MAY IJ. IMLS. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



919 



Designs at the funeral of Lieutenant Jenljins, at Pittsburg. 



regular training some good Eoores 

 may be looked for. All games will h^ 

 played exactly as if a tournament was 

 in progress, and all fouls promptly 

 called. At the games last Friday some 

 players were very much surprised to 

 be called down for very slight infrac- 

 tions of the rules, and they will l)e 

 more careful in future. 



The Market. 



Conditions in the wholesale market 

 are much better than last week. Last 

 Saturday things brightened up very 

 considerably and prices stiffened up 

 remarkably. The improved conditions 

 ■were very well maintained Monday. 

 Prices on tea roses range from $'J to 

 Sf5. the bulk of the stock being mar- 

 keted at $.') to ?1. Good carnations all 

 seem to find sale at $-. except in red. 

 of which there is a surplus. Still good 

 flowers of .Jubilee go as high as $4 and 

 other special fancies go at even higher 

 prices. 



This has been a season of remarka- 

 ble fluctuation in prices, the sudden 

 changes in values being at times quite 

 startling. 



City trade has been very flat of late, 

 but outside demand has averaged very 

 good, or the growers would have suf- 

 fered severely. 



All the dealers look forward to an 

 unusually good trade for Decoration 

 Day, owing to the military spirit that 

 has been awakened among the people 

 by the war. 



Various Items. 



Flint Kennicott and 0. P. Bassett 

 have returned from their sojourn at 

 the West Baden springs. 



E. H. Hunt is now strong enough to 

 visit his place of business, but is still 

 far from strong. 



J. A. Budlong's wholesale store will 

 be at :'.T and :'.'.! Randolph street. His 

 son, A. H. Budlong. will be manager, 

 and he will be assisted by John Zeck. 

 formerly with Keinberg Bros, and 

 more recently with S. B. Winter. The 

 store will be open for business next 

 Monday. 



P. J. Hauswirth recently made up a 

 very handsome wreath of orchids of 

 which we secured a photograph and 

 will soon present an engraving. 



C. W. Northrup is sending to Kenni- 

 cott Bros. Co. flowers of a very hand- 

 some yellow tulip, which is called the 

 •■Lily Tulip" for lack of another title. 

 The petals are recurved and at a short 

 instance the flowers look very much 

 like a small yellow lily. They take 

 well in the market. 



E. H. Hunt recently received a large 

 shipment of wheat and is making up a 

 great number of sheaves. He flnds a 

 constantly increasing demand for well 

 made sheaves. Mr. Hunt carries as 

 full and complete a line of florists' 

 supplies as is to be found in the West, 

 and his growing business testifies to 

 an appreciation by the trade of his un- 

 failing courtesy and uniform fair deal- 

 ing. 



Arbor day was most appropriately 



celebrated in Humboldt Park by the 



planting of a host of trees by over 



•2.(HI0 school children. There was an 



excellent program of speaking and 



I singing in addition to the tree plant- 



I ing. and Superintendent Jensen was 



' much pleased with this first attempt at 



a proper observance of the day at this 

 park. 



K. ('. Ainling is sending his custom- 

 ers some neatly designed hangei-s. one 

 containing some patriotic business lit- 

 erature with the AiTierican flag in col- 

 ors, and the other giving the telegraph 

 code. 



Recent visitors were A. T. Bodding- 

 ton, of Clucas & Boddington, and Mr. 

 Henry, of Henry \- Lee. New York. 



President Gude and Secretary Stew- 

 art, of the S. A. F., passed through 

 Chicago yesterday (11th inst.), en 

 route for Omaha to make final ar- 

 rangements for the convention in Au- 

 gust. 



FUNERAL DESIGNS. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph at the funei^al of the 

 late Lieutenant Jenkins, of the ill- 

 fated warship Maine, which took place 

 at Pittsburg. The picture shows a 

 number of designs by Pittsburg flor- 

 ists. 



At the head of the grave is seen a 

 model in flowers of the battleship, 

 which was arranged by Gustave Lud- 

 ■wig. At the left is a large standing 

 piece arranged by Langhans & Co.. 

 and at the right one by Elliott & 

 Ulam. An anchor rests at the foot of 

 the grave. 



A detailed description of the three 

 large designs appeared in our Pitts- 

 burg notes on page 780 of our issue 

 tor April 7. 



NEW YORK. 



The Club Meeting. 



On Monday evening, before the 

 members of the New York Florists' 

 Club were called to order, an im- 

 promptu concert was held in which 

 patriotic airs were indulged in to 

 commemorate the victory at Manila, 

 proving that florists have well cul- 

 tured voices as w-ell as plants and pa- 

 triotism. Professor Carnation Rosea 

 Violacea presided at the organ. 



President Plumb was in the chair 

 and explained that the small attend- 

 ance was due to the drafting of re- 

 cruits, many of the craft having gone 

 to Chickamauga and to Camp Black. 



Atiev the reading of the minutes the 

 exhibition committee reported that 

 they had met the president and secre- 

 tary of the New York Gardeners' Club 

 and had conferred with them with re- 

 gard to holding a joint fall sho'v. The 

 committee reported progress and it 

 was referred back to them to secure 

 more definite information. 



A letter was read from the Educa- 

 tional Alliance, inviting the club to 

 hold an exhibition at their own hall 

 during the month of May or June. 

 After considerable discussion it was 

 evident the notice was too short, and 

 the secretary was instructed to so in- 

 form the association. 



The following gentlemen nominated 

 at the last meeting were then elected: 

 H. A. Kettle. Seabright. N. J.: L. C. 

 Bohbink. Rutherford. X. J.; D. H. 



