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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 17. 1S9S. 



Mr. Ammann dedicated to the St. Louis 

 florists who went to Kloudilce 

 last week. Mr. Carl Be.ver did 

 some fine acrobatic work. Mr. 

 J. J. Beneke sang a tew comic 

 songs, as did Al Bauer. Frank FilF- 

 more, Sr. and Jr., both sang and told 

 funny stories. J. W. Kunz was down 

 on the program for a ll.ving trapeze 

 without a net. but fell and was badly- 

 hurt. This put a damper on the enter- 

 tainment for awhile. Dr. Helwig, the 

 club's physician, was on hand and soon 

 had the old sport in good shape again 

 to continue the entertainment, and af- 

 ter a grand cake walk by all present 

 the party broke up to bowl a few 

 games. 



Market Review. 



The cut flower trade since last writ- 

 ing has not been so brisk, but the 

 wholesale houses claim they had good 

 trade all week. Cut flowers are not 

 over plentiful and few good orders 

 were placed for St. Valentine's day. 



Beauties continue scarce and really 

 first-class stock cannot be had. Mete- 

 ors. Maids and Brides are selling tor 

 the best from $6 to $S. Perles and 

 ■Woottons go at $3 to $.5. The best 

 Perles come from J. F. Ammann and 

 the fine Woottons are grown by Fill- 

 more. All the best roses are in excel- 

 lent demand and bring top prices. 



Carnations, fancy varieties, bring 

 $2.50 to $3. Scotts. Daybreaks and any 

 kind of red sell at sight. The fine El- 

 dorado grown by H. Aue bring as high 

 as $5 per 100, 



Valley is now in good form at $4. 

 Romans, daffodils and tulips are mov- 

 ing better and sell at $4. Callas are 

 plentiful at $S and $10 and Harrisii 

 are still selling at $12.50. Violets con- 

 tinue to come in in great quantities to 

 this market and are selling very cheap. 

 A few days of warm, bright sunshine 

 brought out a few florists to the mar- 

 ket with plants and they claim that 

 they sold out in short order. 



Notes. 



Fred Ostertag has given up his store 

 on Vandeventer avenue and has left 

 town. 



Only about si.x. and perhaps ten, of 

 our florists will attend the carnation 

 meeting this week at Chicago. 



The committee for this year's show 

 will meet again on Saturday night at 

 the same place to work on the pre- 

 liminary list. 



Visitors in town this week are Rob- 

 ert W. Greenlaw, with N. F. McCarthy 

 & Co., Boston, Mass., and Mr. Klehni, 

 of Chicago. 



The Bowlers. 



At the Bowling Club Monday night 

 the attendance was a little slim, but 

 the few that were on hand rolled the 

 usual three games. C. A. Kuehn was 

 high man with 604. high single score 

 221; Beneke, second with 549, high 

 single score 212; E. Schray third. 539, 

 single score 1S9. Mr. Gus Eggleiag, 

 the- South Grand avenue florist, was a 

 visitor and rolled with the boys. Next 

 Monday night we expect to celebrate a 



birthday and all members are request- 

 ed to attend. j. j. b. 



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Copyright 1898. 



NEW YORK. 



The Florist Club. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the New York Florist Club, Monday 

 evening, about seventy members were 

 present, and will rank as one of the 

 most successful in the club's history 

 in point of numbers, new members 

 elected and proposed, business done, 

 and the excellent lecture delivered by 

 Mr. John K. M. L. Farquhar, of Bos- 

 ton, and not forgetting the exhibits 

 which were exceedingly good. 



Mr. William Plumb, the president, 

 was in the chair and, after the minutes 

 were read, the following gentlemen 

 were elected to membership: R. Ul- 

 rich. R. L. Cottenet, Charles Schenck, 

 Charles Millang, F. H. Traendly, H. A. 

 Bunyard, William Elliott, J. M. King, 

 J. P. Cleary, Theodore Lang, .J. K. Al- 

 len, Charles Trauth, all of New York; 

 and the following new members pro- 

 posed; John Finn, W. H. Gunther, E. 

 R. Lucatos, Peter McKenna, J. Cook, 

 W. S. Lee, James McManus, Joseph 

 Fleishman, all of New York City; R. 

 McMillan, Pearl River. N. Y. ; C. H. 

 Flemming. Bridgeport, Conn.;' J. R. 

 Mitchell, Stamford, Conn.; Fred Bou- 

 lon. Seacliffe. L. L; J. P. Mallon 

 Brooklyn; Fred H. P. Imbert, Wood- 

 ridge, N. Y. 



