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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



JIARCH 19, 1903. 



things he heard and saw in the City of 

 Clnirches and J. Austin Shaw, who is an 

 old friend of Mr. R. Tliere is an up-to- 

 date flower store for disposal here at a 

 moderate figure — a first-class paying in- 

 vestment. Owner has decided to give up. 

 owing to ill health. 



x\UBUBN, N. Y. — Alfred Patrick says 

 he will not go back on JIarquis while 

 it gives him such satisfaction. He has 

 rebuilt several houses and contemplates 

 adding to the plant during the coming 

 season. 



Ge.\eva. X. Y.— W. &. T. Cass report 

 an exceedinglv busv planting season. 



w. ir. 



WASHINGTON. 



business for tlie past week was ex- 

 cellent in spite of the rainy weather. 

 Funeral work has been plentiful and has 

 kept air hands very busy. A number of 

 the dealers say last week was the best of 

 the season. IHowers of all kinds have 

 been abundant. Tea roses brought 8 to 

 12* cents; La France. 10 to 12J; Beau- 

 ties, .?t3.00 to $6.00 per dozen^ carna- 

 tions. 2 to 3 cents; tnli])s. 2 to 3; hya- 

 cinths an<l vallev, 3; joni|uils. .lO cents 

 to ,$1.00 per 100; violets. .$1.00 to .$1.50 

 ]>er 1.000. 



If the weather continues as warm as 

 at present the chances are that Dutch 

 bulbous stufl' will lie gone by Ea.ster. 

 but on the other hand the, weather is 

 gooil for lilies. l.ilies ])roniise to be 

 plentiful and tine. It is too warm for 

 lilacs and azal<'as. 



Below you will find tlie scores of the 

 Washington Florists' Bowling Club team. 

 It will lie well for outside boys to keep 

 their eyes on Mr. \V. II. Krnest and 

 Jj^orge Cook's scores as they are two 

 winners. Barber rolls a slow Iiall. but 

 from look.s of the score he is giving the 

 others a pretty close shave; 



Nnnie.s. lat. a<l. .-id. Totnl. 



W. n. f>ii».st 200 182 225 «()7 



Gem-Ke Ciiok 188 224 106 .Ws 



C. L. Biirber 176 lf»2 LIS .'i24 



■T- .*!lilno 15S I7!> 141 47s 



.7. W. Fri'pinaii 121 1.12 U7 4(«l 



W. .S. Cliirk Ufi los 142 .•i9(i 



W. W, Klliimcll 141 1.10 122 W."! 



C. Wolf 112 12a 130 371 



W. F. fiude 112 



E. Leofflpl- 125 130 151 408 



A. Horold 70 .<Sn 108 258 



F. H. K. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Tlie annual meeting of the Hose Soci- 

 ety will be held in Ilorli.iiltural Hall. 

 Philadel]ihia. I'a.. on Wednesday, the 

 2.5th inst... at 2 p. m.. when the usual 

 routine of business will Ik- transacted. 



Prof. L. C. Corbett will address the 

 meeting on the subject of "Propagating 

 Eoses from Flowering or Bliiul Wood." 

 Mr. E. G. Hill will submit a report on 

 "New Roses" and an address on the 

 "Rose Society and Its Work" will be 

 presented by Mi-. Robt. Craig. There is 

 considerable local interest in the exhibi- 

 tion and it is felt that the Philadelphia 

 show will take on a character entiiely 

 different from what has bwn seen in 

 previous etTorts in Xew York City. 



Port Allegany, Pa. — The Port Alle- 

 gany Greenhouses report a good business 

 and trade constantly on the increase. 

 Tlie coal question does not bother them, 

 as they are burning gas purchased at a 

 low price. 



Don't be too late with your adv. for 

 our .special spring number, to l)e issued 

 next week. Copy must reach us by Mon- 

 day, ilareh 23d, at the verv latest. 



CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS. 



Texas Seed & Floral Co., 387 Elm 

 St., Dallas, Tex., special list of seeds 

 and plants for the southern grower. 



Drunim Seed & Floral Co.. 507 Hous- 

 ton St., Fort Worth. Tex., list of plants 

 find SGGcls. 



Wood, Stubbs & Co., 215-217 E. Jef- 

 ferson St., Louisville, Ky., descriptive 

 list of high-grade seeds. 



The MicGregor Bros. Co., Springfield. 

 Ohio, special price list of plants and 

 seeds. 



Will. Toole, Pansy Heights, Baraboo, 

 Wis.. Guide to Pansy Culture and list 

 of premium American pansy .seeds. 



il. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, JIass., spe- 

 cial list of hardy roses, hollyhocks, 

 paeonies and phlo.x. 



The Greenhouse Mfg. Co., 32 E. 3d 

 St.. Cincinnati. Ohio, detailed list and 

 points on greenhouse building. 



Augustus Caspers, Knclieile, 111., beau- 

 tiful Horal calendar, witli a liarrow of 

 roses and valley. 



P. L. Larson', Ft. Dodge, Iowa, hand- 

 some calendar. 



.Tohn Lucas & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., 

 calendar and pointers as to how Lucas' 

 paints make pretty homes. 



Hope Greenhouses, 279 Massachusetts 

 Ave.. Providence, R, I., pretty calendar. 



Barteldes & Co., Colorado Seed Hoiise, 

 Denver. Colo., a 15-in. rule, with table 

 showing amount of seed necessan- for 

 an acre, and number of [Mjunds to bushel. 



