MARCH 3, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



585 



Ames, North Easton, a beautiful lot 

 of Clematis paniculata from Mr. Fred 

 Harris, Wellesley, a quantity of tu- 

 lips, hyacinths, narcissus, etc., from 

 Warren Ewell's greenhouse, palms 

 and decorative plants from Welch 

 Bros., and other plants and cut flowers 

 from various ' sources. Covers were 

 laid for about thirt> people. 



After the dinner had been done am- 

 ple justice, Mr. M. H. Norton called 

 the guests to order and in a few well 

 chosen remarks introduced the Hon. 

 C. W. Hoitt as president for the even- 

 ing, and most ably was this position 

 filled. Among the other speakers, be- 

 sides the guest of honor, were Oakes 

 Ames; J. A. Pettigrew. superintend- 

 ent of Boston parks; E. M. Wood, Na- 

 tick; W. W. Lunt. Hingham; J. D. W. 

 French; Lawrence Cotter; E. L. 

 Beard, Shady Hill nurseries; Jackson 

 Dawson, Arnold Arboretum; W. J. 

 Stewart, and Prof. Lewis Elson, who 

 entertained the company with some 

 beautiful music and singing. A most 

 enjoyable evening was spent. 



Carnation Exhibition. 



On February 26 a large exhibition of 

 carnations was held at the wholesale 

 flower market, which was well patron- 

 ized by both local growers and those 

 from afar. The new carnation, Mrs. 

 Thos. Lawson, shown by Mr. Peter 

 Fisher. Ellis. Mass., was a star attrac- 

 tion, and with it he won three silver 

 cups. It is certainly worthy of the 

 prizes. Other varieties shown by Mr. 

 Fisher were Morning Star and Klon- 

 dike, both very good. The Ward cup 

 went to F. A. Blake, of Rochdale, 

 Mass.. for a fine vase of Bon-Ton. 

 Messrs. Tailljy & Sons, Wellesley. were 

 close competitors. E. G. Hill & Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., made a fine display, 

 including Jubilee, Flora Hill, Salmon 

 ;Gem, Painted Lady. Arbutus, Arma- 

 zindy. Psyche, James Whitcomb Riley, 

 and America. C. W. Ward. Queens. N. 

 Y., showed a splendid lot of blooms, 

 including Mrs. G. M. Bradt. New York, 

 White Cloud, Mrs. James Dean, Bon- 

 Ton, John Young, and Gold Nugget. 

 Among other displays were fine flow- 

 ers of Argyle. Evelina. Opal. Nivea, 

 Buttercup. Daybreak, May Whiteley, 

 Mayor Quincy, Mrs. Frances Joost. 

 Edith Foster, Eldorado, Conch Shell. 



A vase of the new pink rose, Mrs. 

 Robert Garrett, was shown by H. 

 Weber & Sons, Oakland. Md.. and W. 

 L. Minor. Brockton, Mass., showed his 

 fine new violet "Imperial," a large 

 double, dark, very fragrant flower. 



Visitors. 



Mr. Clucas. of Clucas & Boddington, 

 New York; E. G. Hill. Richmond. Ind.; 

 C. H. Maynard, representing the Amer- 

 ican_Jadoo Company, Philadelphia. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Supply and Demand. 



Contrary to expectations, all store 

 men have done a very fair amount of 

 trade during the first week in Lent, 



and prices of flowers have not varied 

 greatly from former quotations, as had 

 been predicted by the retailers a week 

 ago. Bulbous stuff is very abundant 

 in all quarters, yet but very little is 

 going to waste. Tulips are low priced, 

 but the demand is good ^'on Sions are 

 grown everywhere in large quantities, 

 and it is a surprise how readily they 

 are disposed of. Dutch hyacinths are 

 a little slow this week, but fortunately 

 the supply has gradually declined since 

 last Wednesday. Valley is extremely 

 fine at present and none too plenty. 



Violets are good and abundant, in 

 spite of the diseased condition of the 

 plants in our vicinity; few places are 

 exempt. Schlegel's plants are among 

 the best in town, producing large-sized 

 flowers on good, long stems, in great 

 profusion; most all of these are dis- 

 posed of in their own retail trade. At 

 Geo. J. Keller's, our largest violet 

 grower, they are also fine; since Janu- 

 ary he has been able to pick from ti.OOO 

 to 10,000 weeJily. The bulk of his plants 

 were not housed until after his chrys- 

 anthemums were all gone, and conse- 

 quently are not yet at their best, 

 though his flowers compare most fa- 

 vorably with any others coming to 

 market; the entire crop is disposed of 

 at wholesale. He also grows excellent 

 mignonette in one of his houses, and is 

 one of the few who considers this flow- 

 er a well-paying crop here, though the 

 average price obtained does not exceed 

 $3 to $4 per 100. 



