JANUAKY 22, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



331 



Mr. Paul Pierson, of Briar Cliff, was 

 a visitor to the city Saturday last and 

 reports so general a demand for Beauties 

 that even his immense plant cannot keep 

 pace with the demand. 



Wm. Ford, of Ford Bros., the whole- 

 salers of 30th street, has been very ill 

 for a week with quinsy. He was able to 

 be out again on Monday. 



Mrs. Hafner, mother of Lawrence Haf- 

 ner, died on Fiiday la.st and will be 

 buried today ( Wednesday ) . Mi. Haf- 

 ner has the sympathy of uis many friends 

 of the craft in his bereavement. 



Mr. Patrick O'Mara intends joining 

 his brother and sister shortly in Florida 

 for a few weeks' recuperation. 



Geo. Hildebrandt, with John Young, 

 is recovering from a tonsilitis attack, a 

 complaint that has afflicted many of the 

 florists this month. 



Chas. Koch, of Flatbush, is nursing a 

 lame limb. 



Mrs. William Plumb has been very ill 

 at the Mineola hospital. 



At 4 o'clock Monday morning Roberts 

 & Grunewald, retail florists at 247 Co- 

 lumbus avenue, suffered a serious loss 

 by the complete destruction of their 

 handsome store by fire. 



The meeting of the Brooklyn Horticul- 

 tural Society was held on Monday even- 

 ing at the society's rooms in the 6er- 

 mania building. As the convention draws 

 near the enthusiasm of the society in- 

 creases. Tlie largest possible attendance 

 has been anticipated and provided for. 

 All the committees reported not only 

 progress but completed work. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Cut Flower Trade. 



The cut flower trade during the past 

 week showed some improvement, which 

 was very giatifying indeed, although the 

 transient business was a little quiet. 

 The improvement was in the line of dec- 

 orations and table work, so report some 

 of the large establishments in the West 

 End. Quite a number of orders for 

 weddings, receptions and dinner parties 

 have been booked for the near future. 

 This kind of work should be in good 

 demand from now until Lent. 



Tlie weather the past week was most 

 beautiful and a few days quite warm, 

 which of course made flowers of all 

 kinds more plentiful and caused prices 

 to tumble some. Violets especially, 

 which had recovered greatly since the 

 holidays, suffered the greatest setback, 

 and the figures realized were not more 

 than one-half what our growers expected. 

 They sell for 50 cents per 100 and 

 cheaper in 1,000 lots, and the fakirs are 

 peddling them on all street corners. 



Carnations are again down to 2 cents; 

 that is, colored ones. Tlie white are in 

 greater demand, which keeps the price 

 up oh them. Although the quality of 

 the stock is fine, many of the colored 

 are left over after the morning sales 

 and are dumped the next day. 



Roses are improving in quality, but 

 not enough white are coming in to sup- 

 ply the demand. Good firsts in Beau- 

 ties are very scarce in this market, and 

 always are when you want them. In 

 bulb stock Romans and paper whites 

 are coming better just now. Freesias 

 are in and sell well. Some fine valley 

 was seen the past week, which moved 

 lively. Callas are plentiful, but no Har- 

 risii lilies are in as yet. 



Shipping trade h(as also improved 

 considerably the past week and should 

 be fairly active from now on, so say 

 the wholesalers. 



Notes. 



Miss Millie Young, daughter of John 

 Young, was married last Wednesday to 

 David Millar, of Chicago. The happy 

 couple left the same night for Chicago, 

 where they will reside in the future. 

 Miss Ellison, daughter of William Elli- 

 son and cousin of Miss Young, acted as 

 one of the bridesmaids. The wedding 

 took place at the residence of the bride's 

 father, which was tastefully decorated. 

 Fred Weber, Jr., celebrated his 

 twenty-first birthday on last Saturday, 

 .January 17, at the residence of his 

 parents, 432G Olive street. A very 

 pleasant evening was spent by those 

 jjresent. 



John W. Kunz is back from Cincin- 

 nati and is now in the employ of Uncle 

 Sam, distributing mail. 



W. E. Jordan and wife are back from 

 Omaha, where they went to attend the 

 funeral of their brother-in-law, J. J. 

 Dickey. Willie says the floral designs 

 sent by the Omaha florists were large, 

 beautiful and tastefully arranged. 



The St. Louis Carnation Co., of Clay- 

 ton, Mo., are fast disposing of their 

 50,000 rooted cuttings of standard varie- 

 ties. The stock is of the best, as the 

 cuttings are from well-grown, healthy 

 plants. 



The Lupe Sisters, formerly with Elli- 

 son & Tesson, have opened a place in 

 the Columbia candy store, at 515 Olive 

 street, and report that business has 

 opened up fine. 



George Waldbart, on Grand avenue, 

 has imported a fine lot of plants from 

 Japan, which came in fine condition. 

 Mr. Waldbart says that business in 

 plants and cut flowers was never bet- 

 ter. 



