, except violets and 

 bulbous stuff. 



Prices. 



Prices are a little lower than they 

 were a week ago. The market was 

 never better supplied as to quality and 

 variety of stock than at present. 



Roses in all the popular sorts are not 

 abundant and bring from $4 to $S, the 

 latter figure being for good, long 

 stemmed stock, such as Brides, Brides- 

 maids. Meteors and Kaiserin. Perles 

 and Woottons bring $3, the best going 

 at $5. A few extra fine Beauties were 

 seen last week which sold at sight. 

 Carnations are a little more plentiful 

 just now; still good common stock 

 sells at $1.50, with fancies at from 

 $3 to $4. 



Bulbous stuff is very plentiful and 

 the Dutch and Roman hyacinths are 

 sold at $2 and $3; daffs, $3; tulips, 

 good, at $2 and $4 for the best; valley, 

 $4; Harrisii, $12.50; callas, $8 and $10. 



Violets are a great glut and have 

 been for the past two weeks. Home 

 grown California are held at 25 and 35 

 cents per 100; small singles, 10 cents; 

 doubles, 25 and 35 cents; southern 

 stuff of all kinds is coming to this mar- 

 ket in great quantities and is selling 

 for almost nothing. All kinds of greens 

 are selling well; Smilax not over plen- 

 tiful, at $12.50; adiantum, $1.00, and 

 asparagus, 35 and 50 cents per string. 



Notes. 



Visitors in town are Lloyd Vaughan, 

 of Vaughan, McKellar & Winterson, 

 Chicago, and Martin Reukauf. repre- 

 senting H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Phila- 

 delphia. 



Edward C. Buechel, secretary of the 

 Riessen Floral Co., has been appointed 

 chairman on special prize committee in 

 place of William C. Young who re- 

 signed. 



The manager of this year's chrysan- 

 themum show reports that up to date 

 the special prizes subscribed amount 

 to $1,200. A souvenir program with 

 colored plates will be one of the fea- 

 tures of this year's show which will 

 be held at the Coliseum. 



Bowling Items. 



The Bowling Club on Monday be- 

 gan its March series of 12 games. 

 The usual three games were rolled. Mr. 

 Lloyd Vaughan of Chicago, rolled with 

 the meml)ers. Our high man for the 

 night was C. C. Sanders, with 558; sin- 

 gle high score. 214. Beneke, second, 

 with 533; high score 189. Fred Weber, 

 third, with 521; high score, 179. Dr. 

 Helwig rolled two high single scores 

 of 207 and 209. and Carl Beyer made 

 209 in one game. The attendance was 

 good. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Trade Review. 



Business has become quieter, yet the 

 conditions are by no means unfavor- 

 able. The growers are beginning to 

 throw out a table or a house of some 

 rose or carnation to make room tor 

 young stock and this, together with 



