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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



April 23, 1903. 



Falconer as superintendent of the parks. 

 Mr. Falconer refused to consider any 

 proposition that would continue him in 

 a place where he would be subject to 

 political interference. Mr. Falconer is 

 now arranging to leave the employ of 

 the city the last of this month, and go 

 to the Allegheny Cemetery Co., as su- 

 perintendent of that place. As to his 

 successor, no one so far has been ap- 

 pointed. Director Bigelow says the 

 position will not go to a politician, as 

 he desires a competent and practical 

 gardener of recognized ability. 



Last Saturday afternoon the park em- 

 ployees, 100 in number, presented Super- 

 intendent Falconer with a magnificent 

 massive loving cup of solid silver. 



Over in Allegheny, Superintendent 

 William Hamilton was reappointed as 

 superintendent. Mr. Hamilton has had 

 charge of the parks since 1879. He is 

 one of the best-known horticulturists in 

 Pennsylvania, and when he was appointed 

 superintendent of parks, the grounds 

 were not much else than big green fields. 

 To-day they are counted among the best 

 kept parks in the country. 



A. L. Vaudrey, a traveling florist, 

 committed suicide by drinking carbolic 

 acid in a room at the Boston house, this 

 city, Wednesday afternoon, April 15. 

 He left a letter written in French, stat- 

 ing that he was unable to work on ac- 

 count of sickness. Also a letter asking 

 that John Cooper, justice of the peace 

 of Warrenville, N. J., be notified. 

 Among his effects was a bank book on 

 the First National Bank of Johnstown, 

 Pa., showing a credit of $225. Vaudrey 

 was last employed at the Crystal Farm, 

 Bakerstown, Pa. 



Wm. Edlefsen, of Milwaukee, Wis., 

 was a visitor last week. I 



Hoo-Hoo. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply is increasing and on Mon- 

 day the receipts were so large that prices 

 eased some little in the process of mov- 

 ing the stock. Since then they have 

 steadied some and on the whole the mar- 

 ket is in good condition for the season. 

 Carnations still hold the best position, 

 anything good commanding $3 and first 

 class flowers bringing $4. Of course 

 poor grades reach $2 and fancy stock 

 commands $5, with good Prosperity at $6 

 to $8. By the way, one grower of Pros- 

 perity says that even at $8 it is not as 

 profitable as others at .$4. 



In roses such as Brides and Maids a 

 very few specials reach ,$8, but $6 is 

 practically the top, though some extra 

 fine Gates have brought $10. Peter Rein- 

 berg is still cutting fine Chatenay and 

 the best sell at $10 and $12. But there 

 is a weakness in all the lower grades 

 and the rose market is not nearly so 

 strong as the carnation situation. There 

 is a great plenty of lilies and prices 

 range from $4 to $10, the lower prices 

 being obtained for the poor and short 

 stemmed ones, of which there are many 

 in the market. Some extra fine Kaiser- 

 ins are now to be had and these bring 

 $10. 



Various Items. 



There was a great display of flowers at 

 the first meeting of the new city council 

 Monday evening and the extra demand 

 was of great assistance to the market. 



Some of the bowlers paid a visit to the 

 St. Louis boys last Saturday and Sun- 



day and had a very pleasant time. The 

 party included P. J. Hauswirth, E. F; 

 Winterson, Leonard ICill, Fritz Bahr, 

 Chas. Ballufl', Geo. Asmus and Geo. Stol- 

 lery. They were victorious in the bowl- 

 ing games. The scores appear in our 

 St. Louis notes in this issue. 



J. A. Budlong is cutting some extra 

 fine Lawson and Flora Hill, and is very 

 much pleased with Mrs. Leopold Ine as 

 a red. It is not large but the color and 

 stein are excellent. 



The Florists' Club had its annual 

 smoker Wednesday evening and the fu- 

 migation was complete. All present en- 

 joyed themselves. 



Mr. Wietor says the promised crop 

 of Kaiserin and La France has arrived 

 in great shape. 



E. H. Hunt says considerable interest 

 is being taken in Thripscide and that 

 thrips ought to be well under control 

 the coming season. 



At Sinner Bros.' Beauties were in full 

 crop for Easter and all their other roses 

 were in fine shape. The new house built 

 in January is filled with young roses 

 which are very promising. 



The bowlers have accepted an invita- 

 tion to play the Chicago Carnation Co.'s 

 bowling team a- series of games at 

 Joliet next Saturday evening. A warm 

 contest is looked for. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



Easter is past and everyone is satis- 

 fied with the business he did. There was 

 enough of everything in plants and flow- 

 ers excepting violets. Could have sold 

 many more violets if it had been possi- 

 ble to get them. Carnations sold for 75 

 cents and $1; roses, $1.50 to $2.50; 

 Easter lilies and callas, $3; tulips and 

 dafl'odils 50 cents per dozen. Violets 

 sold for $1.50 and $2 per 100. Could 

 have got $3 for them the latter part of 

 Saturday afternoon and evening had 

 they been obtainable. All the stores had 

 fine window displays and were well 

 stocked up. R. H. Woodhouse opened a 

 store in the Merchants' Bank Building 

 for Easter and made a fine display, hav- 

 ing three large windows and a large, 

 light store, where he could show every- 

 thing he had. It certainly looked fine 

 from the street. E. H. Chamberlain, 

 Wm. P. Peirce and H. A. Jahn also 

 had very pretty windows. 



