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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



March 12, 1903. 



the older school, died at his home in 

 jNIalden on Thursday of last week. He 

 .sustained a paralytic shock some few 

 months since, and a second one on the 

 Tuesday preceding his death. He was 

 born in England, coming to this country 

 when a boy, and has figured in the 

 flower business at Albany and Glen 

 Ridge in Xew York, and at Newton 

 Lower Falls, Boston, and Maiden in this 

 state. He was a veteran of the Civil 

 War, a JIason and a member of the 

 C4. A. E. 



John I>avie. a grower of Dedhani. is 

 in hard luck, indeed. His place got quite 

 badly frozen out. he came down with 

 a severe case of the grip, and his wife, 

 in attempting to care for the greenhouse 

 in his illness, contracted a case of pneu- 

 monia anil died in a few days from its 

 effects. A paper circulated in the Co- 

 operative Market raised nearly $100 for 

 his benefit, and if your name is not 

 upon the list you can do as Mr. Zim- 

 gicliel did — telcphom' in for it to be put 

 on innnediatelv. ,T. S. Maxter. 



PITTSBURG. 



Club Meeting. 



The last regular monthly meeting of 

 the Florists' Club, held Tuesday evening. 

 ;5rd inst., was a carnation meeting. There 

 was a large attenilance of niemliers and 

 we had a magnifneiit display of (lowers 

 from home and ili-tant growers. 



Ml'. L. K. ^larcmisee. Syracuse. X. Y.. 

 sent large bunches of bis magnilicenl 

 white All)atross. scarlet Flamingo an<l 

 yellow .Sunbird. From the Chicago Car- 

 nation Co.. .Toliet. Til., came great 

 bunches of superb blos.soms. clean, clear, 

 big flowers on long stiff stems of Her 

 ^fajesty and Marshall Field. Peter 

 Fi.sher. Kllis, Mass.. sent the inimitable 

 Enchantrisfc. that most useful white 

 Boston .Market and the lovelv white va- 

 riegated .Mrs. M. A. Patten. Dailledouze 

 Bros.. FliUbush, X. Y.. sent a sheaf of 

 Fragrance, a light satin pink, of solid 

 substanie an<l fine stem, and it is de- 

 licionsly clove scented: and the while 

 Biadt. a variety which for size and 

 make-U|i apjiealed to everyone. Fine 

 blooms of the white Innocence came from 

 the E. G. Hill Co.. Kichmond. Ind. 



From C. ^Y. Ward, the Cottage Gar- 

 dens. (Queens. X. Y.. came fourteen dis- 

 tinct kinds of new carnations, eight of 

 these lieing vi-t iiniianied M-edlings. It 

 was a feast cjf loveliiu'ss and goodness 

 and elicited many cimipliments for the 

 persistence and zeal of Mr. Ward. His 

 exhibit includcil Alpine (Jlow. pale pink, 

 fringed, good (lower, stiff stem: Mrs. .1. 

 A. Thayer, light pink; Ethel Ward, a 

 blight satin |)iiik. finely built flower 

 witli good subst;iiice and irood stem — a 

 perfect gem: .hnlge Hinsdale, light va- 

 riegated: ilrs. Roosevelt, deep cerise, 

 fine big (lowers \vi(h long stiff stems, 

 and President Koosevelt. crimson, large 

 flowers and long stiff stems— probabTv 

 the finest crimson carnation of todav. 

 Among the seedlings. Xo. til:!, a fine 

 white, and Xo. 211!. a fine crimson sear- 

 let, very solid (hi\vcr. with a deal of 

 bo<ly to it. appealcMl particularly to the 

 members. 



The Pittsburg Rose & Carnation Co., 

 Bakerstown. Pa., sent bunches of seven- 

 teen distinct varieties. In the way of 

 wliites these included Xorway. Peru. 

 T.orna. Queen T»nisc and White Cloud: 

 red. >rrs. Potter Palmer. Estelle: ]onk. 

 M:ii(|iiis. Dorothy, Cressbrook. Mrs. V.. 



A. Xelson and the deeper Lawson; light 

 pink, Mrs. Higinbotham. Goethe, Morn- 

 ing Glory, and variegated, Stella and 

 Prosperity. 



Einest Fisher, Castle Shannon, Pa., 

 sent a great bunch of unrivaled Law- 

 son, the- white Queen Louise. Marqui.s. 

 Daybreak, and the pink Win. Scott. 

 (rood, free and nioneynuiking the latter 

 has certainly been, but the great Scott 

 has had its day. 



Fifteen of our members had been east 

 to Brooklyn at the carnation convention 

 and were full of what they saw and had 

 learned there, so between them and tlio.se 

 of us who didn't get east at that time 

 the carnations before us and several 

 kinds that were not here were pretty 

 freely discussed. The following are a few 

 of the comments. 



Albatross is one of the l>est whites, if 

 not the best. It has a good stem and a 

 large well built flower, a good keeper anil 

 stands shipping well. 



Lorna showed up well. It is fine, and 

 a good improvement on White Cloud. 

 Still the latter is one of Pittsburg's 

 stand-bys. 



Xorway is good, but a])t (o s]ilit some- 

 times. 



Que»>n Louise is a profitable variety. 

 It comes in early and stays all winter, 

 and is very free. 



Peru is good, but it takes a longer 

 time to develop its (lowers than .some 

 others do, and it splits a little in fall. 



Boston Market has a good reputa- 

 tion east. It has as finely built a flower 

 as one would wish to see. 



