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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MARCH 3, 1S98. 



this last week, though there is still 

 something doing— just about enongh to 

 keep Ijotly and soul together on a fare 

 of salt fish and porridge. 



The seedsmen are beginning to feel 

 that spring is drawing near, and they 

 'say that indications are good for a 

 rushing season later on; in fact, indi- 

 cations are good for a big trade all 

 round this spring. E. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Business Continues Good. 



Business is still very good with most 

 of our florists, considering that this is 

 the first week of Lent. There seems to 

 be plenty of funeral work, and white 

 stuff had the call the past week. This 

 special line will be about the most ac- 

 tive part of the business from now on. 



Prices. 



Stock is coming in better, and prices 

 are still away up on really first-class 

 stock. For the past week thev were as 

 follows: Roses, all the firsts in Me- 

 teors. Brides and Bridesmaids, $8- 

 seconds. $« and $-1; La France. Perles 

 and Woottons. $5 and $3: carnations 

 fancy, Dayl)reaks. Jubilee. Scotts 

 Wocher and Eldorado. U: all whites! 

 ?3 and $2.50; some poor ones. $2. but 

 this was the cheapest carnation' one 

 could buy. 



Bulb stuff is going slower this we^k 

 Romans. $2 and $3; good valley. $3 and 

 14; Dutch hyacinths, $5; daffodils, 

 $■1; tulips. $3 and $4: Harrisii. •12 50- 

 callas. $10: treesias. $2 and $3. 



Violets are coming in in great quan- 

 tities now. Home grown are sold as 

 low as 10 cents per 100; Californias 25 

 and 3.5 cents; southern stuff unsalable 

 just at present. Some very fine sweet 

 peas are sent to this market by E W 

 Guy. of Belleville, and sell at $2.50 per 



Notes. 



Visitors in town last week were M 

 Rice. Philadelphia, and S. S. Skidelskv' 

 representing N. McCarthy & Co Bos- 

 ton Both gentlemen report business 

 good in their line. 



W. C. Young, who was chairman of 

 committee on special prizes for this 

 year's chrysanthemum show, has re- 

 signed. 



It is rumored that a new store is to 

 be opened by Ellison & Tesson at an 

 early date in the new Century build- 

 ing, corner Ninth and Olive streets 



The Ude Bros., of Kirkwood. are 

 sending in some of the finest carna- 

 tions and California violets that come 

 to this market. 



Thomas Carroll, who was one of our 

 best carnation growers, is going to 

 California in the spring. Tom is total- 

 ly blind, and his physician's advice is 

 that a year's trip in that country and 

 away from business cares would do 

 him a world of good. Mr. Carroll's 

 oldest son, George, will go with him. 



Telegrams from Seattle to St. Louis 

 say that Mr. Wilson, a florist from St 



Louis, died on his way to Dawson City. 

 We do not know whether the deceased 

 ;was Alexander G. or his brother, 

 George. They left this city on the 

 night of February 2 for the Klondike. 

 They were brothers of James S. Wil- 

 son, who is with J. C. Vaughan, of 

 Chicago. 



Of Interest to Bowlers. 



The bowling club ended the February 

 series Monday night with a good at- 

 tendance. Mr. S. S. Skidelsky was our 

 visitor and was asked to join in a 

 game. E. Schray was our high man 

 in the three games, with 592; high sin- 

 gle score. 222. Kunz. second, with 5G7; 

 high single score, 216; Beueke, third, 

 with 545; high single score, 199. The 

 series ended as follows: J. J. Beneke 

 wins the medal with 2,299 in twelve 

 games, also the high single score medal 

 with 246; E. Schray, second, with 2,126; 

 C, Kuehu, third, with 2,105. The March 

 series begins next Monday night. 



J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



Mass. Hort. Society. 