Holton & Hunkel Co.. 457 Milwaukee 

 St.. Milwaukee, \Vlis., calendar, beauti- 

 fullv <lecorated with violets and a Lily. 



.James C\ Murray, 403 Main St., Peo- 

 ria, 111., list of fruit trees, ornamental 

 shrubs, roses, etc. 



.S. .1. (iailoway. Eaton. ().. descriptive 

 circular of the latest floral wonder, the 

 Shast;i daisy. 



W. K. Bishop. Burlington. X. .T.. retail 

 price list of roses, dahlias and trees, also 

 a verv neat calendar. 



W."& T. Smith Co.. Geneva, X. Y., 

 general catalogue of fruit and orna- 

 mental trees, shrubs and roses. 



Moore & Simons, 207 Market St., Phil- 

 adelphia. Pa., seed buyers' guide and 

 wholesale price list. 



R. \'incent. Jr., and Son, White Marsh, 

 Md.. list of hardy pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Central ilichigan Xursery. Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., verv attractive calendar. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



Business has been very good the past 

 week. A iiumlM-r of prominent p<'ople 

 have passed away and all the florists 

 have had a good share of funeral work. 

 Azaleas, cinerarias and pans of hya- 

 cinths, tulips, and daffodils are in good 

 demand. Some florists don't like to see 

 so much money going out of tOMii for 

 flowers. 



Peckham is going to grow roses an- 

 other year. 



Edward Shaw has been hired as man- 

 ager of the Tuxedo Greenhouses, and he 

 intends to grow violets and carnations. 



A. B. Hathaway intends to enlarge his 

 plant. 



E. .S. Haskell has been sending out 

 circulars to the business men with the 

 object of starting a stock company for 

 the growing of cut flowers. He also in- 

 tends starting a store down town. 



The florists had a meeting at the store 

 of Wm. P. Peirce. Friday evening. Feb- 

 ruary 27. and voted to organize a flor- 

 ists' club to be called the Xew Bedford 



Florists' Club. .James H. Cleary was 

 elected temporary chairman ; Wm. P. 

 Peirce, secretary pro tem. W. G. Kra- 

 Ijer. K. E. Xofftz, A. B. Hathaway, E. H. 

 Chamberlin and Wm. P. Peirce were ap- 

 pointed a committee to draw up a con- 

 stitution and set of by-laws and to nom- 

 inate officers. The club starts with a 

 membership of twenty and six more in 

 prospect. 



Mr. Rennie, of Providence. R. I., and 

 Mr. Bryant, of A. H. Hews Co., Cam- 

 bridge, JIass., were visitors the past 

 week. C. 



A WARNING. 



On Dec. 13th my oflice was burned 

 and the plants in the adjoining green- 

 houses destroyed by a peculiar accident. 



On the edge of the refrigerator stood 

 side by side a bottle of ammonia and a 

 jar of sulphuret of potash, with back of 

 them a pile of Irooks and papers. The 

 door leading outside was swollen and it 

 required a hard pull to shut it. Soon 

 after being shut, probably somewhat 

 harder than usual, an explosion took 

 place that set the otlice afire and formed 

 an inflammable gas that destroyed all the 

 plants in the houses wliicfi luul doors 

 open into the ofiice. 



It is evident that the jar of shut- 

 ting the door disturbed some of the 

 books, which fell against and broke the 

 bottle of ammonia, and that the latter 

 combined with tlio sulphuret of potash 

 to form a very dangerous gas. Had the 

 two iM'eii farther apart it is probable 

 tlie explosion would not have occurred. 

 W. P. Woodcock, JI. D. 



Spencer, la. 



NEW BRIGHTON, PA. 



The weaflicr fur the ]iast week or ten 

 days has been very cold, but warmed 

 up with the rain. We are having a 

 very high water flood, especially on the 

 low land. In Meyer's greenhouses the 

 water lacked only about three feet of 

 getting into his boiler pit. His green- 

 houses are in fine shape. His carna- 

 tions, lilies, bulbous stock and potted 

 plants are in the l)est of health. He is 

 cutting fine r..awson. Prosperity, Queen 

 I>ouise and Xorway. His carnation 

 house is in fine shape for Easter. 



Trade is good. Roses range from $2 

 to $2.50; carnation.s, 50 cents to $1.25; 

 tulips, 50 to 75 cents. 



ifr. .John H. ib-yer has recovered 

 from the grip. Ho Ho. 



FREESIAS. 



We have received from Mr. Rudolph 

 Fischer. Great Xeck, L. I., N. Y., five 

 varieties of freesia flowers that are cer- 

 tainly worthy of sjjecial mention. 



One is pure white, and is probably the 

 most valuable as a cut flower; two oth- 

 ers are orange yellow, and one is white 

 sufTused with yellow and lilac. 



Mr. Fischer writes that he has been 

 growing this strain for over twenty 

 years and that he intends to separate the 

 types of which he sends us sample 

 blooms an<l name them. Tliey are cer- 

 tiiinly worthy of Ix'ing per]ietuated and 

 of being named. 



Kansa.s Citv, ilo. — The \A'illiam L. 

 Rock Flower Co. has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $50,000. The 

 incorporators are W. L. Rock, Chas. E. 

 Heite, Ixiuis \\'estervelt and Lucy B. 

 Rock. 



