APRIL 2S, IS'JS. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



867 



Prue-winning group of Ferns at New Orleans. All grown in Jadoo Fibre 

 or watered with Jadoo Liquid. 



a costly wall thereon; about the high 

 standard of The Review, and about 

 his sou's hunting dogs, so pleas^antly 

 that the time slipped quickly away. 

 Oood-by was said with the fervent 

 hope that the warm spring weather 

 will bring back health and strength to 

 Mr. Cartledge, in which wish all his 

 friends will join. J. W. Y. 



PRIZE- WINNING FERNS. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of the prize-winning 

 group of twelve ferns in twelve varie- 

 ties exhibited by Mr. Harry Papworth. 

 gardener to Mrs. T. G. Richardson, at 

 the recent spring show of the New Or- 

 leans Horticultural Society. Referring 

 to the group, Mr. Papworth writes; 



"The large plant in the center is 

 Nephrolepis davallioides furcans. The 

 largest adiantum is A. fragrantissi- 

 mum (on the right). On the left is a 

 fine specimen of Dennstaedtia daval- 

 lioides Youngii. This is the finest plant 

 of the twelve, but did not photograph 

 well. All these plants were grown in 

 Jadoo Fibre. The small plant in front 

 is Adiantum Farleyense grown in soil 

 and watered with Jadoo Liquid. This 

 is really a fine plant, though it appears 

 small by comparison with the others. 

 On the ground is a specimen of Daval- 

 lia buUata. The plants on the other 

 side of the group are A. Bausei, A. Fer- 

 giisonii, and A. cuneatum elegans. On 

 the right is a plant of Asparagus 

 Sprengerii in a hanging basket. This 

 was grown in Jadoo Fibre and won 

 first prize. 



ROCHES! ER. N. Y. 



WHEN you write an advertiser, al- 

 ways state that you saw the adv. in 

 The Florists' Review. 



Condition of Trade. 



Weddings, receptions and various 

 social events created a lively demand 

 for flowers during the week, but the 

 supply has been over plenty and prices 

 have dropped to a much lower point. 

 Roses, which a week ago brought 

 readily $12 per 100, were sold at $3 and 

 $4.00, and plenty of the poorer grades 

 would not bring more than $2.00, re- 

 tailing at all prices. In some stores, 

 cards were up, declaring war in roses; 

 good quality was offered there at oO 

 cents per dozen, while the inferior ar- 

 ticle was still below that figure. 



Bulbous stuff is very cheap and 

 slow to sell, loads of it coming in 

 daily. Carnations also are decidedly 

 abundant. Violets are about over in 

 our neighborhood, excepting the old 

 double English, which is in its prime 

 at present and brings from 50 to 60 

 cents per 100. Sweet peas are excell- 

 ent and quite plentiful, but they also 

 have declined in price; 60 cents is con- 

 sidered the highest figure for the best 

 quality. Lilium longiflorum are still 

 bringing $10 to $12 and are not over- 

 done. Smilax. though rather scarce, 

 is quoted at $12 to $15 and asparagus 

 never fails to bring 50 to 60 cents per 

 string; not much of it is grown in this 

 vicinity. 



Notes. 



Quite a number of flowering plants, 

 which were left over from last week, 

 have been used up in the various de- 

 corations or were otherwise disposed 

 of. The display in the store windows 

 gives evidence that there is still a 

 good supply in all classes on ha-nd. 



but prospects are that the coming 



week may materially assist in clean- 

 ing up all surplus stock. 



Since Easter we have enjoyed mild 

 and very pleasant weather. Trees and 

 shrubs are rapidly budding and the 

 early shrubs, such as forsythias, Spir- 

 aea prunifolia, etc.. are in bloom and 

 a great many perennials begin to be 

 attractive. K. 



NEW YORK, 

 Among the Wholesalers. 



There has been no improvement in 

 the market since my last report. No 

 business, ice boxes full ef flowers, and 

 prices way down almost to summer 

 rates, mirrors the situation. What is 

 the reason? Of course there is a tre- 

 mendous lot of stuff coming in and 

 scarcely any shortening of crops. Be- 

 hind all this, however, is the spectre 

 war, war, war!!! and this seems to 

 be the main cause for the degeneracy 

 of the market and business, and the 

 bearing of prices. Prices, did I say? 

 There have been none. Stock has had 

 no settled value and values are what 

 you could get. 



American Beauties have received 

 terrible punishment, fine hybrids con- 

 tributing a good deal towards this, 

 and some remarkably fine stock of the 

 following are to be seen; Brimners, 

 Jacks. Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. J. 

 Laing, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, Anna de 

 Diesbach, Magna Charta and La 

 France, prices ranging from $:l 00 to 

 $20.00 per 100. A few moss roses aie 

 to be seen, and these realize the Klon- 

 dyke price of $3.00 per dozen. Other 

 rose stock has sold as low as $5.00 to 

 I $10.00 per 1,000. 



j There has been and is a tremendous 

 glut of Harrisii, selling as low as 2 

 ' cents a fiower. Lilies of the valley hava 

 not been quite so plentiful as hereto- 

 fore; other bulb stock a drug in the 

 market. Fancy pinks go slowly for the 

 first time in the season; ordinary 

 kinds fairly well. This applies more 

 specially to Scott, reds not at all. The 

 best grades of all flowers are the great- 

 est sufferers, and the Greeks are in 

 clover. 



The Retailers. 



Trade is very slow In this depart- 

 ment. The war scare has cut down the 

 steamer trade and naturally there are 

 less flowers used, usually quite a 

 heavy item at this season. The future 

 for the seaside resorts is also gloomy, 

 as the public do not care to take any 

 chances of dodging Spanish bullets. 



A few patriotic emblems are to be 

 seen occasionally. The Bridgeman Co. 

 were manufacturing a cannon (smooth 

 bore) for the officers of the Ninth 

 Pennsylvania regiment. National 

 Guard, when I called recently, and 

 flags, ships of war, etc., are among the 

 floral armament these days. 



Seed and Bulb Trade. 



War and its accompanying results 

 are already having their effect on this 



