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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Febbuaht 12, 1903. 



We have some very pretty parks, still 

 there is Toora for much improvement. 



Paul J. SleXeill, formerly with J. M. 

 McCullough's Sons, is now manager of 

 the seed business of Howard & Kyte, 

 commission merchants. 



Mr. Weltz. of Wilmington, Ohio, was 

 a visitor looking for flowers for a large 

 amount of funeral w'ork. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is in that very 

 active state sometimes described as the 

 pre-Lenten rush. Choice flowers of 

 many varieties bring high prices, higher 

 even than those quoted in the tables. 

 Tliere are not nearly enough Beauties 

 to fill the orders, but indications point 

 to a larger supply toward the first of 

 March. Liberties are in great demand, 

 specials bringing almost as much as fine 

 Beauties. Carnations continue in active 

 demand with prices about the same as a 

 week ago. 



Sweet peas are selling very well. Ed- 

 ward Reid has about a monopoly of 

 this flower; he sent 3,200 in one order 

 lately, 2,000 pink and 1,200 white. 



Leo Niessen has a novelty in cut 

 sprays of Acacia pubescens. The quan- 

 tity of violets coming in continues to in- 

 crease; they are of excellent quality, but 

 it is very hard to sell them all. 



Valley is moving a little better. S. 

 S. Pennock, who receives some extra fine 

 stock from his brother, has had little 

 difficulty in selling it, even throughout 

 the last fortnight. 



Tlie retailers welcome the profusion of 

 spring bulbous flowers as desirable mate- 

 rial for their lunch and dinner decora- 

 tions. They talk spring flowers to their 

 customers and produce many charming 

 effects. 



The Fever. 



Our beloved city has been suA'cring 

 from three kinds of fever lately. There 

 is the fever that comes with grippe, the 

 dread typhoid from our bad water, 

 which is a disgrace, and the building 

 fever. The first can be cured, the sec- 

 ond may be cured, but the third is in- 

 curable; once get it in your veins and 

 the case is hopeless. 



John Burton was the first victim this 

 season. Now we have two more known 

 eases and one suspected. 



Adolph Fahrenwald will build a range 

 of seven houses, six of them 150 ft. by 



14 ft. 6 in. and one of them 150 by 



15 ft. 9 in. These houses are to be used 

 for growing Liberty, of which rose Mr. 

 Fahrenwald is the leading grower for 

 this market. The pattern will be some- 

 what similar to that used last summer 

 by George Reinberg, of Chicago — two 

 beds and two walks to each house except 

 the last, which has an extra walk, 

 spaces open between the houses. 



Edward Tull will build three houses 

 and rebuild one house of the same dimen- 

 sions just described. His house will be 

 7 ft. high at the gutters and 12 ft. at 

 the ridge. They will be used for grow- 

 ing Beauties and Liberties, with which 

 roses Mr. Tull has done well. The Lord 

 & Burnham Co. will furnish the roofing 

 material for both these ranges. 



It is also rumored that .Jacob Becker 

 will build two houses for his new rose. 

 Ideal. 



Improvements. 



Henry F. Michell has remodeled the 



third floor of his seed warehouse, put- 

 ting in fully 2,000 compartments for seed 

 packages, each compartment neatly la- 

 beled and an-anged alphabetically. There 

 are also a great number of self-closing 

 seed drawers witli a capacity of two 

 bushels each. This department will be 

 used exclusively for filling mail orders. 

 Its system will insure much greater ra- 

 pidity in filling orders than has been 

 possible in the past. A. Durr, formerly 

 with Peter Henderson & Co., is in charge 

 of this floor. He has an experience of 

 25 years in the seed business. 



Edward Reid has improved his facil- 

 ities for handling stock by well arranged 

 shelves in the new basement under his 

 store. A very fine stock of carnations 

 and many other flowers can be seen here. 

 A heavy local and shipping business 

 keeps the force busy. 



Notes. 



John Rupport, with Henry A. Dreer, 

 has returned from a business trip 

 through this state and New York. He 

 sold a large number of palms, chiefly 

 for growing on, and did exceptionally 

 good business for the season of the year. 



The committee in charge of the ques- 

 tion of express rates is pushing matters 

 vigorously. 



b. T. Conner returned on Tuesday 

 from a business trip to Cleveland, 0. 



Wm. J. Baker is receiving some good 

 lily of the valley. 



Mrs. Muir, of Scranton, Pa., was in 

 the city lately. 



Albert Woltemate lectured last Mon- 

 day evening before the Germantpwn 

 Horticultural Society. 



Francis Canning was the first speaker 

 at the Farmers' Institute meeting on 

 Wednesday. 



J. D. Eisele is expected on the Luca- 

 nia, which arrives on Saturday. 



Frank Ebeney, formerly with the Mur- 

 docks at Pittsburg, is here and expects 

 to locate in this city. 



Leo Niessen is receiving some very 

 fine freesia. 



