yiARca 12, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review- 



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lis, and a good white seedling. Both of 

 the latter made a very favorable impres- 

 sion. 



Weber & Sons of Oakland, Md., ex- . 

 hibited Governor Lowndes and in spite 

 of the long distance it came it showed 

 up well. 



Prizes were awarded to the local 

 growers for the best twenty-five blooms 

 of any one variety. Heitman & Baer- 

 mann took first prize on Marquis ; Xic 

 Zweifel. second prize, on Genevieve 

 Lord, and C. C. Pollworth Co., third 

 prize, on Dorothy. 



At the close of the exhibit the stock 

 was auctioned off to the highest bidder 

 and there was some lively competition 

 for some of the varieties. Kapsalis & 

 Co. bought most of the leading varieties. 



C. C. Pollworth Co. also exhibited a 

 very fine line of Golden Gate, Brides and 

 Bridemaid roses. 



Lunch and refreshments were served. 

 The members are now looking forward 

 to the' coming of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the S. A. F. C. C. P. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Contrary to expectations, business 

 has kept up wonderfully well the past 

 week. Everybody is busy with some 

 kind of work, and Lent hasn't inter- 

 fered with us as yet. Funeral work 

 continues steady and all kinds of white 

 flowers are scarce and in great demand, 

 but some of the colored stuflF is left 

 over. 



The feature of the market the past 

 week was the increasing quantity of 

 roses, and of course a drop in the prices 

 was expected. Some extra fine Beauties 

 are now in the market. These always 

 sell well, but the price on them dropped 

 to $4 per dozen for select. Brides. 

 Maids, Meteors and Golden Gates are of 

 good quality and in great demand. Very 

 few are left over. Prices have dropped 

 a cent or two and another drop is ex- 

 pected by the last of this week. 



Violets sell fairly well and are dis- 

 posed -of in large quantities and often 

 at very low figures. 



Dutch hyacinths are more plentiful 

 and sell quickly. Tulips and daflfodils 

 are slow sellers. Romans and paper 

 whites are very scarce and are much 

 sought after just now. Harrisii is also 

 very scarce, but callas are quite plenti- 

 ful. 



Carnations are having a great call, 

 with plenty of them in the market, but 

 none too many for the demand. Three 

 and four cents are the prices they are 

 bringing at this writing. 



Smilax is looking up again and sells 

 well with other greens, including galax. 

 The latter has been used very extensive- 

 ly during the scarcity of flowers. 



A very active shipping trade was re- 

 ported for the past week, and our whole- 

 sale men say it is much larger than last 

 season's. 



Notes. 



John Young spent a few days in Chi- 

 cago recently visiting his daughter. 



R. F. Tesson, of Ellison & Tesson, re- 

 ports that they have had a great sea- 

 son in dinner and wedding decorations, 

 which with funeral work still keeps 

 them very busy. 



Down at Union Market some activity 

 is shown in plants. Today (Monday) 

 the weather is fine and warm and plants 



in full bloom do not look out of place. 

 A few days like this will find the market 

 fairly alive with them. 



At the club meeting this week, Thurs- 

 day, a large vase of Franz Deegen, the 

 new yellow rose, will be exhibited by 

 the South Park Floral Co. Tliis rose 

 has been awarded five silver and one gold 

 medal. J- J- B. 



DETROIT. 



Death of Mrs. Rackham. 



All the florists here have been great- 

 ly shocked by the death of the wife 

 of Mr. George A. Rackham on March 

 2, as the result of an attack of pneu- 

 monia. 



Mr. Rackham having recently returned 

 from Brooklyn, the florists of Detroit 

 were preparing to welcome and congrat- 

 ulate him on his election to the presi- 

 dency of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, but their intended words of con- 

 gratulation have been replaced by those 

 of sympathy, and he certainly has the 

 heartfelt sympathy of all in his bereave- 

 ment. 



The funeral was attended by nearly 

 all the local florists and the pall bear- 

 ers were Messrs. Philip Breitmeyer, J. 



F. Sullivan, F. H. Beard, Jas. Taylor, 



G. H. Taepke and Robt. Flowerday. The 

 club sent a large wreath of Golden Gate 

 roses, the work of Mr. B. Schroeter, and 

 the majority of the retailers sent per- 

 sonal tokens of sympathy. 



Rev. J. F. McCollester, prelate of De- 

 troit Commandery No. 1, K. T., of 

 which Mr. Rackham is a member, offi- 

 ciated at the interment. 



