JANUARY 22, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



347 



Red Standard Flower pots; Fern, Azalea and 

 Palm pots. 



HARRISO N POTTERY. Harrison. Ohio. 



Red pots. Write for prices and sample pot. 

 Colesburg Pottery Co., Colesburg. Iowa. 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



Sphagnum moss of first quality. Can ship at a 

 moment's notice — 2 bales, $1.50; 10-bale lots. 

 $6.00. Z . K. Jewett & Co.. Sparta. Wis. 



Sphagnum moss, 50c per bag; $1.00 per bbl. 

 n. M. Robinson & Co., 32 Court sq., Boston, 

 Mass. 



Fresh 5 bbl. bale. $1.25; 3 bales. $3.25; 5 

 bales, $5.00. H. R. Akers. Chatsworth. N. J. 



Sphagnum Moss. Write for prices on large 

 quantities. Growl Fern Co., Milllngton. Mass. 



SQUIRRELS. 



SQUIRRELS FOR SALE. GRAY squirrels, 

 $.3-00 pair. Fl.vlnp and small red pine squlrrele. 

 $2.00 pair. Send for large catalogue. 



Schmid's Florists' Supply House, Washing- 

 ton. D. C. 



TIN FOIL 



American brand FLORIST FOIL— The stand- 

 ard foil of America. 

 John J. Crooke Co.. 186 Grand St.. New York. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Model Extension Carnation Supports and Gal- 

 vanized Rose Staiies. Parker-Bruen Mfg. Co., 

 208 Jersey st., Harrison. N. J. 



WIRE WORK. 



We are the largest manufacturers of wire 

 work In the west. McKellar & Wlnterson, 



45. 47. 49 Wabash ave.. Chicago. 



Wired toothpicks. 10,000. $1.50; 50.000. $6.25. 

 Sample free. For sale bv dealers. 



W. J. COWBE. Berlin. N. Y. 



Emil Steffens. Manufacturer of Florists' Wire 

 Designs. 335 East 2l8t St., New York. 



We are manufacturers — no middleman's 

 profits. 



C. C. POLLWORTH CO.. Milwaukee. Wis. 



Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St., New York. 

 Manufacturers of Wire Designs. 



B. H. Hunt. 76-78 Wabash ave.. Chicago. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



A Banquet. 



The Tarrytown Horticultural Society's 

 fourth annual banquet was enjoyed on 

 Wednesday evening, January 14, and a 

 jolly company of over fifty attended. 

 Anticipations of the usual good time 

 were fully realized. The Florence hotel 

 maintained its reputation. A dinner 

 "like mother used to make"' and without 

 the necessity of "the flowing bowl" de- 

 tracted nothing from the enjoyment of 

 the evening. 



President David McFarlane made an 

 excellent toastmaster, and told an ex- 

 perience with his mule on the occasion 

 of the last Poughkeepsie banquet that 

 convulsed the company and prepared 

 them for the flow of wit. and oratory 

 that followed. The decorations were of 

 carnations and Nephrolcpis Piersoni. 



Mr. A. Brown, president of the village, 

 gave an interesting tribute to the intel- 

 lectuality of the organization and the 

 credit to the town which the society 

 demonstrated. 



The Dutchess County Society was ably 

 represented by Mr. Clarence Reynolds 

 and Mr. W. G. Saltford, of Poughkeep- 

 sie. Mr. Reynolds gave a very interest- 

 ing address, full of congratulations and 

 good advice as to the summer outings 

 of his society at the different private 

 establishments. His beautiful allegory 

 on the birth of the colonies of the roses 

 was a masterpiece of descriptive ora- 

 tory. Mr. Reynolds is one of the lec- 

 turers at Vassar College and an amateur 

 florist of no mean accomplishments. 



M. D. Reynolds, of the "Argus," fol- 



lowed in an eloquent address, lauding 

 with enthusiasm the achievements of the 

 society and its power for good in the 

 community. 



Mr. Butterfield, of the "Exchange," 

 sang his "Wreath of Roses " to the evi- 

 dent delight of his audience and was in 

 excellent voice. 



He was followed by the representative 

 of the Review in recitations, including 

 some original lines on Tarrytown. 



Dr. Russell told some of his inimitable 

 stories. Mr. Whyte sang. Mr. Elliott 

 "discoursed sweet music" on the violin. 

 Mr. Cobb, Mr. Scott, Mr. Withers, Mr. 

 Lawrie and Mr. Kirby made addresses 

 and the evening's festivity closed in the 

 wee small hours as usual with "Auld 

 Lang Syne." Shaw. 



FLATBUSH, N. Y. 



The prize bowling contest last Thurs- 

 day evening was well attended and 

 proved to be a very hilarious gathering. 

 The "old guard" were at their best and 

 after the regular battle was over scores 

 were made of 19'2 by Siebrecht, 197 by 

 Raynor and 199 by Thielman. 



The first game recorded below indi- 

 cates the prize winners in order of suc- 

 cess and the articles chosen from the 

 "mixed up" packages where the element 

 of uncertainty and the public unfolding 

 added interest and hilarity to the occa- 

 sion. 



