MARCH 10, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



615 



the fairly cold weather we have had — 

 two snowstorms so far this month — 

 and the fairly brislv demand, has kept 

 prices from dropping much. 



There is ditflculty in disposing of 

 some cheap stock, Ijut the retailers 

 are coming forward nobly. "To keep 

 the street men from getting 'there,' " 

 as one bright storekeeper put it. as he 

 bought a hundred short stemmed 

 Beauties and put them in his window, 

 attaching to the vase a card with a 

 tempting price written thereon. Sev- 

 eral weddings occurred last week and 

 more are to follow, so prospects are 

 encouraging. 



The novelty in the plant line is 

 climbing Souvenir de Wootton. This 

 rose is said to have originated some 

 years ago with Thomas Butler at 

 Wyndmoor, and is what Its name in- 

 dicates, a climbing form of the old 

 Wootton. It is being forced by Robert 

 Craig & Son, prettily trained and 

 evenly flowered. 



The Florist Club. 



The Florist Club meeting on Tues- 

 day night was well attended and very 

 interesting. W. P. Craig read a pa- 

 per on the Carnation Convention at 

 Chicago, which was heartily applaud- 

 ed; he also showed some blooms of 

 the new varieties. The club decided 

 to have a shad dinner later in the 

 spring. John Burton's knowledge of 

 parliamentary law, gained in the state 

 legislature, greatly helped his side in 

 a particularly lively debate. W. N. 

 Rudd, of Chicago, was present and 

 addressed the meeting. 



The Botanical Society held a special 

 meeting on Friday at which Robert 

 Craig and Wm. K. Harris were to 

 make addresses on "Living Plants." 



Notes. 



The agents of the bulb growers in 

 Holland are with us now. They do 

 not find business brisk in this city, 

 but believe it will be better after 

 Easter. There is some complaint 

 about Narcissus Von Sion. The de- 

 mand for this double daffodil has in- 

 creased enormously in the past ten 

 years, until this year it has given 

 general satisfaction, being easily 

 forced and very lasting. This year 

 8ome of the flowers remain green in 

 the center when fully blown or fail to 

 develop at all. It is said that the 

 leaves die too soon in Holland, caus- 

 ing the bulbs to ripen prematurely. 

 The source of the trouble is unknown. 

 Buyers of Narcissus Von Sion will do 

 well to instruct the bulb growers with 

 whom they deal on no account to ship 

 them any stock not properly ripened. 

 It will not prove satisfactory. No re- 

 liable firm will wish to ship this stock 

 when the facts are known to them. 



Saturday saw the close of the tour- 

 nament of the Philadelphia Trap 

 Shooters' League. Eleven teams com- 

 peted on the handicap plan, the Flor- 

 ist team finishing second; a most 

 creditable showing, especially when it 

 is noticed that the Wayne Club, who 

 captured first, received forty odd tar- 



gets more handicap. The team com- 

 prised Messrs. Anderson, Bell, Bur- 

 ton. Cartledge, Hallowell and Parks. 

 Following the team shoot were some 

 special events. No. 7, 10 targets, 

 known angles, was won by John Bur- 

 ton from a large field, with a clean 

 score. J. W. Y. 



"WASHINGTON. 



Track Resume. 



It was said of the Christian En- 

 deavor people when they convened 

 here that they brought a shirt and a 

 $5 bill with them, and carried both 

 away. The same cannot be said of the 

 Daughters of the American Revolu- 

 tion here in convention last week. The 

 stores that depend almost entirely on 

 transient trade report a good week — 

 in fact, better than the week preceding 

 Lent. In addition to this, the passing 

 away of several prominent citizens 

 assisted the usual demand for flow- 

 ers, which made the first week in Lent 

 a busy one. Social functions do not 

 cease in Washington society during 

 the Lenten season, the demand for 

 loose flowers for social teas, etc., be- 

 . ing satisfactory to the trade. 



