APRIL 21, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



843 



the person who did not indulge in one 

 for friend or self. 



The weather allowed plants to be 

 handled at our public markets, and an 

 immense quantity were there disposed 

 of. They were, of course, a little more 

 costly than at any of the greenhouses, 

 but did not seem so because "we 

 bought them on the market." It any- 

 one disagrees with me that the busi- 

 ness was not a substantial ndvance on 

 last year, it must be simply his own 

 experience, and that has no general 

 result, as the world is guided by the 

 inexorable law of "the survival of the 

 fittest." 



A few expressions from the boys will 

 give you a better idea than any lengthy 

 account, for it was their spontaneous 

 expressions before they knew I was 

 interviewing them: 



W. .1. Palmer, Sr.— "I tell you, it was 

 all right, but I thought lilies were not 

 cpiite so sought after." 



W. .1. ReI)stock — "Business fine: en- 

 tirely satisfied, but found large plants 

 were wanted in small quantities." 



W. Belsey — "I never had such an 

 Easter: ran short of supply. My late 

 c.vclamens were a hit." 



S. Anderson — "Plants were rather 

 too much favorites to please me, as I 

 was better fixed on flowers. However, 

 it was all we could ask." 



Rebstock's Annex No. 1 and Annex 

 No. 2 (as well as some other annexes 

 of our experience) say in unison: 

 "What with rent, clerk hire and sun- 

 dries, you are just as well without 

 them." 



W. A. Adams: "I was all right, my 

 boy: sold out to a leaf, and that's more 

 than most can say. Of course, it was a 

 good Easter, but I am so tickled over 

 getting into old man Scott's place at 

 ■ 479 Main street that I have no time to 

 talk, unless you'll come across the 

 street." 



Charles Keitch — "We do not feel 

 quite the rush of Main street, hut 

 found the demand for a pretty plant 

 or an acceptable bunch of flowers far 

 exceeded previous years." 



Mrs. Newlands — There I could find 

 only Mr. Wasson. Mrs. D.'s manager, 

 who expressed himself thus: "We did 

 first rate, you bet. Everything went 

 clean. Say, Bill, there isn't much in 

 azaleas. Never mind, we have an aw- 

 ful good lot of geraniums." 



J. Pickleman — "Oh, yes, of course, 

 Mr. S.: why shouldn't I? I had three 

 thousand longiflorum and Harrisii all 

 in full flower, all in good condition, 

 and sold them well, largel.v on the 

 market: fetched a good price, first- 

 rate. Hope business will keep up." 

 No. thanks. .John: I have other people 

 to see. 



Mr. Buxton — "I never yet saw such 

 a demand for plants and flowers, and 

 although the great demand was for 

 something moderate, it was more prof- 

 itable to me than an expensive plant. 

 1 am much encouraged." 



Thrall, the Florist — "Sacrum paren- 

 tibus et amicus." 



J. Stafflinger— "You bet, I was kept 

 hustling; best time I ever had." 



Henry Millatt, of dignified mien, 

 says: "I had an elegant business and 

 more than satisfied, yet I find, Mr, S , 

 as you say, that costly plants are not 

 the thing. Give me a plant for a dol- 

 lar and I'll sell lots of them." 



I have heard the ladies on the East 

 Side all did a good business, as they 

 deserve, for they are a good, sweet lot, 

 and if I forget their names at this 

 moment, I expect shortly to visit their 

 establishments and thoroughly write 

 them up. 



In conclusion, I visited in the far 

 soiitheastern section of our city Mr. 

 Henry Buddenborg. He has a terri- 

 tory all to himself, and the population 

 tributary to his store and greenhouses 

 is about as large as Lancaster or Erie. 

 Pa. Stylish as is his appearance, he 

 is most affable in manner, and wished 

 me to say that his sales and demand 

 this year warranted him in adding 

 largely to his facilities for future pro- 

 duction. It is just as well to mention 

 here that Mr. H. is wonderfully helped 

 by a rosy, good-natured, clever, in- 

 dustrious little wife, who largely coun- 

 teracts his philosophy. 