The committee which visited Patc'i- 

 ogue, L. I., on the invitation of Mr. 

 Prank Niquet. reported on the carna- 

 tion show at the previous meeting, and 

 now known as "Maud Adams,"' and 

 awarded the following points; Size 

 10, form 20, substance 20, color 20, 

 stem 10, foliage 10, rarity 5, fragrance 

 5, a total of 90 points. The committee 

 consisted of J. N. May, L. Hafner aud 

 Alex Burns. The committee recom- 

 mended a certificate of merit, which 

 was unanimously awarded by the club. 

 The color is a beautiful cerise and the 

 flowers measure three inches, with f;ne, 

 stiff, erect stem of great length. 



The committee of awards on exhibits 

 then read its report and suggested the 

 following new rules, which were 

 adopted; 



Rules and Regulations Governing the Com- 

 petition of the New York Florists' 

 Club Medals. 



The exhibition to take place at every meet- 

 ing of the Club during the year 189S. 



Intending exhibitors should notify the secre- 

 tary at least one week before each meeting 

 of their intending exhibit; also approximate 

 amount of square feet required. 



The limit for the space for the exhibits to be 

 as follows: except by special permit, when an, 

 exhibitor intends to make an extraordinary ex- 

 hibit. 



Cut flowers, 20 square feet. 



Pot plants. 50 square feet. 



Decorative and made up work. 25 square feet. 



Manufactured articles. 35 square feet. 



All the exhibits are to be staged and in posi- 

 tion by half past five o'clock on the evenings of 

 the meetings of the Club. 



All the exhibits are to be properly labeled. 



The exhibitors should hand as an entry, a 

 correct list of their exhibits to the secretary 

 who will give them a number, bv which alone 

 said exhibits shall be known until after the 

 awards have been made and announced by the 

 secretary. 



The Judges are to finish the Judging of the 

 exhibits before the opening ot the meeting 

 during which time no one will be allowed iii 

 the room except the Judges. 



The decision of the Judges shall be read by 

 the secretary during the meeting, giving in de- 

 tail the points scored and any exhibitor hav- 

 ing any protest to make against the Judges, 

 same should be made before the close of the 

 meeting, but in all cases the final revision by 

 the Judges shall be final. 



A committee consisting of six members shall 

 be appointed by the chair, selecting one ex- 

 pert, m each ot the six different classes. 



The Judges shall award Certificates ot Merit 

 to deserving exhibits at each meeting and the 

 holder of the largest number of Certificates at 

 the end of the year shall be entitled to the Gold 

 Medal and the second largest number to the 

 bilver and the third the Bronze Medal 



No exhibit shall be entitled to a Certificate 

 unless it scores at least S5 points. 



All exhibits must be divided from each other 

 by a chalk or other mark. 



No one individual plant shall be exhibited 

 more than once at any meeting of the Club 

 during the year. 



Cut Flowers. 



Size of exhibit o« 



General effect ^, 



Rarity '.['.'.['.'.'.['.'. i» 



Substance .a 



Color n 



Stem ".'.'.'.'..!!!!! K 



Foliage '■'■'•'•'.'.'.'....'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. & 



Fragrance and other qualities. .!!.'i]!.'l]][]][ lo 



lOo 

 Governing all Exhibits of Plants. 



Size exhibit ofy. 



Cultural Perfection \..] ,.[[[[ 20 



Effectiveness ^^ 



Rarity '.'.■.'.■.'.■..;:.':;;;;::.■■" i^ 



Desirability for general culture ..'..'.'.'.'.'...'. 25 



Decorative and Made Up Work. 



Novelty in design 39 



Artistic Arrangement and Harmony incoiorl 40 

 Quality of material 30 



Quality 

 Size ... 



Fruits and Vegetables. 



Color or finish. 

 Other points .. . 



20 

 10 



100 

 Manufactured Articles. 



Utility 30 



Durability 20 



Simplicity "!'.!!!"!!!!!!! !i! 2Ei 



Cheapness !..!!."!!!!!!!.'!.' 25 



100 

 Inferior exhibitions to be excluded by the 

 committee. 



Manufactured plants ot all kinds to be ex- 

 cluded from this competition. 



Among visitors in town were Chas. 

 H. Flemming, Bridgeport, Conn.; John 

 G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J.; Edgar 

 Nock, Providence, R. I.; C. H. Per- 

 kins, Newark, N. Y.; John K. M. U 



