APRIL 



189S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



78 J 



View in the Store of Hess & Swoboda, Omaha, Neb. 



The class of 1886, of Annapolis Na- 

 val Academy, sent a large anchor of 

 lilies, hyacinths and carnations. 



The remains were laid in state in the 

 corridors of the Allegheny Post-office. 

 The corridors and alcoves were all 

 hanked high with palms and potted 

 pl.-ints. Superintendent Wm. Hamilton 

 of the Allegheny Puhlic Parks and 

 Conservatory had in charge the ar- 

 rangements of the plants, which were 

 tastefully arranged and lent an im- 

 pressiveness that the crowd was quick 

 to appreciate and their attention was 

 divided between the bier and its sur- 

 roundings, 



Peter Brust, a gardener employed at 

 the Allegheny Parks, died recently of 

 pneumonia, aged 6.5 years. He had 

 been employed at the park over 15 

 years. T. P. L. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply has shortened material- 

 ly and the outlook for Easter is not so 

 rosy. All the wholesalers agree that 

 there will be a shortage in lilies, car- 

 nations and good violets, and the ma- 

 jority look tor a short supply in every- 

 thing, including bulbous flowers, 

 while others think there will be 

 enough to go around except of the 

 items first named and a few look for 

 heavy receipts of flowers at the last 

 moment. Any such are pretty sure to 

 be sacrificed. Already large dealers 

 are declining Easter orders from other 

 than regular customers on account of 

 the anticipated shortage. The present 

 demand is very brisk. Easter prices 

 promise to run some little over the 

 quotations already issued. The wea- 



ther of the last week has held some 

 forward lilies back, but it has retarded 

 other flowers, and some growers report 

 their crops will be in a week to two 

 weeks late. In some Dutch bulb stock 

 crops have been already well gathered 

 and even bulb stock will be none too 

 plenty in consequence. 



Messrs. J. D. Thompson and James 

 Hartshorne are in the east in the in- 

 terest of a new greenhouse plant they 

 intend to erect at .Toilet this suinmer 

 for the growing of high grade carna- 

 tions. Mr. James Hartshorne will be 

 manager. 



It will be "Private Gardeners' 

 Night" at the next meeting of the Flo- 

 rists' Club, April 14. at Equity Hall, 

 Masonic Temple. A very interesting 

 program is promised. 



E. H. Hunt is still confined to his 

 house by illness. 



Lloyd Vaughan will start out on the 

 road again next Monday. 



Bassett & Washburn are fortunate 

 in having two houses of Kaiserins in 

 full crop for Easter. But their Brides- 

 maids are off crop, and they will have 

 fewer lilies than expected. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. are receiving 

 some extra fine carnations from F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind. 

 On Tuesday some White Clouds sold 

 at $5 and $6 while Mrs. Bradt and Gold 

 Nugget went as high as $8. 



Walter Heffron, for the last two 

 years with E, H. Hunt, has taken a 

 position with E. C, Amling, as maa- 

 ager, and will make the change on or 

 about May 1. 



Mr. Geo. Souster, of Elgin, was in 

 the city last Wednesday, Mr. Souster 

 is recovering from a bad attack of in- 

 flammatory rheumatism, which con- 

 fined him to the house for several 

 months. 



OBITUARY. 



Robert B. Young. 



We are sorry to announce the death 

 of Mr. Robert B. Young, at Asbury 

 Park, N. J., April 3, aged about 60 

 years, 



"Bob" Young, as he was familiarly 

 known in horticultural circles, was a 

 brother to Mr. Isaac Young, partner in 

 the old firm of Young & Elliott, and 

 during the existence of that firm had 

 charge of their auction department. 

 When it dissolved, he started for him- 

 self on Cortlandt street, in the fall of 

 '!)1, as plant auctioneer, moving thence 

 to Greenwich street the following May, 

 Owing to ill health, however, he re- 

 tired from active busness and went 

 south to recuperate, but rheumatism, 

 contracted during the war, at last got 

 in its deadly work and his demise fol- 

 lowed. 



Mr. Young was exceedingly popular 

 with all who came in contact with 

 him; generous to a fault, and always 

 ready to befriend those less fortunate 

 than himself; a kind master and good, 

 friend are only a few of his qualities. 

 Though seen rarely in his old haunts 

 by his friends of late years, his ab- 

 sence has always been noted, and many 

 an anecdote has been told about "Bob" 

 and his good fellowship, but alas! he 

 will return no more, and so today 

 there is one less of the "old school." 

 He leaves a widow and many friends 

 to mourn his loss. 



Mr. Young was a member of the G. 

 A. R. He will be buried in Moimt 

 Greenwood Cemetery on Wednesday, 

 April 6, 



BOSTON. 



Mass. Hort. Society. 



At the regular monthly meeting of 

 the Mass. Hort. Society, a committee 

 was appointed to consider the matter 

 of enforcing the state laws for the pro- 

 tection of trees and insure care for 

 those suffering from decay. There was 

 a discussion on forestry in general. 



At the weekly exhibition gratuities 

 were awarded to James Comley for a 

 fine display of Wisteria sinensis, and 

 to H. Wild, gardener to Mrs, A, W. 

 Blake, for display of Iberis perennis 

 and Hydrangea Otaksa. Mrs. P. D. 

 Richards received an award for native 

 plants. Rea Bros, showed a plant in 

 flower of Erigeron aurantiacum var. 

 roseum, a pretty little herbaceous 

 plant, a German novelty. There was 

 also a number of fine displays of vege- 

 tables. 



Club Meeting. 



At the monthly meeting of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club next 

 Tuesday, Mr. Jackson Dawson, of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, will deliver an ad- 

 dress on incidents of his travels in 

 Europe last summer. It will undoubt- 

 edly be very interesting and instruc- 

 tive. 



Among the Retailers. 



Many of the retailers have taken ex- 



