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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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House of Beauties at Peter Reinbere's, Chicago. Benched May 15. Photographed Oct. 14. 



A Trip to Briar ClifL 



Next week fuller details as to the new- 

 house at "Briar Cliff" and those who vis- 

 ited it on Thursday last will be given. 

 Nearly forty visitors accepted the invi- 

 tation of Mr. Paul M. Pierson to an out- 

 ing up the Hudson, which was accom- 

 panied witli perfect weather and every 

 possible courtesy, making the day a mem- 

 orable one for all. The visitors met at 

 the Grand Central station at 9:30 a. m. 

 and under the chaperonage of Mr. L. 

 Pierson and Mr. Sefton proceeded to 

 Scarboro, where carriages were in wait- 

 ing, and Messrs. Paul and F. R. Pierson 

 on hand to w-eleome us. The trip w-as at 

 once begun to the Briar Cliff Farms, 

 where the many greenhouses were in- 

 spected and where the model farm of 

 VV. W. Law, Esq., excited universal ad- 

 miration. 



In the rose houses the stock was in 

 grand condition, and a pleasant incident 

 there was the personal welcome of Mr. 

 Law, who made everybody feel at home. 

 The inspection of the dairy houses with 

 their 1,200 Jerseys occupied a delightful 

 hour, and the processes of caring for the 

 cows and preparing the milk and butter 

 for market were fully explained by the 

 competent superintendent. It may inter- 

 est your readers to know that the butter 

 made here sells in New York at 80 cents 

 a pound, the cream at $1 a quart and the 

 milk at 12 cents a quart. So much for 

 absolute purity. 



The new greenhouse which everybody 

 came to see is 55x300 and has its coun- 

 terpart at Scarboro, described in my notes 

 on my visit to F. R. Pierson's a few 

 weeks ago. The curved sash bar. made 

 of galvanized iron. V-shaped, is the 

 interesting feature in the construction. 

 Into the iron bar the cypress is fitted in 

 such a way as to prevent decay. The 

 size of glass is 24x16, and the curved 

 panes at the eaves make danger from 

 iee impossible. The amount saved yearlj- 

 in the item of painting alone is from 

 three to four hundred dollars. Not a 

 particle of wood is in the interior of the 

 building. The general opinion expressed 

 by all was: "The finest house I ever 

 saw." Both Messrs. Pierson and Sefton. 

 the builder^, were present and gave 



everybody a thorough description of the 

 construction, which further details w'ill 

 make plain in a later issue. 



The visitors were given an elaborate 

 dinner at Briar Cliff Lodge, one of the 

 finest hotels on the Hudson. The day 

 was voted a "red letter" one by all. A 

 number of large growers were present 

 from outside cities, as the list follow- 

 ing will indicate: Ernst G. Asmus, 

 West Hoboken, N. J.; Ellwood Brant, 

 Madison. N. J.; S. S. Butterfield, New 

 York; Benj. Dorrance, Dorranceton. 

 Pa.; Eugene Dailledouze. Flatbush, N. 

 Y. ; Mr. Doremus, Madison. N. J.; Jos. 

 Heacock. Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry 

 Hentz, Jr.. Madison. N. J.: J. C. Hill- 

 man, New York; Edwin Lonsdale, Phila- 

 delphia. Pa.; Alex. Montgomery, Natick, 

 Mass.; Frank L. Moore, Madison, N. J.; 

 A. T. Dc La Mare, New York; Frank 

 McMahon. Seabright, N. J. : Joseph Jlil- 

 lang. New York; S. C. Nash. Clifton, N. 

 J.; A. N. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; W. 

 R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn.; Robert 

 Simpson, Clifton, N. J.; J. Austin Shaw, 

 New Y'ork; W. J. Stewart, Boston, 

 Mass.; John H. Taylor, Bavside, N. Y. ; 

 A. L. Tliorne, Flushing, L. I.; E. J. Tay- 

 lor, Southport, Conn. ; C. W. Ward. 