Prices remain firm, quality of stuff 

 good and quantity equal to the demand, 

 with the exception of carnations, 

 Violets are getting more plentiful and 

 remain firm in price. 



I notice that the carnations in this 

 vicinity are bursting their calyces, 

 particularly Scott. Last year it would 

 have been diflicult to find a single case 

 of the Scott so deformed; this season i 

 is the case with all the growers. 



The florist store formerly owned by 

 Mr. Eugene Cadmus, and later by Mr. 

 Ignatius Glorius, was sold at public 

 auction on the 23d inst., of all its con- 

 tents, fixtures, designs, etc. 



Appreciated Resolutions. 



At the last meeting of the Commer- 

 .cial Florists' Association, a vote of 

 "thanks was sent to the Cleveland Flor- 

 ists' Club for the set of strong resolu- 

 tions adopted by them and sent to the 

 members of congress from their state, 

 denouncing the system of free distri- 

 bution of plants and flowers by the 

 United States government in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, and the thanks were 

 of that good old-fashioned kind from 

 deep down in our hearts. Let us hear 

 from the others, for we need your as- 

 sistance, without which we can make 

 but little headway. 



Col. Bingham, in charge of public 

 buildings and grounds, evidently 

 thinks he can extend his system of 

 free distribution still farther. Not 

 content with robbing the florists of the 

 cream of their trade, he has now ex- 

 tended the system to include private 

 marriages. Last week, at such a cere- 

 mony, the plants for decorating the 

 house, bride's bouquet and cut flowers 

 were furnished from the government 

 greenhouses by his order. If this con- 

 tinues many more seasons there will 



be no business for the florists. Even 

 the police detailed for duty at the 

 executive mansion are beneficiaries. 

 One recently asked for and received a 

 funeral design. 



While writing of government com- 

 petition I would like to correct a state- 

 ment I made some time ago, in which 

 I said the agent who was sent out by 

 the department of agriculture to pur- 

 chase plants had stated the plants were 

 to be given to members of congress 

 and other officials upon the assembling 

 of congress. The parties who gave me 

 the information are not certain that 

 he used the words or intimated the 

 plants were to be used for that pur- 

 pose, and I willingly correct it. I 

 would not meaningly do an injustice 

 to him or any one else. W. H. K. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Supply and Demand. 



With the bright and only 

 moderate cold weather we are 

 having lately, flowers become 

 more plentiful every day, bulb- 

 ous stuff especially coming to market 

 in very large quantities and not all of 

 it can be worked up to advantage. Car- 

 nations and violets, however, are read- 

 ily disposed of and none of the roses 

 are spoiling. The demand all around 

 continues very good, though some days 

 a slight decline could be noticed. 



Personals, 



Geo. Arnold is supplying this mar- 

 ket now with his well grown, long 

 stemmed sweet peas, which are the ad- 

 miration of all and sell at sight; the 

 supply, however, is not yet up to the 

 demand, but increasing rapidly. 



John Dobbertin, who for a number 

 of years has conducted a small but 

 well paying business on the outskirts 

 of the city, is now preparing to open a 

 regular florist store in a more central 

 location on Clinton street and is quite 

 confident of success. Go ahead, the 

 more the merrier. 



Young Rhind, from Canandaigua, 

 was in town last Saturday making the 

 rounds among the growers. He is a 

 very bright young man, the son of the 

 well known successful violet grower 

 Dunf-an Rhind and certainly takes an 

 earnest interest in the growing of cut 

 flowers of every description, though 

 for the pi-esent his father has no Inten- 

 tion of growing carnations or roses 

 more largely than heretofore, but may 

 do so later. Violets have proved to b^ 

 with him a most satisfactory crop, and 

 although the diseases have bothered 

 his plants early In the season, they 

 are now, as he says, remarkably clean 

 and healthy and the flowers coming to 

 town prove it, for they are among the 

 best in this market. 



The friends of Mrs. F. Schlegel will 

 be pleased to know that she is slowly 

 but surely recovering from her severe 

 injuries and will soon be again able to 

 go about as usual. 



