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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



MARCH 31. 1S98. 



I answered weakly that I had not, but , 



feeling a twinge of conscience added 

 that I knew in a general sort of way 

 what was in Tlie Review. Mrs. Harris 

 smiled at my confusion. "Oh. I don't 

 mean anything that poor dear Mr. 

 Farson or you wrote," she said, "but 

 that unkind charge of hypocrisy 

 against Mr. Wanamaker — 'Holy John' 

 indeed! Why. if it was not for Mr. 

 Wanamaker we could not have afford- 

 ed to buy lots of nice things last win- 

 ter." 



Notes. 



S. S. Pennock is receiving some fine 

 "Bird-in-Hand" carnations from E. J. 

 Weaver. The variety resembles Helen 

 Keller somewhat in coloring. 



Quite a number of weddings are ex- 

 pected in Easter week. 



One of our crack Beauty growers 

 shortens his stems when the price is 

 not sufficiently long. 



Yellow daisies and single jonquils 

 are much in evidence in the stores. 



Some colored swainsona, pink and 

 blue, sent over from New York, did 

 not sell. The colors are not "lively" 

 enough. 



B. A. Seidewitz, Baltimore. Benja- 

 min Durfee, Washington, Henry Sei- 

 brecht, New Rochelle, and J. L. Dillon, 

 Bloomsburg. were in the city last 

 week. J. W. Y. 



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COPVKIGUT 1898. 



NE-W YORK. 



Among the Wholesalers. 



Down! down!! down!!! That is 

 where the prices have been going the 

 last few weeks and it is hard to say at 

 this writing when the down grade will 

 stop. Not much before Easter, any- 

 way, and if the quantity of stuff com- 

 ing in now is any indication of the fu- 

 ture, there will undoubtedly be no sur- 

 pluses by the time Easter arrives. 



The quantity of Beauties coming in 

 now is phenomenally large, and ac- 

 cordingly prices phenomenally low, 20 

 cents apiece for fancy stock being the 

 limit asked. It is a pity this commod- 

 ity cannot be more evenly distributed 

 over the season. 



The top price for Maids and Brides 



is $6.00 to $8.00 per 100, when you can 

 sell them, and $10.00 per 1,000 when 

 you can't; that is, for a "straight slip" 

 or "as they run;" "run of the mine," 

 so to speak. 



Meteors are way down, while Brun- 

 ners reach top at 35 cents for the very 

 best. It is a peculiar fact that "red 

 goods" are slow stock at this season 

 of the year, the opposite from Christ- 

 mas. 



The carnation market is fairly 

 strong, the light supply and off crop 

 tending, if anything, to "bear" — with 

 prospects of a shortage at Easter, the 

 recent mild weather contributing a 

 good deal to this fact. 



Violets sell in quantity at $1.00 per 

 1,000, while a few extra lots sell for 25 

 cents per hundred. Bulb stuff is sell- 

 ing below cost of production, and there 

 is a glut in all lines, valley and Von 

 Sions suffering most. 



Cattleyas are getting very scarce 

 and hard to pick up at fair prices. Tak- 

 en as a whole, however, this commod- 

 ity has fared very well during the win- 

 ter. Smilax is still a good thing, while 

 purple lilac sells poorly; white some- 

 what scarce. 



Mr. John Raynor is optimistic of the 

 future, and does not believe there will 

 be any war, but in case the lumber 

 market should be cornered he has laid 

 in an extra supply of shipping boxes 

 for the Easter trade. 



Victor Zuber, of Flushing, L. I., the 

 well known grower of hybrids, is send- 

 ing some very fine Brunners to Mr. 

 Thomas Young. Jr. 



Ussing & Nelson are getting settled 

 in their new store, 115 West Thirtieth 

 street. They are, I believe, the last of 

 the Forty-third street contingent to 

 move into New York's "Covent Gar- 

 den" district. 