 A general meeting of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society was called 

 today, to take into consideration the 

 desirability of removing the society's 

 business into larger and more com- 

 modious quarters, as the premises now 

 occupied are poorly adapted to the 

 largely increasing business of the so- 

 ciety; then again, the society is the 

 owner of one of the largest and most 

 complete botanical libraries in the 

 world, and the present building is not 

 a proper place for such a valuable col- 

 lection of books, as it is considered 

 nothing more nor less than a danger- 

 ous fire trap. A very animated dis- 

 cussion ensued, and the general ob- 

 jection was that the site proposed was 

 too far away from the center of the 

 city, whereas the present building is 

 centrally located and within a few min- 

 utes of all the railroad depots. A 

 suggestion was made to pull the old 

 building down, as it was beginning to 

 show considerable signs of decay, and 

 build a new construction eight or nine 

 stories high. This was also laid on 

 the table, but it is evident something 

 must be done in the near future, as 

 the building is giving way in several 

 places. At the close of the meeting a 

 vote of members present was taken. 

 The number in favor of removing was 

 65; contrary. 105, showing a majority 

 of 40 in favor of remaining where they 

 are. 



Exhibition. 



The society's weekly exhibition was 

 as follows; W. W. Lunt, Hingham. 

 showed a very fine piece of Cypripe- 

 dium Lathamianum "by." with i-ine 

 flowers, for which he was awarded a 

 first class certificate of merit. 



James Comley. superintendent for 

 the Hayes estate, Lexington,. exhibited 

 a new hybrid plum (Prunus pseudo 



cerasus var.), with very large double 

 flowers, the individual flowers meas- 

 uring 21-i. inches in diameter. This was. 

 awarded a first class certificate. Mr. 

 Comley also exhibited about 100 vases, 

 of camellias. Cattleya Trianae, Coe- 

 logyne cristata and Cypripedium vil- 

 losum, tor which he was awarded a 

 gratuity. Among his collection was. 

 also noted a hybrid azalea showing a 

 somewhat semi-double form of Uuwer 

 of a bright magenta color. This was. 

 obtained by hybridizing Azalea iudica. 

 with the hardy rhododendron, and if 

 it proves hardy will be a great acquisi- 

 tion to our hardy shrubs. 



Some finely grown rhubarb was also, 

 shown by Mr. Comley. for which he 

 was awarded a gratuity. 



Mr. Thatcher, gardener to John L. 

 Gardner. Esq., Brookline, showed six 

 pots of Primula sinensis flore pleno 

 and six pots of violet St. Augustine, 

 very well grown; awarded a gratuity. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, West Medford, show- 

 ed about 24 vases of various cut flow- 

 ers, among which may be noted Onci- 

 dium flexuosum, Lycaste Skinnerii, 

 clivias, etc.; awarded a gratuity. War- 

 ren Eustis & Son. Belmont, exhibited 

 some fine Pascal celery, for which they 

 received a gratuity. 



Lecture. 



The usual Saturday's lecture was 

 given |jy Mr. Wm. R. Smith, Botanic 

 Gardens, Washington, D. C. Subject^ 

 "Trees on streets; best varieties for 

 certain localities; how to plant them, 

 and how to care for and protect them 

 after planting, to have good, healthy 

 and well grown shade, as well as fine- 

 ornamental trees." This meeting was- 

 largely attended and the audience lis- 

 tened with marked attention to iha 

 instructions laid down by the lectu- 

 rer. It is well known that this par- 

 ticular subject could not have been 

 in better hands than Mr. Smith's, as- 

 his wide experience in Washington 

 for so many years, where he has had. 

 full care of the trees on the streets. 

 and roads of the district, enabled him. 

 to notice in the most minute manner 

 the varieties best adapted for differ- 

 ent locations, soils, etc.. also the dif- 

 ferent kinds of insect life with which 

 they are most liable to be attacked, 

 and the best methods of getting rid^ 

 of same. 



A Banquet. 



A few of the leading florists and 

 friends in the neighborhood of Boston 

 gave a complimentary dinner to Mr. 

 Wm. R. Smith Saturday night in the 

 Hotel Brunswick, and a right royal 

 evening was spent. The floral decora- 

 tions were a work of art, reflecting 

 the greatest honors upon the taste and' 

 skill displayed by the well known flo- 

 rist and decorator. M. H. Norton, in 

 whose charge the whole decoration 

 was placed. The flowers and plants; 

 were sent from some of the best and 

 largest greenhouses in the state. There 

 was a grand lot of orchids from Oakes 