Then we called in on the wholesal- 

 ers, and Sebastian Pickleman, active 

 manager of the Florists' Exchange, 

 said: "We have handled more flowers 

 than we supposed we would. Violets 

 we were sadly short of, and carnations 

 could have been sold in much larger 

 quantities." Mr. Kasting I did not find 

 at home, but Mr. Fred Maspholind 

 Stokes, his factotum, said: "I had no 

 idea this was such an event. What 

 ,1 business we could have done if we 

 could have supplied all of our out-of- 

 town orders." 



Then a brief interview with Dan'l B. 

 Long, who is now getting to be almost 

 a patriarch among the boys, ever 

 ready to help them and ever ready to 

 pick up crumbs that fall from the poor 

 florist's table. It Dan don't turn out 

 the greatest floral artist south of the 

 arctic zone. I miss my guess. 



On my way home I called on Philip 

 Scott, who runs 479 Main street, and 

 asked the same question: "How was 

 business?" "Get out of here, quick, 

 and ask the old man," was the answer: 

 and the old man says "Amen" to all 

 the above and 3 per .cent, added. 



■Various Notes. 



The beautiful, unique and only hotel 

 of its kind on this continent, "The 

 Niagara," closed its doors this week. 

 It is the property of Mrs. G. H. Lewis, 

 and as a residence hotel was not pay- 

 ing. It will doubtless soon change 

 hands and be reopened. It is a monu- 

 ment to the enterprise and almost phi- 

 lanthropy of the late Mr. Lewis. Over- 

 looking I.,ake Erie, where she pour:-, 

 the waters of the great lakes into the 

 Niagara river, its situation is simply 

 sublime. Many of the leading florisrs 

 of this country, and a few of others. 

 will remember this majestic but quiet 



place of repose. The bar was in the 

 basement. 



On Sunday, the 10th, about 6:30 p. 

 m.. something, most likely sponta- 

 neous combustion, started a fire in the 

 basement or cellar of Mr. S. Ander- 

 son's store. W. J. Palmer & Son's 

 large store is next door. It only burnt 

 a small hole in the floor, but terribly 

 damaged the contents of the stores of 

 both Messrs. Palmer and Anderson. 

 We hear that losses on plants, flow- 

 ers and fixtures have been amicably 

 settled by the insurance companies, 

 and if they got post-Easter prices on 

 unsold stock, a little smoke is not an 

 unmixed blessing. 



No drummers this week, except 

 Mott, and he has become almost a res- 

 ident. '^- S. 



BOSTON. 



Mass. Hort. Society. 



At the weekly exhibition of the 

 Mass. Hort. Society. John Mutch, gar- 

 dener to .1. E. Rothwell, was awarded 

 a silver medal for Cypripedium ni- 

 veum grandiflorum. a very handsome 

 and extra large white flower of good 

 substance. A first class certificate of 

 merit was won by the same exhibitor 

 for Cyp. T. W. Bond, a cross between 

 C. Curtisii and C. hirsutissimum fa 

 seedling sent out by Hugh Low & Co.), 

 a flower of exquisite color and mark- 

 ing. J. E. Howard exhibited a fine 

 seedling of Amaryllis vittata and was 

 awarded a gratuity. H. A. Wheeler 

 also received a gratuity for a finely 

 grown and well flowered Crimson 

 Rambler rose. 



Trade Conditions. 



Business is very quiet, but the calm 

 after the storm was to be expected, 

 and all will now have time to cast up 

 their accounts. 



Club Dinner. 



Although late in the season., the 

 Florists' Club has decided to hold its 

 annual dinner on May 3. The dinner 

 will be served in Horticultural Hail. 

 Tickets may be had from Mr. Chas. J. 

 Dawson, the secretary. 



Park Improvements. 



Mr. J. A. Pettigrew, superintendent 

 of the Boston park system, is very busy 

 with a large force of men planting 

 trees and shrubs and improving the 

 old and new grounds. It is said that 

 over 100.000 trees and shrubs will be 

 planted this spring. 



The Public Garden. 



City Forester Doogue has been beau- 

 tifying the Public Garden with hya- 

 cinths, tulips and narcissus that had 

 been grown in pots. These, with the 

 pansies and daisies, make a cliarming 

 display. 



A Summonsed Party. 



On April 14 C. W. Hoitt. of Nashua. 