With the exception of a few small 

 shipments of fancy stock, which al- 

 ways command extravagant prices, 

 carnations have a downward tendency, 

 though few good, serviceable flowers 

 are sold below $1.50 to $2.00. 



The supply of roses has increased 

 slightly but steadily since last report. 

 Longer and brighter days have im- 

 proved quality and quantity of the 

 daily cut with some growers in this 

 vicinity, but many of them are still 

 endeavoring to coax their enfeebled 

 plants into healthier growth, and feel 

 disappointed yet over their experience 

 this winter. Apparently some are suc- 

 cessful in this respect, and may have a 

 fairly decent crop by Easter, or shortly 

 after, but the failure of the plants to 

 produce bloom during the dull winter 

 months was a most serious loss, which 

 even with a good crop now cannot be 

 neutralized so late in the season. The 

 decline in price of roses has been very 

 slight and only reached the lower 

 (grades. The best quality has not 

 changed yet, and may not go below 

 present figures for some time to come, 

 for the demand is not lessening, and 

 trade prospects for the near future are 

 quite encouraging. K. 



CLEVELAND. 



Market Conditions. 



Business during the first week of 

 Lent has not suffered seriously. There 

 has been, of course, the inevitable drop 

 in social affairs, but between transient 

 business and funeral work, more espe- 

 cially the latter, florists have been kept 



reasonably busy, and very little stock 

 has been wasted where it has been of 

 good quality. As a consequence, there 

 has been so far no appreciable change 

 in prices, all stock holding up to rates 

 going for the week previous. 



Funeral of Ex-Mayor BIu. 



The funeral of ex-Mayor Blu, for 

 piany years one of Cleveland's most 

 prominent and popular citizens, was 

 notable for the quantities of flowers 

 used, as well as for the great variety 

 employed. His many years of political 

 and business prominence brought forth 

 tributes to his memory from all ranks 

 of society, and as a consequence the 

 work was divided up to a greater ex- 

 tent than is often the case, among 

 nearly all the local florists, some hav- 

 ing a great deal of work, and in the 

 aggregate a notable quantity of flowers 

 was worked up. 



Club Meeting. 



The attendance at the last regular 

 club meeting was rather light, but 

 there was but little business to trans- 

 act, most of the time being devoted to 

 discussions of the state and national 

 bills for the control of injurious in- 

 sects infesting nursery stock. There 

 was also some discussion pro and con 

 concerning the merits of Jadoo fibre 

 and liquid, but in this as well as the 

 proposed legislation in the insect and 

 disease matter, no action was taken; 

 in the latter case because there did not 

 appear to be anything objectionable to 

 . the florists of this state. 



Mr. Carl Hagenburger, of Mentor, 

 brought along a box of his carnation 

 seedlings for the inspection of those 

 present. They comprised a white of 

 good substance, a pink somewhat of 

 the color of Rose Queen, and one very 

 much resembling Daybreak in color. 

 They have all been in cultivation at 

 least three years, look healthy and 

 strong and free from serious diseases. 

 The flowers were all large and of ex- 

 cellent appearance in every way. 



Bowling. 



After the regular order of business 

 had been disposed of the meeting ad- 

 journed to allow the members to bowl. 

 The Chicago game, which pilgrims to 

 the carnation exhibit had imported on 

 their return from that love feast, was 

 the one played. It is a flne game, eas- 

 ily learned as to the operation of pro- 

 jecting the balls from one end of the 

 alley to the other. The real science, 

 however, comes in in the scoring, an 

 operation which allows the display of 

 much mental agility in the juggling of 

 flgures. The arithmetical processes in- 

 volved brought out more discussion 

 than the San Jose scale question or 

 the merits of Jadoo. Next Monday 

 evening. March 7, is given over to 

 bowlers. NEMO. 



CINCINNATL 

 Cut Flower Trade. 



The cut flower trade is more satis- 

 factory than it has been for some 