No. 1— W. H. Siebrecht. 177 (193)— Silk muf- 

 fler and box of coal. 



No. 2— David Mellls, 167— History of the Boer 

 War. 



No. 3— Jno. J. Raynor, 165 (104)— Knife. 



No. 4— John Thielman, 163 (129)— Morocco 

 cigar case. 



No. 5— Louis Schmutz. 153 <118)— Fifty HaTa- 

 nas. 



No. 6 — Patrick Riley. 146 (175) — Marble vase. 



No. 7— Eugene Da.illedouze, 144 (1S2)— Bottle 

 of the "Crather." 



No. 8— Henry Dailledouze, 137 (124)— Box 

 cigars. 



No. 9— Alfred Zeller, 132 (114)— Two boxes of 

 tobacco. 



No. 10— S. S. Butterfield. 130 (95)— Box of 

 cigars. 



No. 11— G. B. Irwin, 12C (IH)— Automobile. 



No. 12— J. A. Shaw, 120 (147)— Box of cigars. 



No. 13— Frank Clarke, 110 (112)— History of 

 the Spanish war. 



All the prizes were valuable and most 

 of them fell into the right hands for 

 immediate use. These contests should 

 occur more frequently; thev are conduc- 

 ive to fraternity and enthusiasm. But 

 one is always sure of a pleasant Thtirs- 

 day evening at the alleys of the Flat- 

 bush Bowling Club. 



J. Aus'HN Shaw. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



During the past week there has been 

 little improvement either in the con- 

 dition of the market or of business. 

 Business in general is not any better 

 than last week. The weather was very 

 cold and stormy. 



Maids and Brides are a little more 

 plentiful, but not enough to supply the 

 demand. American Beauty roses are 

 very scarce. Red and yellow roses are 

 also short in supply. 



Carnations are not moving briskly at 

 all, and values are hard to maintain at 

 last week's figures. There has been 

 little or no improvement in the car- 

 nation situation. The finest grades of 

 common varieties have been freely of- 

 fered this week at $15 per 1,000, with 

 good, ordinary blooms at .$10 per 1,000; 



even at these figures it was impossible 

 to dispose of all of them. 



Fancies bring from $3 to $5 per 100. 

 Paper white narcissus are not so plenti- 

 ful and sell only fairly well at $3 per 

 100. 



In Allegheny the demand for funeral 

 work was good. E. C. Ludwig and 

 Gustave & J. W. Ludwig made up some 

 very large designs last week. Briten- 

 baugh Bros, had a very large decoration 

 at the Concordia Club. 



Streiff & Neigel report business very 

 good. Frank Faulk is the narcissus 

 dealer and he always has plenty of 

 them. 



The Pittsburg Cut Flower Company 

 is receiving large quantities of white 

 lilacs and fine double violets. 



Black Diamonds. 



The coal question is still an unpleasant 

 one to all of the growers in this section, 

 gi-eat difficulty being experienced in ob- 

 taining car-load lots of these black dia- 

 monds. It seems the dealers cannot get 

 coal from the mines fast enough to meet 

 the shipping orders. 



J. W. Wyland, of De Haven, Pa., is 

 using natural gas as fuel under his boil- 

 ers. Mr. Wyland has his own gas well 

 and had an ample supply during the 

 recent cold spell. 



Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Elliott, of Ches- 

 wick, Pa., sailed last Wednesday for 

 Jamaica, to make a six weeks' trip 

 through the West Indies. 



Visitors: E. Bernheimer and S. S. 

 Skidelsky, of Philadelphia, and E. C. 

 Beatty, of Oil City, Pa. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



CARNATIONS REGISTERED. 



Mrs. William Seward Webb — Color 

 white, a sport from Mrs. Bradt that 

 has not reverted in three years 

 and is therefore considered as fixed 

 and a distinct variety. Flower very 

 large, the original being small in com- 

 parison, very double and deeply fringed. 

 More healthy and vigorous than Bradt, 

 with a longer stemmed flower that is 

 fragrant. By P. J. Fay (gardener to 

 Dr. W'illiam Seward Webb), Shelburne, 

 Vt. 



Tiger — Color orange striped pink, size 

 two and one-half to three inches, calyx 

 very strong, seldom splitting, type that 

 of Mayor Pingree, habit stiff, needing 

 no supports, foliage a dark green and 

 an early and continuous free bloomer. 

 By Henry Eichholz, Wayuesboro, Pa. 



With the American Carnation Society, 

 Albert M. Hekr, See'y, Lancaster, Pa. 



Freeport, 111. — Louis Bauscher re- 

 ports Christmas trade as good with an 

 increased demand for potted plants, es- 

 pecially plants in bloom. Evidently the 

 custom of sending friends beautiful 

 plants as Christmas gifts is increasing. 

 And all our deliveries had to be made 

 on Dec. 24 with the thermometer regis- 

 tering but 7 degrees above zero and a 

 brisk west wind. The florists no doubt 

 appreciate the change in custom and 

 should supply good stock in order to 

 stimulate this demand, but it is to be 

 hoped that better weather for delivery 

 will prevail in future years. 



Cannot get along without the Re- 

 view. — ^W. A. Herbert, Wellsville, O. 



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