March 12, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



615 



cast he secured several good orders for 

 greenhouse glass. 



CJeorge W. Goldner, representing Eeed 

 &, Keller, of New York, and Arthur 

 Langhans, of Wlieeling. W. Va., were 

 Tisitors during the week. 



Express Rate Repealed. 



Xow that the exorbitant express rates 

 have been repealed, I would suggest that 

 the trade use more discretion and be 

 more reasonable hereafter when making 

 claims for damages. It is generally un- 

 derstood that the raising of the rate 

 was due to so many claims (many un- 

 just) for flowers frozen in transit or 

 miscarried. 



A. W. Smith had considerable funeral 

 -nork for delivery in Philadelphia, Pa.. 

 last Sunday. Mr. Smitli, Wm. Hall and 

 Fred Riegelmeycr left for that city on 

 Saturday, to make up the work. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams reports business 

 .Tery good on blooming plants, which are 

 grown by her to perfection. 



Hoo-Hoo. 



BUFFALO. 



Kobin Rcdbrea-it. apiieared in Western 

 New York on March 4th, and in such 

 numbers that yovi could not believe it 

 •was a case of a bold jjioneer venturing 

 to the north on some voyage of discov- 

 ery. But an ornithological convention 

 must have been held in tlie southern 

 states and the majority decided that it 

 ■was safe and proper to migrate to or- 

 chards of the north, to the birthplace 

 of many, and to the scenes of love and 

 ■domestic bliss of their parents. We 

 ■n'ere making cutti(igs of Nelson carna- 

 tions on the 4th when we first heard the 

 Aveicoine notes of the blue bird perched 

 lii;.;h on a maple tree, and the local poet 

 being present, he at once wrote on the 

 while walls of the greenhouse: 



Rock-a-b.v bluebird, on tho tree UtiK 

 You are earl.v to get here and hope you will stop; 

 Call loudly aloft for your mate to come — 

 'Tis sweet to our ears — your little love song. 



\^'e told the poet he liad better see 

 that the sewer in the stoke hole was not 

 stopped up. as the rains and mild 

 Aveatlier had made water very plentiful. 

 Spring is here. We may get another 

 cold weekj and most likely it will be 

 about Easter time. 



r.usincss has hardl'^ kept up wilh the 

 «ii])ply of flowers. Carnations are not 

 \try much overdone, except Lawson. 

 Every body grinv this wonderful variety, 

 ■with the consequence that it is overdone, 

 and white, scarlet, and Nelson pink are 

 in more demand. Violets are too iilenl'- 

 ■fiil to uc healthy. Some wonderful Prin- 

 cess of Wr.lC:, are coining in from Corfu, 

 jet with the majority the single violet 

 is not the favorife. It will be yet. for it 

 has size, sweetness and certainly beauty 

 beyond the double, and if .you can only 

 introduce them once it's a go, and here- 

 after they -(vill want them. 



There is an atitoniobile show going on 

 this week in Convention Hall, and W. 3. 

 Palmer & Sons have fine floral "antos"' 

 in the windows of both their stores. One 

 is of galax outlined with white carna- 

 tions. The other is composed of dafl'o- 

 ■dils, and each has a pretty little wax 

 lady acting as cliafVeur. They attract 

 much attention from the sidewalk. Y'ou 

 have perhaps noticed that a free show 

 is always liberally patronized. 



Like the advent of the robins, the 

 opening of spring has brought a flock of 

 Dutchmen. I regret very much that I 

 was not in the wilds of C^enesee county 

 tapping sugar maples, but I was not. 



and in they came, all as persistent as a 

 boil on your neck. There was Mr. Schep- 

 ers, talking for Van der Giigten & Son; 

 then G. Boehee, "spieling" for the Hol- 

 land Bulb Co., and two others, whose 

 names I could not pronounce for fear 

 the attempt would produce tonsilitis, 

 and last came Mr. Van Zanten. Well, 

 you had better see them than be deaf 

 "and dumb. The trouble is that the 

 young men on their first visit to this 

 'country are always polite and gentle- 

 manly and it causes a pang to give them 

 the cold shoulder. A seasoned one knows 

 that he is going to receive no in most 

 places, but the first visit ones die hard. 

 I don't know whether I mentioned the 

 exodus of Jlr. Thomas Coleman from 

 479 Main street. lie occupied the store 

 just a month, and we thought by his pe- 

 culiar talents and acquaintance that he 

 might be a success, but we are convinced 

 now that his forte is the horse. He is 

 mostly all horse, and I am not yet ac- 

 quainted with any real good gardener or 

 florist who was a success that divided 

 his attention bet-ween flowers and horses. 

 When you have made your little compe- 

 tence, turn to horses. Before that let 

 \our barn man study horses. 



W. S. 



EXPRESS RATES. 



The Old Rate Now Restored. 



It is a pleasure to lie able to report 

 that the express companies have finally 

 responded to the universal demand for 

 a restoration of the former rate on cut 

 flowers, and by the time this readies 

 our readers the single merchandise rate 

 will again be in force. 



