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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



APRIL 21. 1S9S. 



N. H., entertained a select circle of 

 friends, all more or less interested in 

 horticulture, among whom may be 

 noted many of the old guard of Boston 

 and district. The invitation was in the 

 form of a subpoena summons, and was 

 by all reports well responded to. The 

 Boston guests were met by their genial 

 host and many other friends. An elec- 

 tric car had been chartered to convey 

 the party to the many places of interest 

 in the vicinity of the old township, 

 which occupied about two hours, after 

 which they were guided to a substan- 

 tial repast, to which all did ample jus- 

 tice. The dining room was handsome- 

 ly decorated with palms and cut flow- 

 ers very effectively arranged. The 

 summonses brought forth some able 

 replies from many of the guests as 

 well as several replies by letter. 



New Greenhouses. 

 Mr. Oakes Ames, of North Eastou 

 (Carl Blomberg. gardener), is about 

 commencing the erection of four more 

 greenhouses, three entirely for grow- 

 ing orchids and one for palms. It is 

 reported that Lord & Burnham have 

 the contract. C. H, J. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Easter Report. 



Now that the smoke of battle has 

 lifted, as writers who delight in meta- 

 phors would say. it is possible to see 

 more clearly over the field. It seems 

 that Easter business was better than 

 last year; that the increase was chiefly 

 in blooming plants: that cut flowers 

 from out of town, especially carna- 

 tions, were sent in too late on the Sat- 

 urday before Easter, Many more 

 carnations could have been profitably 

 sold on Friday or early Saturday 

 morning which had to be carried over 

 until Easter Monday, because not re- 

 ceived until the last moment. Satis- 

 faction is general. Of course, some 

 murmurs are he.nrd. Mr, A. bought 

 'steen too many Crimson Ramblers 

 and Mr. B, wishes he hadn't become so 

 thoroughly convinced lilies would be 

 scarce. But bless you, they'll come 

 out all right in the end. 



Prices fell on Easter Monday, roses 

 about 2.'^ per cent, and carnations FiO 

 per cent. Last week's nuotations are 

 about as follows: Beauties. $1 to $4.."n 

 a dozen, the quality excellent: Perles, 

 %4: Meteors, $4 to $fi; Brides and 

 Maids. $4 to -tfi. a very few specials 

 said to bring $S: Carnots. f.4 to SR a 

 few $S to $10: Brunners. $2 to $r^ a 

 dozen: the latter are mostly Ander- 

 son's, and while the price has remain- 

 ed the same as during Lent, the 

 blooms are thought even better vabtp 

 for the monev: carnations. fT.^O to $2, 

 a few J."?: violets are becomine- rare'-' 

 valley. $?. to $4: Von Sion, Sri: lilies. .?<! 

 to SIO; adiantum. SI to %-[M. 



The ■"■■eddine-s have used m.i"v 

 flowers, but the warmer weMtber b-is 

 so increased production that the ni.tr- 

 ket is beavv at times. 



Plant trade is of course ciuiet, 



Horticultural Meetings. 



The Germantown Horticultural So- 

 ciety's meeting on Monday evening 

 was rather slimly attended. President 

 Edward Neville occupied the chair for 

 the first time since hiselection andwas 

 warmly welcomed. The garden com- 

 petition has not attracted much atten- 

 tion so far, but the plan will be tried 

 probably on a small scale. Among the 

 plants exhibited were a fine specimen 

 Azalea Madame Van der Cruyssen and 

 some small plants of Kalmi;i latifolla 

 from Albert Woltemate, 



My account of the spring show of 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety has been criticised. It is said 

 that the paragraph conveys the im- 

 pression that the show was a very fine 

 one. I think the criticism is just. 

 What was shown was of good quality 

 but the show was very small. The 

 florists cannot be expected to do much 

 at this season. If a spring show is 

 not well supported by the private 

 places it can hardly be representative. 



Expressions about Easter Business. 



The Review desired expressions of 

 opinion about Easter from prominent 

 growers, wholesalers and retailers. It 

 was impossible to ask more than a 

 few. but the replies given may be 

 fairly taken as a guide to the general 

 feeling. 