E. G. Asmus, of West Hoboken, N. J., 

 was in town last week. He went out to 

 see the Liberties at Hillside and re- 

 turned much pleased. 



It is rumored that Captain Moss will 

 take a team of bowlers to Brooklyn next 

 week. Phil. 



ORANGE, N.J. 



Annual Banquet. 



The annual banquet of the New Jer- 

 sey Floricultural Society was enjoyed 

 on Wednesday evening, February 4, and 

 a fine attendance demonstrated the life 

 of this vigorous organization. The of- 

 ficers for the year are George Smith, 

 president; Wm. J. Bennett, vice-presi- 

 dent; Malcolm MacRorie, treasurer; Jos. 

 A. JIanda, secretary. 



The banquet was preceded by the reg- 

 ular business meeting, and the presi- 

 dent's address was full of good advice 

 and projects, looking to the best inter- 

 ests of the society. Four new members 

 were elected. The announcement of the 

 death of the society's life member. Doc- 

 tor J. Mandeville, was made. 



Mr. George Smith made a witty and 

 eloquent toastmaster and his address of 

 welcome was as glowing as his happy 

 face. Dr. Kitchen gave a carefully pre- 

 pared speech, dwelling on the coal ques- 

 tion, the express situation, the pleas- 

 ures of success and the joy of making 

 others happy. He spoke eloquently on 

 the delights of the gardener's occupa- 



tion, its basis of joy and its contribu- 

 tions to the beauties and comforts of 

 life. !Mr. W. A. Manda gave a practical 

 talk on the values of monthly exhibi- 

 tions, and the benefit of harmony be- 

 tween employers and employes. W. J. 

 Stewart spoke of the contributions to 

 the Orange gardening settlement in the 

 number of Boston gardeners that had 

 come from the "Hub" to make this place 

 their home, and add to its beauty and 

 development. 



Arthur Herrington, whose nerves were 

 in fine condition from the absorption of 

 all the celeiy in sight, waxed eloquent 

 in reference to the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America, and its fine exhibition 

 in Chicago. He predicted a grander 

 show this year, and tendered the invita- 

 tion of the American Institute to the 

 New Jersey Floricultural Society, to 

 what he declared would be "the greatest 

 mum show the world has ever seen." 

 The 'possum story closed his discourse, 

 and Mr. Robert Carlstrom, of the Hart- 

 ford, Conn., parks followed with anec- 

 dotes that would make the wooden nut- 

 megs of his state rattle and shake their 

 sides in sympathy. 



Mr, Chas. Totty, president of the Mor- 

 ris County Horticultural Society, fol- 

 lowed in a fraternal talk, witty, helpful 

 and congratulatory, and Mr. Chas. At- 

 kins, the secretary, told of his exhibi- 

 tion experiences and the best methods 

 of making the monthly meetings inter- 

 esting and drawing, including among his 

 prospective attractions for his home so- 

 ciety the sport of bowling, which here- 

 after is to be an addenda to the club's 

 provisions. 



The "Orange l)oys." Mr. Duff, Mr. 

 Hays, ]Mr. ]Manda and ]\Ir, Bennett, all 

 made modest addresses and David Rose 

 sang the "Banks and Braes of Bonny 

 Dee." The New York representative of 

 the Review proved in his usual way that 

 it was an orange and not an apple that 

 led Eve astray, and worried the first 

 private gardener. The strains of "Auld 

 Lang Syne" concluded the program. 

 J. Austin Shaw. 



The Orange dinner was a great suc- 

 cess and highly creditable to the com- 

 mittee in charge of the affair. Your 

 regular correspondent, J. Austin Celery 

 Shaw, will doubtless tell you in his own 

 euphonious way who was there and what 

 was said. I will confine myself to the 

 splendid exhibits of carnations present, 

 and an explanation of the monthly ex- 

 hibit scheme this society has in opera- 

 tion. 



In new carnations Peter Fisher sent 

 Enchantress, Nelson Fisher, Boston Mar- 

 ket and Mrs. M. A. Patten. With the 

 exception of Boston Market, which was 

 highly commended, these varieties all 

 received the society's certificate. En- 

 chantress is now well known and does 

 not need any description here. Mrs. M. 

 A. Patten is a light vari^atcd and a 

 really beautiful variety with all the 

 earmarks of a winner about it. Nelson 

 Fisher, a bright cerise, also impressed 

 me very favorably. Boston Market, 

 white, suffered by comparison in size 

 with Renter's Lillian Pond and a splen- 

 did white seedling of John N. May's, 

 both of which received a certificate. 



This unnamed seedling was the gem 

 of the collection. Very large, the purest 

 white, with beautifully shaped petals, it 

 would remind one of a white camellia in 

 its general effect. Of its habits I know 

 nothing, of course, but it is to be hoped 

 that it will be shown in Brooklyn, so all 

 the experts can pass on it. 



