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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Teh R I All V 111. I'.IOS. 



-AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A full repuil of the convciitioii of the 

 ■Ami-riean Cuniatiou Society at Brookl.yn, 

 -N. v., with numerous views of the exhi- 

 Sbiticn will appear in our uext issue. 



ASTER SEED. 



We have received a request from I-:. 11. 

 Hunt, Chicago, to explain to the trade 

 tlie reduction in price on their Carlson 

 aster seed in their adv. in this ivtek's 

 issue. The way to explain seems to l« 

 to simply give the facts. A certain 

 competitor, who seems to get more sat- 

 isfaction out of making trouble for oth- 

 ers than in doing business at a priiiit, 

 saw fit to cut the price on this seed in 

 liis adv. in another paper, and Iluiit 

 simply meets the cut. It is a <jood time 

 to stock up on Carlson aster seed and 

 buyers who place their orders witli limit 

 are certain of good stock and fair and 

 gentlemanly treatment. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 Market Conditions. 



The market conditions have changed 

 materially since last week's report. Most 

 flowers are moro plentiful and with 

 prices a little lower especially on large 

 orders. The cro])S of roses, carna- 

 tions and violets are augmented by large 

 quantities of bulbous flowers which are 

 now in full glory. 



St. Valentine's day proved a floral fes- 

 tival; violets and carnations were eager- 

 ly sought at good prices. Nearly all 

 choice flowers sold well. Many poorer 

 ones went on the street and were pretty 

 well cleaned up by nightfall. 



Fancy Beauties are coming in freely. 

 Sweet pca.s are also numerous. Edward 

 Eeid had 5,000 nice blooms one day this 

 week, K Bernhcimer is also handling 

 tliem in quantity. Forget-nic-nots were 

 a little feature of the UCh, both I.x;o 

 Niessen and K. Bernhcimer handled a 

 considerable number. ])(mble tulips are 

 now in. Zimmer of Collingwood had the 

 first orange seen this season. Lilac is 

 xalher too plentiful. Valley sells slowly. 



Ideal. 



A really good new rose is not to be 

 found every day. It really seems as if 

 this city has such a rare prize in 

 Jacob Becker's sport from T.a France. 

 Two shrewd judges of qualities neces- 

 sary for a commercial rose, K. G. Asmus 

 and John Burton, have given this va- 

 riety the sanction of their approval, by 

 ■ordering enough young sleek to give it 

 a fair trial. Tlie' former will try graft- 

 ed and the latter own root plants. 



Mr. Becker has given D. T. Conner, of 

 the I>ord & Burnhara Co. an order for 

 two liouses, each ISO by 20 feet, which 

 it is understood he intends to use for 

 glowing his new rose. These are likely 

 to be the only cut flower houses on the 

 place as Mr. Becker's specialty is pot 

 plants. 



He has been famous for years as a 

 grower of azaleas, lilies, geraniums and 

 roses in pots. This season he has re- 

 duced the quantities of azaleas mate- 

 rially, partly on account of the difficulty 

 ■of securing enough Mme. Vander Cruys- 

 sen. but chiefly because he believes his 

 roses pay Iiim better. These he grows 

 ■exeeiitionally well. They make strong 

 growth producing fine plants in rather 

 small pots, ."jincli being preferred to G- 

 inch, costing less and giving perfect sat- 

 isfaction. 



The principal varieties grown for 

 Easter and spring plant sales are Ideal, 

 lifted from the bench and commanding a 

 high price: Jacque and Brunner. He-r- 

 mcsa, Clothilde Soupert. the pink and 

 the white Cochet, Grossau Tiplitz, which 

 is proving a great favorite; Mrs. Shar- 

 man Crawford. Magna Charta, Paul 

 Neyron, American Beauty and a few 

 others. These are nearly all grown 

 from hard-wood cuttings "and planted 

 out in the fields during the summer: but 

 some Ideal, for example, have been 

 grown in the benches from July until 

 January, then lifted and jetted. A 

 house of lilies was in splendid condition. 



BowltD?. 



The Florists' Club team continues itii 

 career of almost unbroken successes in 

 the Bowlers' League, llie team now has 

 a score of 27 victories out of 33 games 

 played. Their nearest rivals have only 

 won 18 out of 30. with but 12 games 

 remaining for the florists to play. It is 

 almost assured that the handsome 

 league trophy will ornament the club 

 room at the close of the tournament. 



Notes. 



Leo Kiessen will move his wholesale 

 commission house from Thirteenth and 

 Filbert streets to 1217 Arch street on 

 February 28. That day. Saturday, busi- 

 ness will be carried on as usual' in the 

 old place. The following Monday morn- 

 ing the new place will be in working 

 order. The new place, which is in L^nicn 

 College building, includes ground floor 

 and basement, each 135x22 feet. The 

 building is of brown stone, lighted by 

 electricity, heated by steam, and in ex- 

 cellent condition. Mr. Xiessen is to be 

 cnngialulated on leasing this place, 

 which, when fully equipped, will be a 

 credit to him and to the florist business 

 ii; this city. 