The Florists' Club held its regular 

 meeting in W. L. G. Brown's store 

 Thursday evening, April 2. H. V. Soule 

 resigned as treasurer, and W. L. G. 

 Brown was elected to fill the vacancy. 

 Easton Y. Peirce, E. H. Chamberlain 

 and Geo. Borden were appointed finance 

 committee; H. H. Cleary, W. L. G. 

 Brown and E. M. Munson, membership 

 committee. E. Y. Peirce brought up the 

 matter of the club's having a charter, 

 and it was voted to ask through the 

 Florisls' Eeview whether it would be 

 necessary for the club to have a charter 

 in order to do business. If the editor 

 will answer this matter through the next 

 paper it will be appreciated by all the 

 members. Mr. Hathaway said he has 

 had an invitation from the Providence 

 Florists' Club for our club to attend its 

 regular meeting. Tlie discussion for the 

 evening was about Easter lilies, and why 

 the New Bedford growers do not grow 

 enough so that the florists need not 

 have to import what lilies they want 

 every year. E. Y. Peirce, A. B. Hatha- 

 way and W. L. G. Brown did most of 

 the talking for the growers' side of the 



question; E. H. Chamberlain, Wm. P. 

 Peirce and J. H. Cleary for the store 

 men. It was a very interesting discus- 

 sion and brought out many different 

 views on the matter, which made it 

 very interesting for everybody present. 

 Mr. Cleary and Mr. Brown were appoint- 

 ed a committee to get a permanent meet- 

 ing place before the next meeting. 



The New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety had its regular meeting in the Y. 

 M. C. A. Btiilding Tuesday evening, 

 April 4. It was voted to hold a flower 

 show in the fall, and the following com- 

 mittee was selected to make plans and 

 recommendations and report at the next 

 meeting: Wm. S. Bunn, S. J. Donaghy, 

 Wm. Smith, Geo. N. Borden and J. C. 

 McNutt. There was a general discus- 

 sion on the "Effective Bedding of 

 Plants," from which the members ob- 

 tained many valuable hints. C. 



[It is not necessary to have a charter 

 in order to do business, but incorporation 

 would give the club a legal standing 

 that it will not otherwise have. It would 

 then be in a position to make binding 

 contracts, to sue and be sued, etc.— Ed.] 



TORONTO. 



Trade since Easter has kept up fairly 

 well, the only things of which there 

 seems to be an over supply are roses and 

 Easter lilies, but even this is not any- 

 thing over-noticeable. Carnations have 

 been decidedly scarce, and the deluge of 

 the first few days did not help the sup- 

 ply any. 



At the time of ^^Titing we are mourn- 

 ing the loss of our Lieutenant Governor, 

 Sir Oliver Mowatt, who died Sunda,y 

 morning, and as this is to be a public 

 funeral there is a general rush of design 

 work. 



The "grafter," which we incidently 

 read about in some notes of one of 

 your other correspondents, has been more 

 than noticeably at work on this occa- 

 sion. His method here is unique; he 

 visits the different florists around town, 

 inquires about the prices, asks for a 

 card, and informs them that he is look- 

 ing up prices for some societies, and if 

 he" finds the florist easy lie incidentally 

 asks for a slight commission if he 

 should be fortunate enough to receive 

 an order. This has been carried on on a 

 small scale for some time until now 

 we find that there are a few who are in 

 a position to pick up nearly all the Gov- 

 ernment work, and they are following 

 this plan to their own advantage. It 

 nearly always so happens that the man 

 who has the least hold on the design 

 trade is willing to give the best commis- 

 sion, and consequently gets the big pull 

 on these orders. We regret that our 

 Government officials are allowed to be 

 duped in this way, and that the orders 

 are not placed direct with the florists. 

 It only needs the florist to shut down 

 on this kind of business, and those who 

 are solicited would recognize that these 

 grafters are agents of one or two crepe 

 chasers instead of representing the best 

 florists in the city, as they now pretend 

 to be. 



Wm. Fendley, of Brampton, who has 

 made quite a reputation this winter for 

 himself with his violets, is now sending 

 in some very fine carnations, especially 

 some Glacier. 



Tlios. A. Plumb, who started about a 

 year ago on Yonge street, has, through 

 his courtesy and good management, so 

 increased his retail trade, that he has 