 Queens, L. I. 



Brooklyn Horticultural Society. 



The regular meeting of the Brooklyn 

 Horticultural Society took place at the 

 Germania Club, 122 Schermerhorn street, 

 on Monday evening. The fact that just 

 thirteen were present is no indication of 

 an unlucky convention, although lacldng 

 two of a quorum. The meeting resolved 

 itself into an informal gathering and 

 during the evening harmonious discus- 

 sion towards the completion of all plans 

 for the great session in February was 

 indulged in. 



The next meeting will take place on 

 Wednesday evening, December 10, and at 

 tliat time a large attendance is request- 

 ed. On February 18 Mr. Ward will give 

 a lecture on his favorite subject. On 

 Friday evening, February 20, the ban- 

 quet will be given in the Germania Club, 

 and a finer room for the purpose it 

 would be hard to find. Arrangements 

 are already completed for the accommo- 

 dation of 300 guests at the feast, and 



the menu submitted met with general 

 approval. The membership is now fifty- 

 five and it is expected that the society 

 will number 100 before the convention. 

 Mr. Wallace gave some interesting 

 reminiscences of his western visit, his 

 impressions of the great greenhouse 

 plants around Chicago and Joliet, and 

 the fine business skill of James Harts- 

 horne in securing "Fiancee," for which 

 he predicts a great future. Brooklyn 

 seems thoroughly alive to the honor done 

 the city by the Carnation Society and 

 intends to "do itself proud." 



Notes. 



The New York Florists' Club will hold 

 its annual meeting Monday evening, De- 

 cember 8. The election of officers will 

 be of s]3ecial interest this season and a 

 big crowd of members is expected. 



There is a new wholesale firm in town. 

 Ridell & Co., 34 W. 29th street, close to 

 Gunther's. Mr. Ridell was formerly 

 with Mr. Thos. Young, and is well known 

 by the trade and is popular. 



Bradshaw & Hartman's fifty cases of 

 holl}' arrived Saturday in good condition 

 and are going fast for Thanksgiving. 

 Owing to the long drought south this 

 season the outlook for first-class holly 

 for Christmas is rather cloudy and the 

 supply will certainly be limited. 



Dunne & Co. have an interesting nov- 

 elty from Porto Rico, a few dozen pine- 

 apple plants, every one with its ripe 

 "apple." fully developed. They are 

 planted in tubs and sell at $5 each. 



I notice the "Anna Foster" fern in 

 all the Bon Ton windows on Fifth ave- 

 nue and Broadway. In 7 and 8-inch 

 pots it seems to be very popular, and 

 the sale of the large plants has been 

 almost universal in the leading stores 

 of the city. 



Charles Millang's new conservatory 

 has been filled and emptied a half dozen 

 limes since its completion, with splendid 

 and salable palms and ferns. He finds 

 this new feature of his business very 

 encouraging and next year will double 

 his capacity. 



Bowling. 



The New York bowlers found the cold 

 northeaster too wet a proposition for 

 bowling enthusiasm and only a few ma- 

 terialized on ilonday evening. The 

 scores follow: 



Siebrecht 1511 146 165 22] 



Lang 195 185 ISI 177 



Traendlv 163 170 136 11" 



Thielmanii 180 187 17T 220 



Mansfield 178 162 158 197 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



The weather and all things consid- 

 ered, more goods were to be expected 

 than came in, and more customers should 

 have been in after them. But there 

 was enough for the demand and a few 

 to carry over. 



The big football game being at New 

 Haven, did not wake up the business on 

 even Crimson and blue goods as much 

 as it might and. I hardly think, as much 

 as was expected, and prices on such 

 goods were enlianced but little thereby. 



Chrysanthemums are still coming 

 quite "freely, but it is expected that they 

 will drop out of the market earlier this 

 year than for a year or two past, be- 

 cause they came in extra early. Per- 

 haps, as of old. Thanksgiving may about 

 clear them up this year. No tears will 

 l>e shed. 



Nothing new except a little store at 