Joseph Heacock has been doing a large 

 business in palms lately. 



Charles M. Herr. of Lancaster, has 

 three fine houses of carnations. 



Milton \V. WoodrolTe last month suc- 

 ceeded Richard Umpfried. now with the 

 Flower Market, as Ficd Ehrefs right 

 hand man. 



O. T. Connor reports that the Cleve- 

 land florists arc considering a market in 

 that city. 



The II. A. Dreer Co. are receiving 

 many advanced orders for azaleas for 

 l.'aster. 



Wetherstone & Co. have a promising 

 automatic air valve. Several of the 

 growers are experimenting with it. 



PniL. 



NEW YORK. 



Various Items. 



Amongst notable dinners at the Wal- 

 dorf Astoria last week were the Lin- 

 coln banquet and that of the Xew York 

 Picss Club, at both of which elaborate 

 decorations were made by J. H. Small's 

 Sons. 



Dances, dinner parties and theater 

 parties keep the bon-ton florists busy 

 daily and nightly, every evening until 

 Lent being crowded with these society 

 events — Sunday evenings particularly 

 brilliant. To the fortunate ones of the 

 trade whose services are thus made 

 necessary, this has been an exceptionally 

 profitable season. 



Saturday might well have been called 

 violet day as well as St. Valentine's 



judging by the quantity of the fl<i«er 

 sold. Several of the firms made this 

 a specialty disposing of an average cf 

 50.000 an hour while the demand lasted. 



ilr. ,7as. I'nidy. whcse business' was 

 purchased by :\lr. J. J. Perkins, will de- 

 vote himself to the development of his 

 fc Idspar mine, at Ossinning. X. Y. 



The demand for cattleyas is continu- 

 ous. The popularity of this flower has 

 never before been so great nor the sup- 

 ply so extensive. Demands from other 

 cities are numerous and prices are well 

 maintained. 



An error in location of J. J. Perkins* 

 new store was made in our last. The 

 address is 48 West Thirtieth street. 



•Jas. .\. Hammond's plant department 

 grows. i)articularly his sales of violets 

 and adiantum in Xeponset pots. He 

 anticipates a great trade for Easter. 



.41ex. McConnell has returned from a 

 v.eek's outing at Atlantic City. Com- 

 ])anionshi]) Mitli RoLkmI Craig." of Phil- 

 adelphia, and John N. May. of Summit, 

 made the trip enjoyable as well as 

 healthful. This firm has had an abund- 

 ance of great society dinners of late to 

 beautify. 



Siegel & Cooper's conservatory has 

 been made attractive by a thorough over- 

 hauling and painting. A new rookery 

 and fountain are added. C. W, Eper- 

 mnn is superintendent. 



Richard Shaiuion. florist, of Brooklyn, 

 on his annual voyage, chose the wrong 

 ship this season and was in the wreck of 

 the Jradiana. oft' Bermuda. 



Tlie sales of fern balls this season are 

 reported slow by the houses that make 

 these a specialty. So many of the de- 

 jiartmcnt stores handled this stock last 

 year and sent it out so dry, inferior and 

 useless that the general demand has been 

 killed, and developed balls alone are 

 popular. 



Patrick O'ilara. of Xew York, and 

 Carl Jurgens. of Xewport. R. I., have 

 returned from the glorious climate of 

 Florida much benefited by the recreative 

 rest to Ix' h;id in that wonderful state. 



For some time there have been indica- 

 tions of an enterprise looking to the 

 concentration of wholesale interests in 

 the cut flower trade in a building to be 

 built and owned by prominent wholesal- 

 ers and growers and devoted exclusively 

 to the interests of floriculture in all its 

 departments and with an anticipated 

 capital of .$100,000. This object could 

 h.'indily be accomplished. The design is 

 to have the diiTerent floors utilized by 

 separate branches of the business — cut 

 flowers, supplies, plants, etc. — and the 

 ujiper story for club rooms and recrea- 

 tion. That such an enterprise would 

 pay its promoters handsomely there can 

 lie no doubt, and it is hoped some prac- 

 tical end may develop at last after all 

 these years of surmise, dreaming and 

 anticipation. Xo city in the world is 

 more capable of completing this project 

 and nowhere is there greater need. 



Mr. Koch, of Flatbush, has purcha.sed 

 the store of Mr. Phillips. 301 Flatbush 

 avenue. Miss Koch will manage it. 



The sympathy of the trade is extended 

 to Mr. Bradshaw, of Bradshaw & Hart- 

 man, on account of the death of the 

 brother of Mrs. Bradshaw on Monday, 

 February 16. 



The sudden death from heart failure 

 of Mr. James Gordon on Sunday even- 

 ing was a shock to his many friends in 

 Xew York and Brooklyn. He was in his 

 usual health and in "exceptionally high 

 spirits on Saturday. For ten years he 