In each case a member of the firm 

 or their foreman was asked: 



"Did you have a good Easter?" 



"Yes. sold everything." Wm, K, Har- 

 ris. 



"Could have sold two thousand more 

 lilies," Robert Craig & Son. 



"Not an Azalea left." Henry A. 

 Dreer. 



"First rate: never better," Robert 

 Scott & Son, 



"Cleared up pretty well." Samuel S. 

 Pennock. 



"Would have been even better had 

 stock come in time," Edward Reid. 



"What do you want to know for?" 

 This Americanism from Albert Wolte- 

 mate who afterwards added, "Better 

 than last year." 



"Very good." Edwin Lonsdale. 



"Plants led cut flowers." William 

 Bergen. 



"Good." Pennock Bros. 



"Really good, but room for improve- 

 ment," Robert Crawford. Jr. 



"Excellent." .1, .T. Habermehl & 

 Sons. 



"Good business." Smith & Whiteley. 

 The full force of this can best be ap- 

 preciated when it is remembered that 

 though this firm seem to the casual 

 observer to dispose of a good share of 

 stock, the junior partner has hereto- 

 fore always shaken his head mourn- 

 fully and replied: "I don't know how 

 things are with others, but with us 

 they are very slow." 



"Pretty fair." Stokes & Coeleur. 



"Excellent," Charles H. Fox. 



"First rate, though some slocks were 

 unsold." George Craig. 



"Very," David Cliffe. 



Notes. 



At the April meeting of the Gun 

 Club George Anderson broke 25 tar- 

 gets straight at known angles. 



Large quantities of exquisite arbutus 

 are offered on the street. One. of the 

 fakirs was asked the price and said 

 it was "ten cents a bunch in the morn- 

 ing." What do you suppose he 

 meant? J. W. Y. 



WASHINGTON. 



Now that everyone has had a chance 

 to look over his Easter trade it is the 

 opinion of one and all that they did 

 pretty well. All are satisfied with 

 their efforts and there are no "if I 

 bad done so and so I would have, etc." 

 Everyone seems to have had just 

 enough to satisfy their trade, without 

 having a surplus, or not enough. It 

 was neatly planned. 



The present week has been ex- 

 tremely quiet. Spring blossoms are 

 appearing on the streets, such as cher- 

 ry, peach and a few apple blossoms. 

 Several of the stores are exhibiting 

 some fine rhododendrons in pots, 

 which are very showy. 



The Commercial Florists extend 

 their thanks to the Review for the 

 able editorial of last week on the free 

 distribution of flowers by the govern- 

 ment. W. H. K. 



THE WASHINGTON MEETING. 



Editor Florists' Review: In reply to 

 Mr. A. Gude. who. in his article in The 

 Review of April 14. asks me to "stick 

 to the truth." I would say I try to do 

 so at all times, and he has known me 

 long enough to know that I do. 



I have nothing to change in the arti- 

 cle I wrote concerning <:he meeting of 

 the executive committee of the S. A. 

 F. in Washington last month. Upon 

 interviewing all who were approached 

 by Mr, Gude. I find they agree with 

 me that my statement was as they un- 

 derstood it. W. H. K. 



PITTSBURG. 



Business is keeping up well. A fair 

 demand for cut flowers and the usual 

 amount of funeral work allows no ac- 

 cumulation of surplus stock. Bulbous 

 stock in this vicinity is about exhaus- 

 ted except lilies: this will have a ten- 

 dency to increase the demand for roses 

 and carnations. 



Visitors last week were Messrs. W, 

 F. Kasting, Buffalo. N. Y.: H. Zyp, of 

 H. Zyp & Co., Uijgest. Holland. 



At a recent visit to the greenhouse 

 of Mr. Wm. Lauch, Carrick, Pa., your 

 correspondent found everything in 

 fine condition. "How was the Easter 

 trade with you?" "Very good: bette:' 

 than ever." Mr. Lauch is one of the 

 largest growers of carnations in wes- 

 tern Pennsylvania. 



The next meeting of the Pittsburg 

 and .Allegheny Florists' andGardeners' 

 Club will be held Monday night. April 

 25th. ' T. P. L. 