One of the Chicago wholesale com- 

 mission men, Mr. E. E. Pieser, of Ken- 

 nicott Bros. Co., and chairman of the 

 committee of the Chicago Wholesale Cut 

 Flower Association, is entitled to a good 

 deal of credit in this connection. His 

 work was undoubtedly a most important 

 factor in bringing about the desired re- 

 sult. And the reason it was so eflfective 

 was that he gathered and submitted to 

 the oflicials convincing evidence that the 

 companies had lost revenue by the 

 change. As the Re\iew has several 

 times mentioned, this is the kind of an 

 argument with which to command the 

 attention of the oflScials. 



TORONTO. 



Canadian Carnation Exhibit. 



The annual carnation exhibit was 

 held at St. George's Hall on Thursday. 

 March 5, and was very successful in all 

 respects. ^Vhile the display of carna- 

 tions may not have been as large as 

 last year', yet the varieties were well 

 represented.' The American growers of 

 new varieties put up some very nice dis- 

 plays. 



The Grand Challenge Cup given for 

 the best vase of carnations in the show, 

 and which was won last year bj-* the 

 E. G. Hill Co., of Richmond, Ind., with 

 Adonis, was captured this year by J. 

 H. Dunlop, of Toronto, with a vase of 

 Mrs. Lawson. Mr. Hill was unable to 

 defend the cup on account of having 

 exhibited so largely in the United 

 States. A vase of Governor Roosevelt 

 from the Dale estate .showed up very 

 conspicuously. Strange to say, these 

 two varieties, grown liy the same men, 

 were close competitors for the cup last 



year. The prize for the best display 

 went to the Dale estate, of Brampton. 



The judges were Messrs. S. S. Bain, 

 Jos. Bennett, J. McKenna, of Montreal, 

 and E. Jlepsted, of Ottawa, and their 

 report of the exhibit is as follows, w-hich 

 I may say gives a very fair and impar- 

 tial survey of the varieties exhibited: 



The Grand Challenge Ctip, Mr. J. H. 

 Dunlop. with Mrs. Lawson. Best dis- 

 play, the Dale estate. Stella. Alba, ex- 

 tra. D. Whitney. Apollo, very good. 

 Sibyl, not very large. Murphy's White, 

 not' in- good condition to judge. Gov. 

 Lowndes^ fine stem but sleepy. En- 

 chantress, sleepy, had been fine. Lillian 

 Pond, a grand vase, good in every re- 

 spect. JMi-s. P. Palmer, very fine 

 30-inch stem. Her Majesty, fine not 

 large. Marshall Field, good. Har- 

 lowarden. only fair, as shown. Sun- 

 bird, good, medium size, good stem. 

 Flamingo, grand in every respect. Al- 

 Ijatross. grand in every respect. Rose, 

 Franz Deegen, a grand one; scent, stem 

 and flower" all of the best. Should rec- 

 ommend certificate of merit, if any 

 awarded, to Flamingo and Albatross. 



A slight misunderstanding occurred 

 in regard to the best display, many of 

 the growers considering that the display 

 meant roses and other cut stock, as well 

 as plants, etc. This was overruled by 

 the judges, they claiming that, it being 

 a carnation show, the display would cer- 

 tainlv be for the best display of carna- 

 tions. Tliis I mention, as many who 

 saw the display of W. J. Lawrence, of 

 Eglinton. could" not understand v.-\\y he 

 did not receive that prize, having a fine 

 displav of roses, Harrisii lilies, as well 

 as some well-grown plants of spirasas, 

 azaleas, etc. 



Wm. Fendley, of Brampton, put up a 

 nice exhibit of carnations and violets; 

 Jay & Son. Toronto, carnations and 

 otlier miscellaneous stock; F. R. Pier- 

 son Co. sent a specimen plant of the 

 new fern Piersoni. 



The executive of the C. H. A. met at 

 Dunlop's and decided to have the an- 

 nual convention during the first week 

 of the fall exhibition in Toronto. .Fri- 

 day evening. March (>. the thirteenth 

 annual banquet of the Toronto Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Association was held 

 in Webb's parlors, and there was a full 

 house. After the assembled company 

 had done justice to the good things,- 

 toasts, intermingled with speeches and 

 songs, were indulged in. Several good 

 songs were rendered by J. Milne. W. J. 

 Lawrence of this city and S. S. Bain of 

 :MontreaI. It may be worth mentioning 

 that tlie speech' of the evening was 

 made bv S. S. Bain in response to the 

 toast, ''The Horticultural Association." 

 He pointed out that florists were men 

 of brains, and should take their place 

 with those of the best pursuits of the 

 day. He said he was sorry that so 

 manv florists acted as though they were 

 ashamed of the profession; they did 

 not add to it the dignity of which it 

 was worthy. :XIen who can make two 

 blades of grass grow where formerly 

 only one had grown are the men who 

 are' making the world better, and should" 

 have the res)>ect of their fellow men. 



A few of the visitors we noticed, be- 

 sides those already mentioned, were E. 

 Walker. E. Townsend. J. Jlorgan and C. 

 Webster, of Hamilton: A. E. Cole, of 

 Grimsby: J. Wells, Gait and Dr. Roe, 

 Georgetown. 



We notice that what we thought was 

 to be a branch of J. S. Simmons' store 