Mrs. Rackham had long been an in- 

 valid and suiTered severely. An opera- 

 tion for cancer was performed soon after 

 the S. A. F. meeting in Detroit, which 

 was not entirely successful, but through 

 it all she was most patient and cheer- 

 ful. A severe cold, contracted during 

 the bitter cold week of the Carnation 

 Society meeting, developed into pneu- 

 monia. 



She was 43 years of age and leaves a 

 family of three boys and one girl, the 

 voungest being 6 years old. F. 



A Card From Mr. Rackham. 



I wish to use j'our columns to thank 

 the florists of Detroit for the great 

 kindness and sympathy shown me in the 

 sad loss of my wife, who died of pneu- 

 monia March 2. 



It has been a great comfort to me to 

 know that I have the sympathy of so 

 many friends, and it is with a grateful 

 heart that I thank each and every mem- 

 ber of the craft. And I pray that the 

 day may be long hence when they shall 

 be called upon to pass through a like 

 experience. Geo. A. Rackham. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Market. 



Flowers are only fairly plentiful, with 

 the exception of violets and bulbous 

 stock. Narcissi, except some late va- 

 rieties, are on the wane, but daffodils 

 are in in great quantity and good qual- 

 ity and very cheap. Princeps were of- 

 fered today at 75 cents per 100 and good 

 long-stemmed Sir Watkin at $1 per 100. 

 Tlie glut will be over in a week and 

 then any late blooming bulbs will have 

 a better show. 



Violets are selling wholesale at 50 

 cents per dozen bunches, each bunch con- 

 taining about 100 flowers. How is that 

 for cheap? These are all of the Prin- 

 cess variety, as there are no Marie 

 Louise in quantity in market yet. The 

 latter is a very late bloomer in this 

 locality and are not so popular as the 

 single purple varieties. 



Roses are in short supply and the 

 prices keep up in good shape. Carna- 

 tions have not changed any in price 

 since last week, and they are only in fair 

 supply. Extra good flowers are really 

 scarce. 



Lilium Harrisii and longiflorum are 

 coming in in small quantities, and the 

 prospects are fairly good for the Easter 

 supply. Easter, by the way, comes a 

 couple of weeks later this year than last, 

 which is a boon to some of the grow- 

 ers. 



Business is only fair. No swell wed- 

 dings through the week, but a goodly 

 quantity of funerals helped to make 

 business for the stores. 



Notes. 



Mr. James Cleaiy, the well-known 

 florist with H. M. Sanborn, of Oakland, 

 has been on the sick list for several 

 weeks and has been compelled to stay 

 at home. He is recovering slowly and 

 expects to be "on deck" again in the 

 near future. G- 



dNONNATL 



The Market. 



Roses are in better supply than they 

 have been for some time, and all orders 

 are being filled nicely with a good qual- 

 ity of stock. The short-stemmed ones, 

 of which there is a large supply, are 

 well sought after, and are closed out 

 at good average prices. American Beau- 

 ties are more plentiful and find a ready 

 market. The supply of Golden Gates is 

 increasing. Liberties are still scarce, 

 but a few vei-y fine quality ones are 

 coming in. Brides and Maids are about 

 equal. 



Carnations, both fancy and ordinary 

 grades, are getting scarce, and the keep- 

 tng quality is not as good as it might 

 be. Bursted calyxes are still very much 

 in evidence. White ones sell best, with 

 red ones in very good demand. 



Bulbous stock sells fairly well, but 

 the price is going down. Harrisii and 

 calla lilies are the best property to have. 

 Valley is moving slowly. Some good 

 white Dutch are to be had, and they go 

 very nicely. Dafl'odils and Von Sions 

 have a pretty hard road to travel and 

 find but poor sale. 



The violet market is very erratic, one 

 day you cannot get enough and the next 

 you "have them to throw away, and the 

 price is up and down likewise. 



Smilax and plumosus are very scarce. 



Tliere is a little Sprengeri. but not 

 nearly enough to supply the demand. 

 Even ferns and galax have been short 

 lately. 



The carnation show of the Florists' 

 Club, March 14, promises to be the 

 best exhibit of the'season. Several out- 

 of-town growers have signified their in- 

 tention of staging blooms, and a very 

 good show is looked forward to. 



Geo. Myers, of the Avondale Floral 

 Co., who lias been very sick with typhoid 

 fever, is about again. 



J. T. Conger took a flying trip to Day- 