Mr. G. E. Bradshaw is receiving 

 some excellent carnation Buttercups, 

 besides some Connecticut violets, from 

 Mr. A. Wuerz, of Darian. 



N. Y. Florists* Ass'n. 



At the special meeting of the New 

 York Market Florists' Association 

 there were about fifty members pres- 

 ent. The principal business was the 

 signing of applications for stands, and 

 about forty-two responded. The fol- 

 lowing growers were elected: J. Bau- 

 man, Middle Village, L. I.; Chas. 

 Trauth, Flatbush, L. I. On a motion 

 it was decided to open the market 

 March 28, at 4 a. m., and to continue 

 the market as long as the weather and 

 business permitted. The following 

 members were appointed as executive 

 committee: J. Birnie, E. J. Van Rey- 

 per, J. T. Schupp, T. Fieldhouse, W. 

 Brennecke, with power to act on all 

 important matters affecting the asso- 

 ciation. Mr. F. Lehnig, who has fully 

 recovered from his recent illness, pre- 

 sided. The next regular meeting will 

 be held April 12th, owing to Easter 

 week. 



Various Items. 



Mr. J. M. Logan, late superintendent 

 for Whitelaw Reid. will in future en- 



gage in the landscape business, with 

 offices at White Plains and New York 

 city. Mr. Logan is vice-president of 

 the New York Florists' Club and well 

 known in horticultural circles. 



The National Florists' Board of 

 Trade was recently incorporated, with 

 the following officers: President, AI- 

 van Thomas; vice-president, Charles 

 D. McDougall; secretary and treasurer, 

 Cornelius S. Loder. They will move 

 into more commodious quarters at an 

 early date, and say their membership 

 has doubled since the first of the year. 



Mr. A. J. Wadley, New Brunswick, 

 N. J., was a recent visitor. 



Brooklyn. 



Rudolph Jahn, 492 Nostrand avenue, 

 Brooklyn, I am sorry to state, has 

 made an assignment for the benefit of 

 his creditors. He carried on a retail 

 business, and ascribes his failure to 

 the dull times and slow collections. 



ST. LOUIS. 



March Business Good. 



The March business has been very 

 good. Everybody seems satisfied, and 

 stock has not been overplentiful the 

 last few days. The past week we have 

 had lots of rain and one day a good 

 snow storm, but not cold enough to do 

 any harm. A few days of warm spring- 

 like weather will make the shipping 

 trade boom. 



Easter Stock. 



Easter stock is in good shape all 

 along the line and should the weather 

 turn warm there will be plenty of it 

 on hand at all the growers. The flow- 

 ers that come in now are not so good 

 in quality as they have been, but in 

 sufficient quantities to satisfy the buy- 

 ers. 



The fact that there will be an in- 

 creased demand for Easter is proved 

 by several large orders that have been 

 placed already for Easter business. The 

 wholesale men say that Easter prices 

 will take effect about April 7. 



Current Prices. 



Prices on stock were as follows the 

 past week: In roses, good first-class 

 Brides, Maids, Meteors (very scarce) 

 and Carnots, $6; seconds, $3 and $4; 

 Woottons and Perles, $3; La France, 

 $5. Beauties are still very scarce and 

 the best are selling at $4 per dozen; 

 short ones 60 cents and $1 per dozen. 

 Carnations are very fine just now and 

 the demand exceedingly good. The 

 fancy kinds sell at $3 and the others 

 from $1.50 to $2 per 100. 



Bulb stock has been a drug for two 

 weeks past, but slackened up somewhat 

 at the end of the week. Harrisii have 

 been in great demand, the price going 

 up from $6 to $10. Callas are also in 

 fair demand at $8. Romans and paper 

 whites are scarce; Dutch hyacinths 

 plentiful at $3 and $4 and a great many 

 of them going to waste. Valley is very 

 fine at $4. Tulips have been selling bet- 

 ter but low, $2 being the price. 