Arthur J. Ellison, late of Ellison & 

 Tesson, left last week for Butte, Mont., 

 to take charge of the State Nursery 

 Company's floral establishment. The 

 florists in Butte will find Arthur a 

 first-class fellow in every respect. Tlie 

 bowlers here very much regret his leav- 

 ing, as our strength in the next bowling 

 match at Milwaukee is lessened about 

 75 per cent. We banked very much on 

 Arthur's bowling ability to win for us. 

 Wm. Trillow, of Chicago, is in town, 

 calling on the trade. 



Mrs. Chas. L. Connon has opened the 

 store lately vacated by Ellison & Tes- 

 son, at 7th and Locust streets, and Char- 

 lie is her manager. 



The Riessen Floral Co., on Broadway, 

 is making a fine show of cut blooms 

 in their large windows, and reports 

 plenty of decorations and funeral work 

 since the holidays. 



Mrs. F. J. Fillmore has inaugurated 

 another series of raffles for three fine 

 araucarias, which will take place just 

 before Easter. Tickets are 25 cents. 

 The three plants were grown by Frank 

 from cuttings and are in the best of 

 condition and of fine shape. 



Mrs. Emily C. North, head of the 

 North Floral Co., at 914 Olive street, 

 and widow of the late Joseph W. North, 

 died at her home in Kimmswick, Mo., 

 at 5 a. m. Saturday after a short ill- 

 ness. Mrs. North leaves a number of 

 grown children and many friends in 

 the trade to mourn her loss. 



Almerin Hotchkiss, superintendent of 

 Bellefontaine Cemetery, died Saturday 



morning at his home in the cemetery, at 

 tlie age of eighty-seven. Mr. Hotch- 

 kiss had been superintendent of this 

 cemetery since 1849. The funeral was 

 lield Sunday, and many in the trade 

 who have known Mr. Hotchkiss for a 

 number of years were present. Frank, 

 his only son, who is assistant superin- 

 tendent, survives him. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



A very good week and enough of ev- 

 erything but smaller grades of roses, 

 coal and money! Newcomers among the 

 "fiowers tnat bloom in the spring" are 

 a few double jonquils via Mann Bros., 

 and a few Dutch hyacinths now and 

 then brought in by Sutermeister. 



The local supply of American Beauties 

 is badly shortened, as is usual at this 

 time of the year, and imported flowers 

 come a bit too high. There are some 

 fairly good Meteors, and both the Waban 

 Rose Conservatories and rose houses of 

 W. H. Elliott are beginning to crop 

 some excellent Liberties, tne latter show- 

 ing a surprisingly active growth and 

 bloom. 



A strong move is being made among 

 lovers of antiquities towards preserving 

 Park Street church on account of its age, 

 style of architecture and religious asso- 

 ciations. Looks like costly sentimental- 

 ism, especially when Boston boasts of 

 so many historic landmarks. 



Tlie Chicago Carnation Co. shows its 

 enterprise by forwarding a box of sample 

 blooms to Boston for exhibition pur- 

 poses. 



Express Rates. 



The following resolutions were passed 

 by a mass meeting of florists at the 

 American House on Saturday, Jan. 17. 

 Your correspondent was unable to attend 

 and extends thanks to the chairman, 

 Wm. J. Stewart, for the following: 



Whereas, The transportation of cut flowers 

 to the Boston market has been carried on 

 for years almost entirely by the Adams, 

 American and National Express companies, 

 who have always carried cut flowers as flrst- 

 class matter and have charged the highest 

 rates on their schedule, but have since Dec. 

 10 1902. arbitrarily and unreasonably increased 

 the price of hauling said goods flfty per cent 

 without in any way increasing the efficiency 

 of their services. 



And whereas. Experience and modern means 

 of conveyance and the establishment by these 

 companies of local offices and brauchea in all 

 sections of the country has very much les- 

 sened for the express companies the cost of 

 transportation and the risl< of handling said 

 goods, which are regularly forwarded every 

 day in the year and consequently they should 

 be transported at reasonable rates Instead of 

 the increased rate now levied. 



And whereas. VVe feel that the present rates 

 are a discrimination against our business and 

 therefore unlawful. 



And whereas. This increase of tariff by the 

 express companies is in line and following the 

 leadership of the great trusts of this country 

 in increasing their prices, not because better 

 prices are deserved, but to multiply their 

 earnings and because they feel they are 

 powerful enough to force the public to agree 

 to their terms. 



Therefore be it resolved. That we. the flower 

 growers, flower shippers and merchants in and 

 about Boston and vicinity assembled under 

 the auspices of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists, protest against the unwarranted, unpre- 

 cedented and oppressive advance made by said 

 companies for the expressing of cut flowers, 

 and that we demand a speedy return to the 

 old rates for such transportation, which amply 

 and sufficiently repay said express companies 

 for any and all risks of handling and the 

 labor and expense of transportation. 

 Signed by committee. 



PATRICK WELCH, 



E. R. .SHAW. 



J. J. McCOKiaiCK. 



Committee. 



W. J. STEWART, Chairman. 

 W. W. TAILBT, Secretary. 

 The following committee was appoint- 