Innocence, good size, pure white, 

 promising keeper, stiff' stem. Better 

 than White Cloud. 



Enchantress, a great favmite. Its 

 color. l«>auty, size and strength appeal 

 to the people. 



Whiti' Bradt: •■()li. if we could only 

 grow it as the Dailledouze boys grow it. 

 it would sweep the field." The Blind 

 Bros, believe it is more vigorous and 

 easy to grow than its parent. 



Flamingo — ilagniticent I And it stood 

 up splendidly. 



Fragrance — Its fragrance, color, sub- 

 stance and stem will m;ikc it a cajiilal 

 seller. 



Lawson has strong friends here. Er- 

 nest Fisher declares it is the best dfcn 

 pink extant. Some one intimated that 

 while fine in clear weather it splits :i 

 little in dark weather. But Ernest 

 pointed with pride to the flowers before 

 us; there was no split there, "and it 

 blooms with me from December until 

 July." 



Prosperity isn't free enough. 



Sttdla is so free that it is hard to 

 get cuttinijs enouudi from it : its >hools 

 all run to flowers. 



Morning Glory is aciv free, but En- 

 chantress was more favored. 



Estelle is very free, givinir more flow- 

 ers than anything else of its color, and 

 it sells well. 



ifanpiis is a large, fine (lower and 

 fragran(. and sells well, but it some 

 times goes to sleej) in spring. 



Mr. Burki's foreman said they cot 

 more flowers and nnue mone\' from Mrs. 

 E. A. Xelson and Dorothea than from 

 any other pinks they are growing. While 

 ifrs. P. Palmer is free he wouldn't grow 

 it extensively. Cressbrook is veiy gooil. 

 but he prefers Xelson. 



And we kept this up until after 10 

 o'clock. You carnation men who sell 

 rooted cuttings of new varieties had liet- 

 ter be very careful about what kind of 

 jilants you send to Pitl-liurg. for sonip 



of the members of this club got right up 

 in open meeting and told us what kind 

 of stock }-ou sent them, and they don't 

 mince matters or names, either. Don't 

 send any rust-infested, emaciated or 

 rootless stock to our bov's if you value 

 your reputation. It is fair to say, 

 though, that firms that supplied first- 

 class stock, clean and well-rooted, were 

 Ixildlv mentioned and recommended. 



P. A. 



Market Conditions. 



Trade last week was very fair. C'on- 

 .siderable complaint is being made as to 

 business being affected by I>ent. All kinds 

 of stock is in good supply. Roses are 

 not selling as well as they did; the sup- 

 ply is more than ample for all demands. 

 The special and extra Maids and Brides 

 are easy to dispose of. The values of 

 these grades have changed some, the 

 best selling at ^0 to .$12 per 100. The 

 lower grades are dilliciilt to dispose of, 

 and plenty of them are being received. 

 American Beauties are not selling near- 

 ly so well as they did. The supply of 

 tliese (lowers at present is quite heavy. 



Carnations are better sale. All stock 

 that is up to the average can be soM 

 at reasonable figures. Xo scarcity Is 

 noticeabh' in this Uower. Tlie hest 

 grades sell at .$1! ]ier $100; some white 

 bring .W. with ordinary stock at $1.50 

 per 100. 



Bulbous stock is very plentiful. Daf- 

 fodils anil jonquils have dro|)ped in price 

 and are moving slowly. The better 

 grades of tulips are easily disjiosed of. 



The quality of lilies is improving and 

 they sell slowly at $10 and $1.) per 

 100. The outlook for a good irop of 

 lilies for Easter is favorable. 



Violets are in fair demand. Sweet 

 peas are hard to sell. Smilax and 

 Sprengeri remain scarce. 



M. C. Dunlevy. of Carnegie, is sending 

 the Cut riower Co. quantities of very 

 well-grown jonquils, daffodils, Dutch 

 hyacinths and Xarcissus poetieus. 



Fred Burki is happy over a natural 

 gas well which came in last week with a 

 rock ])ressure of .")00 pounds, which is 

 siidicient to make (he well of some im- 

 portance. It will supply enough gas 

 for tise under all the boilers. It is lo- 

 cated on Mr. Bniki's new place at Ba- 

 kerstown. Pa. 



Notes. 



J. B. Ferguson, of the East End, 

 Pi1f-<biirg. formerly a landscape f ir- 

 ilencr and wholesale and retail florist, 

 uas shot down and instantly killed near 

 the railroad station at Xew Castle .Tunc 

 tion. Pa., at 10 o'clock ^londay nigi.t, 

 !Marcli !). Mr. Ferguson was bound for 

 Pittsburg, evidently returning from a 

 commercial trip. Robert Xeugin, an 

 iron worker of Xew Castle, is under ar- 

 rest for the Clime. Mr. Ferguson was 

 born forty-si.x years ago at St. .John, 

 Dalroy. Scotland, where he was married. 

 Besides his lirother. he is survived by 

 his wife. 5fis. Maigaret Ferguson, and 

 five children. 



W. A. Clarke, treasurer of the Pitts- 

 burg Cut Flower Co., and Harry Dun- 

 levy, of Carnegie, are doing jury duty 

 this week. 



The florists over in the .\llegheny mar- 

 ket sold flowers by candle-light last Sat- 

 urday night. The burning out of the 

 dynamos caused the darkness. 



Casper l,irnl>ach. who attended the 

 Brooklyn iarn:ition convention, is very 

 well salislicil with liis trip. While down 



